NOTES (Please read this or you'll get upset): The teams here are teams+managers+manager peak and based of peak not overall tenure This list is not made by me, it is based on peak elo This list will be more biased towards current sides because they play more matches=more chances to get elo Lineups might not be that team's best lineups but I don't have enough time to care 30. Chelsea 2014 (Mourinho) Milan 2006 (Ancelotti) Lyon 2006 (Houllier) 29. Budapest Honved 1956 (Kalmar) 28. Bayern Munich 1980 (Csernai) 27. Internazionale 1965 (Herrera) 23. Arsenal 2008 (Wenger) Juventus 1995 (Lippi) Ajax 1973 (Kovacs) Liverpool 1990 (Dalglish) 22. Juventus 2006 (Capello) 21. Valencia 2004 (Ranieri) 20. Real Madrid 2001 (Del Bosque) 18. Hamburg 1980 (Zebec) Chelsea 2021 (Tuchel) 17. Borussia Dortmund 2013 (Klopp) 16. Porto 2011 (Pereira) 15. Liverpool 2008 (Benitez) 14. Juventus 2018 (Allegri) 13. Barcelona 1960 (Brocic) 12. Atletico Madrid 2016 (Simeone) 10. Manchester United 2008 (Ferguson) Reached their peak after- a 2-0 win against Wigan Spoiler: Lineup at their peak match Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Carrick, Scholes Park, Tevez, Rooney. Chelsea 2008 (Scolari) Reached their peak after- a 1-0 win against Roma Spoiler: Lineup at their peak match Cech, Bosingwa, Terry, Alex, Bridge, Deco, Mikel, Lampard, Cole, Anelka, Malouda 9. MTK 1955 (Hungary) Reached their peak after- a 4-1 win over Anderlecht Spoiler: Lineup at their peak match Week, Culot, de Koster, Matthys, Hanon, Lippens, De Gelas, Jurion, Mermans, Van den Bosch, Van den Bosch 8. Manchester City 2019 (Guardiola) Reached their peak after- a 4-0 win against Brighton Spoiler: Lineup at their peak match Ederson, Walker, Otamendi, Laporte, Zinchenko, De Bruyne, Rodri, Silva, Mahrez, Aguero, Sterling 7. Milan 1993 (Capello) Reached their peak after- a 1-0 win against Porto Spoiler: Lineup at their peak match Rossi, Gambaro, Maldini, Albertini, Costacurta, Baresi, Lentini, Eranio, Papin, Evani, Simone 6. Bayern Munich 2020 (Flick) Reached their peak after- a 3-2 win against Dortmund Spoiler: Lineup at their peak match Neuer, Sarr, Boateng, Alaba, Hernandez, Kimmich, Goretzka, Coman, Muller, Gnabry, Lewandowski 5. Real Madrid 1961 (Munoz) Reached their peak after- a 3-0 win against Real Mallorca Spoiler: Lineup at their peak match Train, Santamaria, Casado, Marquitos, Pachin, del Sol, Vidal, Gento, Canario, di Stefano, Puskas 4. Liverpool 2020 (Klopp) Reached their peak after- a 1-0 win against Norwich Spoiler: Lineup at their peak match Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson, Keita, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Salah, Firmino, Oxlaide-Chamberlain 3. Real Madrid 2014 (Ancelotti) Reached their peak after- a 4-0 win against Bayern Munich Spoiler: Lineup at their peak match Casillas, Carvajal, Ramos, Pepe, Coentrao, Modric, Alonso, Di Maria, Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo 2. Bayern Munich 2014 (Guardiola) Reached their peak after- a 3-1 win against Hertha Berlin Spoiler: Lineup at their peak match Neuer, Rafinha, Alaba, Lahm, Boateng, Dante, Robben, Schweinsteger, Muller, Kroos, Gotze 1. Barcelona 2012 (Guardiola) Reached their peak after- a 2-1 win against Levante Spoiler: Lineup at their peak match Valdes, Puyol, Mascherano, Adriano, Fabregas, Xavi, Busquets, Thiago, Sanchez, Messi, Pedro ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What do you think? Personally think the late 50s Real teams were the best on paper with the Guardiola Barca and Klopp Liverpool teams were the best I've personally seen
So Hamburg's team of 1980 makes it into this list - but the Nottingham Forest team that defeated them in the final to make it back to back European Cups, doesn't? Pass.
I like this topic! Heres my opinion on something. 2011 Porto was a fantastic team, BUT, they could never be the best Porto team in history let alone in Portugal. I would say 2003-4 Porto always, they were special. In Portugal there are 3 truly iconic teams. 2003-4 Porto, 1960's Benfica and 1950's Sporting (5 Violinos)
I still can't believe we lost this final. Beating Real Madrid 5-1 in the semi-finals in the Volkspark is still the best ever HSV match that I watched live. Both (Forest and HSV) had great teams in that era. (HSV was in all 3 European Competition finals from 1977-1983, won 2 still missed to win the "little" UEFA cup final, though. Don't bring me down. Elo? Electric Light Orchestra?
What? You don't know Jeff Lynne and E.L.O ? Shows your youth He "peaked" in the 70s and early 80s and Don't bring me down was one of his chart hits. Was my direct response to your "Here is Brian Clough's elo chart from 1975-1979". what I was trying to say is, that I don't know about elo in terms of measuring a "best european football team of all time" and that I only know E.L.O (and a former german electronic magazine called ELO)
