List of unbeaten football club seasons

This is a list of unbeaten football club seasons.

Unbeaten seasons
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(National top division only, minimum 18 matches in league calendar)

Africa
Season Nation Club Matches Article Notes[1]
1962–63 Étoile Sportive du Sahel 22 No Also won the Tunisian Cup (7 matches) - the country's first double.
1975–76 Al Ahly Sporting Club 23 No
1978–79 Al Ahly Sporting Club 22 No
1980–81 Zamalek Sporting Club 26 No Finished in second place
1985–86 Al Ahly Sporting Club 22 No
1991 Canon Yaoundé 29 No
1991 ASEC Mimosas 30 No
1991 Kampala Capital City Authority FC 19 No
1998–99 Al Ahly Sporting Club 26 No
1998 Espérance Sportive de Tunis 28 No
1999–2000 Espérance Sportive de Tunis 22 No
1999–2000 Mbabane Highlanders F.C. 22 No
2001–02 Ismaily SC 26 No
2003–04 Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. 30 No Finished in second place
2004 ASEC Mimosas 26 No
2003–04 Zamalek Sporting Club 26 No
2004–05 Al Ahly Sporting Club 26 No
2005–06 Al Ahly Sporting Club 26 No
2006 AS Mangasport 26 No
2006 CF Os Balantas 22 No
2007 Al Hilal Educational Club 22 No
2007–08 Mochudi Centre Chiefs FC 30 No
2007–08 Saint George S.C. 24 No
2007–08 Al-Ittihad Sport, Cultural & Social Club 30 No
2008–09 ASFA Yennenga 26 No
2009 ASC Linguère 18 No
2010–11 Atlético Olympic FC 22 No
2012 CSMD Diables Noirs 29 No Lost in the play-off final (penalties)
2013 Sporting Praia Cruz 18 No
2014–15 AS Mangasport 24 No
2015 Gor Mahia F.C. 30 No
2015–16 Tout Puissant Mazembe 32 No
2015–16 Mogadishu City Club 18 No
2016–17 Al Ahly Sporting Club 34 No
2016–17 LISCR FC 22 No
2016–17 Mbabane Swallows F.C. 22 No
2017 JS Saint-Pierroise 26 No
2017 Al Hilal Educational Club 34 No
2017–18 Mbabane Swallows F.C. 26 No
2018–19 Al-Merrikh SC 21 No
2018–19 Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto 30 No
2019 East End Lions 24 No
2019 LPRC Oilers 22 No
2019–20 AS Otohô 22 No

Asia
Season Nation Club Matches Article Notes[1]
1904 Band & Drums 26 No
1973–74 Persepolis 22 No
1974–75 Nejmeh 22 No
1977–78 South China 22 No
1978–79 Seiko 22 No
1982–83 Salahaddin 22 No
1982–83 Al-Ettifaq 18 No
1983–84 Al-Jaish 24 No
1984–85 Al-Kuwait 26 No Did not win league title
1985 Al-Faisaly 22 No
1985–86 South China 18 No
1985–86 Happy Valley 18 No Did not win league title
1987–88 Yamaha Motors 22 No
1991–92 Al-Ansar 18 No
1993 Alga Bishkek 32 No
1994 Perth Kangaroos 18 No
1996 Dalian Wanda 22 No
1998 Varzob Dushanbe 22 No
1998–99 Al-Jaish 26 No
1999 Jupiter S.C. 19 No Did not win league title
2000 Köpetdag Aşgabat 20 No
2000 Al-Faisaly 18 No
2001 Regar-TadAZ 18 No
2003–04 Al-Muharraq 18 No
2004 DPMM FC 18 No
2004–05 Dhofar 24 No
2004–05 Al-Wehdat 18 No
2005–06 Lam Pak 18 No
2005–06 Al-Zawraa 19 No
2006–07 Al-Karamah 26 No
2006–07 Al-Wehdat 18 No
2007 Pakhtakor 30 No
2007–08 WAPDA F.C. 26 No
2009 Bunyodkor 30 Yes
2009–10 Quality Distributors 20 No Won all 20 matches
2009–10 Al-Ahed 22 No
2009–10 Mohammedan 24 No Did not win league title
2010 Nepal Police Club 22 No
2010 VB Sports Club 21 No
2010 Istiklol 32 No
2010–11 Al-Hilal 26 Yes Also won the Saudi crown prince cup
2011 MPWT FC 18 No
2011 Ayeyawady United 22 No Did not win league title
2011–12 Al-Shabab 26 No
2012 New Radiant 19 Yes
2012 Muangthong United 34 No
2012–13 Al-Kuwait 21 No
2013 New Radiant 19 Yes
2013 Buriram United 32 No
2013 Ravshan Kulob 18 No
2013–14 Al-Qadsia 26 No
2013–14 Kitchee 18 Yes
2014 Pakhtakor 26 No
2014 Istiklol 18 Yes
2014–15 Al-Kuwait 26 No
2014–15 Al-Ahli 26 No Did not win league title
2015 Istiklol 18 Yes
2015 Buriram United 34 Yes
2015–16 Al-Hidd 18 No
2015–16 Al-Zawraa 24 No
2016 Benfica de Macau 18 No
2016 Johor D.T. 22 Yes Also won 2016 Malaysia FA Cup and 2016 Piala Sumbangsih
2016 Abahani Limited Dhaka 22 No
2017 Istiklol 21 Yes
2017–18 Al-Duhail 22 No
2017–18 Al-Ahed 22 No
2017–18 Kitchee 18 Yes
2018 Benfica de Macau 18 No
2018 Albirex Niigata Singapore 24 Yes
2018–19 NAPA Rovers 21 No
2018–19 Dhofar 26 No
2019 Ceres–Negros 24 Yes Also won and went undefeated in the domestic cup, the 2019 Copa Paulino Alcantara.
2020 Kaya–Iloilo 5 No Did not win league title; single round-robin format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Europe

Milan
Under manager Fabio Capello, Milan went undefeated throughout all of their 34 matches in the league to capture the 1991–92 Serie A, and went unbeaten between 1991 and 1993, an Italian record of 58 league matches in total.[2]

Arsenal
Arsenal won the 2003–04 Premier League title, finishing undefeated under manager Arsene Wenger, and went unbeaten for a total of 49 consecutive matches in the league between 2003 and 2004.[3][4][5]

Juventus
Under manager Antonio Conte, Juventus won undefeated the 2011–12 Serie A, becoming the first team to do so in a 38-game league season in Italy.[6] Overall, in that season the team reach a national record of 42 official matches unbeaten including the Italian Cup campaign, which reach the final. Finally, Juventus went unbeaten during 49 league matches since September 2011 to November 2012.[7][8]

Celtic
Celtic completed the domestic 2016–17 season unbeaten in 47 league and cup games, winning the Scottish Premiership, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup for an unprecedented unbeaten domestic Treble under manager Brendan Rodgers.[9][10] Their domestic unbeaten run continued into the 2017–18 season and eventually reached 69 games, before they lost 4–0 to Hearts on 17 December 2017.[11]

Table
Season Nation Club Matches Article Notes[1][12][13][14][15]
1888–89 Preston North End 22 Yes Also won 1888–89 FA Cup
Became known as The Invincibles
1897–98 Celtic 18 Yes
1898–99 Rangers 18 Yes Won all 18 matches ('perfect season')
1913–14 MTK 18 No Also won 1913–14 Magyar Kupa
1917–18 MTK 22 No
1924–25 Shamrock Rovers 18 No Also won 1924–25 FAI Cup
Also won 1924–25 League of Ireland Shield
1926–27 Shamrock Rovers 18 No Also won 1926–27 League of Ireland Shield
Also won 1927 Leinster Senior Cup
1926–27 Belfast Celtic 22 No
1928–29 Belfast Celtic 26 No
1929–30 Athletic Bilbao 18 No Also won 1930 Copa del Rey
1931–32 Real Madrid 18 No
1931–32 Ferencváros 22 No Won all 22 matches ('perfect season')
1933–34 Union Saint-Gilloise 26 No
1937 Tirana 18 No
1942–43 Dresdner SC 23 No Won all 18 matches in the regional Gauliga Sachsen and 5 in the 1943 German football championship
1948–49 Levski Sofia 18 No Also won 1949 Bulgarian Cup
1949–50 Malmö 22 No
1950 Hajduk Split 18 Yes
1951 Dinamo Tirana 26 No Also won 1951 Albanian Cup
1952 Honved 26 No
1954 Partizani Tirana 22 No
1955 Dinamo Tirana 30 No
1958–59 Wiener Sport-Club 26 No
1963–64 Panathinaikos 30 No
1963–64 Partizani Tirana 22 No Also won 1963–64 Albanian Cup
1966 Vasas 26 No
1972–73 Benfica 30 Yes
1977–78 Benfica 30 Yes Did not win league title
1978–79 Perugia 30 No Did not win league title
1980–81 Glentoran 22 No
1984–85 Omonia 26 No
1985–86 Galatasaray 36 Yes Did not win league title
1986–87 Steaua București 34 No Also won 1986–87 Cupa României
1987–88 Steaua București 34 No Also won 1987–88 Cupa României
1988–89 Steaua București 34 No Also won 1988–89 Cupa României
1991–92 Dinamo București 34 Yes
1991–92 Milan 34 Yes
1991–92 Beşiktaş 30 Yes
1992–93 Vardar 34 Yes Also won 1992–93 Macedonian Football Cup
1992–93 Norma 22 No
1993 Ararat Yerevan 28 No Also won 1993 Armenian Cup
1993–94 Maccabi Haifa 39 Yes
1994 Shirak 28 No
1994 Skonto 22 No
1994–95 Ajax 34 Yes Also won 1994–95 UEFA Champions League (undefeated in 11 matches)
1994–95 Vardar 30 Yes Also won 1994–95 Macedonian Football Cup
1994–95 Flora 24 No Also won 1994–95 Estonian Cup
1995 Skonto 18 No
1995–96 Pyunik 22 No Also won 1995–96 Armenian Cup
1995–96 Sileks 28 No
1995–96 APOEL 26 No Also won 1995–96 Cypriot Cup
1995–96 Widzew Łódź 34 No
1997 Skonto 24 No
1997–98 Principat 20 No Also won the 1998 Copa Constitució
1998–99 Partizan 24 Yes
1998–99 Principat 22 No Also won the 1999 Copa Constitució
1999–2000 Dynamo Kyiv 30 No Also won 1999–2000 Ukrainian Cup
2001–02 Shakhtar Donetsk 26 No Also won 2001–02 Ukrainian Cup
2003 Flora 28 No
2003–04 Arsenal 38 Yes Became known as The Invincibles
2004–05 Partizan 30 Yes
2005–06 Apollon Limassol 26 No
2006–07 Dynamo Kyiv 30 No Also won 2006–07 Ukrainian Cup
2006–07 FC Sheriff 36 No
2007–08 Red Star Belgrade 33 No Did not win league title
2007–08 CSKA Sofia 30 Yes
2007–08 Anorthosis Famagusta 32 No
2009–10 Sparta Prague 30 No
2009–10 Partizan 30 Yes
2009–10 FC Santa Coloma 20 No
2009–10 Lincoln Red Imps 18 No Also won Rock Cup
2010 Rosenborg 30 No
2010–11 Porto 30 Yes Also won 2010–11 UEFA Europa League (2 losses in 17 matches)
Also won 2010–11 Taça de Portugal
2010–11 Lincoln Red Imps 20 No Also won Rock Cup
2010–11 Valletta 28 No
2011–12 Juventus 38 Yes
2011–12 Debrecen 30 No Also won 2011–12 Magyar Kupa
2011–12 Lincoln Red Imps 20 No
2012–13 Porto 30 Yes
2014–15 Dinamo Zagreb 36 No Also won 2014–15 Croatian Cup
2014 Stjarnan 22 No
2016–17 Celtic 38 Yes Also won 2016–17 Scottish Cup
Also won 2016–17 Scottish League Cup
2018 Nõmme Kalju 36 No
2018–19 PAOK 30 Yes Also won 2018–19 Greek Football Cup
2020 Shamrock Rovers 18 No

South America
Season Nation Club Matches Article Notes
1907 Alumni 20 No
1915 Racing Club 24 No
1917 Nacional 18 No
1918 Racing Club 19 No
1925 Racing Club 24 No
1926 Independiente 25 No
1949 Peñarol 18 No
1954 Peñarol 18 No
1964 Peñarol 18 No
1967 Peñarol 18 No
1968 Peñarol 18 No
1975 Peñarol 22 No
1977 Atlético Mineiro 21 No Did not win league title
1978 Peñarol 22 No
1979 Internacional 23 No

North America, Central America and Caribbean
Season Nation Club Matches Article Notes
1969–70 Club Deportivo Olimpia 27 No
1987 Sports Club Villa 22 No
2003 Club Deportivo Olimpia 27 No
2003 Club Deportivo Olimpia 27 No
2013–14 Spirit, Attitude, Performance 18 No
2015 RKSV Centro Dominguito 27 No
2017 Fútbol Club Santiago de Cuba 22 No

Oceania
Season Nation Club Matches Article Notes
2014 L'Association Sportive Magenta 22 No
2015–16 Association Sportive Tefana Football 23 No
2016 Erakor Golden Star Football Club 19 No
2019 Veitongo Football Club 21 No

See also

References
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  2. "Longest unbeaten runs in European league football". UEFA.com. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  3. "Champions Juventus finish season unbeaten". UEFA.com. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  4. G.B. Olivero (9 October 2012). "L'invincibile Juve è a quota 46 Il record del Milan si avvicina" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  5. Paolo Bandini (4 November 2012). "Juventus lose at last - but how significant will this defeat prove?". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
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