The longest unbeaten runs in football this century
Bayer Leverkusen are making headlines in the Bundesliga with the newly-crowned German champions looking to complete an entire league season without defeat.
Leverkusen have not only won the first league title in their history with games to spare, but are now just four games from becoming the first team to complete a Bundesliga campaign without defeat.
Xabi Alonso’s side are unbeaten in all competitions this season and have gone 30 games in the Bundesliga without defeat.
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? Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) April 24, 2024
Arsenal’s Invincibles also fail to make the cut on this list, with their run ended at 49 games in 2004. Bayern Munich are the highest-placed team from Europe’s top five leagues inside the top 20, at 18th, after a 53 game run without defeat between 2012 and 2014. Portugal’s Porto, incredibly, feature three times inside the top 20, while Celtic (56 games between 2016 and 2017) just miss out on the top 10.
5. Al-Hilal Omdurman – Sudan, 2016-2018 (60 games)
Sudanese superpower Al-Hilal Omdurman feature twice inside the top 10, after 57-game and 60-game streaks since 2000. The Blue Wave have won a record 29 Sudan Premier League titles, including 13 since 2003 alone.
Al-Hilal Omdurman have twice finished as runners-up in the CAF Champions League, in 1987 and 1992.
4. Levadia – Estonia, 2008-2009 (61 games)
Estonia’s Levadia sit fourt...
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