Top 10 Football Teams That Were Surprisingly Relegated
Top 10 Football Teams That Were Surprisingly Relegated
As we know there are many football leagues with quite a few great Clubs, and a lot of these clubs have been the ‘top dogs’ in the world, however, every now and then we are shocked and surprised that they are relegated into the league below them. In some cases because football supporters only follow a certain league, the relegation’s may go unnoticed, so which were the Top 10 Football Teams That Were Surprisingly Relegated?. Often we will see a decline in a football Club, sometimes it is due to poor performances from the players, or in some other cases it is because a lot of the teams star players leave.
In this list we rundown the reasons why these top clubs were relegated, and if you haven’t checked out the Top 10 Current Best European Football Clubs and Top 10 Best European Football Clubs From The Last 10 Year, you will find them very interesting
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But for now Let’s find out who are the Top 10 Football Teams That Were Surprisingly Relegated.
10. Palmeiras – Relegated in the 2011/12 Season
Kicking off the Top 10 Football Teams That Were Surprisingly Relegated is surprisingly Brazilian Club Palmeiras who shot down in just under four months after winning the Copa Brasil, However, This was actually the second time they have been relegated just in ten years, The eight times Brazilian Title Champions were also relegated back in the 2011/12 season, Which Club manager Luis Felipe Scholari’s performance came under review and was let go by the club to pave way for new management.
9. River Plate – Relegated in the 2010/11 Season
Argentine Club River Plate Fans found it very hard to accept the reality that their club was set for the Second Division in the 2011/12 league , but then it happened after a 1-1 with Belgrano, The Argentine Club were sealed for relegation and next season will be all about fighting to get back into the Championship, Only Club Atletico Independiente and Boca Juniors are now the only clubs that are yet to be relegated.
8. Real Zaragoza -Relegated in the 2007/08 Season
Real Zaragoza looked very promising with the talented players they had in their line-up, Zaragoza and it seemed that they were ready to challenge the likes of Real Madrid, F.C Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. Zaragoza a club that had good players like Diego Milito was later relegated in the next season after they had made it to the Quarter finals of the Spanish Copa Del Rey and finished 6th in the previous league season of 2006/07
7. Sampdoria – Relegated in the 2010/11 Season
In the seventh position of our list of the Top 10 Football Clubs That Were Too Good To Be Relegated we have Sampdoria one of the great clubs in Italian Football as it was relegated from the Italian Serie A to play in the Serie B in the 2010/11 league season. Sampdoria had just made it in the UEFA Champions League as they were fourth in the previous season only to get relegated the next season huh you have to believe this! .Just keep reading about this list for more surprises.
6. West Ham – Relegated in the 2002/03 Season
English Club West Ham United is the other club in our list as it was relegated to play in the Championship for the 2003/04 season after failing to make it out of the relegation zone the previous season. The Hammers who looked to be one of those clubs to give more competition for the Premier League Title after they had just finished 7th adding a good set of players like David James one of the Top 10 Premier League Goalkeepers with Most Clean Sheets, Federic Canoute and young talented promising players e.g Micheal Carrick, Jermaine Defoe & Glen Johnson as seen in the picture provided , they just got relegated that season.
5. Middlesbrough – Relegated in the 1996/97 Season
Another English club gets to our list of those Top 10 Football Clubs That Were Too Good To Be Relegated. Indeed Middlesbrough was too good to be relegated, with good players like Brazilian midfielder Emerson and one of the then best forwards Fabrizio Ravanelli and more good players with no doubt indeed they were a good team more to prove this, the Boros played finals of both the League Cup and the FA Cup that very season but things went south as they were relegated at the end as they finished in the 19th position.
Although the English Football Association had docked three points off from them for postponing a fixture against the once Premier League winners Blackburn Rovers at short notice.
4. Leeds United – Relegated in the 2003/04 Season
Another club in our list of the Top 10 Football Clubs That Were Too Good To Be Relegated is Leeds United who were relegated to play in the Championship for the 2004/05 league season after failing to leave the relegation zone at the end of the 2003 season. They had played Champions League Football for they very near past years as they had mad it to the top four in the early 2000s and they even made it to the semi-finals of those European Competitions.
in the 2000s Leeds were a Premier League force to be reckoned with it was soo shocking seeing a club like Leeds United get relegated to the Championship in 2003.
3. Villarreal – Relegated in the 2011/12 Season
Yes it is Villarreal, a Spanish club that once finished second in the La Liga is our number three among those clubs that were once relegated but were good by then. They were relegated after they lost the last league game against Atletico Madrid finishing 18th in the league, a position of the relegation zone. Villarreal though had good players like Goalkeeper Diego Lopez, Brazilian forward Nilmar in the attack with Giuseppe Roussi though he missed the entire season due to a knee injury.The yellow submarines had sold out good players like Santi Cazorla and Javier Matilla the previous season.
2. Atletico Madrid – Relegated in the 1999/00 Season
The Los Colchoneros are another club that was too good but eventually got relegated, they were relegated with Betis who finished the season with 42 points and Sevilla down to the Segunda Division. Atletico finished the 1999/00 La Liga season with 38 points in the 38 season games only ten points above the very bottom club Sevilla and this saw them get relegated after having successful seasons in the near past as they had recently won their first La Liga title with a Copa Del Rey title.
1. Juventus – Relegated in the 2005/06 Season
And the top club in our list of the Top 10 Football Clubs That Were Too Good To Be Relegated is Italian club Juventus who were relegated not for having the least points at the end of 2005/06 Italian Serie A season as they had claimed the title with 91 points but just because the Old Lady’s club directors were charged with manipulating matches in favour of Juventus, this also saw the club get relegated down to the Serie B though they still managed to get promotion back to the Serie A the next season.
Nowadays Juventus is not a club anyone could ever think they could be relegated as they have taken the Serie A by storm winning 4 Scudettos in a row.