Winning silverware is all well and good but one of the signs of a truly elite team is simply refusing to be beaten.
The two things normally go hand in hand, with some of the generational sides of past years having gone on lengthy unbeaten runs en route to glory. An invincible season is perhaps the mark of true greatness, with plenty of Europe’s top sides having boasted such campaigns.
From the early 20th century to the modern day, these specific squads have written their name into club legend with their stoic displays and resilience.
Here are the ten longest unbeaten runs in European football history.
Milan boasted some truly wonderful sides across the 1990s but few matched their sensational 1991/92 team. Having suffered defeat to Bari in May 1991 at the end of a long Serie A campaign, the Rossoneri would then go on a streak of 42 games without tasting defeat.
The Italian giants went the entirety of the 1991/92 league season unbeaten en route to yet another Scudetto, and didn’t taste defeat until April when they lost 1-0 to Juventus in the second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final.
A team that boasted the likes of Paolo Maldini and Franco Baresi in defence, with the Dutch trio of Frank Rijkaard, Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten in front of them, it’s hardly surprising that defeats were rare.
Several of the greats of the Milan side that were so dominant in the early 1990s started their careers with Ajax, and that setup continued to provide the world with exceptional talents throughout the decade.
Their streak of 42 matches unbeaten started at the end of the 1994/95 season – a campaign in which Ajax only lost once in the KNVB Cup – with the likes of Edwin van der Sar, Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf and Patrick Kluivert firing the Eredivisie club to Champions League glory at the end of the campaign.
Their run ended in January 1996 after a 1-0 league defeat to Willem II, but that didn’t stop them winning Eredivisie at a canter and reaching another Champions League final – which they lost on penalties to Juventus.
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