Best team of all time - Knockout Match [Submit nominations]

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

So thought, we'll have a forum champions league on best teams of all time.

Condition: It must be a real life XI that has actually played together in lineup submitted during a particular season. I admit it's subjective and for clarity's sake lets assume the line up submitted was quite "common" during the season specified [ I'll decide at end]

Games will be knockout decided by poll herein.

Submit your nominations. Matches will be drawn at random.

Make submissions like [team name] [ year-year] e.g Barcelona 2010-11 and post a team sheet of your lineup using sharemytatics or similar site or a google wiki image.

 

[Rasendori]

[West Germany] [1974]
Or is it only club sides?

 

[harms]

[West Germany] [1974]

Has to be the 1972 side. Most would say that the 1974 side wasn't even the best one in the competition.

 

[harms]

 

[Fortitude]

So thought, we'll have a forum champions league on best teams of all time.

Condition: It must be a real life XI that has actually played together in lineup submitted during a particular season. I admit it's subjective and for clarity's sake lets assume the line up submitted was quite "common" during the season specified [ I'll decide at end]

Games will be knockout decided by poll herein.

Submit your nominations. Matches will be drawn at random.

Make submissions like [team name] [ year-year] e.g Barcelona 2010-11 and post a team sheet of your lineup using sharemytatics or similar site or a google wiki image.

Can different versions of the same side/nation/people play each other?

 

[Rasendori]

Has to be the 1972 side. Most would say that the 1974 side wasn't even the best one in the competition.

I felt that would work in my favour when others would post better sides since its a knockout match.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Can different versions of the same side/nation/people play each other?

Yes

 

[Invictus]

Nominating the Death Star!

[Milan] [1989]

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Or is it only club sides?

Club or NT, both ok.

 

[Skills]

[Derby County] [ 2007-2008]

 

[Skills]

True test of all great teams on a wet, windy night

[Stoke City] [ 2008-2009]

 

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

Brazil 70

 

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

Ajax 1972 (though could also pick 73 and have Rep instead of Swart)

 

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

Real Madrid 1959

 

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

France 84. May not compare to other side's, but the midfield?

 

[Infordin]

[FC Barcelona] [2008-2009]

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Was wondering when Barca would make the appearance.

 

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

Inter Milan 64/65

 

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

As an XI, allegedly rarely played together but the main players of a treble winning team.... the only English one.

 

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

@RobinLFC .... any Liverpool teams you'd put forward? 81? 84?

 

[Eriku]

France 84. May not compare to other side's, but the midfield?

Problem is that the right back is toothless in his contributions offensively.

 

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

Problem is that the right back is toothless in his contributions offensively.

I'll get your coat

 

[Eriku]

I'll get your coat

You’re showing me the door?! I thought that was a good one

 

[Web of Bissaka]

As an XI, allegedly rarely played together but the main players of a treble winning team.... the only English one.

This. Seconded. Beat me to it. Isn't this cheating though?

[United] [1998-99]

 

[BlackShark_80]

Brazil 58

 

[RobinLFC]

@RobinLFC .... any Liverpool teams you'd put forward? 81? 84?

I was born in '93

Think @redman5 @Dumbstar are some older chaps who might be able to help you out.

 

[Skills]

[Liverpool Football Club] [ 2013-2014]

 

[diarm]

This should be a contender but somehow never really was:

Holland - 1994
Van der Sar
Reiziger Koeman Blind F.DeBoer
Rijkaard
Seedorf Davids Overmars
Bergkamp
Kluivert​

 

[paulscholes18]

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[Gio]

Brazil 1982

 

[2mufc0]

Madrid 15-18

 

[2mufc0]

United 1968

 

[2mufc0]

Barca 2015

 

[BlackShark_80]

France 2000

 

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

@RobinLFC

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(Could have Clemence also, 81 is crossover).

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

1954 Hungary
1958 Brazil
1959 Real Madrid
1965 Inter Milan
1968 Manchester United
1970 Brazil
1972 Ajax
1974 West Germany (1972?) @harms
1981 Liverpool
1982 Brazil
1984 France
1989 AC Milan
1994 Holland
1999 Manchester United
2000 France
2008 Manchester United
2009 Barcelona
2016 Real Madrid

Let's get to 24 teams lads. 8 more to go...

 

[Raees]

Shame we never saw this in France 98

 

[harms]

Lippi's Juve was insane and incredibly unlucky not to win more in Europe. Keane's superhuman performance away from reaching 4 CL finals in a row
I've picked a muppet's version of that team — Jugovic, Torricelli, Boksic, Vieiri also heavily featured over the years.



Again, a muppetised version from the 1983 final, while realistically you probably should go with the 1985 team without Zoff and Bettega. Almost complete domestic domination in the best league in the world (and, arguably, the strongest domestic league in history) and slightly underwhelming, considering the team's status, record in Europe (UEFA Cup, European Cup and another European Cup final). Plus the core of that side had won the 1982 World Cup, but you have to go with Juve over Italy because of Platini.

 

[harms]

Eusebio's Benfica, Peñarol of the 60's (Santos overlaps with Brazil). Surely, Ajax 1995 over Netherlands 1994, the main suspects had a year more to develop and that team actually achieved something, even though you exclude muppet-dream's Bergkamp and Koeman.

 

[ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg]

If you are late to the party on this one, then clearly most great teams have gone, so thinking outside the box - and think this fits the rules. Real life 11 - played in 1942/1981. Escape to Victory.