World Football

Please also see my   All-Time World Cup Team Index . The rest of Southeast Euorpe(Greece, Turkey and Albania) Greece All-Time Team Olympiacos AEK Athens PAOK This is my selection of a 25 member all-time team for Panathinaikos F.C. (Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος.  The number 25 was chosen because it is the official squad size for the Champions' League. Created in 1908 as "Podosfairikos Omilos Athinon" (Football Club of Athens) by Georgios Kalafatis,[2][3] they play in the Super League Greece, being one of the most successful clubs in Greek football and one of three clubs which have never been relegated from the top division. Panathinaikos is the most successful Greek club in terms of achievements in the European competitions. It is the only Greek team that has reached the European Cup (later renamed UEFA Champions League) final in 1971 (which they lost to Ajax Amsterdam 2–0), and also the semi-finals twice, in 1985 and 1996. It is also the only Greek team that has played f...

The 1998-1999  team nearly reached the Champions' League's semifinal Please also see my   All-Time World Cup Team Index . The rest of Southeast Euorpe(Greece, Turkey and Albania) Greece All-Time Team Panathinaikos AEK Athens PAOK  This is my selection of a 25 member all-time team for Olympiacos Piraeus (ΠΑΕ Ολυμπιακός Σ.Φ.Π.).  The number 25 was chosen because it is the official squad size for the Champions' League. Founded on 10 March 1925, Olympiacos is the most successful club in Greek football history, having won 46 League titles, 28 Cups (18 Doubles) and 4 Super Cups, all records at the time of writing.  Τotalling 78 national trophies, Olympiacos is 9th in the world in total titles won by a football club. The club's dominating success can be further evidenced by the fact that all other Greek clubs have won a combined total of 39 League titles, while Olympiacos also holds the record for the most consecutive Greek League titles won, with seven in a row i...

Please also see my   All-Time World Cup Team Index . Bayern Munich ,  Borussia Dortmund , Borussia Mönchengladbach ,  Schalke 04 ,  Werder Bremen, Hamburger SV ,  Kaiserslautern ,  Bayer Leverkusen ,  FC Koln ,  VfB Stuttgart ,  Eintracht Frankfurt Northern German/Norddeutschland .   The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg. It is best known for its football department, but other departments include badminton, handball and athletics.  Despite being backed by Volkswagen,  the club was never a big spender in the transfer markets like some of Europe’s more affluent teams. The men's professional football team play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, the DFB-Pokal in 2015 and the DFL-Supercup in 2015. Professional football is run by the spin-off organization VfL Wolfsb...