7 Squads That Were DISMANTLED Following Success

From the great Sao Paulo team of 2005 that beat Premier League side and European champions Liverpool to the Monaco side that won the 2016-17 Ligue 1 title and reached the semi finals of the Champions League, HITC Sevens takes a look at a number of squads that were rapidly decimated following successful seasons.
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[@davidprescott5690]

Idea: Top 7 panic buys that actually turned out to be masterstrokes.

[@manavarunaravind4290]

Very good idea mate

[@abhijiththampi]

Diego Lopez, but madridistas were too idiotic and caught between nostalgia for Casillas.

[@agr28adi]

Even Mertesacker too no? I remember he came during the 2011 deadline day dash

[@joemama5919]

Gret idea 👍

[@michaelfisher7159]

Good suggestion

[@mokies7811]

I find it funny that Didier Deschamps appears in the video twice and both times going to juventus

[@f.f5771]

When shit hits the fan, go to juve

[@DeadPresident00BC]

2004 Monaco raided, Deschamps goes to Juventus. 93 Marseille raided, Deschamps goes to Juventus. Moral of the story . When shit hits the fan go to juventus.

[@carltonleboss]

But what if shit hits the fan at Juventus? (like the Calciopoli scandal)

[@justawarlord]

@@carltonleboss stay at juventus and become a loyal legend

[@seanmccombie6379]

like buffon and del piero

[@ChristianDoretti]

@@justawarlord Or go to Pinamonti Clacio

[@DeadPresident00BC]

@@justawarlord facts

[@MiScHaGoRt]

The Ajax UCL semi-final season and the UEL final season did not follow each other. There was one season in between where Ajax didn't make the UEL group stage

[@TheTamaJustice]

Yeah, and anyone who followed Ajax a bit will know that the squad from the 2019 UCL run was almost an entirely new team compared to the 2017 EL squad.

[@aidygooner]

That season following their Europa League final started tragically with Nouri's permanent injury due to medical incompetence so Ajax were basically mourning throughout the season inbetween their great run in Europe, especially in preseason which is why they were not that good during their qualifiers in the UCL and UEL that summer of 2017.

[@MrRocha2801]

Alfie, from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU for mention the São Paulo's 2005 Club World Cup winning 11! I didn't thought it was gonna appear in the video at all when I mentioned it on Twitter. HITC Sevens really is the people's channel. Again, thank you, that made my day!

[@stephanmothe2206]

Here's a suggestion: How about ranking all of Messi's attack partners at Barcelona? As a cut-off, you could require that they are at least attacking midfielders and up, and started a minimum of 5 or 10 matches together). Might feature: Ronaldinho, Eto'o, Larsson, Giuly, Gudjohnsen, Henry, Bojan, Pedro, Ibrahimovic, David Villa, Alexis Sánchez, Neymar, Suárez, Paco Alcácer, Coutinho, Dembélé, Kevin Prince Boateng, Griezmann, and Braithwaite... what a list!

[@bigt1913]

What about Iniesta and xavi

[@tahatanvir6107]

@@bigt1913 he literally said CAM or up

[@stephanmothe2206]

@@bigt1913 both are central midfielders. If we ranked all of Messi's teammates, it might be a little too long, right? And if we included them, we'd definitely have to include Dani Alves and Jordi Alba!

[@zachg4025]

What about pedro

[@stephanmothe2206]

@@zachg4025 I listed him right between Bojan and Ibrahimovic, haha

[@21schznoidjimmy]

Ajax 94-95 was not dismantled immediately but that squad was full of legends that all left the club after 96 final

[@cbarclay99]

Despite losing the final to Juve in 96, Ajax were the outstanding team in Europe between 1994 and 1996 and their ability to maintain possession was an inspiration for many teams and managers.

[@fernandoguita]

After the treble in 2005, São Paulo went to win 3 consecutive Brasileirão. Quite a decade for us. Great times.

[@brushark9090]

And tbf, most of the reason why they finished 11th that year was because the Libertadores used to finish at the season's half, so most BR teams who won the Libertadores during that time would just play the Brasilerão like whatever just focused on the Club World Cup

I watched that Red Star team in the first 1-legged Super Cup final in autumn 1991 at Old Trafford, United have won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in the corresponding season. United, and I say this as a United fan, were outplayed, Savicevic out paced and out thought Steve Bruce, the 'Yugoslavs' were flying. By the grace of God, and a scappy McClair goal, did we managed to add our sole UEFA Super Cup to the trophy cabinet - good call

[@dannyrohn7761]

Southampton: Gets whole squad dismantled Also Southampton: next season, finishes even higher than they did the season before 😂👏

[@lodevermeiren3152]

Please do the 7 best Belgian footballers before their golden generation!

[@007Fusiion]

Van Buyten, Wilmotts, etc. two other players but can’t remember them now

[@kristijanfric7865]

1. must be Van Himst. Others: Schifo Ceulemans Gerets Piot Van Moer Braine

[@mossy_123]

Enzo Schifo and Van Himst are the only two I can think of

[@kfoalbfkdkd5302]

Ajax 94-96? The best team on the planet at the time, destroyed by Bosman ruling.

[@Cofi313]

Seeing Serbian football being talked about does put a smile on my face

[@realsciencerhythm]

Fair Play to Red Star, Darko Pancev was Macedonian though, right? That was still Yugoslavia days, right?

[@Cofi313]

K_Teck yup, but Yugoslavia was Yugoslavia, we all knew who was from what ‘country’ but we all considered ourselves Yugoslav at the time

[@ugotnofans4201]

Do you like Veljko Paunovic ??? #RFC

[@viktorpantic4057]

@@ugotnofans4201 Who doesn't, man who created "new Messi" of shitty Andrija Živković, man who created whole team to be world class and won U20 World Cup, with almost players from streets, made them be better, than worldwide far most talented Brazil... Incredible coach, scout, tactician, so, so underrated, as soon as he finds good club, he will be machine again. He is even far above objectives for this season at Reading...

[@ugotnofans4201]

@@viktorpantic4057 he’s doing great for us at Reading ! #Paunhub

[@AblemanSy]

A glorious video! And I'm so pleased with your top spot! What a team!

[@tinasherusike7458]

Most viewers here particularly international viewers are fans of of one of the big 6 of the EPL or other european giants like Madrid, Barca, Juve, PSG, Munich etc. These same fanbases are not going to understand how messed up it is when you see competitive teams being stripped off its players and also not having the financial clout to replace those players with players of equal ability and even worse when those same players go to another team from the same league. This is very anti-competition and i wish this could change in football. The only way it would change is when you start seeing the likes of madrid, barca and psg struggling to keep up with the spending power of the epl. Thats when the corrupt people at uefa will change things up. Also thats another good thing about the EPL. Since the teams below the big 6 now have greater financial clout it is now easier for them to keep their stars and at the sametime having the money to improve their squads. A great example of that is Leicester. Their current squad is arguably better than their Premiership winning squad based on individual players abilities and worth.

[@user-dk4nt6uo9g]

Last time I was this early, *Rogerio Ceni was still banging in top corner free kicks to win matches*

[@SonRob01]

Wtf are you on about?

[@RusselAdam]

@@SonRob01 rodrigo ceni my man. Rodrigo ceni

[@Mista_Blitza6]

@@SonRob01 He was a goalkeeper who would take freekicks and penalties.

[@odsonneedouard2253]

@@SonRob01 Also have more goals than Jesse Lingard

[@carnaze3843]

@@odsonneedouard2253 goals in the premier league Lingardinho:18 Ceni:0

[@eljonmati7309]

Marseille 92-93 won the ucl with doping. A few years ago rudy voller admitted it

[@3dsaulgoodman43]

Lmao. I'm confused why they weren't stripped of their UCL along with the Ligue 1

[@doublejumpvideogames....]

Because uefa/ fifa love a good bung....

[@eljonmati7309]

@@3dsaulgoodman43 because more than 15 years had passed.

[@123scorer]

They also scored the only goal of the game on a wrongly given corner

[@MrRemo1313]

Milan and Juve were juiced aswell so...

[@dazzaMusic]

Surprised Montpellier wasn’t mentioned after winning the Ligue 1 title so many players were sold after that season

[@cino1655]

Roma’s 2016/17 and 2017/18 teams completely destroyed. Roma 2016/17 had one of their best seasons in history and came second, an followed up in the next year in that magical Champions League run. We lost Salah, Nainggolan, Strootman, El Sha, Emerson, Manolas, Alisson, De Rossi, Totti, Rudiger, Szceszcny, Parades, etc

[@vertexmagma2187]

1:35 the guy in the bottom left looks like someone’s attempt at drawing Maddison

[@mytime991]

They might not be successful, but one of the main reasons Schalke might get relegated this season is because Bayern took most of their players.

[@aidygooner]

WRONG! Other clubs also lose players to Bayern like we've seen with Schalke's biggest rivals, Dortmund, yet they've remained competitive whilst Schalke have become an embarrassment because of how poorly the club is run financially which has affected them on the pitch.

[@alanjrwalker1938]

The saddest for Ajax to allow leaving was schone man he is a beauty to watch

[@andrewcairo6299]

How about Malaga, they had a great team and squad and made it to the Semis against Dortmund and now they are playing in La Liga 2

[@jackjrichy6785]

Really enjoyed this mate

[@vlsv4076]

Thanks for including Red Star, love your content!

[@YuvrajSingh-bd5gf]

Alfie !! Lazio 2001 has to be here !! The club literally sold a whole squad of legends

[@amann7166]

My favorite team ever

[@karlsylvain]

and parma 98-2000 too!!

[@YuvrajSingh-bd5gf]

Karl Sylvain decent shout bud

[@amann7166]

@Jan FCB we were complete shit in 16/17, you mean 14/15

[@DustyBrah]

Do the opposite now - 7 great teams that stayed together for a generation

[@bjehulk]

0:26 it wasn’t the following season. Ajax reached the Europa League Final in 2016/17 but reached the Champions League Semifinals in 2018/19

[@dalmati4969]

Keep up the great vids!!!

[@Geo07ism]

Alfie you've said in both videos that Ajax made it to the EL final in 16/17 and CL semi final in 17/18 but in 17/18 Ajax got knocked out in the EL playoffs by Rosenborg. They had the miracle season in 18/19

[@SN-uf7sg]

Top 7 managers who have played professionally in the past 7 years (or something like that)

[@mrsomeone846]

Great vid. This is one of the things I hate most about football, almost everyone seems to jump ship to a “bigger” club as soon as they have one good season. Just think how many great sides we’ve missed out on.

[@ojosmacabros]

You should do a documentary on the 2005-2007 run by Cucuta Deportivo, they went from the Colombian Second division to the Copa Libertadores final in that span

[@sugargaydavid]

The determination of São Paulo of 2005 was unbelievable, not the best team in terms of quality but the best in term of dedication ❤️

[@simokojamesphiri7924]

Was half expecting Ajax of 94-95 to make this one as well.

[@erikthehalfabee6234]

i was fully expecting that.

[@andertonchigoneka5331]

Underrated ones Bolton 2006/07 Portsmouth 2007/08 Blackburn 2007/08 Inter Milan 2009/10 Ac Milan 2010/11 Middlesbrough 2004/05 Everton 2004/05 Parma 2001-02 Leeds 2001/02 Newcastle 2001/02 Rangers 2011/12 Aston Villa 2009/10 Monaco 1999-00 Schalke 2010-11 Bayer Leverkusen 2001-02 Southampton 2015-16

[@TywayneFrater]

I still can’t find the background music for Hitc Sevens if you can find it can you please link it for me please 🙏

[@leandrometfan]

9:42 Ceni in his prime was a goal scoring machine. From 2005 to 2008 he made 52 goals in 198 matches

[@davooodle]

great vid bro

[@josealves2128]

I'm a São Paulo fan. I was very sad when the 2005 squad got separated, but luckily, our manager in 2006, Muricy Ramalho, was so good that he managed to rebuild the team, so he won 3 consecutive league titles! The only brazilian club which managed to do so.

[@iybjs5308]

As impressive as winning the title was, what I find amazing about Leicester in 2016 was how well they managed to hold onto their squad, with the only major departure that summer being Kante. Vardy shook of big money offers from arsenal and Utd, and it took mahrez three years to move away from them

[@LoonaVanza]

All time Premier League 11 vs All time La Liga 11 And same could be done for other Leagues SeriesA, League1 and Bundisliga

[@fabstems3388]

this one, this is a very good idea.

[@LoonaVanza]

@@fabstems3388 thanks dude

[@areebsiddiqui758]

So you're only taking players from the 92-93 season onwards? Kinda unfair on all the great players who played before that time.

[@fabstems3388]

@@areebsiddiqui758 I think he meant before and after the change in format. cuz I agree, it wouldn't be fair to all the greats playing before the 90's

[@Jackcrypto101]

If Scholes is in it I'm done jn life

[@tommyg_f1]

Bodø-Glimt won the Norwegian Eliteserie for the first time in their history this season, as well as almost qualifying for the Europa League (lost to AC Milan in qualifiers). They have already lost two of their three best players, Jens Petter Hauge (AC Milan) and Philip Zinckernagel (Watford), and I don’t expect them to keep Kasper Junker too long either.

[@gamelard1963]

chivas usa went through one where they reached the play offs and qualified for the concacaf champions league, then the next season they sold all those players albeit they did fail in both play offs and concacaf champions league. but they failed after all the players were sold tho.

[@WikiRafa]

I'm Brazilian and also a São Paulo supporter, but the worst case of squad dismantling in Brazil occurred with one of our rivals, Palmeiras. In 1996, they had a very strong first semester, scoring 100 goals in the state league (that was far more important back then than it is today). The team was nicknamed "The Green Machine" and, if it was formed 10 to 20 years earlier, it would be one of the greatest in Brazilian football history, alongside Pelé's Santos or Zico's Flamengo. But most of the main names of the squad had gone away by the start of 1996/97 season: Cafu, Flávio Conceição, Djalminha, Rivaldo, Luizão would become regular members of Seleção in our Golden Age of 1994-2002. They also had Júnior (who would also be a starter of that '05 Sao Paulo squad) and an aging, but still in good form, Muller (1990 WC Brazil FW). One of their key players, a DM called Amaral, who wouldn't succeed in Europe, was very good back then and even started in some of the 1996 Seleção matches.

[@veeravchand1860]

You should do a video on last decades top 11 squad players with the most goals in each of their position 2010-2019

[@Unknown-gz8dt]

Red star Belgrade haven’t been the same in nearly 3 decades

[@viktorpantic4057]

,,Dragan Stojković Piksi is most underrated player! He should be mentioned in best's ever list! Alongside Messi, Ronaldo, Maradona, Pelé.." Arsene Wenger ,,Stojković is underrated, in every mutual game, he was better than me, he is little magician, one of best players I've ever met, incredible talent and incredible hard work, you can't see that every day." Diego Armando Maradona ,,Piksi was very good player, he is not enough appreciated" Pelé

[@JJJackson777]

the only good thing to come out out of Beverley: HITC 7's

[@Jackcrypto101]

That Monaco team is unreal

[@tiorammcdonough7666]

What would continental best XIs look like? And if you could give us a list of 7 Stadiums bigger than the town/City they're in?

[@DotepenecPL]

Another example may be the 2004 CL winner's side. Carvalho and Ferreira followed Mourinho, Deco left for Barcelona, Alieniczew for Spartak. Within a year Carlos Alberto returned to Brazil while Derlei, Costinha and Maniche moved to Dynamo. At least eight players that is, not bad. 2011 Europa League winning squad: Falcao, Săpunaru, Guarin, Alvaro Pereira, Hulk, Belluschi and, of course, Villas-Boas - none of them was in the club in autum 2012. This could be a classic example: out of 14 Atletico players who appeared on the Hamburg field in the 2010 Europa League final, two played as a subs in the 2012 final, the third remained on the bench, with another manager. However, that seems to have been more a generation exchange and reconstruction than dismantling.

[@weetabixharry]

Blackburn Rovers won the Premier League in 1994-95. During the next 4 seasons, they sold several of their key players and got relegated: Shearer -> Newcastle Batty -> Newcastle Le Saux -> Chelsea Berg -> Man Utd Sherwood -> Spurs (also Shay Given -> Newcastle, but he was still young)

[@rohithraman6488]

Southampton's 13-14 team was so underrated

[@thebrazilianswag]

Even though São paulo was "dismantled" after the 2005 season, they still kept enough key pieces to win the Brazilian league in 2006, 07 and 08 and always found signings to keep on being relevant both nationally and internationally up until 2010.

[@anubhav111196]

Ajax reached the semifinal in 2018-19 season, not in 2017-18

[@supersasukemaniac]

we need a video about how unique South American football is from European football from splitting the season in to a Summer and Winter tournament, to Argentina's Premier Division just doing a single Round Robin.

[@bconzzers]

This video should be called "giving small clubs fans nightmares"

[@shadowgunner1526]

my precious red star Belgrade ;-( . Look how they massacred my boy.

[@georgegroome916]

hey alfie I don't know if you're aware but Tifo have already made a documentary on the marseilles team

[@C0mmand3r.]

Bayer Leverkusen Team of 2001 would have been a great shout

[@sejn195]

Great video! When pronouncing South Slavic first and last names, keep in mind that š makes a sh sound and that both č and ć make a ch sound.

[@Henny57555]

How hasn’t Leicester made the list

[@dusan7620]

Hey, should check the fate of '66 Partizan Belgrade squad and why have they lost their Champion's cup final against Real Madrid, its really fascinating.

[@wanabdulazimwanzuki3617]

First Eleven Hamburger SV 2017/18 seasons where are they now? The last seasons Hamburg play in Bundesliga

[@zsutton6687]

If that Monaco team from 2014 to like 2016 stayed together holy shit batman. Would have been fun to see how they could have worked in Mbappe and Martial in up front

[@Football_Goals_F.C]

I think Aston villa 08/09 should be on this list aswell, Gareth Barry and James miller to man city, Ashley young to man utd and stewart downing to liverpool, Brad friedel to spurs, james Collins to West ham also

[@habeebismail3097]

Can you do a documentary on Dortmund? They've had some amazing players in the past decade. (Auba, immobile, kagawa, hummels, lewa, mikhi etc)

[@habeebismail3097]

Not to mention Dembele and Sancho

[@gontrandjojo9747]

Dortmund are the official Bayern training center, so it's an entire different case.

[@lourencofonzyguy]

Benfica 2013/2014? Domestic treble and Europa League final. Oblak, Garay, Siqueira, Andre Gomes, Rodrigo, Markovic, Matic (albeit january of that same season) all leaving!

[@swanos6483]

Since the 2004 World Cup, each reigning champion lost in the group stages World Cup 4 years later

[@romanscerbak5167]

FC Dnipro. 2015 in UEL final 2016 not going through the group stage and being denied entrance for the next year 2017 relegated as second last (than relegated once more that summer and once more in 2018 and disbanded in 2019, but that is not about the squad)

[@budabudimir1]

lol, my man forgot to mention Dejan Savicevic as part of RS Belgrade. Dejan went on to place 2nd in Ballon d'Or vote in 1991.

[@angelovargas938]

Hey Alfie, when Cruzeiro inevitably get relegated to the 3rd division at the end of the current season, can you do a video on them? They're Brazil's joint highest Copa do Brasil winers, tied with Grêmio

[@brushark9090]

Not joint, the are sole first place after that double at 17-18

[@angelovargas938]

@@brushark9090 damn, you're right. I had forgotten about that lol

[@justintharagan]

0:24 Ajax’s run in the Champions League was in 2018/2019. You said their run was after the 2016/2017 season which wasn’t true it was actually 2 seasons later.

[@Stopreadingmyusername23]

Top 7 highest ever points total in domestic leagues

[@GregH25]

Was expecting to see Leicester’s title winners when starting the video but seeing what happened to these teams, I see why I was wrong

[@loganmclarry]

Would a US example be the 2010 MLS Cup winning Colorado Rapids?

[@Kourumeme]

I know red Star Belgrade success came to an end when they were at the beginning of what would been they’re domination, should have put in yugoslav national team of the 1990s as it was a start of their golden generation made up of players from the 1987 u-20 team.

[@smenzelwendlela4369]

I really REALLY REALLY hope this doesn't happen to Atalanta

[@cheesybellend6842]

Probably won’t a lot of their players are older

[@smenzelwendlela4369]

@Kuromori I see

[@jaimeperez821]

Mexico vs Brazil 2012 olympics where are they now?

[@alanparsons994]

APOEL Nicosia 2011-12 Cypriot team reached in UCL quarter-finals

[@danniemargetts456]

Nations league managers ranked as players

[@St3volution]

Ajax 1995-96 would make an even better contendor for this list than their 2017 squad. After their CL win in 95 they lost Seedorf and Rijkaard, but in the years after the CL final defeat in 96, they lost mainly all their remaining key players within a couple of years: Kluivert, Davids, Reiziger, Overmars, Kanu, Finidi George, Bogarde, Frank & Ronald de Boer and Van der Sar

[@fookinl3048]

Hit C your cool

[@hugoumero9723]

What about campormaiorense 1999/00 They almost Became first alentejo team To go playing In Uefa cup but lose To beira-mar In taça de Portugal final And got relegated From next season

[@PrimeJoeEllwood23]

For anyone that didn't know, the Copa Sudamericana is the South American Europa League

[@dave2125]

Idea: Celtic 2-1 Barcelona where are they now and Rangers champions league run 06 where are they now

[@abirgaming1502]

didnt knew you had a channel where an irish guy doesnt scream constently

[@hosko4575]

Bury 18-19 promotion to league 1, liquidation of there club in just the season after I know it’s a small club but it’s still a squad who achieved who dismantled the next season

[@robertclark2253]

What about Aberdeen ? When Alex Ferguson took over at Manchester United in 1986 and bought Alex McLeish , Gordon Strachan and Jim Leighton not only that Charlie Nicholas went to Arsenal .

[@AJdada815]

Wow Liverpool really do like Southampton, didn’t notice it was that so many of their players were ex Southampton. Pretty sure chamberlain is from Southampton academy

[@JayTechZM]

After seeing tifo's video on marseille's 93 team, i would love to see your take on this channel

[@MrMisacar]

The Crvena Zvezda (Red Star Belgrade) dismantling was a misconception and you should have done better research on the 91/92 Champions League. Savicevic, Pancev and Mihajlovic were still playing for the club in that season. CL format was different that season so the knockout games were played first and then teams were split into two groups of four, the top team from each group then advanced into the final (Sampdoria 1 - Barcelona 4). Red Star were second in their group two points behind Sampdoria DESPITE BEING UNABLE TO PLAY GAMES AT HOME DUE TO WAR. Home games were played in Bulgaria and Hungary and we still almost managed to make to the final. If history didn't mix it's fingers we probably would've won it again. The team was eventualy dismantled yes, but not immediately after winning in 1991.

[@randomhumour9133]

spains 2010 wc winning team & where they are now?

[@kwabenaowusu8567]

Ajax made the semifinals of the champions league in the 18-19 season, not the 17-18 season Alfie.

[@guuiba09]

São Paulo wasn't dismantled after 2005, it remained one of the most dominant brazillian teams of that time for 4 years, even after some players leaving in 2005 other ones joined afterwards that helped the team win the national league Brasileirão Serie A for 3 consecutive years, something no other team has ever done. Even tough Brasil's national league doesn't have world class teams nowdays like it had back in the day, and nothing like Europe's most dominant teams, we have quite a disputed league on which most teams of Serie A are quite leveled and every year there is a different champion or favorite team to win, and so back to back to back champhionships is quite and achivement. Regarding international success, São Paulo hasn't won Libertadores since 2005 and after a 2nd place in Brasileirao 2009 and a lot of internal crisis on the board a once great team was dismantled and is struggling to find success since then.

[@ariqrestyawan23]

What's the differenc2 between copa libertadores & copa sudamericana?

[@mohamedalsaggaf2477]

Pretty sure the libertadores is like the champions league and sudamericana is like the Europa league

[@abhishek.sharma]

@mar Copa Libertadores is like UCL of South America and Copa Sudamericana is like UEL.

[@iamasadloser]

Would love to see a piece on Rogerio Ceni, somehow iconic and record breaking but barely gets any recognition .

[@MrRocha2801]

If he was European, he would be considered a footballing great. 131 career goals is absolutely impressive for a GK. And he's treated like a god by every SPFC fan.

[@alfierycroft2628]

1. AS Monaco 2. Ajax 3. Benfica 4. Hull City

[@JNN-]

While Sao Paulo lost a lot of players they arguably came back stronger in 2006. Lugano was really don't only irreplaceable player. Everyone else was replaced by players just as good or better. Not an accident that Sao Paulo went on to win 3 straight Brazilian league titles.

[@ManOfThr]

7 underachieving golden generations

[@Rabauke84]

Belgium: 3rd place between 2014-today Czech Republic: 2nd place between 1996-2004 England: Nothing between 1998-2006 Belgium: only 3rd between 2014-today Croatia: only 3rd between 1996-1998 Netherlands: 1 European cup and several runner ups at world cups, although being a power house in football 1974-today! Argentina: Messi era with only one runner up 2007-today!

[@filipepinto6929]

Deco, Paulo Ferreira, Ricardo Carvalho,Costinha... Even Mourinho who was a big part in that squads success left. You could ve easilly put porto in there