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The Double is a term in football, which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season. It can also mean beating a team both home and away in the same league season, a feat often noted as doing the double over a particular side.
[edit] The Double[edit] EnglandIn football, particularly in England, The Double is generally used to refer to the winning of the top tier domestic league title (currently the Premier League) and the primary domestic cup competition, the FA Cup. List of teams who won¹ The Double in England: 
[edit] League and League Cup DoubleA rarer, and less coveted, double in English domestic football is that of winning the League championship and the League Cup. This feat was first achieved in 1978 by Nottingham Forest. Liverpool achieved this double three times in succession (1982, 1983 and 1984 in the latter case with the European Cup, a unique Treble). The latest team to achieve it were Chelsea in 2005 when they won the English Premier League and League Cup. [edit] FA Cup and League Cup DoubleAgain rarer and less coveted, this 'Cup Double' has been achieved three times. In 1993 Arsenal won both major English domestic cup finals (defeating Sheffield Wednesday in each. In 2001 Liverpool won both and also won the UEFA Cup. Most recently, in 2007 Chelsea won the League Cup with Didier Drogba scoring two goals to see off Arsenal in the final. Drogba also found the back of the net in the FA Cup final as his finish beat Edwin van der Sar to make Chelsea the first FA Cup winners at the new Wembley. [edit] Double DoubleThe Double Double is a term describing he defence of The Double (winning back to back Doubles) in the subsequent season. It is yet to be achieved, but there have been a few near instances. Most notably in 2003 by Arsenal F.C., who successfully defended their FA Cup crown, but finished as runners-up in the Premier League. Manchester United chose to enter the FIFA Club World Championship in the 1999-00 season rather than defend the FA Cup, hence could not complete the Double Double (or another Treble) - despite winning the Premier League in 2000. [edit] Other countriesOne notable double-winning team in 2006 was Bayern Munich in Germany, which became the first team in the country's history to successfully defend a double. Inter Milan in Italy earned the double in an unusual manner in the same season, being awarded the Serie A title to go along with their on-field win in the Coppa Italia after initial league champions Juventus were stripped of the title in the aftermath of the 2006 Serie A scandal. CSKA Moscow in Russia won the Russian Cup and Premier League in 2005. In Japan, Urawa Red Diamonds won the J. League and the Emperor's Cup in 2006, and Kashima Antlers won in 2007. In the United States, the double consists of winning the MLS Cup and the U.S. Open Cup. D.C. United accomplished this in 1996, followed by the Chicago Fire in 1998. In 1999, Icelandic club KR Reykjavik men's and women's teams won both league and cup, and the club celebrated its centenary year with a double-double. The all-time leader for domestic doubles is Linfield, from Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — with 20 as of May 2008, after completing an unprecedented Treble Double. [edit] DenmarkOnly four teams have won the Danish Double. Aarhus GF in 1955, 1957 and 1960, Vejle Boldklub in 1958 and 1972, FC Copenhagen in 2004 and latest Brondby IF in 1998 and 2005. [edit] Greece
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[edit] LuxembourgIn Luxembourgian football, the Double is a single club's victory in both the National Division and the Luxembourg Cup in the same season. As there are no other senior football competitions in Luxembourg, and Luxembourgian clubs have never come close to winning any European tournament, the Double is the ultimate achievement for a Luxembourgian club in one season. It has been accomplished twenty-two times in the eighty-two years in which the Luxembourg Cup has been contested (and, therefore, the Double has been possible). By far the most successful club in terms of winning Doubles has been Jeunesse Esch, who have completed eight of the twenty-two Doubles.
[edit] Domestic Cup DoubleA Domestic Cup Double consists of winning both domestic cup competitions in a single season or calendar year. Examples include:
[edit] European DoubleIn the same spirit as The Treble, the European Double consists of winning the top tier European tournament (currently the UEFA Champions League) and domestic league title in a single season or calendar year. This has been achieved on 22 occasions by 15 clubs from 53 European competitions. Ajax Amsterdam have achieved this on the most number of occasions (3).
[edit] Continental DoubleA Continental Double is identical to the European Double, but for sides outside the UEFA confederation winning the primary continental cup competition and the domestic league title. For example, the Copa Libertadores and top tier domestic league title in the CONMEBOL confederation would form a Continental Double. The Continental Double may be won in a calendar year, rather than a single season. [edit] OtherA a combination of domestic league or cup and a lesser European trophy, usually the UEFA Cup or former UEFA Cup Winners' Cup may be won in the same season or calendar year. Examples include:
[edit] International DoubleA country from outside Africa cannot win a World Cup and continental championship in the same year because they are not annual events, but one which holds both titles simultaneously could be said to have "done the double". These include:
[edit] Near Domestic Doubles[edit] EnglandMany sides have come close to winning the English league and FA Cup double but have either finished 2nd in the league, lost the FA Cup final or both (an occurrence sometimes referred to as Double Horror) . [edit] League Runners-up
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