The Quadruple

The Quadruple

The Quadruple is a term used unofficially in football that refers to a club winning their country's top-tier league and the two most highly regarded domestic cup competitions, as well as the top-level continental cup competition - the European Cup/Champions League under the UEFA confederation - all within a single season. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7528155.stm BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Chelsea | Scolari sets sights on quadruple ] ]

The FA Community Shield (or other similar minor trophies), UEFA Super Cup (or Super Cups from other confederations), Intercontinental Cup, or FIFA Club World Cup are never counted as part of The Quadruple.Fact|date=August 2008 As with The Treble, it is possible to win 4 trophies in a season other than the top tier combination. A consensus view is that such an achievement should be called 'a quadruple' or 'quadruple' as a common noun with The Quadruple or Quadruple as a proper noun reserved for the top tier achievement.Fact|date=August 2008

At present - in many leagues - The Quadruple is the ultimate achievement, consisting of every major top tier trophy a club can win in a single season. [ [http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article722047.ece Chelsea star Petr Cech insists team are on the Quadruple hunt after Carling Cup victory | Chelsea eying up Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League trophies | The Sun |Spor... ] ] [ [http://www.goal.com/en/articolo.aspx?contenutoid=734366 Goal.com - Chelsea - Essien: Scolari Can Lead Us To The Quad ] ] However, it remains a practical impossibility in some countries, such as Spain, Germany and Italy, where there is only one major domestic cup competition.

Continental quadruple

Celtic FC were the first, and so far the only, men's team to have accomplished the feat, doing so in the 1966-67 season, winning:

*The Scottish First Division
*The Scottish Cup
*The Scottish League Cup
*The European Cup [ [http://www.celticfc.net/home/about/briefHistory.aspx Brief History ] ] Additionally, Celtic also won the Glasgow Cup the same season, making five trophies in total.

Arsenal Ladies are the only team in women's football to have accomplished the Quadruple, doing so in the 2006-07 season, winning: [cite web | url=http://www.thefa.com/Womens/TheFAWomensCup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2007/05/FAWCMatchReport.htm | title=Arsenal clinch quadruple | work=TheFA.com]

*The FA Women's Premier League
*The FA Women's Cup
*The FA Women's Premier League Cup
*The UEFA Women's Cup (equivalent of the UEFA Champions League)

Additionally, Arsenal had also won the 2006 FA Women's Community Shield at the start of the season, making five trophies in total. [cite web | url=http://www.arsenal.com/ladies/ladies-honours | title=Ladies Honours | work=Arsenal.com ]

Domestic quadruple

Sun Hei of Hong Kong won 4 trophies in the 2004–05 season.:*Hong Kong First Division League:*Hong Kong Senior Shield:*Hong Kong FA Cup:*Hong Kong League Cup

Linfield of Northern Ireland completed a domestic Quadruple in 2005/06.:*Irish League:*Irish Cup:*Irish League Cup:*County Antrim Shield

International Quadruple

It is possible to win an International Quadruple by consecutively winning the FIFA World Cup, the international level Confederation tournament (the European Championships or Copa America are examples), the Summer Olympic Football Tournament and the FIFA Confederations Cup.Fact|date=August 2008 The Olympic tournament was viewed with importance in the era before the World CupFact|date=August 2008 but is now perceived as a secondary tournament - due to this view and age restrictions on players, this Quadruple is yet to be won.Fact|date=August 2008

ee also

*The Double
*The Treble

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