Published on 31 December 2021 - 21:04 GMT

By Dokubo.

We have gradually come to the climax of the year 2021. The world of football blessed fans all over with amazing moments. Which teams performed best over the year in Europe's top leagues? Let's find out as we consider teams from Europe's top five leagues.

English Premier League: Manchester City FC

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Manchester City under the guidance of Pep Guardiola continues to set the bars so high for the rest of the clubs in the English top-flight. In the 2021 calendar year, Manchester City ended the year with 36 league wins in 44 games, the most in the history of the English top-flight. The Cityzens amassed 110 points and scored 113 goals in the process which is the most in the top-flight. They also won 19 times on the road in the league in 2021.

Manchester City registered 53 wins in all competitions during 2021. That's the most by any club in the history of the English football league since its inception in 1888.🤯

Manchester City wrapped up 2021 with two pieces of silverware - the premier league title and EFL (Carabao) Cup.

Spanish La Liga: Real Madrid CF

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Real Madrid top the La Liga league table for the 2021 calendar year. Los Blancos enjoyed victory 29 times in 41 league matches. Real Madrid gathered a total of 97 points and scored 80 goals. They lost just 2 league games in 2021 fewest in all of Europe's top-five leagues.

Closest to them are Atletico Madrid, league champions for the 2020/2021 season. Atletico won 23 times in the league in 2021.

German Bundesliga: FC Bayern Munich

A historic title celebration

FC Bayern Munich was unstoppable during 2021. Bayern won 29 out of 38 league games played in 2021 amassing 91 points in total. They scored an incredible 116 goals (the most) in the league in 2021 and had a goal difference of 75.

The Allianz Arena side lifted the Meisterschale last May, equalling Juventus' record as the only side among Europe’s top five leagues to lift the league title for nine successive seasons.

Other achievements by Bayern Munich in 2021 include:

  1. In mid-May, they set a record of scoring in 34 consecutive Bundesliga away games which they have since extended to 42 away games.
  2. Bayern broke Real Madrid's European record of scoring in 73 successive games and set a new record of 83 successive matches in which they scored.
  3. The Bavarians joined FC Barcelona as just the second team to complete the sextet in a space of 12 months after their Club World Cup triumph.

Italian Serie A: FC Internazionale


Internazionale sits at the annual Serie A table for 2021. 32 wins in 43 league games, 104 points gained in this period. Inter also outscored the rest with 104 Serie A goals. Next on the log is Atalanta with 28 wins from 44 games.

Inter Milan ended Juventus' nine-year hold of the Scudetto as they were crowned league champions in May.

French Ligue 1: Paris Saint Germain

Although they lost the league title in 2021 to LOSC Lille, PSG ended the year as League 1 top team in 2021 annual standing. In 40 league games, they won 29 times and gained 93 points. PSG scored 86 times in this period.

AS Monaco ended second with 24 wins from 40 games as well. Gained 80 points and scored 77 goals.

More to come in the new calendar year of 2022! Cheers 🍻