League & League Cup Double
A rarer, and less coveted, domestic double is that of winning the league championship and the League Cup. In many leagues this can not be done as there is no second domestic cup competition (as in Italy and the Netherlands) or it has been disbanded (such as in Spain and Denmark). The format of league cups and the number of participating teams can vary enormously from one country to another. In the case of Germany, it should be noted that the DFB-Ligapokal was played in the summer months prior to the Bundesliga and therefore was won in the preceding calendar year to the title win.
| Club | Country | Number won |
Year(s) won | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rangers | Scotland | 17 | 1947, 1948, 1961, 1964, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011 | |
| Celtic | Scotland | 8 | 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1998, 2001, 2006 | As part of the Quadruple with the European Cup and Scottish Cup in 1966-67 |
| Bayern Munich | Germany | 5 | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008 | |
| Liverpool | England | 3 | 1982, 1983, 1984 | As part of the Treble with the European Cup in 1983-84 |
| Maccabi Haifa | Israel | 2 | 1994, 2006 | |
| The New Saints | Wales | 2 | 2006, 2010 | |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Israel | 1 | 1998 | |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Israel | 1 | 2012 | |
| Hearts | Scotland | 1 | 1960 | |
| Nottingham Forest | England | 1 | 1978 | |
| Chelsea | England | 1 | 2005 | |
| Manchester United | England | 1 | 2009 | |
| Anderlecht | Belgium | 1 | 2001 | |
| Wisła Kraków | Poland | 1 | 2001 | |
| Legia Warsaw | Poland | 1 | 2002 | |
| Brøndby IF | Denmark | 1 | 2005 | Part of a domestic treble |
| Bordeaux | France | 1 | 2009 | |
| Marseille | France | 1 | 2010 | |
| Benfica | Portugal | 1 | 2010 |
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