Double (sport)
As a double ([ˈdɘbɘl] or [ˈduːbɘl] English for [the] double, originally from Latin duplex = double), the win of two important titles in one season or in contests that are close at hand is referred to in sport. The term is most commonly used in team sports for winning the national championship and the national cup competition of the same club.
The timely win of three major titles is called a triple . The simultaneous win of the championship title of a women’s and a men’s team is also known as a mixed double (based on the mixed doubles ).
Soccer
Germany
In German football , a double is to be understood as winning the German football championship and the DFB Cup in the same year. In GDR football , the term was used for winning the GDR football championship and the FDGB cup in the same year. Before the First World War , the German Football Association (DFB) and the German Academic Association (ASB) played the German Academic Championship from 1911 to 1913 . There were also two double winners: 1912 Holstein Kiel and 1913 VfB Leipzig .
The record double winner for men is FC Bayern Munich with thirteen doubles, and 1. FFC Frankfurt has been successful six times for women .
Austria
In Austrian men's football, FK Austria Wien have scored ten times, SK Rapid Wien six times, FC Red Bull Salzburg five times, SK Admira Wien four times, FC Tirol three times, the Grazer AK , LASK Linz , SK Sturm Graz and SC Wacker Wien once each double . In the women’s category, SV Neulengbach made it ten times, USC Landhaus Wien and Union Kleinmünchen Linz four times each.
Switzerland
In Switzerland, the Grasshopper Club Zurich achieved eight, FC Basel five, and FC La Chaux-de-Fonds and Lausanne-Sports each achieved two doubles. Servette FC Genève , FC Sion , Young Boys Bern and FC Zurich each achieved a double.
other European countries
In some European football leagues, a double is much more common, as two or three teams dominate here. Like in Scotland, for example, where the Glasgow Rangers and Celtic Glasgow each achieved the double 18 times. In many countries there are also home and away games in the cup competition. As a rule, this regulation helps the higher-class teams, as a one-time slip can be corrected again.
| country | society | Number of doubles |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | Glasgow Rangers , Celtic Glasgow | 18th |
| Greece | Olympiacos Piraeus | 17th |
| Portugal | Benfica Lisbon | 11 |
| Norway | Rosenborg Ball Club | 10 |
| Spain | FC Barcelona | 8th |
| Netherlands | Ajax Amsterdam | 8th |
| Turkey | Galatasaray Istanbul | 7th |
| Italy | Juventus Turin | 6th |
| England (women) | Arsenal FC | 5 |
| France | AS Saint-Etienne | 4th |
| England (men) | Arsenal FC , Manchester United | 3 |
Other countries
| country | society | Number of doubles |
|---|---|---|
| Namibia | African stars | 1 |
| Egypt | al Ahly Cairo | 13 |
| Bahrain | Muharraq Club | 11 |
European double
The European double consists of winning the highest European competition, the UEFA Champions League and winning the national championship.
Men
| society | number | Years |
|---|---|---|
| FC Barcelona | 5 | 1992, 2006, 2009 1 , 2011, 2015 1 |
| FC Bayern Munich | 4th | 1974, 2001, 2013 1 , 2020 1 |
| Ajax Amsterdam | 3 | 1972 1 , 1973, 1995 |
| real Madrid | 3 | 1957, 1958, 2017 |
| Liverpool FC | 2 | 1977, 1984 |
| Manchester United | 2 | 1999 1 , 2008 |
| Inter Milan | 2 | 1965, 2010 1 |
| Benfica Lisbon | 1 | 1961 |
| Celtic Glasgow | 1 | 1967 1 |
| Hamburger SV | 1 | 1983 |
| Steaua Bucharest | 1 | 1986 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 1 | 1988 1 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 1 | 1991 |
| AC Milan | 1 | 1994 |
| FC Porto | 1 | 2004 |
Women
| society | number | Years! |
|---|---|---|
| Olympique Lyon | 3 | 2011, 2012 1 , 2016 1 |
| 1. FFC Frankfurt | 2 | 2002 1 , 2008 1 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 2 | 2013 1 , 2014 |
| Arsenal LFC | 1 | 2007 1 |
| 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | 1 | 2010 |
1 as part of the triple
More European doubles
Sometimes the combination of a championship and a European cup or the combination of a national cup and a European cup is referred to as a double.
Double of the men's national teams
Winning the continental championship and the world championship is also referred to as a double.
| season | National team | tournaments won |
|---|---|---|
| 1972-1974 |
 BR Germany
|
1972 (EM) and 1974 (WM) |
| 1998-2000 |
 France
|
1998 (WM) and 2000 (EM) |
| 2002-2004 |
 Brazil
|
2002 (World Cup) and 2004 (Copa América) |
| 2008–2012 |
 Spain
|
2008 (EM) , 2010 (WM) and 2012 (EM) |
Brazil (2005) and France (2001) also won the FIFA Confederations Cup , winning all three possible official titles.
Winning the World Cup as a player and coach is also referred to as a double . So far only three athletes have succeeded:
1. Mário Zagallo , Brazil: 1958 and 1962 as a player, 1970 as a coach
2. Franz Beckenbauer , Germany: 1974 as a player, 1990 as a coach
3. Didier Deschamps , France: 1998 as a player, 2018 as a coach
Other sports
athletics
A possible double in athletics is the short sprint double, consisting of winning the 100 and 200 m titles at championships.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Broder Carstensen: Anglicisms Dictionary Vocabulary After 1945. The Influence of English on German Vocabulary , Vol. 1, Berlin 2001, p. 385. Both pronunciations are listed here. Only the pronunciation with / u / is used in the Duden . German Universal Dictionary, 6th edition Mannheim, Leipzig, Vienna, Zurich, p. 418.
- ↑ Mixed double: Munich celebrates its champions. DFB , May 24, 2015, accessed on May 22, 2016 .
- ↑ The Bavarians celebrate the "mixed double" so exuberantly on the town hall balcony! (With video and pictures!). (No longer available online.) Hannover.sportbuzzer.de, May 15, 2016, archived from the original on May 22, 2016 ; accessed on May 22, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
