A characteristic element that we encountered in the 2023-24 season, in Europe's highly publicized leagues, is that we had a lot of changes in the… throne. And our country was no exception, with APOEL celebrating the 29th championship in its history, taking over from Aris Limassol. The blue-and-yellow team prevailed over AEK Larnaca and celebrated after five years… without a shower of titles.
In England and France the champion remained the same, with Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain, respectively, continue their dynasty. Of course, on the Island, Arsenal made it difficult for Pep Guardiola's team, but they were unable to stop them and deprive them of their 10th championship and 4th in a row.
Even in Germany, where Bayern Munich had claimed the crown, after 11 years we had a change, with the amazing Bayer Leverkusen conquering the “salad bowl” undefeated and putting the brakes on an incredible run by the Bavarians.
PAOK in Greece made a tremendous comeback and with three consecutive victories in the final overtook AEK and deprived them of the possibility for the second championship in a row. In a championship with plenty of suspense until the end. For the Thessalonians, the 4th trophy came with a lot of effort, five years after their last one.
Real Madrid and Inter… came back and so we had a change of champions in Spain and Italy. Sporting Lisbon also had a very good year in Portugal and finished first, as did Eindhoven in the Netherlands. In Belgium, although the marathon will be completed today, Club Brugge will probably prevail (they are at +3) and take the scepter from the disappointing Antwerp.
Crown again with Ilias< /b>
FCSB or Steaua returned to the top of the Romanian league after nine years, during which time it also changed its name. And her return took place with Ilias Charalambous at the helm, who excelled in the Balkan country and put his name on the training map for foreign teams.
