Posts are gonna be coming less frequently from now on because I'm only doing decade reviews.
Best teams of the decade
Arsenal: Champions League x3 (2081, 2083, 2084), Premier League x4 (2082, 2083, 2086, 2088), FA Cup (2089), Carabao Cup x2 (2081, 2084)
Man United: Champions League x2 (2082, 2086), Premier League x2 (2084, 2089), Club World Cup (2089), FA Cup (2081), Europa League x2 (2080, 2085), Carabao Cup x3 (2083, 2085, 2086)
Schalke: Champions League x2 (2085, 2088), Bundesliga x3 (2083, 2088, 2089), DFB-Pokal x3 (2081, 2086, 2087)
Real Madrid: Champions League (2089), La Liga x4 (2082, 2084, 2087, 2088), Spanish Cup x4 (2080, 2082, 2085, 2088)
Hamburg: Champions League x0, Champions League Runners-Up x4 (2084, 2087-89), Bundesliga x6 (2080-82, 2084-86), Club World Cup (2081), DFB-Pokal x3 (2082, 2085, 2089)
Timeline
2080
> Leeds wins their 2nd-straight Champions League, beating Pescara 3-0 in the final
> Leeds also wins the Premier League, beating Spurs to the title by 2 points. Arsenal finishes 3rd, Sheffield United comes in 5th, Southampton comes in 8th, Chelsea comes 11th, Liverpool comes in 13th.
> Barcelona wins La Liga, finishing with 7 more points than Tenerife in 2nd. Atletico Madrid comes in 3rd, Real Betis comes 5th,
> Inter wins their first Serie A title since 2047, finishing 9 points ahead of Lazio in 2nd. Pescara falls to 3rd, Atalanta comes 5th, Bologna finishes in 6th, Juventus comes 7th, Roma finishes 10th, Napoli comes in 13th.
> Hamburg wins their 5th straight Bundesliga title, losing only 2 games and ending the season 17 points clear of everyone. Wolfsburg comes 4th, Monchengladbach recovers by coming 6th, Leverkusen survives relegation.
> Bordeaux wins their first Ligue 1 since 2009, beating PSG and RC Lens, who Bordeaux beat in the last 5 games of the season, to the title by 2 points. Lyon falls to 4th.
> Spain wins the Euros by beating Germany 4-1 in the final. Scotland nearly made the final but lost to Germany on penalties.
> At the Olympics, England picks up the gold medal, Spain gets the silver, and Brazil gets the bronze.
> Argentina beats Brazil on penalties to win the Copa America, Colombia picks up 3rd.
2081
> Arsenal finally wins their first-ever Champions League, beating Leeds 4-3 in overtime in the final.
> Leeds wins the Premier League for the 3rd season in a row. Man United comes in 2nd, Southampton bounces back by coming 3rd, Arsenal comes 5th despite winning the UCL.
> Atletico Madrid wins La Liga, finishing 3 points clear of 2nd place Tenerife. Leonesa comes in 6th, Valencia comes 9th.
> Inter wins the Serie A again, beating Lazio to the title by 9 points. Atalanta comes 5th, Napoli finishes 11th.
> Hamburg wins the Bundesliga by going unbeaten over the entire season, finishing 13 points ahead of 2nd place Leipzig. Frankfurt comes in 5th, Bayern falls to 6th, Dortmund falls to 10th, Monchengladbach falls from 6th to 13th, Leverkusen survives relegation again.
> Bordeaux wins the Ligue 1 again, Marseille falls to 9th.
2082
> Arsenal makes the Champions League final again, but this time they lose in penalties to Man United.
> Arsenal wins the Premier League, beating Leeds to the title by 3 points. Sheffield United finishes 3rd, Newcastle comes in 4th, Southampton falls to 7th, Chelsea comes 16th, avoiding relegation by 6 points.
> Real Madrid beats Barcelona to the La Liga by 9 points. Atletico falls to 3rd, Valencia bounces back by coming 5th, Las Palmas finishes 7th.
> Atalanta wins the Serie A for the first time, beating Milan to the title by 4 points. Lazio and Pescar fall to 4th and 5th, Roma finishes 9th, Juventus comes all the way down in 12th.
> Hamburg beats Schalke to the Bundesliga title by 2 points. Wolfsburg comes in 3rd, Bayern finishes 9th, Monchengladbach comes 13th, Leverkusen survives relegation by winning the playoff.
> Angers SCO wins Ligue 1 on goal difference over Lyon, RC Lens and PSG both finish 2 points behind.
> England wins the World Cup, beating France 1-0 in the final. Brazil hosted the World Cup again, and once again they got slapped up in the semi-finals, with England beating them 5-0.
2083
> Arsenal wins the Champions League again, beating Barcelona 2-1 in overtime in the final.
> Arsenal also wins the Premier League, beating Man United to the title by 5 points. Sheffield United falls to 7th, Southampton comes all the way down in 10th.
> Chelsea becomes the first of the traditional "big 6" to get relegated, finishing in 19th and only picking up 4 wins all season. The first time Chelsea have been relegated from the Prem.
> Barcelona wins La Liga on goal difference over Atletico Madrid, with Real Madrid finishing 2 points behind. Atletico lost to Barcelona on the final day of the season, which game Real Madrid a chance to win the league with a win over Valencia, but they lost 1-0 to Valencia.
> Atalanta wins the Serie A again, beating Inter to the title by 7 points. Parma comes in 4th, Lazio finishes down in 7th, Napoli finishes 13th.
> Schalke ends Hamburg's Bundesliga streak, beating them to the title on goal difference. Wolfsburg comes in 3rd, Bayern bounces back by finishing 4th, Monchengladbach comes 13th, Leverkusen survives relegation.
> Monaco wins Ligue 1, beating RC Lens to the title by 2 points. PSG falls to 7th, Angers SCO falls from 1st to 8th.
2084
> Arsenal wins their 3rd Champions League in 4 years, beating Hamburg 2-0 in the final.
> Man United wins the Premier League, finishing 3 points ahead of Liverpool, who picked up only 1 point in their final 5 games. Arsenal falls to 6th, Chelsea gets promoted on their first try.
> Real Madrid wins La Liga over Atletico Madrid by 6 points. Real Sociedad comes 5th.
> Torino wins their first Serie A title since 1974, beating Lazio to the title by 2 points. Parma finishes 4th, Atalanta falls to 7th, Napoli comes 13th.
> Hamburg wins the Bundesliga by 10 points over Schalke. Bayern comes 3rd, Monchengladbach bounces back by coming in 8th, Stuttgart finishes 10th, Leverkusen comes 13th.
> PSG wins their first Ligue 1 title since 2055, Lyon comes 2nd, 8 points behind PSG. Monaco falls to 5th, AJ Auxerre comes 6th.
> France win Euro 2084 by beating England 1-0 in the final. Wales makes the semi-finals after beating Italy and Spain.
> In the Olympics, Italy won the gold medal, Spain got silver, and Germany won the bronze.
> Brazil wins the Copa America by beating the USA 1-0 in the final.
2085
> For the 5th year in a row, Arsenal makes the Champions League final, but this time, they are defeated 2-1 by Schalke, who had never won a Champions League before.
> Leeds wins the Premier League by 11 points over Man United. Southampton comes in 3rd, Arsenal finishes 4th, Chelsea survives relegation by 1 point.
> Barcelona wins La Liga by 3 points over Real Madrid, Celta Vigo finishes 5th, Valencia comes in 10th.
> Lazio wins the Serie A, Parma comes 2nd, Atalanta comes in 4th, Juventus finishes 6th, Inter comes in 8th, Torino falls from 1st to 13th.
> Hamburg wins the Bundesliga again, beating Wolfsburg to the title by 3 points. Leipzig comes in 4th, Bayern finishes 5th, Dortmund comes in 9th, Stuttgart finishes in 11th, Leverkusen gets relegated.
> RC Lens wins Ligue 1 on goal difference over Lyon, who drew against Marseille on the last day of the season to lose the title. Montpellier comes in 3rd, PSG falls to 5th, Monaco finishes 8th, Angers SCO finishes 9th.
2086
> Man United defeats Porto 3-0 in the Champions League Final.
> Arsenal wins the Premier League on goal difference over Leeds despite picking up only 7 points from their final 6 games. Liverpool comes in 11th, Chelsea finishes 15th.
> Barcelona wins La Liga by 14 points over Real Madrid. Valencia bounces back by coming 3rd, Atletico Madrid comes in 5th, Bilbao finishes 6th.
> Inter wins the Serie A in a very close title race. Inter finishes with 76 points, Atalanta comes 2nd on 73 points, Udinese finishes 3rd with 72, and Lazio comes 4th on 72. Torino bounces back and comes in 8th, Napoli comes 12th, Pescara finishes all the way down in 13th.
> Hamburg wins the Bundesliga for the 3rd straight season, finishing with 7 more points than Leipzig in 2nd. Dortmund bounces back by finishing 6th, Leverkusen gets promoted
> Monaco wins Ligue 1 by 3 points over Lyon. Angers SCO bounces back by coming in 4th, Montpellier falls to 7th.
> Australia had the best World Cup run so far. They beat Scotland, Ecuador, and Croatia to get to the semi-finals against Portugal, who they somehow beat 1-0. However, in the final, they got destroyed 5-0 by a Spain team who only allowed 2 goals all tournament.
2087
> Southampton wins the Champions League by beating Hamburg 2-1 in the final.
> Southampton also wins the Premier League, beating Man United to the title by 2 points. Arsenal finishes 3rd, Liverpool comes 4th, Everton finishes in 5th, Man City finishes in 10th, Chelsea comes 13th.
> Real Madrid wins La Liga by 5 points over Barcelona.
> Lazio wins the Serie A by 1 point over Milan and 2 points over Parma. Milan drew against Pescara on the last day of the season to throw away the title, while Parma only picked up 2 points from their final 3 games to throw it away.
> Bayern wins the Bundesliga by 3 points over Hamburg. Monchengladbach comes in 6th, Stuttgart comes in 11th, Leverkusen survives relegation.
> Monaco wins Ligue 1 by 3 points over Marseille.
2088
> Schalke wins their 2nd Champions League of the decade, beating Hamburg 3-0 in the final
> Arsenal wins the Premier League by 4 points over Leeds, who lost their last 2 games of the season. Newcastle finishes in 3rd, Southampton falls to 5th, Tottenham comes 11th, Chelsea finishes 13th.
> Real Madrid wins La Liga by 11 points over Barcelona, Tenerife falls to 8th.
> Lazio wins the Serie A again, finishing with 9 more points than Parma in 2nd. Juventus finishes 5th, Pescara bounces back by coming in 7th.
> Schalke wins the Bundesliga by 2 points over Bayern, who only picked up 1 point from their last 2 games. Freiburg comes in 5th, Leipzig falls to 7th, Leverkusen gets relegated.
> Marseille wins Ligue 1, finishing with 5 more points than Monaco in 2nd. Lyon falls to 11th.
> England wins Euro 2088, beating Portugal 2-1 in the final. Wales makes the semi-finals.
> At the 2088 Olympics, Italy picks up their second-straight gold medal, France gets the silver medal, and Spain wins the bronze.
> Uruguay wins the Copa America, beating Peru 2-1 in the final
2089
> Real Madrid wins the Champions League, beating Hamburg 1-0 in the final
> Man United wins the Premier League, finishing with 10 more points than Southampton in 2nd. Liverpool comes in 4th, Brighton finishes in 7th, Sheffield United falls to 11th, Chelsea comes in 14th.
> Barcelona beats Real Madrid to the La Liga title by 2 points. Real Betis finishes in 4th.
> Parma wins their first-ever Serie A title, beating Milan to the title by 6 points. Pescara coms in 5th, Cagliari finishes 6th, Inter comes 9th, Napoli finishes all the way down in 16th.
> Schalke wins the Bundesliga by 2 points over Hamburg, Wolfsburg comes 3rd, Frankfurt comes 5th, Mainz finishes 6th, Dortmund falls to 10th, Leverkusen gets promoted.
> PSG wins Ligue 1, finishing 7 points clear of Marseille in 2nd. Monaco falls to 4th, Lyon finishes 8th.
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