Surprising football (soccer) results since the 2000s - Statistics

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Year / Season Competition Achievement Team name Side note / hint % Correct
2022 FIFA World Cup Did not qualify Italy Won the UEFA Euro the year before
98%
2018 FIFA World Cup Out in group stage Germany Was the reigning champion
91%
2018 FIFA World Cup Runners-up Croatia
90%
2018-2019 Premier League Runners-up Liverpool 97 points still wasn't enough to win
90%
2011-2012 Premier League Champion Manchester City Won on goal difference and a goal in the extra time in last game of the season. This was also their first time being champions
88%
2013-2014 La Liga Champion Atletico Madrid Champion was decided on the last matchday. Won against Barcelona at the Camp Nou
87%
2014 FIFA World Cup Out in group stage Spain Was the reigning champion
87%
2018-2019 UEFA Champions League Semi-finals Ajax Conceded a goal against Tottenham in the last second of the second semi-final
85%
2015-2016 Premier League Champion Leicester City Odds for this team being champions, were 5000-to-1 before the season started
85%
2020-2021 Ligue 1 Champion Lille
84%
2004 UEFA Euro Champion Greece Won the final against the host nation Portugal
83%
2003-2004 UEFA Champions League Champion Porto Made manager Jose Mourinho call himself "The Special One"
81%
2016 UEFA Euro Quarter-finals Iceland The first international tournament ever for this small football nation of only 300 000 citizens
76%
2016 UEFA Euro Did not qualify Netherlands Came in the top 4 in both previous FIFA World Cups
75%
1999-2000 La Liga Champion Deportivo de La Coruña Barcelona, Real Madrid and Valencia were the three big favorites before the season
71%
2021-2022 UEFA Champions League Semi-finals Villarreal Qualified through the UEFA Europa League
67%
2014 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finals Costa Rica 1st in group stage ahead of Uruguay, Italy and England
65%
2017-2018 UEFA Champions League Semi-finals Roma Wasn't far away from beating Liverpool in the semi-finals
58%
2011-2012 Ligue 1 Champion Montpellier
55%
2019 AFC Asian Cup Champion Qatar
44%
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