5 greatest football teams of all time

3. Real Madrid (1998 to 2003)

The Real Madrid team of 2001-02 season

Real Madrid of the late 1980s and early 1990s was a galaxy comprising of the biggest stars in world football. They had home-grown stars like Iker Casillas and Raul, two brilliant midfielders in Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane, and a great attack consisting of Brazil's Ronaldo, the then greatest footballer in the world. They also had solid players like Guti, Ivan Helguera, Santiago Solari and Michel Salgado in their squad.

Real won 3 Champions League titles and finished runners-up once during that period. They also won 2 LaLiga titles from 1997-98 to 2002-03. They beat Barcelona, Juventus and Bayern Munich quite comfortably during the said period.

Real also had solid defensive players like Fernando Hierro and Claude Makelele during that period, and that is why their team was referred to as 'the Galacticos'. Very few teams in the history of the game can actually match their overall quality and achievements.