Major records broken in Europe this season

#1 Real Madrid win the Champions League for a third successive time

The historic 'threepeat'

Until 2016, a feat like this seemed unthinkable. Since the inception of Champions League in 1992, no team had ever even won the competition twice in a row until Real Madrid broke the hoodoo last year.

It was a watershed moment for the club and the fans alike, for it’s an incredible record in itself. But doing it for three years on the trot? You got to be kiddin’, right?

Except, Los Blancos weren’t.

With another disappointing domestic campaign, the Spanish giants were hinging onto this competition to salvage something from the season. And given their glorious history and recent dominant run, one wouldn’t have bet against them going all the way again.

Having beaten the champions of France, Italy and Germany along the way, the Merengues came up against a blistering Liverpool team in the finals. But as you may have seen last weekend, no challenge is big enough for this side, as they romped to a 3-1 win, clinching the Champions League for the third time in as many years.

Real Madrid were the first team since Bayern Munich in 1976 to do the threepeat, but no one has done it in the Champions League era. And no one would, in years to come, considering the competitiveness of the league.