Real Madrid is Spain's biggest and most successful club, and has been for decades. The Spanish giants have won La Liga twice in the past three years but tasted their greatest success in the competition between 1986 and 1990 when they won it five consecutive times.
Los Blancos were managed by Luis Molowny Arbelo when they claimed the title in the 1985-86 season, Leo Beenhakker between 1986-87 and 1988-89, and John Toshack in 1989-90.
Their title in 1986 came after they dethroned rivals FC Barcelona, who had won the league the previous season. Their reign came to an end in 1991 when Johan Cruyff led Barcelona to La Liga glory.
Real Madrid enjoyed the inputs of Emilio Butragueno, Hugo Sanchez, and Manolo Sanchis in all five title-winning seasons. Sanchis even went on to captain the club. Real Madrid have won 35 league titles, the most for any Spanish side ever.
In the 2010s and 2020s, Paris Saint-Germain were recognised as the alpha club of French football due to the side's continued dominance of the top-flight. Before them, however, Olympique Lyonnais dominated Ligue 1 thoroughly.
They won the Ligue 1 title for seven consecutive seasons between 2001-02 and 2007-08. While dominating France, Olympique Lyonnais had four different managers, all of whom tasted domestic success with the club.
Jacques Santini led the side to the trophy in 2001-02 before Paul Le Guen took over and won the league in 2002-03, 2003-04, and 2004-05.
Gérard Houllier led the side to Ligue 1 glory in 2005-06 and 2006-07 before Alain Perrin won the title in 2007-08, his only season in charge of the club. Their reign atop French football was ended by Bordeaux in the 2008-09 season.
Olympique Lyonnais' teams in their dominant era had several established and upcoming stars, including Juninho, Karim Benzema, Sidney Govou, and Michael Essien, among others. The club have failed to win Ligue 1 since their historic streak was brought to an end in 2009.
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