CzechRepublic
firstleague
Denmark
superliga
Greece
superleague
Hungary
NBi
Israel
premierleague
Luxembourg
NatioNaldivisioN
Malta
premierleague
league
champions
top
scorer
bestof
therest
ViktoriaPlzenreclaimed
thetitleafter threeina
rowforSlaviaPrague.In
a dramaticendofseason
clashbetweenthe two,
bothsidesscored
stoppage-time penalties
asSlaviamissedthe
chancetoclosethegap.
Plzen’s French forward
Jean-DavidBeauguel
producedhisbest season
sincearrivingatthe club
in 2019 , scoring 18 goals
tobeatSlovacko forward
VaclavJurecka to the
GoldenBootbyone.
Jureckaalsoscoredin
theCzechCupfinalas
Slovackowontheirfirst
majortrophy,beating
SpartaPrague3-1 in the
final.Theclubisbased
inthe town of Uherske
Hradiste,hometojust
25,000 people.
After goingtop in thefinal
gamebefore thewinter
breakinNovember,
Copenhagenheldon
throughoutthe second
halfofthe seasontowin
their 14 thleaguetitle,
despitepressure from
runners-up Midtjylland.
Silkeborgfinishedthird
thanks in largepartto
strikerNicklasHelenius,
whoscored 1 7 goals,and
wingerNicolaiVallys,the
league’smostcreative
playerwith tenassists.
Midtjyllandmadeupfor
missingoutonthe league
bywinningtheCup,
beatingOBonpenalties
inthe final.Copenhagen
onthe otherhand were
dumpedoutinthe third
roundina shock3-0loss
tosecond-tierNykobing.
Forthethirdyearina row,
Olympiakosfinishedtop
ofthe tablewithPAOK
theirnearestchallengers.
ThePiraeus-basedclub
finished19 pointsclear,
losingjust threegames-
althoughtwo of themto
arch-rivalsPanathinaikos.
Dutch strikerTomvan
Weertarrivedat Volos
lastsummer andscored
17 goals- onemorethan
lastseason’s GoldenBoot
winner,YoussefEl-Arabi.
Hisgoalswerenot,
however, enoughtotake
hisside into thetophalf.
Panathinaikosenjoyed a
successfulseasonunder
newmanagerIvan
Jovanovic,returningto
Europeanfootballafter
a five-yearabsenceby
winningthe GreekCup
- theirfirst pieceof
silverwaresince 2 01 4.
Ferencvaros’ domination
ofHungarianfootball
continuedastheywon
theirfourthtitleina
rowby12 points.The
Budapestgiants also
completedtheLeague-
Cupdouble,beatingPaksi
3-0in theCupfinal.
27-year-oldstriker
MartinAdamearnedhis
first Hungarycapsafter
scoring 3 1 goalsin 32
gamesforPaksi.Theclub
hadboth thebestattack
andworstdefenceinthe
league,scoring 75 goals
andconceding 63.
Foundedin 2005 , Puskas
Akademiafinishedthird
andgotoConference
Leaguequalifying.MTK,
Hungary’s second-most
successfulclubwith 23
titles,wererelegatedto
thesecondtierfor the
third timeinsix seasons.
MaccabiHaifasealed
back-to-backtitlesfor
thefirsttimesince 2 006,
moving to14 in totaland
takingthemaheadof
Hapoel TelAvivasthe
league’ssecond-most
successfulteamofall
time.
MaccabiHaifawerealso
theleague’stop scorers,
thanks largelytoattacking
midfielderOmerAtzili,
whotoppedboth thegoal
(20)andassistcharts
(ten).Histeam-mate
DeanDavidwasnext
onthe goalslist with15.
A dramaticCup finalsaw
HapoelBe’erShevalift
thetrophy forthesecond
timeinthree years,as
theybeatMaccabiHaifa
onpenaltiesdespite
concedingan87th-
minuteowngoal
equaliserinnormaltime.
After missingouton
theleaguetitlelastyear
byjusttwo points,F91
Dudelangereturned
towintheirfifth titlein
sixyears.They’venow
reducedthe gapon
JeunesseEschto 12
all-timeleaguetitles.
Germanmidfielder
DominikStolzscored
23 goalsfor Swift
Hesperange,one more
thanDifferdange’s
Portuguesestriker
TinoBarbosa.
After a strongstart to the
season,UNA Strassen
hada poor 20 22,
eventuallyfinishingin
sixthplace.Differdange
andFolaEsch tookthe
EuropaConference
Leaguequalifyingspots.
Floriana’shopesofa first
non-COVIDtitlesince
1993 wereendedby
a 4-1defeattorivals
HiberniansinMarch.
Theynever recovered,
failingtoscore in their
nextfourgames,bywhich
timeHibssealedthe title.
BrazilianforwardMaxuell
scored 17 goalsforGzira
Unitedtosecure a spot
inEuropaConference
Leaguequalifying forthe
secondseasonina row.
Florianaconsoled
themselvesonmissing
outonthetitlebywinning
theFA Trophy,beating
Vallettawithan extra-
timewinner. Their 21 st
wininthecompetition’s
historytookthemlevel
withSliemaWanderers.
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2021 - 2022