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2021/22 winners
English Premier League
Winner: Liverpool (2x in a row)
2nd place: Arsenal
3rd place: Man City
FA Cup: Stoke beats West Brom 3-0 in an all Championship final!
League Cup: Liverpool beats Wolves 3-0
Footballer of the Year: Jack Wilshire - Arsenal (1st), Georginio Wijnaldum - Tottenham (2nd), Aaron Ramsey - Man City (3rd)
Manager of the Year: Stuart Pearce (Liverpool) (3x in a row)
Player's Player of the Year: Cicinho - Liverpool (1st), Daniel Rodriguez Garcia - Man City (2nd), Jack Cooper - Everton (3rd)
Top Scorer: Khouma Babacar - Man City (28 goals), Paul Christopher - Wolves (22 goals), Connor Wickham - Man City (22 goals)
Italian Serie A
Winner: Palermo (2x in a row)
2nd place: Inter
3rd place: Juventus
Italian Cup: Catania beats Roma 2-0
Spanish La Liga
Winner: Barcelona
2nd place: Real Madrid
3rd place: Almeria
Spanish Cup: Sevilla beats Valencia 2-1 (Rob Nielsen 7.1 rating for Valencia; Ubaldo Geronimo was not in the Sevilla team)
Player of the Year: Manoel - Real Madrid (1st), Juan Luis Alvarez - Atletico Madrid (2nd), Konstantin Feokistov - Real Madrid (3rd)
Top Goalscorer: Ahmed Khalil - Real Madrid (29 goals), Bruno - Almeria (22 goals), Rob Nielsen - Valencia (22 goals)
French Ligue 1
Winner: Lyon (11x in a row)
2nd place: Marseille
3rd place: Evian TG FC
French Cup: Bordeux beats Lens 2-1
Coupe de la Ligue: Marseille beats PSG 4-2 on penalties (1-1 after extra time) (Path Twelve unused sub)
German Bundesliga
Winner: Bayern (2x in a row)
2nd place: Leverkusen (2x in a row)
3rd place: Hoffenheim (2x in a row)
German Cup: Bayern beats Wolfsburg 4-0
Champions League
Barcelona beats Man Utd 2-1 (Frank Justice 8.1 rating, 1 assist) (Barcelona 2x in a row)
Euro Cup
Inter beats Man City on penalties (0-0 after extra time)
Summary:
Liverpool defend their title in England, winning it by points over Arsenal, and also added the League Cup to their cabinet. Man City came in 3rd, with Chelsea, Everton and Tottenham coming in 4th, 5th and 6th. The pre-season concerns about Man Utd came true as they finished a lacklustre 8th. It was a surprising FA Cup final as 2 Championship sides made it and Stoke won it to celebrate their re-promotion back to the Premier League as Championship winners (106 points!).
In Italy, Palermo defended their title over Inter by 2 points. Juventus were a distant 3rd, 9 points behind Palermo. Catania won the Italian Cup but finished in 6th overall. Inter did manage to win the Euro Cup by beating Man City but that's a lesser trophy by their standards.
In Spain, Barcelona came back strongly this season to win the title by 2 points over Real Madrid. Barcelona also defended their Champions League title by beating Man Utd in the finals. Sevilla were 4th while Valencia were 5th and the 2 clubs played in the Spanish Cup finals where Sevilla edged Valencia 2-1. Hercules made a marked improvement this year, finishing 7th in the league and qualifying for the Euro Cup next season.
In France, no surprises as Lyon win their 11th consecutive title. What was surprising was the 2nd and 3rd place finish by Marseille and Evian, with Monaco dropping to 5th and PSG to 7th. PSG also lost in the League Cup finals to Marseille while Bordeux won the French Cup.
In Germany, Bayern won the double comfortably, winning the league with a 7 point margin over Leverkusen and crushing Wolfsburg in the German Cup final.
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