Manchester City 2023

Coach: Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City completed an unprecedented treble for an English club in 2022-23 — the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League all in a single season — a feat previously achieved by only a handful of clubs across the whole of European football, sealed with a 1-0 win over Inter Milan in the Champions League final in Istanbul through a second-half Rodri strike. Erling Haaland, signed that summer from Borussia Dortmund, shattered the Premier League's single-season goalscoring record with 36 goals in his debut campaign, while Kevin De Bruyne continued to be the side's creative fulcrum and Rodri emerged as arguably the finest defensive midfielder in world football. The treble finally delivered the Champions League trophy that had eluded City through more than a decade of heavy financial investment and Guardiola's own considerable managerial reputation, silencing years of criticism that the club's domestic dominance had never been matched by European success. This squad is now regarded as the finest in City's history, completing a transformation from a mid-table club before the 2008 takeover into undisputed European champions within fifteen years.