Man City Next? 6 Teams STRIPPED Of Their Titles!
Manchester City may be stripped of several titles after being found guilty of all charges related to breaches of Premier League financial rules between 2009 and 2018. During this period, City won three Premier League titles and several domestic cups, cementing themselves as the dominant force in the English game. We’ve dusted off the history books to examine six other teams that were stripped of their titles long after the final whistle. MCFC Football
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Imagine celebrating the greatest moment in your club's history, but then 14 years later being told that it doesn't count anymore. Well, that's what Manchester City are currently up against because the club has been found guilty of serious breaches of Premier League financial rules. Now, as things stand, they dispute it and plan to appeal with the punishment still yet to be decided. But one big question has already become impossible to ignore. Could they feasibly be stripped of their league titles? because it certainly wouldn't be the first time in football history that a league champion has had the league title stripped away from them. There is a precedent for this happening and sometimes the punishment isn't even dished out until over a decade later. In today's video, we're going to be taking a look at six other teams who have been stripped of their titles to come to a verdict of how the Premier League should deal with Manchester City. So, we'll start with one of the most recent examples and probably one of the strangest because Sagal's story raises a question that sounds ridiculous until you see what actually happened. Can you legitimately win a final that everyone else has conclusively seen you lose? The Africa Cup of Nation final between Seneagal and Morocco was played in January 2026 and Senagal walked off the pitch in protest of a late penalty awarded to Morocco. But they eventually returned and the match continued and Senagal won 1 nil after extra time. So on the pitch there was a winner. Seneagal had clearly won AFCON and everyone had seen it from around the globe. However, behind the scenes an appeal from Morocco was already being lodged. Morocco had challenged what had happened in the game, arguing that Seneagal's conduct should have had some consequence under the tournament's own regulations. And a couple of months later in March, CAF's appeal board issued a decision that completely changed the outcome of the game. Senagal were declared to have forfeited the final because of their decision to walk off the pitch and the result was reversed, giving Morocco a 3-nil win by default. Obviously, Seneagal weren't happy with this outcome. So, they've now taken matters into their own hands, lodging an appeal to the Court of Arboration for Sport, asking for the result to be overturned once again and for them to be recognized as the rightful champions. As of recording, that process is still ongoing, but could you imagine how farical it would be for Senagal to have won it? It then gets reversed to Morocco being the champions. Then, if we have another reversal of that decision, it's all just got so messy. Next up to the Scottish Highland League where Elgen City won the league title in 1993. Or at least so they thought. Heading into the final match week of the season, Elgen City had already wrapped up the title as they were four points clear of second place. And on the final weekend, at their request, they rearranged their final match, bringing it forward by 24 hours from a Saturday kickoff to a Friday match. However, this is where the controversy came in. Elgen City had two players who were set to be suspended for their fixture on Saturday. But because of a technicality in the league's own rulings, because the game was brought forward to Friday, those two ineligible players were actually allowed to play on the Friday game as their suspensions weren't set to officially kick in until Saturday. So technically had the fixture been played on Saturday as it was initially supposed to have, Elgen City fielded two ineligible players for their game on Friday. And the league ultimately concluded that Elgen City themselves had failed to disclose the implications of their impending suspensions for their players and decided to take serious action. They were stripped of their league title despite winning it on the pitch because of those two ineligible players for the Friday match and covers who finished second that season were offered the chance to take the title but they declined to do so leaving the league without a winner for that season. So perhaps in the case of Manchester City that sets a precedent for what the Premier League could do this season. Even if they are stripped of their league titles it doesn't necessarily mean that whoever finished second is going to get to claim it as their own. they might not even want to. However, if you think it would be painful to lose a league title just a few days after winning it, try 10 years later because that's exactly what happened to Chinese side Shanghai Shenua back in 2013. In 2003, they were crowned Chinese champions, a title which stood in the history books for 10 years until eventually evidence of match fixing came out 10 years later. Upon those findings, Shanghai Shenua were promptly stripped of their title win in 2003. They were also handed a pretty hefty fine and given a six-point deduction for their upcoming campaign. So once again, if we refer back to Manchester City's current case, there has been a precedent for footballing bodies around the world, not just to punish sides retrospectively by taking titles off them, but also punishing the current squad in the way of a fine or point deduction. And given the number of breaches that Manchester City have broken, expect any point deduction that they're going to be handed to be a lot more substantial than the six point deduction that Shanghai Shenua were given in 2013. Our next example of a title being stripped involves a team who thought they were being promoted. Back in 2005, Genanoa were on the brink of sealing their return back to the Italian top division. The club was on the brink of being promoted and on the final match day of the season played Vanetsia, a club who had already been relegated. So, the game seemed fairly straightforward for Genanoa. This one was a tapin, or so it would seem. On the pitch, Genanoa did indeed claim victory, winning the game 3-2. However, after the match, that's where an investigation begun because it had been revealed that a payment of €250,000 had been made to a Venetsia official alongside other evidence that was gathered through recorded conversations. And the investigation ultimately concluded with the verdict that Ganoa were guilty of match fixing and so were stripped of their league title and instead of being promoted to Siri A, they were placed at the bottom of Siri B and were relegated to the Italian third division as a result of their match fixing charges. So they then spent the following campaign in the Italian third division with a points deduction on top of that as well. But this obviously wasn't the last match fixing scandal in Italy. Because when people talk about match fixing in Italy and league titles being stripped, the first club that everyone thinks of is of course Juventus, who had both the 2005 and 2006 league titles stripped away from them. In 2006, recorded conversations exposed improper influence involving senior football officials and the refereeing system with Juventus deemed to be pulling major strings behind the scenes which obviously went against every rule and law in the rule book. And for Juventus, the consequences were enormous. They had their league titles stripped in 2005 and 2006 and were relegated to the Italian second division and were also handed a 9point deduction. What's interesting about the league titles that were stripped is the 20045 season, that league title was left unassigned. It was a void season in terms of a league winner. However, the following year in 2005/6, that league title was given to in who collected the second most amount of points on the pitch that season. So despite both league titles being removed from Juventus, only one league title was redistributed. But with Juventus back in Siri B, despite the point deduction they were working with, of course, it didn't take them long to return. They bounced back at the first opportunity, largely thanks to the major stars they were able to keep hold of that season. The likes of Buffon, Delpierro, Ned V, Treigay all sticking around. The wider context though for Italian football in general was that they were seriously hit with bad PR at the time and Juventus being involved in that match fixing scandal did no favors for the league as a whole. So, while rival clubs were probably reveling at the time in the thought of Juventus being stripped of those league titles and having to play in the second division, the long-term impact that that's had on the Italian division is arguably still being felt to this day. With the cheating and match fixing tag still being prevalent in Italian football, that's been something that the league as a whole has struggled to shrug even 20 years after the events took place. In 1993, Marseilles were also involved in a match fixing scandal which saw them being stripped of their leon title. It was late on in the 1993 season and Marseilles had an end of season fixture against Valencians shortly before they were scheduled to play AC Milan in the Champions League final. But because Marseilles wanted to put most of their efforts into the Champions League, they sought about unethical ways to try and get an easier league fixture. That's when their former club president offered to bribe some of the Valencians players of up to 250 grand each to take the game easy and ultimately throw the game and let Marseilles win. Now, Valencians ultimately did lose that game, but the match fixing was reported afterwards, which then saw Marseilles being stripped of the league title. The French giants were relegated to the French second division and they did give PSG the chance to claim the title as they had legitimately finished second that season although they refused to take it meaning that that season in French football was basically void and there was no winner announced. However, controversially, Marseilles did go on to win the Champions League that season, beating AC Milan in the final. And despite the match fixing that took place in the French league, no evidence of match fixing was found in the Champions League. And so, they were able to keep that trophy despite all the dirty work that was going on in the domestic league behind the scenes. So, having heard those stories and what those other clubs were guilty of, what do you think would be a proportionate response to Manchester City and the 114 guilty charges that they're now up against? At a bare minimum, it feels like a very hefty point deduction, which would seal their relegation to at least the championship, is the bare minimum. But even that probably isn't enough for 114 guilty charges. There are other outlets and fans talking about potential expulsion from English football altogether, which could see Manchester City drop as low as the National League, England's fifth tier. Of course, other rival fans want to see league titles being stripped, but whether they would be redistributed to other clubs remains to be seen in the evidence that we've seen of most of those clubs previously. A lot of the time the seasons involving a team that's broken the rules are just left null and void and no winner is declared in those years. But I'll leave it for you guys to battle it out in the comments down below. It's a very messy situation and no doubt we're going to get more updates on it over the coming weeks. We'd like to hear your thoughts and if you would like to stick around for some more content coming out on the Planet Football YouTube channel, make sure to stick around and like and follow. Subscribe for more and we'll see you all same time next