While Al Ahli’s relegation to the First Division is a unique event in the region and in local competitions, history knows the relegation of the giants of world football, and they endured bitterness, but returned better and stronger.
In the ending French football season, Saint-Étienne suffered the same fate as Al-Ahly after they ended their season in 18th place and lost to Auxerre in the promotion and relegation play-offs, though is the team that has won the most league titles. France (10 titles) as Paris Saint-Germain.
In the Italian calicho, Genoa finished 19th, fourth on the list of teams with the most Italian league titles (9 titles) that were relegated.
Cagliari, who was a regular guest in the Italian league and 1970 champion, was also relegated, finishing the season in 18th place. In the Premier League, Derby County were relegated from the second division to the third due to a 21-point penalty on the balance sheet of two-time English Premier League champions led by legend Brian Clough.
But the biggest downfall remains what happened to Italian club Juventus when they were relegated to the second division in the 2006 season following the Calcio scandal, or Calciopoli as they call it in Italian, the organizing the results of football matches in the Italian league.
