#3 2008/09 Eredivisie win with AZ Alkmaar
When AZ Alkmaar took a massive step back in the season of 2007/08 in the Eredivisie – finishing 11th after having finished 2nd and 3rd in the prior seasons – Louis van Gaal announced he would be leaving the club. However, with several squad members requesting him to stay, he reversed his decision declaring he would give the players a chance to prove themselves.
They did so with great aplomb, finishing the season as champions – the first time in ten years to break the hold that Ajax and PSV Eindhoven had – and claiming only their second ever league title.
The win would end Alkmaar fans’ 28-year wait to be champions and get van Gaal a move to “dream club” Bayern Munich.
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