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  Several teams in European top leagues have been able to snatch their first major title in the past 15 years and even more since the millennium. The current 2024/25 campaign has been peculiar compared to the other seasons. The non favorite sides managed to lift trophies in European top five. Crystal Palace is the latest one to do so. The Eagles finally won their first ever major trophy in the club’s history last weekend. Thanks to their solid form since last season following the arrival of Oliver Glasner. The Austrian boss is the key figure in Eberechi Eze and Co’s rise. Last season, they were able to finish tenth in the league, their highest finish in the Premier League history. This year, Glasner’s men thumped Manchester City 1-0 in FA Cup final. Previously, Newcastle United and Bologna have ended their long title drought. The Magpies and Rossoblu dismantled Liverpool and AC Milan, respectively, in the League Cup and Coppa Italia final. In the Netherlands, Go Ahead Eagles...

  The non-top-flight domestic cup champions have been incredibly rare in the European top five, and there have been none since the late 2000s. It's been a while since non-top-tier clubs won the domestic cup. Interestingly, such events have occurred throughout Europe's top five leagues. No one from the lower division has ever won a title in one of them. In England, lower-tier teams used to surprise fans every now and then, whether in the FA Cup or the EFL Cup. Compared to the other top five major leagues, England had more non-top-flight champions. The fans saw them win eight times in the former and five times in the latter. Meanwhile, non-top-tier teams have only won the German Cup, also known as the DFB Pokal, Coupe de France, and Coppa Italia, twice in their history. The Spanish Copa del Rey is the worst, with none of them winning the title even once. Here are the last non-top-flight domestic cup winners in the European major leagues. EFL League Cup The tournament, ...