Ajax maintained the record for 44 years, before the Welsh side broke it. Guinness World Records recognized the New Saints' 27-game winning streak in 2016. Here's a look at football's 20-game winning runs, starting with Real Madrid and then moving on to Bayern Munich.
Real Madrid had a 24-game unbeaten run from March to May 1992. The first game of the run came against Deportivo La Coruña where they won 1-0. The last game of the run was also against Deportivo La Coruña where they lost 2-1. The record was later broken by Bayern Munich who had a 26-game unbeaten run from September 2003 to April 2004. The record was later broken by Leicester City who had a 37-game unbeaten run from February 2015 to May 2015. That run included 16 straight wins.
Some records are meant to be broken. The longest winning streak in sports history is now being threatened by a new club in Wales. In 2016, the New Saints started a 27-game winning streak that has so far lasted over two months. They have not lost yet this season and are still very much undefeated. If they maintain this form, they will become the first team to break the 30-game mark. This would be enough to make sure they retain their place as the top club in Wales and qualify for next year's UEFA Champions League.
The current record holder is 27-The New Saints (2016). They won their first 21 league games en route to their sixth of eight consecutive triumphs, which included victories in the Welsh Cup and League Cup, as well as two as an invited club in Scotland's Challenge Cup against Forfar and Livingston.
It is worth mentioning that after losing their first game this season, New Saints went on to win every match thereafter including the Grand Final victory over Huddersfield Town. This is a new English top flight record.
Previous record holder Wolves won 16 matches in a row from March 4th 1998 to February 23rd 1999. The previous English top flight record was also set by Wolves in 1895 when they won 15 in a row.
Other teams who have held multiple record streaks include Chelsea (1911-12 and 1917-18) and Liverpool (1926-27 and 1930-31) who both won 18 matches in a row. These three clubs along with Manchester United are the only ones to have won the English top flight title within five years twice (1911-16 and 1917-21).
Finally, there is no record of any team ever winning 28 games in a row. However, it is possible because the current season is still young and many more results will be available for these teams to break their records.
Arsenal currently holds the Premier League record of 14 straight wins; they won 13 games in a row on their way to the championship in 2002 and followed it up with an opening day triumph the following season. The record is not quite as impressive when you consider that one of those defeats was by a 9-0 scoreline against Manchester United and another was by a 5-1 margin at home to Newcastle United.
It's worth mentioning that both of these losses were before Arsenal hired José Antonio Reyes as manager. He turned them into contenders by introducing young players such as Francis Coquelin and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and using the club's abundant resources efficiently. After Reyes left after just one season, coach Arsène Wenger returned to his usual policy of using only senior players by which time many of the Academy graduates were ready to take over so there wasn't much change at the top.
Other than those two seasons, every other win was by three or more goals so it's not like Arsenal were playing catch up game after game. They dominated their opponents and there was never any doubt about who was going to win.
The previous record holder was Liverpool, who won thirteen matches in a row from 1993 to 1994. That season they also beat every other team in the league by at least four goals.
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