Most final appearances without winning a title in one season

Carsten Ramelow, Bernd Schneider and Oliver Neuville lost three finals in 2002:

• DFB Pokal (2-4 to Schalke 04, with Leverkusen)
• Champions League (1-2 to Real Madrid, with Leverkusen)
• FIFA World Cup (0-2 to Brazil with Germany)

They even ended up on the 2nd place of the Bundesliga with Leverkusen in that year, but since the league doesn’t have playoffs they didn’t lose a final there.

Did anyone ever beat this unfortunate streak by losing more than 3 finals within one season?