To cheer for a losing team that had fought fairly and well is as noble, if not nobler, than cheering for a victorious squad.
In 1976, Internacional kept the victorious squad from the previous year and arrived at the top of Brazil's football for the second time.
Following the club's victory in the FA Trophy in May 2008, the parade honouring Ebbsfleet United's victorious squad started at Stonebridge Road.
Sterren was uneasy even before he led his victorious little squad into the throne room.
He was considered an outside candidate to be part of Clive Woodward's ultimately victorious 2003 Rugby World Cup winning squad.
In Euro 2012 Chalkias was the oldest player at the tournament at 38 years of age and one of just three players remaining from the victorious 2004 Greek squad.
He was part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup victorious All Black squad, playing in two tests versus Italy and Argentina.
The former Worcestershire keeper, who was part of the victorious 2010-11 Ashes squad, but who missed out on the 2011 World Cup, came out to his friends and family six years ago.
He was a member of the victorious squad of 2008 T&T Cup at Vietnam.
A tall defender, Ghulam was a member of the victorious squad in the 2000 AFC Youth Championship.