From Bodo to Brentford - ranking this season's biggest overachievers

From Bodo to Brentford - ranking this season's biggest overachievers By Alex Bysouth BBC Sport Senior Journalist Published 1 hour ago 85 Comments Bodo/Glimt must be the most romantic story in European football in decades. If they reach the Champions League quarter-finals this week it would be a fairytale up there with Jose Mourinho's Porto winning it in 2004. Just this one is forged in ice rather than hot-blooded knee slides... You'll likely know them by now, tucked away in the Arctic fjords, where the winds sweep down off snow-capped mountains and fans wear jumpers as woolly as their scarves. They are local heroes in brilliant yellow who have risen from the brink of bankruptcy to balling like a frost-kissed Brazil. The value of Bodo's largely local squad may be less than Manchester City paid for Erling Haaland, yet the Norwegians count the 10-time English champions among a reel of recent scalps that also includes Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and Sporting. But Bodo's toothbrush-waving "fish hippies" are not the only fans enjoying underdog stories this season, across Europe clubs are battling above their board. So let's have look at the continent's biggest overachievers - have your say, tell us who we've missed and rank the top 10 below. Haaland? Kane? R9? Ranking the best centre-forwards this century Published 3 March Too good to go down? Ranking shock Premier League relegations Published 3 days ago Now what makes a good underdog story? We're looking for those who have achieved beyond their means, ruffled the feathers of the competition's elite. Disruptors, innovators, those offering something different. Como 1907 may well boast the richest owners in Italian football - where's the romance in that, you ask - but they are hardly steeped in Serie A heritage. Whether through investment, savvy recruitment or the ability to build a brand off their iconic lakeside location, they have risen from the fourth tier less than a decade ago to contending for a Champions League spo...