Is Leicester next? Top 5 underdogs who shocked the football world

Skepticism is an increasingly rare perspective regarding the prospect of Leicester City winning the Premier League title, as the Foxes continue to defy logic with every passing week.

Pundits who still doubt the team's title credentials are either stubborn or certifiably insane following the club's Saturday triumph.

Leicester solidified its place as a legitimate favourite to hoist the Premier League trophy in May with a thorough 3-1 beating of Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. The Foxes widened the gap atop the table as they become the latest club to capture the imagination of football supporters bored with watching the usual suspects vie for the title.

Although manager Claudio Ranieri's men aren't the first group to come out of nowhere and take the football world by storm, they could join a special handful of teams that have broken the mold and offered clubs without financial flexibility a chance to dream of success.

Here are five teams that stunned the football world:

Blackburn Rovers - 1995

The thought of Blackburn Rovers winning any trophy, let alone the Premier League title, seems comical considering the team is currently flirting with the possibility of relegation from the Championship to England's third tier.

However, Rovers were the toast of England when Kenny Dalglish's Blackburn team became the second club to conquer England's top flight following Manchester United's pair of trophies to begin the Premier League era. Led by the Premier League's all-time leading scorer, Alan Shearer - who bulged the net a record 34 times during the 1994-95 campaign - Blackburn narrowly edged Alex Ferguson's United team to capture its third top-flight title.

Greece - 2004

No, it wasn't pretty. However, Greece's sensational, yet stubborn, performance during the 2004 European Championship and in the final against host Portugal allowed the country to capture its first major trophy, and the majority of football supporters with a thread of knowledge didn't expect it - right up until Angelos Charisteas' winner in Lisbon.

In the end, Cristiano Ronaldo was left weeping on the pitch in front of a stunned crowd at the Estadio da Luz while travelling Greece fans went delirious when Charisteas' second-half goal proved to be the winner.

Wigan - 2013

Reaching the FA Cup final seemed like an accomplishment in itself for the relegation-threatened Wigan Athletic squad. On the verge of dropping out of the Premier League, Wigan had to get by defending Premier League champions Manchester City in order to win its first FA Cup title.

The contest looked destined to go into extra time. Then Ben Watson sent the Wigan support into a state of hysteria with his injury-time goal to break the scoreless deadlock and produce one of the biggest upsets in the tournament's history.

Denmark - 1992

Denmark wouldn't make this list if it wasn't for the breakup and turmoil in Yugoslavia. After finishing as the runner-up in its qualifying group, Denmark was admitted into the 1992 European Championship when the eastern European nation began to crumble and undergo a dramatic makeover.

The Danes got through the group stage, only to face defending Euro champions Holland in the semifinal. The underdogs clawed out a victory in a penalty shootout before dismantling World Cup champions Germany 2-0 in the final.

Nottingham Forest - 1979/80

Nottingham Forest's ascent from the second tier of English football peaked just three years after Brian Clough took charge at City Ground. With Forest middling away in 13th place of the Second Division, Clough - who'd previously guided Derby County to top-flight glory - transformed the East Midlands team into continental champions when he helped the team capture consecutive European Cup trophies in 1979 and 1980.