THE STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE OF THE WORLD 29. JANUARY 2014 Spanish Primera División is the Strongest National League of the World for the fourth time in a row English Premier League get up to the second place again The World ranking for the Strongest National Leagues has been determined annually by the IFFHS since 1991 on the basis of all national (championship, FA Cup) and (inter)continental (confederations & FIFA club competitions) results of the clubs. This principle has proved to be a very sensitive and an objective indicator. The Spanish Primera División retains the first place thank to the extraordinary performance in the year, so in domestic competitions as continental cups, of their three best clubs, Real Madrid CF, Club Atlético de Madrid and FC Barcelona. It is the fourth time in a row since 2010. Previously the Spanish Primera División has been The Strongest National League of the World in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004. The English Premier League returns at his ancient position in 2011, moving off Brazilian Série A. His five best clubs are classified in the Club World Ranking in the top-26. It made that the difference between Primera División and Premier League was very close: The best English clubs got a better performance for continental competitions (524 points) than Spanish (469 points), but strongly they failed in the FA Cup (72 points), meanwhile La Copa del Rey semifinals were played by the four strongest Spanish teams (144 points). German Bundesliga was third again, thanks to FC Bayern München, brilliant winner of the Club World Ranking. The UEFA Champion’s League was decisive with two German clubs in the Final to give the third place. Best German clubs got 518 points from intercontinental competitions, but they got very poor performance for the domestic cup (84 points). It puts very close German Bundesliga from Primera División and Premier League. Russian Premier Liga was so close to move French Ligue 1, and it would have had important consequences in the Club World Ranking 2014, because Russia could get the top level for leagues. The Best South American league was the Brazilian Série A, ahead Argentina Primera División. Brazil got down from the second place to fifth. In the other hand, Colombian Primera A jumps up to place 9 and it is the third strongest league in South America, ahead of Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador. For other football continents, Mexican Primera División is the best for CONCACAF area, ahead of Costa Rica and USA. In Asia, Republic of Korea league was better closely than Saudi Arabia and Japan was third. In Africa, Northern Countries were the three best: Tunisia, Egypt (thanks to the great continental results), and Maroc. New Zeland, since Australia was in AFC, is the winner for OFC. Top 125 (1st January 2013 – 31st December 2013) Place 1 2012 (1) Country Spain Points 1155,00 2 (5) England 1128,00 3 (3) Germany 1056,00 4 (4) Italy 927,00 5 (2) Brazil 896,00 6 (6) Argentina 868,00 7 (7) France 796,00 8 (19) Russia 739,50 9 (21) Colombia 724,50 10 (14) Romania 722,50 11 (9) Paraguay 721,00 12 (23) Switzerland 698,00 13 (15) Turkey 683,50 14 (11) Ukraine 682,00 15 (20) México 678,50 16 (12) Belgium 669,50 17 (21) Czech Republic 661,50 18 (17) Portugal 646,50 19 (10) Chile 621,50 20 (13) Ecuador 587,50 21 (8) Netherlands 578,50 22 (17) Greece 578,00 23 (15) Korea Republik 571,50 24 (28) Saudi Arabia 519,00 25 (24) Scotland 503,00 26 (29) Cyprus 488,50 27 (68) Bulgaria 486,50 28 (43) Austria 476,00 29 (30) Norway 472,00 30 (27) Japan 469,50 31 (42) Tunisia 462,00 32 (32) Croatia 458,00 33 (26) Denmark 435,50 34 (70) China 430,50 35 (25) Uruguay 429,00 36 (44) Israel 427,50 37 (36) Iran 419,00 38 (61) Costa Rica 403,00 39 (51) Poland 392,00 40 (31) Perú 384,00 41 (34) Moldova 380,00 42 (41) Serbia 372,00 43 (84) Azerbaijan 370,50 44 (38) Bolivia 370,00 45 (33) Sweden 366,50 46 (87) Egypt 361,50 47 (56) Maroc 359,00 48 (69) Venezuela 351,00 49 (37) USA 349,50 50 (46) Georgia 343,00 51 (63) Northern Ireland 340,50 52 (39) Slovenia 340,00 53 (60) Nigeria 332,50 54 (59) Estonia 332,00 55 (62) Guatemala 328,00 56 (50) Kuwait 327,00 57 (46) Latvia 325,50 58 (45) Mali 322,00 59 (80) Albania 321,50 60 (39) Belarus 320,50 61 (82) South Africa 316,50 62 (72) Algeria 315,50 63 (49) Thailand 315,00 64 (66) Angola 314,50 65 (55) Slovakia 310,50 66 (81) Qatar 310,00 67 (93) Íceland 308,50 68 (53) Lithuania 308,00 69 (54) Uzbekistan 299,50 70 (83) Cameroun 295,00 71 (58) United Arab Emirates 293,50 72 (97) Luxembourg 286,00 73 (71) Éire 285,00 74 (95) Iraq 283,50 75 (91) Oman 282,50 76 (46) Hungary 277,00 77 (65) Ghana 266,50 78 (64) Macedonia 265,50 79 (76) El Salvador 263,00 80 (73) Côte-d’Ivoire 261,00 81 (92) Panamá 260,00 82 (77) Honduras 253,50 83 (104) Kazakhstan 252,50 84 (57) Finland 249,00 85 (89) Jordan 248,50 . (94) Nicaragua 248,50 87 (75) Armenia 245,50 88 (74) Malaysia 242,00 89 (85) Congo RD 238,00 90 (79) Lebanon 234,00 91 (35) Sudan 230,00 92 (86) India 229,00 93 (100) Bahrein 220,50 94 (90) Singapore 215,50 95 (99) Indonesia 209,00 96 (78) Zambia 206,50 97 (67) Zimbabwe 205,00 98 (-) Congo 202,00 99 (52) Australia 200,00 100 (98) Hong Kong 192,50 101 (102) Bosnia Herzegovina 189,25 102 (88) Vietnam 187,00 103 (96) Yemen 171,00 104 (103) Malta 166,00 105 (101) Montenegro 160,00 106 (116) Turkmenistan 159,50 107 (110) Ethiopia 157,00 108 (114) Wales 148,75 109 (-) Faroe Island 143,00 110 (112) Burkina Faso 138,00 111 (119) Jamaica 130,50 112 (112) Botswana 127,00 113 (-) Maldives 126,00 114 (117) Kenya 123,00 115 (-) Trinidad & Tobago 121,00 116 (109) Mozambique 118,00 117 (106) New Zeland 117,50 118 (105) Tanzania 115,00 119 (-) Burundi 114,50 120 (-) Haiti 114,00 . (120) Myanmar 114,00 . (108) Uganda 114,00 123 (107) Senegal 113,25 124 (-) Togo 112,00 125 (-) Rwanda 108,00
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