THE STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE OF THE WORLD : SPAIN’S LA LIGA AGAIN NUMBER 1 !

 

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Javier Tebas, the President of LA LIGA, receives the Award 2014 in Manchester from Prinz Ali ben Al Hussein (FIFA Vice President at this moment), Robert Ley and Jassem Al Sayed (IFFHS).

 

SINCE 2010 !

 

LA LIGA in Spain is again the Strongest National League in the World in 2017. Since 2010, the Spanish Liga has dominated the ranking established by the IFFHS.

 

In 1991, the IFFHS created this ranking, considering that the performance level of a league depended on the results from the best teams of each country (only the five best teams are considered ) in national and international competitions. A point system is so applied for each league and is recognized as an objective indicator of the league level.

 

Since the beginning of this ranking in 1991, Spain (Primera Division – La Liga) has won 12 times, Italy (Serie A) 10 times, England (Premier League) 4 times and Germany (Bundesliga) 1 time.

 

In 2017, LA LIGA won narrowly ahead of  the PREMIER LEAGUE of England, which took again the second place after 4 difficult years.

At the World’s third place, the SERIE A of Brazil (place 7 in 2016) is the best league in South America before the PRIMERA A of Colombia and the PRIMERA DIVISION of Argentina.

 

The SERIE A of Italy (place 8 in 2016) made good progress to take the 4th place ahead of  the LIGUE 1 of France, which lost two places. The BUNDESLIGA of Germany dropped to 8th in the World, its worst ranking since 1991.

The DIVISION PROFESIONAL of Paraguay (17 in 2016) recovered the 9th place after 5 years and the PREMIER LEAGUE of Russia jumped 10 places from last year to join the Top 10.

 

In CONCACAF, la LIGA MX of Mexico was again the best of the Continent (in the World Top 20 since 2000). The MLS of USA regained the second place in the continent after 5 years lapse before Costa Rica, second last year.

 

In Asia (AFC), the K LEAGUE CLASSIC of Korea Republic leads the ranking of the continent for the 7th year, just before the PRO LEAGUE of Saudi Arabia, second since 2013 and the J1 LEAGUE of Japan, which won 9 places in the ranking (N°40 in 2016).

In Africa (CAF), the LIGUE 1 of Tunisia held his leadership since 2013 ahead of the PREMIER LEAGUE of Egypt, second for the last five years and the PREMIER LEAGUE of Soudan, which has its best ranking in the past five years.

 

In Oceania (OFC), the LIGUE 1 of Tahiti (111 in the World Ranking) has for the first time become the best of the Continent followed by the PREMIERSHIP of New Zealand (118) and the SUPER LIGUE of New Caledonia (126).

 

TOP 20 : UEFA 14, CONMEBOL 5 and CONCACAF 1

 

TOP 50 : UEFA 32, CONMEBOL 7, AFC 5, CAF 5, CONCACAF 1

 

UEFA TOP 3 : SPAIN – ENGLAND – ITALY

 

CONMEBOL TOP 3 : BRAZIL – COLOMBIA – ARGENTINA

 

CAF TOP 3 : TUNISIA – EGYPT – SOUDAN

 

AFC TOP 3 : KOREA REPUBLIC – SAUDI ARABIA – JAPAN

 

CONCACAF TOP 3 : MEXICO – USA – COSTA RICA

 

OCEANIA TOP 3 : TAHITI – NEW ZEALAND – NEW CALEDONIA

 

 

WORLD RANKING 2017

TOP 90 (1st January 2017 to 31th DECEMBER 2017) 

Place 2016 Points
1 ( 1 ) Spain UEFA 1195
2 ( 6 ) England UEFA 1177
3 ( 7 ) Brazil CONMEBOL 1134
4 ( 8 ) Italy UEFA 950,5
5 ( 3 ) France UEFA 938
6 ( 2 ) Colombia CONMEBOL 918
7 ( 5 ) Argentina CONMEBOL 902
8 ( 4 ) Germany UEFA 815
9 ( 17 ) Paraguay CONMEBOL 721,5
10 ( 20 ) Russia UEFA 689,5
11 ( 19 ) Greece UEFA 687
12 ( 26 ) Israel UEFA 670,5
13 ( 16 ) Cyprus UEFA 652,5
14 ( 10 ) Turkey UEFA 650
15 ( 25 ) Denmark UEFA 645
16 ( 14 ) Portugal UEFA 642,5
17 ( 24 ) Ecuador CONMEBOL 640
18 ( 12 ) Austria UEFA 625
19 ( 21 ) Croatia UEFA 623
20 ( 11 ) Mexico CONCACAF 573
21 ( 28 ) Switzerland UEFA 569
22 ( 13 ) Netherlands UEFA 568
23 ( 22 ) Ukraine UEFA 565,5
24 ( 23 ) Tunisia CAF 553
25 ( 27 ) Scotland UEFA 551,5
26 ( 9 ) Belgium UEFA 543
27 ( 15 ) Czech Republic UEFA 533,5
28 ( 18 ) Korea Republic AFC 528,5
29 ( 28 ) Saudi Arabia AFC 526
30 ( 30 ) Roumania UEFA 514,5
31 ( 40 ) Japan AFC 471,5
32 ( 31 ) Egypt CAF 447,5
33 ( 38 ) Bolivia CONMEBOL 439
34 ( 51 ) Bulgaria UEFA 429,5
35 ( 32 ) Poland UEFA 421
36 ( 46 ) Sudan CAF 413,5
37 ( 54 ) Sweden UEFA 406
38 ( 36 ) China AFC 403
  ( 34 ) Serbia UEFA 403
40 ( 64 ) FYR Macedonia UEFA 402
41 ( 44 ) Slovenia UEFA 396
42 ( 50 ) South Africa CAF 391,5
43 ( 48 ) Kazakhstan UEFA 390
44 ( 40 ) Morocco CAF 389,5
45 ( 63 ) Albania UEFA 389
46 ( 56 ) Iran AFC 388
47 ( 40 ) Belarus UEFA 375
48 ( 37 ) Norway UEFA 367
49 ( 43 ) Uruguay CONMEBOL 366
50 ( 33 ) Azerbaijan UEFA 358
  ( 62 ) Northern Ireland UEFA 358
52 ( 75 ) Lithuania UEFA 354,5
  ( 59 ) USA CONCACAF 354,5
54 ( 52 ) Costa Rica CONCACAF 340,5
55 ( 66 ) Algeria CAF 339
56 ( 68 ) Hungary UEFA 331
57 ( 57 ) Slovakia UEFA 328
58 ( 77 ) Thailand AFC 326,5
59 ( 47 ) United Arab Emirates AFC 325
  ( 55 ) Perù CONMEBOL 325
61 ( 53 ) Estonia UEFA 319,5
62 ( 45 ) Congo DR CAF 319
63 ( 69 ) Nigeria CAF 318,5
64 ( 38 ) Republic of Ireland UEFA 313
65 ( 49 ) Chile CONMEBOL 310
66 ( 35 ) Venezuela CONMEBOL 304,5
67 ( 65 ) Moldova UEFA 301
68 ( 67 ) Georgia UEFA 296,5
69 ( 58 ) Finland UEFA 289,5
70 ( 78 ) Uzbekistan AFC 287
71 ( 60 ) Qatar AFC 286
72 ( 70 ) Angola CAF 285
73 ( 76 ) Cameroun CAF 276,5
74 ( 73 ) Australia AFC 274,5
75 ( 61 ) Guatemala CONCACAF 268
76 ( 71 ) Honduras CONCACAF 263
77 ( 72 ) Nicaragua CONCACAF 256
78 ( 81 ) Zambia CAF 240
79 ( 79 ) Iceland UEFA 237,5
80 ( 73 ) Latvia UEFA 229,5
81 ( 80 ) Mali CAF 220,5
82 ( 84 ) Iraq AFC 216,25
83 ( 116 ) Syria AFC 205,75
84 ( 89 ) El Salvador CONCACAF 189
85 ( 105 ) Bosnia and Herzegovina UEFA 186
  ( 105 ) Philippines AFC 186
87 ( 84 ) Malta UEFA 182,25
88 ( 94 ) Montenegro UEFA 175
89 ( 86 ) Congo CAF 173,25

 

 

THE STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE OF THE WORLD

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