THE WORLD’S STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE 2014

Spanish Primera División for the fifth time in a row!

Italian Serie A moves English Premier League from to the second place!

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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 four best clubs, Real Madrid CF, Club Atlético de Madrid, FC Barcelona and Sevilla FC. It is the fifth 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. Primera División got a difference with more than 250 points from second place.

Italian Serie A got the second place and moved English Premier League to the third place. Both leagues were very close but the performance of Italian clubs in Europe was better than English clubs. Argentina’s Primera División was the best of South America and got the fourth place. It made that German Bundesliga got down two places from 2013. German best club, FC Bayern München is second in WCR, but the second best club is BV Borussia 09 Dortmund (25th placed in WCR) with a poor performance for the last leg in 2014.

France reteined theirs 2013 position (7th place) and kept in the best level legues. Portugal was so close to moved the Ligue 1, with SL Benfica Lisboa great performance. Colombian Primera A was again thethird South American league very close from Paraguay.

For other football continents, Mexican Primera División is the best for CONCACAF area, ahead of Costa Rica and USA. In Asia, the three best leagues kept their same places than 2013: Republic of Korea league was better closely than Saudi Arabia and Japan was third. In Africa Tunisia, Egypt, South Africa, who won the third place to Algeria. Maroc got down from third to sixth place. New Zeland, since Australia was in AFC, is the winner for OFC one more time.

The Strongest National League in The World 2014
by IFFHS

Top 170
(1st January 2014 – 31st December 2014)

Place2013CountryPoints
1(1)España1259
2(4)Italia998
3(2)England958
4(6)Argentina938
5(3)Deutschland912
6(5)Brasil893
7(7)France871
8(18)Portugal758
9(9)Colombia697,5
10(11)Paraguay671,5
11(16)Belgique670
12(8)Russia653,5
13(15)México653,5
14(22)Ellás635
15(20)Ecuador627,5
16(10)România619
17(21)Nederland614
18(12)Schweiz611
19(14)Ukrayina594
20(26)Cypern579,5
21(25)Scotland574
22(27)Bulgaria563,5
23(17)Ceská Republika563
24(23)Republic of Korea562,5
25(19)Chile552
26(32)Hrvatska538,5
27(13)Türkiye519
28(28)Österreich512
29(24)Saudi Arabia490
30(31)Tunisia477
31(44)Bolivia461
32(30)Nippon460,5
33(29)Norge459,5
34(38)Costa Rica459,5
35(35)Uruguay452,5
36(60)Belarus437
37(43)Azärbaycan421
38(83)Kazakhstan418
39(39)Polska408
40(41)Moldova405
41(52)Slovenija401,5
42(45)Sverige392
43(46)Egypt386,5
44(42)Srbija380
45(54)Eesti380
46(56)Kuwait377
47(33)Danmark369
48(65)Slovensko365
49(48)Venezuela360,5
50(71)UAE352
51(73)Éire349
52(36)Israel344
53(51)Northern Ireland344
54(61)South Africa341
55(49)USA341
56(34)China340,5
57(66)Qatar338
58(84)Suomi337,5
59(62)Algérie335
60(76)Magyarország335
61(37)Iran333,5
62(99)Australia331
63(63)Thailand329,5
64(55)Guatemala322
65(57)Latvija317
66(89)Congo RD308
67(59)Shqiperia307
68(40)Perú305,5
69(67)Island302
70(78)Makedonija295,5
71(68)Lietuva295
72(47)Morocco290,5
73(70)Cameroun287
74(95)Indonesia285
75(82)Honduras279,5
76(53)Nigeria278
77(58)Mali276
78(64)Angola270,5
79(50)Georgia267
80(85)Nicaragua264
81(72)Luxembourg262
82(69)Uzbekistan256
83(80)Côte-d’Ivoire253,5
84(90)Lebanon252,5
85(96)Zambia250
86(81)Panamá242
87(85)Jordan241,5
88(94)Singapore240,5
89(100)Hong Kong235
90(91)Sudan235
91(97)Zimbabwe234
92(74)Iraq230,5
93(79)El Salvador228,5
94(93)Bahrain224,5
95(75)Oman221
96(98)Congo216
97(87)Armenia211
98(101)Bosna i Hercegovina196,75
99(88)Malaysia193,5
100(102)Vietnam182,75
101(109)Foeroyar179,5
102(111)Jamaica165,5
103(105)Crna Gora158,25
104(77)Ghana151
105(106)Turkmenistan146,5
106(119)Burundi138,5
107(108)Wales127,5
108(110)Burkina Faso127,5
109(114)Kenya123
110(103)Yemen123
111(126)Rwanda118
112(120)Uganda114
113(104)Malta113,75
114(117)New Zeland109,5
115(125)Malawi109
116(120)Myanmar108,5
117(116)Moçambique107,5
118(.)Guadeloupe106
119(131)Pakistan104
120(137)Andorra102,5
121(112)Botswana102,5
122(129)Gabón101,5
123(166)Guinea99
124(118)Tanzania99
125(128)Syria97,5
126(160)Libya96,5
127(145)Namibia96,5
128(161)Bangla-Desh96
129(107)Ethiopia95
130(127)San Marino94,75
131(.)Curaçao94,5
132(134)Lesotho94,5
133(120)Senegal94,5
134(139)Tahiti92
135(115)Trinidad and Tobago89,5
136(138)Kâmpŭchea88,5
137(92)India85
138(141)Swaziland82
139(124)Togo82
140(144)Philippines81
141(.)Niger80
142(135)Gambia79
143(133)Mauritania78,5
144(158)Mauritius78
145(141)Nouvelle-Calédonie76,5
146(.)Gibraltar74
147(.)Cayman74
148(156)Vanuatu72
149(136)Palestina70,5
150(140)Kyrgyzstan70
151(113)Maldives69,5
152(149)Benin69,5
153(120)Haiti68
154(.)Sri Lanka66
155(163)Nepal64,5
156(145)Surinam63
157(142)Tajikistan63
158(132)Fiji60,5
159(.)Antigua & Barbuda59,5
160(148)Madagascar53
161(130)Liberia52
162(164)Solomon52
163(159)Mongolia50,5
164(152)Seychelles49
165(155)Butan48,5
166(157)Taiwan43
167(154)Papua New Guinea42,5
168(151)Puerto Rico42,5
169(153)Cook42
170(150)São Tomé e Príncipe42

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