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

1991	Italy
1992	Italy
1993	Italy
1994	Italy
1995	Italy
1996	Italy
1997	Germany
1998	Italy
1999	Italy
2000	Spain
2001	Spain
2002	Spain
2003	Italy
2004	Spain
2005	England
2006	Italy
2007	England
2008	England
2009	England
2010	Spain
2011	Spain
2012	Spain
2013	Spain
2014	Spain
2015	Spain
2016	Spain

 

 

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