IFFHS STATISTICS AND NEWS OF THE WEEK 52
Picture : Atletico de Madrid, IFFHS Club World Ranking Winner 2018. In a few days, the IFFHS will announce the successor for 2019.
IFFHS AWARDS
At the beginnning of the year 2020, the IFFHS will announce the 3 last AWARDS for 2019 , waiting all results in the World until the 31 December 2019. First, THE WORLD’S BEST TOP GOAL SCORER 2019 for all international goals with club and country, then the CLUB WORLD RANKING 2019 and THE STRONGEST LEAGUE IN THE WORLD 2019 calculated with all the results from 1 January to 31 December 2019 !
ALL COMPETITIONS SCORER
Moroccan Abderrazak Hamdallah has become last week the best scorer of the year 2019 with 57 goals in all competitions. His hat trick ,with Al Nassr in the Saudi Pro League against Al Feiha, allowed him to surpass Bayern München’s Robert Lewandowski (54 goals) and FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi (50 goals).
THE FASTEST
Pep Guardiola (FC Manchester City) was the fastest manager to have 100 Premier League wins. He needed 134 games. José Mourinho needed 142 matches with FC Chelsea and Jürgen Klopp 159 with FC Liverpool. Sir Alex Ferguson (162) and Arsène Wenger (179) took places 4 and 5 in the ranking.
ZLATAN IS BACK
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is back !
Free after leaving Los Angeles Galaxy, he signed for Milan. After weeks of negotiations, the Swedish striker will be put under the command of Stefano Pioli.Zlatan returns to a club that saw him become a living legend. His transfer had been speculated for weeks and now Milan have confirmed he is making a return .After two years with AC Milan (85 matches, 56 goals and 21 assists between 2010 and 2012), he signed again in the club to help it for the UEFA qualification.
HALAND IN DORTMUND
On Sunday , Borussia Dortmund announced it hand landed the 19-year-old Norwegian superstar Erling Braut Haland, the revelation of the UEFA Champions League, who scored 29 goals in 27 games with RB Salzburg since August 2019 ! The club announced it had signed him to a contract until 2024, allowing the German giants to boost their title hopes in the thick of the Bundesliga race and in the Champions League round of 16.
INCREDIBLE YEAR
Women football had an incredible year 2019 with Records in all countries and all continents ! The FIFA World Cup 2019 in France was viewed by 1,12 billion people, the double in comparison with the World Cup 2015 in Canada !
77 768 spectators in England for England – Germany, 49 504 for USA – Portugal in USA , 38 808 for Juve – Fiorentina in Italy, 38 262 for Tottenham – Chelsea in England, 41 615 for Tigres – Monterrey in Mexico, 28 609 for Corinthians – Sao Paulo in Brazil, 25 000 for Lyon – Paris SG in France : the Women football is more and more attractive and the level more and more higher.