LA LIGA, LEADER IN THE XXIst CENTURY
LA LIGA, LEADER IN THE XXIst CENTURY OF THE IFFHS RANKING THE WORLD'S STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE
LA LIGA won 13 annual IFFHS Awards in the 20 years !
The first 20 years of the XXIst Century (2001-2020) are dominated by the Spanish League LA LIGA in the IFFHS ranking of THE WORLD’S STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUES. Spain leads the ranking before England’s PREMIER LEAGUE and Italy’s SERIE A. The IFFHS has added the points of each annual ranking from 2001 to 2020 to determine this ranking after 20 years of the XXIth Century.
Brazil is the first non european at place 4, CONMEBOL counts 3 countries (Brazil, Argentina and Colombia) in the Top 10 ! Mexico, ranked 12 in the World, is the best CONCACAF league, South Korea the best AFC league and Tunisia the best CAF league in the ranking.
Place | League | Points | Confederation |
1 | SPAIN | 23108 | UEFA |
2 | ENGLAND | 22014 | UEFA |
3 | ITALY | 20427,5 | UEFA |
4 | BRAZIL | 19218 | CONMEBOL |
5 | GERMANY | 18353 | UEFA |
6 | ARGENTINA | 17392 | CONMEBOL |
7 | FRANCE | 17356,5 | UEFA |
8 | PORTUGAL | 14034,5 | UEFA |
9 | NETHERLANDS | 13730 | UEFA |
10 | COLOMBIA | 13683,5 | CONMEBOL |
11 | BELGIUM | 12646,5 | UEFA |
12 | MEXICO | 12473,5 | CONCACAF |
13 | GREECE | 12277,5 | UEFA |
14 | TURKEY | 12122,5 | UEFA |
15 | PARAGUAY | 11939,5 | CONMEBOL |
16 | RUSSIA | 11884 | UEFA |
17 | SCOTLAND | 11760 | UEFA |
18 | UKRAINE | 11678,5 | UEFA |
19 | CZECH REPUBLIC | 11107,5 | UEFA |
20 | ECUADOR | 10640 | CONMEBOL |
21 | CHILE | 10556,5 | CONMEBOL |
22 | ROMANIA | 10498,5 | UEFA |
23 | SWITZERLAND | 9906 | UEFA |
24 | AUSTRIA | 9756 | UEFA |
25 | DENMARK | 9631,5 | UEFA |
26 | URUGUAY | 9284 | CONMEBOL |
27 | SOUTH KOREA | 9075 | AFC |
28 | CROATIA | 8999 | UEFA |
29 | ISRAEL | 8951 | UEFA |
30 | PERU | 8892,5 | CONMEBOL |
31 | TUNISIA | 8606 | CAF |
32 | EGYPT | 8313 | CAF |
33 | SERBIA | 8295,5 | UEFA |
34 | BULGARIA | 8261,5 | UEFA |
35 | JAPAN | 8117 | AFC |
36 | SAUDI ARABIA | 7822,5 | AFC |