THE STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE IN THE WORLD 2019 – THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE NUMBER 1

THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE 10 YEARS AFTER !

For the first time since 2009, the PREMIER LEAGUE of England is again the Best National League in the World ! The domination of the Spanish LA LIGA ended so in 2019 after nine consecutive Awards. The performances of Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester City contributed highly to the victory of the English PREMIER LEAGUE in the annual Ranking of the Leagues determined by IFFHS.

At the second place, the SERIE A of Brazil, third last year, has beaten LA LIGA of Spain, only at the third place in 2019. Brazil was second for the last time in 2012 and is the Best League in South America.

The SERIE A of Italy took place 4 in the ranking, one place better than last year before the PRIMERA A of Colombia, which lost one place.

At place 6, the PRIMEIRA LIGA of Portugal made a great jump (16 in 2017 and 10 in 2018) , ranked before the LIGUE 1 of France (same place than last year) and the EREDIVISIE of Netherlands, winning 8 places in one year (15 in 2018) and coming back in the Top 10 after seven years.

The PRIMERA DIVISION of Argentina lost 3 places to be ranked at the 9th place before the BUNDESLIGA of Germany at place 10, his worst result since the creation of the World Ranking in 1991 !

In Africa, the LIGUE 1 of Tunisia recovered the first place in the continent and ranked at place 15 in the World ! The BOTOLA of Morocco took place 2 with a progression in the World Ranking (17th place) and the PREMIER LEAGUE of Egypt registered his best result since nine years (23 in 2010).

In CONCACAF zone, the LIGA MX of Mexico is always number 1 before LA LIGA NACIONAL of Guatemala,which has surpassed the PRIMERA DIVISION of Costa Rica at the second place in the continent.

In Asia, the K LEAGUE of South Korea lost 11 places (19 in 2018), but is always the number 1 in the continent since 2011 before the PRO LEAGUE of Saudi Arabia, which won 20 places in the ranking (52 in 2018) to become n°2 in Asia before the J1 LEAGUE of Japan.

In Oceania, the SUPER LIGUE of New Caledonia is for the second time after 2016 the number 1 of the continent before the LIGUE 1 of Tahiti and the PREMIERSHIP of New Zealand.

UEFA TOP 3: ENGLAND – SPAIN – ITALY 

CONMEBOL TOP 3: BRAZIL – COLOMBIA – ARGENTINA

CAF TOP 3: TUNISIA – MOROCCO – EGYPT

AFC TOP 3: KOREA REPUBLIC – SAUDI ARABIA – JAPAN 

CONCACAF TOP 3: MEXICO – GUATEMALA – COSTA RICA

OCEANIA TOP 3: NEW CALEDONIA – TAHITI – NEW ZEALAND

Top 100 (1st January 2019 – 31st December 2019)

Place2018Points
1( 2 )ENGLANDUEFA1287
2( 3 )BRAZILCONMEBOL1165
3( 1 )SPAINUEFA1141
4( 5 )ITALYUEFA939
5( 4 )COLOMBIACONMEBOL849
6( 10 )PORTUGALUEFA834
7( 7 )FRANCEUEFA818
8( 15 )NETHERLANDSUEFA790,5
9( 6 )ARGENTINACONMEBOL776
10( 8 )GERMANYUEFA765,5
11( 11 )PARAGUAYCONMEBOL755,5
12( 9 )SCOTLANDUEFA747,5
13( 12 )BELGIUMUEFA696,5
14( 28 )ECUADORCONMEBOL686
15( 30 )TUNISIACAF664,5
16( 25 )ROUMANIAUEFA632
17( 27 )MOROCCOCAF629,5
18( 22 )CROATIAUEFA618
19( 18 )GREECEUEFA616,5
20( 29 )SERBIAUEFA605
21( 26 )MEXICOCONCACAF600
22( 13 )CYPRUSUEFA586
23( 21 )CZECH REPUBLICUEFA571
24( 14 )AUSTRIAUEFA561
25( 23 )UKRAINEUEFA542
26( 17 )RUSSIAUEFA538,5
27( 15 )DENMARKUEFA533,5
28( 20 )TURKEYUEFA523,5
29( 24 )ISRAELUEFA521,5
30( 19 )SOUTH KOREAAFC520,5
( 33 )EGYPTCAF520,5
32( 52 )SAUDI ARABIAAFC518
33( 42 )SWEDENUEFA477
34( 34 )URUGUAYCONMEBOL447
35( 32 )CONGO D RCAF444,5
36( 36 )BULGARIAUEFA437
37( 46 )JAPANAFC434
38( 41 )BOLIVIACONMEBOL433
39( 44 )CHINAAFC428,5
40( 59 )HUNGARYUEFA425,5
41( 53 )VENEZUELACONMEBOL425
42( 31 )SWITZERLANDUEFA411
43( 40 )KAZAKHSTANUEFA410
44( 38 )NORWAYUEFA409
45( 37 )BELARUSUEFA397
46( 66 )NORTHERN IRELANDUEFA389
47( 54 )PERUCONMEBOL383
48( 57 )ANGOLACAF382,5
49( 48 )SLOVENIAUEFA376
50( 50 )SOUTH AFRICACAF371,5
51( 55 )GEORGIAUEFA368
52( 55 )POLANDUEFA364,5
53( 67 )CHILECONMEBOL361,5
54( 43 )SLOVAKIAUEFA351
55( 35 )ZAMBIACAF349,5
56( 70 )AZERBAIJANUEFA349
57( 77 )NIGERIACAF346,5
58( 46 )ALGERIACAF346
59( 62 )ESTONIAUEFA345
60( 51 )IRANAFC344,5
61( 64 )LATVIAUEFA340
62( 65 )REPUBLIC OF IRELANDUEFA331,5
63( 45 )SUDANCAF317
64( 63 )GUATEMALACONCACAF316
65( 61 )COSTA RICACONCACAF312
66( 68 )U S ACONCACAF301,5
67( 72 )UZBEKISTANAFC292,5
68( 39 )QATARAFC287
69( 69 )ALBANIAUEFA285
70( 74 )FINLANDUEFA282
71( 49 )LITHUANIAUEFA279,5
72( 75 )MOLDOVAUEFA275
73( 60 )THAILANDAFC271,5
74( 71 )HONDURASCONCACAF266
75( 79 )IRAQAFC264,5
76( 58 )UNITED ARAB EMIRATESAFC261
77( 73 )MACEDONIAUEFA256
( 78 )NICARAGUACONCACAF256
79( 76 )CAMEROUNCAF238
80( 96 )ARMENIAUEFA236,5
81( 84 )LUXEMBOURGUEFA220,25
82( 92 )GUINEECAF218,75
83( 80 )ICELANDUEFA216,5
84( 85 )KENYACAF214,5
85( 104 )VIETNAMAFC211,75
86( 86 )TANZANIACAF191
87( 113 )ZIMBABWECAF181,25
88( 101 )WALESUEFA177,5
( 115 )MONTENEGROUEFA177,5
90( 116 )FAROE ISLANDSUEFA169
90( 94 )EL SALVADORCONCACAF168,25
92( 99 )INDONESIAAFC167,75
93( 83 )CONGO CAF162
94( 98 )NORTH KOREAAFC161
95( 88 )BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINAUEFA160,5
96( 90 )KOSOVOUEFA157,25
97( 159 )BENINCAF156,25
98( 87 )RWANDACAF155,5
99( 97 )UGANDACAF152
100( 126 )PANAMACONCACAF150,25