Tip 5 biggest soccer leagues in terms of revenue
League Annual
Average
Period
National Football League $6.68 bil 2014-21
English Premier League $2.60 bil 2017-19
National Basketball
Assoc.
$2.67 bil 2016-23
Major League Baseball $1.55 bil 2014-21
Italian Serie A $1.08 bil 2016-18
The Five Biggest Domestic TV Deals In Soccer
League Annual Average Period
English Premier League $2.60 bil 2017-19
Italian Serie A $1.08 bil 2016-18
Spanish La Liga $972 mil 2017-19
French Ligue 1 $798 mil 2017-20
German Bundesliga $690 mil 2014-17
O# LEAGUE POINTS
1 Spanish La Liga 48
2 Premier League 47
3 Bundesliga 42
4 Italian Serie A 37
5 Portuguese Liga 35
6 French Ligue 1 31
7 Dutch Eredivisie 27
8 Argentine League 21
9 Brazilian Serie A 20
10 Major League Soccer 20
Ranking Top 10 Best
Football League In The
World
APRIL 26, 2016 BY TOTALSPORTEK2
Premier League is often described as the most
exciting football league in the world and rightly
so looking at 2015-16 crazy season which had so
many surprises from top to bottom of the league.
Since it was rebranded as the English Premier
League back in 1992 it has be an absolute
financial success on every scale and if premier
league was not exciting it would not be raking all
this financial windfall. Having said that is premier
league the best football league in the world ? well
jury is still out on that and we take a look at
some of the top leagues around europe and in the
world, ranking them according to several factors.
UEFA has a coefficients system according to
which they rank the european leagues and that
solely depend on the performances of clubs from
a certain league in europe. Spanish La Liga is the
highest ranked team according to UEFA co-
efficient with 101 points as of april 2016 while
German Bundesliga is second with 79 and Premier
League is third with 75 points. But thats one way
to look at the leagues there are several other
factors like excitement level, average attendance,
tv viewing numbers, quality of football. average
number of goals and we can go on and on with so
many more statistics.
But we decided to take 6 major factors into
account and rank the top leagues around the
world. Every factor has 10 points.
1. Excitement
2. Competitiveness throughout the league
3. Quality of football
4. Star Power
5. Success in continental football
6. Average Attendance
So collection such data from 20 top leagues
around the world we have narrowed down the
ranking to top 10 leagues in the world and this is
how they rank.
Spanish league came out top with overall 48
points. (10 points each for qualify of football and
success in europe, 9 for star power, 6 for average
attendance, 7 for excitement and 6 for
competitiveness)
Premier league narrowly missed out with 47
points (10 points each for Competitiveness and
excitement, 6 for quality of football, 7 for star
power, 6 success in europe and 8 for average
attendance)
# 10. Major League Soccer
Still growing as a sport in United States, MLS has
come alongway since 1994 when USA hosted the
world cup. Now “Soccer” is pretty much a
mainstream sport in the states and MLS has gone
from strength to strength in last couple of
decades. The exciting levels have increased and
some of the top clubs in MLS have developed
loyal fan basis. Although one downer is the fact
that top players from europe uses MLS as their
last destination to end their careers.
#9. Brazilian Série A
Brazlian league has the flair, the samba touch and
some very exciting games but the quality of
football is way below the standard of European
top leagues. 2015 league winners Corinthans had
81 points while the 20th place side Joinville had
31 and thats massive 50 points gap. But as far as
Copa Libertadores is concerned Brazil had atleast
4 teams in each of the last 3 season knockout
rounds.
#8. Argentine Primera
Probably the best league in South America at the
moment both in terms of quality and star players.
Argentina clubs has won the last two Copa
Libertadores (River Plate 2015, San Lorenzo,
2014). Carlo Tevez has returned to Argentina and
guided his Boca Juniors side to title victory in
2015. Unlike the other top leagues, Argentina has
30 teams in top division divided into two zones of
15 teams each.
#7. Dutch Eredivisie
Ededivise has long been a second string league
behind top european domestic competitions. Ajax
and PSV are two power houses who most often
than not compete for the title. Ajax has won 4
league titles in the last 5 years. Interestingly
dutch league has the highest goal to game ratio
in top european leagues but also a most red
cards. Ajax and PSV has best academies in the
world providing youngsters around europe. So
many great players learned their trade here you
talk about Ronaldo (Brazlian), Ruud Van
Nistelrooy, Bergkamp, Van Persie, Huntelaar, Luis
Suarez and Arjan Robben to name just a few.
But their failure to hold on to talent is also their
downfall in European competitions. Last time a
Dutch side made it to the champions league final
was back in 1995 when Van Gaal guided Ajax to
their fourth champions league title.
#6. French Ligue 1
Back in the 90’s French ligue 1 was the most
unpredictable league in the world where they have
7 different champions in 9 years. But Olympic
Lyon dominated 2000’s 7 consecutive titles from
2002 to 2008 than another short period of
unpredictability lead to 4 different champions in 4
years. Than came the oil rich Paris Saint Germain
who has been absolutely dominating French
league having won 4 back to back titles and that
has kind of lead the overall appeal to the league
suffered. French clubs are still losing talented
players to other t0 European leagues and only
PSG has had some success in European football.
#5. Portuguese Liga
FC Porto and Benfica has long dominated
Portugese football and they are also two of the
most consistent teams in champions league.
Quality of football is pretty similar to that of
Spanish La liga but Portugese clubs has the same
dilemma as Dutch league as they can’t afford to
hold on to talented players for long. Just like La
Liga, Portuguese league is dominated but two top
teams and last time a team other than Benfica and
Porto won the league was back in 2002 when
Sporting pipped Porto for the title.
#4. Italian Serie A
A decade ago, Italian Serie A was by far the most
exciting league in the world with so many top
teams full of star players dominating european
football. But than came that 2006 match fixing
scandal which rocked the league and it has yet to
fully recovered since than. Although Juventus has
somehow recovered some of the value back by
reaching 2015 final and poaching some great
talented players but overall excitement,
attendance, viewing figures and social media
presence has gone downhill since 2006.
In 2015-16 season however Napoli took Juventus
all the way down to the final few games for the
title race while teams like Fiorentina, Inter Milan
and Roma are slowly becoming more competitive
and closing the gap to Juventus who has won the
league for 5 successive seasons.
#3. German Bundesliga
Best average attendance, competitive games and
overall excitement levels has increased in last
decades. Bundesliga has also sold extensive tv
rights deals worldwide giving more exposure to
german clubs around the world. Bayern Munich is
widely considered as the best team in the world
alongside Barcelona. Dortmund has been
consistantly good in Europe and teams like FC
Schalke, Wolfsburg has added overall value to the
league. Having said that Bayern Munich are head
and shoulders above most of the clubs in the
league and they would probably win the league
even with their second string side.
#2. English Premier League
We can have a debate about top 10 leagues in the
world but there is no argument which are the top
2 leagues. Premier League and Spanish La Liga
are by far the best football leagues in the world
and fans often compare the two and result differ
from person to person. On excitement level,
average attendance and competitive nature
premier league tops the bill. 2015-16 is the best
example of premier league’s competitive and
intense nature where Leicester City are about to
the win the league. Defending champions Chelsea
struggling in 10th place. Any team can beat any
other in the league. However the points where
Premier League loses against La Liga are the
quality of football and European success, Both
critical points.
NBA of football ?: Having said that with all the
top managers heading to premier league and the
financial windfall about to open on premier league
clubs from 2016-17 season we can only assume
Premier league clubs are going to get stronger by
the year and its not too long from now when
Premier League will be the NBA of football.
Leicester City has made a name and given
themselves a platform to really excel at top level,
tottenham has one of the best young squads in
europe, West Ham are moving to new stadium and
had a good season to build on from, United,
Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool have loyal fan
basis across the world. Man City are improving in
European level and if you look at teams like
Southampton and Everton they have solid
competitive squads thats atleast 10 qualify teams
who can beat anyone.
See Also: Premier League vs La Liga
Personally I would put Premier League as the best
league in the world but right now its unfair to
overlook spanish clubs success in europe but its
not too long before Premier league medal weighs
more than even champions league.
#1. Spanish La Liga
Barcelona vs Real Madrid and Messi vs Ronaldo
has been the selling point for La Liga for the best
part of last 10 years. They have the quality, star
players, money and they carrying the league at
the moment. But Atletico Madrid has really given
La Liga a new dimension and join the top two
while clubs like Sevilla and Villarreal has
improved over the years. La Liga’s quality of
football is often praised worldwide and they also
had major impact in european competitions. The
also signed a new equal tv rights deal which will
help bottom clubs to get a fighting chance
against the traditional top 4 or 5 in the league.
But La Liga do have a concern over plan B once
Messi vs Ronaldo rivalry die down or the interest
in Barcelona vs Real Madrid calms down a bit.
Nobody cares about Villarreal or Sevilla outside
spain, how they are going to keep hold of players
when even bottom premier league clubs can
outbid top european teams for talented players ?
I would love to hear your thoughts on the best
leagues around the world, did I miss any top
league ? let me know your thoughts by using the
comments below.
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