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European Football League Comparisons

EUROPEAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES The rather wonderful Compare the Leagues website - http://comparetheleagues.com has produced a tool enabling users to compare various statistics for the top 20 European football leagues. as ranked by UEFA. The website is hugely efficient at sorting and displaying the data, but here we have tried to put a bit of beauty back into the numbers. Categories for comparison. here and on the website include UEFA ranking (UEFA coefficient). European titles won (Champions League. former European Cup. Europa League. former UEFA Cup. former Cup Winners' Cup) as well as average goals per game in every league. the probability of games ending without goals. as draws / home wins / away wins. a comparison of average football player age across the European leagues. the percentage of players currently playing in a country they weren't born in, and also various stats about stadium attendances. COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY COMPARISON UEFA RANKING AWAY WN % 24% 27% HOME 47% 52% WN % DRAW 29% 21% KEY ENGLAND PREMER LEAGUE COUNTRY SPAIN LEAGUE NAME PRIMERA DIVISON I NUMBER OF CL/EC TITLES Y NUMBER OF EL/CWC/UEFA TITLES 53.678 60.552 27% 24% 25% 47% 47% 41% 29% 26% 34% GERMANY ITALY FRANCE BUNDESLIGA SERE A LIGUE 1 TYT YYY 51.596 44.707 43.883 30% 25% 32% 42% 46% 44% 28% 29% 24% PORTUGAL RUSSIA UKRAINE SUPERLIGA PREMJER-LIGA PREMJER-LIHA YYY YY YYY 40.129 25% 31% 27% 52% 44% 46% 23% 26% 25% HOLLAND EREDIVISE TURKEY SÜPER LIG GREECE SUPER LEAGUE YYYYY 30% 25% 24% 40% 49% 46% 30% 26% 30% DENMARK BELGIUM ROMANIA SUPERLIGAEN JUPILER PRO LEAGUE LIGA 1 YYYY 32% 339% 37% 41% 40% 41% 22% 26% 26% SCOTLAND SWITZERLAND ISRAEL PREMIER LEAGUE AXPO SUPER LEAGUE LIGAT HA'AL 26% 32% 32% F0% 40% 43% 24% 28% 25% CZECH REPUBLIC 124 AUSTRIA CYPRUS GAMBRINUS LIGA BUNDESLIGA DIVISION A TOTAL ATTENDANCE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE GOALS PER GAME E 13,405,825 - 13,047.059 - 10.750,571 9.257.783 I 7,472,998 - 5,878,975 O 4,301,748 X 3,116,574 2,896,940 I 2,844299 • 2,379,165 - 2215,430 + 2,045.762 E 1,555,201 1,452,970 - 3.14 + 2.98 - 291 - 274 E 274 : 2.72 + 2.67 - 264 42.637 = 35,278 - 28.291 I 24.363 I 19,666 - 19.212 14,058 X 13,669 12.071 O 261 a 261 I 2.59 - 2.57 - 2.53 I 249 « 242 I 241 I 23 - 228 x 227 E 222 I 11,851 11,365 * 9,913 - 9,231 - 8,072 + 7,049 E 6,480 I 5,098 + 1,395,774 I 1.381,665 - 1,042.661 a 939,155 a 416,786 4,344 a 3,913 a 2,303 % OF FOREIGN PLAYERS AVERAGE PLAYER AGE % OF 0-0 DRAWS 63.3 - 23.9 + 44 a 60.6 245 4.6 + 24.5 + 247 - 25 X 5.7 - 59 = 6.6 - 6.8 - 6,9 - 7.1 I 7.2 O 7.6 + 7.8 - 7.9 E 8.1 I 8.9 a 9.1 O 9.8 57.9 - 48.8 X 48.8 = 48.7 25.1 - 25.2 E 25.2 - 25.2 I 25.4 • 25.6 48 I 47.7 = 43.2 + 42 I 39.4 - 38.8 25.9 37.8 - 33.5 e 32.3 I 29.2 + 26.9 - 25.9 a 18.7 - 26 E 26.2 a 26.3 I 26.3 = 26.5 - 26.5 = 26,7 9.8 10 - 11.5 18.4 26.9 11.7 CONCLUSIONS 11.7% OF ALL GAMES IN LIGUE 1 END IN A BORING 0-0. THE IF YOUR GOAL IN LIFE IS TO WATCH AS MANY GOALS AS GERMANY'S BUNDESLIGA HAS BY 響 FAR THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE PROBABILITY IS MORE THAN POSSIBLE, DEFINITELY YOU SHOULD (42,637 ON AVERAGE). TICKETS TWICE AS HIGH AS IN SWISS' CHECK OUT ARE CHEAPER THAN IN ANY AXPO SUPER LEAGUE (4.4%) AND GERMANY'S BUNDESLIGA NETHERLANDS (3.14), SWISS AXPO SUPER OTHER OF THE "BIG FIVE" EUROPE. AVERAGE, GERMANS ONLY PAY EREDIVISIE LEAGUES IN ON (4.6%). FRENCH LIGUE 1 ALSO LEAGUE (2.98) AND GERMANY'S HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST BUNDESLIGA (2.91 GOALS PER 22€ FOR THEIR BUNDESLIGA DRAWS IN EUROPE (34%). GAME). TICKETS. 63.3% OF ALL PREMIER LEAGUE ITALY'S SERIE A PLAYERS ARE SPAIN AND HOLLAND ARE THE PLAYERS ARE NON-NATIVE. ON AVERAGE THE OLDEST IN COUNTRIES WHICH SEE THE THE EPL'S REPUTATION (AND EUROPE, AGED 26.9 YEARS ON AVERAGE. HIGHEST PROPORTION OF HOME MONEY) ARE A HUGE THE DUTCH WINS, WITH 52% OF MATCHES CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. EREDIVISIE IS BY FAR THE BEING WON BY THE HOME SIDE. 60.6% OF DIVISION A PLAYERS "YOUNGEST" LEAGUE IN THE SCOTTISH PREMIER IS THE IN CYPRUS ARE NOT CYPRIOT. EUROPE, WITH PLAYERS BEING MOST UNPREDICTABLE LEAGUE, MOST PLAYERS COME FROM ONLY 23.9 YEARS OLD ON WITH 37% OF MATCHES BEING GREECE. AVERAGE. WON BY THE AWAY SIDE. NOTES: Information coorect as of September 8th, 2011 Data sources: comparetheleagues.com. wikipedia.org. uefa.com. deloitte.com. bwin.com. futebolfinance.com Notes UEFA ranking (UEFA coefficent) shows a snapshot taken after the 2011 final. CL/EC Titles lists Champions League (1992-2011) as well as European Cup (1955-1991) wins EL/CWC/UEFA Titles lists Europa League (2009-2011). UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1961-1999) and UEFA Cup (1971-2008) wins. Average goals per game takes all domestic league games in account. with the exception of relegation games. % of foreign players consists of players whose nationality differs from the country they play in. If a player has dual citizenship. the first nationality decides. Total Attendance compares apples with oranges. as some leagues consist of 20 teams, while others have 18. 16. 14. 12 or even 10 teams. design by: Visual Evolution, London 85.785 35.050 82.329 20.850 24.900 34.166 20.70 25.824 EUROPEAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES The rather wonderful Compare the Leagues website - http://comparetheleagues.com has produced a tool enabling users to compare various statistics for the top 20 European football leagues. as ranked by UEFA. The website is hugely efficient at sorting and displaying the data, but here we have tried to put a bit of beauty back into the numbers. Categories for comparison. here and on the website include UEFA ranking (UEFA coefficient). European titles won (Champions League. former European Cup. Europa League. former UEFA Cup. former Cup Winners' Cup) as well as average goals per game in every league. the probability of games ending without goals. as draws / home wins / away wins. a comparison of average football player age across the European leagues. the percentage of players currently playing in a country they weren't born in, and also various stats about stadium attendances. COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY COMPARISON UEFA RANKING AWAY WN % 24% 27% HOME 47% 52% WN % DRAW 29% 21% KEY ENGLAND PREMER LEAGUE COUNTRY SPAIN LEAGUE NAME PRIMERA DIVISON I NUMBER OF CL/EC TITLES Y NUMBER OF EL/CWC/UEFA TITLES 53.678 60.552 27% 24% 25% 47% 47% 41% 29% 26% 34% GERMANY ITALY FRANCE BUNDESLIGA SERE A LIGUE 1 TYT YYY 51.596 44.707 43.883 30% 25% 32% 42% 46% 44% 28% 29% 24% PORTUGAL RUSSIA UKRAINE SUPERLIGA PREMJER-LIGA PREMJER-LIHA YYY YY YYY 40.129 25% 31% 27% 52% 44% 46% 23% 26% 25% HOLLAND EREDIVISE TURKEY SÜPER LIG GREECE SUPER LEAGUE YYYYY 30% 25% 24% 40% 49% 46% 30% 26% 30% DENMARK BELGIUM ROMANIA SUPERLIGAEN JUPILER PRO LEAGUE LIGA 1 YYYY 32% 339% 37% 41% 40% 41% 22% 26% 26% SCOTLAND SWITZERLAND ISRAEL PREMIER LEAGUE AXPO SUPER LEAGUE LIGAT HA'AL 26% 32% 32% F0% 40% 43% 24% 28% 25% CZECH REPUBLIC 124 AUSTRIA CYPRUS GAMBRINUS LIGA BUNDESLIGA DIVISION A TOTAL ATTENDANCE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE GOALS PER GAME E 13,405,825 - 13,047.059 - 10.750,571 9.257.783 I 7,472,998 - 5,878,975 O 4,301,748 X 3,116,574 2,896,940 I 2,844299 • 2,379,165 - 2215,430 + 2,045.762 E 1,555,201 1,452,970 - 3.14 + 2.98 - 291 - 274 E 274 : 2.72 + 2.67 - 264 42.637 = 35,278 - 28.291 I 24.363 I 19,666 - 19.212 14,058 X 13,669 12.071 O 261 a 261 I 2.59 - 2.57 - 2.53 I 249 « 242 I 241 I 23 - 228 x 227 E 222 I 11,851 11,365 * 9,913 - 9,231 - 8,072 + 7,049 E 6,480 I 5,098 + 1,395,774 I 1.381,665 - 1,042.661 a 939,155 a 416,786 4,344 a 3,913 a 2,303 % OF FOREIGN PLAYERS AVERAGE PLAYER AGE % OF 0-0 DRAWS 63.3 - 23.9 + 44 a 60.6 245 4.6 + 24.5 + 247 - 25 X 5.7 - 59 = 6.6 - 6.8 - 6,9 - 7.1 I 7.2 O 7.6 + 7.8 - 7.9 E 8.1 I 8.9 a 9.1 O 9.8 57.9 - 48.8 X 48.8 = 48.7 25.1 - 25.2 E 25.2 - 25.2 I 25.4 • 25.6 48 I 47.7 = 43.2 + 42 I 39.4 - 38.8 25.9 37.8 - 33.5 e 32.3 I 29.2 + 26.9 - 25.9 a 18.7 - 26 E 26.2 a 26.3 I 26.3 = 26.5 - 26.5 = 26,7 9.8 10 - 11.5 18.4 26.9 11.7 CONCLUSIONS 11.7% OF ALL GAMES IN LIGUE 1 END IN A BORING 0-0. THE IF YOUR GOAL IN LIFE IS TO WATCH AS MANY GOALS AS GERMANY'S BUNDESLIGA HAS BY 響 FAR THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE PROBABILITY IS MORE THAN POSSIBLE, DEFINITELY YOU SHOULD (42,637 ON AVERAGE). TICKETS TWICE AS HIGH AS IN SWISS' CHECK OUT ARE CHEAPER THAN IN ANY AXPO SUPER LEAGUE (4.4%) AND GERMANY'S BUNDESLIGA NETHERLANDS (3.14), SWISS AXPO SUPER OTHER OF THE "BIG FIVE" EUROPE. AVERAGE, GERMANS ONLY PAY EREDIVISIE LEAGUES IN ON (4.6%). FRENCH LIGUE 1 ALSO LEAGUE (2.98) AND GERMANY'S HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST BUNDESLIGA (2.91 GOALS PER 22€ FOR THEIR BUNDESLIGA DRAWS IN EUROPE (34%). GAME). TICKETS. 63.3% OF ALL PREMIER LEAGUE ITALY'S SERIE A PLAYERS ARE SPAIN AND HOLLAND ARE THE PLAYERS ARE NON-NATIVE. ON AVERAGE THE OLDEST IN COUNTRIES WHICH SEE THE THE EPL'S REPUTATION (AND EUROPE, AGED 26.9 YEARS ON AVERAGE. HIGHEST PROPORTION OF HOME MONEY) ARE A HUGE THE DUTCH WINS, WITH 52% OF MATCHES CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. EREDIVISIE IS BY FAR THE BEING WON BY THE HOME SIDE. 60.6% OF DIVISION A PLAYERS "YOUNGEST" LEAGUE IN THE SCOTTISH PREMIER IS THE IN CYPRUS ARE NOT CYPRIOT. EUROPE, WITH PLAYERS BEING MOST UNPREDICTABLE LEAGUE, MOST PLAYERS COME FROM ONLY 23.9 YEARS OLD ON WITH 37% OF MATCHES BEING GREECE. AVERAGE. WON BY THE AWAY SIDE. NOTES: Information coorect as of September 8th, 2011 Data sources: comparetheleagues.com. wikipedia.org. uefa.com. deloitte.com. bwin.com. futebolfinance.com Notes UEFA ranking (UEFA coefficent) shows a snapshot taken after the 2011 final. CL/EC Titles lists Champions League (1992-2011) as well as European Cup (1955-1991) wins EL/CWC/UEFA Titles lists Europa League (2009-2011). UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1961-1999) and UEFA Cup (1971-2008) wins. Average goals per game takes all domestic league games in account. with the exception of relegation games. % of foreign players consists of players whose nationality differs from the country they play in. If a player has dual citizenship. the first nationality decides. Total Attendance compares apples with oranges. as some leagues consist of 20 teams, while others have 18. 16. 14. 12 or even 10 teams. design by: Visual Evolution, London 85.785 35.050 82.329 20.850 24.900 34.166 20.70 25.824 EUROPEAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES The rather wonderful Compare the Leagues website - http://comparetheleagues.com has produced a tool enabling users to compare various statistics for the top 20 European football leagues. as ranked by UEFA. The website is hugely efficient at sorting and displaying the data, but here we have tried to put a bit of beauty back into the numbers. Categories for comparison. here and on the website include UEFA ranking (UEFA coefficient). European titles won (Champions League. former European Cup. Europa League. former UEFA Cup. former Cup Winners' Cup) as well as average goals per game in every league. the probability of games ending without goals. as draws / home wins / away wins. a comparison of average football player age across the European leagues. the percentage of players currently playing in a country they weren't born in, and also various stats about stadium attendances. COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY COMPARISON UEFA RANKING AWAY WN % 24% 27% HOME 47% 52% WN % DRAW 29% 21% KEY ENGLAND PREMER LEAGUE COUNTRY SPAIN LEAGUE NAME PRIMERA DIVISON I NUMBER OF CL/EC TITLES Y NUMBER OF EL/CWC/UEFA TITLES 53.678 60.552 27% 24% 25% 47% 47% 41% 29% 26% 34% GERMANY ITALY FRANCE BUNDESLIGA SERE A LIGUE 1 TYT YYY 51.596 44.707 43.883 30% 25% 32% 42% 46% 44% 28% 29% 24% PORTUGAL RUSSIA UKRAINE SUPERLIGA PREMJER-LIGA PREMJER-LIHA YYY YY YYY 40.129 25% 31% 27% 52% 44% 46% 23% 26% 25% HOLLAND EREDIVISE TURKEY SÜPER LIG GREECE SUPER LEAGUE YYYYY 30% 25% 24% 40% 49% 46% 30% 26% 30% DENMARK BELGIUM ROMANIA SUPERLIGAEN JUPILER PRO LEAGUE LIGA 1 YYYY 32% 339% 37% 41% 40% 41% 22% 26% 26% SCOTLAND SWITZERLAND ISRAEL PREMIER LEAGUE AXPO SUPER LEAGUE LIGAT HA'AL 26% 32% 32% F0% 40% 43% 24% 28% 25% CZECH REPUBLIC 124 AUSTRIA CYPRUS GAMBRINUS LIGA BUNDESLIGA DIVISION A TOTAL ATTENDANCE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE GOALS PER GAME E 13,405,825 - 13,047.059 - 10.750,571 9.257.783 I 7,472,998 - 5,878,975 O 4,301,748 X 3,116,574 2,896,940 I 2,844299 • 2,379,165 - 2215,430 + 2,045.762 E 1,555,201 1,452,970 - 3.14 + 2.98 - 291 - 274 E 274 : 2.72 + 2.67 - 264 42.637 = 35,278 - 28.291 I 24.363 I 19,666 - 19.212 14,058 X 13,669 12.071 O 261 a 261 I 2.59 - 2.57 - 2.53 I 249 « 242 I 241 I 23 - 228 x 227 E 222 I 11,851 11,365 * 9,913 - 9,231 - 8,072 + 7,049 E 6,480 I 5,098 + 1,395,774 I 1.381,665 - 1,042.661 a 939,155 a 416,786 4,344 a 3,913 a 2,303 % OF FOREIGN PLAYERS AVERAGE PLAYER AGE % OF 0-0 DRAWS 63.3 - 23.9 + 44 a 60.6 245 4.6 + 24.5 + 247 - 25 X 5.7 - 59 = 6.6 - 6.8 - 6,9 - 7.1 I 7.2 O 7.6 + 7.8 - 7.9 E 8.1 I 8.9 a 9.1 O 9.8 57.9 - 48.8 X 48.8 = 48.7 25.1 - 25.2 E 25.2 - 25.2 I 25.4 • 25.6 48 I 47.7 = 43.2 + 42 I 39.4 - 38.8 25.9 37.8 - 33.5 e 32.3 I 29.2 + 26.9 - 25.9 a 18.7 - 26 E 26.2 a 26.3 I 26.3 = 26.5 - 26.5 = 26,7 9.8 10 - 11.5 18.4 26.9 11.7 CONCLUSIONS 11.7% OF ALL GAMES IN LIGUE 1 END IN A BORING 0-0. THE IF YOUR GOAL IN LIFE IS TO WATCH AS MANY GOALS AS GERMANY'S BUNDESLIGA HAS BY 響 FAR THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE PROBABILITY IS MORE THAN POSSIBLE, DEFINITELY YOU SHOULD (42,637 ON AVERAGE). TICKETS TWICE AS HIGH AS IN SWISS' CHECK OUT ARE CHEAPER THAN IN ANY AXPO SUPER LEAGUE (4.4%) AND GERMANY'S BUNDESLIGA NETHERLANDS (3.14), SWISS AXPO SUPER OTHER OF THE "BIG FIVE" EUROPE. AVERAGE, GERMANS ONLY PAY EREDIVISIE LEAGUES IN ON (4.6%). FRENCH LIGUE 1 ALSO LEAGUE (2.98) AND GERMANY'S HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST BUNDESLIGA (2.91 GOALS PER 22€ FOR THEIR BUNDESLIGA DRAWS IN EUROPE (34%). GAME). TICKETS. 63.3% OF ALL PREMIER LEAGUE ITALY'S SERIE A PLAYERS ARE SPAIN AND HOLLAND ARE THE PLAYERS ARE NON-NATIVE. ON AVERAGE THE OLDEST IN COUNTRIES WHICH SEE THE THE EPL'S REPUTATION (AND EUROPE, AGED 26.9 YEARS ON AVERAGE. HIGHEST PROPORTION OF HOME MONEY) ARE A HUGE THE DUTCH WINS, WITH 52% OF MATCHES CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. EREDIVISIE IS BY FAR THE BEING WON BY THE HOME SIDE. 60.6% OF DIVISION A PLAYERS "YOUNGEST" LEAGUE IN THE SCOTTISH PREMIER IS THE IN CYPRUS ARE NOT CYPRIOT. EUROPE, WITH PLAYERS BEING MOST UNPREDICTABLE LEAGUE, MOST PLAYERS COME FROM ONLY 23.9 YEARS OLD ON WITH 37% OF MATCHES BEING GREECE. AVERAGE. WON BY THE AWAY SIDE. NOTES: Information coorect as of September 8th, 2011 Data sources: comparetheleagues.com. wikipedia.org. uefa.com. deloitte.com. bwin.com. futebolfinance.com Notes UEFA ranking (UEFA coefficent) shows a snapshot taken after the 2011 final. CL/EC Titles lists Champions League (1992-2011) as well as European Cup (1955-1991) wins EL/CWC/UEFA Titles lists Europa League (2009-2011). UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1961-1999) and UEFA Cup (1971-2008) wins. Average goals per game takes all domestic league games in account. with the exception of relegation games. % of foreign players consists of players whose nationality differs from the country they play in. If a player has dual citizenship. the first nationality decides. Total Attendance compares apples with oranges. as some leagues consist of 20 teams, while others have 18. 16. 14. 12 or even 10 teams. design by: Visual Evolution, London 85.785 35.050 82.329 20.850 24.900 34.166 20.70 25.824 EUROPEAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES The rather wonderful Compare the Leagues website - http://comparetheleagues.com has produced a tool enabling users to compare various statistics for the top 20 European football leagues. as ranked by UEFA. The website is hugely efficient at sorting and displaying the data, but here we have tried to put a bit of beauty back into the numbers. Categories for comparison. here and on the website include UEFA ranking (UEFA coefficient). European titles won (Champions League. former European Cup. Europa League. former UEFA Cup. former Cup Winners' Cup) as well as average goals per game in every league. the probability of games ending without goals. as draws / home wins / away wins. a comparison of average football player age across the European leagues. the percentage of players currently playing in a country they weren't born in, and also various stats about stadium attendances. COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY COMPARISON UEFA RANKING AWAY WN % 24% 27% HOME 47% 52% WN % DRAW 29% 21% KEY ENGLAND PREMER LEAGUE COUNTRY SPAIN LEAGUE NAME PRIMERA DIVISON I NUMBER OF CL/EC TITLES Y NUMBER OF EL/CWC/UEFA TITLES 53.678 60.552 27% 24% 25% 47% 47% 41% 29% 26% 34% GERMANY ITALY FRANCE BUNDESLIGA SERE A LIGUE 1 TYT YYY 51.596 44.707 43.883 30% 25% 32% 42% 46% 44% 28% 29% 24% PORTUGAL RUSSIA UKRAINE SUPERLIGA PREMJER-LIGA PREMJER-LIHA YYY YY YYY 40.129 25% 31% 27% 52% 44% 46% 23% 26% 25% HOLLAND EREDIVISE TURKEY SÜPER LIG GREECE SUPER LEAGUE YYYYY 30% 25% 24% 40% 49% 46% 30% 26% 30% DENMARK BELGIUM ROMANIA SUPERLIGAEN JUPILER PRO LEAGUE LIGA 1 YYYY 32% 339% 37% 41% 40% 41% 22% 26% 26% SCOTLAND SWITZERLAND ISRAEL PREMIER LEAGUE AXPO SUPER LEAGUE LIGAT HA'AL 26% 32% 32% F0% 40% 43% 24% 28% 25% CZECH REPUBLIC 124 AUSTRIA CYPRUS GAMBRINUS LIGA BUNDESLIGA DIVISION A TOTAL ATTENDANCE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE GOALS PER GAME E 13,405,825 - 13,047.059 - 10.750,571 9.257.783 I 7,472,998 - 5,878,975 O 4,301,748 X 3,116,574 2,896,940 I 2,844299 • 2,379,165 - 2215,430 + 2,045.762 E 1,555,201 1,452,970 - 3.14 + 2.98 - 291 - 274 E 274 : 2.72 + 2.67 - 264 42.637 = 35,278 - 28.291 I 24.363 I 19,666 - 19.212 14,058 X 13,669 12.071 O 261 a 261 I 2.59 - 2.57 - 2.53 I 249 « 242 I 241 I 23 - 228 x 227 E 222 I 11,851 11,365 * 9,913 - 9,231 - 8,072 + 7,049 E 6,480 I 5,098 + 1,395,774 I 1.381,665 - 1,042.661 a 939,155 a 416,786 4,344 a 3,913 a 2,303 % OF FOREIGN PLAYERS AVERAGE PLAYER AGE % OF 0-0 DRAWS 63.3 - 23.9 + 44 a 60.6 245 4.6 + 24.5 + 247 - 25 X 5.7 - 59 = 6.6 - 6.8 - 6,9 - 7.1 I 7.2 O 7.6 + 7.8 - 7.9 E 8.1 I 8.9 a 9.1 O 9.8 57.9 - 48.8 X 48.8 = 48.7 25.1 - 25.2 E 25.2 - 25.2 I 25.4 • 25.6 48 I 47.7 = 43.2 + 42 I 39.4 - 38.8 25.9 37.8 - 33.5 e 32.3 I 29.2 + 26.9 - 25.9 a 18.7 - 26 E 26.2 a 26.3 I 26.3 = 26.5 - 26.5 = 26,7 9.8 10 - 11.5 18.4 26.9 11.7 CONCLUSIONS 11.7% OF ALL GAMES IN LIGUE 1 END IN A BORING 0-0. THE IF YOUR GOAL IN LIFE IS TO WATCH AS MANY GOALS AS GERMANY'S BUNDESLIGA HAS BY 響 FAR THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE PROBABILITY IS MORE THAN POSSIBLE, DEFINITELY YOU SHOULD (42,637 ON AVERAGE). TICKETS TWICE AS HIGH AS IN SWISS' CHECK OUT ARE CHEAPER THAN IN ANY AXPO SUPER LEAGUE (4.4%) AND GERMANY'S BUNDESLIGA NETHERLANDS (3.14), SWISS AXPO SUPER OTHER OF THE "BIG FIVE" EUROPE. AVERAGE, GERMANS ONLY PAY EREDIVISIE LEAGUES IN ON (4.6%). FRENCH LIGUE 1 ALSO LEAGUE (2.98) AND GERMANY'S HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST BUNDESLIGA (2.91 GOALS PER 22€ FOR THEIR BUNDESLIGA DRAWS IN EUROPE (34%). GAME). TICKETS. 63.3% OF ALL PREMIER LEAGUE ITALY'S SERIE A PLAYERS ARE SPAIN AND HOLLAND ARE THE PLAYERS ARE NON-NATIVE. ON AVERAGE THE OLDEST IN COUNTRIES WHICH SEE THE THE EPL'S REPUTATION (AND EUROPE, AGED 26.9 YEARS ON AVERAGE. HIGHEST PROPORTION OF HOME MONEY) ARE A HUGE THE DUTCH WINS, WITH 52% OF MATCHES CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. EREDIVISIE IS BY FAR THE BEING WON BY THE HOME SIDE. 60.6% OF DIVISION A PLAYERS "YOUNGEST" LEAGUE IN THE SCOTTISH PREMIER IS THE IN CYPRUS ARE NOT CYPRIOT. EUROPE, WITH PLAYERS BEING MOST UNPREDICTABLE LEAGUE, MOST PLAYERS COME FROM ONLY 23.9 YEARS OLD ON WITH 37% OF MATCHES BEING GREECE. AVERAGE. WON BY THE AWAY SIDE. NOTES: Information coorect as of September 8th, 2011 Data sources: comparetheleagues.com. wikipedia.org. uefa.com. deloitte.com. bwin.com. futebolfinance.com Notes UEFA ranking (UEFA coefficent) shows a snapshot taken after the 2011 final. CL/EC Titles lists Champions League (1992-2011) as well as European Cup (1955-1991) wins EL/CWC/UEFA Titles lists Europa League (2009-2011). UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1961-1999) and UEFA Cup (1971-2008) wins. Average goals per game takes all domestic league games in account. with the exception of relegation games. % of foreign players consists of players whose nationality differs from the country they play in. If a player has dual citizenship. the first nationality decides. Total Attendance compares apples with oranges. as some leagues consist of 20 teams, while others have 18. 16. 14. 12 or even 10 teams. design by: Visual Evolution, London 85.785 35.050 82.329 20.850 24.900 34.166 20.70 25.824 EUROPEAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES The rather wonderful Compare the Leagues website - http://comparetheleagues.com has produced a tool enabling users to compare various statistics for the top 20 European football leagues. as ranked by UEFA. The website is hugely efficient at sorting and displaying the data, but here we have tried to put a bit of beauty back into the numbers. Categories for comparison. here and on the website include UEFA ranking (UEFA coefficient). European titles won (Champions League. former European Cup. Europa League. former UEFA Cup. former Cup Winners' Cup) as well as average goals per game in every league. the probability of games ending without goals. as draws / home wins / away wins. a comparison of average football player age across the European leagues. the percentage of players currently playing in a country they weren't born in, and also various stats about stadium attendances. COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY COMPARISON UEFA RANKING AWAY WN % 24% 27% HOME 47% 52% WN % DRAW 29% 21% KEY ENGLAND PREMER LEAGUE COUNTRY SPAIN LEAGUE NAME PRIMERA DIVISON I NUMBER OF CL/EC TITLES Y NUMBER OF EL/CWC/UEFA TITLES 53.678 60.552 27% 24% 25% 47% 47% 41% 29% 26% 34% GERMANY ITALY FRANCE BUNDESLIGA SERE A LIGUE 1 TYT YYY 51.596 44.707 43.883 30% 25% 32% 42% 46% 44% 28% 29% 24% PORTUGAL RUSSIA UKRAINE SUPERLIGA PREMJER-LIGA PREMJER-LIHA YYY YY YYY 40.129 25% 31% 27% 52% 44% 46% 23% 26% 25% HOLLAND EREDIVISE TURKEY SÜPER LIG GREECE SUPER LEAGUE YYYYY 30% 25% 24% 40% 49% 46% 30% 26% 30% DENMARK BELGIUM ROMANIA SUPERLIGAEN JUPILER PRO LEAGUE LIGA 1 YYYY 32% 339% 37% 41% 40% 41% 22% 26% 26% SCOTLAND SWITZERLAND ISRAEL PREMIER LEAGUE AXPO SUPER LEAGUE LIGAT HA'AL 26% 32% 32% F0% 40% 43% 24% 28% 25% CZECH REPUBLIC 124 AUSTRIA CYPRUS GAMBRINUS LIGA BUNDESLIGA DIVISION A TOTAL ATTENDANCE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE GOALS PER GAME E 13,405,825 - 13,047.059 - 10.750,571 9.257.783 I 7,472,998 - 5,878,975 O 4,301,748 X 3,116,574 2,896,940 I 2,844299 • 2,379,165 - 2215,430 + 2,045.762 E 1,555,201 1,452,970 - 3.14 + 2.98 - 291 - 274 E 274 : 2.72 + 2.67 - 264 42.637 = 35,278 - 28.291 I 24.363 I 19,666 - 19.212 14,058 X 13,669 12.071 O 261 a 261 I 2.59 - 2.57 - 2.53 I 249 « 242 I 241 I 23 - 228 x 227 E 222 I 11,851 11,365 * 9,913 - 9,231 - 8,072 + 7,049 E 6,480 I 5,098 + 1,395,774 I 1.381,665 - 1,042.661 a 939,155 a 416,786 4,344 a 3,913 a 2,303 % OF FOREIGN PLAYERS AVERAGE PLAYER AGE % OF 0-0 DRAWS 63.3 - 23.9 + 44 a 60.6 245 4.6 + 24.5 + 247 - 25 X 5.7 - 59 = 6.6 - 6.8 - 6,9 - 7.1 I 7.2 O 7.6 + 7.8 - 7.9 E 8.1 I 8.9 a 9.1 O 9.8 57.9 - 48.8 X 48.8 = 48.7 25.1 - 25.2 E 25.2 - 25.2 I 25.4 • 25.6 48 I 47.7 = 43.2 + 42 I 39.4 - 38.8 25.9 37.8 - 33.5 e 32.3 I 29.2 + 26.9 - 25.9 a 18.7 - 26 E 26.2 a 26.3 I 26.3 = 26.5 - 26.5 = 26,7 9.8 10 - 11.5 18.4 26.9 11.7 CONCLUSIONS 11.7% OF ALL GAMES IN LIGUE 1 END IN A BORING 0-0. THE IF YOUR GOAL IN LIFE IS TO WATCH AS MANY GOALS AS GERMANY'S BUNDESLIGA HAS BY 響 FAR THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE PROBABILITY IS MORE THAN POSSIBLE, DEFINITELY YOU SHOULD (42,637 ON AVERAGE). TICKETS TWICE AS HIGH AS IN SWISS' CHECK OUT ARE CHEAPER THAN IN ANY AXPO SUPER LEAGUE (4.4%) AND GERMANY'S BUNDESLIGA NETHERLANDS (3.14), SWISS AXPO SUPER OTHER OF THE "BIG FIVE" EUROPE. AVERAGE, GERMANS ONLY PAY EREDIVISIE LEAGUES IN ON (4.6%). FRENCH LIGUE 1 ALSO LEAGUE (2.98) AND GERMANY'S HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST BUNDESLIGA (2.91 GOALS PER 22€ FOR THEIR BUNDESLIGA DRAWS IN EUROPE (34%). GAME). TICKETS. 63.3% OF ALL PREMIER LEAGUE ITALY'S SERIE A PLAYERS ARE SPAIN AND HOLLAND ARE THE PLAYERS ARE NON-NATIVE. ON AVERAGE THE OLDEST IN COUNTRIES WHICH SEE THE THE EPL'S REPUTATION (AND EUROPE, AGED 26.9 YEARS ON AVERAGE. HIGHEST PROPORTION OF HOME MONEY) ARE A HUGE THE DUTCH WINS, WITH 52% OF MATCHES CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. EREDIVISIE IS BY FAR THE BEING WON BY THE HOME SIDE. 60.6% OF DIVISION A PLAYERS "YOUNGEST" LEAGUE IN THE SCOTTISH PREMIER IS THE IN CYPRUS ARE NOT CYPRIOT. EUROPE, WITH PLAYERS BEING MOST UNPREDICTABLE LEAGUE, MOST PLAYERS COME FROM ONLY 23.9 YEARS OLD ON WITH 37% OF MATCHES BEING GREECE. AVERAGE. WON BY THE AWAY SIDE. NOTES: Information coorect as of September 8th, 2011 Data sources: comparetheleagues.com. wikipedia.org. uefa.com. deloitte.com. bwin.com. futebolfinance.com Notes UEFA ranking (UEFA coefficent) shows a snapshot taken after the 2011 final. CL/EC Titles lists Champions League (1992-2011) as well as European Cup (1955-1991) wins EL/CWC/UEFA Titles lists Europa League (2009-2011). UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1961-1999) and UEFA Cup (1971-2008) wins. Average goals per game takes all domestic league games in account. with the exception of relegation games. % of foreign players consists of players whose nationality differs from the country they play in. If a player has dual citizenship. the first nationality decides. Total Attendance compares apples with oranges. as some leagues consist of 20 teams, while others have 18. 16. 14. 12 or even 10 teams. design by: Visual Evolution, London 85.785 35.050 82.329 20.850 24.900 34.166 20.70 25.824 EUROPEAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES The rather wonderful Compare the Leagues website - http://comparetheleagues.com has produced a tool enabling users to compare various statistics for the top 20 European football leagues. as ranked by UEFA. The website is hugely efficient at sorting and displaying the data, but here we have tried to put a bit of beauty back into the numbers. Categories for comparison. here and on the website include UEFA ranking (UEFA coefficient). European titles won (Champions League. former European Cup. Europa League. former UEFA Cup. former Cup Winners' Cup) as well as average goals per game in every league. the probability of games ending without goals. as draws / home wins / away wins. a comparison of average football player age across the European leagues. the percentage of players currently playing in a country they weren't born in, and also various stats about stadium attendances. COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY COMPARISON UEFA RANKING AWAY WN % 24% 27% HOME 47% 52% WN % DRAW 29% 21% KEY ENGLAND PREMER LEAGUE COUNTRY SPAIN LEAGUE NAME PRIMERA DIVISON I NUMBER OF CL/EC TITLES Y NUMBER OF EL/CWC/UEFA TITLES 53.678 60.552 27% 24% 25% 47% 47% 41% 29% 26% 34% GERMANY ITALY FRANCE BUNDESLIGA SERE A LIGUE 1 TYT YYY 51.596 44.707 43.883 30% 25% 32% 42% 46% 44% 28% 29% 24% PORTUGAL RUSSIA UKRAINE SUPERLIGA PREMJER-LIGA PREMJER-LIHA YYY YY YYY 40.129 25% 31% 27% 52% 44% 46% 23% 26% 25% HOLLAND EREDIVISE TURKEY SÜPER LIG GREECE SUPER LEAGUE YYYYY 30% 25% 24% 40% 49% 46% 30% 26% 30% DENMARK BELGIUM ROMANIA SUPERLIGAEN JUPILER PRO LEAGUE LIGA 1 YYYY 32% 339% 37% 41% 40% 41% 22% 26% 26% SCOTLAND SWITZERLAND ISRAEL PREMIER LEAGUE AXPO SUPER LEAGUE LIGAT HA'AL 26% 32% 32% F0% 40% 43% 24% 28% 25% CZECH REPUBLIC 124 AUSTRIA CYPRUS GAMBRINUS LIGA BUNDESLIGA DIVISION A TOTAL ATTENDANCE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE GOALS PER GAME E 13,405,825 - 13,047.059 - 10.750,571 9.257.783 I 7,472,998 - 5,878,975 O 4,301,748 X 3,116,574 2,896,940 I 2,844299 • 2,379,165 - 2215,430 + 2,045.762 E 1,555,201 1,452,970 - 3.14 + 2.98 - 291 - 274 E 274 : 2.72 + 2.67 - 264 42.637 = 35,278 - 28.291 I 24.363 I 19,666 - 19.212 14,058 X 13,669 12.071 O 261 a 261 I 2.59 - 2.57 - 2.53 I 249 « 242 I 241 I 23 - 228 x 227 E 222 I 11,851 11,365 * 9,913 - 9,231 - 8,072 + 7,049 E 6,480 I 5,098 + 1,395,774 I 1.381,665 - 1,042.661 a 939,155 a 416,786 4,344 a 3,913 a 2,303 % OF FOREIGN PLAYERS AVERAGE PLAYER AGE % OF 0-0 DRAWS 63.3 - 23.9 + 44 a 60.6 245 4.6 + 24.5 + 247 - 25 X 5.7 - 59 = 6.6 - 6.8 - 6,9 - 7.1 I 7.2 O 7.6 + 7.8 - 7.9 E 8.1 I 8.9 a 9.1 O 9.8 57.9 - 48.8 X 48.8 = 48.7 25.1 - 25.2 E 25.2 - 25.2 I 25.4 • 25.6 48 I 47.7 = 43.2 + 42 I 39.4 - 38.8 25.9 37.8 - 33.5 e 32.3 I 29.2 + 26.9 - 25.9 a 18.7 - 26 E 26.2 a 26.3 I 26.3 = 26.5 - 26.5 = 26,7 9.8 10 - 11.5 18.4 26.9 11.7 CONCLUSIONS 11.7% OF ALL GAMES IN LIGUE 1 END IN A BORING 0-0. THE IF YOUR GOAL IN LIFE IS TO WATCH AS MANY GOALS AS GERMANY'S BUNDESLIGA HAS BY 響 FAR THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE PROBABILITY IS MORE THAN POSSIBLE, DEFINITELY YOU SHOULD (42,637 ON AVERAGE). TICKETS TWICE AS HIGH AS IN SWISS' CHECK OUT ARE CHEAPER THAN IN ANY AXPO SUPER LEAGUE (4.4%) AND GERMANY'S BUNDESLIGA NETHERLANDS (3.14), SWISS AXPO SUPER OTHER OF THE "BIG FIVE" EUROPE. AVERAGE, GERMANS ONLY PAY EREDIVISIE LEAGUES IN ON (4.6%). FRENCH LIGUE 1 ALSO LEAGUE (2.98) AND GERMANY'S HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST BUNDESLIGA (2.91 GOALS PER 22€ FOR THEIR BUNDESLIGA DRAWS IN EUROPE (34%). GAME). TICKETS. 63.3% OF ALL PREMIER LEAGUE ITALY'S SERIE A PLAYERS ARE SPAIN AND HOLLAND ARE THE PLAYERS ARE NON-NATIVE. ON AVERAGE THE OLDEST IN COUNTRIES WHICH SEE THE THE EPL'S REPUTATION (AND EUROPE, AGED 26.9 YEARS ON AVERAGE. HIGHEST PROPORTION OF HOME MONEY) ARE A HUGE THE DUTCH WINS, WITH 52% OF MATCHES CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. EREDIVISIE IS BY FAR THE BEING WON BY THE HOME SIDE. 60.6% OF DIVISION A PLAYERS "YOUNGEST" LEAGUE IN THE SCOTTISH PREMIER IS THE IN CYPRUS ARE NOT CYPRIOT. EUROPE, WITH PLAYERS BEING MOST UNPREDICTABLE LEAGUE, MOST PLAYERS COME FROM ONLY 23.9 YEARS OLD ON WITH 37% OF MATCHES BEING GREECE. AVERAGE. WON BY THE AWAY SIDE. NOTES: Information coorect as of September 8th, 2011 Data sources: comparetheleagues.com. wikipedia.org. uefa.com. deloitte.com. bwin.com. futebolfinance.com Notes UEFA ranking (UEFA coefficent) shows a snapshot taken after the 2011 final. CL/EC Titles lists Champions League (1992-2011) as well as European Cup (1955-1991) wins EL/CWC/UEFA Titles lists Europa League (2009-2011). UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1961-1999) and UEFA Cup (1971-2008) wins. Average goals per game takes all domestic league games in account. with the exception of relegation games. % of foreign players consists of players whose nationality differs from the country they play in. If a player has dual citizenship. the first nationality decides. Total Attendance compares apples with oranges. as some leagues consist of 20 teams, while others have 18. 16. 14. 12 or even 10 teams. design by: Visual Evolution, London 85.785 35.050 82.329 20.850 24.900 34.166 20.70 25.824

European Football League Comparisons

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A comparison of various statistics for the top 20 European football leagues, as ranked by UEFA. Designer: Ben Huxley.

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