Jan. 29, the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) declared that Major League Soccer (MLS) is only the 49th Strongest National League of the World.
Since 1991, the world ranking for the Strongest National Leagues has been determined annually by the IFFHS on the basis of all national (championship, FA Cup) and (inter)continental (confederations & FIFA club competitions) results of the clubs.
Spanish Primera División was named the No. 1 National League for the fourth time in a row and the English Premier League earned second place again. The Spanish Primera División also won top honors in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004. German Bundesliga was third again, Italy was fourth and Brazil was fifth.
The English clubs got a better performance for continental competitions (524 points) than Spanish (469 points), but they failed in the FA Cup (72 points), meanwhile La Copa del Rey semifinals were played by the four strongest Spanish teams (144 points).
The Mexican Primera División is the best for CONCACAF region and in Asia, Republic of Korea league bested Saudi Arabia and Japan. In Africa, Tunisia, Egypt and Maroc topped the continent.
Top 50 (1st January 2013 - 31st December 2013)
Place Country Points
1 Spain 1155,00
2 England 1128,00
3 Germany 1056,00
4 Italy 927,00
5 Brazil 896,00
6 Argentina 868,00
7 France 796,00
8 Russia 739,50
9 Colombia 724,50
10 Romania 722,50
11 Paraguay 721,00
12 Switzerland 698,00
13 Turkey 683,50
14 Ukraine 682,00
15 México 678,50
16 Belgium 669,50
17 Czech Republic 661,50
18 Portugal 646,50
19 Chile 621,50
20 Ecuador 587,50
21 Netherlands 578,50
22 Greece 578,00
23 Korea Republik 571,50
24 Saudi Arabia 519,00
25 Scotland 503,00
26 Cyprus 488,50
27 Bulgaria 486,50
28 Austria 476,00
29 Norway 472,00
30 Japan 469,50
31 Tunisia 462,00
32 Croatia 458,00
33 Denmark 435,50
34 China 430,50
35 Uruguay 429,00
36 Israel 427,50
37 Iran 419,00
38 Costa Rica 403,00
39 Poland 392,00
40 Perú 384,00
41 Moldova 380,00
42 Serbia 372,00
43 Azerbaijan 370,50
44 Bolivia 370,00
45 Sweden 366,50
46 Egypt 361,50
47 Maroc 359,00
48 Venezuela 351,00
49 USA 349,50
50 Georgia 343,00
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