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FIFA LEAGUE RATINGS
Historical League Ratings
2011-
2006-2010
2001-2005
1996-2000
1991-1995
1986-1990
1981-1985
1976-1980
1971-1975
1966-1970
1961-1965
1956-1960
1951-1955
1945-1950
Top League Ratings (1961 to 1965)
RANK
COUNTRY
CONFEDERATION
LEAGUE
AVG RATING
1
England
UEFA
First Division
9.03
TOP PROFESSIONAL
2
Spain
UEFA
La Liga
9.01
TOP PROFESSIONAL
3
Italy
UEFA
Serie A
8.99
PROFESSIONAL
4
Soviet Union
UEFA
Klass A USSR
8.98
PROFESSIONAL
Brazil
CONMEBOL
Taça Brasil
8.98
PROFESSIONAL
6
Hungary
UEFA
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
8.96
PROFESSIONAL
Yugoslavia
UEFA
Prva Liga
8.96
PROFESSIONAL
8
Argentina
CONMEBOL
Primera División
8.95
PROFESSIONAL
9
France
UEFA
Ligue 1
8.94
PROFESSIONAL
West Germany
UEFA
Oberliga Championship
8.94
PROFESSIONAL
11
Scotland
UEFA
First Division
8.93
PROFESSIONAL
12
Czechoslovakia
UEFA
1. Liga
8.92
PROFESSIONAL
13
Belgium
UEFA
Division I
8.91
PROFESSIONAL
14
Netherlands
UEFA
Eredivisie
8.90
PROFESSIONAL
15
Uruguay
CONMEBOL
Primera División
8.89
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
16
East Germany
UEFA
DDR Oberliga
8.88
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
17
Paraguay
CONMEBOL
Primera División
8.87
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
Mexico
CONCACAF
Liga MX
8.87
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
Bulgaria
UEFA
Prva PFL
8.87
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
20
Portugal
UEFA
Primeira Divisão
8.86
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
Austria
UEFA
Staatsliga
8.86
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
22
Romania
UEFA
Liga I
8.85
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
23
Egypt
CAF
Premier League
8.83
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
Sweden
UEFA
Allsvenskan
8.83
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
Colombia
CONMEBOL
Primera A
8.83
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
26
Turkey
UEFA
Milli Lig
8.82
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
Switzerland
UEFA
National League A
8.82
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
Denmark
UEFA
First Division
8.82
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
29
Venezuela
CONMEBOL
Primera División
8.81
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
Chile
CONMEBOL
Primera División
8.81
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
31
Peru
CONMEBOL
Primera División
8.79
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
32
Poland
UEFA
Ekstraklasa
8.78
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
33
Bolivia
CONMEBOL
Torneo Nacional
8.77
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
34
Albania
UEFA
Kategoria Superiore
8.76
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Ecuador
CONMEBOL
Serie A
8.76
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Greece
UEFA
A Ethniki
8.76
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
37
South Africa
CAF
National Football League
8.75
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Norway
UEFA
1. Divisjon
8.75
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
39
Republic of Ireland
UEFA
League of Ireland
8.74
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Algeria
CAF
Championnat D1
8.74
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Costa Rica
CONCACAF
Primera División
8.74
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
42
Israel
AFC
Liga Leumit
8.73
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Finland
UEFA
Mestaruussarja
8.73
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Northern Ireland
UEFA
Irish Football League
8.73
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
45
Morocco
CAF
GNF 1
8.69
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
46
China
AFC
Championship
8.68
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
47
Wales
UEFA
Southern League
8.67
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
48
Tunisia
CAF
Ligue 1
8.64
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Ghana
CAF
Premier League
8.64
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
50
Zaire
CAF
National League
8.63
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
51
Guatemala
CONCACAF
Liga Nacional
8.62
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Luxembourg
UEFA
National Division
8.62
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Congo-Brazzaville
CAF
Championnat National
8.62
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
54
Guinea
CAF
Championnat National
8.61
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Sierra Leone
CAF
SLFA Western League
8.61
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
El Salvador
CONCACAF
Liga Nacional
8.61
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Iraq
AFC
League of Institutes
8.61
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
United States
CONCACAF
American Soccer League II
8.61
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
59
Rhodesia & Nyasaland
CAF
Football League
8.60
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
South Korea
AFC
Seoul Semi-Pro League
8.60
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Senegal
CAF
Premier League
8.60
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
62
Ivory Coast
CAF
Ligue 1
8.59
ELITE AMATEUR
Togo
CAF
Championnat National
8.59
ELITE AMATEUR
Sudan
CAF
National League
8.59
ELITE AMATEUR
65
North Korea
AFC
DPR Korea League
8.58
ELITE AMATEUR
66
Iceland
UEFA
Úrvalsdeild
8.57
ELITE AMATEUR
Cameroon
CAF
Championnat
8.57
ELITE AMATEUR
Iran
AFC
Tehran League
8.57
ELITE AMATEUR
Honduras
CONCACAF
Liga Amateur
8.57
ELITE AMATEUR
70
Portuguese Angola
CAF
Campeonato Provincial
8.56
ELITE AMATEUR
Malta
UEFA
Premier League
8.56
ELITE AMATEUR
72
Kenya
CAF
National Football League
8.55
ELITE AMATEUR
New Caledonia
OFC
Super Ligue
8.55
ELITE AMATEUR
74
Hong Kong
AFC
First Division
8.54
ELITE AMATEUR
Surinam
CONCACAF
SVB Hoofdklasse
8.54
ELITE AMATEUR
Dutch Antilles
CONCACAF
Championship
8.54
ELITE AMATEUR
77
Canada
CONCACAF
CNSL
8.53
ELITE AMATEUR
Central African Republic
CAF
Premier League
8.53
ELITE AMATEUR
Faroe Islands
UEFA
Meistaradeildin
8.53
ELITE AMATEUR
80
Haiti
CONCACAF
Port-au-Prince League
8.52
ELITE AMATEUR
British Mauritius
CAF
Premier League
8.52
ELITE AMATEUR
Martinique
CONCACAF
Championnat National
8.52
ELITE AMATEUR
Uganda
CAF
National First Division
8.52
ELITE AMATEUR
Cyprus
UEFA
A Ethniki
8.52
ELITE AMATEUR
85
Indonesia
AFC
Kejurnas PSSI
8.51
ELITE AMATEUR
Tanganyika
CAF
Dar-es-Salaam League
8.51
ELITE AMATEUR
Madagascar
CAF
Champions League
8.51
ELITE AMATEUR
Ethiopia
CAF
Premier League
8.51
ELITE AMATEUR
89
Trinidad & Tobago
CONCACAF
Port of Spain League
8.48
TOP AMATEUR
90
Libya
CAF
Premier League
8.47
TOP AMATEUR
Tahiti
OFC
Ligue 1
8.47
TOP AMATEUR
Burma
AFC
Interstate Championship
8.47
TOP AMATEUR
93
Reunion
CAF
Premier League
8.46
TOP AMATEUR
Bermuda
CONCACAF
Football Union
8.46
TOP AMATEUR
British Zanzibar
CAF
Zanzibar League
8.46
TOP AMATEUR
Aruba
CONCACAF
Division di Honor
8.46
TOP AMATEUR
Lebanon
AFC
Premier League
8.46
TOP AMATEUR
Upper Volta
CAF
Premier League
8.46
TOP AMATEUR
British Gambia
CAF
Provincial League
8.46
TOP AMATEUR
100
Kuwait
AFC
Premier League
8.45
TOP AMATEUR
Dahomey
CAF
Championship
8.45
TOP AMATEUR
102
Jamaica
CONCACAF
Kingston League
8.44
TOP AMATEUR
103
Cuba
CONCACAF
Campeonato Nacional
8.40
TOP AMATEUR
Rwanda
CAF
National League
8.40
TOP AMATEUR
105
Liberia
CAF
Premier League
8.39
AMATEUR
106
Thailand
AFC
Yai Cup
8.38
AMATEUR
107
Chad
CAF
Championnat N'Djamena
8.37
AMATEUR
108
Portuguese Mozambique
CAF
Colonial Championship
8.36
AMATEUR
Jordan
AFC
Jordanian League
8.36
AMATEUR
110
French Guiana
CONCACAF
Honor Division
8.35
AMATEUR
111
East Pakistan
AFC
Dhaka League
8.34
AMATEUR
Niger
CAF
Première Division
8.34
AMATEUR
113
British Bahrain
AFC
Premier League
8.33
AMATEUR
Greenland
CONCACAF
GIF Championship
8.33
AMATEUR
Guadeloupe
CONCACAF
Division d'Honneur
8.33
AMATEUR
116
Portuguese Cabo Verde
CAF
Campeonato Provincial
8.31
AMATEUR
117
Portuguese Guinea
CAF
Campeonato Provincial
8.28
AMATEUR
Burundi
CAF
Premier League
8.28
AMATEUR
119
West Indies Federation
CONCACAF
Premier Division
8.27
AMATEUR
120
British Honduras
CONCACAF
Interdistrict Championship
8.26
AMATEUR
121
Nicaragua
CONCACAF
Primera División
8.25
AMATEUR
British St. Kitts & Nevis
CONCACAF
Premier League
8.25
AMATEUR
West Pakistan
AFC
Championship
8.25
AMATEUR
124
British Dominica
CONCACAF
Premiere League
8.22
AMATEUR
British Antigua
CONCACAF
Premier Division
8.22
AMATEUR
126
Macau
AFC
1ª Divisão
8.17
LOWER AMATEUR
127
Puerto Rico
CONCACAF
Torneo Nacional Superior
8.06
LOWER AMATEUR
128
Philippines
AFC
National Championship
7.95
RANK AMATEUR
129
Nepal
AFC
Martyr's Memorial League
7.91
RANK AMATEUR
130
Mongolia
AFC
National Championship
7.83
RANK AMATEUR
131
Maldives
AFC
National Playoffs
7.78
RANK AMATEUR
132
Cook Islands
OFC
Round Cup
6.53
RANK AMATEUR
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