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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 (1966 to 1970)
RANK
COUNTRY
CONFEDERATION
LEAGUE
AVG RATING
1
England
UEFA
First Division
9.04
TOP PROFESSIONAL
2
West Germany
UEFA
Bundesliga
9.00
TOP PROFESSIONAL
3
Italy
UEFA
Serie A
8.99
PROFESSIONAL
Spain
UEFA
La Liga
8.99
PROFESSIONAL
5
Argentina
CONMEBOL
Primera División
8.98
PROFESSIONAL
6
Yugoslavia
UEFA
Prva Liga
8.97
PROFESSIONAL
Brazil
CONMEBOL
Taça Brasil
8.97
PROFESSIONAL
8
Soviet Union
UEFA
Prbaya Gruppa A USSR
8.96
PROFESSIONAL
9
Scotland
UEFA
First Division
8.94
PROFESSIONAL
East Germany
UEFA
DDR Oberliga
8.94
PROFESSIONAL
11
Czechoslovakia
UEFA
1. Liga
8.93
PROFESSIONAL
12
Hungary
UEFA
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
8.92
PROFESSIONAL
13
Belgium
UEFA
Division I
8.91
PROFESSIONAL
France
UEFA
Ligue 1
8.91
PROFESSIONAL
Portugal
UEFA
Primeira Divisão
8.91
PROFESSIONAL
16
Netherlands
UEFA
Eredivisie
8.90
PROFESSIONAL
Bulgaria
UEFA
Prva PFL
8.90
PROFESSIONAL
Uruguay
CONMEBOL
Primera División
8.90
PROFESSIONAL
Romania
UEFA
Liga I
8.90
PROFESSIONAL
20
Mexico
CONCACAF
Liga MX
8.88
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
Paraguay
CONMEBOL
Primera División
8.88
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
22
Poland
UEFA
Ekstraklasa
8.87
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
23
Colombia
CONMEBOL
Primera A
8.86
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
24
Turkey
UEFA
1. Lig
8.85
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
Chile
CONMEBOL
Primera División
8.85
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
Sweden
UEFA
Allsvenskan
8.85
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
Austria
UEFA
Staatsliga
8.85
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
Switzerland
UEFA
National League A
8.85
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
29
Denmark
UEFA
First Division
8.84
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
30
Greece
UEFA
A Ethniki
8.83
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
Egypt
CAF
Premier League
8.83
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
32
Venezuela
CONMEBOL
Primera División
8.82
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
33
Ecuador
CONMEBOL
Serie A
8.81
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
Norway
UEFA
1. Divisjon
8.81
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
35
Peru
CONMEBOL
Torneo Descentralizado
8.80
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
Albania
UEFA
Kategoria Superiore
8.80
LOWER PROFESSIONAL
37
Bolivia
CONMEBOL
Torneo Nacional
8.79
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
38
South Africa
CAF
National Football League
8.78
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
39
Israel
AFC
Liga Leumit
8.75
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
40
Republic of Ireland
UEFA
League of Ireland
8.74
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
41
Finland
UEFA
Mestaruussarja
8.72
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Algeria
CAF
Championnat D1
8.72
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Morocco
CAF
GNF 1
8.72
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Northern Ireland
UEFA
Irish Football League
8.72
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
45
Costa Rica
CONCACAF
Primera División
8.71
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
46
China
AFC
Championship
8.69
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
47
Congo-Brazzaville
CAF
Championnat National
8.68
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Wales
UEFA
Southern League
8.68
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Tunisia
CAF
Ligue 1
8.68
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
50
Zaire
CAF
National League
8.67
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
51
Ghana
CAF
Premier League
8.66
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Guatemala
CONCACAF
Liga Nacional
8.66
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
United States
CONCACAF
NASL
8.66
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
54
Iraq
AFC
League of Institutes
8.64
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
55
Iceland
UEFA
Úrvalsdeild
8.63
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Guinea
CAF
Championnat National
8.63
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
South Korea
AFC
National Semi-Pro League
8.63
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Cameroon
CAF
Championnat
8.63
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Zambia
CAF
Premier League
8.63
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Luxembourg
UEFA
National Division
8.63
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
61
Senegal
CAF
Premier League
8.62
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
El Salvador
CONCACAF
Liga Nacional
8.62
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Mali
CAF
Première Division
8.62
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
64
Sierra Leone
CAF
WAFA
8.61
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Tanzania
CAF
National League
8.61
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Ivory Coast
CAF
Ligue 1
8.61
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
North Korea
AFC
DPR Korea League
8.61
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Portuguese Angola
CAF
Campeonato Provincial
8.61
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
69
Togo
CAF
Championnat National
8.60
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
Surinam
CONCACAF
SVB Hoofdklasse
8.60
SEMI PROFESSIONAL
71
Iran
AFC
Tehran League
8.59
ELITE AMATEUR
Malta
UEFA
Premier League
8.59
ELITE AMATEUR
Honduras
CONCACAF
Liga Nacional
8.59
ELITE AMATEUR
74
Sudan
CAF
National League
8.58
ELITE AMATEUR
75
Haiti
CONCACAF
Port-au-Prince League
8.57
ELITE AMATEUR
Dutch Antilles
CONCACAF
Championship
8.57
ELITE AMATEUR
77
Kenya
CAF
National Football League
8.56
ELITE AMATEUR
Hong Kong
AFC
First Division
8.56
ELITE AMATEUR
Central African Republic
CAF
Premier League
8.56
ELITE AMATEUR
80
New Caledonia
OFC
Super Ligue
8.55
ELITE AMATEUR
Martinique
CONCACAF
Championnat National
8.55
ELITE AMATEUR
Syria
AFC
Premier League
8.55
ELITE AMATEUR
Reunion
CAF
Premier League
8.55
ELITE AMATEUR
Faroe Islands
UEFA
Meistaradeildin
8.55
ELITE AMATEUR
85
Rhodesia
CAF
National Football League
8.54
ELITE AMATEUR
Uganda
CAF
National First Division
8.54
ELITE AMATEUR
87
Gabon
CAF
Championnat de l'Estuaire
8.53
ELITE AMATEUR
Canada
CONCACAF
CNSL
8.53
ELITE AMATEUR
Kuwait
AFC
Premier League
8.53
ELITE AMATEUR
Upper Volta
CAF
Premier League
8.53
ELITE AMATEUR
New Zealand
OFC
NZNSL
8.53
ELITE AMATEUR
92
Madagascar
CAF
Champions League
8.52
ELITE AMATEUR
Indonesia
AFC
Kejurnas PSSI
8.52
ELITE AMATEUR
94
British Mauritius
CAF
Premier League
8.51
ELITE AMATEUR
Cyprus
UEFA
A Ethniki
8.51
ELITE AMATEUR
Ethiopia
CAF
Premier League
8.51
ELITE AMATEUR
Libya
CAF
Premier League
8.51
ELITE AMATEUR
Gambia
CAF
First Division
8.51
ELITE AMATEUR
99
Malawi
CAF
Champpionat National
8.50
ELITE AMATEUR
Tahiti
OFC
Ligue 1
8.50
ELITE AMATEUR
101
Trinidad & Tobago
CONCACAF
Port of Spain League
8.49
TOP AMATEUR
Zanzibar
CAF
Zanzibar League
8.49
TOP AMATEUR
103
Japan
AFC
Japan Soccer League
8.48
TOP AMATEUR
Lebanon
AFC
Premier League
8.48
TOP AMATEUR
Burma
AFC
Interstate Championship
8.48
TOP AMATEUR
Dahomey
CAF
Championship
8.48
TOP AMATEUR
Jamaica
CONCACAF
Kingston League
8.48
TOP AMATEUR
108
Bermuda
CONCACAF
Football Union
8.47
TOP AMATEUR
Somalia
CAF
First Division
8.47
TOP AMATEUR
Cuba
CONCACAF
Campeonato Nacional
8.47
TOP AMATEUR
111
British Qatar
AFC
Stars League
8.46
TOP AMATEUR
Chad
CAF
Championnat N'Djamena
8.46
TOP AMATEUR
113
South Vietnam
AFC
National League
8.45
TOP AMATEUR
114
Aruba
CONCACAF
Division di Honor
8.44
TOP AMATEUR
Liberia
CAF
Premier League
8.44
TOP AMATEUR
116
Rwanda
CAF
National League
8.42
TOP AMATEUR
117
Jordan
AFC
Jordanian League
8.41
TOP AMATEUR
Thailand
AFC
Kor Royal Cup
8.41
TOP AMATEUR
Portuguese Mozambique
CAF
Colonial Championship
8.41
TOP AMATEUR
120
Lesotho
CAF
Premier League
8.38
AMATEUR
Portuguese Guinea
CAF
Campeonato Provincial
8.38
AMATEUR
122
Niger
CAF
Première Division
8.37
AMATEUR
French Guiana
CONCACAF
Honor Division
8.37
AMATEUR
Guadeloupe
CONCACAF
Division d'Honneur
8.37
AMATEUR
Burundi
CAF
Premier League
8.37
AMATEUR
126
British Bahrain
AFC
Premier League
8.36
AMATEUR
East Pakistan
AFC
Dhaka League
8.36
AMATEUR
South Yemen
AFC
National League
8.36
AMATEUR
Greenland
CONCACAF
GIF Championship
8.36
AMATEUR
130
Barbados
CONCACAF
Premier Division
8.35
AMATEUR
131
Portuguese Cabo Verde
CAF
Campeonato Provincial
8.34
AMATEUR
132
British Honduras
CONCACAF
Interdistrict Championship
8.33
AMATEUR
133
Nicaragua
CONCACAF
Primera División
8.28
AMATEUR
134
West Pakistan
AFC
Championship
8.27
AMATEUR
135
British St. Kitts & Nevis
CONCACAF
Premier League
8.26
AMATEUR
136
North Yemen
AFC
National League
8.25
AMATEUR
Botswana
CAF
Premier League
8.25
AMATEUR
British Antigua
CONCACAF
Premier Division
8.25
AMATEUR
139
British Dominica
CONCACAF
Premiere League
8.24
AMATEUR
140
Macau
AFC
1ª Divisão
8.20
AMATEUR
141
US Virgin Islands
CONCACAF
Saint Croix League
8.15
LOWER AMATEUR
142
Puerto Rico
CONCACAF
Torneo Nacional Superior
8.12
LOWER AMATEUR
143
Philippines
AFC
National Championship
8.00
LOWER AMATEUR
144
British Virgin Islands
CONCACAF
Tortola League
7.99
RANK AMATEUR
145
Nepal
AFC
Martyr's Memorial League
7.96
RANK AMATEUR
146
Mongolia
AFC
National Championship
7.85
RANK AMATEUR
147
Maldives
AFC
National Playoffs
7.78
RANK AMATEUR
148
Cook Islands
OFC
Round Cup
6.53
RANK AMATEUR
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