International Federation of Football History & Statistics
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The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) is an organization that chronicles the history of football. It was founded in Germany in 1984 at Leipzig[1], and is currently based at Bonn, Germany.
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[edit] All-Time Club World Ranking
The All-time Club World Ranking is determined by taking into account all the results of the national championships, the national cup competitions, the club competitions of the six continental confederations and the Intercontinental Cup (defunct), which was replaced by the FIFA Club World Cup. It is therefore only possible to determine an All-time Club World Ranking from January 1 1991, when the Club World Ranking began taking all these details into consideration.
The All-time Club World Ranking results from the annual Club World Ranking, the situation at 31 December annually (see below). For this IFFHS takes into consideration the "Top 50 Clubs" annually, and awards them points from 50 points for the top club down to 1 point for the club in the 50th place. Adding the points from individual years for each club provides the All-time Club World Ranking.
| Top 5 (1 January 1991- 31 December 2008). |
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|---|---|---|
| Position | Team | Points |
| 1 |  Barcelona |
757 |
| 2 |  Manchester United |
678 |
| 3 |  Juventus |
621 |
| 4 | Milan |
611 |
| 5 | Real Madrid |
605 |
| Last updated January 24, 2009 * Current Standings | ||
[edit] Club World Ranking
Since 1991, the entity has produced a monthly Club World Ranking.
The ranking takes into consideration the results of twelve months of continental and intercontinental competitions, national league matches (including play-offs) and the most important national cup (excluding points won before the round of 16).
All countries are rated at four levels based upon the national league performance—clubs in the highest level leagues receive 4 points for each match won, 2 for a draw and 0 for a defeat. Level 2 is assigned 3 pts. (win), 1.5 (draw) and 0 (lost), and so on with the next lower levels.
In continental competitions, all clubs receive the same number of points at all stages regardless of the performance level of their leagues. However, the UEFA Champions League and the Copa Libertadores yield more points than minor competitions UEFA Cup and Copa Sudamericana, respectively. The point assignment system is still lower for the AFC, CAF, CONCACAF and OFC continental tournaments. Competitions between two continents are evaluated depending upon their importance. Competitions not organized by a continental confederation, or any intercontinental events not recognized by FIFA, are not taken into consideration.
[edit] Year-end leaders
The following table shows the clubs that finished top of the ranking for each year:
- 1991 - Roma
- 1992 -
Ajax - 1993 - Juventus
- 1994 -
Paris Saint-Germain - 1995 - Milan
- 1996 - Juventus
- 1997 - Barcelona
- 1998 - Internazionale
- 1999 - Manchester United
- 2000 - Real Madrid
- 2001 - Liverpool
- 2002 - Real Madrid
- 2003 - Milan
- 2004 - Valencia
- 2005 - Liverpool
- 2006 - Sevilla
- 2007 - Sevilla
- 2008 - Manchester United
[edit] Strongest National League in the World
Rankings 1991-2008
| Year | Pos. | League | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1 | Serie A |
1,382.5 |
| 2 | Liga |
1,069.0 | |
| 3 | Premier League |
1,059.0 | |
| 1992 | 1 | Serie A |
1,342.5 |
| 2 | Liga |
1,145.5 | |
| 3 | Eredivisie |
941.5 | |
| 1993 | 1 | Serie A |
1,577.5 |
| 2 | Liga |
1,171.0 | |
| 3 |  Bundesliga |
1,046.5 | |
| 1995 | 1 | Serie A |
1,345.0 |
| 2 | Ligue 1 |
1,067.5 | |
| 3 | Liga |
1,030.0 | |
| 1996 | 1 | Serie A |
1,119.0 |
| 2 | Liga |
1,037.0 | |
| 3 | Ligue 1 |
1,008.0 | |
| 1997 | 1 | Bundesliga |
1,209.0 |
| 2 | Serie A |
1,181.0 | |
| 3 | Liga |
1,120.0 | |
| 1998 | 1 | Serie A |
1,276.0 |
| 2 |  Campeonato Brasileiro |
1,198.0 | |
| 3 | Liga |
1,096.0 | |
| 1999 | 1 | Serie A |
1,163.0 |
| 2 | Liga |
1,145.0 | |
| 3 | Premier League |
1,134.0 | |
| 2000 | 1 | Liga |
1,215.0 |
| 2 | Premier League |
1,116.0 | |
| 3 | Serie A |
1,051.0 | |
| 2001 | 1 | Liga |
1,267.0 |
| 2 | Premier League |
1,176.0 | |
| 3 | Serie A |
1,013.0 | |
| 2002 | 1 | Liga |
1,209.0 |
| 2 | Premier League |
1,183.0 | |
| 3 | Serie A |
1,119.0 | |
| 2003 | 1 | Serie A |
1,180.0 |
| 2 | Liga |
1,107.0 | |
| 3 | Premier League |
1,052.0 | |
| 2004 | 1 | Liga |
1,189.0 |
| 2 | Premier League |
1,184.0 | |
| 3 | Serie A
|
1,010.0 | |
| 2005 | 1 | Premier League |
1,207.0 |
| 2 | Serie A |
1,137.0 | |
| 3 | Ligue 1 |
995.0 | |
| 2006 | 1 | Serie A |
1,182.0 |
| 2 | Liga |
1,168.0 | |
| 3 | Premier League |
1,125.0 | |
| 2007 | 1 | Premier League |
1,171.0 |
| 2 | Liga |
1,074.0 | |
| 3 | Serie A |
1,027.0 | |
| 2008 | 1 | Premier League |
1,192.0 |
| 2 | Serie A |
1,031.0 | |
| 3 |  Primera División Argentina |
1,020.0 |
Last Ranking (2008)
| Top 30 (as of 2008). |
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|---|---|---|
| Position | League | Points |
| 1 | Premier League |
1192,0 |
| 2 | Serie A |
1031,0 |
| 3 | Primera División Argentina |
1020,0 |
| 4 | La Liga |
952,0 |
| 5 | Campeonato Brasileiro |
942,0 |
| 6 | Fußball-Bundesliga |
922,0 |
| 7 | Ligue 1 |
847,0 |
| 8 |  Primera División de México |
683,0 |
| 9 |  Portuguese Liga |
649,5 |
| 10 |  Ukrainian Premier League |
620,0 |
| 11 |  Süper Lig |
599,0 |
| 12 |  Super League Greece |
597,5 |
| 13 | Eredivisie |
573,0 |
| 14 |  Primera División de Chile |
564,5 |
| 15 |  Primera División Peruana |
553,5 |
| 16 |  Colombian Professional Football |
553,0 |
| 17 |  Russian Premier League |
549,5 |
| 18 |  Danish Superliga |
546,5 |
| 19 |  Belgian First Division |
536,5 |
| 20 |  Scottish Premier League |
527,5 |
| 21 |  Liga I |
472,0 |
| 22 |  Primera División Uruguaya |
466,5 |
| 23 |  Primera División de Paraguay |
463,0 |
| 24 |  Serie A de Ecuador |
444,0 |
| 25 |  Gambrinus liga |
553,5 |
| 26 |  Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 |
423,0 |
| 27 |  J. League |
418,0 |
| 28 |  Egyptian Premier League |
409,5 |
| 29 |  MTN Elite one |
406,5 |
| 30 |  Swiss Super League |
396,5 |
| Last updated December 11, 2008 * Current Standings | ||
[edit] World's Most Popular Footballer
- 2006 - Steven Gerrard – 47.464 votes
- 2007 - Mohamed Aboutrika – 1.017.786 votes
- 2008 - Mohamed Aboutrika – 301.837 votes
Since 2006 the IFFHS has give an award to the world's most popular football player, which is selected based on online user votes, which are cast on the IFFHS website. Liverpool FC player Steven Gerrard notched the first title.[2]
In 2007 IFFHS provided a list of 55 candidates from all six continents. A total of 2,946,740 votes were cast and the winner of the voting was Mohamed Aboutrika who plays for Al-Ahly and the Egypt national football team.[3]
For 2008, the IFFHS drew up a list of 100 currently active players from 58 countries in all six football continents from which votes were cast until January 3 2009. Finally, after all the votes were counted, Mohamed Aboutrika was selected as the world's most popular football player for the second year in a row. [4]
[edit] Criticism
In a wide range of media there is massive doubt about the significance of IFFHS rankings and elections. German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur abstains from publishing news relating to the IFFHS. Karl Lennartz, a sports historian from Cologne, Germany, calls the organization "obscure", describing it as a one man show of its chairman Alfredo Pöge.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ The History of IFFHS
- ^ The World's Most Popular Footballer Amongst Currently Active Players 2006
- ^ The World's Most Popular Footballer Amongst Currently Active Players 2007
- ^ the World's Most Popular Footballer Amongst Currently Active Players 2008
- ^ Statistisches Phänomen in taz.de (German)
