Portuguese League
Portuguese League The Portuguese Premeira Liga is the top league in Portugal. It was founded in 1934 and currently consists of 18 competing teams with the top 3 teams qualifying for the following season’s Champions League. In 2012 the Primeira Liga overtook the French Ligue 1 in fifth place in UEFA’s European club league rankings. […]
Dutch Eredivisie
Dutch Eredivisie The Eredivisie is the highest league in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1956 and consists of 18 clubs each season. The Eredivisie most successful side is Ajax of Amsterdam, who has won the title 33 times. PSV Eindhoven and Ajax have dominated the league since its inception. 13 of the last 15 […]
German Bundesliga
German Bundesliga The Bundesliga is the top-tier league of club football in Germany. It has the highest average stadium attendance in Europe with an average that exceeds 42,000 attendants per game. 18 clubs compete in the league each season with the top 4 qualifying for the UEFA Champions League. The league was established in 1962 and […]
French Ligue 1
French Ligue 1 The French League (Formally Ligue 1) is the top football league in France. It was founded in 1932, originally under the name National. The league’s most successful club is Saint-Étienne who has won the trophy 10 times, although the most recent of which was in 1981. Many of the world’s greatest players […]
Spanish La Liga
Spanish La Liga The Primera División, also known as La Liga, is the top tier league of Spanish club football. The league was founded in 1929 with 10 founding clubs. Today 20 clubs take part in the league each season, with the top 4 teams qualifying for the UEFA Champions League. The most successful club […]
English Premier League
English Premier League The English Premier League is the top flight of English league football. It is also considered by many as the best league in Europe. The League was founded in 1992, taking over from the old First Division which was established in 1888. The transition from the first division into the Premier League […]
2018 Club World Cup
2018 Club World Cup The prestige is there, the big clubs are out there, the locations are there, the fans are out there (at least they should be), and the title is certainly there. The FIFA Club World Cup is a tournament that takes place each year during the month of December, when most leagues […]
Friendly Matches – Football
Friendly Matches – Football People not too keen on football (yes, there are some believe it or not!) sometimes joke that the gap between the two seasons happened yesterday. Most European leagues finish towards the end of May and recommence sometime in August. The transfer window is open until the end of August. Players will […]
Byern Munich
Byern Munich Love it or hate it, FC Bayern Munich kept its place at the top of German football for decades. As such, the team plays in the newest and most impressive stadium in Germany and draws the most gifted players. Its list of numerous domestic and international titles since it was founded in Bavaria […]
AS Roma
AS Roma “For Rome”. That was the headline in a 2016 article that appeared in The Players’ Tribune. The writer – one, Francesco Totti. Indeed, For Rome. For 25 magnificent years, Totti was in a sense Rome, the city, and he was de facto Roma, the football club, without a doubt its beloved son. El […]