Friday, April 17, 2009

Spanish Inquisition: Redeeming La Liga Football

In early January, the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) released its annual report ranking the world’s top ten football leagues as follows:

1. Barclays Premier League (England)
2. Serie A (Italy)
3. Primera Division Argentina
4. La Liga BBVA (Spain)
5. Bundesliga (Germany)
6. Ligue 1 (France)
7. Brasileiro Serie A (Brazil)
8. Primera Division de Mexico
9. Liga Sagres (Portugal)
10. Ukraine Premier League

To the chagrin of La Liga followers, La Primera had dropped to fourth behind England’s Premier League, Italy’s Serie A, and even Argentina’s domestic league.

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