The Most Competitive of the Top 5 European Leagues in the Last Decade
Which is the best league? What is the most competitive league in Europe? It is a debate that rages on through many matchdays and drinking sessions down at the pub.
“Surely it’s the Prem, anyone can beat anyone”.
“It can’t be the Spanish League; there’s only two teams”.
“I think it’s the Croatian second division” (We all know that type of football hipster).
Repeat until the end of time.
In a bid to dispel myths, here at Ticketgum we decided to investigate which league is the most competitive of the top 5 European leagues in the last decade, and therefore best to watch. The study looked at the last decade from the 2009/10 season up until the 2018/19 season, gathering data using four methods and a points system. Each method would receive a different number of points:
- 1st place = 10 points
- 2nd = 8 points
- 3rd = 6 points
- 4th = 4 points
- 5th = 2 points
The Most Competitive League in Europe revealed!
The totals showed that the French Ligue 1 was the decade’s most competitive league, collecting 34 points. Having come 2nd 3 times and 1st once, this doesn’t sound too surprising. 4 points behind in 2nd place was the German Bundesliga with 30 points, losing out on first place due to its low number of varied champions. In 3rd place, controversially to many English fans was the Premier League. La Liga’s late push in the last method moved them above 5th by 2 points to steal 4th place and avoid the label of least competitive; which of course falls to the Italian Serie A who collected 18 points. Not only did we reveal which league was the most competitive, but we were also able to showcase competitiveness. Based on average points differences for the 5 leagues combined from the start of the decade and the end, the data displayed a 9.4 average increase between top and bottom of the leagues across Europe, suggesting competition is decreasing. Many would point to the increased spending of the top European clubs to blame, but no matter the reasoning, fans hope that this isn’t the case and that the game continues to be the entertaining spectacle it was in the last decade for many more decades to come.Blog categories
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