EPL: Highest Club League Positions - 1992-2012

The best league position achieved by every EPL club that has finished in the top 10 in the Premier League era. 1992-2012.


1 - Arsenal
1 - Blackburn Rovers
1 - Chelsea
1 - Manchester City
1 - Manchester United

2 - Aston Villa
2 - Liverpool
2 - Newcastle United

3 - Leeds United
3 - Norwich City
3 - Nottingham Forest

4 - Everton
4 - Tottenham Hotspur

5 - Ipswich Town
5 - Queens Park Rangers
5 - West Ham United

6 - Bolton Wanderers
6 - Wimbledon

7 - Fulham
7 - Middlesbrough
7 - Sheffield Wednesday
7 - Sunderland

8 - Derby County
8 - Leicester City
8 - Portsmouth
8 - Reading
8 - Southampton

9 - Birmingham City

10 - Wigan Athletic

England 9th Division Club Logos

Club logos from 9th division teams in the English Football League system.

AFC Blackpool - Blackpool, North West Counties League

AFC Liverpool - Liverpool, North West Counties League

Ascot United - Ascot, Hellenic Football League

Bedlington Terriers - Bedlington, Northern League

Biggleswade United - Biggleswade, Spartan South Midlands

Coventry Sphinx - Coventry, Midland Football Alliance

Diss Town FC - Diss, Eastern Counties League

Ely City FC - Ely, Eastern Counties League

Fisher FC - Bermondsey, Kent League

Guildford City FC - Guildford, Combined Counties League

Hamworthy United FC - Hamworthy, Wessex League

Horsham YMCA FC - Horsham, Sussex County League

Jarrow Roofing FC - Boldon Colliery, Northern League

Kidlington FC - Kidlington, Hellenic Football League 

Kirkley & Pakefield FC - Kirkley, Eastern Counties League

Long Buckby AFC - Long Buckby, United Counties League

Retford United FC - Retford, Northern Counties East League

Stone Dominoes FC - Stone, North West Counties League

Walsham-le-Willows FC - Walsham-le-Willows, Eastern Counties League

Windsor FC - Windsor, Combined Counties League

Wivenhoe Town FC - Wivenhoe, Eastern Counties League

Dorking FC - Dorking, Combined Counties League

FIFA, ELO, and SPI World Rankings - May 2012

The top 20 nations in the FIFA, ELO, and SPI (ESPN) world rankings.

FIFA
1 - Spain
2 - Germany
3 - Uruguay
4 - Netherlands
5 - Portugal
6 - Brazil
7 - England
8 - Croatia
9 - Argentina
10 - Denmark
11 - Russia
12 - Italy
13 - Chile
14 - Greece
15 - Ivory Coast
16 - France
17 - Sweden
18 - Ireland
18 - Switzerland
20 - Mexico

29 - United States

ELO
1 - Spain
2 - Netherlands
3 - Brazil
4 - Germany
5 - Uruguay
6 - England
7 - Argentina
8 - Portugal
9 - Chile
10 - Sweden
11 - Croatia
11 - Italy
13 - Mexico
14 - France
15 - Ivory Coast
16 - Australia
17 - Russia
18 - Paraguay
19 - Denmark
20 - Ireland

29 - United States



SPI (ESPN)
1 - Spain
2 - Germany
3 - Brazil
4 - Netherlands
5 - Portugal
6 - Uruguay
7 - England
8 - Argentina
9 - Mexico
10 - Ivory Coast
11 - Sweden
12 - Chile
13 - France
14 - Croatia
15 - Russia
16 - Italy
17 - Australia
18 - Ecuador
19 - Czech Republic
20 - Bosnia-Herzegovina

35 - United States


TOP 15 AVERAGE
1.00 - Spain
2.66 - Germany
3.33 - Netherlands
4.00 - Brazil
4.66 - Uruguay
6.00 - Portugal
6.66 - England
8.00 - Argentina
11.00 - Croatia
11.33 - Chile
12.66 - Sweden
13.33 - Mexico
14.00 - Ivory Coast
14.33 - France
14.33 - Russia

31.00 - United States

20+ League Goals in Europe - 2011/2012

Players that have scored 20+ league goals in top division European leagues in 2011/2012.


50 - Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

44 - Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

32 - Bas Dost (SC Heerenveen)
32 - Burak Yilmaz (Trabzonspor)
30 - Robin Van Persie (Arsenal)

29 - Klaas Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04)
28 - Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan)
26 - Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
26 - Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich)
25 - Luuk De Jong (FC Twente)
25 - Sanharib Malki (Roda JC)
25 - David Lafata (Jablonec [Czech Republic])

24 - Wesley (FC Vaslui [Romania])
24 - Gary McCutcheon (Ballymena United [Northern Ireland])
23 - Radamel Falcao (Atletico Madrid)
23 - Edinson Cavani (Napoli)
23 - Diego Milito (Inter Milan)
23 - Alexander Frei (FC Basel)
23 - Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscow)

22 - Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
22 - Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid)
22 - Antonio Di Natale (Udinese)
22 - Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund)
22 - Jeremy Perbet (Mons [Belgium])
22 - Artjoms Rudnevs (Lech Poznan)
22 - Dare Vršič (Olimpija [Slovenia])
22 - Omar Er Rafik (Differdange 03 [Luxembourg])

21 - Olivier Giroud (Montpellier)
21 - Dries Mertens (PSV Eindhoven)
21 - Filip Ivanovski (Vardar [Macedonia])

20 - Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
20 - Kevin Mirallas (Olympiakos)
20 - John Guidetti (Feyenoord)
20 - Admir Adrović (Budućnost [Montenegro])
20 - Gary Liggett (Lisburn Distillery [Northern Ireland])
20 - Matthew Tipton (Portadown [Northern Ireland])
20 - Sanel Ibrahimovic (RM Hamm Benfica [Luxembourg])

Map: Nations Represented in MLS 2012

Birth nations of MLS players - 2012.

Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria
Bermuda, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil
Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba
Denmark, DR Congo
Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Estonia
Finland, France
Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala
Haiti, Honduras
Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy
Jamaica, Japan
Kenya
Liberia
Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco
Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Norway
Panama, Peru, Poland
Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Korea, St. Kitts & Nevis, Sweden Switzerland
Trinidad & Tobago
Uruguay, USA
Venezuela
Zambia, Zimbabwe

Chart: Manchester City EPL Points - 2002-2012

Manchester City's Premier League point totals in the last 10 EPL seasons.

Map: Bundesliga Top Scorer Birthplaces - 2011-2012

The birthplaces of German Bundesliga players that have scored 10+ goals in the 2011-2012 season.


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27 - Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04)
Drempt, Netherlands

26 - Mario Gómez (Bayern Munich)
Riedlingen, Germany

20 - Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund)
Warsaw, Poland

18 - Lukas Podolski (Köln)
Gliwice, Poland

17 - Martin Harnik (Stuttgart)
Hamburg, Germany

16 - Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen)
Callao, Peru

16 - Marco Reus (Borussia M'gladbach)
Dortmund, Germany

15 - Raúl (Schalke 04)
Madrid, Spain

13 - Vedad Ibišević (Stuttgart/Hoffenheim)
Vlasenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina

13 - Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund)
Hyogo, Japan

13 - Stefan Kießling (Bayer Leverkusen)
Lichtenfels, Germany

12 - Mario Mandžukić (Wolfsburg)
Slavonski Brod, Croatia

12 - Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)
Boulogne-sur_Mer, France

11 - Mohammed Abdellaoue (Hannover 96)
Løren, Norway

11 - Patrick Helmes (Wolfsburg)
Köln, Germany

11 - Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)
Bedum, Netherlands

10 - Maxim Choupo-Moting (Mainz 05)
Hamburg, Germany

10 - Markus Rosenberg (Werder Bremen)
Malmö, Sweden

African Players with 10+ Goals in Europe - 2011-2012

African Players with 10+ league goals in top division European Leagues in the 2011-2012 season.

23 - Seydou Doumbia (Côte d'Ivoire: CSKA Moscow)

20 - Papiss Demba Cissé (Senegal: Freiburg/Newcastle United)

18 - Wilfred Balima (Burkina Faso: Sheriff Tiraspol)
18 - Obinna Obiefule (Nigeria: Mosta [Malta])

17 - Omar Er Rafik (Morocco: Differdange 03 [Luxembourg])
17 - Freddy (Angola: Omonia Nicosia)

16 - Yakubu (Nigeria: Blackburn Rovers)
16 - Demba Ba (Senegal: Newcastle United)
16 - Dame N'Doye (Senegal: FC Copenhagen)

15 - Arouna Koné (Côte d'Ivoire: Levante)
15 - Hervé Tum (Cameroon: Gençlerbirliği)
15 - Teteh Bangura* (Sierra Leone: AIK)
15 - Kim Ojo* (Nigeria: Brann)
15 - Demba Savage* (Gambia: Honka [Finland])

14 - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon: Saint-Étienne)
14 - Lacina Traoré (Côte d'Ivoire: Kuban Krasnodar)
14 - Babatunde Wusu* (Nigeria: JJK [Finland])

13 - Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo: Tottenham Hotspur)
13 - Diomansy Kamara (Senegal: Eskişehirspor)
13 - Pierre Webó (Cameroon: Istanbul BB)
13 - Joseph Akpala (Nigeria: Club Brugge)
13 - Anthony Ujah (Nigeria: Lillestrøm)

12 - Wilfried Bony (Côte d'Ivoire: Vitesse)
12 - Ideye Brown (Nigeria: Dynamo Kiev)
12 - Rafik Djebbour (Algeria: Olympiacos)
12 - Papa Pate Diouf* (Senegal: Molde)

11 - Younes Belhanda (Morocco: Montpellier)
11 - Baba Diawara (Senegal: Maritimo/Sevilla)
11 - Michael Eneramo (Nigeria: Sivasspor)
11 - Isaac Promise (Nigeria: Manisaspor)
11 - Leonard Kweuke (Cameroon: Sparta Praha)
11 - Papa Niang* (Senegal: Jaro [Finland])

10 - Peter Odemwingie (Nigeria: West Bromwich Albion)
10 - Maxim Choupo-Moting (Cameroon: Mainz 05)
10 - Dennis Oliech (Kenya: Auxerre)
10 - Lamine Diarra (Senegal: Partizan Belgrade)




* 2011 Season

Note:
These goal statistics only include Regular Season league goals.  Playoff or Championship Group goals are not included.

Asian Goals in Top European Leagues - 2011-2012

Players from Asian Football Confederation nations that scored in the top 15 European Leagues (according to UEFA coefficient) in the 2011-2012 season.


23 - Sanharib Malki (Syria: Roda JC)
13 - Shinji Kagawa (Japan: Borussia Dortmund)
11 - Reza Ghoochannejhad (Iran: Sint-Truiden)
10 - James Troisi (Australia: Kayserispor)

7 - Shinji Okazaki (Japan: Stuttgart)
7 - Keisuke Honda (Japan: CSKA Moscow)
6 - Zhang Chengdong (China: Beira-Mar)
5 - Heung-Min Son (South Korea: Hamburger SV)
5 - Jevad Nekounam (Iran: Osasuna)
5 - Mike Havenaar (Japan: Vitesse)
5 - Brett Holman (Australia: AZ)
5 - Hyun-Jun Suk (South Korea: Groningen)
5 - Maya Yoshida (Japan: VVV)

4 - Ja-Cheol Koo (South Korea: Augsburg)
4 - Takayuki Morimoto (Japan: Novara)
3 - Hajime Hosogai (Japan: Augsburg)
3 - Ashkan Dejagah (Iran: Wolfsburg)
3 - Robert Cullen (Japan: VVV)
3 - Maksim Shatskikh (Uzbekistan: Arsenal Kiev)

2 - Tim Cahill (Australia: Everton)
2 - Dong-Won Ji (South Korea: Sunderland)
2 - Ji-Sung Park (South Korea: Manchester United)
2 - Yuto Nagatomo (Japan: Inter Milan)
2 - Jo-Gook Jung (South Korea: Nancy)
2 - Sanzhar Tursunov (Uzbekistan: Volga)
2 - Tommy Oar (Australia: Utrecht)

1 - Chris Herd (Australia: Aston Villa)
1 - Makoto Hasebe (Japan: Wolfsburg)
1 - Nikita Rukavytsya (Australia: Hertha BSC)
1 - Stefano Lilipaly (Indonesia: Utrecht)
1 - Brent McGrath (Australia: Brøndby)
1 - Kwang-Ryong Pak (North Korea: Basel)

CONCACAF Players with 10+ Goals in Europe - 2011-2012

CONCACAF players that have scored 10+ league goals in Europe this season.

Goals	Player	Nationality	Team	Division	League
17	Terrence Boyd	USA	Borussia Dortmund II	4	Germany Regionalliga West
17	Olivier Occean	Canada	Greuther Fürth	2	Germany 2.Bundesliga
16	Clint Dempsey	USA	Fulham	1	England Premier League
16	Marlon King	Jamaica	Birmingham City	2	England Championship
15	Louie Soares	Barbados	Hayes & Yeading/Grimsby Town	5	England Conference National
15	Jozy Altidore	USA	AZ	1	Netherlands Eredivisie
11	Carlos Vela	Mexico	Real Sociedad	1	Spain La Liga
11	Lester Peltier	Trinidad & Tobago	Trenčín	1	Slovakia Super Liga
11	Raily Ignacio	Curaçao	Spakenburg	3	Netherlands Topklasse
10	Javier Hernández	Mexico	Manchester United	1	England Premier League
10	Bradley Bubb	Grenada	Eastleigh	6	England Conference North
10	Orin de Waard	Curaçao	Lienden	3	Netherlands Topklasse
10	Benjamin Martha	Curaçao	Katwijk	3	Netherlands Topklasse

Players currently on 9 goals:
Iain Hume (Canada: Preston North End)
Nahki Wells (Bermuda: Bradford City)


Stats as of April 27, 2012.

La Liga: Top Scorer Player Birthplace Map

The birthplaces of players from Spain's La Liga that have scored 10+ league goals as of April 3, 2012.  [UPDATED: April 26, 2012]


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42 - Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

41 - Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Rosario, Argentina

22 - Radamel Falcao (Atlético Madrid)
Santa Marta, Colombia

21 - Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid)
Brest, France

18 - Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Lyon, France

17 - Roberto Soldado (Valencia)
Valencia, Spain

16 - Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao)
Pamplona, Spain

15 - Michu (Rayo Vallecano)
Oviedo, Spain

14 - Rubén Castro (Real Betis)
Las Palmas, Spain

14 - Arouna Koné (Levante)
Anyama, Côte d'Ivoire

12 - Álvaro Negredo (Sevilla)
Madrid, Spain

11 - Miku (Getafe)
Caracas, Venezuela

11 - Alexis Sánchez (Barcelona)
Tocopilla, Chile

11 - Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad)
Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico

10 - Manu (Sevilla)
Jaén, Spain

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Top 20 MLS SuperDraft Picks to Europe - 2000-2007

MLS SuperDraft picks selected in the top 20 that have gone on to play for a first or second division European team.  2000-2007

2000
3 - Adin Brown (Aalesund)
4 - Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham, Rennes, Saint-Etienne, Rangers)
6 - Danny Califf (AaB, Midtjylland)
12 - Bobby Convey (Reading)

2001
4 - Ryan Nelsen (Blackburn Rovers, Tottenham Hotspur)
18 - Ali Gerba (GIF Sundsvall, IFK Gothenburg, Odd Grenland, AC Horsens, FC Ingolstadt 04, Milton Keynes Dons)
19 - Eddie Johnson (Fulham, Cardiff City, Aris, PNE)

2002
1 - Chris Gbandi (Haugesund)
6 - Luchi Gonzalez (Bodens BK)

2003
2 - Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt, Stabæk)
3 - Nate Jaqua (SC Rheindorf Altach)
9 - Pat Noonan (Aalesund)
13 - Arturo Alvarez (Paços de Ferreira)
18 - Damani Ralph (FC Rubin Kazan)

2004
1 - Freddy Adu (Benfica, AS Monaco, Belenenses, Aris, Çaykur Rizespor)
3 - Joseph Ngwenya (Austria Kärnten, Antalyaspor)
4 - Matt Taylor (TuS Koblenz, FSV Frankfurt, Rot Weiss Ahlen, SC Paderborn 07)
5 - Ramón Núñez (Leeds United, Scunthorpe United)
6 - Clarence Goodson (IK Start, Brøndby)
7 - Clint Dempsey (Fulham)
16 - Adrian Cann (Esbjerg fB)
19 - Matt Pickens (QPR)

2005
2 - Brad Guzan (Aston Villa, Hull City)
7 - Hunter Freeman (IK Start)
9 - Michael Parkhurst (FC Nordsjælland)
11 - Scott Sealy (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bnei Sakhnin)
18 - Will John (Randers FC, FK Čukarički Stankom, MŠK Žilina, NK Vinogradar)

2006
4 - Yura Movsisyan (Randers FC, Krasnodar)
5 - Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht)
17 - Jozy Altidore (Villarreal, Xerez, Hull City, Bursaspor, AZ)

2007
1 - Maurice Edu (Rangers)
2 - Bakary Soumaré (US Boulogne, Karlsruher SC)
11 - Bryan Arguez (Hertha BSC)
16 - Robbie Findley (Nottingham Forest)

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Belize

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama