Unbeaten at the World Cup

World Cup nations that have finished the tournament without a loss.  World Cup Winners in Red.

2010
New Zealand

2006
Italy

2002
Brazil

1998
France
Belgium

1994
Brazil

1990
West Germany

1986
Argentina

1982
Cameroon
Italy
England

1978
None

1974
Scotland

1970
Brazil

1966
England

1962
Brazil

1958
Brazil
England

1954
West Germany

1950
Uruguay

1938
Italy

1934
Italy

1930
Uruguay

Map: Russian Second Division Clubs

A map showing the locations of clubs in the Ural-Povolzhye (Blue) and East (Red) zones of the Russian 3rd tier.


View Russian Third Division Clubs in a larger map

Top CONCACAF Goal Scorers in Europe - 2010/2011

CONCACAF players who scored a minimum of 4 goals in the top 20 leagues of Europe in 2010/2011.


13 - Javier Hernández (Mexico, Manchester United)
12 - Clint Dempsey (USA, Fulham)
12 - Josh Simpson (Canada, Manisaspor [TUR])
9 - Kenwyne Jones (T&T, Stoke City)
9 - Bryan Ruiz (Costa Rica, FC Twente)
6 - Cristian Bolaños (Costa Rica, Copenhagen)
5 - David Hoilett (Canada, Blackburn)
5 - Jason Roberts (Grenada, Blackburn)
5 - Giovani Dos Santos (Mexico, Racing Santander)
5 - Tomasz Radziński (Canada, Lierse [BEL])
5 - Khaleem Hyland (T&T, Zulte-Waregem [BEL])
4 - Ricardo Fuller (Jamaica, Stoke City)
4 - Issey Nakajima-Farran (Canada, Horsens [DEN])

Top South American Goal Scorers in Europe - 2010/2011

South American players (by birth or national team affiliation) who scored at least 5 goals in the top 5 leagues of Europe during the 2010/2011 season.


31 - Lionel Messi (Argentina, Barcelona)

26 - Edinson Cavani (Uruguay, Napoli)
20 - Carlos Tévez (Argentina, Manchester City)
20 - Sergio Agüero (Argentina, Atletico Madrid)

16 - Lucas Barrios (Paraguay, Borussia Dortmund)
16 - Lisandro López (Argentina, Lyon)
14 - Robinho (Brazil, AC Milan)
14 - Alexandre Pato (Brazil, AC Milan)
14 - Salomon Rondón (Venezuela, Málaga)
14 - Nenê (Brazil, PSG)
13 - Felipe Caicedo (Ecuador, Levante)
12 - Alexis Sánchez (Chile, Udinese)
11 - Hernanes (Brazil, Lazio)
11 - Javier Pastore (Argentina, Palermo)
11 - Nilmar (Brazil, Villarreal)
10 - Luis Fabiano (Brazil, Sevilla)
10 - Gonzalo Higuaín (Argentina, Real Madrid)
10 - Maxi Rodríguez (Argentina, Liverpool)
10 - Arturo Vidal (Chile, Bayer Leverkusen)

9 - Hugo Rodallega (Colombia, Wigan)
9 - Grafite (Brazil, Wolfsburg)
9 - Claudio Pizarro (Peru, Werder Bremen)
9 - Mauro Zárate (Argentina, Lazio)
9 - Hernan Crespo (Argentina, Parma)
9 - Luis Jiménez (Chile, Cesena)
9 - Rodrigo Palacio (Argentina, Genoa)
9 - Júlio Baptista (Brazil, Malaga)

8 - Mauricio Pinilla (Chile, Palermo)
8 - Maximiliano López (Argentina, Catania)
8 - Diego Forlán (Uruguay, Atletico Madrid)
8 - Christian Stuani (Uruguay, Levante)
8 - Pablo Piatti (Argentina, Almeria)
8 - Nelson Valdez (Paraguay, Hercules)
8 - Victor Montaño (Colombia, Stade Rennes)
8 - Luis González (Argentina, Olympique Marseille)

7 - Kaká(Brazil, Real Madrid)
7 - Sebastian Fernández (Uruguay, Malaga)
7 - Miku (Venezuela, Getafe)
7 - Leonardo Ulloa (Argentina, Almeria)
7 - Esteban Cambiasso (Argentina, Inter Milan)
7 - Renato Augusto (Brazil, Bayer Leverkusen)

6 - Diego (Brazil, Wolfsburg)
6 - Ángel Di María (Argentina, Real Madrid)
6 - Diego Costa (Brazil, Atletico Badrid)
6 - Nenê (Brazil, Cagliari)
6 - Ezequiel Lavezzi (Argentina, Napoli)
6 - Eder (Brazil, Brescia)
6 - Matias Silvestre (Argentina, Catania)

5 - Gonzaolo Bergessio (Argentina, Catania)
5 - Diego Milito (Argentina, Inter Milan)
5 - Nicolas Bertolo (Argentina, Real Zaragoza)
5 - Marco Rubén (Argentina, Villarreal)
5 - Gonzalo Castro (Uruguay, Mallorca)
5 - Michel Bastos (Brazil, Lyon)

Top African Goal Scorers in Europe - 2010/2011

African players (by birth or national team affiliation) who scored at least 5 goals in the top 5 leagues of Europe during the 2010/2011 season.

22 - Papiss Demba Cissé (Senegal, Freiburg)
22 - Moussa Sow (Senegal, Lille)
21 - Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon, Inter Milan)
17 - Youssef El-Arabi (Morocco, Caen)
15 - Peter Odemwingie (Nigeria, West Brom)
15 - Gervinho (Ivory Coast, Lille)
15 - Ideye Brown (Nigeria, Sochaux)
14 - Modibo Maïga (Mali, Sochaux)
14 - Didier Ya Konan (Ivory Coast, Hannover 96)
12 - Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast, Chelsea)
12 - Frederic Kanouté (Mali, Sevilla)
11 - Pierre Webó (Cameroon, Mallorca)
11 - Andre Ayew (Ghana, Olympque Marseille)
10 - Salomon Kalou (Iovry Coast, Chelsea)
10 - Asamoah Gyan (Ghana, Sunderland)
10 - Sami Allagui (Tunisia, Mainz 05)
8 - Youssouf Hadji (Morocco, Nancy)
7 - Demba Ba (Senegal, West Ham)
7 - Marouane Chamakh (Morocco, Arsenal)
7 - Kalu Uche (Nigeria, Almeria)
7 - Ryad Boudebouz (Algeria, Sochaux)
7 - Razak Boukari (Togo, Lens)
7 - Eric Mouloungui (Gabon, Nice)
6 - Youssouf Mulumbu (Congo DR, West Brom)
6 - Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast, Manchester City)
6 - Somen Tchoyi (Cameroon, West Brom)
6 - Demba Ba (Senegal, Hoffenheim)
6 - Kandia Traoré (Ivory Coast, Caen)
5 - Mahammadou Idrissou (Cameroon, Borussia M'gladbach)
5 - Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo, Real Madrid)
5 - Lassad Nouioui (Tunisia, Deportivo La Coruña)
5 - Alain Traoré (Burkina Faso, Auxerre)
5 - Issam Jomâa (Tunisia, Lens)
5 - Bakaye Traoré (Mali, Nancy)

England: Top Scorers from EPL to Conference

The top goal scorers from tiers 1-6 in the English League Pyramid.

37 - Matthew Tubbs (Crawley Town.5)
34 - Adam Birchall (Dover Athletic.6)
29 - Liam Hearn (Alfreton Town.6)
28 - Clayton Donaldson (Crewe Alexandra.4)
27 - Craig Mackail-Smith (Peterborough United.3)
27 - Ryan Lowe (Bury.4)
25 - Cody McDonald (Gillingham.4)
25 - Alan Connell (Grimsby Town.5)
24 - Lee Stevenson (Eastwood Town.6)
23 - Danny Graham (Watford.2)
23 - Adam Le Fondre (Rotherham United.4)
23 - Craig Davies (Chesterfield.4)
23 - Danny Kedwell (AFC Wimbledon.5)
23 - Paul Brayson (Blyth Spartans.6)
23 - James Walshaw (Guiseley.6)
22 - Glenn Murray (Brighton & Hove Albion.3)
22 - Magno Vieira (Fleetwood Town.5)
22 - Graeme Armstrong (Harrogate Town.6)
22 - Sean Marks (Braintree Town.6)
21 - Grant Holt (Norwich City.2)
21 - Shane Long (Reading.2)
21 - Bradley Wright-Phillips (Plymouth Argyle.3)
21 - Rickie Lambert (Southampton.3)
21 - Matt Smith (Redditch United.6)
21 - Jamie Slabber (Eastleigh.6)
20 - Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United.1)
20 - Carlos Tevez (Manchester City.1)
20 - Phil Marsh (Stalybridge Celtic.6)

Possession Statistics in Top 5 European Leagues

Teams in the top 5 European Leagues with possession of 55% or more for the season.  Stats from WhoScored.

Overall
72% - Barcelona
61% - Bayern Munich
59% - AC Milan
59% - Arsenal
58% - Chelsea
57% - Inter Milan
56% - Lille
56% - Real Madrid
56% - Valencia
55% - Bayer Leverkusen
55% - Lyon
55% - Manchester United

Home
72% - Barcelona
61% - Bayern Munich
60% - Arsenal
59% - AC Milan
58% - Lille
57% - Chelsea
57% - Real Madrid
57% - Valencia
56% - Bayer Leverkusen
56% - Bordeaux
56% - Inter Milan
56% - Hamburger SV
56% - Lorient
56% - Lyon
55% - Borussia Dortmund
55% - Manchester United

Away
72% - Barcelona
61% - Bayern Munich
58% - AC Milan
58% - Arsenal
58% - Chelsea
58% - Inter Milan
56% - Manchester United
55% - Lille

FIFA Confederation Ranking Comparison - May 2011

Comparing FIFA Confederations using the average ranking of the top 5 teams from each region.

Top 5 Avg. - Confederation (+/- April)


4.2 - Europe (+0.0)
1 - Spain
2 - Netherlands
4 - Germany
6 - England
8 - Portugal

10.2 - South America (+0.2)
3 - Brazil
5 - Argentina
7 - Uruguay
13 - Chile
23 - Paraguay

29.8 - Africa (+0.0)
15 - Ghana
21 - Cote d'Ivoire
36 - Egypt
38 - South Africa
39 - Nigeria

38.0 - Asia (-0.4)
14 - Japan
20 - Australia
31 - South Korea
48 - Iran
77 - China

40.8 - CONCACAF (+1.2)
22 - USA
28 - Mexico
43 - Honduras
55 - Jamaica
56 - Costa Rica

141.0 - Oceania (+0.4)
60 - New Zealand
151 - New Caledonia
155 - Fiji
165 - Vanuatu
174 - Tahiti

Liechtenstein Club Logos

Liechtenstein is the only European FIFA nation that does not have it's own league. The clubs from the tiny nation all play in Switzerland's league system, the most successful being FC Vaduz who actually spent one season in the Swiss top flight a couple of years ago. These are the club logos of the teams involved in the Liechtenstein Football Cup which is the only national competition in the country. The winner qualifies to take part in the UEFA Europa League and FC Vaduz has won the competition the last 14 years in a row.


FC Balzers - Balzers, Liechtenstein (2. Liga Interregional, 4th tier)

FC Ruggell - Ruggell, Liechtenstein (3.Liga, 6th tier)

FC Schaan - Schaan, Liechtenstein (2.Liga, 5th tier)

FC Triesen - Triesen, Liechtenstein (4.Liga, 7th tier)

FC Triesen - Triesen, Liechtenstein (4.Liga, 7th tier)

FC Vaduz - Vaduz, Liechtenstein (Swiss Challenge League, 2nd tier)

USV Eschen/Mauren - Eschen, Liechtenstein (1.Liga Group 3, 3rd tier)

Transfers: Benelux Leagues to EPL

EPL players who moved to their current club directly from the leagues in the Netherlands and Belgium. Luxembourg is also considered part of Benelux but unsurprisingly there has never been a direct transfer from a club in Luxembourg's top flight to the EPL.

Belgium
Marouane Fellaini - Standard Liège to Everton
Simon Mignolet - VV St. Truiden to Sunderland
Adlène Guédioura - RSC Charleroi to Wolves
Emmanuel Eboué - KSK Beveren to Arsenal
Milan Jovanovic -Standard Liège to Liverpool
Antolín Alcaraz - Club Brugge to Wigan

Netherlands
Luis Suárez - Ajax to Liverpool
Dirk Kuyt - Feyenoord to Liverpool
Thomas Vermaelen - Ajax to Arsenal
Robin van Persie - Feyenoord to Arsenal
Heurelho Gomes - PSV to Spurs
Ji-Sung Park - PSV to Manchester United
Moussa Dembélé - AZ Alkmaar to Fulham
Carlos Salcido - PSV to Fulham
Grétar Steinsson - AZ Alkmaar to Bolton
Ronnie Stam - FC Twente to Wigan
Gianni Zuiverloon - SC Heerenveen to West Brom
Jonas Olsson - NEC to West Brom
Salomon Kalou - Feyenoord to Chelsea
Cheik Tioté - FC Twente to Newcastle
Tim Krul - ADO Den Haag to Newcastle
Brett Emerton - Feyenoord to Blackburn
Ruud Boffin - MVV to West Ham

Longest Serving Managers in Top European Leagues

The short list of managers who have been in charge since 2006 or before at clubs currently in the top five European Leagues. Each league has at least one manager represented except for Italian Serie A whose longest serving manager is Lecce's Luigi De Canio (2 years).



Yrs - Manager (Club)

25 - Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)
15 - Arsene Wenger (Arsenal)
12 - Thomas Schaaf (Werder Bremen)
9 - David Moyes (Everton)
9 - Pablo Correa (AS Nancy)
8 - Christian Gourcuff (FC Lorient)
5 - Manolo Preciado (Sporting de Gijón)
5 - Jean Fernandez (AJ Auxerre)

Videos: Multiple Chances...No Goals

Unbelievable goalmouth scrambles that somehow end without a goal.

CONCACAF Castrol Rankings

The current Castrol Rankings of CONCACAF players in the top 5 European Leagues.


76 - Clint Dempsey (Fulham, USA)
92 - Javier Hernandez (Manchester United, Mexico)

324 - Stuart Holden (Bolton Wanderers, USA)
406 - Kenwyne Jones (Stoke City, Trinidad & Tobago)
619 - Jermaine Jones (Blackburn Rovers, USA)
659 - Carlos Bocanegra (St Etienne, USA)
691 - Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96, USA)
720 - Tim Howard (Everton, USA)
892 - Carlos Salcido (Fulham, Mexico)
908 - Brad Friedel (Aston Villa, USA)
942 - Gilberto Martinez (Sampdoria, Costa Rica)

1044 - Hendry Thomas (Wigan Athletic, Honduras)
1046 - Edgar Alvarez (Bari, Honduras)
1104 - David Hoilett (Blackburn Rovers, Canada)
1123 - Michael Bradley (Aston Villa, USA)
1141 - Maynor Figueroa (Wigan Athletic, Honduras)
1201 - Wilson Palacios (Tottenham, Honduras)
1222 - Marcus Hahnemann (Wolves, USA)
1264 - Ricardo Fuller (Stoke City, Jamaica)
1317 - Andres Guardado (Deportivo La Coruna, Mexico)
1354 - Jason Roberts (Blackburn Rovers, Grenada)
1442 - Timmy Chandler (1. FC Nurnberg, USA)
1556 - Giovani Dos Santos (Racing, Mexico)
1577 - Carlos Vela (West Bromwich Albion, Mexico)
1639 - Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt, USA)
1644 - Pablo Barrera (West Ham United, Mexico)
1725 - Jonathan Spector (West Ham United, USA)

2028 - Kevin McKenna (1. FC Koln, Canada)
2052 - Daniel Williams (Freiburg, USA)
2069 - Georgie Welcome (Monaco, Honduras)
2149 - Paul Rachubka (Blackpool, USA)
2156 - Jonathan Dos Santos (Barcelona, Mexico)
2171 - Ricardo Gardner (Bolton Wanderers, Jamaica)
2233 - David Suazo (Inter, Honduras)
2327 - DaMarcus Beasley (Hannover 96, USA)



Castrol Index Score = Castrol Performance analysts award a Castrol Index score for every league and UEFA Champions League match a footballer from one of the top five European leagues plays in.  For details on how the Castrol Index is calculated, please go to www.castrolfootball.com


These rankings are determined by a cumulative Castrol Rankings points total for the past 12 months

Top Goal Scorers by % of Team's Goals

Players in the top leagues of England, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain who have scored a minimum of 25% of their team's total goal output.  Stats through Saturday May 7, 2011.

% of Goals	Player	Team	Player Goals	Team Goals
56%	Marco Di Vaio	Bologna	19	34
54%	Papiss Demba Cissé	Freiburg	22	41
53%	Theofanis Gekas	Eintracht Frankfurt	16	30
48%	Kevin Gameiro	Lorient	20	42
47%	Edinson Cavani	Napoli	26	55
43%	Antonio Di Natale	Udinese	26	61
41%	Youssef El Arabi	Caen	17	41
39%	Andrea Caracciolo	Brescia	12	31
39%	Grégory Pujol	Valenciennes	15	38
38%	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	33	87
36%	Milivoje Novakovic	1.FC Koln	16	45
35%	Carlos Tevez	Manchester City	19	54
35%	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	31	89
35%	Moussa Sow	Lille	21	60
34%	Mario Gomez	Bayern Munich	27	79
34%	Giuseppe Rossi	Villarreal	18	53
33%	Srdjan Lakic	Kaiserslautern	15	45
32%	Samuel Eto'o	Inter Milan	20	62
31%	Fernando Llorente	Athletic Bilbao	17	55
31%	Dimitri Payet	Saint Etienne	13	42
30%	Dimitar Berbatov	Manchester United	21	71
29%	Lukas Podolski	1.FC Koln	13	45
28%	Clint Dempsey	Fulham	12	43
28%	Álvaro Negredo	Sevilla	15	54
28%	José Rondón	Malaga	14	50
28%	Andre Schürrle	Mainz 05	14	50
28%	Didier Ya Konan	Hannover 96	13	46
27%	Roberto Soldado	Valencia	16	60
27%	Peter Odemwingie	West Bromwich Albion	14	51
27%	Lisandro	Lyon	15	55
27%	Nene	PSG	14	51
25%	Francesco Totti	Roma	14	55
25%	Modibo Maiga	Sochaux	13	52
25%	Brown Ideye	Sochaux	13	52

Scottish Premier League Unique Internationals

Players who are the only one from their home country (by birth or national team affiliation) in the Scottish Premier League.

Bosnia-Herzegovina - Saša Papac (Rangers)

Croatia - Nikica Jelavić (Rangers)

Cyprus - Angelis Charalambous (Motherwell)

Gabon - Willy Aubameyang (Kilmarnock)

Guadeloupe - Mickaël Antoine-Curier (Hamilton Academical)

Greece - Georgios Samaras (Celtic)

Honduras - Emilio Izaguirre (Celtic)

Hungary - János Balogh (Hearts)

Italy - Manuel Pascali (Kilmarnock)

Jamaica - Chris Humphrey (Motherwell)

Mexico - Efraín Juárez (Celtic)

Montenegro - Nikola Vujadinović (Aberdeen)

Morocco - Mehdi Taouil (Kilmarnock)

New Zealand - Steven Old (Kilmarnock)

Nigeria - Sone Aluko (Aberdeen)

Slovenia - Jure Travner (St. Mirren)

Switzerland - Mihael Kovačević (Dundee United)

Togo - Yoann Folly (Aberdeen)

Trinidad & Tobago - Collin Samuel (St. Johnstone)

Uganda - David Obua (Hearts)

Videos: J-League Commercial Collection

Watching Rules & Manners of J-League


J-League Curry


J-League Furikake


"Let's go to the J League"


SEGA J-League


Bellmare Hurricane


Circle K


Dragan Stojković - Nagoya City Transportation Bureau


"Miracles happen in the stadium!"

Estonia Meistriliiga Club Logos

Club logos of teams competing in the Estonian Meistriliiga during the 2011 season.

FC Ajax Lasnamäe - Tallinn

FC Flora - Tallinn

Nõmme Kalju - Tallinn

FC Kuressaare - Kuressaare

FC Levadia - Tallinn

Paide Linnameeskond - Paide

JK Sillamäe Kalev - Sillamäe

JK Tammeka Tartu - Tartu

JK Narva Trans - Narva

JK Viljandi Tulevik - Viljandi

Premier League Early and Late Goal Statistics

EPL goals scored in the first and last ten minutes of games in the 2010/2011 season.

G - Team (% of total goals scored)

Goals in Minutes 0-10
7 - Manchester City (13.73%)
7 - Manchester United (9.86%)
6 - Arsenal (8.96%)
5 - West Bromwich Albion (9.80%)
4 - Chelsea (6.06%)
4 - Everton (8.33%)
4 - Liverpool (7.41%)
3 - Birmingham City (8.57%)
3 - Sunderland (7.69%)
3 - Tottenham Hotspur (6.00%)
3 - Wolverhampton Wanderers (7.89%)
2 - Aston Villa (4.55%)
2 - Blackburn Rovers (4.88%)
2 - Bolton Wanderers (4.17%)
2 - Fulham (4.65%)
2 - Newcastle United (4.08%)
2 - Wigan Athletic (5.71%)
1 - Blackpool (2.08%)
1 - Stoke City (2.33%)
1 - West Ham United (2.50%)

Goals in Minutes 80-90
15 - Manchester United (21.13%)
14 - Chelsea (21.21%)
13 - Stoke City (30.23%)
11 - Bolton Wanderers (22.92%)
11 - Everton (22.92%)
11 - West Bromwich Albion (21.57%)
10 - Arsenal (14.93%)
10 - Blackpool (20.83%)
9 - Blackburn Rovers (21.95%)
9 - Newcastle United (18.37%)
9 - Tottenham Hotspur (18.00%)
9 - Wigan Athletic (25.71%)
8 - Sunderland (20.51%)
7 - Aston Villa (15.91%)
7 - Fulham (16.28%)
7 - Liverpool (12.96%)
7 - Wolverhampton Wanderers (18.42%)
6 - West Ham United (15.00%)
5 - Birmingham City (14.29%)
4 - Manchester City (7.84%)



Stats compiled from Soccerway