Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Spain La Liga: Unique Internationals - 2012/2013


Nations that are currently represented by a single player in Spain's La Liga.

Angola
Manucho (Real Valladolid)

Bosnia-Herzegovina
Emir Spahic (Sevilla)

Cote d'Ivoire
Romaric (Real Zaragoza)

Equatorial Guinea
Rodolfo Bodipo (Deportivo La Cornua)

Guinea
Lass Bangoura (Rayo Vallecano)

Hungary
Ádám Pintér (Real Zaragoza)

Iran
Masoud Shojaei (Osasuna)

Montenegro
Andrija Delibasic (Rayo Vallecano)

South Korea
Chu-Young Park (Celta Vigo)

Tunisia
Kader (Atlético Madrid)

United States
Oguchi Onyewu (Málaga)

Monday, October 29, 2012

CONCACAF Players in England

CONCACAF Players currently playing for teams in the top 5 English leagues (EPL to Conference National).


Antigua and Barbuda

Premier League
Leigertwood, Mikele (Reading)

Championship
Blackstock, Dexter (Nottingham Forest)

League Two
McCoy, Marvin (Wycombe Wanderers)

Conference National
Ashikodi, Moses (Ebbsfleet United)
Murtagh, Keiran (Macclesfield Town)


Barbados

Premier League
Boyce, Emmerson (Wigan Athletic)

League One
Forte, Jonathan (Crawley Town)

League Two
Nurse, Jon (Barnet FC)

Conference National
McCammon, Mark (Lincoln City)
Soares, Louie (Grimsby Town)

Bermuda

League One
Smith, Jonte (Crawley Town)

League Two
Wells, Nahki (Bradford City)

Canada

Premier League
Hoilett, Junior (QPR)
Jackson, Simeon (Norwich City)

Championship
Edgar, David (Burnley)

League One
Dollery, Jon (Crawley Town)
Haber, Marcus (Stevenage)
Hume, Iain (Doncaster Rovers)

Conference National
McCallum, Gavin (Woking FC)
Menz, Lucas (Ebbsfleet United)
Smith, Ross (Ebbsfleet United)

Costa Rica

Premier League
Oviedo, Bryan (Everton)
Ruiz, Bryan (Fulham)

Curaçao

League One
Martis, Shelton (Doncaster Rovers)

Dominica

Conference National
Louis, Jefferson (Newport County)

Grenada

Premier League
Roberts, Jason (Reading)

League Two
Johnson, Leon (Wycombe Wanderers)
Straker, Anthony (Southend United)

Conference National
Bubb, Bradley (Woking FC)

Guadeloupe

Championship
Zubar, Ronald (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Racon, Therry (Millwall FC)

League One
Zubar, Stephane (Bournemouth AFC)
Comminges, Miguel (Stevenage)

Haiti

League One
Lecsinel, Jean-Francois (Sheffield United)

Honduras

Premier League
Figueroa, Maynor (Wigan Athletic)
Palacios, Wilson (Stoke City)

Championship
Núñez, Ramón (Leeds United)

Jamaica

Premier League
Mariappa, Adrian (Reading)
McAnuff, Jobi (Reading)

Championship
Austin, Rodolph (Leeds United)
Elliott, Marvin (Bristol City)
Fuller, Ricardo (Charlton Athletic)
Johnson, Jermaine (Sheffield Wednesday)
King, Marlon (Birmingham City)
Mears, Tyrone (Bolton Wanderers)
Nosworthy, Nyron (Watford FC)

League One
Bean, Marcus (Colchester United)
Campbell-Ryce, Jamal (Notts County)
Daley, Keammar (Preston North End)
Davis, Claude (Crawley Town)
Goodison, Ian (Tranmere Rovers)
Lisbie, Kevin (Leyton Orient)
Stewart, Damion (Notts County)
Williamson, Lee (Portsmouth FC)

League Two
Burton, Deon (Gillingham FC)
Grant, Joel (Wycombe Wanderers)
Smith, Nathan (Chesterfield FC)
Taylor, Cleveland (Burton Albion)

Conference National
Ford, Simon (Grimsby Town)

Mexico

Premier League
Hernandez, Javier (Manchester United)

Montserrat

League One
Griffith, Anthony (Leyton Orient)

St. Kitts and Nevis

Conference National
Willock, Calum (Ebbsfleet United)
Newton, Adam (Woking FC)

Trinidad and Tobago

Premier League
Jones, Kenwyne (Stoke City)

Championship
Edwards, Carlos (Ipswich Town)
Scotland, Jason (Ipswich Town)

League One
Boucaud, Andre (Notts County)

Conference National
Thomson, Jake (Newport County)

United States

Premier League
Cameron, Geoff (Stoke City)
Dempsey, Clint (Tottenham Hotspur)
Edu, Maurice (Stoke City)
Friedel, Brad (Tottenham Hotspur)
Guzan, Brad (Aston Villa)
Howard, Tim (Everton)
Lichaj, Eric (Aston Villa)

Championship
Doyle, Conor (Derby County)
Holden, Stuart (Bolton Wanderers)
Packwood, Will (Birmingham City)
Rachubka, Paul (Leeds United)
Ream, Tim (Bolton Wanderers)
Spector, Jonathan (Birmingham City)
Whitbread, Zak (Leicester City)

League One
Grella, Mike (Scunthorpe United)
Rogers, Robbie (Stevenage FC)
Simek, Frank (Carlisle United)

League Two
Robbie Findley (Gillingham FC)

Conference National
Holden, Euan (Stockport County)

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Maps: USA Players Abroad - 2012/2013

Maps of American Players playing in leagues outside of the US and Canada.


 
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I used the current player list from Yanks Abroad for these maps.

Edit: Added more players from squad lists at Transfermarkt and Soccerway

Monday, October 22, 2012

Worst EPL Teams - 1992-2012


English Premier League teams with the lowest Points Per Game average since 1992.


PPG - Team (Season - Pts)
Record
Goal Differential

_________________________________________________________________

0.29 - Derby County (07/08 - 11pts)
1W 8D 29L
-69 GD


0.39 - Sunderland (05/06 - 15pts)
3W 6D 29L
-43 GD


0.50 - Sunderland (02/03 - 19pts)
4W 7D 27L
-44 GD


0.63 - Watford (99/00 - 24pts)
6W 6D 26L
-42 GD


0.64 - Ipswich Town (94/95 - 27pts)
7W 6D 29L
-57 GD


0.66 - Wolverhampton Wanderers (11/12 - 25pts)
5W 10D 23L
-42 GD


0.68 - West Bromwich Albion (02/03 - 26pts)
6W 8D 24L
-36 GD


0.68 - Bradford City (00/01 - 26pts)
5W 11D 22L
-40 GD


0.69 - Leicester City (94/95 - 27pts)
6W 11D 25L
-35 GD


0.71 - Swindon Town (93/94 - 30pts)
5W 15D 22L
-53 GD


0.74 - Portsmouth (09/10 - 28pts)
7W 7D 24L
-32 GD


0.74 - Watford (06/07 - 28pts)
5W 13D 20L
-30 GD


0.74 - Leicester City (01/02 - 28pts)
5W 13D 20L
-34 GD

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

World Cup Qualifier Upsets - October 2012


Upsets from the last round of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers (October 12-16).

FIFA Rank difference - Home Team (Rank) - Score -  Away Team (Rank)

Upset Wins (25+ FIFA Rank Difference)
71 - Macedonia (104) 1:0 Serbia (33)
65 - Bolivia (72) 4:1 Uruguay (7)
49 - Albania (84) 1:0 Slovenia (35)
33 - Iran (58) 1:0 South Korea (25)
29 - Guatemala (81) 2:1 Jamaica (52)

Upset Draws (40+ FIFA Rank Difference)
114 - Portugal (3) 1:1 Northern Ireland (117)
103 - Cuba(146) 1:1 Panama (43)
103 - Moldova (145) 0:0 Ukraine (42)
88 - Kazakhstan (147) 0:0 Austria (59)

Monday, October 15, 2012

World Cup Qualifiers by FIFA Rank - Part 2 - October 2012

FIFA rankings of the nations that will meet in the next round of World Cup Qualifier games on October 16, 2012.


Rank Difference - Home Team (Rank) v Away Team (Rank)

CONCACAF
5 - Honduras (66) v Canada (61)
49 - USA (32) v Guatemala (81)
50 - Costa Rica (72) v Guyana (122)
54 - Jamaica (52) v Antigua and Barbuda (106)
59 - Mexico (19) v El Salvador (78)
103 - Cuba (146) v Panama (43)

ASIA
17 - Oman (95) v Jordan (78)
31 - Qatar (101) v Uzbekistan (70)
33 - Iran (58) v South Korea (25)
46 - Iraq (80) v Australia (34)

SOUTH AMERICA
1 - Paraguay (38) v Peru (37)
13 - Chile (17) v Argentina (4)
19 - Venezuela (39) v Ecuador (20)
65 - Bolivia (72) v Uruguay (7)

EUROPE
2 - Ukraine (42) v Montenegro (44)
10 - Italy (8) v Denmark (18)
12 - Spain (1) v France (13)
13 - Hungary (49) v Turkey (36)
19 - Germany (2) v Sweden (21)
22 - Belarus (87) v Georgia (65)
26 - Belgium (30) v Scotland (56)
33 - Czech Republic (22) v Bulgaria (55)
37 - Latvia (118) v Liechtenstein (155)
38 - Slovakia (48) v Greece (10)
40 - Romania (46) v Netherlands (6)
46 - Croatia (11) v Wales (57)
49 - Poland (54) v England (5)
49 - Albania (84) v Slovenia (35)
60 - Israel (82) v Luxembourg (142)
62 - San Marino (207) v Moldova (145)
71 - Macedonia (104) v Serbia (33)
81 - Cyprus (107) v Norway (26)
81 - Bosnia-Herzegovina (29) v Lithuania (110)
82 - Iceland (97) v Switzerland (15)
88 - Austria (59) v Kazakhstan (147)
99 - Russia (12) v Azerbaijan (111)
114 - Portugal (3) v Northern Ireland (117)
130 - Faroe Islands (158) v Republic of Ireland (28)
132 - Andorra (201) v Estonia (69)

OCEANIA
28 - New Caledonia (113) v Solomon Islands (141)
35 - New Zealand (92) v Tahiti (127)


Top 5 Games
1 - Paraguay (38) v Peru (37)
2 - Ukraine (42) v Montenegro (44)
5 - Honduras (66) v Canada (61)
10 - Italy (8) v Denmark (18)
12 - Spain (1) v France (13)

Friday, October 12, 2012

World Cup Qualifiers by FIFA Ranking - October 2012


FIFA rankings of the nations that will meet in the next round of World Cup Qualifier games on October 12, 2012.


Rank Difference - Home Team (Rank) v Away Team (Rank)

South America
3 - Ecuador (20) v Chile (17)
3 - Argentina (4) v Uruguay (7)
29 - Colombia (9) v Paraguay (38)
35 - Bolivia (72) v Peru (37)

Europe
1 - Wales (57) v Scotland (56)
3 - Serbia (33) v Belgium (30)
9 - Russia (12) v Portugal (3)
10 - Turkey (36) v Romania (46)
11 - Switzerland (15) v Norway (26)
13 - Albania (84) v Iceland (97)
19 - Greece (10) v Bosnia-Herzegovina (29)
20 - Estonia (69) v Hungary (49)
26 - Republic of Ireland (28) v Germany (2)
37 - Bulgaria (55) v Denmark (18)
56 - Armenia (64) v Italy (8)
60 - Luxembourg (142) v Israel (82)
70 - Slovakia (48) v Latvia (118)
72 - Slovenia (35) v Cyprus (107)
86 - Belarus (87) v Spain (1)
88 - Kazakhstan (147) v Austria (59)
93 - Macedonia (104) v Croatia (11)
103 - Moldova (145) v Ukraine (42)
131 - Czech Republic (22) v Malta (153)
137 - Faroe Islands (158) v Sweden (21)
144 - Liechtenstein (155) v Lithuania (11)
195 - Netherlands (6) v Andorra (201)
202 - England (5) v San Marino (207)

CONCACAF
6 - El Salvador (78) v Costa Rica (72)
23 - Panama (43) v Honduras (66)
29 - Guatemala (81) v Jamaica (52)
74 - Antigua and Barbuda (106) v USA (32)
85 - Canada (61) v Cuba (146)
103 - Guyana (122) v Mexico (19)

Oceania
35 - Tahiti (127) v New Zealand (92)


Wednesday, October 10, 2012

$200,000+ MLS Players - 2012


Major League Soccer players with a 2012 Guaranteed Salary of $200,000 or more.

Chicago Fire
$487,125 - Sherjill MacDonald
$366,666 - Alvaro Fernandez
$250,000 - Pavel Pardo
$230,833 - Arne Friedrich
$219,500 - Patrick Nyarko
$217,750 - Gonzalo Segares

Chivas USA
$600,000 - Juan Pablo Angel
$554,333 - Shalrie Joseph
$275,000 - Danny Califf
$205,666 - Ryan Smith

Columbus Crew
$341,250 - Chad Marshall
$324,000 - Federico Higuain
$243,000 - Dilly Duka
$225,375 - Jairo Arrieta
$223,333 - Milovan Mirosevic
$209,000 - Tony Tchani

Colorado Rapids
$400,000 - Conor Casey
$326,666 - Marvell Wynne
$247,188 - Drew Moor
$245,000 - Pablo Mastroeni
$206,000 - Jeff Larentowicz

FC Dallas
$1,910,746 - Julian de Guzman
$705,000 - David Ferreira
$354,000 - Brek Shea
$309,250 - Blas Perez

DC United
$663,190 - Dwayne De Rosario
$487,460 - Hamdi Salihi
$258,250 - Brandon McDonald
$242,340 - Branko Boskovic
$238,333 - Emiliano Dudar
$228,043 - Dejan Jakovic

Houston Dynamo
$312,062 - Brad Davis
$293,750 - Ricardo Clark
$236,000 - Brian Ching
$202,000 - Luiz Camargo
$200,000 - Bobby Boswell

Sporting Kansas City
$255,750 - Julio Cesar
$255,500 - Paulo Nagamura
$220,000 - Jimmy Nielsen
$216,250 - Aurelien Collin
$215,000 - Bobby Convey
$212,500 - Kei Kamara

Los Angeles Galaxy
$3,999,999 - David Beckham
$3,417,242 - Robbie Keane
$2,400,000 - Landon Donovan
$257,000 - Omar Gonzalez
$228,333 - Sean Franklin
$225,000 - Edson Buddle

Montreal Impact
$1,937,508 - Marco Di Vaio
$290,000 - Davy Arnaud
$265,000 - Bernardo Corradi
$225,000 - Alessandro Nesta
$218,333 - Justin Mapp
$202,000 - Andrew Wenger
$201,833 - Troy Perkins

New England Revolution
$446,000 - Benny Feilhaber
$200,000 - Juan Toja

New York Red Bulls
$5,600,000 - Thierry Henry
$4,600,000 - Rafa Marquez
$3,624,999 - Tim Cahill
$301,999 - Heath Pearce
$292,500 - Kenny Cooper
$205,000 - Teemu Tainio

Philadelphia Union
$519,000 - Freddy Adu
$294,702 - Gabriel Gomez
$280,000 - Bakary Soumare
$268,000 - Carlos Valdes

Portland Timbers
$1,515,000 - Kris Boyd
$356,250 - Danny Mwanga
$275,000 - Donovan Ricketts
$226,000 - Darlington Nagbe

Real Salt Lake
$477,500 - Javier Morales
$405,625 - Alvaro Saborio
$311,250 - Kyle Beckerman
$250,000 - Jamison Olave
$243,750 - Will Johnson
$211,972 - Nat Borchers

Seattle Sounders
$756,000 - Fredy Montero
$625,000 - Christian Tiffert
$275,000 - Michael Gspurning
$225,000 - Mauro Rosales
$208,000 - Steve Zakuani

San Jose Earthquakes
$300,000 - Chris Wondolowski
$203,333 - Khari Stephenson

Toronto FC
$2,413,666 - Torsten Frings
$1,563,323 - Danny Koevermans
$790,000 - Eric Hassli
$436,250 - Darren O'Dea
$390,000 - Richard Eckersley

Vancouver Whitecaps
$1,239,316 - Kenny Miller
$596,499 - Barry Robson
$350,000 - Jay DeMerit
$276,987 - Martin Bonjour
$237,500 - Camilo


Note: Originally posted 9/20/2012.  Updated 10/10/2012.

Monday, October 8, 2012

FIFA Rankings: Biggest Movers Oct 2008 to Oct 2012


The biggest movers in the FIFA rankings between Oct 2008 and Oct 2012.  

Rank Change - Nation (Oct 2008 Rank to Oct 2012 Rank)

Best Movers since 2008
150 - Central African Republic (199 to 49)
75 - Dominican Republic (177 to 102)
73 - Montenegro (117 to 44)
68 - Estonia (137 to 69)
64 - Jamaica (116 to 52)
61 - Tahiti (188 to 127)
55 - Liberia (153 to 98)
54 - Cape Verde Islands (105 to 51)
49 - Panama (92 to 43)
46 - Bosnia-Herzegovina (75 to 29)
44 - Haiti (104 to 60)
43 - Nicaragua (181 to 138)
42 - El Salvador (120 to 78)
42 - Lebanon (151 to 109)
40 - Faroe Islands (198 to 158)

Worst Movers since 2008
82 - Northern Ireland (35 to 117)
80 - Moldova (65 to 145)
73 - Lithuania (37 to 110)
71 - Kyrgyzstan (127 to 198)
66 - Israel (16 to 82)
63 - Saudi Arabia (51 to 114)
60 - Mauritania (145 to 205)
59 - Cameroon (12 to 71)
58 - Macedonia (46 to 104)
55 - Latvia (64 to 119)
51 - Swaziland (141 to 192)
51 - Syria (99 to 150)
49 - Kenya (79 to 128)
48 - Cuba (98 to 146)
47 - Eritrea (140 to 187)
44 - Finland (44 to 88)
43 - Bahrain (72 to 115)
41 - Gambia (90 to 131)
40 - Turks and Caicos Islands (169 to 209)

Consistent FIFA Rank since 2008
0 - Australia (34)
0 - Lesotho (159)
0 - Spain (1)
0 - Togo (93)
0 - Uzbekistan (70)
1 - Albania (83 to 84)
1 - Germany (3 to 2)
1 - Guinea-Bissau (172 to 173)
1 - Mozambique (100 to 99)
1 - Netherlands (5 to 6)
1 - Oman (94 to 95)

Friday, October 5, 2012

MLS Bargain Goal Scoring Leaders


Comparing the 2012 Guaranteed Salary Compensation of MLS goal scoring leaders (7+ goals) with the number of goals they have scored this season.  (Salary ÷ Goals Scored = Goals per $)

Goals per $ - Player (Goals: Guaranteed 2012 Salary)

$6,250 - Simon Dawkins (8: $50,000)
$8,180 - Eddie Johnson (13: $106,333)
$8,546 - Jaime Castrillon (8: $68,375)
$8,946 - Juninho (7: $62,625)
$9,231 - Alan Gordon (13: $120,000)

$11,714 - CJ Sapong (7: $82,000)
$12,272 - Will Bruin (11: $135,000)
$13,531 - Saer Sene (11: $148,843)
$13,636 - Chris Wondolowski (22: $300,000)
$13,854 - Chris Pontius (12: $166,250)

$16,261 - Maicon Santos (7: $113,833)
$16,592 - Patrice Bernier (9: $149,333)
$17,857 - Fabian Espindola (7: $125,000)
$18,281 - Kenny Cooper (16: $292,500)
$18,750 - Steven Lenhart (10: $187,500)
$19,318 - Kei Kamara (11: $212,500)
$19,687 - Ryan Johnson (7: $137,813)

$23,860 - Alvaro Saborio (17: $405,625)
$24,791 - Chris Rolfe (8: $198,329)
$27,428 - Darren Mattocks (7: $192,000)
$27,857 - Lionard Pajoy (7: $195,000)
$27,857 - Eddie Gaven (7: $195,000)
$28,171 - Jairo Arrieta (8: $225,375)

$44,580 - Brad Davis (7: $312,062)
$63,000 - Fredy Montero (12: $756,000)
$94,741 - Dwayne De Rosario (7: $663,190)

$173,702 - Danny Koevemans (9: $1,563,323)
$216,428 - Kris Boyd (7: $1,515,000)
$244,088 - Robbie Keane (14: $3,417,242)
$266,666 - Landon Donovan (9: $2,400,000)
$400,000 - Thierry Henry (14: $5,600,000)
$571,428 - David Beckham (7: $3,999,999)

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Best and Worst FIFA Rankings: October 2012


Nations that have achieved their best or worst all-time FIFA ranking in October 2012.

Best Ranking
24 - Algeria
27 - Mali
43 - Panama
49 - Central African Republic
51 - Cape Verde Islands
147 - Philippines
154 - Aruba
178 - Guam
181 - Montserrat

Worst Ranking
14 - Brazil
113 - Saudi Arabia
118 - Latvia
150 - Syria
170 - Indonesia
198 - Kyrgyzstan
201 - Mauritius
203 - Brunei Darussalam
205 - Mauritania
206 - Timor-Leste
207 - Bhutan
207 - San Marino
207 - Turks and Caicos Islands

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

FIFA Confederation Ranking Comparison - October 2012


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

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


3.4 - Europe (-0.2)
1 - Spain
2 - Germany
3 - Portugal
5 - England
6 - Netherlands

10.2 - South America (+0.8)
4 - Argentina
7 - Uruguay
9 - Colombia
14 - Brazil
17 - Chile

27.6 - Africa (+1.0)
16 - Côte d'Ivoire
24 - Algeria
27 - Mali
31 - Ghana
40 - Egypt

41.2 - CONCACAF (+4.8)
19 - Mexico
32 - USA
43 - Panama
52 - Jamaica
60 - Haiti

42.0 - Asia (-2.2)
23 - Japan
25 - South Korea
34 - Australia
58 - Iran
70 - Uzbekistan

127.4 - Oceania (+2.6)
92 - New Zealand
113 - New Caledonia
127 - Tahiti
141 - Solomon Islands
164 - Samoa

Monday, October 1, 2012

Previous Clubs of Chelsea FC Players

The previous club of the 2012 Chelsea FC first team players.

Brazil
Oscar (Internacional)

England
Ryan Bertrand (Gillingham Youth)
Gary Cahill (Bolton Wanderers)
Ashley Cole (Arsenal)
Frank Lampard (West Ham United)
Victor Moses (Wigan Athletic)
Daniel Sturridge (Manchester City)
John Terry (West Ham United Youth)
Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
Ross Turnbull (Middlesbrough)

France
César Azpilicueta (Marseille)
Petr Čech (Stade Rennais)
Eden Hazard (Lille)
Florent Malouda (Lyon)

Germany
Marko Marin (Werder Bremen)

Norway
John Obi Mikel (Lyn Oslo)

Portugal
Paulo Ferreira (Porto)
Hilário (Nacional)
David Luiz (Benfica)
Ramires (Benfica)

Russia
Branislav Ivanović (Lokomotiv Moscow)

Spain
Juan Mata (Valencia)
Oriol Romeu (Barcelona)


 *Loans not included