MLS Top Scorer Birthplace Map - 2011

A map showing the birthplaces of MLS players that have scored 8 goals or more in the 2011 MLS season (as of Oct 13, 2011)


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14 - Dwayne De Rosario - Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
14 - Thierry Henry - Les Ulis, France
14 - Chris Wondolowski - Danville, CA
12 - Landon Donovan - Ontario, CA
12 - Camilo Sanvezzo - Presidente Prudente, Brazil
12 - Dominic Oduro - Accra, Ghana
11 - Fredy Montero - Campo de la Cruz, Atlantico, Colombia
11 - Andres Mendoza - Chincha Alta, Peru
11 - Charlie Davies -  Manchester, New Hampshire
10 - Sebastien Le Toux -  Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
10 - Brek Shea - College Station, TX
10 - Alvaro Saborio - Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica
10 - Eric Hassli - Sarreguemines, France
10 - Fabian Espindola - Merlo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
10 - Juan Pablo Angel - Medellín, Colombia
9 - Kei Kamara - Kenema, Sierra Leone
9 - Luke Rodgers - Birmingham, England
9 - Omar Bravo - Los Mochis, Sanaloa, Mexico
8 - Nick Labrocca - Staten Island, NY
8 - Justin Braun - Salt Lake City, UT
8 - Teal Bunbury - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
8 - Maicon Santos - Paracambi, Brazil
8 - Marco Pappa - Guatemala City, Guatemala
8 - Shalrie Joseph - Saint George, Grenada
8 - Alvaro Fernandez - Soriano, Uruguay

Euro 2012 Qualifying: Team Goal Statistics

Team Goal Statistics from the Euro 2012 Qualifying Stage.

Best Goals Scored Average 
3.7 - Netherlands (37)
3.4 - Germany (34)
3.3 - Spain (26)
3.1 - Sweden (31)
2.6 - Portugal (21)
2.2 - Armenia (22)
2.2 - Hungary (22)
2.1 - England (17)
2.1 - Belgium (21)
2.0 - Italy (20)

Best Goals Against Average
0.2 - Italy (2)
0.4 - Russia (4)
0.4 - France (4)
0.5 - Greece (5)
0.6 - England (5)
0.7 - Slovenia (7)
0.7 - Republic of Ireland (7)
0.7 - Germany (7)
0.7 - Croatia (7)
0.7 - Belarus (7)

Worst Goals Scored Average
0.0 - San Marino (0)
0.1 - Andorra (1)
0.3 - Luxembourg (3)
0.4 - Liechtenstein (3)
0.4 - Bulgaria (3)
0.4 - Malta (4)
0.5 - Lithuania (4)
0.6 - Faroe Islands (6)
0.6 - Kazakhstan (6)
0.7 - Slovakia (7)
0.7 - Georgia (7)
0.7 - Albania (7)

Worst Goals Against Average
5.3 - San Marino (53)
2.6 - Azerbaijan (26)
2.6 - Faroe Islands (26)
2.5 - Andorra (25)
2.5 - Cyprus (20)
2.4 - Kazakhstan (24)
2.1 - Liechtenstein (17)
2.1 - Luxembourg (21)
2.1 - Malta (21)




20+ Team Goals
37 - Netherlands
34 - Germany
31 - Sweden
26 - Spain
22 - Armenia
22 - Hungary
21 - Belgium
21 - Portugal
20 - Italy

5 or Less Team Goals
0 - San Marino
1 - Andorra
3 - Luxembourg
3 - Liechtenstein
3 - Bulgaria
4 - Malta
4 - Lithuania

Upsets - Euro 2012 Qualifying

Euro 2012 Qualifying Round upset wins and draws by nations at least 25 places lower in the FIFA rankings at the time of the game.

Upset Wins

106 - Liechtenstein (153) 2:0 Lithuania (47)
98 - Wales (117) 2:1 Montenegro (19)
89 - Armenia (105) 3:1 Slovakia (16)
81 - Azerbaijan (102) 1:0 Turkey (21)
72 - Wales (90) 2:0 Switzerland (18)
71 - Luxembourg (128) 2:1 Albania (57)
70 - Serbia (15) 1:3 Estonia (85)
64 - Georgia (72) 1:0 Croatia (8)
63 - Slovenia (23) 1:2 Estonia (86)
57 - France (21) 0:1 Belarus (78)
48 - Iceland (124) 1:0 Cyprus (76)
45 - Slovakia (26) 0:4 Armenia (71)
40 - Slovenia (19) 0:1 Northern Ireland (59)
38 - Moldova (89) 2:0 Finland (51)
36 - Albania (73) 1:0 Belarus (37)
35 - Faroe Islands (114) 2:0 Estonia (79)
35 - Bulgaria (55) 0:1 Wales (90)
30 - Bulgaria (43) 0:1 Montenegro (73)
27 - Hungary (45) 2:1 Sweden (18)
27 - Estonia (86) 4:1 Northern Ireland (59)



Upset Draws

104 - Malta (167) 1:1 Georgia (63)
98 - Greece (12) 1:1 Georgia (110)
93 - Faroe Islands (138) 1:1 Northern Ireland (45)
75 - Luxembourg (130) 0:0 Belarus (55)
75 - Azerbaijan (112) 1:1 Belgium (37)
72 - Georgia (110) 0:0 Israel (38)
70 - Latvia (84) 1:1 Greece (14)
63 - Lithuania (56) 0:0 Liechtenstein (119)
62 - Estonia (82) 1:1 Serbia (20)
55 - Portugal (8) 4:4 Cyprus (63)
55 - Kazakhstan (132) 0:0 Austria (77)
55 - Macedonia (94) 1:1 Slovakia (39)
45 - Hungary (27) 0:0 Finland (72)
44 - Austria (68) 0:0 Turkey (24)
42 - Armenia (65) 0:0 Russia (13)
39 - France (15) 0:0 Romania (54)
36 - Belarus (78) 0:0 Romania (42)
34 - England (6) 0:0 Montenegro (40)
34 - Belarus (53) 1:1 France (19)
32 - Northern Ireland (45) 0:0 Italy (13)
30 - Macedonia (66) 2:2 Armenia (96)
28 - Romania (42) 1:1 Albania (70)

Time Off

Apologies for the lack of posts recently.  I have been in Europe and have not had the time to update the site.  I'm finally back home and will try to ease back into regular posting in the next few days.  Thanks for reading The Best Eleven.

Steve

Best/Worst FIFA Rankings (September 2011)

Nations currently in their best or worst all-time FIFA ranking position in the September 2011 FIFA Rankings.


Best Ranking
4 - Uruguay
22 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
27 - Hungary
44 - Armenia
58 - Estonia
133 - Belize

Worst Ranking
98 - Saudi Arabia
143 - Congo
168 - Myanmar
178 - Curaçao
189 - Bermuda
190 - Eritrea
193 - Mauritania
201 - Tonga
203 - Samoa

FIFA Confederation Ranking Comparison - September 2011

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

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


3.4 - Europe (+0.0)
1 - Spain
2 - Netherlands
3 - Germany
5 - Portugal
6 - Italy

11.8 - South America (-0.6)
4 - Uruguay
7 - Brazil
10 - Argentina
14 - Chile
24 - Paraguay

34.4 - Africa (-1.8)
16 - Côte d'Ivoire
36 - Egypt
37 - Ghana
41 - Burkina Faso
42 - Senegal

37.2 - Asia (+1.2)
15 - Japan
19 - Australia
29 - South Korea
50 - Iran
73 - China

40.4 - CONCACAF (-0.2)
20 - Mexico
31 - USA
45 - Jamaica
53 - Honduras
53 - Panama

148.2 - Oceania (-0.4)
89 - New Zealand
146 - Fiji
154 - New Caledonia
173 - Vanuatu
179 - Solomon Islands

Non-European EPL Medal Winners

A list of non-European players that have received a Premier League winners medal.



Africa

Cameroon
2 - Lauren, 01-02, 03-04 (Arsenal)
2 - Geremi, 04-05, 05-06 (Chelsea)

Ghana
2 - Michael Essien, 05-06, 09-10 (Chelsea)

Ivory Coast
3 - Didier Drogba, 04-05, 05-06, 09-10 (Chelsea)
1 - Salomon Kalou, 09-10 (Chelsea)
1 - Kolo Touré, 03-04 (Arsenal)

Liberia
1 - Christopher Wreh, 97-98 (Arsenal)

Nigeria
2 - Nwankwo Kanu, 01-02, 03-04 (Arsenal)
1 - John Obi Mikel, 09-10 (Chelsea)

South Africa
1 - Quinton Fortune, 02-03 (Manchester United)

Asia

Australia
1 - Robbie Slater, 94-95 (Blackburn Rovers)
1 - Mark Bosnich, 99-00 (Manchester United)

South Korea
4 - Park Ji-Sung, 06-07, 07-08, 08-09, 10-11 (Manchester United)

CONCACAF

Mexico
1 - Javier Hernández, 10-11 (Manchester United)

Trinidad and Tobago
3 - Dwight Yorke, 98-99, 99-00, 00-01 (Manchester United)


CONMEBOL

Argentina
2 - Carlos Tevez, 07-08, 08-09 (Manchester United)
1 - Hernan Crespo, 05-06 (Chelsea)
1 - Juan Sebastian Veron, 02-03 (Manchester United)
1 - Gabriel Heinze, 06-07 (Manchester United)

Brazil
3 - Anderson, 07-08, 08-09, 10-11 (Manchester United)
2 - Edu, 01-02, 03-04 (Arsenal)
2 - Rafael, 08-09, 10-11 (Manchester United)
1 - Gilberto Silva, 03-04 (Arsenal)
1 - Juliano Belletti, 09-10 (Chelsea)
1 - Alex, 09-10 (Chelsea)
1 - Fábio, 10-11 (Manchester United)

Ecuador
1 - Antonio Valencia, 10-11 (Manchester United)

Uruguay
1 - Diego Forlan, 02-03 (Manchester United)

The League Champions shall further receive 21 commemorative medals to be presented by the Club to its Manager and to such of its Players and Officials as it thinks fit provided, in the case of a Player, that he has that Season played in a minimum of 10 of its League Matches.

2010–11 FA Premier League Handbook

MLS: Top Goal-Scoring Defenders

Major League Soccer defenders with 10+ career goals.

24 - Marcelo Balboa
23 - Ezra Hendrickson
22 - Greg Vanney
20 - Jimmy Conrad
18 - Steve Trittschuh
17 - Jay Heaps
16 - Ted Chronopoulos
16 - Lubos Kubik
16 - Tyrone Marshall*
16 - Alexi Lalas
16 - Tony Sanneh
14 - Jose Burciaga Jr.
14 - Ramiro Corrales*
13 - Mike Petke
12 - Diego Gutierrez
12 - Frankie Hejduk*
11 - Drew Moor*
11 - Jeff Agoos
10 - Bobby Boswell*
10 - Eddie Pope
10 - Jamison Olave*


*Active MLS Players

40+ EPL Goals - 2006-2011

Players with 40+ English Premier League goals in the past 5 seasons (2006/07 to 2010/11)

75 - Wayne Rooney
74 - Didier Drogba
72 - Darren Bent
68 - Dimitar Berbatov
66 - Cristiano Ronaldo
66 - Carlos Tevez
65 - Frank Lampard
64 - Fernando Torres
58 - Nicolas Anelka
57 - Emmanuel Adebayor
56 - Robin van Persie
54 - Jermain Defoe
49 - Dirk Kuyt
47 - Steven Gerrard
47 - Gabriel Agbonlahor
44 - Robbie Keane

Europa League Group Stage Goals by Nationality

The nationalities of the goal scorers through 1 match played in the 2011/2012 Europa League group stage.

EUROPE (35)
4 - Portugal (Almeida [2], Barbosa [2])
3 - France (Bodmer, Cisse, Ménez)
3 - Netherlands (de Jong, Maher, van Wolfswinkel)
3 - Turkey (Aurelio, Karadeniz, Korkmaz)
2 - Belgium (Mertens, Odjidja-Ofoe)
2 - Denmark (Jensen, Nordstrand)
2 - England (Jerome, A.Johnson)
2 - Israel (Ghadir, Kaat)
2 - Italy (Di Natale, Sculli)
2 - Spain (Muniain, Susaeta)
2 - Sweden (Elm, Johansson, Larsson)
1 - Croatia (Vukojević)
1 - Czech Republic (Jun)
1 - Hungary (Szabics)
1 - Romania (Herea)
1 - Russia (Sychev)
1 - Serbia (Jovanović)
1 - Slovakia (Guédé)
1 - Slovenia (Kirm)


SOUTH AMERICA (15)
8 - Brazil (Wesley [2], Nenê, Edu, Lima, Diego, C.Xavier, Leonardo)
4 - Argentina (M.Suárez [3], Insúa)
2 - Colombia (Armero, Falcao)
1 - Ecuador (Noboa)


AFRICA (7)
3 - Nigeria (Martins, Obinna, Utaka)
2 - Morocco (Dirar, Hadji)
1 - Senegal (Gueye)
1 - Uganda (Sekagya)


CONCACAF (2)
1 - USA (Altidore)
1 - Jamaica (King)


ASIA (1)
1 - Australia (Holman)

Castrol Ranking: Top 5 EPL Players by FIFA Confederation (Sep 2011)

The Top 5 English Premier League players from each FIFA Confederation (Europe and UK listed separately) according to the September 2011 Castrol Rankings.


Europe
5 - Robin van Persie (Netherlands)
10 - Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria)
16 - Florent Malouda (France)
19 - Branislav Ivanović (Serbia)
35 - Nani (Portugal)

UK
25 - Frank Lampard (England)
34 - Joe Hart (England)
42 - John Terry (England)
65 - Wayne Rooney (England)
73 - Stewart Downing (England)

South America
8 - Sergio Agüero (Argentina)
19 - Maxi Rodriguez (Argentina)
45 - Carlos Tévez (Argentina)
145 - Anderson (Brazil)
179 - Ramires (Brazil)

Africa
22 - Gervinho (Cote d'Ivoire)
86 - Michael Essien (Ghana)
104 - Alex Song (Cameroon)
118 - Didier Drogba (Cote d'Ivoire)
133 - Demba Ba (Senegal)

CONCACAF
31 - Javier Hernandez (Mexico)
72 - Clint Dempsey (USA)
285 - Stuart Holden (USA)
333 - Kenwyne Jones (Trinidad and Tobago)
472 - David Hoilett (Canada)

Asia
106 - Ali Al-Habsi (Oman)
130 - Tim Cahill (Australia)
140 - Park Ji-Sung (South Korea)
387 - Mark Schwarzer (Australia)
513 - Lee Chung-Yong (South Korea)

Oceania
733 - Ryan Nelsen (New Zealand)

Videos: Soccer Similar Sports

A few interesting soccer inspired sports from around the world.

Sepak Takraw


Bossaball

International Rules Football

Chinlone (Mystic Ball)


Soccer Tennis (Djokovic vs. Nadal)


Jorkyball

South American Players in Top European Leagues (Sep 2011)

The number of South American players currently in each of the Top 5 European Leagues.

Italy (130)

51 - Argentina

35 - Brazil

21 - Uruguay

8 - Colombia

8 - Chile

4 - Paraguay

2 - Peru

1 - Venezuela

Spain (85)

33 - Argentina

25 - Brazil

13 - Uruguay

4 - Colombia

3 - Chile

3 - Paraguay

3 - Venezuela

1 - Ecuador

France (37)

18 - Brazil

11 - Argentina

4 - Colombia

1 - Chile

1 - Peru

1 - Venezuela

1 - Uruguay

England (33)
14 - Brazil
12 - Argentina
3 - Uruguay
1 - Chile
1 - Colombia
1 - Ecuador
1 - Paraguay

Germany (30)
18 - Brazil
3 - Colombia
3 - Peru
3 - Venezuela
2 - Argentina
1 - Paraguay

Totals
110 - Brazil
109 - Argentina
38 - Uruguay
20 - Colombia
13 - Chile
9 - Paraguay
8 - Venezuela
6 - Peru
2 - Ecuador
0 - Bolivia

North Africans in Top European Leagues

North African players currently in the top leagues of England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.

ALGERIA

England
Adlène Guédioura - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Rafik Halliche - Swansea City (loan from Fulham)

France
Ryad Boudebouz - FC Souchaux
Brahim Ferradj - Stade Brest
Foued Kadir - FC Valenciennes
Carl Medjani - AC Ajaccio
Mehdi Mostefa - AC Ajaccio

Germany
Chadli Amri - 1.FC Kaiserslautern

Italy
Abdelkader Ghezzal - AC Cesena (loan from Bari)
Djamel Mesbah - US Lecce

Spain
Mehdi Lacen - Getafe CF
Hassan Yebda - Granada CF


EGYPT

England
Ahmed Elmohamady - Sunderland

Germany
Mohamed Zidan - Borussia Dortmund


LIBYA

none


MOROCCO

England
Marouane Chamakh - Arsenal
Adel Taarabt - QPR

France
Youssef Adnane - FC Evian
Karim Aït-Fana - HSC Montpellier
Younès Belhanda - HSC Montpellier
Kamel Chafni - AJ Auxerre
Abdelhamid El Kaoutari - HSC Montpellier
Faycal Fajr - SM Caen
Youssouf Hadji - Stade Rennes

Germany
Yacine Abdessadki - SC Freiburg
Karim Bellarabi - Bayer Leverkusen

Italy
Mehdi Benatia - Udinese
Abderrazzak Jadid - Parma
Houssine Kharja - Fiorentina
Adil Chihi - 1.FC Cologne
Yassine Jebbour - Stade Rennes
Ahmed Kantari - Stade Brest

Spain
Nabil El Zhar - Levante UD


SOUTH SUDAN

None


SUDAN

None


TUNISIA

France
Aymen Abdennour - Toulouse
Issam Jemâa - AJ Auxerre
Fahid Ben Khalfallah - Bordeaux
Saber Khelifa - FC Evian
Yassin Mikari - Sochaux
Jamel Saihi - HSC Montpellier

Germany
Sami Allagui - 1.FSV Mainz 05
Sofian Chahed - Hannover 96
Karim Haggui - Hannover 96
Ammar Jemal - 1.FC Cologne

Italy
Yohan Benalouane - AC Cesena

Maps: EPL Goal Scorer Birthplaces

Maps showing the birthplaces of the 49 players that have scored a goal in the first 3 weeks of the 2011/2012 English Premier League season.

World

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Europe

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UK and Ireland

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