2013 Confederations Cup Group Stage - Long-Range Shooting Statistics

Shots from Outside Penalty Area
8 - Mario Balotelli (Italy)
8 - Andrea Pirlo (Italy)
7 - Marama Vahirua (Tahiti)
6 - Giovani Dos Santos (Mexico)
5 - Andres Guardado (Mexico)
5 - Ahmed Musa (Nigeria)
4 - Keisuke Honda (Japan)
4 - Neymar (Brazil)
4 - Brown Ideye (Nigeria)
4 - Cesc Fabregas (Spain)
4 - Xavi (Spain)
3 - Javier Hernandez (Mexico)
3 - Hulk (Brazil)
3 - John Obi Mikel (Nigeria)
3 - Carlos Salcido (Mexico)
3 - Dani Alves (Brazil)
3 - Yuto Nagatomo (Japan)

Shots on Goal from Outside Penalty Area
5 - Andrea Pirlo (Italy)
5 - Giovani Dos Santos (Mexico)
4 - Mario Balotelli (Italy)
4 - Keisuke Honda (Japan)
4 - Neymar (Brazil)
3 - Marama Vahirua (Tahiti)
3 - Cesch Fabregas (Spain)

Shots Wide from Outside Penalty Area
5 - Ahmed Musa (Nigeria)
4 - Mario Balotelli (Italy)
4 - Marama Vahirua (Tahiti)
3 - John Obi Mikel (Nigeria)
3 - Andres Guardado (Mexico)
3 - Brown Ideye (Nigeria)
3 - Andrea Pirlo (Italy)

Goals Scored from Outside Penalty Area
2 - Neymar (Brazil)
1 - Luis Suarez (Uruguay)
1 - Pedro (Spain)
1 - Andrea Pirlo (Italy)

Spain Results since World Cup 2006

All of Spain's results in meaningful qualifiers or tournaments (no friendlies included) since the 2006 World Cup.

Confederations Cup 2013 (3-0-0)
3-0 - Nigeria
10-0 - Tahiti
2-1 - Uruguay

World Cup Qualification 2014 (3-2-0)
1-0 - France (Away)
1-1 - Finland
1-1 - France
4-0 - Belarus (Away)
1-0 - Georgia (Away)

European Championship 2012 (4-2-0)
4-0 - Italy
0-0P - Portugal
2-0 - France
1-0 - Croatia
4-0 - Ireland Republic
1-1 - Italy

European Championship Qualification 2012 (8-0-0)
3-1 - Scotland
2-0 - Czech Republic (Away)
6-0 - Liechtenstein
3-1 - Lithuania (Away)
2-1 - Czech Republic
3-2 - Scotland (Away)
3-1 - Lithuania
4-0 - Liechtenstein (Away)

World Cup 2010 (6-0-1)
1-0 - Netherlands
1-0 - Germany
1-0 - Paraguay
1-0 - Portugal
2-1 - Chile
2-0 - Honduras
0-1 - Switzerland

World Cup Qualification 2010 (4-0-0)
5-2 - Bosnia-Herzegovina (Away)
2-1 - Armenia (Away)
3-0 - Estonia
5-0 - Belgium

Confederations Cup 2009 (4-0-1)
3-2 - South Africa
0-2 - United States
2-0 - South Africa
1-0 - Iraq
5-0 - New Zealand

World Cup Qualification 2010 (6-0-0)
2-1 - Turkey (Away)
1-0 - Turkey
2-1 - Belgium (Away)
3-0 - Estonia (Away)
4-0 - Armenia
1-0 - Bosnia-Herzegovina

European Championship 2008 (5-1-0)
1-0 - Germany
3-0 - Russia
0-0p - Italy
2-1 - Greece
2-1 - Sweden
4-1 - Russia

European Championship Qualification 2008 (9-1-2)
1-0 - Northern Ireland
3-0 - Sweden
3-1 - Denmark (Away)
2-0 - Latvia
1-1 - Iceland (Away)
2-0 - Liechtenstein (Away)
2-0 - Latvia (Away)
1-0 - Iceland
2-1 - Denmark
0-2 - Sweden (Away)
2-3 - Northern Ireland (Away)
4-0 - Liechtenstein

World Cup 2006 (3-0-1)
1-3 - France
1-0 - Saudi Arabia
3-1 - Tunisia
4-0 - Ukraine


Overall Record since 2006 World Cup
55-6-5

Confederations Cup: Players with 3+ goals in Single Tournament

Players that have scored 3 or more goals in a single Confederations Cup tournament since it began as the King Fahd Cup in 1992.  Only Ronaldinho and Cuauhtémoc Blanco have scored 3+ in two separate tournaments.

Argentina
4 - Luciano Figueroa (2005)
3 - Juan Román Riquelme (2005)

Australia
4 - John Aloisi (2005)

Brazil
7 - Romário (1997)
6 - Ronaldinho (1999)
5 - Adriano (2005)
5 - Luis Fabiano (2009)
4 - Alex (1999)
4 - Ronaldo (1997)
3 - Ronaldinho (2005)
3 - Zé Roberto (1999)

Colombia
3 - Giovanni Hernández (2003)

Czech Republic
5 - Vladimír Šmicer (1997)

France
4 - Thierry Henry (2003)
3 - Robert Pirès (2003)

Germany
4 - Michael Ballack (2005)
3 - Lukas Podolski (2005)

Japan
3 - Shunsuke Nakamura (2003)

Mexico
6 - Cuauhtémoc Blanco (1999)
3 - Cuauhtémoc Blanco (1997)
3 - Jared Borgetti (2003)
3 - Luis García (1995)

Saudi Arabia
6 - Marzouq Al-Otaibi (1999)

Spain
3 - Fernando Torres (2009)
3 - David Villa (2009)

Turkey
3 - Okan Yılmaz (2003)
3 - Tuncay Şanlı (2003)

United States
3 - Clint Dempsey (2009)

2014 World Cup Qualifying Leading Goal Scorers

Players that have 5 or more goals in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying games.

11 goals
Deon McCaulay - Belize

10 goals
Peter Byers - Antigua and Barbuda
Blas Pérez - Panama

9 goals
Gonzalo Higuain - Argentina

8 goals
Lionel Messi - Argentina
Luis Suárez - Uruguay
Edin Džeko - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Georges Gope-Fenepej - New Caledonia

7 goals
Álvaro Saborío - Costa Rica
Clint Dempsey - USA
Lê Công Vinh - Vietnam
Shinji Okazaki - Japan
Jerry Bengston - Honduras
Chris Wood - New Zealand
Younis Mahmoud - Iraq
Hassan Abdel-Fattah - Jordan
Jacques Haeko - New Caledonia

6 goals
Tamarley Thomas - Antigua and Barbuda
Osael Romero - El Salvador
Radamel Falcao - Colombia
Vedad Ibišević - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Carlos Ruiz - Guatemala
Park Chu-Young - South Korea
Rocky Siberie - Curaçao
Tomer Hemed - Israel
Ahmad Hayel - Jordan

5 goals
Hao Junmin - China
Hassan Maatouk - Lebanon
Nasser Al-Shamrani - Saudi Arabia
Keisuke Honda - Japan
Amer Deeb - Jordan
Khalfan Ibrahim - Qatar
Lee Keun-Ho - South Korea
Islam Slimani - Algeria
Lesly St. Fleur - Bahamas
Jean-Eudes Maurice - Haiti
Erick Ozuna - Dominican Republic
Luis Tejada - Panama
Javier Hernandez - Mexico
Felipe Caicedo - Ecuador
Bertrand Kaï - New Caldonia
Shane Smeltz - New Zealand
Lorenzo Tehau - Tahiti
Wayne Rooney - England
Mesut Özil - Germany
Marco Reus - Germany
Robin van Persie - Netherlands
Hélder Postiga - Portugal

FIFA Best/Worst Rankings - June 2013

Nations currently at their best or worst all-time ranking position in the June 2013 FIFA Rankings.

Best Ranking
12 - Belgium
15 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
23 - Mali
38 - Albania

Worst Ranking
22 - Brazil
99 - Senegal
119 - Latvia
182 - Fiji
191 - Vanuatu

FIFA Confederation Ranking Comparison - June 2013

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

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

3.6 - Europe (+0.2)
1 - Spain
2 - Germany
4 - Croatia
5 - Netherlands
6 - Portugal

12.2 - South America (-1.2)
3 - Argentina
7 - Colombia
10 - Ecuador
19 - Uruguay
22 - Brazil

24.6 - Africa (+0.6)
13 - Cote d'Ivoire
21 - Ghana
23 - Mali
31 - Nigeria
35 - Algeria

37.0 - CONCACAF (-1.2)
17 - Mexico
28 - USA
43 - Panama
48 - Costa Rica
49 - Jamaica

48.8 - Asia (-1.0)
32 - Japan
40 - South Korea
47 - Australia
58 - Uzbekistan
67 - Iran

128.0 - Oceania (+4.0)
57 - New Zealand
97 - New Caledonia
138 - Tahiti
166 - Solomon Islands
182 - Fiji

Spain Tercera División Club Logos

A small selection of Club Logos from Spain's Tercera División, the fourth level of the Spanish league system that includes 361 teams divided into 18 regional groups.

Alondras CF

Bermeo Club

CA Antoniano

CD Acero

CE Andratx

CD Baskonia

CD Iruña

CD Lealtad

CD Oberena

CD Toledo

CE Júpiter

CF Balaguer

CF Gimnástico Alcázar

CF Rayo Majadahonda

CD Corralejo

Talavera

UB Conquense

UDC Chantrea

UD Alcudia

Unión Deportivo Gijón Industrial

UD Las Palmas

UD Los Barrios

UD Talavera

Unio Esportiva Olot

Utebo FC

Gold Cup 2013 Players from Clubs in Top 15 European Leagues

Players on the preliminary squads for the 2013 Gold Cup that were with clubs in Europe's top 15 leagues in the 2012/2013 season.

Belize
None

Canada
GK Milan Borjan - Sivasspor (Turkey)
DF Marcel De Jong - Augsburg (Germany)
MF Atiba Hutchinson - PSV (Netherlands)
FW Simeon Jackson - Norwich City (England)

Costa Rica
GK Keylor Navas - Levante (Spain)
DF Junior Diaz - Mainz 05 (Germany)
MF Christian Bolaños - FC Copenhagen (Denmark)
FW Joel Campbell - Real Betis (Spain)
FW Bryan Ruiz - Fulham (England)

Cuba
None

El Salvador
None

Haiti
GK Johny Placide - Stade Reims (France)
DF Reginal Goreux - Krylia Sovetov (Russia)
DF Kim Jaggy - FC Wil (Switzerland)
DF Jeff Louis - AS Nancy (France)
MF Duckens Nazon - FC Lorient (France)
FW Maurice Jean Eudes - PSG (France)

Honduras
MF Andy Najar - Anderlecht (Belgium)

Martinique
GK Kevin Jacques Olimpa - Bordeaux (France)
DF Sylvain Monsoreau - Troyes (France)

Mexico
None

Panama
None

Trinidad & Tobago
DF Sheldon Bateau - KV Mechelin (Belgium)
MF Khaleem Hyland - KRC Genk (Belgium)
FW Kenwyne Jones - Stoke City (England)

United States
DF Clarence Goodson - Brøndby IF (Denmark)
DF Oguchi Onyewu - Málaga (Spain)
DF Michael Parkhurst - Augsburg (Germany)
MF Brek Shea - Stoke City (England)

UEFA Champions League Game-Winning Goal Scorers - 1993-2013

These are the players that scored the game-winning goal or PK in a penalty shootout to help their team win the UEFA Champions League from 1993-2013.

Year	Player	Nationality	Club	Minute
2013	Arjen Robben	Netherlands	Bayern Munich	89'
2012	Didier Drogba	Cote d'Ivoire	Chelsea	PK
2011	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona	54'
2010	Diego Milito	Argentina	Inter Milan	35'
2009	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	Barcelona	10'
2008	Ryan Giggs	Wales	Manchester United	PK
2007	Filippo Inzaghi	Italy	AC Milan	82'
2006	Juliano Belletti	Brazil	Barcelona	81'
2005	Vladimír Šmicer	Czech Republic	Liverpool	PK
2004	Carlos Alberto	Brazil	FC Porto	39'
2003	Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine	AC Milan	PK
2002	Zinedine Zidane	France	Real Madrid	45'
2001	Thomas Linke	Germany	Bayern Munich	PK
2000	Fernando Morientes	Spain	Real Madrid	39'
1999	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	Norway	Manchester United	90+3'
1998	Predrag Mijatović	Montenegro	Real Madrid	66'
1997	Karl-Heinz Riedle	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	34'
1996	Michele Padovano	Italy	Juventus	PK
1995	Patrick Kluivert	Netherlands	Ajax	85'
1994	Daniele Massaro	Italy	AC Milan	22'
1993	Basile Boli	Cote d'Ivoire	Marseille	43'

Top 30 FIFA Nations Ranked by Population

Nation	Population	FIFA Ranking
Montenegro	620,029	27
Uruguay	3,286,314	17
Bosnia-Herzegovina	3,839,737	21
Croatia	4,290.612	4
Denmark	5,605,836	20
Switzerland	8,036,900	14
Sweden	9,573,466	24
Czech Republic	10,516,215	25
Portugal	10,562,178	5
Greece	10,815,197	13
Belgium	11,151,495	15
Mali	14,528,662	26
Ecuador	15,492,800	10
Chile	16,634,603	23
Netherlands	16,786,400	9
Cote d'Ivoire	23,202,000	12
Ghana	24,658,823	22
Argentina	40,117,096	3
Spain	47,059,533	1
Colombia	47,069,000	6
England	53,012,456	7
Italy	59,561,204	8
France	65,635,000	18
Germany	82,029,000	2
Mexico	112,335,538	16
Japan	127,300,000	30
Russia	143,400,000	11
Nigeria	170,901,000	28
Brazil	194,946,886	19
USA	315,913,000	29

CONCACAF Assist Leaders in Top European Leagues - 2012/2013

Assists	Player	Club	Nationality
9	Carlos Vela	Real Sociedad	Mexico
7	Jobi McAnuff	Reading	Jamaica
7	Bryan Ruiz	Fulham	Costa Rica
7	Giovani dos Santos	Mallorca	Mexico
5	Jermaine Jones	Schalke 04	USA
4	Clint Dempsey	Tottenham Hotspur	USA
4	Fabian Johnson	Hoffenheim	USA
3	Timothy Chandler	Nurnberg	USA
3	Javier Hernández	Manchester United	Mexico
3	Junior Díaz	Mainz 05	Costa Rica
3	Joel Campbell	Real Betis	Costa Rica
3	Andres Guardado	Valencia	Mexico
2	Kenwyne Jones	Stoke City	T&T
2	Garath McCleary	Reading	Jamaica
2	Michael Bradley	Roma	USA
2	Hector Moreno	Espanyol	Mexico
2	Romain Genevois	OGC Nice	Haiti
1	Geoff Cameron	Stoke City	USA
1	Eric Lichaj	Aston Villa	USA
1	Steve Cherundolo	Hannover 96	USA
1	David Hoilett	QPR	Canada
1	Marcel de Jong	Augsburg	Canada
1	Olivier Occéan	Eintracht Frankfurt	Canada
1	Maynor Figueroa	Wigan Athletic	Honduras
1	Bryan Oviedo	Everton	Costa Rica
1	Jason Roberts	Reading	Granada

Assist Leaders in Top European Leagues - 2012/2013

Assists	Player	Club	Nationality
15	Andres Iniesta	Barcelona	Spain
14	Franck Ribéry	Bayern Munich	France
14	Marek Hamšík	Napoli	Slovakia
12	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Argentina
12	Mesut Özil	Real Madrid	Germany
12	Juan Mata	Chelsea	Spain
12	Francesco Totti	Roma	Italy
12	Mathieu Valbuena	OM	France
11	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	France
11	Cesc Fàbregas	Barcelona	Spain
11	Santi Cazorla	Arsenal	Spain
11	Eden Hazard	Chelsea	Belgium
11	Jakub Błaszczykowski	Borussia Dortmund	Poland
11	Hiroshi Kiyotake	Nürnberg	Japan
11	Philip Lahm	Bayern Munich	Germany
11	Thomas Müller	Bayern Munich	Germany
11	Borja Valero	Fiorentina	Spain
11	Yohan Mollo	Saint-Étienne	France
11	Dimitri Payet	Lille	France
10	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Portugal
10	Koke	Atlético Madrid	Spain
10	Lukas Podolski	Arsenal	Germany
10	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	England
10	Theo Walcott	Arsenal	England
10	Rafael van der Vaart	Hamburger SV	Netherlands
10	Gaël Danic	Valenciennes	France

Stats from Soccerway as of May 23, 2013

EPL Top Scorers by World Region - 2012/2013

Europe
26 - Robin van Persie (Netherlands: Manchester United)
19 - Christian Benteke (Belgium: Aston Villa)
18 - Michu (Spain: Swansea City)
17 - Romelu Lukaku (Belgium: West Bromwich Albion)
15 - Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria: Fulham)
14 - Edin Džeko (Bosnia-Herzegovina: Manchester City)
12 - Santi Cazorla (Spain: Arsenal)
11 - Marouane Fellaini (Belgium: Everton)
11 - Olivier Giroud (France: Arsenal)
11 - Juan Mata (Spain: Chelsea)
11 - Lukas Podolski (Germany: Arsenal)

UK
21 - Gareth Bale (Wales: Tottenham Hotspur)
15 - Rickie Lambert (England: Southampton)
15 - Frank Lampard (England: Chelsea)
14 - Theo Walcott (England: Arsenal)
12 - Adam Le Fondre (England: Reading)
12 - Wayne Rooney (England: Manchester United)
11 - Jermain Defoe (England: Tottenham Hotspur)
11 - Steven Fletcher (Scotland: Sunderland)
11 - Daniel Sturridge (England: Liverpool)
10 - Steven Gerrard (England: Liverpool)
10 - Kevin Nolan (England: West Ham United)

Africa
15 - Demba Ba (Senegal: Chelsea)
11 - Arouna Koné (Cote d'Ivoire: Wigan)
8 - Papiss Demba Cissé (Senegal: Newcastle United)
7 - Stephane Sessègnon (Benin: Sunderland)
6 - Victor Anichebe (Nigeria: Everton)
6 - Steven Pienaar (South Africa: Everton)
6 - Yaya Touré (Cote d'Ivoire: Manchester City)
5 - Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo: Tottenham Hotspur)
5 - Jimmy Kébé (Mali: Reading)
5 - Gervinho (Cote d'Ivoire: Arsenal)
5 - Peter Odemwingie (Nigeria: West Bromwich Albion)
5 - Adel Taarabt (Morocco: QPR)

South America
23 - Luis Suárez (Uruguay: Liverpool)
12 - Sergio Agüero (Argentina: Manchester City)
11 - Carlos Tévez (Argentina: Manchester City)
5 - Franco Di Santo (Argentina: Wigan)
5 - Gaston Ramírez (Uruguay: Southampton)
5 - Ramires (Brazil: Chelsea)
4 - Oscar (Brazil: Chelsea)
3 - Philippe Coutinho (Brazil: Liverpool)
3 - Rafael (Brazil: Manchester United)
3 - Hugo Rodallega (Colombia

CONCACAF
10 - Javier Hernández (Mexico: Manchester United)
7 - Clint Dempsey (USA: Tottenham Hotspur)
4 - Emmerson Boyce (Barbados: Wigan)
4 - Bryan Ruiz (Costa Rica: Fulham)
3 - Kenwyne Jones (Trinidad & Tobago: Stoke City)
3 - Garath McCleary (Jamaica: Reading)
2 - David Hoilett (Canada: QPR)
1 - Roger Espinoza (Honduras: Wigan)
1 - Maynor Figueroa (Honduras: Wigan)
1 - Simeon Jackson (Canada: Norwich City)
1 - Mikele Leigertwood (Antigua and Barbuda: Reading)
1 - Adrian Mariappa (Jamaica: Reading)

Asia
6 - Shinji Kagawa (Japan: Manchester United)
1 - Brett Holman (Australia: Aston Villa)

Oceania
1 - Ryan Nelsen (New Zealand: QPR)
1 - Winston Reid (New Zealand: West Ham United)

Map: Relegated EPL Clubs - 2008-2013

View Relegated English Premier League Clubs 2008-2013 in a larger map

Blue - 2012/2013
Red - 2011/2012
Green - 2010/2011
Purple - 2009/2010
Yellow - 2008/2009

City Populations in Top European Leagues

The population of cities with teams in the Top 5 European leagues in England, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain.  Population statistics from citypopulation.de

English Premier League
7,619,800 - London
1,010,400 - Birmingham
465,900 - Manchester
464,200 - Liverpool
258,600 - Stoke-on-Trent
252,700 - Southampton
236,900 - Reading
200,200 - Newcastle
194,400 - Norwich
177,400 - Sunderland
174,300 - Swansea
140,000 - West Bromwich
82,600 - Wigan

German Bundesliga
1,798,836 - Hamburg
1,378,176 - Munich
691,518 - Frankfurt
613,392 - Stuttgart
592,393 - Düsseldorf
580,956 - Dortmund
548,319 - Bremen
525,875 - Hanover
510,602 - Nuremberg
266,647 - Augsburg
257,208 - Mönchengladbach
256,652 - Gelsenkirchen (Schalke 04)
229,144 - Freiburg
200,957 - Mainz
161,195 - Leverkusen
122,583 - Wolfsburg
116,317 - Fürth
35,373 - Sinsheim (Hoffenheim)

Italy Serie A
2,617,175 - Rome
1,242,123 - Milan
962,003 - Napoli
872,367 - Turin (Juventus, Torino)
657,561 - Palermo
586,180 - Genoa (Genoa, Sampdoria)
371,337 - Bologna
358,079 - Florence (Fiorentina)
293,902 - Catania
252,520 - Verona (Chievo)
175,895 - Parma
149,883 - Cagliari
117,166 - Pescara
115,349 - Bergamo (Atalanta)
98,287 - Udine (Udinese)
52,839 - Siena

Spain La Liga
3,198,645 - Madrid (Real, Atletico, Rayo Vallecano)
1,611,013 - Barcelona
792,054 - Valencia (Levante, Valencia)
698,042 - Seville (Betis, Sevilla)
678,115 - Zaragoza
561,435 - Malaga
402,044 - Palma (Mallorca)
351,356 - Bilbao
311,682 - Valladolid
295,623 - Vigo
245,053 - A Coruña
241,003 - Granada
195,943 - Pamplona (Osasuna)
185,512 - Donostia-San Sebastián (Real Sociedad)
168,642 - Getafe
86,504 - Cornellà do Llobregat (Barcelona Suburb) (Espanyol)

France Ligue 1
2,243,833 - Paris
850,726 - Marseille
484,344 - Lyon
441,802 - Toulouse
343,304 - Nice
257,351 - Montpellier
239,157 - Bordeaux
227,560 - Lille
212,317 - Lorient
207,178 - Rennes
188,320 - Troyes
179,992 - Reims
171,260 - Saint-Etienne
162,650 - Montbeliard (Sochaux)
141,303 - Brest
105,421 - Nancy
65,542 - Ajaccio
52,890 - Annecy (Evian)
43,335 - Valenciennes
43,008 - Bastia