There have been argument over the years on which league is the best league in Europe and the world at large with people drawn between this two league here we look at certain criteria and determine the better of the two
1.TEAMS
2. FINANCIAL POWER
3.PUBLICITY
4 PLAYERS STRENGTH
5. LEAGUE COMPETITIVENESS
NOTE:WE ARE CONSIDERING THE LAST 15YEARS AS WE ONLY BASE ON RECENT STATISTICS
TEAMS: We have to be careful in our analysis here because we are considering the league and not the teams but in considering the league we have to consider the teams and at present when considering the teams we use UEFA coefficient to judge and according to that statistics which looks at the performance of teams in the last five years in Europe we have 3spanish teams in the top ten with 2English teams making the top 10,Real Madrid and Barcelona makes the top 3 without any English team English teams has 4 representatives to Spanish 6 in the top 20 and 6 English to 8 Spanish in the top 50 so according to teams Spanish La liga comes top.
2.FINANCIAL POWER : The English league €2.2 billion per year in domestic and international television rights while the Spanish la liga generates about 1billion per year. According the the most reliable source Forbes there are 6 English teams in the list of the top 10 richest teams in the world to the Spanish la liga 2 and there are 8 English teams in the top 20 to Spanish 3 therefore English league is far superior in this.
3.PUBLICITY:The Premier League is the most-watched football league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643 million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people the average Premier League match attendance exceeded 36,000 which is second only to the German Bundesliga, La Liga is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 26,741 the third-highest of any professional association football league in the world, behind Germany's Bundesliga and England's Premier League the premier league comes top here again.
4.PLAYERS STRENGTH: La Liga-based players have won the highest number of FIFA World Player of the Year awards (11), Ballon d'Or awards (19) and UEFA Best Player in Europe awards (4). La Liga players also represent the most FIFPro World XI and UEFA Team of the Year. since the inception of the Ballon d'Or award Spanish teams have produced winners in the following orders Winners:11 Second place finish:10 Third place finish:6 while the English league has produced in the following order Winners:1 Second place finish:6times Third place finish:7times considering all this the Spanish league is better.
5. LEAGUE COMPETITIVENESS: In judging this we pick the harder league to win as the most competitive so we look at how many points has won the league in the last 15 seasons and how many different teams has won the league.We start with the English league
POINTS TABLE GOTTEN FROM WHOSCORED.COM
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE WINNINGS WITH POINTS SINCE YEAR 2000
NOW WE LOOK AT THAT OF THE SPANISH LA LIGA WINNERS WITH POINTS SINCE 2000
As we can see here the Spanish league as amassed more points although little than the premier league which gives the premier league a little edge here.
We also want to consider the autonomy of the leagues which takes a look at how many different teams has won the league within the stated time
English premier league- Manchester united,Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City and Leicester City (5 Teams)
Spanish La Liga- Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Atl. Madrid (4 Teams)
The English league comes out on top here too so regarding league competitiveness we are giving it to the English league.
1.TEAMS
2. FINANCIAL POWER
3.PUBLICITY
4 PLAYERS STRENGTH
5. LEAGUE COMPETITIVENESS
NOTE:WE ARE CONSIDERING THE LAST 15YEARS AS WE ONLY BASE ON RECENT STATISTICS
TEAMS: We have to be careful in our analysis here because we are considering the league and not the teams but in considering the league we have to consider the teams and at present when considering the teams we use UEFA coefficient to judge and according to that statistics which looks at the performance of teams in the last five years in Europe we have 3spanish teams in the top ten with 2English teams making the top 10,Real Madrid and Barcelona makes the top 3 without any English team English teams has 4 representatives to Spanish 6 in the top 20 and 6 English to 8 Spanish in the top 50 so according to teams Spanish La liga comes top.
2.FINANCIAL POWER : The English league €2.2 billion per year in domestic and international television rights while the Spanish la liga generates about 1billion per year. According the the most reliable source Forbes there are 6 English teams in the list of the top 10 richest teams in the world to the Spanish la liga 2 and there are 8 English teams in the top 20 to Spanish 3 therefore English league is far superior in this.
3.PUBLICITY:The Premier League is the most-watched football league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643 million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people the average Premier League match attendance exceeded 36,000 which is second only to the German Bundesliga, La Liga is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 26,741 the third-highest of any professional association football league in the world, behind Germany's Bundesliga and England's Premier League the premier league comes top here again.
4.PLAYERS STRENGTH: La Liga-based players have won the highest number of FIFA World Player of the Year awards (11), Ballon d'Or awards (19) and UEFA Best Player in Europe awards (4). La Liga players also represent the most FIFPro World XI and UEFA Team of the Year. since the inception of the Ballon d'Or award Spanish teams have produced winners in the following orders Winners:11 Second place finish:10 Third place finish:6 while the English league has produced in the following order Winners:1 Second place finish:6times Third place finish:7times considering all this the Spanish league is better.
5. LEAGUE COMPETITIVENESS: In judging this we pick the harder league to win as the most competitive so we look at how many points has won the league in the last 15 seasons and how many different teams has won the league.We start with the English league
POINTS TABLE GOTTEN FROM WHOSCORED.COM
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE WINNINGS WITH POINTS SINCE YEAR 2000
SEASON
|
TEAMS
|
POINTS
|
2000/2001
|
Manchester United
|
80
|
2001/2002
|
Arsenal
|
87
|
2002/2003
|
Manchester United
|
83
|
2003/2004
|
Arsenal
|
90
|
2004/2005
|
Chelsea
|
95
|
2005/2006
|
Chelsea
|
91
|
2006/2007
|
Manchester United
|
89
|
2007/2008
|
Manchester United
|
87
|
2008/2009
|
Manchester United
|
90
|
2009/2010
|
Chelsea
|
86
|
2010/2011
|
Manchester United
|
80
|
2011/2012
|
Manchester City
|
89
|
2012/2013
|
Manchester United
|
89
|
2013/2014
|
Manchester City
|
86
|
2014/2015
|
Chelsea
|
87
|
2015/2016
|
Leicester City
|
81
|
TOTAL
|
1390
|
NOW WE LOOK AT THAT OF THE SPANISH LA LIGA WINNERS WITH POINTS SINCE 2000
SEASON
|
TEAMS
|
POINTS
|
2000/2001
|
Real Madrid
|
80
|
2001/2002
|
Valencia
|
75
|
2002/2003
|
Real Madrid
|
78
|
2003/2004
|
Valencia
|
77
|
2004/2005
|
Barcelona
|
84
|
2005/2006
|
Barcelona
|
82
|
2006/2007
|
Real Madrid
|
76
|
2007/2008
|
Real Madrid
|
85
|
2008/2009
|
Barcelona
|
87
|
2009/2010
|
Barcelona
|
99
|
2010/2011
|
Barcelona
|
96
|
2011/2012
|
Real Madrid
|
100
|
2012/2013
|
Barcelona
|
100
|
2013/2014
|
Atl. Madrid
|
90
|
2014/2015
|
Barcelona
|
94
|
2015/2016
|
Barcelona
|
91
|
TOTAL
|
1394
|
As we can see here the Spanish league as amassed more points although little than the premier league which gives the premier league a little edge here.
We also want to consider the autonomy of the leagues which takes a look at how many different teams has won the league within the stated time
English premier league- Manchester united,Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City and Leicester City (5 Teams)
Spanish La Liga- Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Atl. Madrid (4 Teams)
The English league comes out on top here too so regarding league competitiveness we are giving it to the English league.
FINAL VERDICT - THE ENGLISH LEAGUE COMES OUT ON TOP IN 3 OUT
OF FIVE ASPECT THAT WAS LOOKED INTO WITH THE LA LIGA HAVING TWO SO WE GIVE THE
ENGLISH LEAGUE AS THE BEST LEAGUE IN THE WORLD ALBEIT CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY THE
LA LIGA
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