We give you continuous updates from Europe's big leagues and competitions as well as the World Cup and European Championships. The player ratings you will find here were published in the major newspapers and web pages such as Gazzetta dello Sport, Don Balón, France Football, L'Équipe, Kicker, El Mundo Deportivo, Guerin Sportivo, Marca, Corriere dello Sport, La Repubblica, The Guardian, The Times, and SportBild.
14 December, 2024
Ranked: the 150 best footballers of all time
10 December, 2024
Today 11 years ago: Bayern Munich 2-3 Man City
1-0 5' Thomas Müller l (Dante), 2-0 12' Mario Götze r, 2-1 28' David Silva l (James Milner), 2-2 59' Aleksandar Kolarov penalty (James Milner), 2-3 62' James Milner r (Jesús Navas). Att: 68.000.
Bayern : Manuel Neuer 6,40 - Dante 5,60, Jérôme Boateng 5,10, Philipp Lahm 5,60, David Alaba 5,80, Thiago 6,10, Franck Ribéry 6,40, Mario Götze 6,10 (55' Javi Martínez 5,80), Toni Kroos 5,60, Mario Mandžukić 5,60 (68' Xherdan Shaqiri 5,60), Thomas Müller 6,10. - coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 5,83 [mediocre]
Man City: Joe Hart 6,20 - Micah Richards 5,60 (16' Pablo Zabaleta 6,30), Joleon Lescott 5,30, Aleksandar Kolarov 6,10, Martín Demichelis 5,80, James Milner 7,40, Javi García 5,90, Jesús Navas 6,60, David Silva 6,90 (73' Álvaro Negredo), Fernandinho 6,10, Edin Džeko 5,60 (88' Jack Rodwell). - coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 6,15 [solid]
08 December, 2024
National teams' World Cup scores with key players
w d l goals points avg score
Brazil with Pelé 12 1 1 37-14 89,3% 2,64-1,00
Brazil with Garrincha 10 1 1 30-12 87,5% 2,50-1,00
West Germany with F. Beckenbauer 15 1 2 45-19 86,1% 2,37-1,00
France with Kylian Mbappé 11 2 1 30-14 85,7% 2,09-0,98
West Germany with Gerd Müller 11 0 2 31-14 84,6% 2,27-1,02
Brazil with Didi 11 3 1 38-14 83,3% 2,48-0,91
Brazil with Ronaldo 15 1 3 42-16 81,6% 2,17-0,83
Germany with Philipp Lahm 15 2 3 45-13 80,0% 2,11-0,61
Brazil with Sócrates 7 2 1 25-7 80,0% 2,42-0,68
Holland with Arjen Robben 11 2 2 27-12 80,0% 1,69-0,75
Italy with Franco Baresi 7 2 1 11-3 80,0% 1,03-0,28
Brazil with Roberto Carlos 13 1 3 33-13 79,4% 1,90-0,75
Brazil with Zico 9 4 1 31-9 78,6% 2,16-0,63
Holland with Johan Cruyff 5 1 1 15-3 78,6% 2,14-0,43
Italy with Roberto Baggio 10 5 1 23-10 78,1% 1,33-0,58
Germany with Miroslav Klose 17 3 4 52-15 77,1% 2,08-0,60
Brazil with Neymar 8 4 1 25-9 76,9% 1,83-0,66
Spain with Xavi 11 1 3 24-14 76,7% 1,53-0,89
Colombia with James Rodríguez 6 0 2 17-6 75,0% 2,12-0,75
Italy with Paolo Rossi 9 3 2 21-12 75,0% 1,50-0,86
France with Zinédine Zidane 7 4 1 19-6 75,0% 1,50-0,47
Italy with Alessandro Del Piero 7 4 1 17-6 75,0% 1,28-0,45
Italy with Paolo Maldini 14 6 3 31-15 73,9% 1,26-0,61
West Germany with Berti Vogts 12 4 3 40-19 73,7% 2,03-0,97
Belgium with Kevin De Bruyne 9 1 3 21-11 73,1% 1,58-0,82
Poland with Kazimierz Deyna 9 1 3 22-11 73,1% 1,69-0,85
Spain with Raúl 7 2 2 27-13 72,7% 2,38-1,15
USSR with Albert Shesternev 6 1 2 15-6 72,2% 1,61-0,64
Germany with Lothar Matthäus 15 6 4 43-26 72,0% 1,68-1,01
Uruguay with Luis Suárez 10 3 3 21-11 71,9% 1,29-0,67
West Germany with Uwe Seeler 13 4 4 45-26 71,4% 2,05-1,18
West Germany with Paul Breitner 9 2 3 25-14 71,4% 1,74-0,98
Argentina with Leo Messi 16 5 5 47-28 71,2% 1,68-1,00
France with Thierry Henry 9 6 2 22-8 70,6% 1,22-0,44
Poland with Grzegorz Lato 12 4 4 33-16 70,0% 1,65-0,80
Brazil with Jairzinho 10 2 4 29-17 68,8% 1,81-1,06
Italy with Francesco Totti 6 3 2 17-7 68,2% 1,42-0,58
Spain with Andrés Iniesta 8 3 3 18-15 67,9% 1,23-1,02
Holland with Ruud Krol 8 3 3 30-13 67,9% 2,09-0,91
Argentina with Diego Maradona 12 4 5 33-17 66,7% 1,52-0,78
Spain with Emilio Butragueño 5 2 2 17-8 66,7% 1,76-0,83
Sweden with "Nacka" Skoglund 5 2 2 18-18 66,7% 2,00-2,00
England with David Beckham 6 5 2 17-9 65,4% 1,24-0,66
England with Bobby Charlton/Moore 8 2 4 20-13 64,3% 1,36-0,89
England with Terry Butcher 6 6 2 18-8 64,3% 1,20-0,53
England with Harry Kane 6 2 3 25-11 63,6% 2,14-0,94
Italy with Andrea Pirlo 6 2 3 16-8 63,6% 1,37-0,69
Argentina with Daniel Passarella 7 1 4 23-11 62,5% 1,86-0,89
France with Jean Tigana 6 3 3 23-16 62,5% 1,77-1,23
Denmark with Michael Laudrup 5 1 3 19-13 61,1% 2,11-1,44
Poland with Zbigniew Boniek 7 5 4 18-16 59,4% 1,12-1,00
Croatia with Luka Modrić 7 8 4 30-14 57,9% 1,45-1,16
Argentina with Gabriel Batistuta 6 2 4 20-12 58,3% 1,62-0,97
England with Gary Lineker 5 4 3 15-9 58,3% 1,15-0,69
Belgium with Eric Gerets 6 2 4 18-16 58,3% 1,35-1,20
France with Michel Platini 6 4 4 26-18 57,1% 1,77-1,23
Hungary with Flórián Albert 4 0 3 16-10 57,1% 2,29-1,43
Hungary with József Bozsik 4 1 3 30-15 56,2% 3,75-1,88
Scotland with Kenny Dalglish 3 3 2 14-13 56,2% 1,75-1,62
West Germany with K-H Rummenigge 7 7 5 30-22 55,3% 1,53-1,12
Portugal with Cristiano Ronaldo 9 6 7 34-24 54,5% 1,52-1,07
Mexico with Cuauhtémoc Blanco 4 4 3 15-13 54,5% 1,36-1,18
Italy with Giacinto Facchetti 5 3 4 17-14 54,2% 1,38-1,14
Argentina with Mario Kempes 8 3 7 32-23 52,8% 1,75-1,25
Mexico with Rafa Márquez 8 4 7 21-20 52,6% 1,09-1,03
Holland with Ronald Koeman 3 3 3 11-10 50,0% 1,22-1,11
England with Wayne Rooney 3 5 3 10-11 50,0% 0,88-0,97
Portugal with Pepe 4 3 5 17-16 45,8% 1,42-1,33
Sweden with Tomas Brolin 3 3 4 18-14 45,0% 1,74-1,35
Cameroon with Roger Milla 3 3 4 9-19 45,0% 0,84-1,78
Peru with Teófilo Cubillas 4 3 6 18-27 42,3% 1,38-2,08
Ghana with Asamoah Gyan 3 3 5 11-15 40,9% 0,94-1,29
Sweden with Björn Nordqvist 3 2 5 9-10 40,0% 0,90-1,00
Sweden with Zlatan Ibrahimović 1 2 2 3-5 40,0% 0,60-1,00
Sweden with Ralf Edström 2 3 4 8-9 38,9% 0,89-1,00
Uruguay with Luis Cubilla 3 1 5 7-12 38,9% 0,75-1,29
Sweden with Bo Larsson 2 4 5 8-10 36,4% 0,73-0,91
Colombia with Carlos Valderrama 3 1 6 9-12 35,0% 0,84-1,12
Ivory Coast with Didier Drogba 2 1 5 10-12 31,2% 1,25-1,50
Chile with Elías Figueroa 0 3 6 6-15 16,7% 0,67-1,67
Leagues with the highest total attendance
07 December, 2024
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Today 11 years ago: Werder Bremen 0-7 Bayern Munich
0-1 21' og Lukimya (Ribéry), 0-2 27' van Buyten h. (Kroos), 0-3 38' Ribéry r. (T. Müller), 0-4 60' Mandzukic r. (Ribéry), 0-5 68' T. Müller r. (Götze), 0-6 82' Ribéry r. (Alaba), 0-7 90' Götze r. (T. Müller). Att: 42.100.
Bremen: Wolf 6,10 - Fritz 4,10, Lukimya 4,10, Caldirola 4,70, Santiago García 4,40 - Gebre Selassie 4,70, Makiadi 4,30 (61' Bargfrede) - Hunt 5,50 (69' Öz. Yildirim) - Elia 5,10 - Di Santo 5,00 (61' Ekici) - Nils Petersen 4,60. - coach: Dutt. = average: 4,76 [outrageous]
Bayern: Neuer 6,70 - Rafinha 7,00, van Buyten 6,90, J. Boateng 6,90 (61' Dante 6,10), Alaba 7,50 - Thiago Alcântara 8,00 (76' C. Pizarro) - Kroos 7,20 (69' Kirchhoff) - T. Müller 7,50, Götze 7,50, Ribéry 8,50 - Mandzukic 7,50. - coach: Guardiola. = average: 7,28 [incommensurable]
05 December, 2024
Today 29 years ago: Roma 3-1 Brøndby
1-0 22' Totti, 2-0 72' Balbo, 2-1 84' Møller, 3-1 90' Carboni. Att: 46.376.
Roma: Cervone 6,25 — Annoni 6,25, Aldair 7,25, Lanna 6,75, Moriero 6,75 (91' Di Biagio), Cappioli 6,50, Thern 6,75, Statuto 6,50, Carboni 7,25 — Balbo 6,50, Totti 7,25. — coach: Mazzone 7,00. = average: 6,72 [very good]
Brøndby: Krogh 6,25 — Colding 5,75, Nielsen 5,50, Vilfort 5,25, Risager 5,50, Bjur 6,50, Jensen 5,75, Thøgersen 6,00, Daugaard 5,50 (79' Bagger) — Sand 5,75, Møller 5,50. — coach: Skovdahl 5,75. = average: 5,75 [mediocre]
03 December, 2024
Matches between 'big' nations, 1970-1979
Average points
1. Brazil : 67,6%
2. West Germany : 66,1%
3. Holland : 55,9%
4. Argentina : 50,0%
5. Italy : 48,1%
6. Spain : 47,1%
7. France : 44,4%
8. England : 36,8%
9. Soviet Union : 27,8%
Scored goals per match
1. West Germany : 1,65
2. Holland : 1,53
3. Italy : 1,33
4. Brazil : 1,24
5. Argentina : 1,13
6. France : 1,06
7. Spain : 1,00
8. England : 0,89
9. Soviet Union : 0,44
Conceded goals per match
1. Brazil : 0,71
2. West Germany : 1,10
3. Spain : 1,12
4. Soviet Union : 1,17
5. Holland : 1,18
6. England : 1,26
7. France : 1,28
8. Argentina : 1,30
9. Italy : 1,41
Overall record
Brazil : 9 5 3 21-12
West Germany : 17 7 8 51-39
Holland : 7 5 5 26-20
Argentina : 7 9 7 26-30
Italy : 10 6 11 36-38
Spain : 5 6 6 17-19
France : 5 6 7 19-23
England : 4 6 9 17-24
Soviet Union : 3 4 11 8-21
Average points in the European Cup 1970-1979
77,0% Ajax (37 matches)
75,0% Hajduk Split (16)
73,6% Bayern Munich (36)
68,8% Dinamo Kiev (24)
68,3% Celtic (41)
67,6% Feyenoord (17)
65,4% Leeds United (13)
64,5% Borussia M'gladbach (31)
63,9% Crvena Zvezda (18)
62,5% Liverpool, Atlético de Madrid (24)
62,0% Saint-Etienne (25)
61,5% Derby County (13)
60,9% Juventus (23)
59,5% Club Brugge (21)
58,9% Real Madrid (28)
56,2% PSV Eindhoven (16)
55,6% CSKA Sofia, Malmö FF (18)
50,0% Újpesti Dósza (32), Benfica (30), Dynamo Dresden (20), Panathinaikos (15), FC Basel (14)
40,6% Austria Vienna (16)
02 December, 2024
Goals in the national team, 1940s, 50s and 60s
84 Puskás
77 Pelé
75 Kocsis
68 G. Müller
51 Tichy
49 B. Charlton
48 Lubanski
44 Greaves
43 G. Nordahl, Seeler
42 O. Madsen
41 Eusébio
39 Hidegkuti, Pol
38 Bobek
37 Galic
36 Bene
35 Riva, Jairzinho, Wilkes
33 F. Walter, Lenstra
32 Gren, Ademir, Tostão, Mitic
31 Albert
30 Zizinho, Fontaine, Finney, Lofthouse
29 Di Stéfano [Argentina/Colombia/Spain], Fatton, Enoksen, Deák
28 Veselinovic, E. Hof
27 Simonsson, Míguez, Sándor, Mermans, Cieslik
26 V. Ivanov
Goals per appearance:
1,429 Fontaine -photo-
1,303 G. Nordahl
1,103 Kocsis
1,097 G. Müller
1,000 Zarra
0,960 Artime
0,944 Puskás
0,921 Wilkes
0,920 Mortensen
0,909 Lofthouse
0,848 Pol
0,840 O. Madsen
0,837 Pelé
0,833 Riva
0,821 Ademir
0,773 K. Aa. Hansen
0,772 Greaves
0,757 Veselinovic, E. Hof
0,750 Palotás
0,725 Galic
0,724 Sanfilippo
0,708 Tichy, Præst
0,707 Di Stéfano
0,702 Lenstra
0,692 Míguez
0,690 Ponedelnik
0,677 Zambata
0,676 Hügi
0,641 Eusébio
0,640 Lubanski
0,611 Scherer
0,603 Bobek
0,600 Cieslik
0,597 Seeler
0,593 Tostão
0,581 Hennum
0,566 Zizinho
0,565 Hidegkuti
0,564 Jair
0,561 Gren
0,548 Baltazar
0,547 Fatton
0,542 Mitic
0,541 F. Walter
0,538 Abbadie
0,537 Enoksen
0,531 Hamrin
0,529 Simonsson, Hunt
0,525 Rahn
0,522 Liedholm
0,516 Ambrois
0,500 Sideris
0,490 Hurst
0,486 Piantoni
0,485 Milutinovic
0,482 Mermans
0,481 Julinho
0,478 Vincent
0,474 Bene, J. P. Hansen
0,469 Stojaspal
0,462 B. Charlton, Kotkov
0,459 Labruna
0,448 Machos
0,447 Coppens
0,440 Jarosik
0,438 L. Suárez
0,435 Tesourinha
0,433 V. Ivanov
0,432 Jairzinho
0,423 Mannion
0,422 O. Iversen
0,421 P. Vandenbergh
0,419 Corbatta
0,417 Anoul
0,400 Kopa, Moravčík
0,395 Finney, J. Charles
0,394 Haller
0,393 Rajkov
0,389 Cantwell
0,380 Asparukhov, Banishevski
0,377 Chislenko
0,372 Kindvall
01 December, 2024
Today two years ago: Japan 2-1 Spain
0-1 11' Álvaro Morata h. (Azpilicueta), 1-1 48' Ritsu Dōan, 2-1 53' Ao Tanaka (Kaoru Mitoma). Att: 44.851 (Khalifa International Stadium, Doha).
Japan: Shuichi Gonda 6,00 - Ko Itakura 5,90, Maya Yoshida 6,40, Shogo Taniguchi 6,10, Junya Ito 6,20, Yuto Nagatomo 5,40 (46' Kaoru Mitoma 7,10), Hidemasa Morita 6,30, Ao Tanaka 7,20 (87' Wataru Endo), Takefusa Kubo 5,10 (46' Ritsu Dōan 7,60), Daizen Maeda 5,60 (62' Takuma Asano 6,10), Daichi Kamada 6,10 (69' Takehiro Tomiyasu 6,00). - coach: Hajime Moriyasu 7,90. = average: 6,21 [solid]
Spain: Unai Simón 4,70 - Azpilicueta 6,40 (46' Dani Carvajal 5,30), Rodri 5,40, Pau Torres 5,60, Álex Baldé 4,90 (68' Jordi Alba 6,00), Busquets 5,50, Gavi 5,60 (68' Ansu Fati 5,70), Nico Williams 5,50 (57' Ferrán Torres 5,50), Pedri 5,50, Álvaro Morata 6,40 (57' Marco Asensio 5,60), Dani Olmo 5,40. - coach: Luis Enrique 4,80. 0 average: 5,56 [failing]
Argentina ratings ib the 1979 Under 21 World Cup
30 November, 2024
Today ten years ago: Southampton 0-3 Man City
0-1 51' Yaya Touré r. (Kun Agüero), 0-2 78' Frank Lampard l., 0-3 86' Gaël Clichy r. (Kun Agüero). Sent off: 74' Eliaquim Mangala. Att: 30.919.
Southampton: Fraser Forster 5,90 - Nathaniel Clyne 5,60, José Fonte 5,60, Toby Alderweireld 6,40, Ryan Bertrand 5,60, Morgan Schneiderlin 5,90 (46' Maya Yoshida 5,40), Steven Davis 6,10 (81' Emmanuel Mayuka), Victor Wanyama 5,30, Sadio Mané 5,60 (69' Shane Long 6,20), Dušan Tadić 5,80, Graziano Pellè 5,40. - coach: Ronald Koeman. = average: 5,75 [mediocre]
Man City: Joe Hart 6,90 - Vincent Kompany 6,50, Pablo Zabaleta 6,30, Eliaquim Mangala 4,10, Gaël Clichy 6,60, Samir Nasri 5,90 (67' Frank Lampard 6,60), Jesús Navas 6,30 (74' Martín Demichelis), Fernandinho 6,60, Yaya Touré 6,90, Kun Agüero 6,60, Stevan Jovetić 6,10 (54' James Milner 6,40). - coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 6,29 [good]
29 November, 2024
Today 15 years ago: Barcelona 1-0 Real Madrid
1-0 56' Zlatan Ibrahimović. Sent off: 63' Busquets. Att: 97.132.
Barcelona: Valdés 7,20 – Daniel Alves 7,30, Puyol 8,20, Piqué 6,90, Abidal 6,40 – Xavi 6,30, Busquets 4,60, Keita 5,80 (66' Yaya Touré 6,00) – Messi 6,40, Iniesta 6,80, Henry 4,70 (51' Ibrahimović 7,60). – coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 6,48 [very good]
Real Madrid: Casillas 6,80 – Sérgio Ramos 6,20, Pepe 6,40, Albiol 6,20, Arbeloa 6,10 (75' Raúl 5,10) – Lass Diarra 5,40, Xabi Alonso 6,30, Kaká 6,30, Marcelo 5,80 – Cristiano Ronaldo 6,00 (66' Benzema 5,10), Higuaín 5,20. – coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 5,92 [vulnerable]
22 November, 2024
Serie A ratings 1987/88
6,63 F. Baresi (Milan)
6,60 Mancini (Sampdoria)
6,57 Maradona (Napoli)
6,55 Cravero (Torino)
6,54 Maldini (Milan)
6,53 Giannini (Roma)
6,51 Brio (Juventus)
6,50 Comi (Torino)
6,44 Tacconi (Juventus)
Referees
6,38 Casarin
6,35 Longhi
6,27 Lo Bello
The most spectacular teams
This season, la Gazzetta dello Sport rated not only players and officials but also the level of spettacolarità ("spectacularity") of every match.
6,56 Sampdoria (Boskov)
6,52 Napoli (O. Bianchi)
6,38 Milan (Sacchi)
6,34 Verona (Bagnoli)
6,29 Cesena (Bigon)
6,28 Ascoli (Castagner)
6,24 Pescara (Galeone)
6,23 Roma (Liedholm)
6,18 Inter (Trapattoni)
6,12 Avellino (Vinício — Bersellini)
6,08 Torino (Radice)
6,06 Juventus (Marchesi)
6,06 Fiorentina (Eriksson)
6,02 Como (Agroppi — Burgnich)
6,02 Pisa (G. Materazzi)
6,00 Empoli (Salvemini)
18 November, 2024
Top rated Premier League players 2012/13
6,61 Coutinho (Liverpool)
6,48 van Persie (Man United)
6,42 Mata (Chelsea), Bale (Tottenham)
6,41 Fellaini (Everton)
6,39 Cazorla (Arsenal), Sturridge (Liverpool)
6,38 M. Sissoko, Ba (Newcastle)
6,37 Rooney (Man United), Jagielka (Everton)
12 November, 2024
Ligue 1 ratings 2008/09
6,18 André-Pierre Gignac (Toulouse)
6,04 Etienne Didot (Toulouse)
6,02 Stéphane Sessegnon (Paris-SG)
5,98 Karim Benzema (Lyon)
5,96 Steve Mandanda (Marseille)
5,90 Mickaël Landreau (Paris-SG)
5,87 Fabien Audard (Lorient)
5,86 Nicolas Douchez (Rennes)
5,84 Hugo Lloris (Lyon)
5,82 Jérémy Clément (Paris-SG) , Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux)
5,78 Mauro Cetto (Toulouse)
5,75 Vincent Planté (Caen)
5,70 Kevin Gameiro (Lorient)
5,63 Stéphane Ruffier (Monaco)
5,54 Jérôme Alonzo (Nantes)
La Liga ratings 1975/76
5,86 Cruyff (Barcelona)
5,73 Rezza (Salamanca)
5,69 Robi (Salamanca)
5,58 Pulido (Sevilla)
5,56 Marcial (Barcelona)
5,54 Junquera (Zaragoza)
5,48 Irureta (Athletic)
10 November, 2024
The arguably best WC qualifying group in history
09 November, 2024
Denmark's 23 goalscorers in the 1978/79 European Cups
Highest average attendances in European Cups 2024/25
81.365 Borussia Dortmund
Today 38 years ago: Juventus 1-3 Napoli
1-0 50' M. Laudrup, 1-1 73' Ferrario, 1-2 75' Giordano, 1-3 90' Volpecina. Att: 52.380.
Juventus: Tacconi 7,50 — Favero 6,20, Cabrini 6,60, Bonini 7,00 (78' I. Bonetti), Brio 6,20 — Caricola 6,50, Mauro 6,90 (57' Pioli 5,50), Manfredonia 6,20, Platini 5,90 — M. Laudrup 5,80, Serena 5,20. — coach: Marchesi 5,50. = average: 6,30 [good]
Napoli: Garella 6,00 — Bruscolotti 7,00, Ferrara 6,80, Ferrario 6,90, Renica 6,90 — Bagni 7,60, Sola 6,10 (53' Carnevale 6,20), De Napoli 6,80, Romano 6,20 (79' Volpecina) — Giordano 7,10, Maradona 7,40. — coach: O. Bianchi 7,00. = average: 6,75 [first-class]