Ligue 1 ratings 2008/09

6,20 Michel Bastos (Lille)
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

6,12 Neeskens (Barcelona), Pirri (Real Madrid)
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)

The arguably best WC qualifying group in history

1982 World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

             w d l goals pt      att

Belgium      5 1 2 12-9  11   41.703

France       5 0 3 20-8  10   45.195

Ireland      4 2 2 17-11 10   34.914

Netherlands  4 1 3 11-7   9   43.243

Cyprus       0 0 8  4-29  0    7.450

5 goals:

Erwin Vandenbergh (Bel), Michel Platini (Fra) 

4 goals:

Jan Ceulemans (Bel)

3 goals:

Gerry Daly, Michael Robinson, Frank Stapleton (Irl), Bernard Lacombe, Didier Six (Fra) 

2 goals:

Jean-François Larios, Gerard Soler, Jacques Zimako (Fra), Tony Grealish, Mark Lawrenson, Paul McGee (Irl), Arnold Mühren, Kees van Kooten (Ned) 

Denmark's 23 goalscorers in the 1978/79 European Cups

9 goals:

Allan Simonsen (1 PK, Bor. Mönchengladbach)

2 goals:

Jørn Bach, Flemming Iversen (Esbjerg)

Søren Lerby (Ajax)

Carsten Nielsen (Bor. Mönchengladbach)

Henning Jensen (Real Madrid)

Vilhelm Munk Nielsen (OB Odense)

one goal:

Kristian Østergaard, Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Leif Hansen, Erik Jespersen, Henning Nielsen (Esbjerg); Jørn Damm, Niels Haarbye, Bent Kristiansen, Thomas Larsen, Lars  Finn Schmidt-Jensen (B 1903 Copenhagen); Henning Hansen, Jan Jacobsen (Frem Copenhagen); Henrik Agerbeck (Hertha BSC), Frank Arnesen (Ajax), Lars Francker (Rapid Wien), John Eriksen (OB Odense)

B 1903

Highest average attendances in European Cups 2024/25

81.365 Borussia Dortmund

75.000 Bayern Munich

73.830 Real Madrid

73.122 Man United

65.807 Inter

62.328 Roma

61.858 Benfica

60.533 Liverpool

60.000 Stuttgart

59.849 Arsenal

59.742 Panathinaikos

59.527 Atlético

59.238 Milan

57.189 Celtic

56.817 Eintr. Frankfurt

53.865 Ajax

52.598 Tottenham

50.519 Man City

48.259 Lille

47.705 Barcelona*

46.562 Crvena Zvezda

46.459 Galatasaray

45.228 RB Leipzig

44.944 Paris-SG

44.207 FC Porto

44.052 Athletic

43.749 Sporting CP

42.549 Feyenoord

41.660 Real Betis

41.586 Rangers

40.862 Juventus

40.419 Aston Villa

*) currently playing in the Estadi Olimpic de Montjuïch (cap. 56.000).

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]

Scotland's 28 goalscorers in the 1984/85 European Cups

5 goals:

Graeme Sharp, Andy Gray (Everton), John Wark (Liverpool)

3 goals: 

Paul Hegarty (Dundee United), Mark McGhee (Hamburger SV)

2 goals: 

Ralph Milne, Paul Sturrock (Dundee United), Iain Ferguson (Rangers), John Robertson (Hearts), Gordon Strachan (2 PK, Man United), Eric Black (Aberdeen), Steve Nicol (Liverpool), Frank McGarvey (Celtic)

one goal: 

Eamon Bannon, Dave Beaumont, Davie Dodds, Richard Gough, Billy Kirkwood (Dundee United); Ally McCoist, Dave McPherson, Craig Paterson, Ian Redford (Rangers); Brian McClair, Paul McStay (Celtic), Alan Brazil (Man United), David Kenny (Apollon Limassol), 

Ian Angus (Aberdeen), James Steel (Wrexham).

Fiorentina's all time top 50

 

1. Giancarlo Antognoni

2. Julinho

3. Gabriel Omar Batistuta

4. Kurt Hamrin

5. Giancarlo "Picchio" De Sisti

6. Roberto Baggio

7. Sergio Cervato

8. Miguel Montuori

9. Pedro Petrone

10. Rui Costa

11. Enrico Albertosi

12. Giuseppe Chiappella

13. Romeo Menti

14. Armando Segato

15. Luca Toni

16. Francesco Rosetta

17. Daniel Passarella

18. Mario Pizziolo

19. Ardico Magnini

20. Luciano Chiarugi

21. Giuliano Sarti

22. Adrian Mutu

23. Giuseppe Virgili

24. Guido Gratton

25. Borja Valero

26. Giuseppe Rossi

27. Amarildo

28. Stevan Jovetic

29. Ramón Francisco Lojacono

30. Dunga

31. Francesco Toldo

32. Mario Maraschi

33. Daniel Bertoni

34. Egisto Pandolfini

35. Giuseppe Brizi

36. Alfredo Pitto

37. Enzo Robotti

38. Claudio Merlo

39. Alberto Orzan

40. Enrico Chiesa

41. Alberto Gilardino

42. Giovanni Galli

43. Edmundo

44. Sergio Castelletti

45. Ugo Ferrante

46. Alberto Galassi

47. Mario Bertini

48. Francesco Graziani

49. Maurilio Prini

50. Eraldo Pecci

Europe's 20 best goalkeepers in the 1970s and '80s

1. Dino Zoff (Italy)

2. Rinat Dasaev (USSR)

3. Jean-Marie Pfaff (Belgium)

4. Ronnie Hellström (Sweden)

5. Peter Shilton (England)

6. Gordon Banks (England)

7. Sepp Maier (West Germany)

8. Harald "Toni" Schumacher (West Germany)

9. Ivo Viktor (Czechoslovakia)

10. Pat Jennings (N. Ireland)

11. Michel Preud'homme (Belgium)

12. Jan Tomaszewski (Poland)

13. Evgeniy Rudakov (USSR)

14. Ivan Ćurković (Yugoslavia)

15. Neville Southall (Wales)

16. Arconada (Spain)

17. Walter Zenga (Italy)

18. Bento (Portugal)

19. Ray Clemence (England)

20. Jan Möller (Sweden)

Today 26 years ago: Milan 2-2 Inter

 0-1 6' Ronaldo, 1-1 12' Weah, 1-2 48' Moriero, 2-2 49' Albertini PK. Att: 80.814 (L. 3.531.423.000).

Milan: S. Rossi 6,00 — N'Gotty 5,75, Costacurta 5,50, Maldini 6,00 — Helveg 5,50, Albertini 6,50, Boban 6,50, Ziege 5,00 (56' Coco 6,25) — Morfeo 5,00 (56' Ganz 5,75), Bierhoff 6,25, Weah 6,75. — coach: Zaccheroni 6,00. = average: 5,90 [vulnerable]

Inter: Pagliuca 7,00 — West 5,50, Simeone 6,50, Galante 6,00, Colonnese 6,00 — Moriero 7,00, Winter 6,00, Cauet 5,75, J. Zanetti 5,75 — Zamorano 6,25 (79' Ventola), Ronaldo 7,00 (51' Djorkaeff 6,00). — coach: Simoni 6,25. = average: 6,23 [solid]

Goals & assists per nationality in the 2024/25 Champions League

20 goals+18 assists: Germany

12+13 France

14+9 Netherlands 

15+7 England

10+12 Spain

10+10 Brazil

7+11 Belgium

6+9 Portugal

7+7 Croatia

8+2 Japan

8+1 Turkey

7+2 Argentina

5+4 Nigeria

4+4 Switzerland

4+3 USA

5+1 Sweden, Poland 

4+2 Senegal

5+0 Colombia

3+2 Guinea

1+4 Egypt

4+0 Canada

3+2 Norway

2+3 Italy

3+1 Slovenia, Serbia, Algeria, Uruguay, Ivory Coast

1+3 Scotland

3+0 Austria

2+1 Morocco, Ukraina

1+2 Iran

2+0 Finland, Angola, Albania, Mali, Ireland

1+0 Denmark, DR Congo, Ghana

1+1 Slovakia, Greece, Kosovo, Hungary 

0+2 Mozambique, Israel, Bosnia, North Macedonia, Czechia

0+1 Guinea-Bissau, South Korea

League topscorers 1978/79

 

Memory Lane: Top league scorers 1978/79.

Goals per league round:
1,00 Kist (AZ '67)
0,91 Mavros (AEK), Fekete (Újpest), Ismail (HJK)
0,90 Gomes (FC Porto)
0,88 Streich (Magdeburg)
0,85 Krankl (Barcelona)
0,83 Nené (Benfica)
0,82 Albert (Beveren)
0,79 Fazekas (Újpest)
0,77 Riediger (Dynamo Berlin)
0,76 Clarke (Ajax)
0,74 Geels (Anderlecht)
0,73 J. Eriksen (OB Odense), Berggren (Djurgården)
0,71 C. Bianchi (Paris-SG), Savic (Crvena Zvezda), Kottis (Rodos), Bajevic (AEK)
0,69 Schachner (Austria)
0,68 Quini (Sp. Gijón)
0,65 K. Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf), De Jong (Roda), Kühn (Lok Leipzig)
0,63 Parits (Austria), Giordano (Lazio), Gotchev (Levski), Lundquist (Skovbakken)
0,62 Fischer (Schalke), Nyilasi (Ferencváros)
0,61 Radu (Arges Pitesti)
0,60 Tzvetkov (Slavia Sofia)
0,59 Alonso (Zaragoza), Rubén Cano (Atlético), Satrústegui (Real Sociedad), Yartzev (Spartak)
0,58 Onnis (Monaco), Pécout (FC Nantes)
0,57 Worthington (Bolton), Nehoda (Dukla), Reinaldo (Benfica), Kmiecik (Wisla Kraków)
0,56 Martínez (Wiener SK)
0,55 Marguerite (Nîmes), Rocheteau (St-Étienne), Pleimelding (Lille)
0,53 Santillana (Real Madrid), Jacobs (Charleroi), Abramczik (Schalke), Kreuz (VÖEST Linz)
0,51 Jurtin (Sturm Graz)
0,50 Dalglish (Liverpool)

Åtvidaberg ratings 1972

 

Ratings: Expressen

3,79 Ralf Edström
3,55 Kent Karlsson
3,52 Jan Olsson
3,45 Ingvar Svensson
3,43 Benno Magnusson
3,42 Conny Torstensson
3,41 Roland Sandberg
3,36 Lars-Göran "Knalin" Andersson
3,27 Bo Augustsson, Ulf Blomberg
3,25 Veine Wallinder
3,00 Conny Gustafsson
2,83 Leif Franzén

Player ratings Real Madrid 1-3 Milan

 0-1 12' Malick Thiaw h. (Christian Pulišić), 1-1 23' Vinícius Junior PK, 1-2 39' Álvaro Morata (Rafael Leão), 1-3 73' Tijjani Reijnders (Rafael Leão). Att: 75.561.

Real Madrid: Andriy Lunin 6,40 - Lucas Vázquez 5,00, Eder Militão 5,20, Antonio Rüdiger 5,50, Ferland Mendy 5,50 (74' Fran García 6,00), Jude Bellingham 5,10 (74' Rodrygo 6,00), Federico Valverde 5,20 (46' Brahim Díaz 5,80), Luka Modrić 5,50 (63' Dani Ceballos 5,40), Aurélien Tchouaméni 4,20 (46' Eduardo Camavinga 5,60), Vinícius Junior 5,90, Kylian Mbappé 5,10. - coach: Carlo Ancelotti 5,10. = average: 5,46 [lame]

Milan: Mike Maignan 7,10 - Emerson Royal 5,70 (90'+3 Strahinja Pavlović), Malick Thiaw 6,90, Fikayo Tomori 6,50, Theo Hernández 6,50, Tijjani Reijnders 7,80, Youssouf Fofana 6,70, Yunus Musah 7,10 (90'+3 Davide Calabria), Christian Pulišić 6,90 (70' Ruben Loftus-Cheek 5,80), Rafael Leão 7,70 (77' Noah Okafor), Álvaro Morata 7,40 (70' Tammy Abraham 5,80). - coach: Paulo Fonseca 8,00. = average: 6,76 [top-class]

Today 33 years ago: Kaiserslautern 3-1 Barcelona

 1-0 35' Demir Hotić, 2-0 49' Hotić, 3-0 76' Bjarne Goldbæk, 3-1 90' Bakero. Att: 30.200.

Lautern: Gerald Ehrmann 7 - Uwe Scherr 7, Oliver Schäfer 7, Wolfgang Funkel 7, Marco Haber 7, Frank Lelle 6 (87' Markus Kranz), Bjarne Goldbæk 8, Demir Hotić 8, Guido Hoffmann 7, Marcel Witeczek 7, Stefan Kuntz 7. - coach: Karlheinz Feldkamp. = average: 7,09.

Barcelona: Zubizarreta 8 - Cristóbal Parralo 6, Nando 5, Ronald Koeman 6, Eusebio Sacristán 5, Pep Guardiola 6 (78' Nadal), Bakero 9, Richard Witschge 4, Begiristáin 5 (67' Serna), Michael Laudrup 6, Hristo Stoichkov 7. - coach: Johan Cruyff. = average: 6,09.

Combined goals/assists table in Europe's five "big" leagues

17: Harry Kane (England, Bayern) 11 goals+6 assists

16: Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Barcelona) 14+2

16: Omar Marmoush (Egypt, Frankfurt) 10+6

14: Mateo Retegui (Italy, Atalanta) 11+3

14: Raphinha (Brazil, Barcelona) 7+7

12: Cole Palmer (England, Chelsea) 7+5

12: Mo Salah (Egypt, Liverpool) 7+5

12: Lamine Yamal (Spain, Barcelona) 5+7

11: Erling Haaland (Norway, Man City) 11+0

10: Bradley Barcola (France, PSG) 8+2

10: Ademola Lookman (Nigeria, Atalanta) 6+4

10: Tim Kleindienst (Germany, Mönchengladbach) 6+4

10: Ousmane Dembélé (France, PSG) 5+5

10: Bukayo Saka (England, Arsenal) 3+7

9: Marcus Thuram (France, Inter) 7+2

9: Nicolas Jackson (Sénégal, Chelsea) 6+3

9: Vinícius Junior (Brazil, Real Madrid) 5+4

8: Bryan Mbeumo (Cameroon, Brentford) 8+0

8: Chris Wood (New Zealand, Nott'm Forest) 8+0

8: Mason Greenwood (England, Marseille) 7+1

8: Danny Welbeck (England, Brighton) 6+2

8: Christian Pulišić (USA, Milan) 5+3

8: Michael Olise (France, Bayern) 5+3

8: Loïs Openda (Belgium, RB Leipzig) 5+3

8: Romelu Lukaku (Belgium, Napoli) 4+4

8: Luis Henrique (Brazil, Marseille) 4+4

8: Vincenzo Grifo (Italy, Freiburg) 3+5

8: Nuno Tavares (Portugal, Lazio) 0+8

Per nationality:

5: England

4: France

3: Brazil

2: Egypt, Italy, Belgium

Today 21 years ago: Monaco 8-3 Deportivo

 1-0 3' Rothen, 2-0 11' Giuly, 3-0 26' Pršo, 4-0 29' Pršo, 4-1 40' Tristán, 4-2 45' Scaloni, 5-2 46' Pršo, 6-2 47' Plašil, 7-2 49' Pršo, 7-3 53' Tristán, 8-3 71' E. Cissé. Att: 15.882.

Monaco: Roma 7,50 — Givet 7,25, Squillaci 7,25, Rodriguez 7,25, Evra 7,25 (84' Ibarra) — Plašil 7,50 (66' Zikos 6,50), E. Cissé 7,25, Bernardi 7,50, Rothen 7,50 — Giuly 8,25, Pršo 8,50 (76' Adebayor). — coach: Deschamps. = average: 7,46 [fantabulous]

Deportivo: Molina 4,25 (46' Munúa 4,25) — Manuel Pablo 4,00 (46' Munitis 4,00), Andrade 4,00, Naybet 4,00, Romero 4,00 — Sergio 4,00 (61' Pandiani), Mauro Silva 4,00 — Scaloni 4,50, Valerón 4,00, Amavisca 4,00 — Tristán 5,50. — coach: Irureta. = average: 4,19 [abysmal]

Top 25 South American players in Premier League history

1. Sergio Agüero, Argentina (Man City) 

2. Luis Suárez, Uruguay (Liverpool) 

3. Carlos Tévez, Argentina (West Ham, Man United, Man City) 

4. Gilberto Silva, Brazil (Arsenal)

5. Alexis Sánchez, Chile (Arsenal, Man United) 

6. Roberto Firmino, Brazil (Liverpool) 

7. Fernandinho, Brazil (Man City) 

8. Alisson Becker, Brazil (Liverpool) 

9. David Luíz, Brazil (Chelsea, Arsenal) 

10. Javier Mascherano, Argentina (West Ham, Liverpool) 

11. Ederson, Brazil (Man City) 

12. Juninho Paulista, Brazil (Middlesbrough) 

13. Gustavo Poyet, Uruguay (Chelsea, Tottenham) 

14. Nolberto Solano, Peru (Newcastle, Aston Villa, West Ham, Leicester, Hull) 

15. Antonio Valencia, Ecuador (Wigan, Man United) 

16. Edu, Brazil (Arsenal) 

17. Lucas Leiva, Brazil (Liverpool) 

18. Ramires, Brazil (Chelsea) 

19. Willian, Brazil (Chelsea, Arsenal, Fulham) 

20. Robinho, Brazil (Man City) 

21. Hernán Crespo, Argentina (Chelsea) 

22. Diego Forlán, Uruguay (Man United) 

23. Tino Asprilla, Colombia (Newcastle) 

24. Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombia (Aston Villa) 

25. Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentina (Man United) 

Today 21 years ago: Lazio 0-4 Chelsea

 

0-1 15' Crespo, 0-2 70' Gudjohnsen, 0-3 76' Duff, 0-4 81' Lampard. Sent off: 53' Mihajlovic, 90' Johnson. Att: 48.485. 

Lazio: Sereni 4,17 — Zauri 5,17, F. Couto 5,00, Mihajlovic 3,33, Favalli 5,00 — Fiore 6,17 (60' Negro 5,25), Albertini 5,67 (72' Muzzi 5,25), Liverani 5,33, D. Stankovic 6,50 — Corradi 5,33, S. Inzaghi 5,83 (72' C. López). — coach: Mancini. = average: 5,23 [lame]

Chelsea: Cudicini 7,50 — Johnson 6,33, Terry 6,33, Gallas 6,67, Bridge 6,67 — Makelele 7,00 — Lampard 7,50, Duff 7,83, Verón 7,83 (77' A. Cole), Mutu 6,17 (58' Grønkjær 6,17), Crespo 6,50 (68' Gudjohnsen 6,83). — coach: Ranieri. = average: 6,87 [top-class]

 

Allsvenskan top 20 players 2023-24

1. Sebastian Nanasi (Malmö FF) 

2. Derek Cornelius (Malmö FF) 

3. Nahir Besara (Hammarby) 

4. Samuel Gustafson (Häcken) 

5. Lasse Berg Johnsen (Malmö FF) 

6. Mikkel Rygaard (Häcken) 

7. Warner Hahn (Hammarby) 

8. Hakon Valdimarsson (Elfsborg) 

9. Pontus Jansson (Malmö FF) 

10. Gabriel Busanello (Malmö FF) 

11. Shaquille Pinas (Hammarby) 

12. Nikola Vasic (Brommapojkarna) 

13. Sebastian Holmén (Elfsborg) 

14. Sergio Peña (Malmö FF) 

15. Tashreeq Matthews (Sirius) 

16. Gustav Lundgren (GAIS Göteborg) 

17. Jacob Ondrejka (Elfsborg) 

18. Hugo Bolin (Malmö FF) 

19. Ibrahim Sadiq (Häcken) 

20. Anton Salétros (AIK Stockholm) 

1958 World Cup: combined goal & assist table

17: Just Fontaine (Fra) : 13 goals+4 assists

9: Raymond Kopa (Fra) : 3+6

7: Pelé (Bra) : 6+1 

7: Vavá (Bra) : 5+2

7: Kurt Hamrin (Swe) : 4+3

6: Helmut Rahn (BRD) : 6+0

6: Hans Schäfer (BRD) : 2+4

5: Peter McParland (Nir) : 5+0

5: Vaclav Hovorka (Cze) : 2+3

5: José Parodi (Par) : 2+3

4: Agne Simonsson (Swe) : 4+0

4: Zdeněk Zikán (Cze) : 4+0

4: Todor Veselinović (Yug) : 3+1

4: Oreste Corbatta (Arg) : 3+1

4: Lajos Tichy (Hun) : 3+1

4: Didi (Bra) : 1+3

4: Lennart "Nacka" Skoglund (Swe) : 1+3

4: Nils Liedholm (Swe) : 2+2

4: Roger Piantoni (Fra) : 2+2

3: Altafini ("Mazzola") : 2+1

3: Uwe Seeler (BRD) : 2+1

3: Jorge Romero (Par) : 2+1

3: Djalma Santos (Bra) : 1+2

3: Garrincha (Bra) : 0+3

Today 39 years ago: Napoli 1-0 Juventus

 1-0 72' Diego Maradona freekick. Att: 81.041.

Napoli: Claudio Garella 6,00 - Moreno Ferrario 6,75, Giuseppe Bruscolotti 6,50, Alessandro Renica 6,50, Antonio Carannante 7,25, Costanzo Celestini 6,75, Eraldo Pecci 7,50 (90' Ruben Buriani), Salvatore Bagni 6,50, Diego Maradona 7,25, Bruno Giordano 5,25 (60' Luigi Caffarelli), Daniel Bertoni 6,75. - coach: Ottavio Bianchi. = average: 6,62 [very good]

Juventus: Stefano Tacconi 6,75 - Luciano Favero 6,25, Stefano Pioli 6,25, Sergio Brio 5,75, Gaetano Scirea 6,50, Antonio Cabrini 6,50, Michael Laudrup 5,00, Massimo Bonini 6,50, Michel Platini 5,25, Massimo Mauro 5,25 (75' Gabriele Pin), Aldo Serena 6,00. - coach: Giovanni Trapattoni. = average: 6,00 [satisfactory]

Top 30 French Premier League players

1. Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 

2. Éric Cantona (Leeds, Man United) 

3. Patrick Vieira (Arsenal, Man City) 

4. Claude Makélélé (Chelsea) 

5. David Ginola (Newcastle, Tottenham, Aston Villa, Everton) 

6. Robert Pirès (Arsenal, Aston Villa) 

7. N'Golo Kanté (Leicester, Chelsea) 

8. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal, Chelsea) 

9. Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal, Chelsea) 

10. Marcel Desailly (Chelsea) 

11. Patrice Evra (Man United) 

12. Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City, Bolton, Chelsea, WBA) 

13. Paul Pogba (Man United) 

14. Samir Nasri (Arsenal, Man City, West Ham) 

15. William Gallas (Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham) 

16. Bacary Sagna (Arsenal, Man City) 

17. Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) 

18. Florent Malouda (Chelsea) 

19. Laurent Blanc (Man United) 

20. Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle, Crystal Palace) 

21. Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal) 

22. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) 

23. Gaël Clichy (Arsenal, Man City) 

24. Youri Djorkaeff (Bolton, Blackburn) 

25. Louis Saha (Newcastle, Fulham, Man United, Everton, Sunderland) 

26. Fabien Barthez (Man United) 

27. Anthony Martial (Man United) 

28. Dimitri Payet (West Ham) 

29. Didier Six (Aston Villa) 

30. Olivier Dacourt (Everton, Leeds, Fulham) 

Today 20 years ago: Barcelona 2-1 Milan

 0-1 18' Shevchenko, 1-1 37' Eto'o, 2-1 89' Ronaldinho. Att: 90.465.

Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 6,17 — Belletti 5,83, Puyol 6,83, Oleguer 5,50, van Bronckhorst 5,83 — Xavi 7,33, Rafa Márquez 6,00 (80' H. Larsson), Deco 6,33 — Giuly 5,17 (68' Iniesta 5,83), Ronaldinho 7,33, Eto'o 7,00. = average: 6,26 [good]

Milan: Dida 6,33 — Cafú 6,33, Maldini 5,83, Nesta 6,17, Kaladze 5,83 — Gattuso 5,83, Pirlo 6,17, Ambrosini 5,67, Serginho 5,17 (74' Seedorf) — Kaká 5,33 (77' Rui Costa), Shevchenko 6,67 (88' Tomasson). = average: 5,94 [vulnerable]

Scandinavian goalscorers in the European Cups, 1955-1999

Goals scored in Champions League, European Cup, UEFA Cup, Cupwinners' Cup, Intercontinental Cup and Super Cup.

Total goals:

43 : Allan Simonsen (Den)

33 : Torbjörn Nilsson (Swe)

26 : Stefan Pettersson (Swe)

24 : Jari Litmanen (Fin)

23 : Kenneth Brylle (Den)

21 : Michael Laudrup (Den), Kurt Hamrin (Swe)

18 : Søren Lerby (Den), Harald Brattbakk (Nor)

16 : Johnny Ekström (Swe), Bent Christensen (Den)

15 : Preben Elkjær (Den), Ralf Edström, Conny Torstensson (Swe)

14 : Ove Kindvall (Swe)

13 : Henning Jensen, Benny Nielsen (Den), Ismo Lius (Fin), Henrik Larsson (Swe)

12 : Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (Isl), Owe Ohlsson (Swe)

11 : Frank Arnesen (Den), Hallvar Thoresen, Sigurd Rushfeldt (Nor), Bo Larsson, Mats Magnusson (Swe)

9 : Michael Manniche (Den), Tore Cervin (Swe), Arnór Gudjohnsen, Lárus Gudmundsson (Isl) 

8 : Benny Wendt, Stig Fredriksson (Swe), Johnny Bjerregaard (Den), Pétur Pétursson (Isl)

 

Goals per game (min. 25 played):

0,750 T. Nilsson

0,606 Simonsen

0,583 Hamrin

0,538 Kindvall

0,516 Christensen

0,500 Litmanen

0,460 Brylle

0,455 Elkjær

0,450 Brattbakk

0,419 H. Larsson

0,366 Torstensson

0,357 Edström

0,355 B. Larsson, M. Magnusson

0,348 Ekström

0,329 S. Pettersson

0,324 Thoresen

0,286 J. Bjerregaard

0,273 M. Laudrup, Manniche, Lerby

0,267 Pétursson

0,255 H. Jensen

0,240 Arnesen

0,207 Sigurvinsson

0,205 S. Fredriksson

0,184 A. Gudjohnsen

Ove Kindvall & Torbjörn Nilsson

Today eight years ago: Man City 3-1 Barcelona

 0-1 21' Lionel Messi l. (Neymar), 1-1 39' İlkay Gündoğan l. (Raheem Sterling), 2-1 51' Kevin De Bruyne freekick, 3-1 74' İlkay Gündoğan r. (Kun Agüero). Att: 53.340.

Man City: Willy Caballero 6,10 - Pablo Zabaleta 6,20, Nicolás Otamendi 5,80, John Stones 6,30, Aleksandar Kolarov 6,20, Fernandinho 6,60 (60' Fernando 5,90), Raheem Sterling 7,00  (71' Jesús Navas 6,10), David Silva 6,90, İlkay Gündoğan 7,50, Kevin De Bruyne 7,20  (88' Nolito), Kun Agüero 6,80. - coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 6,51 [very good]

Barcelona: Marc-André ter Stegen 5,40 - Sergi Roberto 4,70, Samuel Umtiti 5,50, Javier Mascherano 6,00, Lucas Digne 5,30, Ivan Rakitić 5,40  (61' Arda Turan 5,40), Busquets 5,60, André Gomes 6,00 (76' Rafinha), Luis Suárez 5,50, Lionel Messi 6,70, Neymar 6,40. - coach: Luis Enrique. = average 5,66 [disappointing]

UEFA Cup topscorers in the 1980s

1979/80

7: Dieter Hoeneß (Bayern), Harald Nickel (2 PK, Mönchengladbach)

6: Atanas Mihaylov (1, Lokomotiv Sofia)

5: Harald Karger (Eintr. Frankfurt), Michel Platini (2), Johnny Rep (2, Saint-Étienne), 

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern)

1980/81

14: John Wark (5, Ipswich, photo)

9: Kees Kist (1, AZ '67 Alkmaar)

8: Dieter Müller (FC Köln)

7: Horst Hrubesch (Hamburger SV)

6: Bernard Genghini (Sochaux), Paul Mariner (Ipswich Town), Pier Tol (AZ '67 Alkmaar)

1981/82

9: Torbjörn Nilsson (IFK Göteborg)

5: Horst Hrubesch, Thomas von Heesen (Hamburger SV), Stig Fredriksson (4, IFK Göteborg),

 Friedhelm Funkel (Kaiserslautern), Dinos Kouis (2, Aris Saloniki), Ronny Martens (Beveren)

1982/83

8: Zoran Filipović (Benfica)

7: Erwin Vandenbergh (2, Anderlecht)

6: Alain Giresse (1, Bordeaux)

5: Hans-Peter Briegel (1, Kaiserslautern), Lozano (1), Kenneth Brylle (Anderlecht), 

Michel Decastel (Servette), Rudi Völler, Norbert Meier (Werder Bremen), Husref Musemić 

(FK Sarajevo), Nené (2, Benfica), Miroslav Příložný (1, Bohemians Prague)

 

1983/84

9: Tibor Nyilasi (Austria Vienna)

6: Kenneth Brylle (3, Anderlecht), Mark Falco (Tottenham), 

Yuriy Gavrilov (3, Spartak Moscow)

5: Steve Archibald (Tottenham), Marián Tomčák (1), Karol Březík (Inter Bratislava), 

Herbert Prohaska (3, Austria Vienna), Hans Richter (Lok Leipzig)

  

1984/85

7: Edin Bahtić (Željezničar), József Szabó (1, Videoton)

6: Gary Bannister (QPR)

5: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Inter), Santillana (Real Madrid), Marco van Basten (Ajax)

1985/86

9: Klaus Allofs (3, Köln)

8: Zlatko Vujović (2, Hajduk Split)

7: Jorge Valdano (Real Madrid)

6: Alessandro Altobelli (Inter), Danny Veyt (Waregem), Pietro Virdis (1, Milan)

 

1986/87

5: Peter Houtman (Groningen), Wim Kieft (1, Torino), Paulinho Cascavel 

(1, Vitória Guimarães), Jari Rantanen (IFK Göteborg)

4: Rob McDonald, Raphael Meade (Sporting CP), Miloš Bursać (Hajduk Split), 

John Clark (Dundee United), Antonio Comi (1, Torino), David Fairclough (Beveren), 

Uwe Rahn (1, Mönchengladbach)

1987/88

6: Kenneth Brylle (Club Brugge), Kálmán Kovács (Budapest Honvéd), 

Dimitris Saravakos (Panathinaikos)

5: Jan Ceulemans (Club Brugge), Preben Elkjær (2, Verona)

1988/89

6: Careca (Napoli), Torsten Gütschow (2, Dynamo Dresden)

5: Olaf Thon (1), Jürgen Wegmann (Bayern), Mike Galloway (Hearts), 

Ulf Kirsten (Dynamo Dresden)

Players' market value 44 years ago

 

Values estimated by weekly magazine Guerin Sportivo April 1980, in perspective of the opening of Italian borders. Spanish players, extremely reluctant to leave their country, not taken into consideration.

In Italics, players that eventually played in the Serie A.

3000 m. lire (apprx 1,5 m€):

Maradona (Argentinos Juniors)

1.000.000€:

Zico (Flamengo)

550.000-650.000€:

T. Francis (Nottingham Forest), Woodcock (Köln), Cunningham (Real Madrid)

500.000-600.000€:

Brady (Arsenal), Sócrates (Corinthians)

450.000-550.000€:

Kh Rummenigge (Bayern Munich), H. Müller (Stuttgart)

400.000-500.000€:

Birtles (Nottingham Forest), Dalglish (Liverpool), Keegan (HSV), Schachner (Austria Vienna), 

Krankl (First Vienna)

350.000-450.000€:

Stapleton (Arsenal), Ward (Brighton), Regis (West Bromwich), Coppell (Man United), K. Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Kaltz (HSV), Platini (St-Etienne), Prohaska (Austria Vienna), Simonsen (Barcelona)

300.000-400.000€:

Case (Liverpool), Mariner (Ipswich), D. Müller (Köln), Breitner (Bayern Munich), Stielike (Real Madrid), 

Gomes (FC Porto)

250.000-350.000€:

R. Kennedy & Johnson (Liverpool), Thijssen (Ipswich), Wallace (Coventry), Williams (Southampton), Neumann (Köln), Kempe (Duisburg), Dell'Haye (M'gladbach), Hartwig (HSV), Abramczik (Schalke 04), Bonhof (Valencia), Carpegiani (Flamengo), Falcão (Internacional), Ischia (Vélez)

200.000-300.000€:

McDermott (Liverpool), McQueen (Man United), Ritchie (Morton), Schuster (Köln), Nickel (M'gladbach), Hrubesch (HSV), D. Hoeness (Bayern Munich), Sigurvinsson (Standard de Liège), Vandenbergh (Lierse), Van der Elst (Anderlecht), Ceulemans (Brugge), Pécout (FC Nantes), Tahamata (Ajax), Kist (AZ '67), Pétursson (Feyenoord), Morena (Rayo Vallecano), D. Bertoni (Sevilla), Dirceu (Atlético de Madrid), Reinaldo & Jordão (Benfica), Sulser (Grasshoppers), Júlio César (Flamengo), Jorge Mendonça (Vasco da Gama), Nílton Batata (Santos), Toninho Cerezo (Atlético Mineiro), Passarella & R. Díaz (River Plate)

150.000-250.000€:

Somner (St Mirren), McAdam (Partick Thistle), McCluskey (Celtic), Hannes (M'gladbach), Fischer (Schalke 04), Voordeckers (Standard de Liège), Van der Eycken (Brugge), Elkjær (Lokeren), Rep, Zimako & Rocheteau (St-Etienne), Alves (Paris SG), Krol, La Ling, Arnesen & Lerby (Ajax), R. van der Kerkhof, W. van der Kerkhof & Brandts (PSV), Zenon & Careca (Guarani), Pita (Santos), Edinho (Fluminense), Randazzo (Boca Juniors), Beto Alonso (River Plate), Bochini (Independiente), Gallego (Newell's Old Boys), Reinaldi (Talleres Córdoba),  J. Olsen (Næstved)

150.000-200.000€:

Deyna (Man City), Edström (Standard de Liège), Christophe (Monaco), Stopyra (Sochaux), Wildschut (PSV), Vermeulen (Roda), Ponte (Grasshoppers), Zé Sérgio (São Paulo), Fortunato (Estudiantes), 

Bravo (Talleres Córdoba)

100.000-150.000€:

H. Jensen (Ajax), Thychosen (M'gladbach)

Today nine years ago: Chelsea 1-3 Liverpool

 

1-0 4' Ramires h. (Azpilicueta), 1-1 45' Coutinho l. (Roberto Firmino), 1-2 74' Coutinho r. (Christian Benteke), 1-3 83' Christian Benteke r. (Nathaniel Clyne). Att: 41.577.

Chelsea: Asmir Begović 6,10 - Kurt Zouma 5,10, Gary Cahill 5,00, John Terry 4,70, Azpilicueta 6,00 (76' Radamel Falcao), Ramires 6,00, Oscar 5,80, Eden Hazard 4,40 (59' Kenedy 5,60), John Mikel 5,30 (70' Cesc Fàbregas 5,20), Willian 6,10, Diego Costa 5,30. - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 5,43 [feeble]

Liverpool: Simon Mignolet 6,00 - Nathaniel Clyne 6,40, Mamadou Sakho 6,90, Alberto Moreno 5,60, Martin Škrtel 6,60, James Milner 6,00 (64' Christian Benteke 6,80), Coutinho 7,50, Roberto Firmino 6,10 (76' Jordon Ibe), Adam Lallana 6,70 (90' Dejan Lovren), Lucas Leiva 6,30, Emre Can 6,30. - tr: Jürgen Klopp. = average: 6,43 [strong]

Top 30 female footballers in the 2020s

1. Aitana Bonmatí (Spain) 

2. Sam Kerr (England) 

3. Alexia Putellas (Spain) 

4. Salma Paralluelo (Spain) 

5. Caroline Graham Hansen (Norway) 

6. Alexandra Popp (Germany) 

7. Beth Mead (England) 

8. Jennifer Hermoso (Spain) 

9. Sophia Smith (USA) 

10. Fridolina Rolfö (Sweden) 

11. Lena Oberdorf (Germany) 

12. Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands) 

13. Lindsey Horan (USA) 

14. Mary Earps (England) 

15. Lieke Martens (Netherlands) 

16. Mallory Swanson (USA) 

17. Olga Carmona (Spain) 

18. Christine Sinclair (Canada) 

19. Marie-Antoinette Katoto (France) 

20. Ada Hegerberg (Norway) 

21. Pernille Harder (Denmark) 

22. Mariona Caldentey (Spain) 

23. Patricia Guijarro (Spain) 

24. Wendie Renard (France) 

25. Ashley Lawrence (France) 

26. Linda Caicedo (Colombia) 

27. Catarina Macario (France) 

28. Jessie Fleming (England)

29. Trinity Rodman (USA) 

30. Rachel Daly (England)