Memory Lane: Serie A 1985/86

6,77 Zaccarelli (Torino)
6,75 Donadoni (Atalanta)
6,73 Bagni (Napoli), Ancelotti (Roma)
6,70 Boniek (Roma)
6,68 Passarella (Fiorentina)
6,58 Dirceu (Como)
6,57 Piotti (Atalanta), Maradona (Napoli)
6,55 Tacconi (Juventus), Massaro (Fiorentina)
6,53 Cabrini (Juventus)

Ratings: Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport-Stadio, Guerin Sportivo & Tuttosport.

Memory Lane: Premier Lane 2012/13.

6,67 Suárez (Liverpool)
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)
6,34 Silva (Man City), Cech (Chelsea), Sterling (Liverpool)
6,33 J. Hernández (Man United), Baines (Everton), Carroll (West Ham)
6,31 De Gea (Man United), Tévez (Man City), Vertonghen (Tottenham)
6,30 Walcott (Arsenal), Chico (Swansea)
6,29 Foster, Lukaku (West Bromwich)
6,27 Gerrard (Liverpool), A. Williams (Swansea)
6,26 Ben Arfa (Newcastle)
6,25 Diamé (West Ham)
6,24 Rafael (Man United)
6,21 Wilshere (Arsenal), Lloris (Tottenham), Osman (Everton), Mulumbu (West Bromwich), Coloccini (Newcastle)
6,20 Giggs, Carrick (Man United), Britton (Swansea)
6,19 Oscar (Chelsea), Anichebe (Everton), Routledge (Swansea), Nolan, J. Collins (West Ham), R. Elliot (Newcastle)
6,18 Jääskeläinen (West Ham)
6,17 Rangel (Swansea)
6,16 Kagawa (Man United), G. Johnson, Carragher (Liverpool), Dyer, Michu (Swansea)
6,15 Y. Touré, Agüero (Man City), Distin (Everton), Gouffran (Newcastle)
6,14 Gibbs (Arsenal), Jarvis (West Ham)
6,13 Anderson (Man United), Rosický (Arsenal), Dembélé (Tottenham)
6,11 Nastasic (Man City), De Guzmán (Swansea)
6,10 Evans, R. Ferdinand, Scholes (Man United), Zabaleta (Man City), Podolski (Arsenal), Howard, Pienaar (Everton), José Enrique, Downing, Wisdom (Liverpool), Brunt (West Bromwich), Cabaye (Newcastle)
6,09 Vidic (Man United), Ba (Chelsea), Jenkinson, Arteta (Arsenal), Lennon (Tottenham), Ki (Swansea)
6,08 Cleverley, P. Jones (Man United), Koscielny (Arsenal), Dawson (Tottenham), Agger (Liverpool), W. Reid (West Ham)
6,07 Hazard (Chelsea), Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Henderson (Liverpool), Krul (Newcastle)
6,06 Giroud (Arsenal), Caulker (Tottenham), Coleman (Everton), Long (West Bromwich), M. Williamson (Newcastle)
6,05 Welbeck (Man United), G. Cahill, David Luíz, Lampard (Chelsea), K. Walker, Sandro (Tottenham), B. Davies (Swansea)
6,04 A. Cole (Chelsea), J. Allen, Suso (Liverpool), P. Hernández (Swansea), S. Taylor, Shola Ameobi (Newcastle)
6,03 Hart (Man City), Friedel (Tottenham), Jelavic (Everton)
6,02 Ramires (Chelsea), Ramsey (Arsenal), Huddlestone, S. Parker (Tottenham), Noble (West Ham), Harper (Newcastle)
6,01 Büttner (Man United), L. Moore (Swansea), Diaby (Arsenal), McAuley (West Bromwich)
6,00 Barry (Man City), Moses (Chelsea), Mertesacker (Arsenal), D. Graham (Swansea), Yanga-Mbiwa, Anita (Newcastle)
5,99 D. Gibson (Everton), Reina (Liverpool)
5,98 Azpilicueta, Fernando Torres, Terry (Chelsea), Gervinho (Arsenal), P. Neville (Everton), Tiendalli (Swansea), Tomkins (West Ham), J. Olsson, Tamas (West Bromwich)
5,97 Evra (Man United), Kompany (Man City), Ivanovic (Chelsea)
5,96 Coquelin (Arsenal), Barkley (Everton), Morrison (West Bromwich)
5,95 Valencia (Man United), Santon (Newcastle)
5,94 A. Young (Man United), Vermaelen (Arsenal), Monk (Swansea)
5,93 Szczesny, Mannone, Sagna, Monreal (Arsenal), Holtby (Tottenham), P. Cissé (Newcastle)
5,92 Clichy, Richards (Man City), Skrtel (Liverpool), M. Taylor (West Ham), B. Jones (West Bromwich)
5,91 Agustien (Swansea), J. Cole (West Ham)
5,90 Defoe, Dempsey (Tottenham), Vorm (Swansea), Fortune (West Bromwich)
5,89 Sigurdsson (Tottenham)
5,87 O'Brien (West Ham), Perch (Newcastle)
5,85 Lindegaard (Man United), Obi Mikel (Chelsea)
5,84 Reid, Gera (West Bromwich), Tioté, D. Simpson (Newcastle)
5,83 Smalling (Man United), Nasri (Man City), Debuchy, Marveaux (Newcastle)
5,82 Bigirimana (Newcastle)
5,80 Dzeko, Maicon (Man City), G. O'Neil (West Ham), Myhill (West Bromwich), S. Ferguson (Newcastle)
5,79 Nani (Man United), Lescott (Man City), Obertan (Newcastle)
5,78 Javi García (Man City), Bertrand (Chelsea), Assou-Ekotto (Tottenham)
5,77 Gallas (Tottenham), Shelvey (Liverpool), Ridgewell (West Bromwich)
5,76 J. Thomas (West Bromwich)
5,75 Kolarov (Man City)
5,74 Vaz Te (West Ham), Jonas Gutiérrez (Newcastle)
5,72 Balotelli (Man City), C. Cole (West Ham), Yakob (West Bromwich)
5,71 Naismith (Everton), Dorrans (West Bromwich)
5,70 Demel (West Ham)
5,69 Adebayor (Tottenham), Borini (Liverpool)
5,68 Rodwell (Man City)
5,67 Popov (West Bromwich)
5,66 Naughton (Tottenham)
5,63 Oviedo (Everton)
5,61 K. Touré (Man City)
5,60 Collison (West Ham), Rosenberg (West Bromwich)
5,58 Schechter (Swansea)
5,56 Heitinga (Everton)
5,54 Odemwingie (West Bromwich)

Memory Lane: Attendance leaders in the Cupwinners' Cup.

1961: Rangers : 58.544
1962: Atlético : 29.243
1963: Tottenham : 60.033
1964: Man United : 50.506
1965: West Ham : 29.584
1966: Liverpool : 51.502
1967: Rangers : 56.980
1968: Milan : 44.640
1969: Barcelona : 35.735
1970: Górnik Zabrze : 75.000
1971: Chelsea : 43.798
1972: Rangers : 56.250
1973: Milan : 37.500
1974: Milan : 38.143
1975: Dinamo Kiev : 76.732
1976: Sachsenring Zwickau : 36.372
1977: Napoli : 45.000
1978: FC Porto : 48.333
1979: Barcelona : 85.750
1980: Juventus : 51.597
1981: Benfica : 68.000
1982: Dinamo Tbilisi : 77.125
1983: Inter : 65.416
1984: FC Porto : 58.750
1985: Roma : 47.264
1986: Dinamo Kiev : 100.031 -photo-
1987: Vitosha Sofia : 38.333
1988: Sporting Portugal : 50.333
1989: CSKA Sofia : 25.500
1990: Sampdoria : 27.261
1991: Dinamo Kiev : 55.667
1992: Roma : 36.744
1993: Spartak : 37.563
1994: Benfica : 52.500
1995: Arsenal : 32.441
1996: Feyenoord : 36.259
1997: Barcelona : 68.250
1998: Chelsea : 29.633
1999: Chelsea : 27.275

Per club
3 : Rangers, Milan, Barcelona, Chelsea, Kiev
2 : FC Porto, Benfica, Roma.

Per nation
9 : Italy
8 : England
5 : Portugal
4 : Spain, Soviet Union
3 : Scotland
2 : Bulgaria
1 : Poland, East Germany, Russia, Holland.

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)

Memory Lane: La Liga 2005/06.

7,27 Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
7,19 Eto'o (Barcelona)
6,97 Deco (Barcelona)
6,95 Puyol (Barcelona)
6,71 Iniesta (Barcelona)
6,67 Delporte (Osasuna)
6,64 Casillas (Real Madrid), Pernía (Getafe)
6,63 Jesús Navas (Sevilla)
6,60 Riquelme (Villarreal)
6,58 Márquez (Barcelona)
6,57 Aimar (Valencia)
6,56 Palop (Sevilla), Cañizares (Valencia)
6,54 Saviola (Sevilla)
6,52 H. Larsson (Barcelona)
6,51 Valdés (Barcelona)
6,49 Riki (Getafe)
6,48 Pinto (Celta)

Most times national topscorer.

12 times : Josef "Pepi" Bican (11 Czechoslovakian League, 1 Austrian League)
9 : Gunnar Nordahl (5 Italian, 4 Swedish League)
8 : Ferenc Puskás (4 Hungarian, 4 Spanish League)
8 : Alfredo Di Stéfano (5 Spanish, 2 Colombian, 1 Argentine League)
8 : Carlos Bianchi (5 French, 3 Argentine League)
7 : Gerd Müller (7 German League)  
7 : Romário (3 Brazilian, 3 Dutch, 1 Spanish League)
7 : Eusébio (7 Portuguese League)
7 : Imre Schlosser (7 Hungarian League)
7 : Luis Artime (4 Uruguayan, 3 Argentine League)
7 : Fernando Morena (7 Uruguayan League)

Bundesliga: top rated players 1990-2014.

7,83 Sammer (Dortmund) 1994/95
7,68 U. Stein (Frankfurt) 1991/92
7,65 U. Stein (Frankfurt) 1992/93
7,65 Köpke (Nürnberg) 1991/92
7,62 Klose (Werder Bremen) 2005/06
7,61 Kahn (Karlsruhe) 1993/94
7,60 Trapp (Frankfurt) 2012/13
7,58 Matthäus (Bayern) 1993/94
7,54 Götze (Dortmund) 2012/13
7,53 Robben (Bayern) 2013/14
7,52 Robben (Bayern) 2009/10
7,52 Illgner (Köln) 1993/94
7,52 Bein (Frankfurt) 1991/92
7,52 Falkenmayer (Frankfurt) 1990/91
7,50 Reus (Dortmund) & Ribéry (Bayern) 2013/14
7,50 U. Stein (Frankfurt) 1993/94, 1990/91 & 1989/90
7,50 Köpke (Nürnberg) 1992/93

Top ratings:
5: U. Stein
2: Ribéry, Robben & Köpke

Per club:
8: Frankfurt
5: Bayern
3: Dortmund
2: Nürnberg
1: Werder Bremen, Karlsruhe, Köln

Average points in the first five World Cup editions (1930-1954)

84,6% Uruguay
70,8% (West) Germany
68,2% Hungary
67,9% Italy
66,7% Argentina
61,1% Yugoslavia, Austria
58,8% Brazil
55,6% Spain
50,0% Chile, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia
45,0% Sweden
43,8% France
42,9% USA
41,7% England
30,0% Romania
8,3% Belgium
0,0% Mexico

1958 World Cup: Combined goal & assist table.

17: Fontaine (Fra) : 13 goals+4 assists
9: Kopa (Fra) : 3+6
7: Pelé (Bra) : 6+1 
7: Vavá (Bra) : 5+2
7: Hamrin (Swe) : 4+3
6: Rahn (BRD) : 6+0
6: Schäfer (BRD) : 2+4
5: McParland (Nir) : 5+0
5: Hovorka (Cze) : 2+3
5: Parodi (Par) : 2+3
4: Simonsson (Swe) : 4+0
4: Zikán (Cze) : 4+0
4: Veselinović (Yug) : 3+1
4: Corbatta (Arg) : 3+1
4: Tichy (Hun) : 3+1
4: Didi (Bra) : 1+3
4: Skoglund (Swe) : 1+3
4: Liedholm (Swe) : 2+2
4: Piantoni (Fra) : 2+2
3: Altafini ("Mazzola") : 2+1
3: Seeler (BRD) : 2+1
3: Romero (Par) : 2+1
3: Djalma Santos (Bra) : 1+2
3: Garrincha (Bra) : 0+3

Memory Lane: Bayern Munich 2000/01.

All competitions.

7,12 Kahn
6,53 Scholl
6,52 Lizarazu
6,46 P. Andersson
6,42 Élber
6,35 Effenberg
6,31 Jeremies
6,20 Jancker
6,19 Linke
6,16 Sforza
6,11 Sagnol
5,97 Fink
5,94 Hargreaves
5,84 Tarnat
5,79 Kuffour
5,78 Salihamidžić
5,59 Santa Cruz
5,27 Paulo Sérgio
5,17 Zickler

Serie A: top rated players, 1981-2014.

1981/82
6,87 Castellini (Napoli)
6,77 Krol (Napoli)
6,65 Falcão (Roma)

1982/83
6,91 Martina (Genoa)
6,79 Bordon (Inter), Falcão (Roma)

1983/84
6,94 Platini (Juventus)
6,82 Brady (Sampdoria)
6,77 Tacconi (Juventus)

1984/85
6,87 Maradona (Napoli)
6,81 Tricella (Verona)
6,79 Matteoli (Como)

1985/86
6,82 Dirceu (Como), Zaccarelli (Torino)
6,79 Bagni (Napoli)

1986/97
6,77 Zenga (Inter)
6,70 Magrin (Atalanta)
6,68 F. Baresi (Milan)

1987/88
6,77 Mancini (Sampdoria)
6,76 F. Baresi (Milan)
6,68 Gullit (Milan)

1988/89
6,77 Júnior (Pescara)
6,72 Zenga (Inter)
6,69 F. Baresi (Milan)

1989/90
6,63 Cervone (Roma)
6,58 F. Baresi (Milan), Matthäus (Inter)

1990/91
6,68 Mancini (Sampdoria)
6,54 F. Baresi (Milan)
6,51 Tacconi (Juventus)

1991/92
6,79 Lorieri (Ascoli)
6,71 Kohler (Juventus)
6,59 F. Baresi (Milan)

1992/93
6,68 Rubén Sosa (Inter)
6,58 Maldini (Milan)
6,56 Pagliuca (Sampdoria)

1993/94
6,76 Gullit (Sampdoria)
6,64 Ferrara (Napoli)
6,58 F. Baresi (Milan)

1994/95
6,69 Marchegiani (Lazio)
6,55 Bucci (Parma)
6,54 Pagliuca (Inter)

1995/96
6,59 Weah (Milan)
6,58 F. Baresi (Milan), Sensini (Parma)

1996/97
6,73 Thuram (Parma)
6,71 Peruzzi (Juventus)
6,63 Pagliuca (Inter)

1997/98
6,63 Bierhoff (Udinese)
6,58 Totti (Roma), Winter (Lazio)

1998/99
6,69 Vieri (Lazio)
6,58 Totti (Roma)
6,54 Vierchowod (Piacenza)

1999/2000
6,69 Peruzzi (Inter)
6,55 Frey (Verona)
6,54 Montero (Juventus)

2000/01
6,73 Nedved (Lazio)
6,70 Signori (Bologna)
6,67 Rui Costa (Fiorentina)

2001/02
6,75 Totti (Roma)
6,70 Corini (Chievo)
6,64 Vieri (Inter)

2002/03
6,63 Mutu (Parma)
6,59 Nedved (Juventus)
6,53 Maldini (Milan)

2003/04
6,72 R. Baggio (Brescia)
6,71 Totti (Roma)
6,65 Chevantón (Lecce)

2004/05
6,54 Verón (Inter)
6,70 Pagliuca (Bologna), Émerson (Juventus)

2005/06
6,67 Totti (Roma)
6,60 Chimenti (Cagliari)
6,57 Émerson (Juventus)

2006/07
6,58 Mutu (Fiorentina)
6,56 Stankovic (Inter)
6,50 Ibrahimovic (Inter)

2007/08
6,57 Camoranesi (Juventus)
6,56 Ibrahimovic (Inter)
6,53 Mutu (Fiorentina)

2008/09
6,59 Cambiasso (Inter)
6,58 D. Milito (Genoa)
6,54 Ibrahimovic (Inter)

2009/10
6,57 D. Milito (Inter)
6,52 Cambiasso (Inter)
6,50 Di Natale (Udinese)

2010/11
6,73 Alexis Sánchez (Udinese)
6,50 Júlio César (Inter)
6,49 Eto’o (Inter)

2011/12
6,64 Pirlo (Juventus)
6,59 Ibrahimovic (Milan)
6,49 Giovinco (Parma)

2012/13
6,56 Totti (Roma)
6,47 Borja Valero (Fiorentina)
6,46 D. Pizarro (Fiorentina)

2013/14
6,76 G. Rossi (Fiorentina)
6,75 Tévez (Juventus)
6,65 Toni (Verona)


#1 three times: Totti
twice: Mutu.

Memory Lane: Serie A 1981/82.

6,89 Causio (Udinese)
6,87 Castellini (Napoli)
6,77 Krol (Napoli)
6,65 Falcão (Roma)
6,64 Martina (Genoa), Genzano (Cesena)
6,56 Conti (Roma)
6,55 Vierchowod, Pecci & Massaro (Fiorentina)
6,54 Furino (Juventus)
6,53 Di Somma (Avellino)
6,50 Gentile (Juventus), Braglia (Catanzaro)
6,48 Tardelli (Juventus)
6,47 Vandereycken (Genoa)
6,46 Cabrini (Juventus)
6,45 Nela (Roma), Schachner (Cesena)
6,41 Bruscolotti (Napoli), Gasparini (Ascoli)

Referees
6,88 Agnolin
6,85 D'Elia
6,84 Casarin
6,77 Mattei, Menegali

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo.

Memory Lane: Serie A 1983/84.

6,95 Tacconi (Juventus)
6,94 Platini (Juventus)
6,85 Brady (Sampdoria)
6,76 Falcão (Roma)
6,75 Garella (Verona)
6,72 Fanna (Verona)
6,70 Zico (Udinese)
6,69 Novellino (Ascoli)
6,66 Rossi (Juventus)
6,64 Cabrini (Juventus)
6,62 Passarella & Pecci (Fiorentina)
6,61 Bagni (Inter)
6,51 Edinho (Udinese)
6,50 Danova (Torino)

Referees
7,01 Pairetto
6,98 Agnolin
6,91 Bergamo

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo.

Memory Lane: Sevilla 2007/08.

All competitions.

6,43 Keita
6,38 Luís Fabiano
6,32 Dani Alves
6,31 Jesús Navas, Diego Capel
6,29 [Manolo Jiménez]
6,28 Palop
6,25 [Juande Ramos]
6,24 Kanouté
6,12 Chevantón
6,10 De Sanctis
6,09 Koné
6,06 Escudé
6,04 Mosquera
6,00 Fazio, Boulahrouz, David Prieto
5,97 Dragutinovic
5,93 Adriano
5,92 Maresca
5,88 Duda, Renato
5,80 Crespo
5,44 Kerzhakov

Memory Lane: Villarreal 2007/08.

All competitions.

6,50 Marcos Senna, Diego López
6,48 Nihat
6,28 Cazorla
6,26 [Pellegrini]
6,19 Gonzalo
6,15 Capdevila
6,14 Javi Venta
6,12 Godín
6,11 Bruno
6,10 Guille Franco
6,04 G. Rossi
6,00 Viera, Cygan
5,95 Cani
5,93 Fuentes, Pirès
5,92 Josico, Mati Fernández, Ángel
5,86 Eguren
5,83 Mavuba
5,53 Tomasson

Memory Lane: Atlético de Madrid 2007/08.

All competitions.

6,67 Kun Agüero
6,32 Abbiati
6,27 Leo Franco
6,24 Raúl García
6,18 [Aguirre]
6,17 Maxi Rodríguez, Maniche
6,14 Antonio López
6,10 Forlán
6,07 Pablo
6,04 Simão
5,96 Pernía
5,88 Perea
5,83 Thiago Motta
5,82 Luis García
5,81 Cléber Santana
5,80 Miguel
5,75 Seitaridis
5,71 Jurado
5,60 Éller
5,50 Reyes, Valera

Matches between the South American giants, 1990-99.

Argentina : 5 8 4 20-19 = 52,94%
Brazil : 7 8 6 30-24 = 52,38%
Uruguay : 2 6 4 6-13 = 41,67%

Scored goals:
1,43 Brazil
1,18 Argentina
0,50 Uruguay

Conceded goals:
1,08 Uruguay
1,12 Argentina
1,14 Brazil

Altogether 25 matches with 56 goals (2,24 per match).

Matches between the South American giants, 1980-89.

Brazil : 7 5 3 15-9 = 63,33%
Uruguay : 5 2 6 9-9 = 46,15%
Argentina : 3 5 6 6-12 = 39,29%

Scored goals:
1,00 Brazil
0,69 Uruguay
0,43 Argentina

Conceded goals:
0,60 Brazil
0,69 Uruguay
0,86 Argentina

Altogether 21 matches with 30 goals (1,43 per match).

Matches between the South American giants, 1950-59.

Argentina : 10 6 5 37-23 = 61,90%
Brazil : 8 4 8 29-31 = 50,00%
Uruguay : 7 4 12 31-43 = 39,13%

Scored goals:
1,76 Argentina
1,45 Brazil
1,35 Uruguay

Conceded goals:
1,10 Argentina
1,55 Brazil
1,87 Uruguay

Altogether 28 matches with 96 goals (3,43 per match).

Matches between the South American giants, 1970-79.

Brazil : 11 4 1 30-16 = 87,50%
Argentina : 8 7 9 33-29 = 47,92%
Uruguay : 2 3 11 15-33 = 21,88%

Scored goals:
1,88 Brazil
1,38 Argentina
0,94 Uruguay

Conceded goals:
1,00 Brazil
1,21 Argentina
2,06 Uruguay

Altogether 28 matches with 78 goals (2,79 per match).