World Soccer's reader poll: the top 200 players of all time [1999]

1. Pelé : 5499 points
2. Maradona : 3949
3. Cruyff : 3388
4. Beckenbauer : 2780
5. Platini : 1854
6. Di Stéfano : 1541
7. Puskás : 1537
8. Best : 1190
9. Van Basten : 1026
10. Eusébio : 1022
11. Jashin : 821
12. B. Charlton : 680
13. Ronaldo : 541
14. Moore : 539
15. G. Müller : 498
16. R. Baggio : 486
17. Matthews : 429
18. Zico : 390
19. F. Baresi : 371
20. Garrincha : 361
21. Maldini : 345
22. Dalglish : 334
23. Batistuta : 300
24. Cantona : 299
25. Hagi : 293
26. Romário : 257
27. Jairzinho : 248
28. Zidane : 238
29. Gullit : 221
30. J. Charles : 212
31. Matthäus : 202
32. Banks : 178
33. Klinsmann : 168
34. Bergkamp : 150
35. Kh Rummenigge : 149
36. Lineker : 134
37. Meazza : 132
38. Rivelino : 124
39. Didi : 123
40. Rush : 109
41. Schmeichel & P. Rossi : 104
43. Weah : 99
44. Owen : 90
45. Fontaine : 88
46. D. Edwards : 86
47. Zoff : 80
48. Stoichkov : 77
49. Beckham : 74
50. Finney : 72
51. Rivaldo : 71
52. Caniggia : 64
53. Tostão : 63
54. Rijkaard : 62
55. Chilavert : 61
56. Keegan : 60
57. Gascoigne : 57
58. Milla : 56
59. M. Laudrup : 55
60. Shevchenko : 54
61. Ginola, Hoddle & Sócrates : 53
64. Roberto Carlos & Shearer : 52
66. Passarella : 51
67. Suker : 50
68. Dean, Kocsis, Vieri & Schiaffino : 49
72. Kempes, Neeskens & Riva : 47
75. Nasazzi & Netzer : 46
77. Del Piero & Valderrama : 43
79. R. Zamora : 42
80. Francescoli : 41
81. Davids & Gento : 40
83. J. Baxter, Falcão, Giggs & S. Maier : 38
87. Boniek, Jennings & Sárosi : 37
90. Facchetti : 36
91. A. Hansen, Kopa, Bryan Robson & Sammer : 34
95. Kubala & Southall : 33
97. Gerson : 32
98. Futre & Elkjær : 31
100. Bebeto : 30
101. Sindelar, Stam, L. Suárez, Rivera, Zubizarreta, Ortega, Détári & Kohler : 29
109. Cubillas, Oliseh, N. Santos, Scirea & McManaman : 28
114. Bergomi, Salas, Schuster & Blokhin : 27
118. Hierro, Zola & Vialli : 26
121. Hässler, Kanu, R. Koeman, S. Mazzola & Brady : 25
126. Džajić, Bremner, Lăcătuş, B. Laudrup, Greaves & Czibor : 24
131. J. Barnes, Van der Sar, J. Johnstone, Savičević & C. López : 23
136. Gentile & Hurst : 22
138. Labruna, S. Campbell, Simeone & Hidegkuti : 21
142. Blanchflower & Luis Hernández : 20
144. Leônidas, Ferrara, H. Sánchez & Denílson : 19
148. Butragueño, Varela, D. Yorke & Schillaci : 18
152. Dunga, Basler, Piola, Völler, R. Wilson, Gh. Popescu, D. Santos, Solskjær, Mancini & Bell : 17
162. Clemence, Overath, Kh Förster, Verón, Bierhoff, Shilton & Boszik : 16
170. Gilmar, Rensenbrink, W. Wright & McInally : 15
174. Éder, Lawton, Domingos da Guia, I. Wright, Krol, Giles & Ardiles : 14
181. Ademir, L. Sánchez, Van Hanegem, Ugarte, Thuram & Köpke : 13
187. Roy Keane, Kluivert, H. Larsson, McCoist, Moreno, Rui Costa, Seeler, Haller & Cafu : 12
196. Jorginho, Juninho Paulista, Pearce, Plánička, Vavá & Friedenreich : 11.



Per nation:
1. Brazil : 27
2. England : 26
3. Italy : 21
4. Germany : 19
5. Holland : 14
6. Argentina : 13
7. Hungary : 8
8. Scotland, France & Spain : 7
11. Uruguay, Wales & Denmark : 4
14. Yugoslavia, Romania, Portugal, Ireland & Northern Ireland : 3
19. Cameroon, Nigeria, Chile, Ukraine, Soviet Union, Mexico : 2

Yugoslavia: National team topscorers 1950-91.

1950: Rajko Mitić, 7
1951: Stjepan Bobek, 5
1952: Rajko Mitić & Branko Zebec, 8
1953: Bernard Vukas & Rajko Mitić, 5
1954: Stjepan Bobek & Todor Veselinović, 5
1955: Todor Veselinović & Miloš Milutinović, 5
1956: Todor Veselinović, 7
1957: Miloš Milutinović, 5
1958: Todor Veselinović, 8
1959: Muhamed Mujić, 5
1960: Borivoje Kostić, 18
1961: Milan Galić, 7
1962: Milan Galić, 8
1963: Milan Galić, Slaven Zambata & Josip Skoblar, 2
1964: Slaven Zambata, 9
1965: Milan Galić, 3
1966: Dragan Gugleta & Josip Bakal, 2
1967: Slaven Zambata & Ivan Osim, 3
1968: Vahidin Musemić, 8
1969: Dragan Džajić, 3
1970: Josip Bakal, 3
1971: Dragan Džajić, 3
1972: Dušan Bajević, 15
1973: Dušan Bajević, 4
1974: Josip Katalinski, 4
1975: Brane Oblak & Zvonko Ivezić, 2
1976: Momčilo Vukotić, Danilo Popivoda, Josip Katalinski & Dragan Džajić, 2
1977: Dušan Bajević & Safet Sušić (photo, above), 5
1978: Vahid Halilhodžić, 4
1979: Safet Sušić, 6
1980: Zlatko Vujović & Safet Sušić, 3
1981: Zlatko Vujović, 5
1982: eight players with 1 goal
1983: Safet Sušić, 3
1984: Safet Sušić, Dragan Stojković, Miloš Šestić & Fadil Vokrri, 2
1985: Zlatko Vujović, 3
1986: Zlatko Vujović, 4
1987: Darko Pančev, Dragan Stojković, Fadil Vokrri, Faruk Hadžibegić & Srecko Katanec, 2
1988: Dejan Savićević, 3
1989: Zlatko Vujović, 4
1990: Darko Pančev, 6
1991: Dejan Savićević & Darko Pančev, 6

Topscorer 5 times: Safet Sušić & Zlatko Vujović
4 times: Todor Veselinović & Milan Galić
3 times: Rajko Mitić, Slaven Zambata, Dragan Džajić, Dušan Bajević & Darko Pančev
twice: Stjepan Bobek, Miloš Milutinović, Josip Bakal, Josip Katalinski, Dragan Stojković, Fadil Vokrri & Dejan Savićević.

Player ratings Italy 4, Israel 0 [Under-21 Euro]

1-0 18' Saponara, 2-0 42' Gabbiadini, 3-0 53' Gabbiadini, 4-0 71' Florenzi. Sent off: 37' Golasa. Att: 13.750 (Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv).
Italy: Bardi x - Donati 6,30, Bianchetti 6,00, Caldirola 6,30, Biraghi 6,00 - Saponara 6,50, Florenzi 7,00, Verratti 6,70 (70' Sansone), Insigne 6,40 (40' Rossi 6,50) - Gabbiadini 7,80 (57' Destro 6,30), Immobile 7,00. - coach: Mangia 7,00. = average: 6,57 [very good]
Israel: Kleiman 5,80 - Dasa 5,00 (46' Verta 5,00), Vahaba 5,00, Ben Harush 5,00, Twatha 5,00 - Zaguri 5,70, Krieff 4,80, Biton 6,30, Golasa 5,10 - Kalibat 5,00 (82' Azam), Turgeman 4,90 (67' Barouch). - coach: Luzon 5,60. = average: 5,22 [decrepit]

Brazil: average ratings in World Cups 2002-2010.

7,36 Marcos, Rivaldo (rated 7 times)
7,10 Maicon (5)
7,00 Juan (9), Dida (5)
6,97 Gilberto Silva (15)
6,90 Robinho (5)
6,83 Edmílson (6)
6,80 Ronaldinho Gaúcho (10)
6,79 Ronaldo (12)
6,70 Júlio César (5)
6,68 Lúcio (17)
6,61 Kaká (9)
6,45 Cafu (11)
6,33 Roque Júnior (6)
6,30 Roberto Carlos (10)
6,10 Michel Bastos, Luís Fabiano (5)

Player ratings Austria 2, Sweden 1.

Ratings, Sweden (max 5): Dagens Nyheter - Svenska Dagbladet - Aftonbladet - Expressen. 
Ratings, Austria (max 5): Kurier - Österreich24.

1-0 26' David Alaba penalty, 2-0 32' Marc Janko, 2-1 82' Johan Elmander. Att: 48.500 (Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna).
Austria: Robert Almer 2,50 - Emanuel Pogatetz 2,50 (29' Sebastian Prödl 2,00), György Garics 2,50, Christian Fuchs 3,00, Aleksandar Dragović 3,00 - Zlatko Junuzović 3,00 (75' Franz Schiemer), David Alaba 3,00, Julian Baumgartlinger 3,50 - Marc Janko 3,50 (46' Andreas Weimann), Martin Harnik 4,00, Marko Arnautović 3,00. - average: Marcel Koller. = snitt: 2,96.
Sweden: Andreas Isaksson 2,50 - Mikael Lustig 2,25, Andreas Granqvist 1,00, Jonas Olsson 1,00, Oscar Wendt 2,00 - Sebastian Larsson 1,50, Kim Källström 2,25 (70' Ola Toivonen), Rasmus Elm 1,50 (61' Anders Svensson 2,00), Alexander Kačaniklić 2,50 - Zlatan Ibrahimović 2,50, Johan Elmander 2,75 (84' Jimmy Durmaz). - coach: Erik Hamrén. = average: 1,98.

Player ratings Czech Republic 0, Italy 0.

Sent off: 72' Balotelli. Att: 18.235 (Stadion Letná, Prague).
Czech Republic: Čech x - Gebre Selassie 6,00, Sivok 6,30, M. Kadlec 6,00, Limberský 6,00 (20' Suchý 6,30) - Hübschman 6,10, Darida 6,30 (76' V. Kadlec) - Plašil 6,00, Rosický 6,20, Jiráček 6,50 (86' Kolář) - Kozák 5,90. - coach: Bílek 6,00. = average: 6,15 [solid]
Italy: Buffon 7,00 - Abate 5,20, Bonucci 6,20, Barzagli 5,90, Chiellini 5,40 - Pirlo 4,70 (77' Aquilani) - Marchisio 4,90, Montolivo 4,70, De Rossi 5,40 - Balotelli 4,30, El Shaarawy 4,70 (46' Giovinco 5,00). - coach: Prandelli 5,00. = average: 5,28 [lame]

Player ratings Portugal 1, Russia 0.

1-0 9' Hélder Postiga. Att: 55.000 (Estádio da Luz, Lisbon).
Portugal: Rui Patrício 6,40 - João Pereira 6,10, Neto 6,60, Bruno Alves 6,10, Fábio Coentrão 5,80 - Moutinho 6,80, Veloso 6,60, Raul Meireles 6,10 (73' Amorim 5,60) - Vieirinha 6,40 (92' Custódio), Hélder Postiga 6,90 (66' Nani), Cristiano Ronaldo 6,20. - coach: Paulo Bento. = average: 6,30 [good]
Russia: Akinfeev 6,30 - Anyukov 5,60 (31' Kozlov 5,90), V. Berezutski 5,90, Ignashevich 6,10, Kombarov 5,90 - Bystrov 6,40, Denisov 5,40, Zhirkov 5,60 - Shirokov 6,20, Kerzhakov 6,10  (67' Smolov), Fayzulin 5,40 (21' Glushakov 5,10). - coach: Capello. = average: 5,84 [mediocre]

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Ratings in Russia 1, Portugal 0 (October 2012)
1-0 6' Kerzhakov. Att: 65.000 (Luzhniki, Moscow).
Russia: Akinféev 7,00 - Anyukov 6,20, V. Berezutsky 6,80, Ignashévich 7,00, Kombárov 6,00 - Shirókov 6,90, Denísov 6,50, Fayzulin 5,80 (46' Glushakov 5,80), Bystrov 6,90 (83' Samédov), Kokorin 6,00 - Kerzhakov 6,60 (65' Yeschenko). - coach: Capello. = average: 6,46 [strong]
Portugal: Rui Patrício 5,70 - Bruno Alves 6,30, Pepe 6,00, João Pereira 5,60, Fábio Coentrão (20' Miguel Lopes 6,00) - Miguel Veloso 6,60, Ruben Micael 5,50 (67' Silvestre Varela 5,80), João Moutinho 5,90, Nani 5,40 - Cristiano Ronaldo 5,30, Hélder Postiga 5,00 (75' Éder 5,80). - coach: Paulo Bento. = average: 5,76 [mediocre]

Average ratings Real Betis 2012/13.

6,34 Pabón
6,31 Adrián
6,28 Beñat
6,21 Salva Sevilla
6,15 Jorge Molina
6,14 Rubén Castro
6,04 Paulão
6,00 Nelson
5,93 Cañas
5,89 Juan Carlos
5,85 Rubén Pérez
5,81 Mario
5,76 J. Campbell
5,74 Agra
5,71 Nacho
5,65 Amaya
5,64 Vadillo
5,63 Iglebor
5,62 Chica
5,61 Álex Martínez
5,60 Pereira, Ángel
5,53 Pozuelo
5,50 Perquis
5,49 Nono

Average ratings Catania 2012/13.

League matches only. 

6,22 Izco
6,21 Alejandro Gómez
6,20 Bergessio
6,18 Lodi
6,17 Salifu
6,16 Spolli
6,14 Almirón, Lucas Castro
6,12 Doukara
6,10 Marchese
6,09 Andújar
6,08 Legrottaglie, Barrientos
5,92 Bellusci
5,90 Biagianti
5,87 P. S. Álvarez
5,67 Capuano, Ricchiuto

Player ratings England 0, Italy 1 [Euro Under-21]

0-1 79' Insigne. Att: 16.700 (Tel Aviv).
England: Butland 5,00 - Clyne 4,20, Caulker 5,40, Dawson 6,20, Robinson 5,70 - Lowe 5,40, Henderson 6,20 - Shelvey 5,50 (75' McEachran 5,00), Redmond 6,30, Sordell 5,30 (65' Chalobah 6,00) - Wickham 5,00 (82' Delfouneso). - coach: Pearce 5,30. = average: 5,48 [poor]
Italy: Bardi 6,70 - Donati 6,80, Caldirola 6,50, Bianchetti 6,50, Biraghi 6,80 - Florenzi 6,50, Verratti 7,30, Marrone 6,20 (87' Rossi), Insigne 7,30 - Immobile 6,50 (60' Gabbiadini 7,00), Borini 6,00 (78' Destro). - coach: Mangia 7,00. = average: 6,68 [superiour]

Average ratings Premier League 2012/13, part 1/12.

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: Serie A 1987/88.

6,70 Júnior (Pescara)
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)
 

Average ratings Borussia Dortmund 2012/13.

Bundesliga, Champions League & DFB-Pokal matches.

6,82 Götze
6,68 Weidenfeller
6,48 Reus
6,46 Gündoğan
6,41 Lewandowski
6,30 Hummels
6,24 Kehl
6,22 Piszczek
6,16 Blaszczykowski
6,09 Subotić
6,08 S. Bender
6,02 Schmelzer
5,90 F. Santana
5,88 Leitner
5,81 Großkreutz
5,68 Sahin
5,57 Schieber

Average ratings Bayern Munich 2012/13.

Bundesliga, Champions League & DFB-Pokal matches.

6,92 Robben
6,81 Ribéry
6,79 M. Gómez
6,73 Lahm
6,70 Schweinsteiger
6,68 Kroos
6,61 T. Müller
6,55 Neuer
6,44 Shaqiri
6,39 Alaba
6,38 Van Buyten
6,37 Dante
6,33 Javi Martínez
6,31 Luíz Gustavo
6,26 J. Boateng
6,18 Mandzukic
6,09 C. Pizarro
6,08 Badstuber

Cristiano Ronaldo 2012/13.

Average rating: 6,84.
First half of the season: 6,68
Second half of the season: 7,01

Highest ratings
8,60 vs Barcelona 3-1 (Copa del Rey)
8,40 vs Sevilla 4-1
8,30 vs Athletic 3-0
8,20 vs Ajax 4-1
8,20 vs Celta 4-0 (Copa del Rey)
8,10 vs Levante 5-1

Lowest ratings
4,80 vs Atlético (Copa del Rey final)
5,00 vs Getafe 1-2
5,40 vs Dortmund 2-2 (group stage)
5,50 vs Betis 0-1
5,60 vs Málaga 2-3
5,60 vs Granada 0-1

Average ratings Real Madrid 2012/13.

Including la Liga, Supercopa, Champions League & Copa del Rey.

6,84 Cristiano Ronaldo
6,42 Diego López
6,40 Xabi Alonso, Özil
6,35 Varane
6,30 Modric
6,29 Sergio Ramos
6,23 Benzema
6,21 Khedira
6,19 Kaká
6,13 Di María, Nacho Fernández
6,11 Marcelo
6,10 Casillas
6,04 Higuaín
6,03 Fábio Coentrão
6,02 Pepe
5,95 Callejón
5,93 Albiol
5,92 Essien
5,91 Ricardo Carvalho
5,87 Morata
5,79 Arbeloa
5,78 Adán

Player ratings Livorno 1, Empoli 0 [playoff qualifier]

1-0 32' Paulinho. Att: 17.597.
Livorno: Mazzoni 6,70 - Bernardini 7,30, Emerson 7,50, Ceccherini 6,70 - Schiattarella 7,80, Luci 6,80, Gentsoglou 7,00, Duncan 6,40, Gemiti 6,70 (73' Lambrughi) - Paulinho 7,70, Dionisi 6,00 (88' Decarli). - coach: Nicola 8,40. = average: 6,96 [first-class]
Empoli: Bassi 6,00 - Laurini 5,90, Tonelli 5,70, Regini 6,20, Hysaj 6,30 - Moro 6,40 (88' Casoli), Valdifiori 6,00, Croce 5,70 (68' Mchedlidze 5,30) - Saponara 5,00 - Tavano 5,00, Maccarone 5,50. - coach: Sarri 5,60. = average: 5,75 [mediocre]

Livorno back in Serie A after three years.

Player ratings Brazil 2, England 2.

1-0 58' Fred, 1-1 67' Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 1-2 79' Wayne Rooney, 2-2 83' Paulinho. Att: 70.111 (Maracanã).
Brazil: Júlio César 5,70 - Filipe Luís 5,90 (46' Marcelo 5,90), David Luíz 6,20, Dani Alves 6,00, Thiago Silva 6,40 - Paulinho 6,60 (83' Bernard), Oscar 6,10 (56' Lucas 6,00), Luíz Gustavo 6,10 (46' Hernanes 6,30), Neymar 6,20 - Hulk 6,00 (72' Fernando), Fred 6,70 (80' Leandro Damião). - coach: Scolari. = average: 6,15 [satisfactory]
England: Joe Hart 7,00 - Gary Cahill 5,90, Leighton Baines 5,60 (32' Ashley Cole 6,00), Phil Jones 5,80, Glen Johnson 5,80 (62' Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 6,50), Phil Jagielka 6,00 - Michael Carrick 6,20, James Milner 5,40, Frank Lampard 5,90, Theo Walcott 5,60 (84' Jack Rodwell) - Wayne Rooney 6,60. - coach: Hodgson. = average: 6,02 [acceptable]

Average ratings Málaga 2012/13.

6,31 Isco
6,26 Monreal
6,21 Willy Caballero
6,18 Toulalan, Eliseu
6,13 Joaquín
6,08 Demichelis
6,07 Iturra, Seba
5,96 Júlio Baptista
5,94 Antunes
5,92 Weligton
5,87 Gámez, Camacho
5,85 Sergio Sánchez
5,80 Buonanotte
5,72 Saviola
5,71 Portillo
5,62 Santa Cruz
5,54 Duda
5,18 Lugano

Average ratings Atlético de Madrid 2012/13.

All competitions. 

6,62 Diego Costa
6,49 Courtois, Falcao
6,35 Miranda
6,26 Koke
6,24 Arda Turan
6,17 Gabi
6,12 Filipe Luis
6,03 Mario Suárez
6,01 Juanfran
5,98 Cebolla Rodríguez
5,97 Godín
5,95 Cata Díaz
5,93 Tiago
5,86 Raúl García
5,84 Adrián

Average ratings Liverpool 2012/13.

6,67 Suárez
6,61 Coutinho
6,39 Sturridge
6,34 Sterling
6,27 Gerrard
6,16 G. Johnson, Carragher
6,10 José Enrique, Downing, Wisdom
6,08 Agger
6,07 Henderson
6,04 J. Allen, Suso
5,99 Reina
5,92 Skrtel
5,77 Shelvey
5,69 Borini

Average ratings Newcastle United 2012/13.

6,38 M. Sissoko, Ba
6,26 Ben Arfa
6,21 Coloccini
6,19 R. Elliot
6,15 Gouffran
6,10 Cabaye
6,07 Krul
6,06 M. Williamson
6,04 S. Taylor, Shola Ameobi
6,02 Harper
6,00 Yanga-Mbiwa, Anita
5,95 Santon
5,93 P. Cissé
5,87 Perch
5,84 Tioté, D. Simpson
5,83 Debuchy, Marveaux
5,82 Bigirimana
5,80 S. Ferguson
5,79 Obertan
5,74 Jonas Gutiérrez

Before the 'French revolution' (January 2013)
6,42 Ben Arfa
6,38 Ba
6,20 Coloccini
6,12 Shola Ameobi
6,09 M. Williamson
6,02 Anita, Harper
6,01 S. Taylor
5,99 Krul
5,97 Cabaye
5,90 Santon, Perch
5,88 Obertan
5,85 D. Simpson
5,84 P. Cissé
5,81 Tioté
5,80 Bigirimana, S. Ferguson
5,78 Jonas Gutiérrez
5,75 Marveaux

After the 'French revolution'
6,38 M. Sissoko
6,23 Coloccini
6,20 Cabaye
6,19 R. Elliot
6,15 Gouffran
6,06 S. Taylor
6,05 P. Cissé
6,00 Yanga-Mbiwa
5,92 Ben Arfa
5,89 Tioté
5,88 Shola Ameobi
5,83 Debuchy
5,81 Perch
5,69 Jonas Gutiérrez

Average ratings West Ham United 2012/13.

6,33 Carroll
6,25 Diamé
6,19 Nolan, J. Collins
6,18 Jääskeläinen
6,14 Jarvis
6,08 W. Reid
6,02 Noble
5,98 Tomkins
5,92 M. Taylor
5,91 J. Cole
5,87 O'Brien
5,80 G. O'Neil
5,74 Vaz Te
5,72 C. Cole
5,70 Demel
5,60 Collison

Player ratings England 1, Ireland 1.

0-1 13' Long, 1-1 23' Lampard. Att: 80.126.
England: Hart 6,00 (46' Foster 5,80) - G. Johnson 5,80 (46' P. Jones 6,00), Cahill 5,50, Jagielka 5,90, A. Cole 6,30 (54' Baines 5,70) - Walcott 6,50, Lampard 6,50, Carrick 5,50, Oxlade-Chamberlain 5,80 (87' Milner) - Rooney 5,20, Sturridge 6,00 (34' Defoe 5,40). - coach: Hodgson. = average: 5,86 [mediocre]
Ireland: Forde 6,80 - Coleman 6,70, O’Shea 6,00, St Ledger 5,70, Kelly 5,50 - Walters 6,30 (81' Sammon), McCarthy 6,30, Whelan 6,00 (73' Hendrick 5,80), McGeady 6,20 (68' McClean 5,80), Long 6,50 - Keane 5,70 (65' Cox 6,00). - coach: Trapattoni. = average: 6,09 [acceptable]

Average ratings Chelsea 2012/13.

All competitions.

6,42 Mata
6,34 Cech
6,19 Oscar
6,09 Ba
6,07 Hazard
6,05 G. Cahill, David Luíz, Lampard
6,04 A. Cole
6,02 Ramires
6,00 Moses
5,98 Azpilicueta, Fernando Torres, Terry
5,97 Ivanovic
5,85 Obi Mikel
5,78 Bertrand

Average ratings Tottenham Hotspur 2012/13.

All competitions. 

6,42 Bale
6,31 Vertonghen
6,21 Lloris
6,13 Dembélé
6,09 Lennon
6,08 Dawson
6,06 Caulker
6,05 K. Walker, Sandro
6,03 Friedel
6,02 Huddlestone, S. Parker
5,93 Holtby
5,90 Defoe, Dempsey
5,89 Sigurdsson
5,78 Assou-Ekotto
5,77 Gallas
5,69 Adebayor
5,66 Naughton

Average ratings Arsenal 2012/13.

All competitions. 

6,39 Cazorla
6,30 Walcott
6,21 Wilshere
6,14 Gibbs
6,13 Rosický
6,10 Podolski
6,09 Jenkinson, Arteta
6,08 Koscielny
6,07 Oxlade-Chamberlain
6,06 Giroud
6,02 Ramsey
6,01 Diaby
6,00 Mertesacker
5,98 Gervinho
5,96 Coquelin
5,94 Vermaelen
5,93 Szczesny, Mannone, Sagna, Monreal

Average ratings Real Madrid 2012/13.

La Liga, Champions League, Supercopa and Copa del Rey matches.

6,84 Cristiano Ronaldo
6,42 Diego López
6,40 Xabi Alonso
6,39 Özil
6,35 Varane
6,29 Sergio Ramos, Modric
6,21 Khedira
6,20 Benzema
6,19 Kaká
6,16 Nacho
6,14 Di María
6,11 Marcelo
6,10 Casillas
6,03 Fábio Coentrão
6,02 Pepe, Higuaín
5,95 Albiol
5,94 Callejón
5,92 Essien
5,90 José Rodríguez
5,79 Arbeloa
5,78 Adán

Player ratings Crystal Palace 1, Watford 0 aet [Championship playoff final]

1-0 105' Kevin Phillips penalty. Att: 82.085 (Wembley).
Crystal Palace: Julian Speroni 6,50 - Joel Ward 6,80, Dean Moxey 5,70, Damien Delaney 6,50, Daniel Gabbidon 6,60 -  Kagisho Dikgacoi (18' Stuart O'Keefe 6,30), Owen Garvan 6,00 (84' André Moritz), Mile Jedinak 6,30, Jonathan Williams 5,70 (66' Kevin Phillips 6,80) - Wilfried Zaha 7,00, Aaron Wilbraham 5,50. - coach:  Ian Holloway. = average: 6,31 [good]
Watford: Manuel Almunia 6,90 - Lloyd Doyley 6,80, Joel Ekstrand 5,50, Marco Cassetti 5,30, Ikechi Anya 6,30 (86' Fernando Forestieri)  - Jonathan Hogg 5,40, Daniel Pudil 5,50, Almen Abdi 5,70, Nathaniel Chalobah 5,20 (74' Cristian Battocchio) - Troy Deeney 5,50, Matěj Vydra 5,70 (46' Alex Geijo 5,70). - coach:  Gianfranco Zola. = average: 5,79 [mediocre]

European cities per average attendances [two best supported clubs]

In red, club playing in 2nd division (or lower).

61.252 Manchester [United 75.530, City 46.974]
56.839 Madrid [Real 69.647, Atlético 44.139]
50.770 London [Arsenal 60.079, Chelsea 41.462]
46.841 Munich [Bayern 71.000, 1860 22.682]
46.110 Barcelona [Barcelona 71.663, Espanyol 20.557]
45.796 Glasgow [Celtic 45.848, Rangers 45.744]
45.152 Milan [Inter 46.654, Milan 43.651]
42.005 Istanbul [Fenerbahçe 42.585, Galatasaray 41.425]
40.552 Liverpool [LFC 44.749, Everton 36.356]
38.529 Hamburg [HSV 52.916, St Pauli 24.142]
36.187 Rome [Roma 39.748, Lazio 32.626]
34.442 Lisbon [Benfica 42.366, Sporting 26.521]
32.224 Seville [Betis 33.669, Sevilla 30.778]
27.678 Turin [Juventus 38.646, Torino 16.710]
26.166 Valencia [Valencia 38.013, Levante 14.318]
26.106 Rotterdam [Feyenoord 45.147, Sparta 7070]
25.882 Birmingham [Aston Villa 35.060, City 16.703]
22.180 Paris [PSG 43.235, Red Star 1126]
21.952 Donetsk [Shakhtar 41.203, Metalurh 2700]
21.345 Sheffield [Wednesday 24.078, United 18.612]
18.723 Stockholm [AIK 27.867, Hammarby 9579]
17.832 Eindhoven [PSV 33.176, FC Eindhoven 2488]
16.956 Bruges [Club Brugge 25.502, Cercle 8409]
15.882 Moscow [Spartak 17.966, CSKA 14.398]
15.336 Athens/Piraeus [Olympiakos 20.965, AEK 9707]
15.200 Kiev [Dinamo 27.689, Arsenal 2700]
14.537 Bucharest [Steaua 18.727, Dinamo 10.348]
12.432 Copenhagen [FCK 15.719, Bröndby 9145]
11.790 Vienna [Rapid 14.048, Austria 9533]
11.786 Edinburgh [Hearts 12.811, Hibernian 10.762]
10.949 Belgrade [Crvena Zvezda 15.102, Partizan 6796]
10.684 Warsaw [Legia 16.742, Polonia 4626]
9981 Tel Aviv [Maccabi 11.195, Hapoel 8767]
9839 Zurich [FC Zürich 10.831, Grasshoppers 8847]
9169 Salonika [PAOK 9789, Aris 8558]
8458 Gothenburg [IFK 11.805, Häcken 5111]
7737 Prague [Sparta 8531, Slavia 6943]
6844 Dundee [United 7663, Dundee FC 6024]
4668 Budapest [Ferencváros 6090, Újpest 3247]
3978 Sofia [Levski 4712, CSKA 3243]
3442 Helsinki [HJK 5103, Honka 1781]

Player ratings Roma 0, Lazio 1 [Coppa Italia final]

0-1 71' Lulic. Att: apprx 60.000 (Stadio Olimpico, Rome).
Roma: Lobont 5,00 - Marquinhos 6,00, Burdisso 5,60, Castán 5,90, Balzaretti 5,00 (75' Osvaldo) - Bradley 6,10, De Rossi 5,50, Lamela 4,50, Totti 5,50, Marquinho 5,40 (82' Dodô) - Destro 5,00. - coach: Andreazzoli 4,00. = average: 5,41 [feeble]
Lazio: Marchetti 6,50 - Konko 6,40, Biava 6,80, Cana 6,40, Radu 6,10 - Ledesma 6,10 (53' Mauri 6,10), Candreva 7,10, Onazi 6,60 (91' Ciani), Hernanes 5,60 (84' González), Lucic 7,10 - Klose 6,00. - coach: Petkovic 6,70. = average: 6,40 [strong]

Football's all time top scorers.

According to El Gráfico magazine (Argentina), April 2012.

768: Romário (Brazil) 1985-2007
759: Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia) 1928-56
757: Pelé (Brazil) 1956-79
709: Ferenc Puskás (Hungary) 1943-66
680: Gerd Müller (West Germany) 1964-81
625: Eusébio (Portugal) 1957-79
576: Ferenc Deak (Hungary) 1940-54
568: Uwe Seeler (West Germany) 1953-72
538: Túlio (Brazil) 1988-2012
516: Zico (Brazil) 1971-94
500: Alfredo Di Stéfano (Argentina) 1945-66
498: Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden) 1937-58
493: Jimmy McGrory (Scotland) 1922-37
493: Roberto Dinamite (Brazil) 1971-93
492: Gyula Zsengellér (Hungary) 1935-53
486: Hugo Sánchez (Mexico) 1976-97
483: Jimmy Greaves (England) 1957-80
481: Ernest Wilimowski (Poland) 1933-59
476: Imre Schlosser (Hungary) 1906-28
470: Henrik Larsson (Sweden) 1988-2009
466: Artur Friedenreich (Brazil) 1911-35
454: Johann Krankl (Austria) 1970-89
453: "Dixie" Dean (England) 1923-40
434: Raúl (Spain) 1994-2012.

Player ratings Borussia Dortmund 1, Bayern Munich 2 [CL final]

0-1 60' Mandžukić, 1-1 68' Gündoğan penalty, 1-2 89' Robben. Att: 86.298.
Dortmund: Weidenfeller 7,40 - Piszczek 6,00, Subotić 6,30, Hummels 6,00, Schmelzer 5,10 - S. Bender 5,80 (90' Sahin), Gündoğan 6,90 - Blaszczykowski 6,10 (90' Schieber), Reus 6,30, Großkreutz 5,50 - Lewandowski 6,20. - coach: Klopp 6,80. = average: 6,15 [solid]
Bayern: Neuer 7,30 - Lahm 6,20, J. Boateng 6,60, Dante 5,40, Alaba 6,20 - Javi Martínez 6,80, Schweinsteiger 6,40 - Robben 7,60, T. Müller 6,40, Ribéry 6,40 (91' Luíz Gustavo) - Mandžukić 6,80 (94' M. Gómez). - coach: Heynckes 8,00. = average: 6,55 [excellent]

Title concentration in the last 10 seasons.

Number of ch'ship winning clubs last 10 seasons
7: Sweden, Argentina, USA
6: France, Brazil
5: Germany
4: England, Russia, Holland, Belgium, Turkey, Denmark
3: Italy, Spain
2: Greece, Portugal, Scotland, Ukraine
[average: 4,22]

One-club dominance
8: Greece, Portugal
7: Denmark, Ukraine
6: Scotland, Spain, Belgium
5: England, Italy, Germany
4: France, Russia, Holland, Turkey
3: Argentina, Brazil, USA
2: Sweden
[average: 5,00]

Two-club dominance
10: Greece, Portugal, Ukraine, Scotland
9: Spain
8: England, Holland, Turkey, Belgium, Denmark
7: Italy, Germany, Russia
5: France, Argentina, Brazil, USA
4: Sweden
[average: 7,44]

Combined
16: Greece, Portugal
15: Ukraine
14: Scotland
12: Spain
11: Denmark
10: Belgium
9: England, Italy
8: Holland, Turkey
7: Germany, Russia
3: France
2: Brazil
1: Argentina, USA
-1: Sweden
[average: 8,22]

N. B. No league title was awarded in Italy 2004/05: Juventus stripped of their title as a consequence of the Calciopoli scandal.

Average ratings Bayern Munich & Borussia Dortmund 2010/11.

Bayern players in bold text. 

7,39 Hummels
7,38 Kagawa
7,36 Sahin
7,30 Götze
7,28 S. Bender
7,24 Weidenfeller
7,13 Schmelzer
7,06 M. Gómez
7,05 Ribéry
6,95 Subotic
6,91 Piszczek
6,89 Butt
6,86 Barrios
6,73 Luíz Gustavo    
6,71 T. Müller
6,69 Schweinsteiger, Großkreutz
6,63 Lahm
6,62 Tymoshchuk
6,76 Kroos, Pranjic
6,44 Blaszczykowski
6,42 Lewandowski
6,10 Van Buyten
6,05 Badstuber

Average ratings Bayern Munich & Borussia Dortmund 2011/12.

Bayern players in bold text. 

7,35 Ribéry, Hummels
7,25 S. Kehl
7,20 Weidenfeller
7,19 Blaszczykowski
7,14 Piszczek
7,13 Lewandowski
7,12 Schweinsteiger, Kagawa
7,11 Kroos, S. Bender
7,08 Badstuber
6,90 Lahm
6,88 Neuer, Subotić
6,86 Schmelzer
6,85 Gündoğan
6,77 T. Müller
6,76 M. Gómez
6,75 Luíz Gustavo    
6,72 Alaba
6,70 Robben
6,65 Tymoshchuk
6,63 Großkreutz
6,44 J. Boateng
6,37 Rafinha    

Average ratings Bayern Munich & Borussia Dortmund 2012/13.

Bayern players in bold text.

7,90 Ribéry
7,76 T. Müller
7,54 Götze
7,25 Lahm
7,22 Kroos
7,20 Schweinsteiger
7,14 Shaqiri
7,13 Weidenfeller
7,08 Gündoğan
7,07 Lewandowski
7,05 Neuer
7,02 Javi Martínez    
7,00 Alaba
6,98 Dante    
6,94 J. Boateng
6,93 Reus
6,87 Mandžukić, S. Kehl
6,81 Piszczek
6,75 Hummels
6,70 Subotić, Schmelzer
6,40 Großkreutz
6,21 Felipe Santana

Average ratings in Euros & World Cups, 2000-2012, part 9/16.

6,72 Ribéry (rated 16 times), J. Boateng (9)
6,71 N. de Jong (12)
6,70 Maldini, Desailly, Nuno Gomes, Galásek, Charisteas (10)
6,69 Lampard (13), G. Johnson, Basinas , Lee Eul-Yong (8)
6,68 Figo (19), Lúcio (17), Cocu (14)

Bundesliga: top rated players 2012/13.

7,89 Ribéry (Bayern)
7,52 Götze (Dortmund)
7,50 Trapp (Frankfurt)
7,32 T. Müller (Bayern)
7,25 Kießling (Leverkusen)
7,24 Błaszczykowski (Dortmund)
7,21 Lahm ((Bayern)
7,20 Kroos & Schweinsteiger (Bayern)
7,16 Shaqiri (Bayern)
7,15 Lewandowski (Dortmund)

Serie A: top rated players 2012/13.

6,56 Totti (Roma)
6,47 D. Pizarro & Borja Valero (Fiorentina)
6,46 Balotelli (Milan)
6,45 Hamsik (Napoli)
6,41 Cavani (Napoli)
6,39 Cuadrado (Fiorentina)
6,36 Cerci (Torino)
6,35 Pogba (Juventus)
6,32 Marchetti (Lazio)
6,31 Diamanti (Bologna)
6,30 Marchisio (Juventus)

Average ratings Barcelona 2012/13.

All competitions included.

7,00 Messi
6,80 Iniesta
6,54 Tello
6,44 Xavi
6,27 Busquets
6,20 Puyol
6,18 Montoya
6,16 Pedro
6,14 Jordi Alba
6,13 Valdés
6,11 Piqué
6,07 Dani Alves
6,05 Pinto
6,04 Fàbregas, Adriano, Alexis, Bartra
6,03 Thiago
5,96 Mascherano
5,91 Song
5,84 Villa

Italian poll: the best & worst of Serie A 2012/13.

Rate the Serie A teams
8,5 Juventus
7,5 Napoli
7,2 Fiorentina
7,0 Udinese
6,7 Milan
6,4 Lazio
6,3 Catania & Roma
5,9 Cagliari & Chievo
5,8 Atalanta, Parma & Bologna
5,7 Sampdoria & Torino
5,1 Genoa
4,8 Siena
4,4 Inter
4,1 Palermo
4,0 Pescara

The best player
23% Cavani
11% Balotelli
10% Di Natale
8% Buffon, El Shaarawy, Totti & Vidal
4% Marchisio
3% Barzagli & P. Cannavaro
2% Hamsik, Marchetti & Sau

The best coach
42% Conte
17% Montella
12% Mazzarri
11% Guidolin
10% Allegri
4% Petkovic & Maran

The positive surprise
25% Fiorentina
14% Napoli
12% Catania
11% Juventus
8% Udinese

The negative surprise
45% Inter
14% Palermo
7% Milan
4% Genoa
3% Juventus, Lazio, Pescara, Roma

La Liga: top rated coaches.

6,58 Vilanova (Barcelona)
6,51 Montanier (Real Sociedad)
6,46 Mourinho (Real Madrid)
6,38 Paco Jémez (Rayo Vallecano)
6,33 Simeone (Atlético)

Average ratings West Bromwich Albion 2012/13.

6,29 Foster, Lukaku
6,21 Mulumbu
6,10 Brunt
6,06 Long
6,01 McAuley
5,98 J. Olsson, Tamas
5,96 Morrison
5,92 B. Jones
5,90 Fortune
5,84 Reid, Gera
5,80 Myhill
5,77 Ridgewell
5,76 J. Thomas
5,72 Yakob
5,71 Dorrans
5,67 Popov
5,60 Rosenberg
5,54 Odemwingie

Player ratings West Bromwich 5, Man United 5.

0-1 6-1 Kagawa, 0-2 9' og J. Olsson, 0-3 30' Büttner, 1-3 40' Morrison, 2-3 50' Lukaku, 2-4 53' Van Persie, 2-5 63' Hernández, 3-5 81' Lukaku, 4-5 81' Mulumbu, 5-5 86' Lukaku. Att: 26.436. 
WBA: Foster 5,50 - Bi. Jones 6,00, McAuley 5,70, J. Olsson 5,00, Ridgewell 5,00 (46' Lukaku 7,70) - Mulumbu 6,10, Yacob 5,50 - Brunt 6,20, Morrison 6,50 (79' Fortune), Dorrans 5,90 - Long 5,90 (79' Rosenberg). - coach: Clarke. = average: 5,92 [vulnerable]
Man United: Lindegaard 5,00 - Valencia 6,00, Evans 6,00 (83' R. Ferdinand), P. Jones 5,70, Büttner 6,10 - Cleverley 6,50 (60' Giggs 6,50), Anderson 6,20, Carrick 6,20, Kagawa 6,80 (69' Scholes) - Hernández 6,60, Van Persie 6,50. - coach: Ferguson. = average: 6,18 [solid]

Sir Alex Ferguson's 1500th and last match as Man United coach. His record since 1986: 895 wins, 338 draws, 267 defeats; 2769 goals scored, 1364 conceded.

Player ratings Newcastle 0, Arsenal 1.

0-1 52' Koscielny. Att: 52.354.
Newcastle: Harper 5,90 - Debuchy 6,00, S. Taylor 5,70, Coloccini 5,00, Yanga-Mbiwa 6,30 (80' Campbell) - Ben Arfa 6,00, Cabaye 6,10 (57' Anita 5,20), Tioté 5,40, Gutiérrez 5,80, Gouffran 6,30 (65' Marveaux 5,20) - P. Cissé 6,20. - coach: Pardew. = average: 5,78 [mediocre]
Arsenal: Szczesny 5,70 - Sagna 6,20, Mertesacker 6,00, Koscielny 7,00, Gibbs 5,90 - Ramsey 6,70, Arteta 5,40 (28' Oxlade-Chamberlain 6,00), Walcott 6,80, Rosický 6,50, Cazorla 6,50 (89' Wilshere) - Podolski 5,80 (78' Giroud). - coach: Wenger. = average: 6,21 [solid]

Player ratings Inter 2, Udinese 5.

0-1 1' Pinzi, 0-2 10' Domizzi, 1-2 12' Juan Jesus, 1-3 41' Di Natale, 1-4 53' Gabriel Silva, 2-4 63' Rocchi, 2-5 76' Muriel. Att: apprx 25.000 (officially 41.533).
Inter: Handanovic 5,00 - Juan Jesus 4,30, Cambiasso 5,20, Pasa 5,20 - Nagatomo 3,90, Kovacic 5,40, Kuzmanovic 5,00 (79' Benassi), Á. Pereira 4,30 - Guarín 4,80, R. Álvarez 4,30 (55' Palacio 6,00) - Rocchi 6,30 (69' Schelotto). - coach: Stramaccioni 4,00. = average: 4,98 [horrid]
Udinese: Brkic 5,60 - Benatia 6,00 (70' Angella), Danilo 6,00, Domizzi 6,50 - Basta 7,00, Allan 6,30, Pinzi 7,00 (89' Rodríguez), Gabriel Silva 7,00 - Pereyra 7,10, Muriel 7,20 (81' Badu) - Di Natale 7,70. - coach: Guidolin 8,00. = average: 6,67 [superiour]


Inter's 26th defeat: club record.
Udinese's 8th consecutive win: club record.

Player ratings Pescara 1, Fiorentina 5.

0-1 16' Ljajic, 0-2 24' Ljajic, 0-3 28' Mati Fernández, 0-4 54' Jovetic, 0-5 59' Ljajic, 1-5 77' Vittiglio. Att: 9607.
Pescara: Perin 5,00 - Zauri 4,70, Cosic 4,50 (68' Catalano), Capuano 4,80, Bocchetti 4,50 - Rizzo 4,50, Togni 5,00, Di Francesco 5,20 (84' Mbody), Bjarnason 5,00 - Celik 5,00 (68' Vittiglio 6,00), Sforzini 5,60. - coach: Bucchi-Nobili 4,70. = average: 4,98 [horrid]
Fiorentina: Viviano 6,00 (73' Lupatelli) - Tomovic 6,20, G. Rodríguez 6,50, Compper 6,30, Pasqual 6,60 - Borja Valero 7,00, D. Pizarro 6,70, Mati Fernández 7,00, Cuadrado 6,80 (64' G. Rossi 6,00) - Jovetic 7,10, Ljajic 8,00 (60' Wolski 5,60). - coach: Montella 7,60. = average: 6,60 [excellent]
 

Player ratings Siena 1, Milan 2.

1-0 25' Terzi, 1-1 84' Balotelli, 1-2 87' Mexès. Sent off: 68' Ambrosini. Att: 13.083.
Siena: Pegolo 7,30 - Terzi 6,50, Terlizzi 5,70, Felipe 5,30, Vitiello 5,70 - Calello 6,00, Della Rocca 6,00, Bolzoni 6,00, Rubin 6,00 (89' Bogdani), Rosina 6,30 (61' Agra 5,60) - Emeghara 6,20 (75' Paci). - coach: Iachini 6,00. = average: 6,05 [acceptable]
Milan: Abbiati 6,00 - Abate 5,70 (78' Constant), Zapata 5,90, Mexès 7,60, De Sciglio 5,50 - Montolivo 6,00, Ambrosini 5,20, Nocerino 4,70 (59' El Shaarawy 5,70) - Niang 4,20 (46' Pazzini 5,50), Balotelli 6,50, Robinho 5,20. - coach: Allegri 6,00. = average: 5,67 [failing]

Milan qualified for the 2013/14 Champions League.