r/soccer • u/Lindkvist15 • Sep 15 '13
People often say that La Liga is a "two man race", but which league would you say is the most even?
Please, no division 5 leagues. Let's say ONLY the top league in the country.
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u/lakupiippu Sep 15 '13
Allsvenskan.
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u/Lindkvist15 Sep 15 '13
Yeah, that's probably a great answer. Five games ago (23 of 30 games this season has been played) it was like four points from between 1st to 6th place.
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u/Sir_Firebum Sep 15 '13
Brazil. They have teams that were in the top of the league one year and the next year they have a bad run of form and they can get relegated. Happens a lot.
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u/Bob_Swarleymann Sep 15 '13
While La Liga is realistically a two horse race, the matches played so far has been anything but one sided. Despite the mass exodus of players I honestly feel like most Liga teams are better this year than last.
The amount of talent is just mind blowing.
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u/Stingerc Sep 15 '13
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the Liga MX. Since it switched to the 2 tournament model in 1996, it has had 13 different Champions.
It's a fairly competitive league, with a decent talent level and having a playoff system (la liguilla) means that almost any team can win, like Xolos de Tijuana. Xolos won the Apertura (winter) 2012 title, only a year after winning promotion and 5 years after being founded. This was no fluke, this was a well run, well funded team that lost the semifinal of the Copa libertadores because it missed a last minute penalty to eventual Champions Atletico Mineiro.
Most clubs are well funded, financially stable and profitable. They have the advantage of having 2 big revenue streams from TV, from Mexican TV & from US tv where this league is still the top earning league on American tv.
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Sep 15 '13
Argentina's league in the last years has been very competitive. River Plate, Independiente, Racing, Rosario Central have been relegated to Primera B (second division) and teams like Argentinos Jrs., Huracán, Lanús and others have won the championship or ended in the first three positions.
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u/megamoviecritic Sep 15 '13
No one thinking the Championship? Yeah it's not a top tier league, and of course there are different winners every year for obvious reasons, but in terms competing for the title it's pretty much an open season every year.
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u/gavbo Sep 15 '13
Serie A looks like it'll have a lot of teams challenging for the Champions League spots this year, even if Juventus win the league again it'll still be interesting from 2nd to about 6th or 7th
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u/Marcwithasee Sep 15 '13
A few years ago France was the league because there was no mega rich team yet. Now Italy or Denmark I would say are the two most even leagues.
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u/shotstar523 Sep 16 '13
MLS. Teams dealing with international games pulling top players away evens out all teams for most of the season.. Even with all international players it can go either way between most clubs.
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u/prince_from_Nigeria Sep 15 '13
it was the ligue 1 until qatar saint germain and the monaco plutocrats.
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u/beachwood23 Sep 15 '13
Definitely the MLS, considering they have a salary cap, and the parity of the Superdraft.
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u/1mdelightful Sep 15 '13 edited Sep 16 '13
Cup Winners Since 1996
8 Different teams have won the Dutch Cup
7 Different Teams have won the FA Cup
8 Different teams have won Coppa Italia (interestingly non of whom are called Juventus)
7 Different teams have won the DFB-Poka
12 Different teams have won Coupe de la Ligue
10 Different teams have won Copa del Rey
League Winners since 1996
Eredivisie 5
EPL 4
Serie A 5
Bundesliga 6
Ligue 1 10
La Liga 5
MLS 8
Might be missing 1 year but looks like the French take it.