Wonderstar Awards S113: League Of The Season (16/05/2014 22:10)

 

A couple of weeks ago I suggested a way of measuring league strength without using team Q, and posted an accompanying table, ranking the 33 leagues currently represented in the game by their S112 international performances and strength-in-depth. Leagues whose sides performed well in the Champions League and Super Cup, and/or had a lot of competition for their title or international spots, would be ranked high, regardless of how strong their average team Q made them in theory. After another season of international competition - congratulations Hotspurs FC and Panathinaikos FC Mouries - the updated table is featured below. I'll also from now on keep a track of scores over the previous 5 seasons. This way we can see which leagues outperform their inherent strength, which are improving over time, and which deserve more or fewer Champions League and Super Cup places.

 

For a rolling, weighted 5-season average of these scores check out the ManagerLeague League of Leagues!

 

A quick recap of the methodology: Leagues receive ratings for Strength (based on player Q and teamstats), International Performance, based on their results, progress, goal difference and opposition strength in Champions League and Super Cup, and Competitiveness, based on how even the league is (leagues dominated by one or two teams will be lower ranked than one in which every team is very strong). Each rating ranges from 0 to 100, and a final league rating is made up of two parts International Performance, and one part Competitiveness. Strength is included in the table for comparison, and does not contribute to the overall rating - though of course stronger leagues would be expected to be more competitive and perform better internationally. So which leagues were the most impressive in Season 113?

Well, it was a great year for Scandinavia, as Sweden improved their ranking to move into the top ten, Norway ranked first overall, and Denmark made the biggest improvement of any league, and also outperformed their strength more than anyone else. Hungary, Greece and Poland also showed very strong performances, while Brazil, Baltic LEague and France all overperformed their Strength considerably. Portugal underperformed, while Argentina and the Arab League slipped back as they failed to replicate strong performances from S112. In terms of international performance, Norway and USA ranked strongly after dominated the Champions League group stages, but both Champions League and Super Cup featured a Hungarian side in the semi-finals, and a Polish team in the final, pushing those two leagues to the top of the pile.

The table gives each league in order (including the change in ranking since S112), with columns showing the number of international places assigned to each league, their strength, international performance and competitiveness. Ranks are in brackets:

 

 

 

 

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