You are currently not logged into ManagerLeague
If you wish to log in, click here.
If you wish to sign up and join us, click here.
Wonderstar AnalyticsSee all entries in this blog
Wonderstar Awards S114: League Of The Season (15/07/2014 03:24)

 

Following on from S112 and S113, here is a ranking of the 33 leagues currently represented in the game by their S114 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, are ranked highly, regardless of how strong their average team Q makes them in theory (a Q-based measure of strength is provided for comparison). 

 

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 2 x International Performance, plus 1 x 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 114?

In season 114, several of the traditionally strong leagues justified their 5 Champions League spots and rose to the top. Chief amongst them are the English and Romanian leagues, with nearly identical scores. England and Romania were the two most competitive leagues, knocking Norway down to 3rd. Meanwhile, the USA performed best overall in the Champions League and SuperCup. While this might seem surprising at first - no US team reached the semi-finals in either contest - in fact every single US side were dangerous, with an average score of 16pts and +12 goal difference in the group stages, and three quarter-finalists. In total during the group stages American teams won 25 matches between them, only drawing 5 and losing 5. Greece also posted very strong international scores again, with an unexpected SuperCup semi-finalist in Aristotelis Forest and a Champions League quarter-finalist in Panathinaikos FC Mouries.  

Indonesia, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Argentina and Canada made big jumps upwards, while Denmark, Bulgaria and Serbia showed the biggest declines. The Baltic League scored an impressive 114pts, mainly thanks to FC NVilnia's shock SuperCup runThe table gives each league in order (including the change in ranking since S113), with columns showing the number of international places assigned to each league, their strength, international performance and competitiveness. Ranks are in brackets:

 

 

 

- Belizio

 

 

 

 

Click Here to return to the Wonderstar Analytics home page

 

Share on Facebook
This blogger owns the team The Wonderstars. (TEAM:154471)
Post a comment
You must be logged in to post comments.
© 2003-2007 Fifth Season AS, Oslo, Norway. Privacy Policy. Rules and Code of Conduct. Sitemap.
Responsible Editor for ManagerLeague is Christian Lassem.