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Serie A is the second strongest league in the world for two years running, announced the IFFHS, with the Premier League in seventh. The International Federation of Football History and Statistics has been calculating the strength of leagues since 1991 on the basis of all national, continental and intercontinental results. Spain’s Liga retains first place, above all as Barcelona won the Treble and the Club World Cup in 2015, with Sevilla retaining the Europa League. For the second year running, Serie A is in the silver medal position with impressive results in Europe that allowed them to close on a fourth Champions League spot. Juventus and Napoli are placed second and third in the club world ranking behind Barcelona. The Bundesliga climbed to third place and Argentina’s Primera Division in fourth, but the English Premier League plummeted from third to seventh in the world after some dismal results on the continent. IFFHS World’s Strongest Leagues of 2015 1 Spain 2 Italy :thumbsup: 3 Germany 4 Argentina 5 France 6 Brazil 7 England :howler: 8 Portugal 9 Belgium 10 Russia |
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Juventus and Napoli placed second and third on the International Federation of Football History & Statistics’ club rankings. The body calculates the ranking of clubs in world football by their results in a calendar year, and the Bianconeri and the Partenopei came behind Barcelona in the World rankings. The Old Lady’s run to the Champions League final saw them come second to winners Barcelona, while the Vesuviani’s Europa League exploits brought them second place. Fiorentina were the only other Serie A side in the top 10, coming in eighth place between Independiente and River Plate. Lazio were ranked 17th, Roma came in 38th place while Inter were in joint 84th alongside CSKA Moscow. In terms of players, Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was named as the world's second best goalkeeper, behind Manuel Neuer of Bayern Munich. IFFHS Club rankings 1 - Barcelona 2 - Juventus :musik: 3 - Napoli :err: 4 - Bayern Munich 5 - Paris Saint-Germain 6 - Real Madrid 7 - Club Independiente Santa Fe 8 - Fiorentina 9 - River Plate 10 - Wolfsburg |
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