We lost the Portuguese Cup final to Académica... I am beyond common heartburn.
Napoli win the Coppa Italia, which is good,
We lost the Portuguese Cup final to Académica... I am beyond common heartburn.
Scotland btw. is up for a disaster. Next year they will fall back to 26th place and not even rank on this list. (Serbia is astonishingly bad as well).
Well, it's the cycle of the 5-year-ranking.
Few teams doing good -> rise up in ranks = more teams which aren't quite as good = high divisor -> fall in ranks again -> only few teams in Europe = low divisor -> rise up in ranks again.
It's the same for us as well. FC Basel has been collecting practically all the points for Switzerland the last years (Thun helped as well for their size, Sion has its president to blame). This basically means that you need to win the league as the first place will always be good enough .
But good luck to Scotland, even if we are direct competitors
(Serbia is astonishingly bad as well).
How? I'm not quite sure as I don't know how the Fair Play coefficient is calculated, but I do know that some lowly teams get into European places, sometimes even relegated teams.Pangur Bán;11515709 said:Total points (normal rounds, 1 for a draw, two for a win, plus certain bonuses) is divided by number of teams to produce overall score. Thus winning fair play league tables can be bad for small countries.
Ths is the problem with having such powerful neighbours. Argentina used to do the same to Bolivia and Paraguay, these days everything in Argentina is siphoned off by teams from the top two divisions of Singapore, Ukraine, etc. Devaluation+inflation hit the Argentine clubs hard.Pangur Bán;11515716 said:I would say that now, as opposed to five years ago, the Swiss league is much stronger than the Scottish league. Most of our second-tier teams are emptied each season by mediocre but rich lower league English clubs, making them very weak.
No, their national side does well when they had Antić who is something of a wizard.serbia never did all that well in the first place, did it?(Serbia is astonishingly bad as well).
How? I'm not quite sure as I don't know how the Fair Play coefficient is calculated, but I do know that some lowly teams get into European places, sometimes even relegated teams.
No, their national side does well when they had Antić who is something of a wizard.
Interesting as well that only one of the really big clubs of Europe managed to win their league (Real Madrid).