There are many professional football leagues in Europe, but according to the UEFA's league rankings and co-efficient, here are the top 5 leagues on the continent.
Spanish La Liga
The Spanish La Liga which was established in 1929 is one of the most popular professional football league in the world.
In accordance with the UEFA's League co- efficient, La liga has been ranked as the top league in Europe over the last 5 years.
Till date, 62 teams have competed in the La liga and only 9 teams have emerged as champions.
Barcelona won the inaugural season.
The most successful team in La Liga history is Real madrid with an overall record of 33 titles while Barcelona have 25 titles.
Athletic Bilbao, Real Madrid and Barcelona are the only teams that have never been relegated since the inception of the league in 1929 till date.
Since 2009, Barcelona have won the Spanish La Liga title 7 times (2009 - 2011, 2012/13, 2014- 2016 and 2017 - 2019) while Real Madrid has won it twice ( 2013/14 and 2016/17).
Will Barcelona continues their dominance this season ?
English Premier League (EPL)
The Football League was established in 1888, and at the end of the 1888/89 season Preston North End were the first club to be crowned Champion after completing their fixtures unbeaten.
In 1992, the First division change its nomenclature to be called the FA Premier league.
The first 5 champions in the Premier League era were Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers , Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United who
had all won the title at least once prior to 1992.
Leicester City were crowned champions for the first time in 2016, becoming the first team to win the Premier League without having previously won the First division title.
Man United have won 20 titles - the most of any club, Liverpool are second with 18 while Arsenal are third with13 titles - all of which came after 1930.
In the last one decade, Man City have won 4 League titles (2011/12, 2013/14, 2017 to 2019) while Chelsea has won it thrice (2009/10, 2014/15 and 2016/17). Man United won in 2012/13 and Leicester City won in 2015/16.
Liverpool have never won the EPL title in this era.
Will Liverpool break the jinx this season?
Italian Serie A
The Serie A title has been contested since 1898 in varying forms of competition. Juventus are the current champions, and have won a record 35 titles.
About 14 different teams have won the Serie A title since the inaugural season.
The Serie A championship title is referred to as the Scudetto(small shield), because the winning team will wear a small coat of arms with the Italian flag on their jersey in the following season.
Juventus have won 8 consecutive scudetti from 2011 to 2019.
Will any Serie A team hijack the title from Juventus this season?
German Bundesliga
The ancient German football league begins in 1903 as VfB Leipzig emerge champion.
The formation of the Bundesliga in 1963, marked a significant change to the German football championship, as FC Koln captured the first ever Bundesliga title in the league's inaugural 1963/64 season. So far, 13 different teams have won the Bundesliga titles.
Since the inaugural win of FC Koln, the competition has been dominated by Bayern Munich which has taken the championship 29 times out of the 57 Bundesliga seasons played to 2019/20 season.
In the last one decade, Bayern have won the German league 8 times and 7 consecutive bundesliga titles from 2012/13 till date,
Which team will end Bayern dominance in Germany?
French Ligue 1
The Union Design Societes Francaises de Sports Athletiques (USfSA) was founded in 1893/94, the first champion of french football was Standard Athletic club, who defeated the White Rovers 2 nil in Courbevoie on 6th of may 1894.
Olympique Lyon established themselves as a top club by winning a record- breaking streak of seven successive league titles from 2002 to 2008/09 season.
Olympic Marseille and Saint- Etienne have the most championship wins with 10 Ligue 1 titles each while Paris Saint-Germain have won 8.
In the last one decade PSG have won the league 6 times.
No doubt that PSG is the best team currently in the French league with the Neymars and Mbappes of this world.
Do you think PSG will match the records of Marseille and Saint Etienne soon ?
Fabiyi Ridwan
Sports Writer and Analyst
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