The Best Eleven

Euro 2016 Qualifying Upsets

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:31:00 +0000

Upset wins (10+ FIFA ranking difference) in UEFA EURO 2016 Qualifying games between September 7-9

Format:
FIFA Ranking Difference
Score - Nation (Current FIFA Ranking)
Score - Nation (Current FIFA Ranking)

121
2 - Cyprus (140)
1 - Bosnia/Herzegovina (19)

61
2 - Northern Ireland (95)
1 - Hungary (34)

59
1 - Albania (70)
0 - Portugal (11)

54
1 - Estonia (93)
0 - Slovenia (39)

32
2 - Czech Republic (35)
1 - Netherlands (3)

23
1 - Slovakia (45)
0 - Ukraine (22)

14
1 - Romania (27)
0 - Greece (13)

14
3 - Iceland (46)
0 - Turkey (32)

FIFA Best/Worst Ranking - August 2014

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:26:00 +0000

Nations currently at their best or worst all-time ranking position in the August 2014 FIFA Rankings.

Best Ranking
1 - Germany
15 - Costa Rica
29 - Venezuela
50 - Sierra Leone
73 - Azerbaijan
105 - Lesotho
165 - Montserrat

Worst Ranking
122 - Canada
157 - Thailand
167 - Liechtenstein
197 - Cayman Islands
201 - British Virgin Islands
201 - Cambodia
203 - Eritrea
205 - Djibouti
206 - Cook Islands
207 - Anguilla
208 - Bhutan
208 - San Marino

Current MLS Players with European National Team Caps

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:32:00 +0000

TEAM
Player (Caps: Nation)

Chicago Fire
Răzvan Cociș (50: Romania)

LA Galaxy
Stefan Ishizaki (13: Sweden)
Robbie Keane (134: Ireland)

Montreal Impact
Marco Di Vaio (14: Italy)
Matteo Ferrari (11: Italy)

New England Revolution
Andy Dorman (3: Wales)

New York City FC (2015)
Frank Lampard (106: England)
David Villa (97: Spain)

New York Red Bulls
Thierry Henry (123: France)
Péguy Luyindula (6: France)

Portland Timbers
Pa Modou Kah (10: Norway)

San Jose Earthquakes
Yannick Djaló (1: Portugal)
Andreas Görlitz (2: Germany)

Toronto FC
Steven Caldwell (12: Scotland)
Jermain Defoe (55: England)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Andy O'Brien (26: Ireland)

African Players with 10+ Goals in European Leagues - 2013/2014

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 13:56:00 +0000

African players that scored 10 or more goals in top division European leagues in the 2013/2014 season.

Algeria
16 - El Arbi Hillel Soudani (Dinamo Zagreb: Croatia)

Angola
13 - Igor Vetokele (København: Denmark)

Cameroon
16 - Vincent Aboubakar (Lorient: France)
13 - Leandre Tawamba Kana (MFK Ružomberok: Slovakia)
11 - Mbilla Etame (Khazar Lankaran FK: Azerbaijan)
11 - Leonard Kweuke (Rizespor: Turkey)
10 - Maxim Choupo-Moting (Mainz: Germany)

Cape Verde Islands
11 - Garry Rodrigues (Levski Sofia: Bulgaria)
10 - Héldon (Sporting CP: Portugal)

Central African Republic
13 - Mouhamadou Habibou (KAA Gent: Belgium)

Comoros
15 - El Fardou Ben Nabouhane (Veria: Greece)

Congo
14 - Francis Litsingi (FK Teplice: Czech Republic)
10 - Prince Oniangué (Reims: France)

Côte d'Ivoire
20 - Yaya Touré (Manchester City: England)
18 - Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscow: Russia)
17 - Wilfried Bony (Swansea City: England)
16 - Salomon Kalou (Lille: France)
15 - Serge Deblé (FC Shirak: Armenia)
12 - Yannick Boli (Zorya Luhansk: Ukraine)
10 - Didier Drogba (Galatasaray: Turkey)

DR Congo
13 - Dieumerci Mbokani (Dynamo Kyiv: Ukraine)

Gabon
13 - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund: Germany)

Gambia
11 - Demba Savage (HJK: Finland)

Ghana
10 - David Accam (Helsingborg: Sweden)

Madagascar
10 - Anicet Andrianantenaina (FK Botev Plovdiv: Bulgaria)

Mali
12 - Cheick Diabaté (Bordeaux: France)
11 - Mustapha Yatabaré (Guingamp: France)

Morocco
17 - Aatif Chahechouhe (Sivasspor: Turkey)
15 - Abderrazak Hamdallah (Aalesund: Norway)
13 - Omar Er Rafik (Differdange: Luxembourg)
12 - Youssef El-Arabi (Granada: Morocco)

Nigeria
15 - Stanley Ohawuchi (Sliema: Malta)
14 - Ikechukwu Uche (Villarreal: Spain)
14 - Kennedy Igboananike (AIK: Sweden)
13 - Marco Tagbajumi (Ermis FC: Cyprus)
12 - Emmanuel Emenike (Fenerbahçe: Turkey)
11 - Alfred Effiong (Qormi: Malta)
11 - Obinna Obiefule (Hibernians: Malta)
11 - Abiola Dauda (Crvena Zvezda: Serbia)
10 - Imoh Ezekiel (Standard Liege: Belgium)
10 - Sylvester Igboun (Midtjylland: Denmark)
10 - Adeshina Lawal (B36 Tórshavn: Faroe Islands)
10 - Shola Shodiya (Birkirkara: Malta)
10 - Leke James (Aalesund: Norway)

Senegal
15 - Moussa Sow (Fenerbahçe: Turkey)
13 - Sadio Mané (FC Red Bull Salzburg: Austria)
13 - Dame N'Doye (Lokomotiv Moscow: Russia)
12 - Baye Omar Niasse (Akhisar Belediyespor: Turkey)
10 - Ibrahim Sidibé (Debrecen: Hungary)
10 - Malek Mane (Sogndal: Norway)
10 - Lamine Diarra (Antalyaspor: Turkey)

Togo
11 - Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham Hotspur: England)

Tunisia
17 - Hamdi Harbaoui (KSC Lokeren: Belgium)

Stats from European 'Summer' leagues in Scandinavia and elsewhere are from the completed 2013 season.

FIFA Confederation Ranking Comparison - July 2014

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:33:00 +0000

Comparing FIFA Confederations using the average FIFA ranking of the top 5 teams from each region.

5.2 - EUROPE
1 - Germany
3 - Netherlands
5 - Belgium
8 - Spain
9 - Switzerland

6.2 - SOUTH AMERICA
2 - Argentina
4 - Colombia
6 - Uruguay
7 - Brazil
12 - Chile

24.4 - CONCACAF
15 - USA
16 - Costa Rica
18 - Mexico
33 - Panama
40 - Honduras

31.4 - AFRICA
24 - Algeria
25 - Cote d'Ivoire
34 - Nigeria
36 - Egypt
38 - Ghana

51.8 - ASIA
45 - Japan
49 - Iran
52 - Uzbekistan
56 - South Korea
57 - Jordan

154.0 - OCEANIA
101 - New Zealand
136 - New Caledonia
171 - Tahiti
175 - Solomon Islands
187 - Vanuatu

FIFA Best/Worst Ranking - July 2014

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 13:07:00 +0000

Nations currently at their best or worst all-time ranking position in the July 2014 FIFA Rankings.

Best Ranking

1 - Germany

16 - Costa Rica

30 - Venezuela

73 - Azerbaijan

166 - Montserrat

Worst Ranking

70 - Republic of Ireland

118 - Canada

157 - Thailand

167 - Liechtenstein

200 - Cambodia

202 - Eritrea

205 - Djibouti

206 - Cook Islands

207 - Anguilla

208 - Bhutan

208 - San Marino

2013-2014: CONCACAF Goals in English Leagues

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 15:13:00 +0000

CONCACAF goal scorers in the top 6 tiers of the English Football League system in the 2013-2014 season.

Format:
Goals - Player (Club: League Tier Level)

Antigua and Barbuda
3 - Kieran Murtagh (Woking: 5)
1 - Dexter Blackstock (Leeds: 2)

Barbados
7 - Louie Soares (Basingstoke: 6)
6 - Neil Harvey (Hednesford: 6)
2 - Emmerson Boyce (Wigan: 2)
2 - Jon Nurse (Barnet: 5)
1 - Jon Nurse (Farnborough: 6)
1 - Louis Moss (Colwyn Bay: 6)
1 - Ed Moss (Colwyn Bay: 6)

Bermuda
14 - Nahki Wells (Bradford: 3)
7 - Nahki Wells (Huddersfield: 2)

Canada
6 - Gavin McCallum (Sutton Utd: 6)
4 - David Hoilett (QPR: 2)
2 - Simeon Jackson (Millwall: 2)
2 - Marcus Haber (Notts County: 3)
2 - Michael Petrasso (Coventry: 3)
2 - Iain Hume (Preston: 3)
1 - Iain Hume (Fleetwood: 4)
1 - Evan James (Tonbridge: 6)

Costa Rica
2 - Bryan Oviedo (Everton: 1)
1 - Bryan Ruiz (Fulham: 1)

Dominica
10 - Richard Pacquette (Maidenhead Utd: 6)

Grenada
3 - Bradley Bubb (Aldershot: 5)
2 - Anthony Straker (Southend: 4)
1 - Leon Johnson (Wycombe: 4)

Guyana
1 - Ricky Shakes (Boreham Wood: 6)

Jamaica
16 - Kevin Lisbie (Leyton: 3)
7 - Jermaine Beckford (Bolton: 2)
6 - Ricardo Fuller (Blackpool: 2)
6 - Deon Burton (Scunthorpe: 4)
5 - Garath McCleary (Reading: 2)
5 - Theo Robinson (Doncaster: 2)
5 - Marcus Bean (Colchester: 2)
5 - Fran Francis (Hednesford: 6)
4 - Simon Dawkins (Derby County: 2)
4 - Marvin Elliott (Bristol City: 3)
3 - Rudolph Austin (Leeds: 2)
3 - Joel Grant (Yeovil: 2)
3 - Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Notts County: 3)
2 - Jobi McAnuff (Reading: 2)
2 - Wes Morgan (Leicester: 2)
2 - Chris Humphrey (Preston: 3)
2 - Darren Byfield (Tamworth: 5)
1 - Adrian Mariappa (Crystal Palace: 1)
1 - Claude Davis (Rotherham: 3)
1 - Marlon King (Sheffield United: 3)
1 - Nyron Nosworthy (Bristol City: 3)
1 - Jamar Loza (Southend: 4)
1 - Cleveland Taylor (Harrogate: 6)

Martinique
3 - Yoann Arquin (Notts County: 3)

Mexico
4 - Javier Hernández (Manchester United: 1)

Montserrat
4 - Alex Dyer (Welling Utd: 5)
1 - Donervon Daniels (Gillingham: 3)

St. Kitts and Nevis
6 - Romaine Sawyers (Walsall: 3)
1 - Callum Willock (Staines: 6)

Trinidad & Tobago
2 - Carlos Edwards (Millwall: 2)
2 - Jason Scotland (Barnsley: 2)
1 - Kenwyne Jones (Cardiff: 1)
1 - Chris Birchall (Port Vale: 3)

United States
3 - Daniel Williams (Reading: 2)
2 - Geoff Cameron (Stoke City: 1)
2 - Jay Denny (Solihull Moors: 6)
1 - Zak Whitbread (Derby: 2)
1 - Jozy Altidore (Sunderland: 1)

2014 World Cup 2nd Group Phase: Players Distance Covered

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:10:00 +0000

Players who covered a distance of 11,500 meters (≈7.15 miles) or more in their second 2014 World Cup game.

12,721 - Matt McKay (Australia)

12,579 - Marcelo Díaz (Chile)

12,255 - Viktor Fayzulin (Russia)

12,224 - Thomas Müller (Germany)

12,204 - Michael Bradley (USA)

11,892 - Koo Ja-Cheol (South Korea)

11,862 - Mile Jedinak (Australia)

11,751 - Philipp Lahm (Germany)

11,704 - Marouane Fellaini (Belgium)

11,657 - Nabil Bentaleb (Algeria)

11,643 - Toni Kroos (Germany)

11,603 - David Silva (Spain)

11,541 - Islam Slimani (Algeria)

2014 World Cup 2nd Group Phase: Highest Top Speed

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 13:02:00 +0000

The players with the highest top speed (km/h) in the 2nd World Cup group phase.

33.52 - Aurier (Cote d'Ivoire)

33.08 - Pereira (Uruguay)

33.01 - Di Maria (Argentina)

32.98 - Srna (Croatia)

32.98 - Johnson (USA)

32.90 - Mustafi (Germany)

32.33 - Sissoko (France)

31.97 - Rodriguez (Uruguay)

31.79 - Perisic (Croatia)

31.79 - Fabian (Mexico)

31.79 - Bernard (Brazil)

31.79 - Mesbah (Algeria)

31.61 - Van Buyten (Belgium)

31.61 - Nounkeu (Cameroon)

31.61 - Martinez (Spain)

31.61 - Azpilicueta (Spain)

31.61 - Mehmedi (Switzerland)

31.61 - Coates (Uruguay)

31.61 - Almeida (Portugal)

31.46 - Abate (Italy)

31.43 - Luis Gustavo (Brazil)

31.39 - Alba (Spain)

31.25 - Montazeri (Iran)

31.25 - Matuidi (France)

31.25 - Lallana (England)

31.07 - Kanunnikov (Russia)

31.07 - Willian (Brazil)

31.07 - Nkoulou (Cameroon)

31.07 - Bolanos (Costa Rica)

31.03 - Bentaleb (Algeria)

30.92 - Hernandez (Mexico)

30.89 - Matip (Cameroon)

30.89 - Sammir (Croatia)

30.89 - Asamoah (Ghana)

30.89 - Dejagah (Iran)

30.85 - Guardado (Mexico)

30.85 - Lavezzi (Argentina)

30.85 - Onazi (Nigeria)

30.85 - Seferovic (Switzerland)

30.85 - Gimenez (Uruguay)

30.71 - Moukandjo (Cameroon)

30.71 - Serey (Cote d'Ivoire)

30.71 - Sanchez (Colombia)

30.71 - Gutierrez (Colombia)

30.71 - Nagatomo (Japan)

30.67 - De Bruyne (Belgium)

30.67 - Rooney (England)

30.67 - Yedlin (USA)

30.53 - Sanchez (Chile)

30.53 - Ibarbo (Colombia)

30.53 - Agyemang Badu (Ghana)

30.53 - Manolas (Greece)

30.53 - Godin (Uruguay)

30.49 - Zuniga (Colombia)

30.49 - Boateng (Ghana)

30.49 - Yun (South Korea)

30.35 - Fellaini (Belgium)

30.35 - Assou Ekotto (Cameroon)

30.35 - Zokora (Cote d'Ivoire)

30.35 - Costly (Honduras)

30.35 - Gago (Argentina)

30.35 - Chiellini (Italy)

30.17 - Armero (Colombia)

30.17 - Cuadrado (Colombia)

30.17 - Gyan (Ghana)

30.17 - Brahimi (Algeria)

30.17 - Barkley (England)

30.13 - Boye (Ghana)

30.13 - Ghoochannejad (Iran)

30.13 - Okazaki (Japan)

30.13 - Veloso (Portugal)

30.00km/h ~ 18.64mph

31.00km/h ~ 19.26mph

32.00km/h ~ 19.88mph

33.00km/h ~ 20.51mph

Top 10 fastest players of the World Cup through the first 2 games of the group stage:

33.52 - Aurier (Cote d'Ivoire)

33.08 - Pereira (Uruguay)

33.01 - Di Maria (Argentina)

32.98 - Srna (Croatia)

32.98 - Johnson (USA)

32.90 - Mustafi (Germany)

32.33 - Sissoko (France)

32.33 - Varane (France)

32.29 - Hummels (Germany)

32.15 - Coentrao (Portugal)

2014 World Cup 1st Group Phase: Players Distance Covered

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 12:37:00 +0000

Players who covered a distance of 11,500 meters (≈7.15 miles) or more in their first 2014 World Cup game.

12,734 - Saphir Taider (Algeria)
12,730 - Michael Bradley (USA)
12,718 - Marcelo Diaz (Chile)
12,341 - Charles Aránguiz (Chile)
12,271 - Muhamed Besic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
12,182 - Miralem Pjanic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
11,747 - Luis Garrido (Honduras)
11,720 - Mile Jedinak (Australia)
11,701 - Toni Kroos (Germany)
11,687 - Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium)
11,622 - Viktor Fayzulin (Russia)
11,611 - Mario Götze (Germany)
11,577 - Khosro Heydari (Iran)
11,515 - Aleksandr Kokorin (Russia)

2014 World Cup: Highest Top Speed in 1st Group Phase

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:32:00 +0000

The players with the highest top speed (kph) in their 1st game of the World Cup group stage.

32.33 - Raphael Varane (France)
32.29 - Mats Hummels (Germany)
32.15 - Fabio Coentrao (Portugal)
31.93 - Pablo Armero (Colombia)
31.79 - Marcos Rojo (Argentina)
31.61 - Juan Cadrado (Colombia)
31.61 - Jordi Alba (Spain)
31.61 - Andy Najar (Honduras)
31.43 - Mathew Leckie (Australia)
31.43 - Victor Moses (Nigeria)

31.39 - Jermaine Jones (USA)
31.21 - Muhamed Besic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
31.07 - Angel Di Maria (Argentina)
31.07 - Ramires (Brazil)
31.07 - Alexis Sanchez (Chile)
31.07 - Yuto Nagatomo (Japan)
31.07 - Paul Aguilar (Mexico)
31.03 - Arjen Robben (Netherlands)
31.03 - Ron Vlaar (Netherlands)
31.03 - Souleymane Bamba (Cote d'Ivoire)

31.03 - Mesut Ozil (Germany)
30.89 - Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana)
30.85 - Jason Davidson (Australia)
30.85 - Martin Caceres (Uruguay)
30.71 - Yaya Toure (Cote d'Ivoire)
30.71 - Die Serey (Cote d'Ivoire)
30.71 - Georgios Samaras (Greece)
30.67 - Gervinho (Cote d'Ivoire)
30.64 - Eugenio Mena (Chile)
30.49 - Jose Cholevas (Greece)

30.49 - Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria)
30.49 - Benedikt Hoewedes (Germany)
30.35 - Khosro Heydari (Iran)
30.31 - Victor Ibarbo (Colombia)
30.17 - John Boye (Ghana)
30.17 - Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)
30.17 - AndranikTimotian (Iran)
30.13 - Divock Origi (Belgium)
30.13 - Gamboa (Costa Rica)

Source: Official FIFA Documents

2014 World Cup: England Player Birthplace Map

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:52:00 +0000

2014 World Cup: Player Representation by League

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:00:00 +0000

League systems with players represented at the 2014 World Cup.

GROUP A

Brazil
6 - England
4 - Brazil
3 - Italy
3 - Spain
2 - France
2 - Germany
1 - Russia
1 - Ukraine
1 - United States (1: Canada)

Cameroon
7 - France
6 - Turkey
3 - Spain
2 - Cameroon
2 - England
2 - Germany
1 - Belgium

Croatia
4 - Ukraine
3 - Croatia
3 - Germany
3 - Italy
3 - Spain
2 - England
2 - Greece
2 - Russia
1 - France (1: Monaco)

Mexico
15 - Mexico
3 - Spain
2 - Portugal
1 - England
1 - France
1 - Germany

GROUP B

Australia
6 - Australia
3 - England
3 - Germany
2 - Netherlands
2 - Switzerland
1 - Austria
1 - Belgium
1 - China
1 - Italy
1 - Qatar
1 - South Korea
1 - United States

Chile
5 - Chile
5 - Spain
4 - Italy
3 - Brazil
3 - England (1: Wales)
1 - Netherlands
1 - Sweden
1 - Switzerland

Netherlands
10 - Netherlands
6 - England (2: Wales)
3 - Germany
2 - Turkey
1 - Italy
1 - Ukraine

Spain
14 - Spain
6 - England
2 - Italy
1 - Germany

GROUP C

Colombia
6 - Italy
3 - Argentina
3 - Colombia
3 - France (1: Monaco)
2 - Portugal
2 - Spain
1 - England
1 - Germany
1 - Mexico
1 - Netherlands

Greece
9 - Greece
6 - Italy
2 - England
2 - Spain
2 - Turkey
1 - Germany
1 - Scotland

Cote d'Ivoire
5 - France
4 - Germany
4 - Turkey
4 - England (1: Wales)
2 - Switzerland
1 - Belgium
1 - Cote d'Ivoire
1 - Italy
1 - Norway

Japan
11 - Japan
7 - Germany
2 - England
2 - Italy
1 - Belgium

GROUP D

Costa Rica
9 - Costa Rica
3 - Norway
3 - United States
1 - Belgium
1 - Denmark
1 - Germany
1 - Greece
1 - Netherlands
1 - Russia
1 - Spain
1 - Sweden

England
22 - England
1 - Scotland

Italy
20 - Italy
3 - France

Uruguay
5 - Italy
4 - Spain
3 - Brazil
3 - England
2 - Portugal
1 - France
1 - Japan
1 - Mexico
1 - Paraguay
1 - Turkey
1 - Uruguay

GROUP E

Ecuador
8 - Ecuador
7 - Mexico
1 - Brazil
1 - Colombia
1 - England
1 - Germany
1 - Netherlands
1 - Russia
1 - Saudi Arabia
1 - UAE

France
9 - England
8 - France
3 - Spain
1 - Germany
1 - Italy
1 - Portugal

Honduras
11 - Honduras
4 - England
4 - United States
1 - Belgium
1 - China
1 - Costa Rica
1 - Scotland

Switzerland
9 - Germany
7 - Switzerland
5 - Italy
2 - Spain

GROUP F

Argentina
7 - Italy
4 - Spain
3 - Argentina
3 - England
3 - Portugal
2 - France
1 - Mexico

Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 - Germany
5 - Turkey
2 - Croatia
2 - England
2 - Italy
1 - Austria
1 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 - China
1 - Hungary
1 - Ukraine

Iran
14 - Iran
2 - England
1 - Germany
1 - Kuwait
1 - Netherlands
1 - Portugal
1 - Qatar
1 - Spain
1 - United States (1: Canada)

Nigeria
6 - England
3 - Nigeria
2 - Belgium
2 - France
2 - Israel
2 - Turkey
1 - Italy
1 - Netherlands
1 - Russia
1 - Scotland
1 - Spain
1 - Ukraine

GROUP G

Germany
17 - Germany
4 - England
1 - Italy
1 - Spain

Ghana
5 - Italy
5 - France
2 - Russia
2 - South Africa
1 - Belgium
1 - England
1 - Germany
1 - Ghana
1 - Greece
1 - Netherlands
1 - Norway
1 - Tunisia
1 - UAE

Portugal
8 - Portugal
6 - Spain
3 - Turkey
1 - England
1 - France
1 - Germany
1 - Italy
1 - Russia
1 - Ukraine

United States
10 - United States (1: Canada)
4 - England
4 - Germany
1 - France
1 - Mexico
1 - Netherlands
1 - Norway
1 - Turkey

GROUP H

Algeria
4 - Italy
4 - Spain
3 - England
3 - France
3 - Portugal
2 - Algeria
1 - Bulgaria
1 - Croatia
1 - Qatar
1 - Tunisia

Belgium
11 - England
3 - Belgium
2 - Germany
2 - Russia
2 - Spain
1 - France
1 - Italy
1 - Portugal

Russia
23 - Russia

South Korea
6 - South Korea
6 - Germany
4 - England
3 - Japan
3 - China
1 - Saudi Arabia

Player Representation by League System

119 - England (4: Wales)
82 - Italy
79 - Germany
65 - Spain
46 - France (2: Monaco)
34 - Russia
26 - Mexico
26 - Turkey
22 - Portugal
21 - United States (3: Canada)
20 - Netherlands

15 - Japan
14 - Iran
13 - Greece
12 - Belgium
12 - Switzerland
11 - Brazil
11 - Honduras
10 - Costa Rica
9 - Ukraine
8 - Ecuador

7 - South Korea
6 - Argentina
6 - Australia
6 - China
6 - Croatia
6 - Norway
5 - Chile
4 - Colombia
4 - Scotland
3 - Qatar

2 - Algeria
2 - Austria
2 - Cameroon
2 - Saudi Arabia
2 - Sweden
2 - Tunisia
2 - UAE

1 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 - Bulgaria
1 - Cote d'Ivoire
1 - Denmark
1 - Hungary
1 - Kuwait
1 - Paraguay
1 - Uruguay

2014 World Cup: Foreign Born Players

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 11:35:00 +0000

Players in the final 2014 World Cup squads that were born outside of the country they are representing.

GROUP A

Brazil
NONE

Cameroon
Charles Itandje (France)
Benoît Assou-Ekotto (France)
Allan Nyom (France)
Joël Matip (Germany)
Maxim Choupo-Moting (Germany)

Croatia
Dejan Lovren (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Vedran Ćorluka (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Nikica Jelavić (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Ivan Rakitić (Switzerland)
Mateo Kovačić (Austria)
Sammir (Brazil)
Eduardo (Brazil)

Mexico
Miguel Ángel Ponce (USA)
Isaác Brizuela (USA)

GROUP B

Australia
Dario Vidošić (Croatia)

Chile
Miiko Albornoz (Sweden)
Jorge Valdívia (Venezuela)

Netherlands
Bruno Martins Indi (Portugal)
Jonathan de Guzmán (Canada)

Spain
Diego Costa (Brazil)

GROUP C

Colombia
NONE

Cote d'Ivoire
Sol Bamba (France)
Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (France)
Giovanni Sio (France)
Mathis Bolly (Norway)

Greece
Loukas Vyntra (Czech Republic)
José Holebas (Germany)
Panagiotis Kone (Albania)

Japan
Gōtoku Sakai (USA)

GROUP D

Costa Rica
Óscar Duarte (Nicaragua)

England
Raheem Sterling (Jamaica)

Italy
Gabriel Paletta (Argentina)
Thiago Motta (Brazil)

Uruguay
Fernando Muslera (Argentina)

GROUP E

Ecuador
NONE

France
Patrice Evra (Senegal)
Rio Mavuba (Born at Sea; link)

Honduras
NONE

Switzerland
Valon Behrami (Kosovo)
Xherdan Shaqiri (Kosovo)
Blerim Džemaili (Macedonia)
Admir Mehmedi (Macedonia)
Gelson Fernandes (Cape Verde)
Johan Djourou (Cote d'Ivoire)

GROUP F

Argentina
Gonzalo Higuaín (France)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Emir Spahić (Croatia)
Mensur Mujdža (Croatia)
Sead Kolašinac (Germany)
Zvjezdan Misimović (Germany)
Muhamed Bešić (Germany)
Izet Hajrović (Switzerland)

Iran
Daniel Davari (Germany)
Steven Beitashour (USA)

Nigeria
Peter Odemwingie (Uzbekistan)

GROUP G

Germany
Miroslav Klose (Poland)
Lukas Podolski (Poland)

Ghana
Adam Kwarasey (Norway)
Kevin-Prince Boateng (Germany)
André Ayew (France)
Jordan Ayew (France)
Albert Adomah (England)

Portugal
Pepe (Brazil)
Nani (Cape Verde)
William Carvalho (Angola)
Éder (Guinea-Bissau)

United States
Fabian Johnson (Germany)
Timothy Chandler (Germany)
John Brooks (Germany)
Jermaine Jones (Germany)
Mix Diskerud (Norway)

GROUP H

Algeria
Raïs M'Bolhi (France)
Cédric Si Mohamed (France)
Carl Medjani (France)
Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba (France)
Faouzi Ghoulam (France)
Aïssa Mandi (France)
Medhi Lacen (France)
Hassan Yebda (France)
Mehdi Mostefa (France)
Sofiane Feghouli (France)
Saphir Taïder (France)
Yacine Brahimi (France)
Nabil Bentaleb (France)
Riyad Mahrez (France)
Nabil Ghilas (France)

Belgium
Anthony Vanden Borre (DR Congo)

Russia
NONE

South Korea
NONE

2014 World Cup: Oldest Players

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 12:28:00 +0000

32+ year old players at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

GROUP A

Brazil
DF - Maxwell (32)
DF - Maicon (32)

Cameroon
FW - Samuel Eto'o (33)
FW - Pierre Webó (32)

Croatia
GK - Stipe Pletikosa (35)
DF - Darijo Srna (32)
DF - Danijel Pranjić (32)
FW - Ivica Olić (34)

Mexico
GK - José de Jesús Corona (33)
DF - Carlos Salcido (34)
DF - Rafael Marquez (35)
DF - Francisco Javier Rodriguez (32)

GROUP B

Australia
GK - Eugene Galeković (33)
MF - Mark Bresciano (34)
FW - Tim Cahill (34)

Chile
GK - Johnny Herrera (33)
FW - Esteban Paredes (33)

Netherlands
FW - Dirk Kuyt (33)

Spain
GK - Iker Casillas (33)
MF - Xavi (34)
MF - Xavi Alonso (32)
FW - David Villa (32)

GROUP C

Colombia
GK - Faryd Mondragón (42)
DF - Mario Yepes (38)
MF - Aldo Leão Ramírez (33)

Cote d'Ivoire
GK - Boubacar Barry (34)
DF - Didier Zokora (33)
DF - Kolo Toure (33)
FW - Didier Drogba (36)

Greece
DF - Loukas Vyntra (33)
DF - Vangelis Moras (32)
MF - Giorgos Karagounis (37)
MF - Kostas Katsouranis (34)
FW - Thoeofanis Gekas (34)
FW - Dimitris Salpingidis (32)

Japan
MF - Yasuhito Endo (34)
FW - Yoshito Okubo (32)

GROUP D

Costa Rica
GK - Patrick Pemberton (32)

England
MF - Steven Gerrard (34)
MF - Frank Lampard (35)
FW - Rickie Lambert (32)

Italy
GK - Gianluigi Buffon (36)
DF - Andrea Barzagli (33)
MF - Andrea Pirlo (35)

Uruguay
GK - Rodrigo Muñoz (32)
DF - Diego Lugano (33)
MF - Diego Perez (34)
MF - Egidio Arevalo Rios (32)
FW - Diego Forlan (35)

GROUP E

Ecuador
DF - Walter Ayovi (34)
DF - Jorge Guagua (32)
MF - Edison Mendez (35)
MF - Segundo Castillo (32)

France
GK - Mickaël Landreau (35)
DF - Patrice Evra (33)

Honduras
GK - Noel Valladares (37)
GK - Donis Escober (34)
DF - Victor Bernardez (32)
FW - Jerry Palacios (32)

Switzerland
NONE

GROUP F

Argentina
GK - Agustin Orion (32)
DF - Martin Demichelis (33)
DF - Hugo Campagnaro (33)
MF - Maxi Rodriguez (33)
FW - Rodrigo Palacio (32)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
GK - Asmir Avdukić (33)
DF - Emir Spahić (33)
MF - Zvjezdan Misimović (32)

Iran
GK - Rahman Ahmadi (33)
DF - Jalal Hosseini (32)
DF - Amir Hossein Sadeghi (32)
MF - Javad Nekounam (33)

Nigeria
DF - Joseph Yobo (33)
FW - Shola Ameobi (32)
FW - Peter Odemwingie (32)

GROUP G

Germany
GK - Roman Weidenfeller (33)
FW - Miroslav Klose (36)

Ghana
NONE

Portugal
GK - Beto (32)
DF - Bruno Alves (32)
DF - Ricardo Costa (33)

United States
GK - Tim Howard (35)
GK - Nick Rimando (34)
DF - DaMarcus Beasley (32)
MF - Jermaine Jones (32)
MF - Brad Davis (32)
MF - Kyle Beckerman (32)

GROUP H

Algeria
NONE

Belgium
DF - Daniel Van Buyten (36)

Russia
GK - Sergey Ryzhikov (33)
DF - Sergei Ignashevich (34)
MF - Roman Shirokov (32)

South Korea
DF - Kwak Tae-Hwi (32)

OLDEST GK
Faryd Mondragón (Colombia: 42)

OLDEST DF
Mario Yepes (Colombia: 38)

OLDEST MF
Giorgos Karagounis (Greece: 37)

OLDEST FW
Didier Drogba (Cote d'Ivoire: 36)

TOP 5 OLDEST AVERAGE TEAM AGE
28.4 - Argentina
28.2 - Portugal
28.0 - Uruguay
28.0 - Spain
27.9 - Iran

2014 World Cup: USA Player Birthplace Map

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:16:00 +0000

All-Time Asian World Cup Wins

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Thu, 29 May 2014 11:54:00 +0000

AFRICA
Japan - Cameroon (1:0, 2010)
Japan - Tunisia (2:0, 2002)
Saudi Arabia - Morocco (2:1, 1994)
South Korea - Togo (2:1, 2006)

CONCACAF
Iran - USA (2:1, 1998)

EUROPE
Australia - Serbia (2:1, 2010)
Japan - Denmark (3:1, 2010)
Japan - Russia (1:0, 2002)
North Korea - Italy (1:0, 1966)
Saudi Arabia - Belgium (1:0, 1994)
South Korea - Greece (2:0, 2010)
South Korea - Italy (2:1, 2002)
South Korea - Poland (2:0, 2002)
South Korea - Portugal (1:0, 2002)

SOUTH AMERICA
None

All-Time CONCACAF World Cup Wins

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Tue, 27 May 2014 12:58:00 +0000

AFRICA
USA - Algeria (1:0, 2010)

ASIA
Costa Rica - China (2:0, 2002)
Mexico - Iran (3:1, 2006)
Mexico - Iraq (1:0, 1986)
Jamaica - Japan (2:1, 1998)
Mexico - South Korea (3:1, 1998)

CONCACAF
USA - Mexico (2:0, 2002)

EUROPE
Costa Rica - Scotland (1:0, 1990)
Costa Rica - Sweden (2:1, 1990)
Cuba - Romania (2:1, 1938)
Mexico - Belgium (2:1, 1986)
Mexico - Belgium (1:0, 1970)
Mexico - Bulgaria (2:0, 1986)
Mexico - Croatia (1:0, 2002)
Mexico - Czechoslovakia (3:1, 1962)
Mexico - France (2:0, 2010)
Mexico - Republic of Ireland (2:1, 1994)
USA - Belgium (3:0, 1930)
USA - England (1:0, 1950)
USA - Portugal (3:2, 2002)

SOUTH AMERICA
Mexico - Ecuador (2:1, 2002)
USA - Colombia (2:1, 1994)
USA - Paraguay (3:0, 1930)

All-Time African World Cup Wins

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Tue, 27 May 2014 12:33:00 +0000

All-time World Cup wins by African nations.

ASIA
Cameroon - Saudi Arabia (1:0, 2002)
Cote d'Ivoire - North Korea (3:0, 2010)

CONCACAF
Ghana - USA (2:1, 2006)
Ghana - USA (2:1, 2010)
Tunisia - Mexico (3:1, 1978)

EUROPE
Algeria - Germany (2:1, 1982)
Cameroon - Romania (2:1, 1990)
Cote d'Ivoire - Serbia & Montenegro (3:2, 2006)
Ghana - Czech Republic (2:0, 2006)
Ghana - Serbia (1:0, 2010)
Morocco - Portugal (3:1, 1986)
Morocco - Scotland (3:0, 1998)
Nigeria - Bulgaria (3:0, 1994)
Nigeria - Bulgaria (1:0, 1998)
Nigeria - Greece (2:0, 1994)
Nigeria - Spain (3:2, 1998)
Senegal - France (1:0, 2002)
Senegal - Sweden (2:1, 2002)
South Africa - France (2:1, 2010)
South Africa - Slovenia (1:0, 2002)

SOUTH AMERICA
Algeria - Chile (3:2, 1982)
Cameroon - Argentina (1:0, 1990)
Cameroon - Colombia (2:1, 1990)

All-time FIFA World Cup Rankings

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Thu, 22 May 2014 12:31:00 +0000

The all-time FIFA World Cup Rankings (based on results in previous WC appearances) of the 32 teams participating in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

All-time FIFA World Cup Rankings

1 - Brazil
2 - Germany
3 - Italy
4 - Argentina
5 - England

6 - Spain
7 - France
8 - Netherlands
9 - Uruguay
12 - Russia

14 - Mexico
18 - Portugal
19 - Belgium
20 - Chile
21 - Switzerland

25 - USA
26 - South Korea
27 - Croatia
28 - Cameroon
32 - Japan

34 - Ghana
37 - Nigeria
38 - Colombia
40 - Costa Rica
42 - Ecuador

44 - Australia
47 - Algeria
50 - Cote d'Ivoire
53 - Iran
59 - Honduras

61 - Greece
n/a - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Teams in the All-Time top 30 not participating in the 2014 World Cup:

10 - Sweden
11 - Serbia
13 - Poland
15 - Hungary
16 - Czech Republic
17 - Austria
22 - Paraguay
23 - Romania
24 - Denmark
29 - Scotland
30 - Bulgaria

2014 World Cup: Foreign-Born Players

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Wed, 21 May 2014 13:47:00 +0000

Players in the provisional 2014 World Cup squads that were born outside of the country they are representing.

GROUP A

Brazil
NONE

Cameroon
Charles Itandje (France)
Benoît Assou-Ekotto (France)
Allan Nyom (France)
Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik (France)
Raoul Loé (France)
Joël Matip (Germany)
Maxim Choupo-Moting (Germany)

Croatia
Dejan Lovren (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Vedran Ćorluka (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Nikica Jelavić (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Ivan Rakitić (Switzerland)
Mateo Kovačić (Austria)
Sammir (Brazil)
Eduardo (Brazil)
Mario Pašalić (Germany)

Mexico
Miguel Ángel Ponce (USA)
Isaác Brizuela (USA)

GROUP B

Australia
Dario Vidošić (Croatia)

Chile
Marcos González (Brazil)
Miiko Albornoz (Sweden)
Jorge Valdívia (Venezuela)
Pablo Hernández (Argentina)

Netherlands
Bruno Martins Indi (Portugal)
Jonathan de Guzmán (Canada)

Spain
Diego Costa (Brazil)

GROUP C

Colombia
NONE

Cote d'Ivoire
Sol Bamba (France)
Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (France)
Giovanni Sio (France)
Mathis Bolly (Norway)

Greece
Loukas Vyntra (Czech Republic)
José Holebas (Germany)
Panagiotis Kone (Albania)

Japan
Gōtoku Sakai (USA)

GROUP D

Costa Rica
Óscar Duarte (Nicaragua)

England
Raheem Sterling (Jamaica)

Italy
Gabriel Paletta (Argentina)
Thiago Motta (Brazil)
Rômulo (Brazil)
Giuseppe Rossi (USA)

Uruguay
Fernando Muslera (Argentina)

GROUP E

Ecuador
NONE

France
Patrice Evra (Senegal)
Rio Mavuba (Born at Sea; link)

Honduras
NONE

Switzerland
Valon Behrami (Kosovo)
Xherdan Shaqiri (Kosovo)
Blerim Džemaili (Macedonia)
Admir Mehmedi (Macedonia)
Gelson Fernandes (Cape Verde)
Johan Djourou (Cote d'Ivoire)

GROUP F

Argentina
Gonzalo Higuaín (France)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Emir Spahić (Croatia)
Mensur Mujdža (Croatia)
Sead Kolašinac (Germany)
Zvjezdan Misimović (Germany)
Muhamed Bešić (Germany)
Izet Hajrović (Switzerland)

Iran
Daniel Davari (Germany)
Steven Beitashour (USA)

Nigeria
Peter Odemwingie (Uzbekistan)

GROUP G

Germany
Miroslav Klose (Poland)
Lukas Podolski (Poland)

Ghana
Adam Kwarasey (Norway)
Jeff Schlupp (Germany)
Kevin-Prince Boateng (Germany)
André Ayew (France)
Jordan Ayew (France)
Albert Adomah (England)

Portugal
Pepe (Brazil)
Nani (Cape Verde)
William Carvalho (Angola)
Éder (Guinea-Bissau)

United States
Fabian Johnson (Germany)
Timothy Chandler (Germany)
John Brooks (Germany)
Jermaine Jones (Germany)
Terrence Boyd (Germany)
Mix Diskerud (Norway)

GROUP H

Algeria
Raïs M'Bolhi (France)
Cédric Si Mohamed (France)
Carl Medjani (France)
Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba (France)
Faouzi Ghoulam (France)
Aïssa Mandi (France)
Medhi Lacen (France)
Adlène Guedioura (France)
Hassan Yebda (France)
Foued Kadir (France)
Mehdi Mostefa (France)
Sofiane Feghouli (France)
Ryad Boudebouz (France)
Saphir Taïder (France)
Yacine Brahimi (France)
Nabil Bentaleb (France)
Amir Karaoui (France)
Riyad Mahrez (France)
Rafik Djebbour (France)
Nabil Ghilas (France)

Belgium
Anthony Vanden Borre (DR Congo)

Russia
NONE

South Korea
NONE

Brazil 2014 World Cup Groups - April FIFA Rankings

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:22:00 +0000

GROUP A - 23.75
6 Brazil
19 Mexico
20 Croatia
50 Cameroon

GROUP B - 22.25
1 Spain
14 Chile
15 Netherlands
59 Australia

GROUP C - 20.50
4 Colombia
10 Greece
21 Cote d'Ivoire
47 Japan

GROUP D - 14.75
5 Uruguay
9 Italy
11 England
34 Costa Rica

GROUP E - 21.00
8 Switzerland
16 France
28 Ecuador
32 Honduras

GROUP F - 28.25
6 Argentina
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina
37 Iran
45 Nigeria

GROUP G - 14.00
2 Germany
3 Portugal
13 USA
38 Ghana

GROUP H - 27.75
12 Belgium
18 Russia
25 Algeria
56 South Korea

2014 World Cup Nations - April 2014 FIFA Rankings
1 Spain
2 Germany
3 Portugal
4 Colombia
5 Uruguay
6 Argentina
6 Brazil
8 Switzerland
9 Italy
10 Greece

11 England
12 Belgium
13 USA
14 Chile
15 Netherlands
16 France
18 Russia
19 Mexico
20 Croatia

21 Cote d'Ivoire
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina
25 Algeria
28 Ecuador

32 Honduras
34 Costa Rica
37 Iran
38 Ghana

45 Nigeria
47 Japan

50 Cameroon
56 South Korea
59 Australia

FIFA Confederation Ranking Comparison - April 2014

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 12:25:00 +0000

Comparing FIFA Confederations using the average FIFA ranking of the top 5 teams from each region.

Top 5 Avg. - Confederation (+/- February 2013)

4.6 - EUROPE (-0.4)
1 - Spain
2 - Germany
3 - Portugal
8 - Switzerland
9 - Italy

7.0 - SOUTH AMERICA (+0.6)
4 - Colombia
5 - Uruguay
6 - Argentina
6 - Brazil
14 - Chile

26.6 - CONCACAF (+1.6)
13 - USA
19 - Mexico
32 - Honduras
34 - Costa Rica
35 - Panama

30.0 - AFRICA (+0.2)
21 - Cote d'Ivoire
24 - Egypt
25 - Algeria
38 - Ghana
42 - Cape Verde Islands

50.4 - ASIA (+0.8)
37 - Iran
47 - Japan
53 - Uzbekistan
56 - South Korea
59 - Australia

151.4 - OCEANIA (-11.6)
111 - New Zealand
136 - New Caledonia
157 - Tahiti
172 - Solomon Islands
181 - Vanuatu

$300,000+ MLS Players - 2014

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:54:00 +0000

Players making a guaranteed salary of $300,000 or more in the 2014 Major League Soccer season.

Chicago Fire
$417.5 - Mike Magee
$370.0 - Bakary Soumare

Chivas USA
$450.0 - Mauro Rosales
$333.3 - Carlos Bocanegra

Columbus Crew
$744.0 - Federico Higuain
$300.0 - Michael Parkhurst

Colorado Rapids
$325.0 - Edson Buddle

FC Dallas
$647.0 - Andres Escobar
$411.0 - Mauro Diaz
$359.3 - Blas Perez
$338.0 - David Texeira
$326.6 - George John

DC United
$613.3 - Eddie Johnson
$381.0 - Chris Pontius

Houston Dynamo
$392.0 - Brad Davis
$321.7 - Ricardo Clark

Sporting Kansas City
$398.3 - Graham Zusi
$337.2 - Benny Feilhaber

LA Galaxy
$4,583.3 - Landon Donovan
$4,500.0 - Robbie Keane
$1,250.0 - Omar Gonzalez
$325.0 - Juninho

Montreal Impact
$2,600.0 - Marco Di Vaio
$355.5 - Matteo Ferrari

New England Revolution
$479.4 - Jose Goncalves

New York Red Bulls
$4,350.0 - Thierry Henry
$3,625.0 - Tim Cahill
$373.3 - Richard Eckersley
$372.5 - Bradley Wright-Phillips

Philadelphia Union
$650.0 - Maurice Edu
$330.0 - Vincent Nogueira

Portland Timbers
$500.0 - Diego Valeri
$325.0 - Will Johnson

Real Salt Lake
$453.3 - Alvaro Saborio
$378.8 - Kyle Beckerman
$315.1 - Luis Gil
$300.0 - Javier Morales

Seattle Sounders
$6,695.2 - Clint Dempsey
$1,753.3 - Obafemi Martins
$400.0 - Osvaldo Alonso

San Jose Earthquakes
$650.0 - Chris Wondolowski
$342.0 - Clarence Goodson
$300.0 - Yannick Djalo

Toronto FC
$6,500.0 - Michael Bradley
$6,180.0 - Jermain Defoe
$1,205.0 - Gilberto
$364.2 - Steven Caldwell

Vancouver Whitecaps
$1,410.0 - Pedro Morales
$940.0 - Kenny Miller
$446.5 - Nigel Reo-Coker
$300.0 - Matias Laba

CCL: Days between MLS Team Qualification and Elimination

noreply@blogger.com (Steve) — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 15:02:00 +0000

The amount of days between MLS teams qualifying for the 2013/2014 CONCACAF Champions League and their first game and elimination from the tournament.

Sporting Kansas City (US Open Cup Champions 2012)
Q: August 8, 2012
1: August 7, 2013
E: March 19, 2014

Q>1: 364 days
Q>E: 588 days

SJ Earthquakes (Supporters Shield 2012)
Q: October 28, 2012
1: August 7, 2013
E: March 19, 2014

Q>1: 283 days
Q>E: 507 days

LA Galaxy (MLS Cup Champion 2012)
Q: December 1,2012
1: August 20, 2013
E: March 18, 2014

Q>1: 262 days
Q>E: 472 days

Houston Dynamo (MLS Cup Runner-up 2012)
Q: December 1, 2012
1: August 20, 2013
E: October 24, 2013

Q>1: 262 days
Q>E: 327 days

Montreal Impact (Canadian Championship 2013)
Q: May 29, 2013
1: August 7, 2013
E: September 24, 2013

Q>1: 70 days
Q>E: 118 days

Q=Qualification Date
1=First CCL Game 2013/2014
E=Date of CCL Elimination

Q>1=Days between Qualification and 1st Game
Q>E=Days between Qualification and Elimination