Also see my Grand European Football Quiz. Updated each year. Please, note that some teams do get relegated and the quiz is only about top one or two tiers/levels.
Funny how people still say the Bundesliga was a very one-sided league in Europe, when in fact they've had the same number of winners as all the others except Ligue 1 who had 7 winners since 2000.
However, they have had the most wins of any team on here. Bayern leads the Bundesliga with 14. Juventus leads Serie A with 11. Barcelona leads La Liga with 10. Man U leads the Premier League with 8, and Lyon leads Ligue 1 with 7, only half as many as Bayern.
These are all one-sided leagues. I was very surprised, given how popular the sport is in these countries, that there is so little variation among the winners. Who would want to watch a league where the same two teams win every year? I'd say that these leagues need to do something to make themselves more competitive, but given their popularity and profitability, they probably don't care.
Agree it is a bit depressing how little variation there is about the winners from year to year. One of the attractions to watch these competitions is obviously the standard of play. As an Australian, I watch our local A-League which is several tiers below the standard of these European competitions, which watch primarily to see the best players go about it.
That's why I think the Premier is the best league in Europe. There's usually three or four teams that are candidates to win. And lest we forget the beautiful story of Leicester City.
How is the Premier League one-sided? Four different teams have won the league over the past five seasons and only a few times has a champion retained their title since 2000...the Prem's competitiveness is what attracts fans from all over the world...the rest of the leagues are indeed relatively one-sided though
The only league I can agree with being one sided is Ligue 1 with PSG dominating the last years, but besides that almost every year in other leagues it comes down to the last weeks to decide which team will win (except for Liverpool last year). Bayern Munich has started lower and had to catch up the past three years (although not this year), and Barcelona and both Madrid teams have been close most years in the past decade. As you can see from this quiz Premier League winners switch off quite often.
Ligue 1 is easily the weakest of the supposed Big 5 leagues in Europe. Throughout 65 years of UEFA club competitions, French league clubs have managed to win a grand total of 2 European trophies. And while French clubs produce an abundance of good players, the league is too weak financially to hold on to them.
I have done the same quiz a long time ago for the same leagues as well (https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/240351/top-5-european-football-champions-2006).
I have also made the whole list of european football champions since 2012 (https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/240351/all-european-football-champions-at-domestic-leagues-2012-to-2016). Kinda feels to be honest.
Any special reason why Rome isn't accepted for Roma? Is there a better known Rome team? Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Liverpool, Liecester, Munich, etc work... only other exception I noticed was Atletico Madrid I guess because Real Madrid is a much better known team. And of course the two Manchesters.
It's frustrating how anticompetitive top-level futbol is. I guess this explains why a small number of teams have such a large percentage of the total fanbase. In other sports, the bandwagon fans have to change teams all the time and make excuses for why...in futbol, they can get on the bandwagon and stay there for a long time as their team wins every title for a decade.
I'm always on desktop when on JetPunk and don't know what scroll mode looks like in comparison to default when on a phone. Can other mobile users voice their opinion about which they would like better?
I have also made the whole list of european football champions since 2012 (https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/240351/all-european-football-champions-at-domestic-leagues-2012-to-2016). Kinda feels to be honest.
(Milan isn't truly "translated". It is called Milan, instead of Milano, because the team was founded by two Englishmen).