Deciding which are the best soccer leagues in the World is not easy. Everyone sees things differently. It’s hard to reach a consensus. Using statistical data would definitely make our lives easier. But numbers are just too cold to express feelings. That’s precisely the point: Feelings are, undoubtedly, what’s behind the beauty of the game of soccer. Even so, we’ve used several factors and indicators to help us to do the job. I’ll be showing you which are the top 10 best football championships in the Globe and explaining you wh
Top 10 World’s Best Soccer Leagues
To come up with this list we mixed tangible information with subjective factors like: talent production, quality of the matches, overall quality of the squads, players, coaches and stadiums, number of goals scored, championship structure, level of competitiveness and unpredictability, atmosphere, personal opinions; all of these sort of things were considered.
Without further delay here are the Top 10 Best Soccer Leagues in the World.
| # | COUNTRY | LEAGUE NAME |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
English Premier League |
| 2 |  |
La Liga |
| 3 |  |
Bundesliga |
| 4 |  |
Serie A |
| 5 |  |
Ligue 1 |
| 6 |  |
Primeira Liga |
| 7 |  |
Brasileirão |
| 8 |  |
Argentine Primera División |
| 9 |  |
Russian Football Premier League |
| 10 |  |
Liga MX |
#10. Liga MX
With a very high attendance rate, Liga MX — the Mexican football league — is one of the greatest in the World.
There aren’t that many famous players although, truth be told, many are definitely underrated.
The game quality is amazing and might even surprise you. Several matches have high intensity that suddenly becomes really vibrant and filled with emotion with awesome plays and cracking goals.
#9. Russian Football Premier League
Strong teams like CSKA, Spartak, Lokomotiv and Zenit offer a lot of competitiveness to the Russian Football Premier League (RFPL). Although Russian clubs don’t usually make it that far on international competitions, RFPL’s matches are quite interesting and enjoyable to follow.
There are millions to be spent in getting international stars, but recent changes in regulations imposed a limit on the number of non-Russian footballers per team that are allowed to play simultaneously. This measure is aimed at protecting local players in order to improve the quality of Russia’s national football team.
#8. Argentine Primera División
Like Brazil, Argentina’s national football team is also one of the most powerful teams.
It’s no wonder then that the Argentinian domestic league keeps a countless number of promising stars and is the origin of legendary footballers like Diego Armando Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Di Stéfano, Kun Agüero and, of course, Lionel Messi.
Boca Juniors and River Plate bring a ton of rivalry to the championship making it even more interesting and… truly insane! Let’s not forget other great sides like Estudiantes, Racing Club, Banfield, Independiente, San Lorenzo, Lánus and Newell’s Old Boys.
Attending a live Argentine Primera División match is undoubtedly a lifetime experience. The boiling and, many times, dangerous atmosphere is definitely hard to forget.
#7. Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol (Brasileirão)
Brazil has always been one of best countries in the World when it comes to football. Its national team is the most successful squad at FIFA World Cup tournaments and the only one to have won 5 titles.
Recent venues built for the 2014 World Cup dramatically improved the quality of the games both for spectators and players. You would be right to expect great goals and plays, stars with magic on their feet and good matches in the Brasileirão, including new promising footballers.
There’s something about the mentality of club managers that needs to be addressed, though. Coaches rarely start and finish a full season in the same club. Some only last for a few weeks before being sacked.
Since there are a lot of games to be played (across many different competitions), Brazilian teams don’t have enough time for proper training and to improve their overall game tactics. This certainly doesn’t make managers’ lives any easier which, in turn, lessens the competitiveness of the league itself.
#6. Primeira Liga
The Portuguese Primeira Liga features three major clubs – known as the “Big Three”: SL Benfica, FC Porto and Sporting CP who are permanently fighting for the first position.
Despite the competitiveness among them, the overall squad quality is not very impressive if we look at the rest of the first division clubs. There is a tremendous lack of money to signing in new players and stars due to the country’s financial and economic difficulties; plus TV rights deals are far to providing as impressive amounts of cash as in other European leagues.
#5: Ligue 1
Competitiveness. The French Ligue 1 has been a very competitive championship for a long time (despite Olympique Lyonnais’s dominancy during Juninho Pernambucano’s era and the club’s talent production golden age — from 2002 to 2008 Lyon won 7 championship titles in a row). Competitiveness between non-title contenders continues to be high.
Cradle of rising stars. The Ligue 1 is the cradle of many rising stars that later excel in the French national team. Talent production has always been a guarantee in the French domestic league. Monaco’s Kylian Mbappé is the latest and greatest example.
Star players like Marco Verratti, Ángel Di María, Edinson Cavani, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Gonçalo Guedes, João Moutinho and others attract a lot of attention to the French league.
#3: Bundesliga
The Bundesliga — “national league” in English — is Germany’s professional association football league. It is contested by 18 teams on a promotion and relegation system and the domestic soccer league with the highest average stadium attendance.
Bundesliga Pros
One of the World’s most powerful clubs. The Bundesliga has one of the World’s best soccer teams: Bayern Munich. The Bavarian giants are always the strongest title contender in Germany and one of the most serious candidates to winning the UEFA Champions League.
Bundesliga Cons
Unstoppable Bayern. Much like in La Liga and Serie A, Bayern Munich is Germany’s strongest team and seems unbeatable. The Munichians won the last five Bundesliga titles and seem to be the most equipped team to win again this year.
The fact brings less uncertainty to the German league making it a bit less interesting to watch.
#2: La Liga
The Primera División – best-known as La Liga — is the primary professional soccer competition in Spain and administrated by the LFP (Liga de Fútbol Profesional). It is contested by 20 teams on a promotion and relegation system.
La Liga Pros
World’s best soccer clubs. The Spanish association football league — known as La Liga — features the two best clubs in the World: Real Madrid and Barcelona. Real Madrid was voted the Best Club of the 20th Century by FIFA. Barcelona has been recurrently considered the best team in the World.
Best soccer players in the World. If we only mention Real Madrid and Barcelona we’ll find galactic players like: Cristiano Ronaldo (4 times Ballon d’Or winner), French super striker Karim Benzema, Welsh speedster Gareth Bale and German midfield dynamo Toni Kroos for the Blancos.
And extraterrestrial individuals like: Lionel Messi (5 Ballon d’Or awards), Uruguayan fearless striker Luis Suárez and Spanish magician Andrés Iniesta for the Blaugranaside.
La Liga Cons
Huge gap between clubs. La Liga has plenty of awesome matches but there’s clearly a huge gap between the top 2-3 clubs and the rest of the championship teams. Real Madrid and Barcelona (and even Atlético de Madrid) are on a different stage above and beyond the rest of the crowd. Which decreases the competitiveness level of the Spanish domestic soccer league.
#1: English Premier League
The Premier League — also know as Premiership — is a professional association football league. It’s England’s top football championship and is contested by 20 clubs — including those from Wales that compete in the English soccer league system.
Its origins go back to 1888 when it was founded as the Football League. On February 20, 1992 it was reformed as the FA Premier League per decision of the First Division clubs to take advantage of a millionaire TV broadcasting deal. The English Premier League is the most-watched sports competition in the world with a potential television and live stream audience of 4.7 billion people.
English Premier League Pros
Household names. Historical clubs like Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal and Everton with several English League titles won bring the World’s attention to the EPL.