The decade in numbers

[Fortitude]

Champions League

Winners

4* Real Madrid
2* Barcelona
1* Internazionale; Chelsea; Bayern Munich; Liverpool

Nation

Spain: 6
England: 2
Germany: 1
Italy: 1

Runners Up

2* Atletico Madrid; Bayern Munich; Juventus
1* Borussia Dortmund; Liverpool; Manchester United; Tottenham Hotspur

Nation

England: 3
Germany: 3
Italy: 2
Spain: 2

Europa League

Winners

3* Atletico Madrid; Sevilla
2* Chelsea
1* Manchester United; Porto


Nation

Spain: 6
England: 3
Portugal: 1

Runners Up

2* Benfica
1* Ajax Amsterdam; Arsenal; Athletic Bilbao; Braga; Dnipro; Fulham; Liverpool; Marseille


Nation

England; Portugal: 3
France: 1
Holland: 1
Spain: 1
Ukraine: 1

Bundesliga

Winners

8* Bayern Munich
2* Borussia Dortmund

Runners Up

4* Borussia Dortmund
2* Schalke 04
1* Bayer Leverkusen; Bayern Munich; RB Leipzig; Vfl Wolfsburg

English Premier League

Winners

4* Manchester City
3* Chelsea
2* Manchester United
1* Leicester City

Runners Up

3* Manchester United
2* Manchester City; Liverpool
1* Arsenal; Chelsea; Tottenham Hotspur

Eredivisie (The Netherlands)

Winners

5* Ajax
3* PSV
1* Feyenoord, Twente

Runners Up

5* Ajax
2* PSV, Feyenoord
1* Twente

Jupiler Pro League (Belgium)

Winners

5* Anderlecht
2* Genk; Club Brugge
1* Gent

Runners Up

4* Club Brugge
3* Standard Liège
1* Gent, Anderlecht, Zulte Waregem

La Liga

Winners

7* Barcelona
2* Real Madrid
1* Atletico Madrid

Runners Up

5* Real Madrid
3* Barcelona
2* Atletico Madrid

Ligue 1

Winners

6* PSG
1* Marseille, Lille, Montpellier, Monaco

Runners up

3* Lyon
2* PSG, Monaco, Marseille
1* Lille

Primeira Liga (Portugal)

Winners

6* Benfica
4* Porto

Runners Up

4* Benfica
3* Porto
2* Sporting Lisbon
1* Braga

Russian Premier League

Winners

4* Zenit St Petersburg
3* CSKA Moscow
1* Rubin Kazan, Spartak Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow

Runners Up

4* CSKA Moscow
2* Spartak Moscow
2* Zenit St Petersburg
1* Locomotiv Moscow
1* Rostov

Serie A

Winners

8* Juventus
1* AC Milan; Internazionale

Runners Up

4* Napoli; Roma
1* AC Milan; Internazionale

Ukrainian Premier League

Winners

8* Shaktar Donetsk
2* Dynamo Kyiv

Runners Up

6* Dynamo Kyiv
2* Shaktar Donetsk
1* Metalis Kharkiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Top Scorers of the Decade

Club level Totals (League + CL/EL + domestic cups or CWC)

1. Messi: 491 (344 + 89 + 58)
2. Cristiano: 457 (316 + 106 + 35)
3. Lewandowski: 322 (219 + 64 + 39)
4. Cavani: 300 (214 + 49 + 37)
5. Suárez: 283 (216 + 31 + 36)
6. Agüero: 272 (194 + 44 + 34)
7. Ibrahimović: 241 (172 + 34 + 35) *** excluding MLS
8. Aubameyang: 240 (182 + 36 + 22)
9. Benzema: 229 (152 + 51 + 26)
10. Higuaín: 222 (174 + 35 + 13)

Club level league goals only

1. Messi: 344
2. Cristiano: 316
3. Lewandowski: 219
4. Suárez: 216
5. Cavani: 214
6. Agüero: 194
7. Aubameyang: 183
8. Higuaín: 174
9. Ibrahimović: 172 *** excluding MLS
10. Benzema: 152

Champions League

1. Cristiano: 106
2. Messi: 89
3. Lewandowski: 64
4. Benzema: 51
5. Cavani: 49
6. Agüero: 44
7. Aubameyang: 36
8. Higuaín: 35
9. Ibrahimović: 34
10. Suárez: 31

National Team level
1. Cristiano (74)
2. Neymar (61)
3. Lewandowski (58)
4. Messi (55)
5. Chhetri (53)
6. Hernández, Lukaku (52)
8. Suárez, Ibrahimović (50)
10. Cavani (49)

European Golden Shoe
5* Messi
3* Cristiano (one shared)
2* Suárez (one shared)

Champions League
6* Cristiano (one shared)
4* Messi (one shared)
1* Neymar (shared)

Europa League
2* Falcao, Aduriz (one shared)
1* Giroud, Soriano, Kozák, Immobile + Lukaku + Džeko + Giuliano + Alan (shared)

English Premier League
2 * Van Persie, Kane, Salah (one shared)
1* Suárez, Agüero, Berbatov, Aubameyang + Mané (shared)

Pichichi
5* Messi
3* Cristiano
1* Suárez

Torjägerkanone
4* Lewandowski
1* Huntelaar, Aubameyang, Gómez, Kießling, Maier

Capocannoniere
2* Immobile (one shared), Icardi (both shared)
1* Cavani, Ibrahimović, Higuaín, Di Natale, Quagliarella, Džeko, Toni (shared)

Ligue 1
3* Ibrahimović
2* Cavani
1* Mbappé, Lacazette, Sow, Giroud + Nenê (shared)

Eredivisie
1* Dost, Depay, Jørgensen, Bony, Jahanbakhsh, Vleminckx, Finnbogason, Janssen, Tadić + L. de Jong (shared)

Primeira Liga
3* Martínez
2* Jonas
1* Hulk, Seferović, Cardozo, Dost

With thanks to @Invictus and @Botim for their sizable contributions.

 

[Fortitude]

Plan is to add the top 10 of goalscorers for the decade at the end of the year. Any volunteers for that job, and any others, welcome

If anyone wants to do the smaller leagues, please do.

The 'major' leagues aren't very interesting, are they? For all the stick Bayern get for trouncing their league, are any of the others different?

 

[Mrs Smoker]

What a stupid decade.

 

[Skills]

You need to revise your calculations for CL runners ups

 

[Fortitude]

You need to revise your calculations for CL runners ups

I do? Tallies to 10?

 

[Skills]

I do? Tallies to 10?

You've got the wrong numbers.

Youve got 6 Spanish runners up for the CL. It's 2 (Atletico X2)

 

[Botim]

Ligue 1 winners:

6* PSG
1* Marseille, Lille, Montpellier, Monaco

Runners up:

3* Lyon
2* PSG, Monaco, Marseille
1* Lille

 

[Pow]

What a wonderful 10 years its been

 

[B20]

Outside of England, those are depressingly monotonous numbers.

 

[meamth]

The next decade, we need to continue being in that premier league winners list...

Can't imagine 30 years without a league title.

 

[OutlawGER]

Runners Up

2* Atletico Madrid; Bayern Munich; Juventus
1* Borussia Dortmund; Liverpool; Manchester United; Tottenham Hotspur

Nation

Spain: 6
England: 2
Germany: 1
Italy: 1

That should be:

Germany: 3
England: 3
Spain: 2
Italy: 2

 

[adexkola]

Outside of England, those are depressingly monotonous numbers.

How so??? England is only slightly less monotonous than the others

 

[Fortitude]

You've got the wrong numbers.

Youve got 6 Spanish runners up for the CL. It's 2 (Atletico X2)

That should be:

Germany: 3
England: 3
Spain: 2
Italy: 2

Wow, I can't even offer an excuse. *Drops head. Don't know how that oversight came to be. Bit of Comical Ali statistic fluffing there in favour of Spain

Thanks for pointing it out; I would have noticed, eventually...

 

[Fortitude]

Ligue 1 winners:

6* PSG
1* Marseille, Lille, Montpellier, Monaco

Runners up:

3* Lyon
2* PSG, Monaco, Marseille
1* Lille

Many thanks. Added to OP.

 

[Fortitude]

Top Scorers added courtesy of @Invictus who is owed a debt of gratitude.

Up to date to 15th December 12GMT.

These will be updated at the end of the year for the total tallies of each player.

As you may have noticed, the top scorers charts is for what are considered the major leagues in Europe, as with the smaller leagues, without a weighted system, the tallies can't be fairly assessed.

 

[Botim]

For the football leagues ranked 5-10 by UEFA:

Primeira Liga (Portugal)

6* Benfica, 4* Porto

Russian Premier League

4* Zenit St Petersburg, 3* CSKA Moscow, 1* Rubin Kazan, Spartak Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow

Eredivisie (The Netherlands)

5* Ajax, 3* PSV, 1* Feyenoord, Twente

Jupiler Pro League (Belgium)

5* Anderlecht, 2* Genk, 2* Club Brugge, 1* Gent

Ukrainian Premier League

8* Shaktar Donetsk, 2* Dynamo Kyiv

So, even outside the "big" leagues, there's usually only two or three teams that dominate. Russia is (surprisingly?) the most competitive league based on the number of different winners.

 

[stepic]

when you look at the numbers it's kinda bizarre football is still so popular. 95% of teams participating have no chance to ever win any major trophy. what's the actual point of that? yet they still turn up week after week supporting their team.

 

[André Dominguez]

when you look at the numbers it's kinda bizarre football is still so popular. 95% of teams participating have no chance to ever win any major trophy. what's the actual point of that? yet they still turn up week after week supporting their team.

This applies to any team sports.

 

[stepic]

This applies to any team sports.

not when there's a salary cap and/or draft system, which at least attempts to even things out a little. in the NBA for example between 2010 and 2019, there have been 7 champions.

 

[AdamColeBebe]

when you look at the numbers it's kinda bizarre football is still so popular. 95% of teams participating have no chance to ever win any major trophy. what's the actual point of that? yet they still turn up week after week supporting their team.

Relative though isn't it?

A team that's just been promoted in League 2 for the first time ever will have no expectations of winning anything, but seeing their boys who have languished in non-league for so long, locking horns with the big boys is worth just as much as a trophy to them.

Not all that glitters is gold my good sir

 

[Ramos]

"Torjägerkanone" is my new favourite German word.

 

[stepic]

Relative though isn't it?

A team that's just been promoted in League 2 for the first time ever will have no expectations of winning anything, but seeing their boys who have languished in non-league for so long, locking horns with the big boys is worth just as much as a trophy to them.

Not all that glitters is gold my good sir

the PL is a different beast. the lower leagues are arguably more interesting for clubs as they're more even. but once you hit the big time, as you can see across Europe, it becomes pretty pointless for all but the elite few.

 

[AdamColeBebe]

the PL is a different beast. the lower leagues are arguably more interesting for clubs as they're more even. but once you hit the big time, as you can see across Europe, it becomes pretty pointless for all but the elite few.

From your perspective though. I'm sure Wolves and Sheffield United fans would disagree with you right now. I'm confident if they finished this season without a trophy, but maintained their current level, they'd be more than happy

 

[André Dominguez]

not when there's a salary cap and/or draft system, which at least attempts to even things out a little. in the NBA for example between 2010 and 2019, there have been 7 champions.

Fair enough. This wold only solve half issue though, since top clubs can offer transfer fees way larger than the rest.

 

[stepic]

From your perspective though. I'm sure Wolves and Sheffield United fans would disagree with you right now. I'm confident if they finished this season without a trophy, but maintained their current level, they'd be more than happy

i'm sure if you offered Wolves and Sheffield the option of capping club's transfer fees/wages so that in theory all PL clubs would be operating at a more even level, they would take that as opposed to finishing mid table, as if that's some kind of amazing achievement.

 

[stepic]

Fair enough. This wold only solve half issue though, since top clubs can offer transfer fees way larger than the rest.

put a cap on transfer fees then, too. or scrap them completely.

 

[André Dominguez]

put a cap on transfer fees then, too. or scrap them completely.

This would revitalize the whole sport, and would be great from most of the fans POV. From a business perspective, top clubs would probably riot though.
To do this, everyone from FIFA to UEFA must be on unison, otherwise it would badly fail.

 

[stepic]

This would revitalize the whole sport, and would be great from most of the fans POV. From a business perspective, top clubs would probably riot though.
To do this, everyone from FIFA to UEFA must be on unison, otherwise it would badly fail.

agreed, which is why it's ultimately a pipe dream. too much money involved in the big clubs and big leagues at the end of the day.

 

[Fortitude]

For the football leagues ranked 5-10 by UEFA:

Primeira Liga (Portugal)

6* Benfica, 4* Porto

Russian Premier League

4* Zenit St Petersburg, 3* CSKA Moscow, 1* Rubin Kazan, Spartak Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow

Eredivisie (The Netherlands)

5* Ajax, 3* PSV, 1* Feyenoord, Twente

Jupiler Pro League (Belgium)

5* Anderlecht, 2* Genk, 2* Club Brugge, 1* Gent

Ukrainian Premier League

8* Shaktar Donetsk, 2* Dynamo Kyiv

So, even outside the "big" leagues, there's usually only two or three teams that dominate. Russia is (surprisingly?) the most competitive league based on the number of different winners.

Once again, thanks for these, if you want to earn a sainthood... trouble yourself with the runners-up?

Perfectly fine if you don't want to! Just makes for a more complete table.

I've updated the OP.

Crazy to think that only the Russian league is as diverse as the EPL. It really has been the decade of the mega club, hasn't it? I wonder how this decade matches with the ones prior and whether this is the status quo or a new trend across the continent.

 

[Botim]

Once again, thanks for these, if you want to earn a sainthood... trouble yourself with the runners-up?

Alrighty then:

Portugal:

4* Benfica
3* Porto
2* Sporting Lisbon
1* Braga

Russia:

4* CSKA Moscow
2* Spartak Moscow
2* Zenit St Petersburg
1* Locomotiv Moscow
1* Rostov

Belgium:

4* Club Brugge
3* Standard Liège
1* Gent, Anderlecht, Zulte Waregem

Netherlands:

5* Ajax
2* PSV, Feyenoord
1* Twente

Ukraine:

6* Dynamo Kyiv
2* Shaktar Donetsk
1* Metalis Kharkiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

When speaking of dominant teams, four teams never finished outside of the top 2 in an entire decade:
Barcelona, Ajax, Shaktar Donetsk and Benfica

Hard to imagine that ever happening in the PL, especially after the rise of the "top 6". Even in the 90s, when we bossed the league, we didn't manage this feat (came close though).

 

[Fortitude]

Alrighty then:

Portugal:

4* Benfica
3* Porto
2* Sporting Lisbon
1* Braga

Russia:

4* CSKA Moscow
2* Spartak Moscow
2* Zenit St Petersburg
1* Locomotiv Moscow
1* Rostov

Belgium:

4* Club Brugge
3* Standard Liège
1* Gent, Anderlecht, Zulte Waregem

Netherlands:

5* Ajax
2* PSV, Feyenoord
1* Twente

Ukraine:

6* Dynamo Kyiv
2* Shaktar Donetsk
1* Metalis Kharkiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

When speaking of dominant teams, four teams never finished outside of the top 2 in an entire decade:
Barcelona, Ajax, Shaktar Donetsk and Benfica

Hard to imagine that ever happening in the PL, especially after the rise of the "top 6". Even in the 90s, when we bossed the league, we didn't manage this feat (came close though).

Arise St. Botim!

I've updated the OP. It is pretty comprehensive for Europe now.

I didn't expect there to be such hegemony across Europe - the PL really does stand out from the rest when all is said and done.

Individual league top scorers over the decade and assisters both in total and for each individual league would probably cement it... if there's any takers! Don't know if I'll have enough spare time to do the goalscorers, have no idea where you'd compile conclusive assist numbers from as I'd guess from site to site, what constitutes an assist would be different, and also, some sites are likely to be more reliable for one league over another.

 

[harms]

It's incredible that we've finished in top-2 5 times in this decade even though Fergie retired in 2013.

 

[RedSky]

I developed a system to monitor League Strength i've been recording the value since August 2016 every month. It's a complicated system to explain but the results are pretty interesting and demonstrates how much Spain dominated.

The system has evaluated European Fixtures since 1st Aug 2013 to 1st Nov 2019. Not the full decade like the OP but still pretty interesting.

 

[Offside]

Premier League table as it stands going into the final weeks of the decade. Arsenal and Spurs still with a shot of catching Liverpool for 4th:

1. Man City 812
2. Man United 741
3. Chelsea 734
4. Liverpool 704
5. Arsenal 700
6. Tottenham 699
7. Everton 560
8. West Ham 403
9. Stoke 391
10. Newcastle 388
12. Southampton 356
12. West Brom 342
13. Swansea 312
14. Leicester 304
15. Crystal Palace 292
16. Sunderland 291
17. Aston Villa 264
18. Fulham 221
19. Burnley 198
20. Bournemouth 196

 

[Dumbstar]

Just look at the teams involved as PL winners and runners up last decade, numerous and varied. Then look at La Liga: same three predictable teams involved as winners or runners up. For 10 years straight. But yeah, Spain is so competitive. LOLz.

Let's not even talk about Germany.

 

[Fortitude]

Premier League table as it stands going into the final weeks of the decade. Arsenal and Spurs still with a shot of catching Liverpool for 4th:

1. Man City 812
2. Man United 741
3. Chelsea 734
4. Liverpool 704
5. Arsenal 700
6. Tottenham 699
7. Everton 560
8. West Ham 403
9. Stoke 391
10. Newcastle 388
12. Southampton 356
12. West Brom 342
13. Swansea 312
14. Leicester 304
15. Crystal Palace 292
16. Sunderland 291
17. Aston Villa 264
18. Fulham 221
19. Burnley 198
20. Bournemouth 196

Really like this, but can't put it in the OP as a standalone. Does anyone have the data for the other major leagues (at least)?

 

[Fortitude]

Goal tallies for the decade complete.