| La Liga: Spain |
La Liga was first formed back in 1927 by Jose Maria Acha, and it was agreed that ten teams would be included in Spain’s ‘Primera División’. Barcelona won the very first Liga in 1929, but the league was brought to a halt by the Spanish Civil War. To go to official website you can click the logo or click here. |
Premership: England |
The Premier League may have only been in existence since 1992, when English football entered a new era of previously unimaginable affluence, but the English top division is the oldest in world football. It has been won 18 times by both Liverpool and Manchester United, who head a list of 23 champions that includes such names as Huddersfield, Portsmouth and the two Sheffield clubs. To go to official website you can click the logo or click here. |
Seria A: Italy |
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. The most successful league club is Juventus F.C. with 28 championships, followed by A.C. Milan with 18. For every ten titles won, a club is allowed to wear a golden star above their club badge; so Juventus has two stars, while Milan and Internazionale have one star each. To go to official website you can click the logo or click here. |
Bundesliga: Germany |
It was 1963 that the Bundesliga was formed. Before the top divisions were divided into regional groups. In the long term at least some of those regional top leagues did not have enough strong teams to be challenge enough for the giants. The installation of Bundesliga is said to have brought a lift of competitiveness for German football on the international level. As European competitions had just begun, this of course is difficult to prove. To go to official website you can click the logo or click here. |
Ligue 1: France |
Prior to 1930, professionalism in French football was non-existent. In July 1930, the National Council of the French Football Federation voted 128–20 in support of professionalism in French football. The founding fathers of professionalism in French football are Georges Bayrou, Emmanuel Gambardella, and Gabriel Hanot. Professionalism was officially implemented in 1932 To go to official website you can click the logo or click here. |