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The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) is an organization recognized by FIFA[1] that chronicles the history and records of football.[2] It was founded on 27 March 1984 at Leipzig (Germany) by Dr. Alfredo Pöge with the blessings of general secretary of the governing body of world-wide football at the time, Dr. Helmut Käser.[2] The IFFHS its currently based at Al-Muroor Street 147, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).[3]
[edit] Club World RankingSince 1991, the entity has produced a monthly Club World Ranking. The ranking takes into consideration the results of twelve months of continental and intercontinental competitions, national league matches (including play-offs) and the most important national cup (excluding points won before the round of 16). All countries are rated at four levels based upon the national league performance—clubs in the highest level leagues receive 4 points for each match won, 2 for a draw and 0 for a defeat. Level 2 is assigned 3 pts. (win), 1.5 (draw) and 0 (lost), and so on with the next lower levels. In continental competitions, all clubs receive the same number of points at all stages regardless of the performance level of their leagues. However, the UEFA Champions League and the Copa Libertadores yield more points than UEFA Europa League and Copa Sudamericana, respectively. The point assignment system is still lower for the AFC, CAF, CONCACAF and OFC continental tournaments. Competitions between two continents are evaluated depending upon their importance. Competitions not organized by a continental confederation, or any intercontinental events not recognized by FIFA, are not taken into consideration. [edit] CriteriaCriteria for national competitions:[4]
Criteria for international competitions:[4]
[edit] Current ranking[edit] The World's Club Team of the YearThe following table shows the clubs that finished top of the ranking for each year since 1991:[6]
IFFHS recognized that clubs as The World's Club Team of the Year.[6] [edit] The World's Club Team of the MonthIn the same case of the The World's Club Team of the Year, since January 2000 IFFHS recognizes those teams that have the greatest performance in the world during a month as The World's Club Team for the Month.[25] [edit] All-Time Club World RankingThe All-time Club World Ranking is determined by taking into account all the results of the national championships, the national cup competitions, the club competitions of the six continental confederations and the Intercontinental Cup (defunct), which was replaced by the FIFA Club World Cup. It is therefore only possible to determine an All-time Club World Ranking from 1 January 1991, when the Club World Ranking began taking all these details into consideration. The All-time Club World Rankings are updated annually. For this ranking the IFFHS takes into consideration the "Top 50 Clubs" on the Club World Ranking at 31 December of each year, and awards them points from 50 points for the top club down to 1 point for the club in the 50th place. Adding the points from individual years for each club provides the All-time Club World Ranking (shown below).
[edit] Continental Clubs of the 20th CenturyMain article: IFFHS continental Clubs of the 20th Century On 2009 the entity has released the results of a statistical study which determined the best continental clubs of the twentieth century.[26] That ranking has not considered the performance of the teams in national football tournaments (except in the Oceania's club ranking due to limited editions held under OFC club competitions), the performance in the intercontinental or world-wide club competitions or those submitted in the IFFHS Club World Ranking, available since 1991.[27] [edit] Strongest National League in the WorldRankings 1991–2008
Last Ranking (2008)
[edit] World's Most Popular Footballer
Since 2006 the IFFHS has give an award to the world's most popular football player, which is selected based on online user votes, which are cast on the IFFHS website. Liverpool player Steven Gerrard notched the first title.[28] In 2007, the IFFHS provided a list of 55 candidates from all six continents. A total of 2,946,740 votes were cast and the winner of the voting was Mohamed Aboutrika who plays for Al-Ahly and the Egypt national football team.[29] For 2008, the IFFHS drew up a list of 100 currently active players from 58 countries in all six football continents from which votes were cast until 3 January 2009. Finally, after all the votes were counted, Mohamed Aboutrika was selected as the world's most popular football player for the second year in a row.[30] On 19 October 2009, the IFFHS open the voting for this years "world's most popular football player award". The candidates consist of 115 currently active players from 68 countries in all six football continents. Votes can be cast at the IFFHS website until 2 January 2010.[31] [edit] CriticismIn a wide range of media there is massive doubt about the significance of IFFHS rankings and elections. German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur abstains from publishing news relating to the IFFHS. Karl Lennartz, a sports historian from Cologne, Germany, calls the organization "obscure", describing it as a one man show of its chairman Alfredo Pöge.[32] [edit] References
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