The Best Domestic League in European Football (Soccer)

There are many fine domestic leagues in Europe but only a handful of them are truly excellent. Spain, Italy and England's domestic football [soccer] leagues are all ahead of the pack, because of money, home grown talent, support and superior skill sets. But as far as the top league in Europe, I would have to Spain ahead of them all.

The reason I have the Spainish La Liga as the top domestic league in Europe is because of the high quality and quantity of soccer they show week after week. For example, you have Lionel Messi the top player in the world playing for Barcelona, Iker Casillas the top goalkeeper in football, Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto'o, Raul, David Villa, I could go on but you get the idea. And also besides Real Madrid, most of the Spanish teams have a considerable amount of "home grown" talent from Spain playing significant roles on their teams, or as substitutes, which is very tough to do while competing at such a high level.

Look at the English Premier League, it is very tough to find more then 3-4 English players on any of the top 4 teams. On the top 4 Italian teams in Serie A at least 6-7 starters are of Italian descent, which is similar to Spain's top 4 teams. This is another reason why I must put Spain's La Liga ahead of England. Another key as I said is not only the quality but the quantity, there are about 7 different teams in Spain that have a chance to win the League Title, unlike the leagues in England and Italy were the same top 3 or 4 clubs consistently win. Five different teams have won it in the last 15 years, and a team like Deportivo de La Coruña , has been 3rd three times, and 2nd four times, but on top of that the other teams that are usually competing every year for the title, are Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Villarreal and Seville. The teams in bold have all won La Liga title in the past 15 years.

By Matt Lostracco

http://thebesteuropeanfootball.blogspot.com/

I also have a blog about European Football [Soccer] and all the ins and outs of the major football [soccer] clubs Domestically and the Champions League/UEFA Cup, as well as World and European Cups when they come around every couple of years.

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