Saturday, November 11, 2006

FIFA statistics & Football & Kuwait

The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) hosts world-wide football statistics including top goalscorers, club world rankings, top honors, best referees, etc. They are backed by FIFA.
Taking a look at Kuwait, it was surprising that there was a decent presence in the statistics. Following is a summary:
  • As of July 2006, Kuwait's local football league is ranked 26 in terms of strength! Kuwait's league is 3rd from the Arabs after the Egyptian league, ranked 20, and the Algerian league, ranked 23.
  • In 2002, Saad Kameel was ranked the 9th best referee in the world. Collina was first.
  • In 1998, THE Jasem Al-Howaidi, of course, was the world's top-scorer in International games and continental championships with 20 goals, followed by Batistuta with 14 goals.
  • In 2000, Bashar Abdullah was 5th in the world's top scorer list with 17 goals. Rivaldo was first with 21 goals.
  • Faisal Al-Dakheel ranked #14 on Asia's player of the century list. Bum-Kun Cha of Korea was first. As for Asia's goalkeeper of the century list, Khaled Al-Fadhli ranked #8. Moh'd Al-Deyae of Saudi was first.
  • In the current club world rankings, covering the period 1st of November, 2005 to 30th October, 2006, Al-Qadsiya was ranked #173 while Al-Arabi ranked #323. Total number of teams included exceeded 350 teams from around the world. Sevilla is currently the top team, followed by Barcelona and Liverpool.
  • In 2006's world top goalscorer (current), Bader Al-Mutawa of Alqadsiya is ranked #38 with 7 goals. Crouch is top with 15 goals. These are only goals scored in full "A" Internationals and continental championships, like the Asian Cup etc.

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