Sudanese Premier League adjudged Africa’s best for 2012
The Sudanese Premier League has been ranked as the strongest league in Africa and 35th in the world for the year 2012. The ranking was done by the renowned International Federation of Football History and Statistics.
Sudan’s elevation has been as a result of the performances of their clubs in CAF’s inter-clubs competitions. Two out of the three clubs who qualified to the Group stage of the 2012 Confederation Cup managed to advance to the semi-final.
El Merreikh topped Group A and was followed by El Hilal in second place bu t El Ahly Shandy finished at the foot of the table in the same pool. The Tunisian Ligue 1 is second strongest and 42nd in the annual world ranking followed by Mali, Morocco and Nigeria.
The Ghana Premier League is in sixth place and 65th in the world. With no competition taking place in Egypt since January 2012, the country’s Premier League is ranked 91st in the world.
Top ten African Leagues:
35. (1) Sudan
42. (2) Tunisia
45. (3) Mali
56.(4) Morocco
60. (5) Nigeria
65. (6) Ghana
66. (7) Angola
67. (8) Zimbabwe
72. (9) Algeria
73. (10) Ivory Coast
* Africa ranking in brackets
Source : mtnfootball.com
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
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