The Brazilian football league, also known as Campeonato Brasiliense consists of two professional leagues. The serie A and B, each consisting of 20 professional clubs. There are several other Amateur leagues as well. The Brazilian league has a huge number of clubs because of the country’s preference for football more than any other country in the world, more than 450 clubs are currently registered by the Brazilian Football Confederation. Some of the most successful old clubs in Brazil include Sao Paulo FC, Club Independente, Club America, Club Santa Cruz and Vasco da Gama. Many of these clubs are no longer functioning optimally while new ones such as Ituano, Juventude, Atletico Paranaense, Nautico and several others have taken over the league.

Vasco da Gama is one of the most successful and most popular football club in Brazil. It was founded in 1898, and it is located in Rio de Janeiro. It has won the Rio de Janeiro state league for a record 22 times and as won the Brazilian national league 4 times. It also parades some of the best Brazilian talents you can find anywhere.

One other successful club in the Brazilian league is Atletico Paranaense Football club, which is located in the city of Curitiba, Parana state of Brazil. It has won the state league 20 times. It was founded in 1924.

Club Nautico is also one of the oldest and most successful football clubs in Brazil. It was founded in 1901 and its located in the city of Recife, in Panambuco state. It has won the state league 21 times, and the Brazilian North titles 3 times.
The Cruzeiro football club is another successful club in Brazil that has won the Mina Geiras state league a record 34 times- the highest in the Brazilian state league history. It has also won the Brazilian league club 5 times, and it won the Brazilian league just once in 2003. It was founded in 1923 but has made more successes that clubs like Vasco da Gama and Atletico Paranaense.

Brazilian football league is not as buoyant as other Leagues in Europe. Salaries and wages paid to players are relatively small compared to what players in European leagues earn. Revenue earnings here is moderately good but still cannot be compared to other professional leagues in Europe. One thing that gives the Brazilian league an edge is the fact clubs have natural talented players who are being sold to major European league.

The professional league in Holland is made up of two professional leagues and around seven amateur football leagues. The professional league consists of 18 clubs while several others are found in the lower amateur league. The professional league is named “Eredivisie”. Some of the most popular football clubs in Holland are Ajax from Amsterdam, which is the most successful Dutch club in European football. Others include Feyenoord, PSV Eindoven, AZ and many more.

AFC Ajax is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Holland. The club was founded in 1900 and has won the European cup (now Champions League) in 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1995. AFC Ajax has dominated the Dutch league for several years and has won the most number of titles in the Dutch league. It also make a yearly turn-over of more than $100 million and it has on parade some best football players in the world.

Feyenoord has also remains one of the most successful clubs in the Dutch league. Feyenoord was founded in July 1908 and it remains one of the oldest clubs in Holland. It is based in Rotterdam, Holland and has a stadium capacity of about 52,000. Feyenoord remains the one of the few clubs in the league that has never been relegated from the professional Dutch league and has won the Dutch league 14 times. This club has continued to face decline in revenues and its style of play in recent years. It has not appeared in major European tournaments unlike Ajax which has made its presence with unprecedented appearance in the European Champions league.

PSV Eindoven is one of the most successful clubs in Holland. It has won the league a record 21 times, it has also won the European Champions league and EUFA cup once respectively. It has come close to winning the league several times as well but had to finish at the second place after Ajax Amsterdam. It has a stadium capacity of about 40,000 and was founded in 1913.

The Dutch league might not be as successful in terms of financial revenues as some other leagues in the world such as the English Premiership, the Spanish Liga and the German Bundesliga, but is still enjoy good sponsorship and partnership from world top companies and organizations such as; Nike, Volkswagen automobiles, Philips electronics, Ernst and Young, and many more. The Dutch league is also a favorable place to invest.

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With a turnover of more than $ 2 billion profits on annual basis, as well as the best organized and most widely watched league in the world, the English premiership seems to be the best in the world. The English premiership has suddenly turned to the new bride of the richest men in the world with world’s top business men such as Russian business man Roman Abramovich spending more than $500 million to get the biggest stake in Chelsea FC. The Billionaire American Glazier family buying the highest stake in Manchester United Football Club and which doubles as the richest and most profitable club in the world, and the Oil controlling empire of Abul-Dhabi who recently took over the ownership of Manchester city football club. Several other business men are also preparing to buy over other clubs.

The buying over of the English premiership football clubs by worlds richest men has made a tremendous impact on not only the benefiting clubs, but also the British economy in general. Several hundreds of millions of dollars are now being invested in television commercials as well as some other marketing ventures. The football clubs are raking in millions of dollars through the merchandise of their club jerseys and other accessories, while world class players are now showing their interest in going to England to play their football rather than stay in other countries such as Spain, France, Germany, Italy and South America. For instance, Manchester United the richest football club in the world declared a profit of more than 200 million British pounds in 2009. The club made its money from television rights and commercials, sales of club jerseys and accessories as well as from Trophies and awards won in the year. This included the English premiership cup and the European Champions League.

The top four football clubs in the English premiership are some of the best 10 and most successful clubs in the world. These clubs, including Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal are among the best in the world, in terms of skillful players, profitability, and worldwide followership. A prove of this is the consistent representation of at least 2 premiership football clubs at the semi-finals of European champions league for the past 3-4 seasons. The English premiership has also been found to be the most widely watched television show in the world. It has been discovered that more than 600 million people watch the English premiership every week.

This will give a right thinking business man or woman the right avenue to expand his or her business. You can make money from all aspects of the English premiership if you really want to. Just make the right contacts with the management of these football clubs and you are sure ready for the big break!

The Los Angeles Lakers will look to get back on track in the second leg of ESPN’s Friday night double dip when they welcome the Utah Jazz into the Staples Center for a crucial NBA betting battle.

Utah hits the road for this brief one game stint away from Energy Solutions Arena winners of three in a row after it pounded the hapless Golden State Warriors 128-104 as 12.5-point NBA chalk on Wednesday night.

The Lakers return home from a disappointing five-game road trip that saw them go 2-3 SU & ATS after getting throttled in Atlanta their most recent time out.

The highest football league in Belgium is referred to as Coupe De Championnational. It is also referred to as the Jupiler Pro League. The league was founded in 1895 and currently has 18 professional football clubs in the league. The Belgian Football league parades notable football clubs including; R. Standard de Liege, Anderlecht and Club Brugge. Standard Liege is the current champion of the Belgian league.

R.S.C Anderlecht is the most successful Belgian club. It has won the league most times on 29 occasions. It is also referred to as Royal Sporting club Anderlecht. The club was founded in 1908 and it is one of the oldest clubs in Belgium. It is located in Anderlecht in the capital of Belgium; Brussels. The World War disrupted the Belgian league for several years, Anderlecht football club won the league for the first time in 1947 after the World War II. The club currently has a stadium of around 25,000 seat capacity.

Club Brugge is the only successful club from Belgium in the European Champions League, though it has never won the title. The club was defeated by English Premiership club Liverpool FC twice in the final of the Champions league (1976 and 1978). The Jan Breydel stadium is the football stadium owned by Club Brugge. The stadium has a capacity of around 30,000 seats. Club Brugge KV has won the Belgian professional league 13 times and the Beligian cup 10 times.

The Standard de Liege football club of Belgium is also referred to as the Royal Standard de Liege. The club was founded in the year 1900 and were nicknamed Les Rouches which means the reds. It club’s stadium has a capacity of around 31,000 seats and it is located in the city of Liege. This club is currently the league champions of Belgium. They have won the Belgian league 9 times and the Belgian cup 10 times. The club also won the Europe’s winners’ cup in 1982 and it is one of the best clubs in the Belgian league.

The Belgian league like most clubs in Europe is enjoy lots of patronage and partnership from world leading companies and organizations. The league is financially stable but not as lucrative as the biggest three leagues in the world, the English premiership, the Spanish Liga and the Italian Serie A.

The Australian Soccer league was founded in 1961 but became affiliated to FIFA in 1963. The club is also known as the A-League. The league is being run by the Football Federation Australia (FFA). The Australian Soccer Federation (ASA) used to run the league before 2005 when the league debut. There are presently 10 clubs in the A league. The A league is made up of leagues from Australia and New Zealand. Some of the most popular clubs in the Australian A League include Adelaide United, Newcastle Jets, Sydney FC, Melbourne victory and Central coast Mariners. Australian league is made up of one of the fewest football clubs in Europe though there are possibilities that the league might expand in the nearest future.

Adelaide United Football Club is the only club from the Southern part of Australia. It is one of the most successful football clubs in Australia and it is based in the city of Adelaide in South Australia. The club was founded in 2003 and currently plays its home matches in the 17,000 capacity Hindmarsh stadium in Adelaide. One of the greatest Brazilian footballers of all time Romario played for Adelaide United Football club in the 2006/2007 A league season. The club has won the A League premiership and championship once each.

Sydney FC was founded in 2004 in Sydney, Australia. It presently has one of the biggest stadia in Australia (46,000 seat-capacity) in Sydney. Sydney football club is the most successful football club outside the Australian league. It won the Oceania championship and close to winning the Asian Champions League after placing second behind Urawa Red Diamonds of Japan. Some world best footballers such as Brazilian Juninho and Dwight Yorke of Manchester United have played for Sydney FC. The interest of investors in the club has made it very attractive for players outside Australia and it remains one of the elitist clubs in Australia. Newcastle jets, Melbourne victory and Central coast mariners have also won the Australian A-Leagues since the inception of the league.

The Australian league is relatively young but enjoys relative financial prosperity. The Australian economy is quite robust and its immigration policies are moderately ideal for several upcoming footballers to start their football careers. The major football clubs in Australia currently provides the Australian football team players, even though the best Australian players are playing in bigger clubs in Europe.

The Argentina’s Primera Division was founded in 1931 and it is currently being run by the Argentina Football Association (AFA). There are currently 20 professional football clubs. It is the second country to establish a professional football league after the English Premiership League.

River plate is the most successful professional football club in Argentina. It has won a total of 38 titles in all championship, including the Intercontinental cup, Copa Libertadores and Sudamericana.

Apart from River plate football club, other popular football clubs in Argentina includes; Independiente football club, Boca Juniors, and colon. River Plate football club, which is also known as club Atletico River Plate, was established in 1901, even before the Argentina football Association was formed. This club has some historical background that makes it unique- The name of the club was formerly Rio de la Plata which is a river that passes through Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina. The founder of the club was found to be playing football at the bank of the river, hence its name was derived. It has remain the best football club in Argentina till date and it has been rated six times as the best club in the world according to FIFA club rankings. This club has also produced some world best players, including the greatest footballer of all time Diego Maradona who played for the club and at one time coached the club.

Boca Juniors football club is another successful club in Argentina’s league. It was founded in 1905 and has won 18 international titles till date. This club is situated in La Boca, a location in the capital city of Buenos Aires. Its main rival on the Argentina professional league is River plate.

Club Independiente is next to River Plate and Boca Juniors in terms of popularity and success. This clubs was founded in 1905 and was named El rojo which means the Reds. Club Independente has won a total of 15 international titles, including 7 copa Libertadores trophies. Some of Argentine’s most popular players have also featured for the club.

Argentina Football League is similar to the Brazilian league in so many ways. The economies of these two countries are quite improving just like a typical South American country, hence Football players in the two countries are paid similar salaries and wages. These salaries and wages can however not be compared with higher salaries players get in European leagues.