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<p>Is this the year where the Bundesliga gains a fourth spot?  It could well be.  Below is a table of the current UEFA Coefficient compared to how it stands if the season were to end today.  At the end of the season, 2004-2005 will be removed from the books.  In that season, Italy had 2.5 more points than Germany.  It was the year Milan lost to Liverpool in the finals of the Champions League.  Italy had 5 full points on Germany the following year, followed by another 1.5 point lead in 06-07.  Since then Germany has been trending higher the last two campaigns (07-08 being a bit of a mare for Italy and last year being boosted by the Bundesliga’s UEFA Cup success).  It was enough to offset the disaster of 05-06.  With the 2.5 from five years ago going off the books, it will be replaced by this years results.  </p>
<p>At the moment, there is a 1 point lead for Germany. A 2.8 point lead is necessary.  So with the two competitions getting to the end, what are the chances?  </p>
<p>For the Bundesliga, Stuttgart are holding on by a thread with a return leg at the holders in 3 weeks.  Werder, Hamburg and the Wolves are all through to the final 16 in the Europa. </p>
<p>For Italy, Juve are still in the Europa; meanwhile, Inter take a lead to Stamford Bridge.  Milan are effectively out.</p>
<p>That leaves Bayern and Fiorentina, who face off in two weeks in Florence.  Bayern must overcome the Viola’s away goal, which leaves them in a strong position, despite Tom Henning Øvrebø.  Bayern need to draw at least.  A loss of 3-2 which would see them through to the next round would allow Fiorentina to offset the bonus point from progressing with 2 points for a victory.  </p>
<p>If Bayern can make it through, it will leave Germany with four clubs to accumulate points compared with a possible 2 for Italy, although we should all be pulling for Chelsea to be safe. </p>
<p>With .33 points for a win, .167 for a draw and another .167 for each round progression, the Bundesliga needs five more victories to get close to the 2.8 difference.  But with Europa being in Hamburg this year, the incentive for 3 northern clubs to see the final could be all we need to get a fourth spot by 2011.</p>
<table class="wikitable sortable">
<tbody><tr>
<th scope="col">League</th>
<th scope="col">2004–05</th>
<th scope="col">2005–06</th>
<th scope="col">2006–07</th>
<th scope="col">2007–08</th>
<th scope="col">2008–09</th>
<th scope="col">2009-10</th>
<th scope="col">Coeff.</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="flagicon"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><div><figure class="external-image"><img loading="lazy" alt="Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" width="22" height="15" class="thumbborder"></figure></div></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Italy</a></td>
<td>14.00</td>
<td>15.36</td>
<td>11.93</td>
<td>10.25</td>
<td>11.38</td>
<td>13.00</td>
<td>62.91 -> 61.91</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top-width: 2px"><span class="flagicon"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><div><figure class="external-image"><img loading="lazy" alt="Germany" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" width="22" height="13" class="thumbborder"></figure></div></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Fu%C3%9Fball-Bundesliga" title="Fußball-Bundesliga">Germany</a></td>
<td style="border-top-width: 2px">10.57</td>
<td style="border-top-width: 2px">10.44</td>
<td style="border-top-width: 2px">9.50</td>
<td style="border-top-width: 2px">13.50</td>
<td style="border-top-width: 2px">12.69</td>
<td style="border-top-width: 2px">14.08</td>
<td style="border-top-width: 2px">56.70 -> 60.21</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>


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<p>I used the stats feature at <a href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/?cc=5901">ESPN Soccernet</a> to calcluate the clubs with the best attendances.  Out of the top 20 attendances in Europe, Germany had 9 clubs.  This post is to equip you with a tool to help promote our great league.  Because, while we are in a slump in the Champions League and don’t make all the news with £80 million transfers, we have the most competitive league, the funnest league and the best attended league in the world.  And we’ll get a team back to the final of the UCL.</p>
<p>There are so many glorious clubs in Europe, yet half of the teams in the Bundesliga (from grand to average) inhabit the best attendance list.  Bayern, Dortmund, Schalke, HSV, Hertha, Koln, Stuttgart and Frankfurt beat out the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea, Valencia, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Roma, PSV, Ajax, Galatasary and Porto.</p>
<p>Spain, England and Italy will make claims to being the greatest league in Europe.  And if you base it solely on recent Champions League performances, they have some validity.  However, since 2000 Valencia, Juventus, Liverpool and Chelsea have all made the Champions League finals from these leagues.   Yet none of these storied teams couldn’t outdraw Eintracht Frankfurt last year.  That’s right: Eintracht Frankfurt!</p>
<p>And while I do recognize that stadium issues prohibit some clubs from doing better, the fact that they can’t get their act together to build a stadium just shows that Germany is the best run league out there.  In the time it took Liverpool to create fancy sketches, Hoffenheim built a stadium.  </p>
<p>Below is a table of the top 20 clubs, attendance-wise.  I’ve noted the position in their league in relation to attendance (note that only England could get a third team in the list) as well as the clubs final position.  Note that while other countries figures seem closely related to how well a club is doing (kudos to Newcastle United fans), Germany had 3 teams in this list that were in the bottom half of the table.  So the next time somebody disparages our grand league or tries to tell you that there is only one big team in Germany, trot out these numbers. </p>
<table border="0" cellpadding="25" cellspacing="2" width="400">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="right">Rank</td>
<td align="center">League<br>Rank</td>
<td>Club</td>
<td align="right">Average<br>Attend</td>
<td align="right">Final<br>Position</td>
</tr><tr>
<td align="right">1.</td>
<td align="center">1st</td>
<td>Manchester United</td>
<td align="right">75,304</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">2.</td>
<td align="center">1st</td>
<td>Barcelona</td>
<td align="right">74,433</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">3.</td>
<td align="center">2nd</td>
<td>Real Madrid</td>
<td align="right">73,157</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">4.</td>
<td align="center">1st</td>
<td><strong>Borussia Dortmund</strong></td>
<td align="right">72,997</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">5.</td>
<td align="center">2nd</td>
<td><strong>Bayern Munich</strong></td>
<td align="right">68,647</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">6.</td>
<td align="center">3rd</td>
<td><strong>Schalke 04</strong></td>
<td align="right">61,373</td>
<td align="right">8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">7.</td>
<td align="center">2nd</td>
<td>Arsenal</td>
<td align="right">60,039</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">8.</td>
<td align="center">1st</td>
<td>AC Milan</td>
<td align="right">58,722</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">9.</td>
<td align="center">1st</td>
<td>Celtic</td>
<td align="right">57,670</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
</tr><tr>
<td align="right">10.</td>
<td align="center">2nd</td>
<td>Internazionale</td>
<td align="right">55,268</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
</tr><tr>
<td align="right">11.</td>
<td align="center">4th</td>
<td><strong>Hamburg SV</strong></td>
<td align="right">54,820</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
</tr><tr>
<td align="right">12.</td>
<td align="center">5th</td>
<td><strong>Hertha Berlin</strong></td>
<td align="right">52,306</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
</tr><tr>
<td align="right">13.</td>
<td align="center">6th</td>
<td><strong>VfB Stuttgart</strong></td>
<td align="right">51,829</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
</tr><tr>
<td align="right">14.</td>
<td align="center">1st</td>
<td>Marseille</td>
<td align="right">51,062</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
</tr><tr>
<td align="right">15.</td>
<td align="center">2nd</td>
<td>Rangers</td>
<td align="right">49,533</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
</tr><tr>
<td align="right">16.</td>
<td align="center">7th</td>
<td><strong>FC Köln</strong></td>
<td align="right">49,021</td>
<td align="right">12</td>
</tr><tr>
<td align="right">17.</td>
<td align="center">3rd</td>
<td>Newcastle United</td>
<td align="right">48,749</td>
<td align="right">18</td>
</tr><tr>
<td align="right">18.</td>
<td align="center">8th</td>
<td><strong>Mönchengladbach</strong></td>
<td align="right">47,409</td>
<td align="right">15</td>
</tr><tr>
<td align="right">19.</td>
<td align="center">9th</td>
<td><strong>Eintracht Frankfurt</strong></td>
<td align="right">46,852</td>
<td align="right">13</td>
</tr><tr>
<td align="right">20.</td>
<td align="center">1st</td>
<td>Ajax</td>
<td align="right">46,374</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
</tr></tbody></table>


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