My Fourth Blog

Today I am going to be talking to you about the Bundesliga. This is the top division in the German football league. Below I am going to show a video which demonstrates the huge standard of the league.





The bundesliga has the highest average attendance per game in the world. It was only after a 1-0 loss by the German national team to Yugoslavia in the 1962 World Cup quarter final, was a national league made. It was created in Dortmund on the 28th of July 1962 by a new president of football in German who had only been elected that very day. When the league was formed there were five different leagues in Germany due to its division. Out of these leagues, 46 teams applied to join the new Bundesliga. Only 16 teams were picked. These decisions were made due to the teams success both on and off the field. The very first game in the Bundesliga was played on the 23rd of August 1963. FC Koln enede up winning the first ever season.




Over the last ten years Bayern Munich have proved to be unstoppable winning seven of ten Bundesliga titles. This includes winning five in a row from the 2013 season to the 2017 season. The only other teams to win the the last ten years have been Borussia Dortmund, who won in 2011 and 2012, and Wolfsburg who won in 2009.

My Third Blog

Today in my third blog I will be talking to you about another one of the top five leagues in the world- La Liga Santander. This is the Spanish league. UEFA have called it the top league in the world for the last five years with Barcelona and Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid dominating.
As La Liga entered a new era in the 2000s, there was a shift in the standings. Between 1993 and 2004 Deportivo la Coruna finished the season in the top three ten times. This was topped off by a La Liga title in 2000. Real Madrid answered by winning the league in 2001 and 2003 but also won the champions league in 2000 and 2002. However they were being challenged by a strong Valencia side that ended up as the champions league runners up for both 2001 and 2002. They then won La Liga in 2002 and won the double in 2004.

In the 2004/05 season Barcelona were inspired by the brilliance of Ronaldinho  to winning their first La Liga title of the 2000s which led them on to completing the Champions League/ La Liga double in the 2005/06 season. It was then Real Madrid's turn for success as they won La Liga for the next two years before Pep Guardiolas Barcelona won La Liga for three years in a row thanks to players like Messi and Xavi. In 2010 three teams emerged as the three biggest clubs in Spain. They were Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Over the next few years it was a constant battle between the three teams for the prestigious title of winning the La Liga.