Saturday, 27 December 2025

Croatia Clubs Ranked - 1960/61 to 2024/25

Croatia was part of the Yugoslav league until 1990/91, when the country was broken up into several different ones. Points are therefore shared among what are now other nations up until that time. In 1992 and since then, Croatian clubs have been part of their own competition.

In the SuperSport HNL, the top four are rewarded with 6, 3, 2 and 1. The Football Cup 4 and 2 points for the finalists only. Up to 8 points are awarded for European success. Now for a competition breakdown.

The league is dominated by Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split, with HNK Rijeka having recent success too. Since 1992, those three sides have won all titles bar one. Dinamo won 18 out of 19 from 2005/06 to 2023/24. The current title holder is Rijeka.

The cup follows the same pattern with the top three sharing the trophy. Due to the knock out format, long runs of wins are rare with Dinamo putting three together from 2006/07.

In Europe, the only success has been in the Europa League. Dinamo were runner up in 1963 and winners in 1967. Hajduk Split made a semi final in 1984.

All put together, the clubs are below. The grand total is shown for each club, divided into regions with a ranking number (Rk), which gives their place compared to all the other clubs. Some of them have now ceased to exist and others have changed names but I've used the latest ones.

I've divided the clubs up into four regions. Zagreb has about 28% of the total population and took 46.5% of the total points. South 30%, West 13% with the other two are the same with 5.2% each. Crowd trouble is a problem, with the rivalry between the two top clubs intense. 

Serbia Clubs Ranked - 1960/61 to 2024/25

Serbia was part of the Yugoslav league until 1990/91, when the country was broken up into several different ones. Points are therefore shared among what are now other nations up until that time. In 1992 and since then, Serbian clubs are in their own competition.

In the Superliga Srbije, the top four are rewarded with 6, 3, 2 and 1. The Kup Srbije 4 and 2 points for the finalists only. Up to 8 points are awarded for European success. 

RS Belgrade has won the last ten league titles. Over that period, Partizan has come second eight times. Those two sides have all titles since 1989/90 bar one. 


RS Belgrade has won the last five cups. FK Vojvoddina the one before that and Partizan the four before that. No wonder they are at the top of the chart. 

European success has been reasonable, with Red Star winning the Champions League in 1991 and made the final of the Europa League in 1979. Partizan made the final in 1966. Red Star has 14 points, Partizan 4 and FK Radnički Niš 1. 

All put together, the clubs are below. The grand total is shown for each club, divided into regions with a ranking number (Rk), which gives their place compared to all the other clubs. As you will have worked out by now, it is a two team country when it comes to success. 

Belgrade is the capital city and its urban area makes up just over 20% of the population. It has the two most successful clubs and 84.3% of the points earned are for clubs from here. Because of that, I only have two other areas, North and Rest. 

Crowd trouble has marred football matches for many years. Rivalry between Red Star and Partizan fans has been intense since the clubs were founded in 1945. It is known as the Eternal Derby. 

Friday, 26 December 2025

Austria Clubs Ranked - 1960/61 to 2024/25

The dominant clubs are the five listed to the right. 'Aus' is domestic success and 'Tot' adds European success. In the Austrian Bundesliga, the top four are rewarded with 6, 3, 2 and 1. The ÖFB Cup 4 and 2 points for the finalists only. Up to 8 points are awarded for European success. Let's dive a little deeper.

The Bundesliga has Austria Wein and Rapid Wien at the top with a fast improving RB Salzburg catching them up. RB Salzburg won the league for ten consecutive seasons from 2013/14. Then Sturm Graz won the last two with RBS having to settle for second place.

The ÖFB Cup was won nine times between 2011/12 to 2021/22 by RB Salzburg. Strum Graz took the next two and Wolfsburger AC the current holder. Austria Wien hasn't held the cup since 2008/09 and Rapid Wien 1994/95! That said, they stil lead the honours board.

I've put all European success together as it hasn't been that prolific. Understandable as smaller nations simply cannot compete with the big guns. The best performance was in 1993/94 when RB Salzburg lost in the final of the Europa League. 


All put together, the clubs are below. The grand total is shown for each club, divided into regions with a ranking number (Rk), which gives their place compared to all the other clubs. Some of them have now ceased to exist and others have changed names but I've used the latest ones.

Vienna (Wien) has the most points with 513 (43.4%). The other three regions I divided the clubs up into all have a reasonable share. Please comment if you wish to add anything.