Ghana?s premier league gained remarkable strides in the latest rankings of the strongest league of the world by moving from its previous rank of 45th to 29th position. Aside this laudable achievement ,the current ranking puts Ghana?s league as the strongest on the African continent. This is due notably to the good performance of Accra Hearts Of oak , Kumasi Asante Kotoko and King Faisal in the 2004 Caf competitions.
England has the strongest league in the world. England's Premier League, already the second strongest in the world in 2004, has continuously gained in strength, and proven this outside of the British isles as well. The renaissance of Italy's Serie A continues, and the Premi?re Division of France ? by now the third best league in the world ? is also gathering strength. The instability of Spain's top clubs at the national level and their poor showing at the European club championships for over a year now have caused Spain's Primera Divisi?n to crash from first place to fourth. While Germany's Bundesliga has risen by one place (now fifth), the Eredivisie has made great strides, propelling the Netherlands to seventh place, right between Brazil and Argentina. Equally spectacular gains were registered by the Russian and the Ukrainian leagues, which are now being funded a great deal better and so made the "top ten". The Primera Divisi?n of Mexico is currently not only the strongest league of the CONCACAF region, but also the third strongest in Latin America. Other national leagues which made great improvement in 2005 include those of Romania, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Denmark, Ghana, Morocco, Egypt, Norway, Slovakia, Estonia, Poland and especially the United Arab Emirates, now the strongest Asian league, before Saudi Arabia and China. On the other hand, the East Asian top leagues ? Japan and South Korea ? are going downhill. A similar downturn has been observed in the nation al leagues of Peru, South Africa, Latvia, Hungary, Israel, Senegal, Sweden and Croatia.