WEEKLY WHINE
Far from unlikely
We here at GoobNet are pleased to present to you this prediction of the teams’ final positions in several European football leagues. Eight European nations were selected randomly for our team of prognosticators. If any of these leagues do not end up in this order at the end of the 2011-2 season, we will punish our team of prognosticators by making them prepare the meat pies at Craven Cottage. And you don’t want to know what type of meat we will give them.
| ¤ | Qualify for 2012-3 UEFA Champions League |
| • | Qualify for 2012-3 UEFA Europa League |
| + | To playoff for 2012-3 UEFA tournaments |
| » | Promoted |
| › | To promotion playoff |
| ‹ | To relegation playoff |
| « | Relegated |
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ARMENIA
Since the Armenian leagues play a summer season, shown here are the predicted final results for the 2011 season, which is currently about two thirds complete.
| PREMIER LEAGUE |
|---|
| 1 | ¤ | Ulisses |
| 2 | • | Gandzasar |
| 3 | • | Pyunik |
| 4 | | Mika |
| 5 | | Banants |
| 6 | | Impuls |
| 7 | | Ararat |
| 8 | « | Shirak |
|
GREECE
| SUPERLEAGUE |
|---|
| 1 | ¤ | Olympiacos |
| 2 | + | AEK Athens |
| 3 | + | PAOK |
| 4 | + | Aris |
| 5 | + | Panathinaikos |
| 6 | | Skoda Xanthi |
| 7 | | Asteras Tripolis |
| 8 | | Atromitos |
| 9 | | Ergotelis |
| 10 | | Kerkyra |
| 11 | | Panetolikos |
| 12 | | Panionios |
| 13 | | PAS Giannina |
| 14 | | OFI |
| 15 | « | Olympiakos Volou |
| 16 | « | Kavala |
|
SERBIA
| SUPERLIGA |
|---|
| 1 | ¤ | Rad |
| 2 | • | Vojvodina |
| 3 | • | Partizan |
| 4 | | Red Star |
| 5 | | OFK Beograd |
| 6 | | Smederevo |
| 7 | | Borac Čačak |
| 8 | | Sloboda Point Sevojno |
| 9 | | Novi Pazar |
| 10 | | Spartak Zlatibor Voda |
| 11 | | Javor Ivanjica |
| 12 | | Hajduk Kula |
| 13 | | Metalac Gornji Milanovac |
| 14 | | Jagodina |
| 15 | « | Radnički 1923 |
| 16 | « | BSK Borča |
|
| PRVA LIGA |
|---|
| 1 | » | BASK |
| 2 | » | Inđija |
| 3 | | Novi Sad |
| 4 | | Banat Zrenjanin |
| 5 | | Sinđelić Niš |
| 6 | | Kolubara |
| 7 | | Radnički Sombor |
| 8 | | Proleter Novi Sad |
| 9 | | Čukarički |
| 10 | | Napredak |
| 11 | | Mladi Radnik |
| 12 | | Teleoptik |
| 13 | « | Srem |
| 14 | « | Mladost Lučani |
| 15 | « | Donji Srem |
| 16 | « | Mladenovac |
| 17 | « | Bežanija |
| 18 | « | Radnički Niš |
|
WALES
| PREMIER LEAGUE |
|---|
| 1 | ¤ | The New Saints |
| 2 | • | Llanelli |
| 3 | + | Airbus UK Broughton |
| 4 | + | Neath |
| 5 | + | Port Talbot Town |
| 6 | + | Carmarthen Town |
| 7 | + | Bangor City |
| 8 | | Bala Town |
| 9 | | Newtown |
| 10 | | Prestatyn Town |
| 11 | « | Afan Lido |
| 12 | « | Aberystwyth Town |
|
SWITZERLAND
| SUPER LEAGUE |
|---|
| 1 | ¤ | Young Boys |
| 2 | • | Zürich |
| 3 | • | Sion |
| 4 | | Basel |
| 5 | | Neuchâtel Xamax |
| 6 | | Grasshopper |
| 7 | | Lausanne-Sport |
| 8 | | Thun |
| 9 | ‹ | Luzern |
| 10 | « | Servette |
|
| CHALLENGE LEAGUE |
|---|
| 1 | » | Bellinzona |
| 2 | › | Wil |
| 3 | | Chiasso |
| 4 | | Wohlen |
| 5 | | Lugano |
| 6 | | St Gallen |
| 7 | | Vaduz |
| 8 | | Stade Nyonnais |
| 9 | | Biel-Bienne |
| 10 | | Locarno |
| 11 | | Kriens |
| 12 | | Delémont |
| 13 | | Aarau |
| 14 | | Étoile-Carouge |
| 15 | « | Brühl |
| 16 | « | Winterthur |
|
ALBANIA
| SUPERLIGA |
|---|
| 1 | ¤ | Skënderbeu Korçë |
| 2 | • | Vllaznia Shkodër |
| 3 | • | Tirana |
| 4 | | Laçi |
| 5 | | Teuta Durrës |
| 6 | | Pogradeci |
| 7 | | Flamurtari Vlorë |
| 8 | | Kastrioti Krujë |
| 9 | | Bylis Ballsh |
| 10 | | Kamza |
| 11 | ‹ | Dinamo Tirana |
| 12 | ‹ | Tomori |
| 13 | « | Apolonia Fier |
| 14 | « | Shkumbini Peqin |
|
RUSSIA
This year, the Russian leagues are transitioning from a summer season to a winter season to be aligned with most other major European leagues. Thus, every team plays all opponents twice in 2011, a process that is now two thirds complete. When this is complete, the Premier League and Championship each split into two groups, containing the top and bottom half of the teams in that league. Each team plays two further matches against the teams in its group. Shown here are the predicted final results for this extended season, including the results from both phases.
| PREMIER LEAGUE |
|---|
| 1 | ¤ | Dynamo Moscow |
| 2 | ¤ | CSKA Moscow |
| 3 | • | Zenit St Petersburg |
| 4 | • | Rubin Kazan |
| 5 | • | Kuban Krasnodar |
| 6 | | Anzhi Makhachkala |
| 7 | | Spartak Moscow |
| 8 | | Krasnodar |
| 9 | | Terek Grozny |
| 10 | | Amkar Perm |
| 11 | | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| 12 | | Volga Nizhny Novgorod |
| 13 | ‹ | Spartak Nalchik |
| 14 | ‹ | Tom Tomsk |
| 15 | « | Rostov |
| 16 | « | Krylia Sovetov Samara |
|
| CHAMPIONSHIP |
|---|
| 1 | » | Nizhny Novgorod |
| 2 | » | Shinnik Yaroslavl |
| 3 | › | Mordovia Saransk |
| 4 | › | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk |
| 5 | | Alania Vladikavkaz |
| 6 | | Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast |
| 7 | | Zhemchuzhina-Sochi |
| 8 | | Sibir Novosibirsk |
| 9 | | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny |
| 10 | | SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk |
| 11 | | Torpedo Vladimir |
| 12 | | Torpedo Moscow |
| 13 | | Gazovik Orenburg |
| 14 | | Baltika Kaliningrad |
| 15 | | Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan |
| 16 | « | Dynamo Bryansk |
| 17 | « | Khimki |
| 18 | « | Chernomorets Novorossiysk |
| 19 | « | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok |
| 20 | « | Fakel Voronezh |
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SLOVAKIA
| SUPERLIGA |
|---|
| 1 | ¤ | Senica |
| 2 | • | Dukla Banská Bystrica |
| 3 | • | Žilina |
| 4 | | Slovan Bratislava |
| 5 | | Spartak Trnava |
| 6 | | ViOn Zlaté Moravce |
| 7 | | Nitra |
| 8 | | Košice |
| 9 | | Dunajská Streda |
| 10 | | AS Trenčín |
| 11 | | Ružomberok |
| 12 | « | Tatran Prešov |
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| 2. LIGA |
|---|
| 1 | » | Dubnica |
| 2 | | Petržalka 1898 |
| 3 | | Bodva Moldava nad Bodvou |
| 4 | | Zemplín Michalovce |
| 5 | | Rimavská Sobota |
| 6 | | Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš |
| 7 | | LAFC Lučenec |
| 8 | | Šport Podbrezová |
| 9 | | Spartak Myjava |
| 10 | | SFM Senec |
| 11 | « | Ružomberok B |
| 12 | « | Dolný Kubín |
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