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0 sb republic of ireland 18 907 y 0 4 588 252 1 977 we bosnia herzegovina 29 756 3 839 737 1 969 yu northern ireland 103 336 1 799 392 1 867 we denmark 9 1019 y 3 5 543 453 1 838 we andorra 199 15 84 082 1 784 we armenia 51 579 3 262 200 1 775 sb macedonia 101 338 2 055 004 1 645 yu albania 79 451 2 831 741 1 593 ee norway 26 787 4 985 870 1 578 we lithuania 88 380 3 187 176 1 192 sb slovakia 39 649 5 445 324 1 192 ee scotland 41 611 5 254 800 1 163 we switzerland 21 868 7 952 600 1 091 we serbia 34 725 7 120 666 1 018 yu sweden 17 910 y 3 9 415 295 967 we portugal 10 996 y 6 10 578 776 942 we finland 75 464 5 404 956 858 we greece 15 953 y 4 11 305 118 843 we georgia 95 359 4 469 200 803 sb hungary 31 735 10 014 324 734 ee netherlands 4 1234 y 0 16 847 007 732 we czech republic 27 771 y 6 10 562 214 730 ee austria 58 524 8 414 638 623 we moldova 140 212 3 559 500 596 sb israel 81 427 7 869 900 543 oth belarus 69 497 9 503 807 523 sb belgium 54 564 11 007 020 512 we bulgaria 90 373 7 364 570 506 ee azerbaijan 112 300 9 165 000 327 sb spain 1 1456 y 7 46 030 109 316 we romania 52 572 19 042 936 300 ee england 6 1185 y 7 52 234 000 227 we italy 12 977 y 5 60 681 514 161 we germany 3 1288 y 9 81 799 600 157 we france 14 964 y 4 65350000 148 we poland 62 518 y h 2 38 186 860 136 ee kazakhstan 141 209 16 600 000 126 sb ukraine 52 572 y h 3 45 888 000 125 sb turkey 33 732 74 724 269 98 oth russia 13 975 y 4 143 030 106 68 sb san marino 206 0 31 887 0 we can the faroe islanders really be the top achievers well certainly they are no longer the minnows who could be relied on to roll over and be thrashed as scotland infamously discovered i find it particularly interesting that the top four achievers who qualified were croatia the republic of ireland denmark and sweden all deserve credit for qualifying for the euros and commiserations for not making it beyond the first round russia on the other hand emerge as massive underachievers finally to return to my original query i ve sorted the table by country block putting israel and turkey to one side western europe country fifa ranking july 2012 fifa points july 2012 qualified first round points population points 000 000s of population faroe islands 122 279 49 267 56 630 liechtenstein 148 177 36 010 49 153 iceland 131 248 320 060 7 749 luxembourg 121 283 509 074 5 559 malta 147 195 452 515 4 309 cyprus 125 266 838 897 3 171 wales 38 658 3 006 400 2 189 republic of ireland 18 907 y 0 4 588 252 1 977 northern ireland 103 336 1 799 392 1 867 denmark 9 1019 y 3 5 543 453 1 838 andorra 199 15 84 082 1 784 norway 26 787 4 985 870 1 578 scotland 41 611 5 254 800 1 163 switzerland 21 868 7 952 600 1 091 sweden 17 910 y 3 9 415 295 967 portugal 10 996 y 6 10 578 776 942 finland 75 464 5 404 956 858 greece 15 953 y 4 11 305 118 843 netherlands 4 1234 y 0 16 847 007 732 austria 58 524 8 414 638 623 belgium 54 564 11 007 020 512 spain 1 1456 y 7 46 030 109 316 england 6 1185 y 7 52 234 000 227 italy 12 977 y 5 60 681 514 161 germany 3 1288 y 9 81 799 600 157 france 14 964 y 4 65 350 000 148 san marino 206 0 31 887 0 average population of country in western european block 15 352 615 eastern europe country fifa ranking july 2012 fifa points july 2012 qualified first round points population points 000 000s of population albania 79 451 2 831 741 1 593 slovakia 39 649 5 445 324 1 192 hungary 31 735 10 014 324 734 czech republic 27 771 y 6 10 562 214 730 bulgaria 90 373 7 364 570 506 romania 52 572 19 042 936 300 poland 62 518 y h 2 38 186 860 136 average population of country in eastern european block 13 349 710 former soviet block country fifa ranking july 2012 fifa points july 2012 qualified first round points population points 000 000s of population estonia 57 528 1 340 194 3 940 latvia 76 459 2 217 053 2 070 armenia 51 579 3 262 200 1 775 lithuania 88 380 3 187 176 1 192 georgia 95 359 4 469 200 803 moldova 140 212 3 559 500 596 belarus 69 497 9 503 807 523 azerbaijan 112 300 9 165 000 327 kazakhstan 141 209 16 600 000 126 ukraine 52 572 y h 3 45 888 000 125 russia 13 975 y 4 143 030 106 68 average population of country in former soviet block 22 020 203 average population of country in former soviet block excluding russia 9 919 203 former yugoslavia country fifa ranking july 2012 fifa points july 2012 qualified first round points population points 000 000s of population montenegro 50 581 625 266 9 292 slovenia 30 742 2 050 189 3 619 croatia 8 1053 y 4 4 290 612 2 454 bosnia herzegovina 29 756 3 839 737 1 969 macedonia 101 338 2 055 004 1 645 serbia 34 725 7 120 666 1 018 average population of country in former yugoslav block 3 330 246 the results are not entirely surprising with the exceptions of croatia the czech republic and russia all the teams who made it to the euros through competition were from western europe is this an indication that eastern europe has not caught up with western europe over the last twenty years well possibly but there are other reasons notably the issue of the population of each country the next table ranks countries by population country fifa ranking july 2012 fifa points july 2012 qualified first round points population points 000 000s of population block russia 13 975 y 4 143 030 106 68 sb germany 3 1288 y 9 81 799 600 157 we turkey 33 732 74 724 269 98 oth france 14 964 y 4 65350000 148 we italy 12 977 y 5 60 681 514 161 we england 6 1185 y 7 52 234 000 227 we spain 1 1456 y 7 46 030 109 316 we ukraine 52 572 y h 3 45 888 000 125 sb poland 62 518 y h 2 38 186 860 136 ee romania 52 572 19 042 936 300 ee netherlands 4 1234 y 0 16 847 007 732 we kazakhstan 141 209 16 600 000 126 sb greece 15 953 y 4 11 305 118 843 we belgium 54 564 11 007 020 512 we portugal 10 996 y 6 10 578 776 942 we czech republic 27 771 y 6 10 562 214 730 ee of the 16 largest countries in euroland only poland at no 9 in population romania no 10 and the czech republic no 16 appear in the list together with russia no 1 ukraine no 8 and kazakhstan no 12 from the old soviet block the remainder consisting of nine western european countries plus turkey could it be that eastern europe suffers in football success from consisting of smaller countries of the 16 largest countries in euroland only poland at no 9 in population romania no 10 and the czech republic no 16 appear in the list together with russia no 1 ukraine no 8 and kazakhstan no 12 from the old soviet block the remainder consisting of nine western european countries plus turkey could it be that eastern europe suffers in football success from consisting of smaller countries consider which countries have actually reached the finals country winners runners up finalists germany 3 3 6 soviet union 1 3 4 spain 2 1 3 czech republic 1 1 2 france 2 2 italy 1 1 2 denmark 1 1 greece 1 1 netherlands 1 1 yugoslavia 2 2 belgium 1 1 portugal 1 1 yugoslavia were losing finalists in 1960 and 1968 a reconstituted yugoslavia today would have a combined population today of 19 981 474 ranking it as the tenth largest uefa country by population these musings of course prove nothing but they do suggest that being big helps and if you are an eastern european country you are generally a bit disadvantaged in this respect this has implications for euro 2016 when the number of countries qualifying will increase from 16 to 24 eastern european countries will be no better placed to win but statistically we should expect to see them make up a greater percentage of the qualifying countries which will be good for them in terms of exposure and international experience as for this evening well using uefa points as a predictor of form england seem to have the edge maybe i shouldn t tempt providence though and in any case form is a worse predictor in the knockout stages than in the first round because it is being applied to a single game rather than three games apologies for way the tables appear wordpress com is not very helpful at formating tables prepared in word share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in uefa tagged uefa 3 comments so is it really goodbye bluebirds hello red dragons posted by john beech on june 7 2012 like the old joke about anti social behaviour in a lift what is happening at cardiff city is just plain wrong at so many levels the root causes of the problem lie in sam hammam s decision to build a new stadium the resulting deep financial difficulty that cardiff got themselves into with langston and the damoclean debt hanging over the club as a result and peter ridsdale s decision to involve the club in what was from the first described as a strategic marketing alliance with malaysian investors 1 as he said at the time it will be a long term alliance it will include youth development it will include the opportunity to explore the whole fan base it will certainly include sponsorship we are already talking to them about shirt sponsorship and stadium naming rights without any definite conclusions at this stage we are also talking about their assistance in trying to put this club on the sort of financial footing that we would have liked to dream of when i first arrived at this football club needless to say there was no public talk of the shirt sponsorship involving what has just been announced indeed as recently as 10 may dato chan tien ghee said in an open letter to fans wrote the new club crest and home colours which were being discussed were intended to demonstrate the symbolic fusion of welsh and asian cultures through the use of the colour red and the predominant featuring of a historical welsh dragon under the cardiff city fc name this would have been a springboard for the successful commercialisation and promotion of the club and its brand driving international revenues and allowing us to fund transfers and success locally thereby giving the club the best chance of competing at the higher reaches of competition this was not meant as a slight in any way shape or form on the club s traditions or history which we recognise are the lifeblood of any club it was intended as a positive change to allow us to adapt and embrace the future notwithstanding a number of rumours there were no further plans to turn the stadium red or make other radical changes 2 his use of were being discussed and would have been must have suggested to many including myself that the rebranding of club with a change in shirt colour and change in logo were now a dead duck a not unreasonable understanding as he continued in the light of the vociferous opposition by a number of the fans to the proposals being considered as expressed directly to our local management and through various media and other outlets we will not proceed with the proposed change of colour and logo and the team will continue to play in blue at home for the next season with the current badge he kept his word for less than a month in his open letter he also alluded to the current instability in the club s business model thus it is clear to all concerned that the club simply cannot continue to function and exist in its current state effectively losing large amounts of money each month while acquiring more and more debt no one can reasonably disagree with view in the debate that has broken out in the last couple of days since the announcement of the decision to do a u turn 3 or to use the language you might expect from someone engaged in a strategic marketing alliance following a comprehensive review of wider supporter feedback via email letters media coverage and polls run via the official supporters club and media wales and as a consequence of the above commitment cardiff city football club will also reactivate rebranding proposals with a view to exploiting and maximising its brand and commercial revenues in international markets attitudes seem to have become polarised into two camps on the one hand what is happening is a faustian pact which involves selling the soul of the club on the other the club s survival depends on a business plan that will result in untold wealth pouring in from new fans in the far east as is so often the case it is difficult to engage in debate regarding the relative merits of these two views because they are based on different meanings of the word club 4 the present attempt at debate assumes that these are two mutually exclusive and opposed views and that there are no other possibilities no room for overlap and no possibility of compromise that certainly seems to be the view of the malaysian investors which raises a number of issues in itself it suggests that the future of the club hangs on the fickleness of future supporters in the far east who a would support a club in a red shirt but not one in a blue shirt and that b providing the club s shirt is red and has a dragon on it they will support in sufficient numbers to pay off the rest of the langston debt reinvigorate the club s fortunes in both senses of the word and allow the investors to see a return on their investment as to a i think this is simplistic and over stated as to b i can understand the malaysian investors looking to the marketing success of manchester united but they might better have a word with balram chainrai or those behind the k k shonan management corporation 5 erstwhile saviours of plymouth argyle what is happening at cardiff is little short of seeing owners who view a club as a commodity which can have some brand value spray painted onto it to make it stand out from the rest a simple question to dato chan tien ghee if the key to your success lies in owning a red club why didn t you buy a red one if the answer is simply well peter hadn t got a red one in his briefcase to show us god preserve us others have tried this drastic rebranding with some commercial success an obvious example is that of sv austria salzburg which red bull bought and rebranded as fc red bull salzburg in 2005 complete with change in club colours and logo the new club has enjoyed considerable success since the takeover but the old club had also and that is where the comparison begins to break down red bull bought an already successful club and turned it into an even more successful one but in doing so they alienated fans to such an extent they started a new club which they called sv austria salzburg and which has already climbed wimbledon and fc united of manchester style from the seventh tier of the austrian football pyramid to the third tier i ll leave my final thought to the sv austria salzburg fans who are reported as having raised this banner in the past few days share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in cashflow debts fans investors marketing merchandising ownership stadium strategy tagged cashflow debts fans investors marketing merchandising ownership stadium strategy 5 comments deconstructing peter lorimer 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