A player often asks his agent what level of football is in a certain country when a new club is proposed to him. The CIES now offers a littler help to answer that question.
The CIES 2014 Demographic study divides the level of football in the EU in the following three levels:
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
|---|---|---|
| England | Portugal | Cyprus |
| Spain | The Netherlands | Czech Republic |
| Germany | Ukraine | Israel |
| Italy | Russia | Sweden |
| France | Belgium | Poland |
| Greece | Norway | |
| Denmark | Croatia | |
| Turkey | Belarus | |
| Austria | Serbia | |
| Switzerland | Slovakia | |
| Romania | Bulgaria | |
| Hungary | ||
| Scotland | ||
| Finland | ||
| Slovenia |
A free excerpt of the study can be downloaded via the link under this article.