Most Competitive League

The most balanced final league table known to us: Romania 1983-84, Divizia C, Seria a VIII-a. 1.Mureşul Deva 30 16 6 8 53-33 38 Promoted to Divizia B 2.UMT Timişoara 30 14 3 13 57-37 31 3.Mecanica Orăştie 30 15 1 14 49-53 31 4.Minerul Paroşeni 30 13 5 12 41-46 31 5.Minerul Moldova-Nouă 30 14 2 14 41-39 30 6.Minerul Ştiinţa Vulcan 30 13 4 13 38-47 30 7.Metalul Bocşa 30 13 3 14 40-32 29 8.Dacia Orăştie 30 11 7 12 58-50 29 9.Minerul Certej 30 13 3 14 48-47 29 10.Metalul Oţelu-Roşu 30 14 1 15 38-40 29 11.Minerul Anina 30 13 3 14 46-48 29 12.Victoria Călan 30 13 3 14 35-37 29 13.Constructorul Timişoara 30 13 3 14 57-62 29 14.Minerul Oraviţa 30 13 3 14 39-45 29 15.Minerul Ghelar 30 12 5 13 35-52 29 Relegated 16.Minerul Aninoasa 30 11 6 13 32-39 28 Relegated [first tie-breaker: goal difference; second tie-breaker: number of wins] Difference first-last: 10 points (16.67% of possible gap) Difference second-last: 3 points ( 5.00% of points that could be gained) Number of teams equal on points: 9 (56.25%) Number of teams within 1 point : 11 (68.75%) Number of teams within 2 points: 14 (87.50%) Number of teams within 3 points: 15 (93.75%) Number of teams called Minerul : 8 (50.00%) Number of teams called M****ul : 11 (68.75%) Total absolute deviation of 50%: 22 (1.375 pts/team) A pretty close second is the final table of Morocco 1965/66 (which actually 'beats' the first-last difference but shows a bit more deviation otherwise): 1.Wydad Athletic Club (Casablanca) 26 11 9 6 26-18 57 Champions 2.Raja Club Athletic (Casablanca) 26 9 12 5 27-20 56 3.Renaissance Sportive de Settat 26 10 8 8 28-15 54 4.Sporting Club Chabab de Mohammédia 26 8 12 6 19-17 54 5.Kawkab Athletic Club de Marrakech 26 9 9 8 21-21 53 6.TAS (Casablanca) 26 8 10 8 21-20 52 7.Hassania Union Sport Agadir 26 6 14 6 32-33 52 8.Stade Marocain (Rabat) 26 8 9 9 27-27 51 9.Mouloudia Club Oujda 26 5 15 6 27-28 51 10.Racing Athletic Club (Casablanca) 26 7 10 9 17-21 50 11.Maghreb Association Sportive (Fès) 26 6 12 8 13-16 50 12.Fath Union Sport (Rabat) 26 7 10 9 25-31 50 -------------------------------------------------------------- 13.Club Omnisport de Meknès 26 7 9 10 16-23 49 Relegated 14.Maghreb Athletic Tetouan 26 7 9 10 21-30 49 Relegated NB: clubs obtained 3 points per win, 2 per draw and 1 per loss (and none for forfeited matches). Difference first-last: 8 points (15.38% of possible gap) Difference best-worst goal difference: 22 (+13 vs -9) Total absolute deviation of 50%: 28 (2.000 pts/team)

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