Castrol performance index

Castrol index ranking

The Castrol Index is a rolling ranking system that measures performance of every football player across Europe's top five leagues during the course of a 12-month period. Rankings are published monthly.

To get Castrol Index Ranking, first "Castrol Index Score" is calculated for every player in every league and Champions league match, then the score weighted to get "Castrol Ranking points", and lastly, cumulative points from every match during the 12-month period are multiplied with 90 and divided by total minutes played.

Weightings are different in every league and are adjusted after every season by strength of every league. For example, Champions league knock-out stage has biggest weight.

Top-rated players

Since the beginning of the ranking, September 2009, there have been three players in the top position.

EDGE Performance of the Month

Castrol awards every month an "EDGE Performance of the Month" title for a player who gets most performance points in a match during the month. Also, after every season, the top performing player (the top player in the ranking at the end of the season) is announced.

UEFA Euro 2008

Xavi was awarded with the Castrol Player of the Tournament trophy in UEFA Euro 2008. He was selected by UEFA Technical Team taking into account public votes of the top ten of Castrol Performance Index.

2010 FIFA World Cup

The top 10 players in 2010 FIFA World Cup were selected from players who advanced to round of 16.

Top 11 team with best one goalkeeper, four defenders, four midfielders, and two forwards included also midfielders Mark van Bommel (Netherlands) and Sergio Busquets (Spain) (and excluded Gerard Piqué as he was fifth best defender).

UEFA Euro 2012

The ranking was first used in Euro 2008 qualifications and the main tournament, as well as in Euro 2012. Castrol predicted Spain and Netherlands to play in the final and Spain to win it. The top 10 players were:

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

The top 10 was:

Castrol Index Top 11 had 2 forwards, 4 midfielders, 4 defenders and a goalkeeper. In addition to above, best goalkeeper was Júlio César (Brazil), and next two best midfielders were Daniele De Rossi (Italy) and Paulinho (Brazil). Defenders Marcelo and Piqué were not included.

2014 FIFA World Cup

The top 10 was: [62]

Toni Kroos was the top player, and the Top 11 was made with a 4–4–2 formation:

References

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6. Castrol: [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2009/09/23/THIERRY-HENRY-IS/5F1A89AA-CAE3-11DE-8507-B6D8F4018AA4.php Thierry Henry is top of the Castrol Rankings]
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33. Castrol Football: [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2011/11/17/AYEW-WINS-CASTROL/E7B5425A-0F7E-11E1-BE0E-A69EDC013339.php Ayew wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month]. 17 November 2011.
34. Castrol Football: [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2011/12/07/GOMEZ-WINS-CASTROL/1CF01C6A-201E-11E1-866F-0D15B723B058.php Gomez wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month]. 7 December 2011.
35. Castrol Football: [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2012/01/11/GOMIS-WINS-CASTROL/DB0E5226-3B98-11E1-A105-9FD0CB3CAED0.php Gomis wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month]. 11 January 2012.
36. Castrol Football: [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2012/02/08/MESSI-WINS-CASTROL/520B05FE-518D-11E1-927E-66A618FCC9FF.php Messi wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month]. 8 February 2012.
37. Castrol Football: [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2012/03/08/MESSI-WINS-CASTROL/BEAF217E-64BE-11E1-866D-798E27F8D328.php Messi wins Castrol EDGE Strongest Performance of the Month]. 8 March 2012.
38. Castrol Football: [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2012/04/10/GOMEZ-WINS-CASTROL/B27ACFBC-7F16-11E1-A1EC-4F9437E487BC.php Gomez wins Castrol EDGE Strongest Performance of the Month]. 10 April 2012.
39. Castrol Football: [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2012/05/08/CISS%C3%A9-WINS-CASTROL/8D8C7D9A-952D-11E1-8E0B-EF2E96B54FA2.php Welbeck wins Castrol EDGE Strongest Performance of the Month]. 8 May 2012.
40. Castrol Football: [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2012/05/25/VAN-PERSIE-WINS/E5D73676-A59E-11E1-99E2-783DFB995B9B.php Van Persie wins Castrol EDGE Strongest Performance of the Month]
41. Castrol Football: [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2012/05/25/MESSI-IS-THE/204345B2-A59E-11E1-9D4F-773DFB995B9B.php Messi is the player of the season]
42. [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2012/09/10/FALCAO-WINS-CASTROL/AADFCD0C-F810-11E1-A895-E6F05BED9E2F.php Falcao wins Castrol EDGE Strongest Performance of the Month]
43. [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2012/10/08/M%C3%BCLLER-WINS-CASTROL/6668EF16-0D58-11E2-AF27-41E024FA950B.php Müller wins Castrol EDGE Strongest Performance of the Month]
44. [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2012/11/08/NEGREDO-WINS-CASTROL/D5CF973A-273C-11E2-A978-FBF565CBD09C.php Negredo wins Castrol EDGE Strongest Performance of the Month]
45. [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2012/12/10/G%C3%B3MEZ-WINS-CASTROL/586EB32E-3F7F-11E2-A5DD-87E334DD04F3.php Gómez wins Castrol EDGE Strongest Performance of the Month]
46. [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2013/01/07/MUCH-ADMIRED-BALE/B03490C8-55A6-11E2-94F7-28BB8953AF56.php Much admired Bale wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month]
47. [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2013/02/06/VALENCIA%E2%80%99S-VALDEZ-WINS/58402CFA-6EE3-11E2-B80A-6950E0B5D689.php Valencia’s Valdez wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month]
48. [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2013/03/06/SCHALKE%27S-MATIP-WINS/40E32E4E-9C34-11E2-9E45-BA68F6C47544.php Schalke's Matip wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month]
49. [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2013/04/04/BAYERN%E2%80%99S-PIZARRO-WINS/4A8E73A8-9C35-11E2-BA57-49A7F6C47544.php Bayern’s Pizarro wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month]
50. [http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2013/05/03/LEWANDOWSKI-WINS-CASTROL/05373448-B305-11E2-9418-5196D6010F4E.php Lewandowski wins Castrol EDGE Performance of the Month]
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