Champions League - Power Rankings: Reds fall

Eurosport - Thu, 10 Dec 14:00:00 2009

Liverpool's European humiliation is complete - they have dropped out of the top 20 in our Champions League power rankings.

2009-2010 Liverpool Alberto Aquilani - 0

We take into account domestic and Champions League performances, plus the relative difficulty of each team's league, to find out who is the best team in Europe.

Rafa Benitez's side bowed out of the Champions League with a 2-1 defeat at home to Fiorentina, a result that saw them slump three places to 21st in the rankings.

At the other end of the table, Chelsea are still on top despite losing to Manchester City - although their lead has been cut considerably. Real Madrid are up to second following their win at Marseille, leapfrogging Bordeaux and Arsenal.

The Gunners drop five places to seventh after a shadow side lost 1-0 to Olympiacos in Greece - they have also lost to Chelsea since the last installation of the rankings.

Defending Champions League winners Barcelona continue their climb, rising a further two places to fifth. And 14th-placed Juventus are the highest-ranked side not to qualify for the knockout stages - they drop to the Europa League after losing to Bayern Munich on Tuesday.

(Last week's positions in brackets)

1 (1) Chelsea - 23.67

2 (4) Real Madrid - 22.76

3 (3) Bordeaux - 22.63

4 (5) Manchester United - 22.17

5 (7) Barcelona - 22.02

6 (6) Sevilla - 21.22

7 (2) Arsenal - 20.83

8 (8) Fiorentina - 20.50

9 (10) Porto - 19.75

10 (9) Internazionale - 19.17

11 (11) Lyon - 21.15

12 (14) Olympiacos - 18.49

13 (12) Milan - 17.83

14 (13) Juventus - 16.67

15 (20) Bayern Munich - 16.43

16 (19) CSKA Moscow - 16.13

17 (17) Dynamo Kiev - 14.57

18 (16) Rubin - 14.45

19 (15) Unirea Urziceni - 14.42

20 (-) Marseille - 13.87

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21 (18) Liverpool - 13.83

28 (24) Rangers - 10.28

HOW IT WORKS

Scores are based on points per game in domestic league and Champions League games.

Domestic points per game are multiplied by the league coefficient - either 3.5, 4, 4.5 or 5 - with teams in stronger leagues getting more credit.

League coefficients:

5 - England, Italy, Spain

4.5 - Germany, France, Portugal, Netherlands, Russia

4 - Belgium, Greece, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, Scotland, Hungary, Romania

3.5 - Cyprus, Switzerland, Israel

Champions League victories are counted as three points for a win. They are all multiplied by a coefficient of 5. Matches in the group stage and beyond are counted.

Example: Arsenal

28 points from 14 Premier League games = 2.00 points per game

Multiplied by league coefficient of five - 2.00 x 5 = 10.00

13 points from 6 Champions League game = 2.17 points per game.

Multiplied by European coefficient of five - 2.17 x 5 = 10.83

Total score = 10.00 + 10.83 = 20.83

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  1. Liverpool's squard for next season :: Iker­ Casillas (1), John Terry (5),Martin Skrtel (6), Sergio­ Ramos (2), Philipp Lahm(3),Xabi Alonso (4), Steven­ Gerrard (10), Christiano Ronaldo (7), Lionel Messi (11)­ ,Ricardo Izecson(KAKA) (8) and world number (9)­ Fernando Torres(El Nino).... You'll Never Walk­ Alone

    From Mr, on Wed 16 Dec 11:35PM

  2. thank you robert......maybe i'm late but anyway­ thank you

    From cocajelbasan, on Wed 16 Dec 8:03PM

  3. wat about EL-KANEMI

    From Abubakar, on Wed 16 Dec 5:21PM

  4. benitez is a looser

    From kixy2nice, on Wed 16 Dec 12:25PM

  5. SERVES THE SCOUSERS RIGHT.
    SLUG SLUG SLUG SLUG SLUG­ SLUG SLUG SLUG SLUG SLUG SLUG SLUG SLUG SLUG SLUG SLUG

    From theslugman, on Tue 15 Dec 7:47PM

  6. How did Rankers make it as high as 28 ? ? ? ? ?

    From offmymash, on Mon 14 Dec 4:26PM

  7. Lyon should surely be 7th above Arsenal based on their­ score...

    From jonathang, on Mon 14 Dec 12:06AM

  8. HAHAHA GOOD GOOD GOOD
    GLOOOOOORY GLOOOOOORY MAN UTD

    From WAYNE, on Sun 13 Dec 7:37PM

  9. what a stupid ranking muat be a manc who made this­ ranking table up

    From imarshall38, on Sat 12 Dec 9:39PM

  10. idiotic loserfool
    cant even play like barnsley without­ torres
    u dont deserve him . he must be dancing in a­ spanish bar now that the transfer window is coming
    alex­ ferguson buy him and kick out barbatov . give dimitar­ to liverfool
    maybe he will kick his shoe on to rafael­ benitez

    From krazzyelvis, on Sat 12 Dec 9:11AM

  11. Tim can't YOU read?
    "Scores are based on­ points per game in domestic league and Champions League­ games."

    From Robert, on Sat 12 Dec 6:07AM

  12. anyway this is stupid then bordo should be in first­ place and juventus shouldn't be ahead of bayern(1-4­ at olimpico for bayern) we can argue all the time but­ this is stupid ranking

    From cocajelbasan, on Fri 11 Dec 11:07PM

  13. cocajelbasan cant you read?? its based on CL games its­ not about their home league

    From azamtim, on Fri 11 Dec 8:11PM

  14. EUROPEAN POWER RANKINGS WEEKENDING 12TH DECEMBER­ 2009.
    1.MANCHESTER UNITED.
    499.BARNSLEY.
    500.­ WYCOMBE
    501. OXFORD UNITED
    799. RAITH­ ROVERS
    803.CLACKMANANSHIRE ROVERS
    967.LIVERFOOL ­ A.K.A SCOUSE 0151 @#$%.

    From M S, on Fri 11 Dec 6:43PM

  15. wheres tiger ??

    From M S, on Fri 11 Dec 6:37PM

  16. are liverfool in europes top 500 ? they would struggle­ in the blue square !

    From M S, on Fri 11 Dec 6:35PM

  17. Liverpool has reached a very challenging point where­ they have to be very careful with the decisions they­ will make as a result of these series of unfortunate­ events. Rafael Benitez still has something to offer for­ Liverpool, no one should give up on him. This is­ football for crying out loud. He has won the champions­ league with Liverpool before so please, a minor setback­ is not going to be his doomsday. Liverpool will never­ walk alone.

    From Ekpededeme, on Fri 11 Dec 6:31PM

  18. who ever wrote this should be shot. u r e t a r­ d.obviously a brainless united fan.liverpool have been­ one the best sides in europe over the last five years ,­ 1 bad year and were not even in the top 20 , lololololo­ wat a joke Bordeaux and half the other teams get real­ ,y even waste ur time printing this , u could have just­ called the article the teams that qualified for this­ years champions leauge knockout round, state the­ obvious. is this what u learned in journalisim college­ u clown

    From lmaguire, on Fri 11 Dec 3:35PM

  19. Sid # 78
    Somebody with a sense of humour. Keep it up­ good.

    From Stevie O Jay, on Fri 11 Dec 9:35AM

  20. Israel??????? thought this is a EUROPEAN leagues
    From­ Vale46, on Fri 11 Dec 6:50AM

    No, you idiot, it's­ the "Champions League power rankings"...

    From italiacampionedelmondo2006+2010, on Fri 11 Dec 8:55AM
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