Champions League - European Power Rankings

Eurosport - Wed, 14 Jan 13:30:00 2009

Manchester United's resounding 3-0 victory against Chelsea in the Premier League sees them climb to eighth in the Power Rankings, while the all-conquering Barcelona remain top.

FOOTBALL 2008-2009 La Liga Osasuna-Barcelona Piqué Dani Alves Messi Bojan Eto'o / Foto: EFE - 0

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

Barcelona's 3-2 win away at Osasuna keeps Pep Guardiola's side on top, with Liverpool losing ground courtesy of a disappointing 0-0 draw against Stoke.

Sporting Lisbon are the big climbers this week, rising from ninth to six after a 2-0 win against Maritimo Funchal saw them draw level with Benfica at the top of the Portuguese league.

Real Madrid continue their ascent following a comprehensive 3-0 away win on the island of Mallorca in La Liga.

Bordeaux can also celebrate after the French side entered the top 20 with a rollicking 4-0 win against Paris St Germain.

European Power Rankings

(Last week's position in brackets)

1. (1) Barcelona - 23.89

2. (2) Liverpool - 22.62

3. (3) Bayern - 20.93

4. (4) Juventus - 20.93

5. (6) Real Madrid - 19.72

6. (9) Sporting Lisbon - 19.32

7. (5) Chelsea - 19.17

8. (10) Manchester United - 19.12

9. (7) Porto - 19.00

10. (8) Internazionale - 18.61

11. (11) Atletico Madrid - 18.33

12. (13) Arsenal - 18.21

13. (12) Lyon - 17.94

14. (16) Panathinaikos - 17.07

15. (14) Roma - 17.06

16. (15) Dynamo Kiev - 16.78

17. (17) Villarreal - 15.83

18. (18) Anorthosis Famagusta - 15.12

19. (19) Shakhtar Donetsk - 14.79

20. (21) Bordeaux - 14.38

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 4, 4.5 or 5 - with teams in stronger leagues getting more credit.

League coefficients:

5 - England, Italy, Spain (12 teams)

4.5 - Germany, France, Portugal, Russia, Netherlands (10 teams)

4 - Belarus, Cyprus, Denmark, Romania, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine (10 teams)

Champions League victories are counted as three points for a win. They are all multiplied by a coefficient of 5.

Example: Barcelona

47 points from 18 Liga games = 2.47 points per game.

Multiplied by league coefficient of five - 2.47 x 5 = 13.06

Thirteen points from six Champions League game = 2.17 points per game.

Multiplied by European coefficient of five - 10.83

Total score = 13.06 + 10.83 = 23.89

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  1. really2 stupid power ranking

    From zulkarnain, on Fri 23 Jan 5:02AM

  2. you dumb @#$% out there ,its based on weekly results

    From jon g, on Thu 22 Jan 11:12AM

  3. power ranking shouldn't be all about stats u could have lost a couple rele close games and that could throw the whole thing off

    it should be ranked by people who no wat they r talking about like coaches and elite media reports who have seen a lot of teams and player over the years

    From Roumiana, on Tue 20 Jan 8:20PM

  4. These rankings continue to be totally ridiculous, if you are gonna use stats to measure team rankings at least have metrics that make sense. LA LIGA AND THE BUNDESLIGA

    From DCL, on Tue 20 Jan 5:33PM

  5. That is @#$% if you can rank man-u as 8th. man-u deserves better than that.

    From PHARESM, on Mon 19 Jan 7:19PM

  6. barca 4 ever well done pep

    From adrian, on Sat 17 Jan 3:49PM

  7. Seriously this "European Power Rankings" is dumb Man U have won the the biggest tropheys in the world and there 8th it makes no sense what so ever.

    From Fawwaz, on Fri 16 Jan 7:17AM

  8. barca barca barca
    pep we love u

    From mohammad amin, on Thu 15 Jan 9:50AM

  9. Barca Rulz!!!

    From Top Dog, on Thu 15 Jan 5:17AM

  10. man utd all da way!!!!!!!!

    From Michael, on Wed 14 Jan 5:09PM

  11. barca are the best

    From adrian, on Wed 14 Jan 4:50PM

  12. I agree with all below it's a total waste of space.... Now let me see Man U (I'm not a supporter!) who are Premiership, Champions League holders and World Champions (I know... another waste of space, but I'm just making the point!) are rated 8th. Liverpool who have won nothing in the last two years are rated 2nd!!! Where's the logic in that.... and why would Chelsea be one place above Man U when they have lost to them in the Premiership and Champs league. Guess I'm just a simple guy!

    From geoff.farndell, on Wed 14 Jan 4:06PM

  13. WHAT A LOAD OF @#$%

    From stspeed, on Wed 14 Jan 3:15PM

  14. what a load of rubbish. waste of time.

    From d.eccles1, on Wed 14 Jan 2:51PM

  15. well said the champions league should only be for the team who came top ,, but that wont make money anymore , so why not just call it the anyones cup who finnish in top four ,,, its a joke why cant we have a bottom four european cup for the poor clubs,might work out as better matches

    From Chris, on Wed 14 Jan 2:42PM

  16. OFFICIAL...REUTERS CONFIRM...CITY'S GROUND TO BE RENAMED "THE SHEEP'S EYEBALL ARENA"

    From fluffy.bits, on Wed 14 Jan 1:36PM

  17. Is all this 'power ranking' nonsense really necessary? What has it got to do with 'champions' anyway when you can come fourth in your league, sometimes way behind the winners and still qualify? The bottom four would have no chance in the English PL. The Champions League is all about money. Many of the games are pointless and it exists as a self congratulatory club for the football clubs that have the most money to spend.

    From Lord Dambo of Purbrookshire, on Wed 14 Jan 12:59PM
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