Champions League - European Power Rankings

Eurosport - Tue, 17 Feb 14:15:00 2009

We have added the cream of the UEFA Cup to our improved European Power Rankings and CSKA Moscow have made an impressive entrance in the top 20.

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Who is in: All teams still in the Champions League and UEFA Cup are now eligible, meaning the addition of 24 clubs.

Who is out: The eight teams who finished bottom of their Champions League groups and are eliminated from Europe.

The consequence is that we have six new entries into the top 20, the most impressive of whom are CSKA Moscow.

The Russian side's strong UEFA Cup group stage performance sees them catapult in to fourth place overall. However, as the Russian Premier League has not kicked off yet, they are using last season's domestic coefficient so things could change quickly once the 2009 campaign gets under way.

The other five newcomers are Metalist Kharkiv, Standard Liege, Hamburg, Olympiacos and Wolfsburg.

Relatively poor points hauls from the group stage mean the likes of Aston Villa, Milan and Valencia cannot crack the top 20.

Despite drawing at the weekend, Barcelona remain well clear at the top as the Champions League last 16 draws near.

European Power Rankings (previous rankings in brackets):

1. (1) Barcelona - 23.88

2. (2) Liverpool - 22.47

3. (3) Real Madrid - 20.87

4. (-) CSKA Moscow - 20.40

5. (4) Bayern - 20.22

6. (5=) Manchester United - 20.00

7. (5=) Juventus - 19.79

8. (7) Porto - 19.50

9. (9) Chelsea - 18.97

10. (-) Metalist Kharkiv - 18.71

11. (8) Sporting Lisbon - 18.50

12. (12) Lyon - 18.35

13=. (10) Roma - 18.33

13=. (11) Internazionale - 18.33

15. (13) Arsenal - 17.97

16. (-) Standard Liege - 17.91

17. (14) Atletico Madrid - 17.83

18. (-) Hamburg - 17.78

19. (-) Olympiacos - 17.66

20. (-) Wolfsburg - 17.43

25. (-) Aston Villa - 16.20

40. (-) Manchester City - 13.20

44. (-) Tottenham Hotspur - 12.00

HOW IT WORKS

Scores are based on points per game in domestic league, Champions League and UEFA Cup 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

4.5 - Germany, France, Portugal, Netherlands, Russia

4 - Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine

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.

UEFA Cup victories are counted as three points for a win. They are all multiplied by a coefficient of 4. Matches in the group stage and beyond are counted.

Example: Barcelona

60 points from 23 Liga games = 2.61 points per game.

Multiplied by league coefficient of five - 2.61 x 5 = 13.04

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

Multiplied by European coefficient of five - 10.83

Total score = 13.04 + 10.83 = 23.88

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  1. mickie_sp09
    ..
    "REAL MADRID should be on top of­ the ranking...­ they'r the best
    manU goes second,,,­ and
    barca­ third..
    liverpool? i'm sorry, they'r­ no match­ with real..pity­ liverpool...haha"
    ..
    What a @#$% you must feel now­ :0 :-)

    From james, on Thu 26 Feb 2:14PM

  2. united top? you are joking? i think on recent form­ barcelona ARE the team to beat.but i am pleased to see­ my own team,the bianconeri right back up there and­ going strong.

    From kenny f, on Wed 25 Feb 2:01AM

  3. LFC ABOVE MAN U i guess were better then,...,.,

    From Nath, on Tue 24 Feb 7:44AM

  4. I don't the posyion of Arsenal, they need go a­ little further. come on arsenal!

    From francis m, on Sat 21 Feb 12:32PM

  5. Liverpool above Manchester United? Not sure about that­ one! The Premiership table suggests otherwise...

    But­ more importantly: Wolfsburg number 20! Whoo! ('­ ',)

    From Leon H, on Sat 21 Feb 8:13AM

  6. EM THE RANKING IS UNFAIR.MANCESTER UNITED DESERVE TO BE­ NUMBER ONE, B/C OF THE TYPE OF GAME THEY ARE PLAYING.­ THEY WON WORLD CUP FIFA CLUB THEY RUN UNBEATEN AND THEY­ DO NOT CONCEDE GOALS FOR THIRTEEN LEAGUE GAMES ,STILL­ THEY THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD, SO THEY ARE THE BEST­ IN THE WORLD,. THEN BARCA DESERVE SECOND POSITION­ FOLLOWED BY REAL MADRID.4RM ATOTO ABA ,,,,,,,NEW DELHI­ INDIA

    From Tome, on Fri 20 Feb 5:29PM

  7. You guys shouldn't be paying any attention to this­ ranking. Math doesn't lie and there is no point in­ arguing with the outcome of the equations. It just­ makes you look stupid and blinkered.
    This is obviously­ not a reflection on reality though. Think of it this­ way, if Liverpool were leading United in the league by­ one point having played four games more would you say­ the league table is stupid or would you say that United­ are potentially 11 points ahead of Liverpool?
    Before­ Liverpool fans fly off the handle, I know that United­ are five points ahead having played the same number of­ games. I am using a hypothetical situation as an­ example.

    From Gearoid, on Fri 20 Feb 4:06PM

  8. i dont understand how it works anyway

    man. u d best

    From Absalom, on Fri 20 Feb 3:34PM

  9. This European Power Ranking is stupidness, as it is not­ a true reflection of the position of the clubs with the­ best leagues in Europe. The calculations are all­ miscalculations if I may rightly say so. The placings­ need to be revised. Man Utd should definitely be on top­ without doubt followed by Barca.

    From kenmcfarlane, on Thu 19 Feb 2:03PM

  10. i wonder how come man u ar still no 6?world club champ­ already in hand...carling on the way...Fa seems no­ problem....league...one foot step....defender champ­ league....none team score goal to them since last 14­ match....atleast man U should be behind barca....so the­ final result....only can decide when they meet at­ final...

    From Addy N, on Thu 19 Feb 10:31AM

  11. Poor old Man ure can`t bear the thought of the mighty­ Liverpool being in front of them.

    From Bike 69, mabaho ka !, on Thu 19 Feb 6:58AM

  12. for now, but they wont always be like that

    From dodger, on Thu 19 Feb 1:05AM

  13. this is stupid
    man utd r champions of europe and the­ world!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From jono boi, on Wed 18 Feb 5:54PM

  14. post 114
    Sorry ?

    From Nicholas, on Wed 18 Feb 3:20PM

  15. REAL MADRID should be on top of the ranking...­ they'r the best
    manU goes second,,, and
    barca­ third..
    liverpool? i'm sorry, they'r no match­ with real..pity liverpool...haha

    From mic09kie, on Wed 18 Feb 6:31AM

  16. hold up, guy below is right. take scotland for example,­ they arent half bad, a potenial 6 teams in europe isnt­ half bad. but yet they get 3.5. the ratings are fine.

    From dodger, on Tue 17 Feb 10:17PM

  17. 116 these wouldn't work as the english teams would­ all be top

    From lukepalmer, on Tue 17 Feb 9:33PM

  18. I think the ranking should be like this:
    England- 7 (No­ doubt PL is the best)
    Italy, Spain- 6
    Germay, France-­ 5
    Portugal,Netherlands, Russia-4
    Belgium, Denmark,­ Greece, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine-­ 3.7
    others-3.5
    Champion League- 8

    From Vlad, on Tue 17 Feb 9:10PM

  19. i would add i think for my ranking system i think the­ coefficient should be

    5 - England, Italy, Spain
    4.75 -­ Germany, France, Portugal, Netherlands, Russia
    4.5 -­ Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine

    5 -­ Champions League
    4.5 - Uefa Cup

    From lukepalmer, on Tue 17 Feb 8:33PM

  20. how is it fair that barcelona loose 0.37 (0.365612648)­ points for drawing in the league but the draw in there­ next champions league game they loose 0.83 (0.83333333)­ points. this hardly seems fair. why wont you do the­ average points in all compitions
    e.g. ((Total League­ Points*Coefficent of league)+(Total Cup­ Points*Coefficent of cup))/total number of games
    This­ is what the table should look like
    barcelona would be­ (60*5)+(13*5)/29 = 12.5862
    Man utd would be ­ (56*5)+(10*5)/30 = 11.0000
    Liverpool would be­ (54*5)+(14*5)/31 = 10.9677
    R Madrid would be ­ (50*5)+(12*5)/29 = 10.6897
    Inter would be ­ (56*5)+(8*5)/30 = 10.6667
    Juventus would be ­ (47*5)+(12*5)/30 = 9.8333
    Porto would be ­ (38*4.5)+(12*5)/24 = 9.6250
    Villa would be ­ (51*5)+(6*4)/29 = 9.6207
    Bayern would be ­ (38*4.5)+(14*5)/26 = 9.2692
    Lyon would be ­ (49*4.5)+(14*5)/30 = 9.1833

    these are the only ones i­ have done, the otheres would fit into it.
    hope this­ solves the problem of the league table being­ rubbish.
    mine is correct as of 8.30pm 17/02/2009

    From lukepalmer, on Tue 17 Feb 8:22PM
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