March 2007 Club World Rankings

By: Bob | March 2nd, 2007

Here’s some news to help Sevilla coach Juande Ramos feel better after being knocked out by a bottle thrown from the stands earlier this week. His club is the best in the world. That is true if you believe the latest Club World Rankings released by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics. Rankings of any kind are always good for shits and giggles and the IFFHS’ are no exception.

Sevilla tops the list despite being two points behind Barcelona in the La Liga table heading into the clash between the two teams Saturday. At the bottom of the list is the Brazilian club Fortaleza Esporte Clube who are ranked in the same position as England’s Reading, a mere 164 places below mighty Moldovan power FC Zimbru Chisinau.

The Top Twenty:

1. Sevilla
2. FC Internazionale Milano
3. FC Barcelona
4. Liverpool
5. Milan AC
6. São Paulo
7. Arsenal FC
8. SC Internacional
9. Olympique Lyonnais
10. Newcastle United
11. AS Roma
12. Chelsea FC
13. Paris Saint-Germain
14. Manchester United
15. FC Rapid Bucureşti
16.AFC Ajax
17. CSD Colo Colo
18. RCD Espanyol
19. Olympique de Marseille
20. Fenerbahçe SK

Complete World Rankings

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ebi

SEPAHAN is the best team in the world
gervais

wer r tranmere rovers?
OSCAR

LOOK, IF U DN'T KNOW WHO SAO PAULO IS, THEN U DONT KNOW FUTBOL, JUST BECAUSE THEY SHOW ALL OF THE "FAMOUSE" EPL TEAMS AND SPANISH AND ITALIAN TEAMS, WHY DO THEY FAIL TO BEAT :SAO PAULO" IN THE TOYOTA CUP, THINK ABOUT WHERE THESE COUNTRYS GET THERE PLAYERS AND THIS WILL EXPLAIN THE GOOD TEAMS FROM THE FAMOUS ONES.
AZERBAIJAN

i want azerbaijani flag
AZERBAIJAN

AZERBAIJAN IS THE BEST COUNTRY
ZAUR

aze 0:0 ukr
ZAUR

khazar lankaran is Azerbaijani foot. club .
RICKY

RANGERS ARE THE BEST THIS IS MINCE
Alastair

wat the hell
Chelsea 12th. you got to be kidding me
Chelsea should be 1st by a mile.
Sevilla is good but Chelsea are the best
Alastair

wat the hell
Chelsea 12th. you got to be kidding me
Chelsea should be ist by a mile.
Sevilla is good but Chelsea are the best
Carlos

Where is Boca Juniors? The best South American team by far!!!!Sao Paulo??? Who is that?
alexander

huh ok but this new castle cant win a cup last 50 years and can win a match in premiership this a joke new castle are in 10
ali

sevilla is best they are very much improving but why this new castle are in 10 unbeliveable this stupid where is valencia
Dave

What a farce ranking system ! Manchester united are by far the best team in Europe at the moment , how the hell does it rate Chelsea ,Liverpool, Arsenal, and (DONT LAUGH)
Newcastle(not won owt in 50 year)United higher when Man United are runaway leaders in the prem? and i see there are one or two jokes from Europe ranked higher just for an extra giggle
Brian

The problem with this ranking system is that awards teams for just playing games, not for who they play or beat for that matter. For instance, Sevilla and Barca both went far in the King's Cup and European Cups plus their normal schedule. Liverpool had to qualify for the Champion's League last year which added a significant amount of games to their schedule, plus they made it to the knockout round, plus they won the FA Cup. It's just not a good system. Unless Liverpool make it to the Champion's League Final this year, their ranking is going to slide considerably because they lost early in both domestic cups. Here's where it is really off, Liverpool was eliminated twice by Arsenal in those Cups, while Chelsea advances by playing teams like Macclesfield Town and Luton Town. Chelsea gets awarded for beating lower division teams. It's just stupid.
Sam

PSG in front of ManU? Of course! It makes perfect sense! What the hell is the criteria for this nonsense?
Eddie

Real are 32. Considering they haven't won anything the past two years that might be right.
Marcello

that does not look all right. the bottom 20 looks good but the top looks a little errr. Wheres Real Madrid?