Barcelona Named Best Club Team Of Last 18 Years By IFFHS

[dreamer75]

Barcelona are the best club team of the last 18 years according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, with Manchester United second, and Juventus third...

The International Federation of Football History and Statistics has today named Barcelona as the best club side of the past 18 years.

The IFFHS compiled the statistics from 1991, using the position each team finishes in the annual world rankings as a scoring system, and the Catalan side are 79 points clear of second place Manchester United.

Behind Manchester United come two Italian giants in the form of Juventus and AC Milan, and then down in fifth are Real Madrid.

During the time period taken by the IFFHS, Barcelona have won the Champions League on two occasions, whilst they have won La Liga eight times.

Manchester United on the other hand have also won the Champions League twice, but they have picked up ten Premier League titles.

Below Real Madrid there is quite a gap down to the next Spanish side, with Valencia sitting in joint 17th with Sao Paulo.

England and Italy meanwhile both have four teams in the top 15 of the list.

Official IFFHS Rankings:


1. Barcelona (SPN) 757
2. Manchester United (ENG) 678
3. Juventus FC (ITA) 621
4. Milan AC (ITA) 611
5. Real Madrid (SPN) 605
6. Internazionale Milano (ITA) 567
7. Bayern Munich (GER) 563
8. Arsenal (ENG) 550
9. River Plate (ARG) 503
10. Chelsea (ENG) 442
11. Liverpool (ENG) 435
12. Porto (POR) 425
13. Boca Juniors (ARG) 420
14. AS Roma (ITA) 405
15. AFC Ajax Amsterdam (HOL) 400
16. Parma (ITA) 373
17. São Paulo (BRA) 367
Valencia (SPN) 367
19. Glasgow Rangers (SCO) 364
20. SS Lazio Roma (ITA) 342

James Walker-Roberts, Goal.com

[Deunamist]

Rangers. zzzz. Scottish league competitiveness is worse than S.League so they are lucky they can even appear on this list. it has been practically Celtic vs Rangers every year.

[CanIsayNo]

impressive, juve can say they are the only team in the top 10 to have played in their country's lower division during the 18 years

[Jackson Ng Ghim Pheng]

Wow Porto And Chelsea are so high up thanks To Jose Mourinho

[sgparlay]

if Rangers is up there, where is Lyon????

[stanlfc]

juve is a cheating full of betting scrum who should not been rank 3rd

[wmania2]

Lol you should have checked how many members from Juventus played in World Cup 2006 finals, and also check out what actually happened during the scandals. Other leagues are just as corrupt, as one journalist mentioned. Roy Carroll's blunder against Spurs not counted anyone?

[Deunamist]

the way i see it, Juve could have won those Scudetto even without the scandal.. the whole cause of the scandal is not to blame on the players. luciano moggi the director was the one who orchestrated everything.

[AndreFLo]

Maybe its for the last 18 years thats why Lyon not inside...

Rangers F.C did reach European Cup final during the last 18 yrs :p

[Deunamist]

no dude.. they didn't.. the only European final they reached in the last 18 years was last year's UEFA cup final..

but of course.. Rangers have won the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup like.. 19 times in the past 18 years?! together with the Scottish League title they have won 30 titles in the past 18 years. :eek:

[AndreFLo]

no dude.. they didn't.. the only European final they reached in the last 18 years was last year's UEFA cup final..

but of course.. Rangers have won the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup like.. 19 times in the past 18 years?! together with the Scottish League title they have won 30 titles in the past 18 years. :eek:

Oh ya my bad...they only reached the semi-finals at most :o

[vitaminc1231]

What's the point of such standing? Totally meaningless to me in my view.

[Boi_racer]

Barca ish well deserving of their position at the top...of cos UNited ish also bery strong under SAF...