Club Atlรฉtico de Madrid โ the Worldโs Club Team of the Month for April 2014
Real and Atlรฉtico prepared to assault the first place!
The semifinals of the UEFA League Champions opened new chances to be the winner of the Club World Ranking 2014. After month of undisputed dominance of FC Bayern, it will be very difficult to keep his 1st place in the Club World Ranking for December 2014. Bayern FC achieved 70 points from last two games in UEFA Championโs League (May 2013), UEFA Supercup (August 2013) and FIFA Club World Cup (December 2013) that can not be accounted for December 2014. Now Real Madrid and Club Atlรฉtico de Madrid achieved more than 300 points.
CA Lanรบs and Club Atlรฉtico Nacional de Medellรญn are surprisingly 4th and 5th in the Club World Ranking. This is due to both teams had a great performance in Copa Libertadores 2014 and Copa Sudamericana 2013. Argentines were the winners in Copa Sudamericana and Colombians got quarter-finals. We must take in consideration that the points from Copa Sudamericana will be deleted when December 2014 and presumably these teams will lose points and places.
Another important new presence was Sevilla FC. The team of Unai Emery had a great performance in domestic league also Europa League. Now Andalucians are very close from FC Barcelona, who loses 3 places. FC Juventus and SL Benfica, both semifinalists in Europa League, enter in top-10
It should be noted that the points of this Club World Ranking in April 2014 are increased by the influence of the World Cup calendar. Domestic cups and continental competitions played in April many matches when usually they are played for May. It means that many points are duplicated. For May 2014 many of these disruptive factors will be corrected by the update.
The Worldโs Club Team of the Month for April is Club Atlรฉtico de Madrid, with 58 points, ahead SL Benfica Lisboa 53 points, Cruzeiro EC Belo Horizonte 41 points and Pohan Steelers, Republic of Korea, 36 points. The rojiblancos got a great performance in UEFA Championโs League and domestic League. The โgame-by-game โ mentality of Diego Simeone keeps alive the dream. Real Madrid CF achieved 66 points in April 2014, but they loosed a match in Dortmund and this prevents eligible for this distinction.
In the โTop 100โณ there are clubs from 37 countries: 63 clubs from the UEFA, 24 from the CONMEBOL, six from the AFC, five from the CONCACAF, two from the CAF and none from the OFC. The following leagues are represented by the most clubs in the โTop 100โณ: Spain (7), Brazil (6), England (6), Italy (6), Argentina (5), Germany (5), Mexico (5), Paraguay (4), and Ukraine (4).
Club World Ranking
Club-Weltrangliste
Clasificaciรณn Mundial de los Clubes
Classement Mondial des Clubs
by IFFHS
Top 200
(1st May 2013 โ 30th April 2014)
| Place | Mar/14 | Club | Country/level | Points |
| 1 | 0 | FC Bayern Mรผnchen | Deutschland/4. | 354,00 |
| 2 | 0 | Real Madrid CF | Espaรฑa/4. | 337,00 |
| 3 | -2 | Club Atlรฉtico de Madrid | Espaรฑa/4. | 315,00 |
| 4 | -20 | CA Lanรบs | Argentina/4. | 272,00 |
| 5 | -14 | Club Atlรฉtico Nacional SA, Medellรญn | Colombia/3. | 269,00 |
| 6 | 3 | FC Barcelona | Espaรฑa/4. | 268,00 |
| 7 | -18 | Sevilla FC | Espaรฑa/4. | 250,00 |
| 8 | -9 | Juventus FC, Torino | Italia/4. | 249,00 |
| 9 | 5 | Chelsea FC, London | England/4. | 244,00 |
| 10 | -4 | SL Benfica, Lisboa | Portugal/3. | 242,50 |
| 11 | 4 | FC Basel 1893 | Schweiz/3. | 242,00 |
| 12 | 4 | ACF Fiorentina, Firenze | Italia/4. | 236,00 |
| 13 | 0 | Arsenal FC, London | England/4. | 235,00 |
| 13 | 1 | Paris Saint-Germain FC | France/4. | 235,00 |
| 15 | 9 | Clube Atlรฉtico Mineiro, Belo Horizonte | Brasil/4. | 233,00 |
| 16 | 1 | SSC Napoli | Italia/4. | 226,00 |
| 17 | 6 | Tottenham Hotspur FC, London | England/4. | 220,00 |
| 18 | -3 | FC Salzburg | รsterreich/3. | 218,50 |
| 19 | -8 | PFC Ludogorets 1947 Razgrad | Bulgaria/3. | 216,50 |
| 20 | -1 | CA Vรฉlez Sรกrsfield, Buenos Aires | Argentina/4. | 215,00 |
| 21 | 11 | BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | Deutschland/4. | 214,00 |
| 22 | 2 | FC Viktoria Plzeล | Ceskรก Republika/3. | 212,00 |
| 23 | -34 | CA San Lorenzo de Almagro, Buenos Aires | Argentina/4. | 204,00 |
| 23 | -10 | Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon | France/4. | 204,00 |
| 25 | -8 | Grรชmio FB Porto Alegrense, Porto Alegre | Brasil/4. | 200,00 |
| 26 | 8 | Manchester City FC | England/4. | 198,00 |
| 27 | 19 | Club Independiente Santa Fe CD, Bogotรก | Colombia/3. | 196,50 |
| 28 | 5 | CFP Universidad de Chile, Santiago | Chile/3. | 194,50 |
| 29 | 3 | SC FC Steaua Bucureลti | Romรขnia/3. | 193,50 |
| 30 | -1 | Trabzonspor Aล | Tรผrkiye/3. | 192,50 |
| 31 | -16 | Valencia CF | Espaรฑa/4. | 190,00 |
| 32 | -3 | Arsenal de Sarandรญ FC | Argentina/4. | 189,00 |
| 33 | 5 | Celtic FC, Glasgow | Scotland/3. | 187,00 |
| 34 | -27 | Club Atlรฉtico Paranaense, Curitiba | Brasil/4. | 184,00 |
| 35 | -11 | Manchester United FC | England/4. | 181,00 |
| 36 | 4 | Newellโs Old Boys, Rosario | Argentina/4. | 180,00 |
| 36 | 20 | FC Rubin Kazanโ | Russia/3. | 180,00 |
| 38 | 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande FC | China/2. | 179,00 |
| 39 | 0 | FC Zenit St Petersburg | Russia/3. | 175,50 |
| 40 | -14 | AZ Alkmaar | Nederland/3. | 174,50 |
| 41 | -67 | Cruzeiro EC, Belo Horizonte | Brasil/4. | 174,00 |
| 41 | 12 | Olympiacos FC, Pireรกs | Ellรกs/3. | 174,00 |
| 43 | 13 | SS Lazio, Roma | Italia/4. | 172,00 |
| 44 | -5 | Eintracht Frankfurt 1893 | Deutschland/4. | 170,00 |
| 44 | 4 | AC Milan, Milano | Italia/4. | 170,00 |
| 46 | 8 | PAOK Thessalonรญki FC | Ellรกs/3. | 169,00 |
| 47 | 5 | Club Libertad, Asunciรณn | Paraguay/3. | 165,00 |
| 48 | 6 | KRC Genk | Belgique/3. | 164,50 |
| 49 | 13 | CS Emelec, Guayaquil | Ecuador/3. | 163,50 |
| 50 | -12 | AFC Astra Giurgiu, Ploieลti | Romรขnia/3. | 163,50 |
| 51 | 3 | SC FC Petrolul Ploieลti | Romรขnia/3. | 162,50 |
| 52 | 7 | R Standard de Liรจge | Belgique/3. | 160,50 |
| 53 | 1 | FC Schalke 04, Gelsenkirchen | Deutschland/4. | 160,00 |
| 54 | 4 | FC Seoul | Republic of Korea/3. | 159,50 |
| 55 | 13 | FC Slovan Liberec | Ceskรก Republika/3. | 159,00 |
| 55 | 0 | Itagรผรญ Talento Dorado SA | Colombia/3. | 159,00 |
| 57 | 4 | FC Chornomorets Odesa | Ukrayina/3. | 158,50 |
| 58 | -57 | Club Cerro Porteรฑo, Asunciรณn | Paraguay/3. | 156,50 |
| 58 | -17 | Espรฉrance Tunis | Tunisia/2. | 156,50 |
| 60 | -47 | FC Porto | Portugal/3. | 155,00 |
| 61 | -7 | GNK Dinamo Zagreb | Hrvatska/2. | 154,50 |
| 61 | -74 | Club Nacional, Asunciรณn | Paraguay/3. | 154,50 |
| 63 | -19 | CS Sfaxien | Tunisia/2. | 154,00 |
| 64 | -37 | CR Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro | Brasil/4. | 153,00 |
| 64 | 13 | Real Sociedad de Fรบtbol, San Sebastiรกn | Espaรฑa/4. | 153,00 |
| 66 | 1 | AS Roma | Italia/4. | 152,00 |
| 67 | -20 | Botafogo FR, Rio de Janeiro | Brasil/4. | 151,00 |
| 68 | -2 | FC Thun | Schweiz/3. | 149,50 |
| 69 | 9 | TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Deutschland/4. | 149,00 |
| 70 | -10 | CDSC Cruz Azul, Mรฉxico | Mรฉxico/3. | 148,50 |
| 71 | -14 | HNK Rijeka | Hrvatska/2. | 148,00 |
| 72 | -64 | CSD Independiente del Valle, Sangolquรญ | Ecuador/3. | 147,00 |
| 72 | 0 | AFC Ajax, Amsterdam | Nederland/3. | 147,00 |
| 72 | 3 | FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Ukrayina/3. | 147,00 |
| 75 | 2 | FC Zulte Waregem | Belgique/3. | 146,00 |
| 75 | -15 | APOEL FC, Nicosรญa | Cypern/3. | 146,00 |
| 75 | -7 | NK Maribor | Slovenija/2. | 146,00 |
| 75 | 12 | FC Shakhtar Donetsk | Ukrayina/3. | 146,00 |
| 79 | 22 | CD Universidad Catรณlica, Santiago | Chile/3. | 145,50 |
| 79 | -12 | Deportivo Toluca FC | Mรฉxico/3. | 145,50 |
| 79 | -20 | Pohang Steelers | Republic of Korea/3. | 145,50 |
| 82 | 16 | Maccabi Tel Aviv FC | Israel/2. | 144,00 |
| 83 | 7 | FC Dynamo Kiiv | Ukrayina/3. | 143,50 |
| 84 | -14 | FC Sheriff Tiraspol | Moldova/2. | 143,00 |
| 85 | -9 | Real Betis Balompiรฉ, Sevilla | Espaรฑa/4. | 140,00 |
| 86 | -5 | Club Santos Laguna, Torreรณn | Mรฉxico/3. | 139,50 |
| 87 | -85 | Club The Strongest, La Paz | Bolivia/2. | 139,00 |
| 87 | 3 | Al-Shabab FC, Ar-Riyฤแธ | Saudi Arabia/3. | 139,00 |
| 89 | 8 | Al Kuwait SC | Kuwait/2. | 137,00 |
| 89 | 15 | Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente | Mรฉxico/3. | 137,00 |
| 91 | -12 | Swansea City AFC | England/4. | 136,00 |
| 91 | 5 | Qadisia SC, Al Kuwait | Kuwait/2. | 136,00 |
| 93 | -108 | Club Leรณn | Mรฉxico/3. | 135,00 |
| 93 | 37 | Galatasaray Aล, ฤฐstanbul | Tรผrkiye/3. | 135,00 |
| 95 | -31 | CD OโHiggins, Rancagua | Chile/3. | 132,00 |
| 96 | -40 | PFC Botev Plovdiv | Bulgaria/3. | 131,50 |
| 97 | 27 | Esbjerg fB | Danmark/2. | 131,00 |
| 98 | 58 | Club Olimpia, Asunciรณn | Paraguay/3. | 130,50 |
| 99 | -93 | AS Monaco FC | France/4. | 130,00 |
| 100 | -3 | GD Estoril-Praia | Portugal/3. | 129,50 |
| 101 | -17 | Molde FK | Norge/3. | 128,50 |
| 102 | 15 | CA River Plate, Buenos Aires | Argentina/4. | 128,00 |
| 102 | 26 | KP Legia Warszawa | Polska/2. | 128,00 |
| 104 | 7 | FC Kubanโ Krasnodar | Russia/3. | 127,50 |
| 105 | -31 | SK Rapid Wien | รsterreich/3. | 127,00 |
| 106 | -25 | Raja CA de Casablanca | Morocco/2. | 126,50 |
| 106 | 3 | PSV Eindhoven | Nederland/3. | 126,50 |
| 108 | 19 | Udinese Calcio | Italia/4. | 126,00 |
| 108 | 2 | FK Vojvodina Novi Sad | Srbija/2. | 126,00 |
| 110 | 19 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC, Jeonju | Republic of Korea/3. | 125,50 |
| 111 | 24 | CA Boca Juniors, Buenos Aires | Argentina/4. | 125,00 |
| 111 | -268 | Club Bolรญvar, La Paz | Bolivia/2. | 125,00 |
| 111 | -31 | รtoile Sportive du Sahel | Tunisia/2. | 125,00 |
| 114 | -50 | A Deportivo Cali, Santiago de Cali | Colombia/3. | 124,50 |
| 114 | 36 | Al-Hilal S FC, Ar-Riyฤแธ | Saudi Arabia/3. | 124,50 |
| 116 | 3 | TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi | Congo RD/2. | 124,00 |
| 117 | -8 | FK Austria Wien | รsterreich/3. | 123,50 |
| 117 | 15 | CS Pandurii Lignitul Tรขrgu Jiu | Romรขnia/3. | 123,50 |
| 119 | 9 | Qarabaฤ Aฤdam FK, Bakฤฑ | Azรคrbaycan/2. | 123,00 |
| 120 | 6 | AA Ponte Preta, Sรฃo Paulo | Brasil2/4. | 122,00 |
| 120 | -81 | Wigan Athletic FC | England2/4. | 122,00 |
| 122 | 28 | Maccabi Haifa FC | Israel/2. | 121,00 |
| 123 | -120 | Uniรณn Espaรฑola, Santiago | Chile/3. | 120,50 |
| 123 | 24 | Apollon Limassol FC | Cypern/3. | 120,50 |
| 125 | 62 | Sรฃo Paulo FC | Brasil/4. | 120,00 |
| 125 | 8 | A Deportivo Pasto, San Juan de Pasto | Colombia/3. | 120,00 |
| 125 | -14 | Liverpool FC | England/4. | 120,00 |
| 128 | 4 | VMFD ลฝalgiris Vilnius | Lietuva/2. | 119,50 |
| 128 | -55 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Nippon/3. | 119,50 |
| 130 | 52 | Esteghlal FC | Iran/2. | 118,50 |
| 130 | 36 | FC Girondins de Bordeaux | France/4. | 118,00 |
| 130 | 12 | AS Saint-รtienne Loire | France/4. | 118,00 |
| 133 | -39 | LD Alajuelense, Alajuela | Costa Rica/2. | 117,00 |
| 133 | -7 | LDU de Loja | Ecuador/3. | 117,00 |
| 133 | 2 | Zamalek SC, al-Qฤhirah | Egypt/2. | 117,00 |
| 133 | 12 | Rosenborg BK, Trondheim | Norge/3. | 117,00 |
| 137 | -5 | Everton FC, Liverpool | England/4. | 116,00 |
| 137 | -114 | Kawasaki Frontale | Nippon/3. | 116,00 |
| 137 | -16 | IF Elfsborg | Sverige/2. | 116,00 |
| 140 | 28 | Al-Ahly SC, al-Qฤhirah | Egypt/2. | 115,50 |
| 140 | -52 | Saint Johnstone FC, Perth | Scotland/3. | 115,50 |
| 142 | -34 | Estudiantes de La Plata | Argentina/4. | 114,00 |
| 142 | -7 | AC Sparta Praha | Ceskรก Republika/3. | 114,00 |
| 142 | 0 | Athletic Club, Bilbao | Espaรฑa/4. | 114,00 |
| 145 | -114 | Yokohama F Marinos | Nippon/3. | 113,00 |
| 146 | 17 | Millonarios FC SA, Bogotรก | Colombia/3. | 112,00 |
| 147 | -214 | Defensor Sporting Club, Montevideo | Uruguay/2. | 111,50 |
| 148 | 82 | SC Corinthians Paulista, Sรฃo Paulo | Brasil/4. | 111,00 |
| 149 | -6 | Goiรกs EC, Goiรขnia | Brasil/4. | 110,00 |
| 149 | -6 | Lille OSC Mรฉtrpole | France/4. | 110,00 |
| 149 | -6 | FC Differdange 03 | Luxembourg/2. | 110,00 |
| 152 | -1 | Club Guaranรญ, Asunciรณn | Paraguay/3. | 109,50 |
| 153 | 4 | FK Ventspils | Latvija/2. | 109,00 |
| 153 | 33 | Buriram United FC | Thailand/2. | 109,00 |
| 154 | -6 | PAE APS Atromitos FC, Athรญna | Ellรกs/3. | 108,00 |
| 154 | 8 | FC Dinamo Tbilisi | Georgia/2. | 108,00 |
| 154 | 44 | Stade Malien de Bamako | Mali/2. | 108,00 |
| 157 | -28 | Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba | Argentina/4. | 106,00 |
| 157 | -3 | EC Bahia, Salvador | Brasil/4. | 106,00 |
| 157 | 2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Deutschland/4. | 106,00 |
| 160 | 14 | FC St Gallen 1879 | Schweiz/3. | 105,50 |
| 161 | -4 | Lekhwiya SC, ad-Dลha | Qatar/2. | 105,00 |
| 162 | -85 | Panathinaikos FC, Athรญna | Ellรกs/3. | 104,00 |
| 164 | -28 | ES Sรฉtif | Algรฉrie/2. | 103,50 |
| 164 | 36 | Club Amรฉrica, Mรฉxico | Mรฉxico/3. | 103,50 |
| 163 | 104 | Fenerbahรงe SK, ฤฐstambul | Tรผrkiye/3. | 103,50 |
| 167 | 8 | Grasshopper Club Zรผrich | Schweiz/3. | 103,00 |
| 167 | -25 | Malmรถ FF | Sverige/2. | 103,00 |
| 169 | -55 | Lรฉopards de Dolisiรฉ | Congo/2. | 101,50 |
| 169 | -115 | Kaizer Chiefs FC | South Africa/2. | 101,50 |
| 171 | 22 | FC Anji Makhachkala, Kaspiysk | Russia/3. | 100,50 |
| 172 | -4 | CA Belgrano de Cรณrdoba | Argentina/4. | 100,00 |
| 172 | 2 | EC Vitรณria, Salvador | Brasil/4. | 100,00 |
| 172 | -163 | Stade Rennais FC, Rennes | France/4. | 100,00 |
| 172 | 9 | El Jaish SC, ad-Dลha | Qatar/2. | 100,00 |
| 172 | -207 | Zamora FC, Barinas | Venezuela/2. | 100,00 |
| 177 | 12 | Club Deportes Iquique | Chile/3. | 99,50 |
| 177 | 36 | Al-Nassr FC, Ar-Riyฤแธ | Saudi Arabia/3. | 99,50 |
| 179 | -41 | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-I | Republic of Korea/3. | 99,00 |
| 180 | -9 | PFC CSKA Moskva | Russia/3. | 98,50 |
| 181 | -11 | SC Internacional, Porto Alegre | Brasil/4. | 98,00 |
| 181 | 21 | KS Skรซnderbeu Korรงe | Shqiperia/2. | 98,00 |
| 182 | 6 | CD La Equidad Seguros, Bogotรก | Colombia/3. | 97,50 |
| 182 | 40 | CS Herediano, Heredia | Costa Rica/2. | 97,50 |
| 185 | 64 | Fluminense FC, Rio de Janeiro | Brasil/4. | 97,00 |
| 185 | 4 | FK Jablonec | Ceskรก Republika/3. | 97,00 |
| 187 | -18 | FC Shakhter Karagandy | Kazakhstan/2. | 96,50 |
| 188 | -21 | CSD Colo Colo, Santiago | Chile/3. | 96,00 |
| 188 | -71 | Kitchee FC, Hong Kong | Hong Kong/2. | 96,00 |
| 190 | -24 | Sรฉwรฉ Sport de San Pedro | Cรดte-dโIvoire/2. | 95,00 |
| 191 | -297 | Foolad Khuzestan FC, Ahvฤz | Iran/2. | 94,50 |
| 192 | 7 | CA All Boys, Buenos Aires | Argentina/4. | 94,00 |
| 192 | 46 | Cotonsport de Garoua | Cameroun/2. | 94,00 |
| 192 | 20 | CD Cobreloa, Calama | Chile/3. | 94,00 |
| 192 | -34 | MTร SK FC Levadia Tallinn | Eesti/2. | 94,00 |
| 192 | 23 | CA Monarcas Morelia | Mรฉxico/3. | 94,00 |
| 192 | -142 | Al-Merreikh Omdurman | Sudan/2. | 94,00 |
| 192 | -101 | Al Ahli FC Dubai | UAE/2. | 94,00 |
| 199 | -131 | Cerezo Osaka FC | Nippon/3. | 93,00 |
| 200 | -38 | SC Freiburg | Deutschland/4. | 92,00 |
| 200 | -267 | En Avant Guimgamp | France/4. | 92,00 |
