IFFHS World Ranking joint 8th

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Blanchflower

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According to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics we were the 8th best team in the World in 2013.

http://www.iffhs.de/club-world-ranking/#more-33

CLUB WORLD RANKING
8. JANUARY 2014
FC Bayern München: 1st of Club World Ranking 2013 – Real Madrid CF moves Chelsea FC London from the second position

Since 1991 IFFHS creates the Club World Ranking with all the match results from all official competitions in the world. For first time in the history of the Club World Ranking a German team is the winner. FC Bayern München reached the second best score inClub World Ranking, surpassed only by FC Juventus with 372,7 in 1993 – when it was ancient rules. The team coached by Jupp Heynckes won the both German domestic competitions and the UEFA’s Champions League, and later with Josep Guardiola won UEFA’s Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.

Spanish clubs are also very well listed with their three best clubs in top-5, with English Chelsea FC sandwiched by the two Madrilenian arch-rivals. Real Madrid CF did not win any competition but the “White team” reached at UEFA Champion’s League semifinals, final in Copa del Rey and was placed second in La Liga. The great performance of Club Atlético de Madrid moved FC Barcelona, the former winner 2012, to fifth place.

It is remarkable to see the presence of FC Basel in seventh place. The swiss team did an extraordinary campaign through the year, so in domestic championship as continental competitions.

South American teams had an irregular season. The best team was Clube Atlético Mineiro. It’s performance in FIFA Club Word Cup was disappointing. It seems that Apertura/Clausura system causes many changes for the best teams in the same year.

In the “Top 100″ (there listed 102 clubs) there are clubs from 39 countries: 68 clubs from the UEFA, 21 from the CONMEBOL, seven from the AFC, three from the CONCACAF, three from the CAF and none from the OFC. The following leagues are represented by the most clubs in the “Top 100″: Argentina (7), Spain (7), England (6), Italy (6), Brazil (5), Germany (5), Colombia (4), France (4), Romania (4), Ukraine (4). The “Top 10″ for each of the four football continents – South America, Africa, Asia and CONCACAF – are as follows:
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(they did also vote Howard Webb the Worlds best ref)
 
I like Howard Webb (we need a smiley pronto)

More on topic - what are these statistics based on?
 
ArcspacE said:
I like Howard Webb (we need a smiley pronto)

More on topic - what are these statistics based on?
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Howard Webb looks like the type of guy who wakes up at 5 AM every day, completes 100 pushups, brushes his teeth exactly 32 strokes, shaves his head, rolls his clothes for lint (they have been put out the day before). Then he proceeds to enter his wife exactly 10 times before ejaculating on the same spot of her belly as he has the last 15 years. He gets dressed, and goes downstairs, gives his son the life lesson of the day followed by a slap across the face to make sure it sticks.
 
elias_swe_spurs said:
Howard Webb looks like the type of guy who wakes up at 5 AM every day, completes 100 pushups, brushes his teeth exactly 32 strokes, shaves his head, rolls his clothes for lint (they have been put out the day before). Then he proceeds to enter his wife exactly 10 times before ejaculating on the same spot of her belly as he has the last 15 years. He gets dressed, and goes downstairs, gives his son the life lesson of the day followed by a slap across the face to make sure it sticks.
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You left out the part where he leaves the house to murder his way around the home town he has terrorised since birth before returning home, putting his flat cap on the stove and setting his house ablaze. He sits in the front room until he passes out from the smoke filling his house.
 
elias_swe_spurs said:
Howard Webb looks like the type of guy who wakes up at 5 AM every day, completes 100 pushups, brushes his teeth exactly 32 strokes, shaves his head, rolls his clothes for lint (they have been put out the day before). Then he proceeds to enter his wife exactly 10 times before ejaculating on the same spot of her belly as he has the last 15 years. He gets dressed, and goes downstairs, gives his son the life lesson of the day followed by a slap across the face to make sure it sticks.
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Sounds like my kind of mate

:kaboullol:
 
AVB must be wondering how he's still not in a job :)
On a serious note we did a lot of good things in 2013 - we got a lot of bad luck missing out on CL

Also the EL is underrated by many fans, including myself. It's a shame, it's the way it is.

Fact is the CL is overrated to a large degree, because so much money is attached to it. Same with the Prem. The FA Cup and Lge Cup are underrated because there's no mony to those competitions.

If we got a benefactor in, who gave us £40m a year, and we won the EL one year, the FA Cup the next, would it be so bad?

I've had this argument before. People tell me the extra £40m you get from doing well in the Prem/CL is because you earned it? But so much of this 'earning' is arbitrary. You get a small fortune for being a beaten quarter finalist in the CL for example. Much more than winning the EL, IIRC, how is that 'fairly earned'?

Anyway well done to the club making this particular top ten.
 
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8th best in the world? Does that mean we don't qualify for the Intergalatic Champions League, or Universopa League?

Sack the board.
 
8th huh... :townhmm:



Woolwich is where? :sandro:




15th? Interesting...:llorishuh:




AHA!:freund:
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:levyeyes:
 
Feels about right, Basel just edged it over spurs last year. Probably have to agree Chelsea were better than us last year - but otherwise it looks right, Viktoria Plzen are definitely better than Arse for example.

We should have a playoff with Atletico Mineiro though - don't like tied positions..
 
PhillyHotspur said:
If only these rankings made a bit of sense, I could run with em n stick it up everyone arses.
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They make more sense that the UEFA coefficient and FIFA world rankings, imo.

The FIFA rankings in particular are open to abuse - England, for example, play countless home friendlies against high ranking opponents in an attempt to keep their ranking place..........the away friendlies are nearly always against much weaker opposition.
 
Blanchflower said:
They make more sense that the UEFA coefficient and FIFA world rankings, imo.

The FIFA rankings in particular are open to abuse - England, for example, play countless home friendlies against high ranking opponents in an attempt to keep their ranking place..........the away friendlies are nearly always against much weaker opposition.
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Well how many points do you get for a CL win vs a Europa win ?
 
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