Europe's Club of the CenturyFor some years now, the IFFHS has been asked by clubs, sports journalists and fans to determine the clubs of the century for the individual continents but on a realistic basis without imaginary values and subjective influences. The rankings published so far have been based on the number of the titles won or placings or marathon tables in competitions and which reveal an advertage of the own (national) clubs. Because the Club World Ranking (by IFFHS) has been determined monthly only since January 1991, it cannot be used as the basis for determining the club of the century. The IFFHS has decided these continental clubs of the century (1901-2000 each) and the with it including continental rankings of century to determine exclusively on the base of individual match results of the continental club competitions. The national competitions are merely a prerequisite to qualify for the continental club competitions. Intercontinental club competitions were not taken into consideration.
The Mitropa Cup, played from 1927-1940, was the precusor of the Eurpean Cup competitions. The Mitropa Cup was dominated by the professional teams from Hungary, Austria and the Czechoslovakia as well as from Italy (with always more South Americans players). The teams from Yugoslavia, Romania and the Switzerland were involved as well. But the top clubs from Germany, France and Spain did not accept invitations to participate in Mitropa Cup or because they were forbidden to take part by their own respective national football associations. In any case, these clubs had had little chance against the professionals. And in Great Britain there was a policy of isolation from the wider world of football from 1920 onwards. So, a club like Arsenal FC of London could not have the opportunity to demonstrate its strength in a competition. After World War II and until the start of the European Cup competitions (1955), the Mitropa Cup was played only once (with only four teams). It had lost its importance and therefore is not taken into consideration. The Copa Latina, played from 1949-1957 annually of the champions (or a top team) from France, Italy, Portugal and Spain, can be looked at and rated analogous.
The European Champions Cup became the European Champions League and the Fairs Cup became the UEFA Cup. The European Cup Winners Cup was played for the last time in 1999 but the European Super Cup was not played from the start of the European Cup competitions, and, later, was not played annually. For all these competitions only the individual results of the quarter-finals to the finals were taken into consideration (because of regional arrangement of matches in the first rounds and also to largely to exclude luck), and classified according to a corresponding number of points. The score of the European Super Cup was between the two top competitions. In the three seasons (1992-1994) ? in which directly before the champions final was played a group phase - only 50 % of the yield of points were taken into consideration from all these group matches. That was necessary, so as not to favour those clubs involved during these three seasons.
Looking at the ranking over the decades shows up some interesting detials. Ferencv?ros TC Budapest led the European ranking for 1950, ahead of AC Sparta Prague, SK Slavia Prague, Juventus FC of Turin, First Vienna, FK Austria Wien, SK Rapid Vienna, ?jpest D?zsa, FC Internazionale of Milan and Bologna. Thereafter Real Madrid catapulted to the top and by 1970 led, ahead of FC Barcelona, "Inter", Ferencv?ros TC Budapest, Benfica, Milan AC, Manchester United FC, AC Sparta Prague, Juventus of Turin and ?jpesti D?zsa.
Real Madrid had extended its lead up to 1980 and the "Reds" from Liverpool, Ajax and Bayern were three new clubs who achieved a place among the "Top 10": Real Madrid CF was ahead of FC Barcelona, Milan AC, FC Internazionale Milano, Ferencv?ros TC Budapest, Juventus FC Torino, AFC Ajax of Amsterdam, Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Liverpool FC and FC Bayern M?nchen. Also 1990 was lead the European ranking again of two Spanish clubs, while "Juve", Liverpool, and Munich had improved their positions
but with only RSC Anderlecht reached the "Top 10", replacing the Ferencv?ros Torna Club. 1990 saw Real Madrid with a gigantic lead of 136 points over "Bar?a".
The last decade of the 20th century saw "Juve", "Bar?a", Ajax and Bayern gain the most points of all the European clubs, while Liverpool, Anderlecht and Benfica achieved the fewest points. Last not least, no new club managed a place among the "Top 10", the only changes were among the clubs swapping positions in places 2 to 9. The "Royals" from Madrid took the honours with an unexpectedly large lead to become "Europe's Club of the Century". "Juve", "Bar?a", Milan and Bayern follow and are placed ahead of "Inter".
Amsterdam and Brussels are represented among the "Top 10" while "ManU" is only in the 11th place. The latest "All-Time Club World Ranking" (1991-2008) shows how dominant Manchester United was in the new millennium, and as large was Real?s lead ahead of "Bar?a" in 1990, as well the upturn of two teams from London - Arsenal & Chelsea - in the last years.
Europe:
European Champions Cup &Champions League:
- 8 points for a win
- 4 points for a draw
- 0 points for a defeat
- (In the group phase directly before the final (1992-1994) were halved the achieved number of points (8-4-0) at all involved teams.)
Fairs Cup & UEFA Cup:
- 6 points for a win
- 3 points for a draw
- 0 points for a defeat
European Cup Winners? Cup:
- 5 points for a win
- 2,5 points for a draw
- 0 points for a defeat
Mitropa Cup:
- 4 points for a win
- 2 points for a draw
- 0 points for a defeat
Copa Latina:
- 4 points for a win
- 2 points for a draw
- 0 points for a defeat
European Super Cup:
- 6,5 points for a win
- 3,25 points for a draw
- 0 points for a defeat
Europe's Club of the Century
(Top 200)
club country points
1. Real Madrid CF Espa?a 563,50
2. Juventus FC Torino Italia 466,00
3. FC Barcelona Espa?a 458,00
4. Milan AC Italia 399,75
5. FC Bayern M?nchen Deutschland 399,00
6. FC Internazionale Milano Italia 362,00
7. AFC Ajax Amsterdam Nederland 332,75
8. Liverpool FC England 300,25
9. Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 299,00
10. RSC Anderlecht Belgique 231,00 11. Manchester United FC England 220,00
12. Club Atl?tico de Madrid Espa?a 196,00
13. Ferencv?rosi TC Budapest Magyarorsz?g 190,00
14. Leeds United AFC England 154,50
15. AC Sparta Praha Česk? Republika 149,50
16. FC Dinamo Kyiv Ukraina 144,50
17. AS Roma Italia 141,50
18. Hamburger SV Deutschland 140,50
19. VfL Borussia M?nchengladbach Deutschland 136,50
20. Tottenham Hotspur FC England 136,00
21. Glasgow Celtic FC Scotland 134,00
22. SK Rapid Wien ?sterreich 127,00
23. BV Borussia Dortmund Deutschland 124,75
24. Glasgow Rangers FC Scotland 124,50
25. ?jpest FC Magyarorsz?g 124,00
26. 1. FC K?ln Deutschland 118,50
27. Feyenoord Rotterdam Nederland 116,50
FK Crvena zvezda Beograd Srbija 116,50
29. FC do Porto Portugal 115,00
30. Valencia CF Espa?a 114,50
31. Arsenal FC London England 110,25
32. IFK G?teborg Sverige 107,50
33. AC Fiorentina Firenze Italia 107,00
Olympique de Marseille France 107,00
35. Chelsea FC London England 100,50
36. FK Austria Wien ?sterreich 97,50
37. Real Zaragoza CD Espa?a 96,75
38. AC Parma Italia 95,50
39. Nottingham Forest FC England 87,25
40. Club Brugge KV Belgique 83,00 41. PSV Eindhoven Nederland 81,50
42. SK Slavia Praha Česk? Republika 76,50
43. Birmingham City FC England 75,00
44. Eintracht Frankfurt Deutschland 74,50
45. FC Steaua Bucureşti Rom?nia 72,50
46. AS de Monaco France 72,00
47. Sporting Clube de Portugal Lisboa Portugal 68,00
48. SV Werder Bremen Deutschland 67,25
49. FC Spartak Moscow Russia 65,50
Paris Saint-Germain FC France 65,50
51. Sampdoria UC Genova Italia 64,25
52. FC Girondins de Bordeaux France 64,00
53. Bologna Calcio Italia 63,00
54. SS Lazio Roma Italia 62,50
55. NK Dinamo Zagreb Hrvatska 60,00
Stade de Reims France 60,00
57. Panathinaikos AO Athens Greece 59,00
58. First Vienna FC 1894 ?sterreich 58,00
MTK Hung?ria FC Budapest Magyarorsz?g 58,00
60. CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 57,00
Galatasaray SK İstanbul T?rkiye 57,00
62. R Standard Club de Li?ge Belgique 54,50 63. Dundee United FC Scotland 49,00
64. AC Torino Italia 48,50
65. FC Schalke 04 Deutschland 48,00
66. VfB Stuttgart Deutschland 47,50
67. NK Hajduk Split Hrvatska 46,50
68. KV Mechelen Belgique 45,50 69. West Ham United FC England 45,00
70. Aston Villa England 44,50
71. FK Dukla Praha Česk? Republika 43,50
72. Hibernian FC Edinburgh Scotland 42,00
TSV Bayer Leverkusen Deutschland 42,00
74. SSC Napoli Italia 41,50
75. Ipswich Town FC England 41,00
SG Dynamo Dresden Deutschland 41,00
77. KP Legia Warszawa Polska 40,50
78. Aberdeen FC Scotland 40,25
79. AS St. ?tienne France 40,00
FC Dinamo Moscow Russia 40,00
FC Twente Enschede Nederland 40,00
82. Dundee FC Scotland 39,00
83. FC de Nantes France 36,00
FC Spartak Trnava Slovensko 36,00
OFK Beograd Srbija 36,00
86. FC Carl-Zeiss Jena Deutschland 34,00
87. Newcastle United FC England 33,00
88. Everton FC England 30,50
FC Admira / WackerWien ?sterreich 30,50
90. 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig Deutschland 29,50
91. FC Genoa 1893 Italia 29,00
92. BFC Dynamo Berlin Deutschland 28,50
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC England 28,50
94. 1. FC Magdeburg Deutschland 27,50
Malm? FF Sverige 27,50
Manchester City FC England 27,50
?K Slovan Bratislava Slovensko 27,50
98. FC Dinamo Bucureşti Rom?nia 27,00
RCD Espanyol Barcelona Espa?a 27,00
100. KS G?rnik Zabrze Polska 25,50
101. FC Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia 25,00
102. Athletic Club de Bilbao Espa?a 24,00
BSC Young Boys Bern Schweiz 24,00
Budapesti Vasas SC Magyarorsz?g 24,00
FK Partizan Beograd Srbija 24,00
RFC Li?ge Belgique 24,00 107. Olympique Lyonnais France 23,50
108. 1. FC N?rnberg Deutschland 23,00
109. FC Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 22,50
110. AZ 67 Alkmaar Nederland 21,00
FK ?eljezničar Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzegovina 21,00
Vit?ria FC Set?bal Portugal 21,00
113. TSV M?nchen 1860 Deutschland 20,50
114. Cardiff City AFC Wales 20,00
115. Br?ndby IF Danmark 19,00
116. FC Z?rich Schweiz 18,50
117. Cagliari Calcio Italia 18,00
FC Feh?rv?r Szekesfehevar Magyarorsz?g 18,00
FC Rapid Bucureşti Rom?nia 18,00
H?K Gradanski Zagreb Hrvatska 18,00
Real Sociedad de Futbol San Espa?a 18,00
122. AJ Auxerroise France 17,50
123. FC Győr ETO Magyarorsz?g 17,00
FC Torpedo Moscow Russia/Soviet Union 17,00
FC Wacker Tirol Innsbruck ?sterreich 17,00
126. Dunfermline Athletic FC Fife Scotland 16,00
FCT Universitatea Craiova Rom?nia 16,00
PFK Levski Sofia Bulgaria 16,00
129. 1. FC Kaiserslautern Deutschland 15,00
Grasshopper-Club Z?rich Schweiz 15,00
Karlsruher SC Deutschland 15,00
Real Club Deportivo Mallorca Espa?a 15,00
Vicenza Calcio Italia 15,00
134. FC Vorw?rts Berlin Deutschland 13,00
R Antwerp FC Belgique 13,00 136. D?sseldorfer TuSV Fortuna Deutschland 12,50
137. CD Tenerife Espa?a 12,00
Derby County FC England 12,00
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard France 12,00
FK Radnicki Ni? Srbija 12,00
KS Widzew Ł?dż Polska 12,00
Lausanne-Sports Schweiz 12,00
OGC de Nice France 12,00
SV Austria Salzburg ?sterreich 12,00
Wiener Athletiksport-Club ?sterreich 12,00
146. Burnley FC England 11,00
FK Vojvodina Novi Sad Srbija 11,00
Ruch Chorz?w Polska 11,00
149. Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio Italia 10,50
150. FC Banik Ostrava Česk? Republika 10,00
FC Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 10,00
K Racing Club Genk Belgique 10,00 Servette FC Gen?ve Schweiz 10,00
154. FC Dinamo Minsk Belarus 9,50
155. AEK Athens Greece 9,00
CU Bohemians 1905 Praha Česk? Republika 9,00
Kilmarnock FC Scotland 9,00
KSV Waregem Belgique 9,00 Racing Club de Lens France 9,00
Union R St. Gilloise Belgique 9,00 Xamax Neuch?tel FC Schweiz 9,00
162. Braunschweiger TSV Eintracht Deutschland 8,00
FC Ararat Yerevan Armenia 8,00
FC Basel Schweiz 8,00
FC Dnipr Dnipropetrovsk Ukraina 8,00
FC Erzgebirge Aue Deutschland 8,00
SK Viktoria ?i?kow Česk? Republika 8,00
Sparta Rotterdam Nederland 8,00
Wiener Sport-Club ?sterreich 8,00
Wisła Krak?w Polska 8,00
171. FSV Zwickau Deutschland 7,50
Real Club Deportivo de La Coru?a Espa?a 7,50
SK Beveren-Waas Belgique 7,50 174. Racing Club de Strasbourg France 7,00
175. PAE Olympiakos SFP Pireas Greece 6,50
176. Lille Olympique Sporting Club France 6,00
1. FC Brno Česk? Republika 6,00
FC Petrolul Ploieşti Rom?nia 6,00
FK Vele? Mostar Bosnia-Herzegovina 6,00
Heart of Midlothian FC Edinburgh Scotland 6,00
Hertha BSC Berlin Deutschland 6,00
Real Club Celta de Vigo Espa?a 6,00
SC Lokeren Belgique 6,00 Sheffield Wednesday FC England 6,00
185. FC Den Haag Nederland 5,00
Fenerbah?e SK İstanbul T?rkiye 5,00
KFC Bayer Uerdingen 05 Deutschland 5,00
M?K ?ilina Slovensko 5,00
Real Valladolid Deportivo Espa?a 5,00
Roda JC Kerkrade Nederland 5,00
Southampton FC England 5,00
192. CSKA Moscow Russia 4,00
DWS Amsterdam Nederland 4,00
FC Hradec Kr?lov? Česk? Republika 4,00
FC Lahti Suomi 4,00
Linfield AFC Northern Ireland 4,00
NK Hajduk Split Hrvatska 4,00
Rosenborg BK Trondheim Norge 4,00
Sevilla CF Espa?a 4,00
SK Kladno Česk? Republika 4,00
SK Slavija Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzegovina 4,00
SK ?idenice Česk? Republika 4,00
Venus Bucureşti Rom?nia 4,00
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