Every football fan has his or her favorite club. Most often, it is located in the city in which the fan of this sport was born. Love to a certain football team is instilled since childhood – this is how the traditions are formed. How then to objectively choose the best football clubs? Sports officials also thought about this and decided to create UEFA club ranking. The Login Casino team has decided to analyze the ranking and prepared curious information about 10 best clubs in football – the best sport in the world.
To begin with, it is worth telling how the ranking is made and why only the teams from Europe are considered to select the world tops, while there are no representatives of Asia or South America, for example. Objectively, European clubs are the strongest in the world, and the infrastructure here is the most developed. An excellent proof of the strength of European grandees is the list of recent winners in the FIFA Club World Cup. For 10 years, the victory in this tournament was celebrated by representatives of Europe nine times.
At the moment, the ranking is as follows:
| Order | Place | Country |
| 1 | Real Madrid | Spain |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | Spain |
| 3 | Barcelona | Spain |
| 4 | Bayern München | Germany |
| 5 | Juventus | Italy |
| 6 | Manchester City | England |
| 7 | Paris Saint-Germain | France |
| 8 | Liverpool | England |
| 9 | Manchester United | England |
| 10 | Arsenal FC | England |
If you are surprised that Real Madrid is still ranked the first in the category “The Best Football Clubs”, then be calm. This is not Perez’s machinations, but the result of the system that UEFA chose to calculate the coefficients. The fact is that they are counted due to the performance of teams in European competitions over the past five seasons. That is why, despite the victory in the Champions League 2018/2019, Liverpool takes the honorable eighth place, and not the first. And now let’s dwell on each team.
Real Madrid – the world football club №1
“The Royal Club” continues to take the honorable first place in the ranking, despite the crisis that hit the team from Madrid – the Ronaldo’s transfer to Juventus, a string of coaches for one season and, as a result, third place in La Liga and early loss in the Champions League. The only thing that allows Real Madrid to lead the ranking of “The Best football clubs in the world” is the incredible three victories in the Champions League in a row (2016, 2017, and 2018).
Atlético Madrid
Finding “The Mattress Makers” in the second place of the rating may seem a bit surprising. However, this is only at first glance. Diego Simeone, who has been the manager of the team since 2011, has made a truly fighting team, which under his management won the Europa League twice and reached the Champions League final two times. Besides, they won the UEFA Super Cup twice. So, successful results in the European tournaments of the last five seasons make it possible to get ahead, albeit minimally, of the following club.
The legendary Barcelona football club
Surely most of you, when asked what is the best football club in history, will probably mention Barcelona. Yes, Barça is one of the most recognizable teams, with its philosophy and the stars that left their mark in the history of the famous club: Messi, Ronaldinho, Cruyff, Rivaldo, Deco (you can list as many as you like). However, on the other hand, the well-known football club based in Barcelona has not won the Champions League in recent years. Their last victory was in 2015. Yes, FCB steadily reaches the playoffs, for instance, last season, the team played in 1/2. But even the final stage was reached only in the winning 2014/2015 season. As a result – an honorable third place. Interestingly, if you look at the club ranking for 10 years, then Barça would take the second place, and the first anyway – Real Madrid.
Bayern München
The first club that is not from Spain in the UEFA ranking. Bayern München is a real German hegemon who practically does not have strong opponents in the domestic championship but regularly faces them during matches in the European tournaments. Although “The Bavarians” won the last time in Champions League back in 2013. Despite this, the Germans are regular participants in the playoffs, in two of the five seasons, they stayed one step away from the final, and in 2018/2019 they were defeated by the future winner of the tournament – Liverpool.
Juventus football club – the most successful Italian team
For some people Juventus has recently become the best football club in the world – this regards fans of Cristiano Ronaldo. But without jokes, “The Black and Whites”, despite the fact they do not have any tough competitors in the championship of Italy, every year are considered one of the main contenders for the win in the Champions League. Moreover, Juventus holds the record for most lost finals in this tournament. The last time they lost to Real Madrid in the 2016/2017 season.
Manchester City
Now Man City’s success is directly linked to the arrival of Josep Guardiola. Partially, this is true. “Citizens” managed to win the “gold medal” in the Premier League two years in a row, and last season, they won all the domestic trophies. However, Pep’s results in European competitions are not impressive. Closest to the desired trophy was not he, but Manuel Pellegrini in the season 2015/2016. It was a semi-final, and the team was defeated by the above-mentioned Real Madrid.
Paris Saint-Germain
PSG has long entered the top of the best football clubs. The club shows vivid and memorable games, has a number of famous players and holds several records. Last year, “The Parisians” managed to beat everyone in the group stage, but then their dream was destroyed at the playoff stage. Let’s just remember their lost victory over Barcelona after the score 4-0 in the first match. As a result – their 7th place in the category of the best.
Liverpool football club – 2x Champions League winner
If “The Reds” had not missed the European season in 2016/2017 (they did not qualify through the championship), then we would see them much higher in the ranking. And so – they are only eights now. Within five seasons, Liverpool lost the final of the Champions League and the Europa League and then managed to win the coveted trophy. At present, football fans are in complete admiration for the current players and the club manager Jürgen Klopp.
Manchester United
“The Red Devils” face a similar situation. Their history and recognition keep Manchester United among the richest clubs in the world. However, victories and trophies began to bypass this legendary team. Among the last major achievements, it is possible to mention only their win in the Europa League in the 2016/2017 season. Of course, the Europa League and Manchester United are concepts that should be akin to the antonyms, but so far there is what it is, and, to the delight of the fans, “The Red Devils” are currently ninth the list of the best football clubs.
Arsenal football club – the team that has never won the Champions League
For seven consecutive years, the London club reached the Champions League 1/8 finals. It became the same stability as the fourth place in the Premier League. However, now “The Gunners” are experiencing a crisis. Yes, last season, they took part in the Europa League finals, the year before – in the Europa League semi-finals, but, it seems that the Arsenal’s fans should forget about the Champions League for some time. Their favorite club, although it occupies the 10th place in the ranking of the best football clubs according to UEFA, is actually very far from the status of a grandee.
The above-mentioned list regards formed teams consisting of adult players, but is there a similar ranking to determine the best youth football club in the world? There is no identical rating, but since 2013, UEFA began to hold the Youth Champions League. If you look at the list of winners, you can at least approximately understand the power of academies. Thus, Barcelona and Chelsea managed to win two times in the tournament. It is worth noting that the most successful stars of this competition are now able to play for the adult teams. For example, Tammy Abraham from Chelsea.
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