These take into account not only the European cups won, but also the
number of finals, semifinals, and quarterfinals reached. Points are
awarded as follows:
CL CWC UC
(ECI) (ECII)
Cup winner 54 27 27
Losing finalist 18 9 9
Losing semifinalist 6 3 3
Losing quarterfinalst 2 1 1
In other words: every round reached is worth three times as much as
the previous round; Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup have equal worth,
Champions League is worth twice as much.
Why do I have to include losing finalists, semifinalists, and quarter-
finalists? Because it makes the list more reliable and stable (for
example, compare Benfica and Nottingham Forest). Why don't I include
all the other rounds? Because it's too much work and doesn't affect
the top 50 anyway. Why are those points chosen the way they are?
Because it looked about right to me; winning a cup should be worth
slightly more than reaching the final twice. Don't worry: If I change
the weights, the rankings near the top hardly change.
Here are ALL the clubs, up to and including the 2003/04 season. This
is a long list. Country rankings follow below.
Cups Finals Semis Quarters Pts
1. Real Madrid ESP 9 - 2 12 2 2 21 2 3 27 4 5 685
2. AC Milan ITA 6 2 - 9 3 - 10 3 2 13 3 4 461
3. Bayern München GER 4 1 1 7 1 1 12 4 3 18 5 5 384
4. Barcelona ESP 1 4 3 4 6 4 8 6 8 10 9 12 371
5. Juventus ITA 2 1 3 7 1 6 10 3 7 12 3 12 369
6. Liverpool ENG 4 - 3 5 1 3 6 2 4 9 2 6 344
7. Ajax NED 4 1 1 6 2 1 8 2 2 12 3 4 341
8. Inter Milan ITA 2 - 3 4 - 4 7 - 9 8 2 13 275
9. Benfica POR 2 - - 7 - 1 8 2 1 14 5 2 235
10. Manchester United ENG 2 1 - 2 1 - 8 2 1 11 3 2 185
11. Valencia CF ESP - 1 3 2 1 4 2 1 4 3 2 8 160
12. Porto POR 2 - 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 6 4 2 160
13. Anderlecht BEL - 2 1 - 4 3 2 4 3 7 4 5 141
14. Hamburger SV GER 1 1 - 2 2 1 3 2 2 4 3 5 132
15. Feyenoord NED 1 - 2 1 - 2 2 3 2 3 5 3 128
16. Borussia Dortmund GER 1 1 - 1 1 2 3 1 3 4 1 4 117
17. Nottingham Forest ENG 2 - - 2 - - 2 - 1 2 - 2 112
18. Leeds United ENG - - 2 1 1 3 3 1 5 3 1 6 109
19. Celtic (Glasgow) SCO 1 - - 2 - 1 4 2 1 7 3 2 107
20. Borussia Mönchengladbach GER - - 2 1 - 4 2 1 5 3 3 5 106
21. Tottenham Hotspur ENG - 1 2 - 1 3 1 2 4 1 3 5 104
22. PSV (Eindhoven) NED 1 - 1 1 - 1 2 2 1 5 2 5 103
23. Olympique Marseille FRA 1 - - 2 - 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 99
24. Atlético Madrid ESP - 1 - 1 3 - 3 5 3 5 7 3 96
25. Red Star Belgrade SMN 1 - - 1 - 1 3 1 2 8 3 3 94
26. Parma ITA - 1 2 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 3 2 91
27. Arsenal ENG - 1 1 - 3 2 - 3 2 2 3 3 86
28. Dinamo Kjiv UKR - 2 - - 2 - 3 2 - 8 4 - 84
29. Steaua Boekarest ROM 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 2 - 80
30. Chelsea ENG - 2 - - 2 - 1 4 1 2 4 2 72
31. Real Zaragoza ESP - 1 1 - 1 2 - 3 2 - 5 2 71
32. Fiorentina ITA - 1 - 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 3 1 68
33. AS Roma ITA - - 1 1 - 2 1 1 3 1 3 9 68
34. IFK Göteborg SWE - - 2 - - 2 1 - 2 4 1 2 67
35. Glasgow Rangers SCO - 1 - - 3 - 1 3 1 5 3 2 63
36. Sampdoria ITA - 1 - 1 2 - 1 3 - 1 4 - 58
37. Aston Villa ENG 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 - 2 58
38. Eintracht Frankfurt GER - - 1 1 - 1 1 1 2 1 2 5 55
39. Ferencvaros HUN - - 1 - 1 2 - 1 4 1 1 4 53
40. Bayer Leverkusen GER - - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2 2 1 2 51
41. Paris Saint Germain FRA - 1 - - 2 - 1 3 1 1 5 1 50
42. AS Monaco FRA - - - 1 1 - 3 2 1 4 2 1 47
43. Dinamo Zagreb CRO - - 1 - - 2 - 1 2 - 3 2 41
44. SS Lazio (Roma) ITA - 1 - - 1 1 - 1 2 1 1 2 41
45. West Ham United ENG - 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - 40
46. Galatasaray TUR - - 1 - - 1 1 - 1 4 1 1 40
47. Stade Reims FRA - - - 2 - - 2 - - 3 - - 38
48. Sporting Lissabon POR - 1 - - 1 - - 2 1 1 3 2 37
=. Werder Bremen GER - 1 - - 1 - - 1 2 1 2 3 37
50. FC Brugge BEL - - - 1 - 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 37
51. 1. FC Köln GER - - - - - 1 1 1 6 2 1 8 37
52. Schalke '04 GER - - 1 - - 1 - 1 1 1 2 2 34
53. Panathinaikos GRE - - - 1 - - 3 - - 4 - 2 34
54. Newcastle United ENG - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 - - 4 32
55. Aberdeen SCO - 1 - - 1 - - 2 - 1 2 - 32
=. KV Mechelen BEL - 1 - - 1 - - 2 - 1 2 - 32
57. Manchester City ENG - 1 - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 1 31
58. 1. FC Magdeburg GDR - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 3 2 31
59. Dynamo Tbilisi GEO - 1 - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 - 30
=. Napoli ITA - - 1 - - 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 30
61. Rapid Wien AUT - - - - 2 - 1 2 - 3 4 - 30
62. Ipswich Town ENG - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - 1 2 29
=. Slovan Bratislava SVK - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 3 - 29
64. Everton ENG - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - 1 1 - 29
65. St. Etienne FRA - - - 1 - - 2 - - 3 - 2 28
66. Standard Luik BEL - - - - 1 - 1 2 - 4 3 1 26
67. VfB Stuttgart GER - - - - 1 1 - 1 3 - 1 3 24
68. Ujpest Dozsa HUN - - - - - 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 24
69. Partizan Belgrade SMN - - - 1 - - 1 - - 3 1 - 23
70. CSKA Sofia BUL - - - - - - 2 1 - 6 1 - 23
71. Austria Wien AUT - - - - 1 - 1 2 - 2 3 1 22
=. Girondins Bordeaux FRA - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 22
73. Birmingham ENG - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 21
74. Dundee United SCO - - - - - 1 1 - 2 1 - 4 20
75. Malmö FF SWE - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 2 - 20
76. Spartak Moskva RUS - - - - - - 1 1 1 3 2 2 18
77. FC Twente NED - - - - - 1 - 1 2 - 1 3 16
78. Torino ITA - - - - - 1 - 1 1 - 4 2 16
79. Carl Zeiss Jena GDR - - - - 1 - - 2 - 1 2 2 16
80. Dukla Prague CZE - - - - - - 1 1 - 4 1 1 16
81. MTK-VM Budapest HUN - - - - 1 - - 1 1 1 2 1 15
82. Legia Warsaw POL - - - - - - 1 1 - 3 3 - 15
83. Dynamo Moscow RUS - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 4 - 14
=. Lokomotive Leipzig GDR - - - - 1 - - 1 1 - 2 2 14
85. Wolverhampton Wanderers ENG - - - - - 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 14
86. Athletic Bilbao ESP - - - - - 1 - - 1 1 - 4 14
87. Hajduk Split CRO - - - - - - - 1 1 3 2 2 14
88. FC Zürich SUI - - - - - - 2 - - 2 1 1 14
89. Deportivo La Coruña ESP - - - - - - 1 1 - 3 1 - 13
90. Dynamo Dresden GDR - - - - - - - - 1 3 2 3 13
91. Gornik Zabrze POL - - - - 1 - - 1 - 1 2 - 12
92. 1. FC Kaiserslautern GER - - - - - - - - 2 1 - 5 11
93. Nantes FRA - - - - - - 1 1 - 1 1 2 11
94. Sparta Praag CZE - - - - - - - 1 - 3 2 1 11
95. Espanyol ESP - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 10
=. Fortuna Düsseldorf GER - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 10
=. RCD Mallorca ESP - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 1 10
=. Royal FC Antwerp BEL - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 1 10
=. TSV 1860 München GER - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 1 10
100. Dinamo Boekarest ROM - - - - - - 1 1 - 1 2 - 10
=. Hibernians SCO - - - - - - 1 - 1 1 1 1 10
102. Spartak Trnava SVK - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - 10
103. Austria Salzburg AUT - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 9
=. AZ'67 NED - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 9
=. Bastia FRA - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 9
=. CD Alavés (Vitoria) ESP - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 9
=. London Select XI ENG - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 9
=. Videoton Szekesfhv HUN - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 9
109. Bologna ITA - - - - - - - - 2 1 - 3 9
110. Grasshoppers SUI - - - - - - - - 1 2 1 2 9
111. AJ Auxerre FRA - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 3 8
112. Vasas Budapest HUN - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 8
113. Olympique Lyonnais FRA - - - - - - - 1 - 1 2 1 7
114. Dynamo Berlin GDR - - - - - - - 1 - 2 1 - 7
115. BSC Young Boys SUI - - - - - - 1 - - 1 1 - 7
=. Raba ETO Györ HUN - - - - - - 1 - - 1 1 - 7
=. Real Sociedad ESP - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - 1 7
118. Lokomotiv Moskva RUS - - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - 6
119. Torpedo Moskou RUS - - - - - - - 1 - - 3 1 6
120. AEK (Athíne) GRE - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 6
=. Banik Ostrava CZE - - - - - - - 1 - 1 1 1 6
=. Brøndby IF DEN - - - - - - - - 1 1 - 2 6
123. Derby County ENG - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 6
=. FC Dundee SCO - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 6
=. Widew Lodz POL - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 6
126. Cardiff City WAL - - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - 5
=. Dunfermline SCO - - - - - - - 1 - - 2 1 5
=. SK Slavia Praha CZE - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 2 5
129. 1. FC Nürnberg GER - - - - - - - 1 - 1 1 - 5
=. Universitatea Craiova ROM - - - - - - - - 1 1 - 1 5
=. Wacker Innsbruck AUT - - - - - - - - 1 1 - 1 5
132. Atalanta Bergamo ITA - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 1 4
=. Belgrado XI SMN - - - - - - - - 1 - - 2 4
=. Gztepe Izmir TUR - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 1 4
=. Hertha BSC GER - - - - - - - - 1 - - 2 4
=. Lausanne Sports SUI - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 1 4
=. OFK Belgrado SMN - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 1 4
=. Zeljeznicar Sarajevo BIH - - - - - - - - 1 - - 2 4
139. Levski Sofia BUL - - - - - - - - - - 3 1 4
140. Wiener Sport Club AUT - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 4
141. Bayer Ürdingen GER - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - 3
=. Beveren BEL - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - 3
=. Boavista FC (Porto) POR - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 3
=. Bohemians Prague CZE - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 3
=. Cagliari ITA - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 3
=. CD Tenerife ESP - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 3
=. FC Sochaux FRA - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 3
=. Genoa 1893 ITA - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 3
=. Karlsruher SC GER - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 3
=. Kilmarnock SCO - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 3
=. MSV Duisburg GER - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 3
=. Radnicki Nis SMN - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 3
=. RC Lens FRA - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 3
=. RWD Molenbeek BEL - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 3
=. Sachsenring Zwichau GDR - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - 3
=. Slavia Sofia BUL - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - 3
=. THOR Waterschei BEL - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - 3
=. Union St. Gilloise BEL - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 3
=. Vicenza ITA - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - 3
=. Villareal ESP - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 3
=. Waregem BEL - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 3
162. Celta de Vigo ESP - - - - - - - - - - - 3 3
=. FC Boby Brno CZE - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 3
=. FC Luik BEL - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 3
165. Olympiakos (Peiraías) GRE - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 2
=. Rosenborg BK NOR - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 2
=. Sevilla FC ESP - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 2
168. AIK Stockholm SWE - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1
=. Besiktas JK TUR - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
=. Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
=. Maccabi Haifa ISR - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1
=. Málaga CF ESP - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
=. NK Varteks (Varazdin) CRO - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1
=. Panionios (Athína) GRE - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1
=. Rayo Vallecano ESP - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
=. Real Betis (Sevilla) ESP - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1
=. Roda JC (Kerkrade) NED - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1
=. SK Brann NOR - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1
=. Slovan Liberec CZE - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
=. Vålerenga IF NOR - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1
Here are the country rankings:
1. Italy ITA 10 7 10 23 11 18 30 20 32 39 29 52 1499
2. Spain ESP 10 7 9 19 14 15 36 19 25 50 30 46 1458
3. England ENG 9 8 10 11 13 17 23 21 26 35 25 40 1281
4. (West) Germany GER 6 4 6 13 7 14 23 16 35 38 24 54 1026
5. Netherlands NED 6 1 4 8 2 6 12 8 8 20 12 16 598
6. Portugal POR 4 1 1 9 2 2 11 5 4 21 12 7 435
7. France FRA 1 1 - 6 3 4 13 9 9 19 13 18 325
8. Belgium BEL - 3 1 1 7 4 4 12 8 14 16 14 264
9. Scotland SCO 1 2 - 2 4 2 8 8 6 16 11 11 246
-- Yugoslavia YUG 1 - 1 2 - 3 4 4 8 14 10 13 187
-- Soviet Union URS - 3 - - 4 - 3 8 - 9 15 2 141
10. Hungary HUN - - 1 - 2 4 3 3 7 8 5 9 116
11. Romania ROM 1 - - 2 - - 4 1 1 5 4 1 95
12. Sweden SWE - - 2 1 - 2 2 - 2 5 4 2 88
-- East Germany GDR - 1 - - 3 - - 6 2 6 11 9 84
-- Czecho-Slovakia CZS - 1 - - 1 - 2 4 2 11 8 7 81
13. Austria AUT - - - - 3 1 2 4 2 8 7 3 70
14. Turkey TUR - - 1 - - 1 1 - 2 4 2 3 45
15. Greece GRE - - - 1 - - 3 - 1 6 2 3 43
16. Switzerland SUI - - - - - - 3 - 2 5 4 4 34
17. Poland POL - - - - 1 - 2 2 - 5 5 - 33
18. Bulgaria BUL - - - - - - 2 2 - 6 5 1 30
19. Russia RUS - - - - - - - 2 1 - 2 1 9
20. Ukraine UKR - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 8
21. Denmark DEN - - - - - - - - 1 1 - 2 6
22. Wales WAL - - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - 5
23. Norway NOR - - - - - - - - - 1 2 - 4
24. Czech Republic CZE - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 3
25. Israel ISR - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 2
26. Croatia CRO - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1
Notes:
* No longer existing countries are listed, but not ranked.
* Points for Germany include points scored by West German teams until
1992. It does not include points scored by East German teams, but
it *would* include points scored by teams from former East Germany
since 1992, had they actually scored any.
* For countries that have split up: points scored by teams before the
split-up are included in the former country's score, points scored
by those same teams after the split-up are included in the new
countries' scores.
The reason is that teams from countries that have now split up might
have violated UEFA's foreigners rule if they had represented what now
is their new country. Eg, teams from the current Czech Republic
during the years when they were representing Czecho-Slovakia might
have included too many Slovaks. Therefore I didn't carry over those
points. The reverse applies in the case of West Germany. Those who
don't agree can still include the points scored by teams before the
split-up according to the following distributions:
Soviet Union (until 1991):
Ukraine UKR - 2 - - 2 - 2 2 - 6 4 - 76
Russia RUS - - - - 1 - 1 4 - 3 9 2 35
Georgia GEO - 1 - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 - 30
Czecho-Slovakia (until 1993):
Czech Republic CZE - - - - - - 1 3 2 8 5 7 42
Slovakia SVK - 1 - - 1 - 1 1 - 3 3 - 39
Yugoslavia (until 1992):
Serbia/Monten. SMN 1 - - 2 - 1 4 2 4 11 5 7 128
Croatia CRO - - 1 - - 2 - 2 3 3 5 4 55
Bosnia/Herzeg. BIH - - - - - - - - 1 - - 2 4
For what it's worth.
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Author: Jack van Rijswijck
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Last updated: 18 Sep 2004
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