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ESPN Top 25 Clubs in the World.

  • 04-08-2004 10:16am
    #1
    Dub13
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    World Rankings for performance over past season..www.espn.go.com

    Thursday, July 1, 2004

    ESPN's World Club Top 25


    European Champions FC Porto finish the 2003-04 season with the No. 1 spot in the ESPN World Club Top 25. Porto moved into the top spot in the final week of the rankings after Boca Juniors lost to Once Caldas in the final of the Copa Libertadores.


    English Premier League Champions Arsenal, Italian Serie A Champions AC Milan and Spanish Liga Primera Champions Valencia round out the Top 5.

    The honors of each member of the final rankings are listed above.

    The ESPN World Club Top 25 will return in October with the first edition of the 2004-05 season.


    The ESPN World Club Top 25, a computer-based ranking of the world's top clubs, was developed by the staff at ESPN International in 1999. Now in its fifth season, the Top 25 formula takes into consideration performances in league, continental and cup competitions.


    The Top 25 is released every Sunday night throughout the football club season during ESPN's SportsCenter broadcast from Buenos Aires.


    ESPN's World Club Top 25: July 1, 2004
    Club Country Points Comment


    1. (2*) FC Porto Portugal 321.76 UEFA Champions League Winner, Portuguese League champ

    2. (1) Boca Juniors Argentina 319.96 Copa Libertadores Runner-Up, Argentina Apertura Champions

    3. (3) Arsenal England 314.76 English Premier League Champions - finished EPL unbeaten

    4. (4) AC Milan Italy 313.70 Italian Serie A Champions

    5. (5) Valencia Spain 293.93 Spanish Liga Primera Champions, UEFA Cup Champions

    6. (6) Chelsea England 281.67 Champions League semifinalists, runner-up in EPL

    7. (8) Monaco France 274.23 Champions League runner-up, 3rd place in French League

    8. (7) Sao Paulo Brazil 273.05 Copa Libertadores semifinalist


    9. (11) River Plate Argentina 264.99 Argentina Clausura Champions


    10. (9) Deportivo La Coruna Spain 264.16 Champions League semifinalist, 3rd place in La Liga


    11. (10) Cruzeiro Brazil 257.52 2003 Brazilian Champions

    12. (12) Lyon France 253.31 French League Champions

    13. (13) Real Madrid Spain 251.00 Fourth place in La Liga, Champions League quarterfinalist


    14. (21) Once Caldas Colombia 249.04 Copa Libertadores Champions


    15. (14) Manchester United England 248.55 Third place in EPL, Champions League 2nd round


    16. (15) Juventus Italy 247.01 Third place in Serie A, Champions League 2nd round


    17. (16) Santos Brazil 244.31 Copa Libertadores quarterfinalist


    18. (17) Barcelona Spain 239.87 Runner-Up in La Liga


    19. (18) Celtic Scotland 237.35 Scottish Premier League Champions, UEFA Cup quarterfinalist


    20. (19) AS Roma Italy 235.91 Runner-Up in Serie A, 4th Round of UEFA Cup

    21. (20) Werder Bremen Germany 231.31 Bundesliga Champions

    22. (22) Bayern Munich Germany 227.50 Bundesliga Runner-Up, Champions League 2nd Round


    23. (23) Stuttgart Germany 219.78 Third Place in Bundesliga, Champions League 2nd Round


    24. (25) Sao Caetano Brazil 212.98 Copa Libertadores quarterfinalist

    25. (24) Inter Milan Italy 211.51 Fourth place in Serie A, UEFA Cup quarterfinalist


    * - indicates previous week's ranking.
    Dropped Out - None


Comments

  • #2
    cournioni
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    Where is Shelbourne? :P


  • #3
    Villain
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    Celtic finally get some recognition!

    Poor Pool nowhere to be seen, ah sher they'l be top when they win the league this year :rolleyes:


  • #4
    robbie1876
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    Dub13 wrote:

    3. (3) Arsenal England 314.76 English Premier League Champions - finished EPL unbeaten

    13. (13) Real Madrid Spain 251.00 Fourth place in La Liga, Champions League quarterfinalist
    Hence Vieira's only going for €35 million. Moving to a lesser club. :D


  • #5
    p.pete
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    robbie1876 wrote:
    Hence Vieira's only going for €35 million. Moving to a lesser club. :D
    Arsenal had an exceptional good season and Real's exceptionaly poor. Vieira would have played a big part in Arsenals success and if he could produce the same performance for Real then then it would most likely be roles reversed between arsenal and real next season.

    One thing Real missed last year was Makalele, Viera is better than Makalele so they could be potentially frightening with paddy.


  • #6
    Boro
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    Middlesbrough should be up there :)


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