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| EUROPE'S TOP 40 CLUBS FROM
2000-2004 Based on the ESM¹ rankings² |
| 1 (1) | Real Madrid | 5th | 1st | 1st | 10th | 2nd | 3,80 |
| 2 (4) | Juventus | 4th | 12th | 10th | 5th | 10th | 8,20 |
| -3 | Man United | 9th | 18th | 7th | 4th | 3rd | 8,20 |
| 4 (5) | Barcelona | 3rd | 8th | 13th | 9th | 9th | 8,40 |
| 5 (13) | Deportivo | 10th | 5th | 3rd | 23rd | 4th | 9,00 |
| 6 (6) | Milan | 12th | 17th | 18th | 1st | 7th | 11,00 |
| -8 | Arsenal | 28th | 15th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 11,00 |
| 8 (2) | Bayern | 2nd | 13th | 6th | 11th | 30th | 12,40 |
| 9 (6) | Valencia | 11th | 10th | 28th | 21st | 1st | 14,20 |
| 10 (11) | Roma | 16th | 2nd | 26th | 25th | 19th | 17,60 |
| 11 (9) | Inter | 15th | 27th | 22nd | 7th | 18th | 17,80 |
| 12 (16) | Porto | 19th | 28th | 39th | 2nd | 6th | 18,80 |
| 13 (12) | Lazio | 1st | 9th | n/a | 18th | 11th | 19,80 |
| 14 (14) | PSV | 23rd | 14th | 20th | 24th | 27th | 21,60 |
| 15 (10) | Parma | 6th | 3rd | 14th | n/a | 33rd | 23,20 |
| 16 (25) | Liverpool | n/a | 6th | 11th | 26th | 26th | 25,80 |
| 17 (15) | Ajax | 42nd | 39th | 9th | 6th | 47th | 28,60 |
| 18 (21) | Panathinaikos | 37th | 53rd | 12th | 19th | 24th | 29,00 |
| 19 (34) | Celtic | n/a | 46th | 24th | 13th | 12th | 31,00 |
| 20 (27) | Chelsea | 7th | 44th | 37th | n/a | 8th | 31,20 |
| 21 (18) | Olympiakos | 36th | 20th | 25th | 42nd | 36th | 31,80 |
| 22 (23) | Lyon | 32nd | 22nd | 36th | 51st | 22nd | 32,60 |
| 23 (16) | Feyenoord | 31st | 32nd | 15th | 20th | 69th | 33,40 |
| 24 (19) | Leverkusen | 13th | 40th | 2nd | n/a | 56th | 34,20 |
| 25 (26) | AEK Athens | 33rd | 55th | 5th | 14th | 66th | 34,60 |
| 26 (28) | Mallorca | 38th | 26th | n/a | 36th | 25th | 37,00 |
| 27 (22) | Dinamo Kyiv | 24th | n/a | 33rd | 16th | 62nd | 39,00 |
| 28 (38) | Sparta Praha | 43rd | 41st | 27th | 55th | 29th | 39,00 |
| 29 (na) | Zaragoza | 56th | 7th | n/a | n/a | 13th | 39,20 |
| 30 (33) | Werder Bremen | 25th | 31st | n/a | n/a | 21st | 39,40 |
| - 29 | Bordeaux | 29th | 37th | 60th | 34th | 37th | 39,40 |
| 32 (30) | Celta | 39th | 4th | n/a | n/a | 39th | 40,40 |
| 33 (20) | Galatasaray | 26nd | 45th | 17th | 45th | 71st | 40,80 |
| 34 (37) | Dortmund | 58th | 60th | 8th | 29th | 50th | 41,00 |
| 35 (39) | Monaco | 14th | 56th | n/a | n/a | 17th | 41,40 |
| 36 (na) | Newcastle | 47th | n/a | n/a | 28th | 14th | 41,80 |
| 37 (32) | Udinese | 17th | 19th | n/a | n/a | 55th | 42,20 |
| 38 (35) | Hertha | 48th | 24th | 43rd | 39th | n/a | 42,80 |
| - 24 | Fiorentina | 18th | 16th | n/a | n/a | n/a | 42,80 |
| 40 (na) | PSG | n/a | 49th | 52nd | 30th | 23rd | 42,80 |
| Number in
brackets indicates last years' position. n/a = 60 points Clubs dropped from the list: Atl Madrid Nantes Schalke New Clubs: Newcastle PSG Zaragoza |
| Biggest Gainers by Club | |
| Deportivo | ø - 10,4 |
| Celtic | ø - 9,6 |
| Liverpool | ø - 6,8 |
| Sparta Praha | ø - 6,2 |
| Porto | ø - 6,0 |
| Biggest Drops by Club | |
| Fiorentina | ø + 10,8 |
| Galatasaray | ø + 10,4 |
| Feyenoord | ø + 8,6 |
| Dinamo Kyiv | ø + 8,0 |
| Parma | ø + 6,2 |
| Clubs by Countries | |
| Italy | x8 |
| Spain | x7 |
| England | x5 |
| Germany | x5 |
| France | x4 |
| Greece | x3 |
| Holland | x3 |
| Czech Rep | x1 |
| Portugal | x1 |
| Scotland | x1 |
| Turkey | x1 |
| Ukraine | x1 |
| Biggest Gainers by Country | |
| Deportivo | ø - 10,4 |
| Celtic | ø - 9,6 |
| Liverpool | ø - 6,8 |
| Sparta Praha | ø - 6,2 |
| Porto | ø - 6,0 |
| Biggest Drops by Coutry | |
| Fiorentina | ø + 10,8 |
| Galatasaray | ø + 10,4 |
| Feyenoord | ø + 8,6 |
| Dinamo Kyiv | ø + 8,0 |
| Parma | ø + 6,2 |
| ¹ =
http://www.worldsoccer.com/esm ² = Key: National Championship : * all points won in league divided through # of games and multiplied with UEFA Coefficient National Cup : * winner gets full UEFA Coefficient, runners-up 1/2, semifinalists 1/4 European Cup: * UIC Finals do not count * games in qualification stages only count 1/2 * bonus point for making group, 1/4-, 1/2- and final stage * points are added, divided through # of games and multiplied with: => 25,0 for clubs which at least made the 2nd Group Stage => 22,5 for clubs which at least made the 1st Group Stage => 20,0 for clubs which have been eliminated during qualification or play the UEFA Cup For the latest version of the ESM rankings goto : www.kicker.de/content/computertabelle/computertabelle.asp?folder=8100 For comments, additions and corrections, please mail tim@soccer-europe.com Tim Leidecker |