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The last ball of the 1996/97 season was kicked in the Polish Cup Final on
Sunday night (Legia Warswa beat GKS Katowice). The calculator and slide
rule have been out since and now.....

EUROPE'S TOP 100 FOOTBALL CLUBS

Rank    TEAM                                    Rating  
1       JUVENTUS (ITA)                  34.99  
2       BARCELONA (ESP)                 31.45  
3       BORUSSIA DORTMUND (GER) 24.78  
4       A.S. MONACO (FRA)               23.67  
5       F.C. PORTO (POR)                        23.28  
6       INTERNAZIONALE (ITA)            21.64  
7       REAL MADRID (ESP)                       18.84  
8       PARIS ST. GERMAIN (FRA)         18.79  
9       MANCHESTER UNITED (ENG) 18.13  
10      BAYERN MUNCHEN (GER)            17.93  
11      P.S.V. EINDHOVEN (NED)          17.17  
12      ROSENBORG TRONDHEIM (NOR)       15.30  
13      AEK ATHENS (GRE)                        14.38  
14      VICENZA (ITA)                   14.04  
15      BRONDBY (DEN)                   13.72  
16      F.C.SION (SWZ)                  13.55  
17      SCHALKE 04 (GER)                        13.42  
18      WIDZEW LODZ (POL)               13.30  
19      VfB STUTTGART (GER)             13.16  
20      ATLETICO MADRID (ESP)           13.16  
21      BENFICA (POR)                   13.12  
22      GALATASARY (TUR)                        13.05  
23      STEAUA BUCHAREST (ROM)  13.03  
24      FEYENOORD (NED)                 12.85  
25      PARMA (ITA)                             12.50  
26      AJAX AMSTERDAM (NED)            12.35  
27      OLYMPIAKOS PIRAEUS (GRE)        12.29  
28      IFK GOTHENBORG (SWE)            12.08  
29      SPORTING CLUB LISBON (POR)      11.97  
30      CROATIA ZAGREB (CRO)            11.66  
31      AUXERRE (FRA)                   11.32  
32      SPARTAK MOSCOW (RUS)            11.27  
33      REAL BETIS (ESP)                        11.27  
34      LAZIO (ITA)                             11.19  
35      SPARTA PRAGUE (CZE)             11.13  
36      FIORENTINA (ITA)                        11.11  
37      GLASGOW RANGERS (SCO)   11.09  
38      DINAMO TBILISI (GEO)            11.08  
39      AIK STOCKHOLM (SWE)             10.60  
40      BOAVISTA (POR)                  10.35  
41      LIERSE SK (BEL)                 10.20  
42      NEWCASTLE UNITED (ENG)  10.13  
43      BESIKTAS (TUR)                  10.05  
44      FENERBAHCE(TUR)                 9.97    
45      SV AUSTRIA SALZBURG (AUT)       9.97    
46      TENERIFE (ESP)                  9.93    
47      BAYER LEVERKUSEN (GER)          9.91    
48      SLAVIA PRAGUE (CZE)             9.80    
49      A.C. MILAN (ITA)                        9.78    
50      ANDERLECHT (BEL)                        9.70    
51      MTK BUDAPEST (HUN)              9.69    
52      RODA JC (NED)                   9.34    
53      NAPOLI (ITA)                            9.03    
54      DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA (ESP)       8.97    
55      LEGIA WARSAW (POL)              8.83    
56      O.G.C. NICE (FRA)                       8.67    
57      KARLSRUHER S.C. (GER)           8.53    
58      SKONTO RIGA (LAT)               8.51    
59      BOLOGNA (ITA)                   8.50    
60      ANORTHOSIS (CYP)                        8.27    
61      NANTES (FRA)                    8.25    
62      RAPID VIENNA (AUT)              8.08    
63      GRASSHOPPERS ZURICH (SWZ)       8.06    
64      LIVERPOOL (ENG)                 8.05    
65      DYNAMO KIEV (UKR)               8.01    
66      METZ (FRA)                              7.97    
67      CHELSEA (ENG)                   7.82    
68      GIRONDINS DE BORDEAUX (FRA)     7.80    
69      DINAMO MOSCOW (RUS)             7.74    
70      VALENCIA (ESP)                  7.74    
71      STRUM GRAZ (AUT)                        7.67    
72      CLUB BRUGGE (BEL)               7.66    
73      BEITAR JERUSALEM (ISR)          7.61    
74      TRABZONSPOR (TUR)               7.53    
75      NATIONAL BUCHAREST (ROM)        7.38    
76      SHAHTAR DONETSK (UKR)           7.37    
77      S.K. BRANN BERGEN (NOR) 7.28    
78      TWENTE ENSCHEDE (NED)           7.25    
79      AVANT DE GUINGAMP (FRA) 7.22    
80      LOKOMOTIV MOSCOW (RUS)  6.90    
81      ALANIYA (VLADIKAVKAZ) (RUS)     6.85    
82      HAMBURGER SV (GER)              6.78    
83      FC KOSICE (SLK)                 6.77    
84      MARIBOR BRANIK (SLE)            6.61    
85      HEERENVEEN (NED)                        6.59    
86      VfL BOCHUM (GER)                        6.44    
87      CSKA SOFIA (BGR)                        6.13    
88      IA AKRANES (ICE)                        6.05    
89      KOCAELISPOR (TUR)               5.97    
90      TROMSOE (NOR)                   5.95    
91      GLASGOW CELTIC (SCO)            5.86    
92      SPORTING BRAGA (POR)            5.84    
93      ARSENAL (ENG)                   5.83    
94      ROTOR VOLGOGRAD (RUS)   5.76    
95      HAPOEL BEERSHEBA (ISR)          5.69    
96      PANATHINAIKOS (GRE)             5.61    
97      MONTPELLIER (FRA)                       5.52    
98      VITESSE ARNHEM (NED)            5.45    
99      GERMINAL EKEREN (BEL)           5.39    
100     UDINESE (ITA)                   5.36    

I will be creating a special page for this and other info. I will post the
URL at the weekend,

Keith
--
"At school they taught me how to be
So pure in thought and word and deed
They didn't quite succeed"

Have to have a look at how that's worked out, but Neil Murray must be
having a quiet little chuckle at these ratings....

Ted E Bear

"Were you at the game, caller ?"

Ted E Bear

"Were you at the game, caller ?"

Hello Soccer Fans!

Anyone on this group from either Rome, Italy or Athens, Greece?

Not necessary to post to the list, just send e-mail to me.

Thank you.

D.

Ron_Ronear      

It doesn't matter who wins one meeting, the reasons these computer
ranking are the best there is is because they taken an entire season
into account.   A team who plays mediocre is their own league but turns
it on European competition should not be above a team who dominates
their league and gets upset.

How can either way that is talked about get an accurate measure of the best
team in Europe.  If, as Ron wrote, the Euro Cups cannot be used since teams
can cause upsets (which is completely true) how can we possibly measure a
teams success compared to other Euro teams?  The truth is, we can't -
unless a massive competition was held between every European team.  That,
of course, is completely stupid.

there should be a european league. a real league over the year. then
well see whos the best...of course it would be pretty tough on the
teams playing in that league, because they also have to play in their
native league...thats why, i dont think its gonna happen...

Ron_Ronear