Real Madrid It remains at the top of the club ranking made by the International Federation of History and Statistics of Football (IFFHS)which, as usual, is hegemonized by European teams and that has five Argentine representatives among the 100 best of the planet.
He Merenguein force champion of the Champions League and the League of Spain, is located at the top with 507 points and a comfortable advantage of 103 units over the Bayer Leverkusen German. Further back they are located Atalanta (386), Liverpool (377), Barcelona (356), Bayern Munich (355), Atlético de Madrid (341), Arsenal (340) y Paris Saint-Germain (332). Only in the 10th place a South American cast appears: Botafogo (327), winner of the last edition of the Copa Libertadores.
Among the Argentine ensembles, River It is the best positioned, since it is located 26 ° with 258 points. The Núñez club did not have a 2024 at the height of the expectations, remained in the semifinals of the Libertadores and barely celebrated a title, the Argentine Super Cup winning students with Martín Demichelis as DT.
Two steps below the “millionaire” set Racing (254), monarch of the South American Cup and recent winner of the South American Recopa. Among the best 100 are also Boca (58 ° with 200 points), Lanús (73 ° with 178) and Workshops (81° con 170).
The current champion of the Professional Soccer League, Vélez Sarsfieldjust appears in the 137th place with 130 points and is the tenth among the Argentines, behind Rosario Central (121 ° with 138 units), San Lorenzo, Silver students (They share the 126th place with 134 points) and Belgrano (133 ° with 132). This influences that the Liniers team did not participate in any international contest in 2024.
The change in positions regarding the same report of a year is notorious: students was leader among Argentines, in 21st position, and behind their defense and justice (43), Boca (56), Racing (63), River (70) and San Lorenzo (85) in the Top 100 of 2023.
Gustavo Costas, maximum responsible for the Great 2024 of Racing. Photo: Emmanuel Fernández.Sarmiento de Junín490 ° with 55 points, closes the payroll of the 28 Argentine teams that occupy a place between 500 of this edition of the ranks that the IFFHS, founded in 1984 in Leipzig (Germany), makes since January 1991 and is usually dominated by the European casts. This time was no exception: 69 of the first 100 are UEFA affiliated clubs. Among the remaining 31 are 24 of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol), 4 of the African Soccer Confederation, 2 of the Asian Football Confederation and 1 of the Soccer Confederation of the Association of the North, Central America and the Caribbean (Concacaf).
To elaborate this ranking, the IFFHS takes into account the results obtained by the clubs during the last 12 months of national competitions (national leagues and glasses) and international (continental and intercontinental competitions). The points for each victory or draw are assigned according to a system that divides tournaments according to their level of competitiveness.
The national leagues are divided into seven levels. The Argentina’s Professional Soccer League It belongs to level 6, the second highest, which gives four points per game cattle and two for each draw. Continental competitions are also divided into levels. In the highest are the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores, who give 14 units for each triumph and seven for each equality.