It’s been a while since we took inventory of the world’s best clubs.
Between winter breaks and some changes within this team, the World Club Top Ten needed a revamp. Gone are the days of the collaborative ranking. I’m taking over, for better or worse, as I fully expect my fellow World Soccer Reader [...]
When we originated this list at the beginning of the European club season, Barcelona was given the top stop not only out of deferrence for how they finished the previous season but also respecting the talent they brought to this season to defend their crowds. To date, no club besides FC Barcelona has ever [...]
No teams exemplify the fluidity of the Top Ten better than Internazionale and Bordeaux. Two weeks ago, the clubs had either fallen out of the list (Inter) or were on the verge. Now each team is in the top five.
Part of that is attributable to strong league performances from José Mourinho’s and Laurent [...]
Thanks to the international break, it’s been almost a month since our last ranking. In the interim, every team from our previous list has stumbled at least once. Even Barcelona – who has been number one since our first edition of the WSR World Club Top Ten – was tripped up. Twice.
That kind of [...]
Previous Top 8
Here is the previous WSR Top Eight and their results from the weekend.
8. Russia (UEFA) – lost in Moscow to Germany, 1-0
7. Cameroon (CAF) – won versus Togo, 3-0
6. Germany (UEFA)** – won at Russia, 1-0
5. Cote d’Iviore (CAF)** – drew at Malawi, 1-1
4. Netherlands (UEFA)* – did [...]
The Spanish takeover of European football is happening, if World Soccer Reader’s Club Top Ten is any indication.
The rumored shift of power from England and Italy to Spain deserves more discussion (and data points), but the early season returns from the league’s top three clubs provide plenty of evidence for those arguing Spanish primacy. [...]
Nine of last week’s ten ranked teams return to WSR’s weekly club listing, with only previously tenth ranked Manchester City failing to return. If the list were one place longer, the Citizens would be on it, still holding strong (if now subdued) support amongst our writers.
If the list came out before Inter Milan’s most [...]
Between the international break and our decision to start releasing this article at the end of the week (to better fit against the Champions League schedule), it’s been a long time since we last released a WSR World Club Top Ten. With a nod to that delay, I’ll skip the expansive exposition and get [...]
What if I said this week’s list would have have three new teams, see the return of a team from beyond Europe, and see another serious threat to top three hegemony?
Would that be something you would be interesting in?
Football fans in London, La Plata, and Kazan might not care about antiquated Entourage references, but they [...]
The opening weekend of England’s Premier League caused the first major shake-up to World Soccer Reader’s rankings, with the previously highly-rated Reds from Liverpool seeing the first drop of the season. For their contributions to that sink, Tottenham Hotspur came close to breaking into the list, but in their stead the rankings see the [...]
