Europe's First XXII
The top twenty-two teams by rating.
01 +1 INT 1226 82.3 02 -1 CHE 1220 77.3 03 +6 RMD 1212 82.3 04 -1 MUN 1189 75.9 05 +1 BAR 1183 80.5 06 +2 STT 1174 84.2 07 nc SEV 1161 75.3 08 re VIL 1143 82.6 09 +4 AZA 1120 96.9 10 +7 FIO 1117 85.1 11 -1 ROM 1110 76.7 12 -1 ACM 1109 76.1 13 -8 LIV 1104 78.2 14 +2 LYN 1104 80.7 15 -1 AJX 1104 100.1 16 re AMD 1102 82.2 17 -5 SNV 1100 85.1 18 -14WER 1097 78.1 19 re TOT 1090 74.6 20 -2 VAL 1087 79.9 21 -1 ESP 1080 76.5 22 re ANL 1079 75.3
Inter and Chelsea have been there or thereabouts all season, while Real Madrid was as low as 12th in early March - a run of late wins brought them reward, just as Werder's stumbling end to the season saw them slump down the list. Lazio, PSV, Zaragoza, and Santander drop out - PSV hasn't played since the last ranking in late April.
The top twenty-two teams by a Monte-Carlo simulation, taking both rating and RD into account.
01 CSKA Kensington 02 Real Madrid 03 Inter Milan 04 Barcelona 05 Manchester Buccaneers 06 Stuttgart 07 Ajax 08 Villarreal 09 AZ Alkmaar 10 Sevilla 11 PSV Eindhoven 12 Fiorentina 13 Schalke 04 14 Liverpool 15 Athletico Madrid 16 AC Milan 17 Lyon 18 Tottenham Hotspur 19 Roma 20 Werder Bremen 21 Valencia 22 Espanyol
Football coverage has now ended for the season. It will be back with the first Intertoto Cup results of the new season. That's next week-end.
