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NEWS STORYREDS ARE NUMBER ONE IN EUROPE
Steve Hunter 28 May 2008
It's official - Liverpool are Europe's number one ranked team according to UEFA for the first time since 1985. The basis for the UEFA rankings is the performance of teams in the European Cups during a five-year period.
Having won the competition in 2005, been runners up to AC Milan in 2007 and losing semi-finalists last season, Rafa Benitez's team has accrued more ranking points than any other club in Europe.
Rafa's men top the rankings table with 104.284 points, giving them a one point lead over Italian giants AC Milan.
Liverpool's recent form in the Champions League also means that they will go into the qualifiers for next season's competition as number one seeds and will thereby avoid the other seeded teams when the draw for the qualifying rounds is made in July.
Behind Rafa's team and AC Milan are Chelsea and Barcelona, with Arsenal in sixth and current Champions League holders Manchester United in seventh.
Other British teams on the UEFA list include Newcastle in 19th, Rangers in 20th, Middlesbrough in 27th, Spurs in 31st, Bolton in 41st, Everton in 44th and Celtic in 52nd.
Steve Hunter 28 May 2008
It's official - Liverpool are Europe's number one ranked team according to UEFA for the first time since 1985. The basis for the UEFA rankings is the performance of teams in the European Cups during a five-year period. Having won the competition in 2005, been runners up to AC Milan in 2007 and losing semi-finalists last season, Rafa Benitez's team has accrued more ranking points than any other club in Europe.
Rafa's men top the rankings table with 104.284 points, giving them a one point lead over Italian giants AC Milan.
Liverpool's recent form in the Champions League also means that they will go into the qualifiers for next season's competition as number one seeds and will thereby avoid the other seeded teams when the draw for the qualifying rounds is made in July.
Behind Rafa's team and AC Milan are Chelsea and Barcelona, with Arsenal in sixth and current Champions League holders Manchester United in seventh.
Other British teams on the UEFA list include Newcastle in 19th, Rangers in 20th, Middlesbrough in 27th, Spurs in 31st, Bolton in 41st, Everton in 44th and Celtic in 52nd.
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