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Conference trucks::football;1

Title: Soccer Football Conference
Notice:Don't forget your season ticket.....
Moderator:MOVIES::PLAYFORD
Created:Thu Aug 08 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:608
Total number of notes:85903

472.0. "TOP TEN european teams in the moment..." by LISTIM::FERREIRA_L () Wed Mar 08 1995 12:46

    
    My opinion....
    
    1-	Ajax		(HOL)
    2-	Juventus	(ITA)
    3-	Blackburn Rvs	(ENG)
    4-	M.United	(ENG)
    5-	Barcelona	(SPA)
    6-	Porto		(POR)
    7-	Parma		(ITA)
    8-	P.S.G		(FRA)
    9-	R.Madrid	(SPA)
    10-	Lazio		(ITA)
    
    Luis.
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472.1GYMAC::DCASSIDYWed Mar 08 1995 13:3224
    
    Mmm, intersting note ther Luis......
    
    ...but difficult and implicitely subjective......
    
    1. Ajax		(HOL)
    2. Juventus		(ITA)
    3. Real Madrid	(SPA)
    4. Borussia Dortmund(GER)
    5. P.S.G.		(FRA)
    6. Barcelona	(SPA)
    7. Porto		(POR)
    8. Lazio		(ITA)
    9. Parma		(ITA)
    10.Werder Bremen	(GER)
    
    And the team that's above them all...'cause their not out of it yet and
    of course the current holders.....AC Milan.
    
    Sorry ...a British team would be lucky to get on the top tewenty....
    
    Dezzz.
    
    
472.2Not in the least bit serious Top 10KIRKTN::JJACKm|o|t|o|r|o|l|aWed Mar 08 1995 13:4013
    
    1.  East Stirling
    2.  Dukla Pumpherston Sawmill & Tannery
    3.  Glenbuck Cherrypickers
    4.  The Commercial Inn
    5.  Bo'ness United
    6.  Third Lanark
    7.  Celtic BC U-15's (East Division)
    8.  Crewe Alexandria
    9.  Ipswich Town
    10. Rangers
    
    
472.3VARESE::SACHA::IDC_BSTROh no! NOT Milan Kundera again!Wed Mar 08 1995 14:4010
    re: .1
    >Sorry ...a British team would be lucky to get on the top tewenty....
    
    Er...Dezz, something tells me that Luis isn't British. 
    
    Actually, I think the real situation is somewhere between the two, i.e.
    I think Man. Utd are certainly in the top 20, but not as good as 4th.
    
    Dom
    
472.4Depends how you look at itFUTURS::MARSHALL1Wed Mar 08 1995 15:1215
    
    I think it all depends on how you are working things out. If you are
    talking about how the teams are playing generally in their home leagues
    and cups, then Man. Utd and Blackbure certainly need to be considered.
    If you start to take into account how the teams do in Europe, then I
    agree that you can generally forget the British teams. I think the
    story would be a little different if we didn't have the FIFA "Let's
    think up a rule to stuff the British" Foreigner rule in place. Whilst
    this remains in force, the brit teams are rarely going to be able to
    field their 'first' and strongest team. (Unless you are Blackburn, in
    which case you can and still get stuffed!)
    
    		Steve
    
    
472.5LISTIM::FERREIRA_LWed Mar 08 1995 15:245
    
    I was thinking in a global apreciation ( national league + european
    competitions + player's quality  , etc...)
    
    Luis.
472.6Yes, but they lack a certain something in EuropeFUTURS::MARSHALL1Wed Mar 08 1995 16:0210
    
    For all but the european competitions, I have to agree that MUFC and
    BRFC are up there, certainly with performances in home leagues/cups and
    also with the quality of their players. The down-side comes when they
    have to play in Europe - they just don't do well at all. There just
    seems to be a 'gap' of some kind be it skills, perseverance, stamina,
    whatever. Something is certainly missing from the brit teams.
    
    	Steve
    
472.7CHEFS::GEORGEMThe West is the BestWed Mar 08 1995 16:034
>>>Something is certainly missing from the Brit teams.


Half their players?
472.8Murphy's fourth(-ish) law ...AYOV29::MTHEODORESONJones the SteamWed Mar 08 1995 16:1813
    
    	So therefore the logical conclusion of all this is : -
    
    
    
    		British teams are crap without foreign players.
    
    
    
    Or am I missing something obvious here ?
    
    Malc.
    
472.9MARVIN::MORRELLCos I missed you... Yeah.... I missed youWed Mar 08 1995 17:084
    Look at ManU in the EC this year... they were without many of their
    foreign players & look how far they got....
    
    Rick.
472.10tough at the top....IRNBRU::HOWARDLovely day for a GuinnessWed Mar 08 1995 17:2117
    1=	Ajax		(HOL)
    1=	Juventus	(ITA)
    3-	Barcelona	(SPA)
    4-	AC Milan	(ITA)
    5-	R.Madrid	(SPA)
    6-	Porto		(POR)
    7-	Parma		(ITA)
    8-	P.S.G		(FRA)
    9-	Sampdoria	(ITA)
    10-	ManU(gag,cough)	(ENG)
    .
    .
    .
    .
    50ish- QPR		(ENG)
    
    Ray....
472.11HBFDT1::SCHARNBERGSenior KodierwurstThu Mar 09 1995 09:1811
     1.  Juventus
     2.  Porto
     3.  Borussia 
     4.  Ajax
     5.  Lazio
     6.  Barcelona
     7.  Parma
     8.  Werder
     9.  Real
    10.  Hajduk
    11.  Man Utd
472.12Rangers 8th/9th....8*))KIRKTN::GMCKEEFri Mar 10 1995 19:4961
The following is a list of provisional participants of next year's
Champions League.  This ranking is based on the league standings as
per 28/2 (taken from Ken Butler's Europe at a glance), and on the
provisional ranking coefficients as of 01/01/95.

Enjoy (and don't tell me that most leagues haven't finished yet ;) !

Excerpt from the FAQ on seeding for the European Cups:
    
> 1) The ranking coefficient  which is used  in the ranking of the teams
> in the Champions League,  but also in the seeding  of the teams in the
> other  two European Cups. This coefficient  is  calculated for all the
> countries based on an  average over the _last_  5 years, including the
> season just  finished (i.e the  1995/96 coefficient  is based  on  the
> 1990/91 to 1994/95 seasons).   What is averaged  is (#total points for
> country/#total  _games_).    In  addition   the same   coefficient  is
> calculated for  each participating  club  based  only  on that  club's
> results in the last 5  years. If this coefficient  is higher than  the
> country coefficient, that club will be `competing' in the ranking with
> its  club coefficient.  Games    in  preliminary rounds do  not  count
> towards this coefficient.
> 
> Note: There seems to  be a rule which sets  the country coefficient of
> countries  participating  less than three     years  to zero.    These
> coefficients have been marked with an '*'.


The first  number is   the team  coefficient, the  second  the country
coefficient.


directly qualified for league stage

   Cup Winner 1994/95	     -irrelevant-
   Juventus         Ita     1.853   1.580
   Ajax             Nth     1.781   1.198  
   Dortmund         Ger     1.500   1.363  
   Nantes           Fra     1.375   1.480
   Real Madrid      Spa     1.472   1.317
   Porto            Por     1.457   1.287 
   Spartak Moskva   Rus     1.389   1.125

qualified for preliminary round

   Rangers          Sco     1.350   1.000   
   GOTEBORG         Swe     1.318   0.903 
   Blackburn        Eng     0.500   1.313 
   Anderlecht       Bel     1.250   1.155
   Brndby          Den     1.208   0.892
   Panathinaikos    Gre     1.125   0.963 
   Austria Vienna   Aut     0.889   1.036
   Steaua Bucharest Rom     1.036   0.821 
   Dynamo Kyyiv     Ukr     1.000   0.792*  
   Besiktas         Tur     0.714   1.000
   Croatia          Cro     0.875   1.214*
   Grasshoppers     Sui     0.833   0.871 
   Slovan           Slk     0.833   0.900*
   Slavia Praha     Czr     0.833   0.625*
   Widzew Lodz      Pol     0.500   0.833  
   Rosenborg        Nor     0.800   0.667

472.13VNOTSC::HERIBERTMon Mar 13 1995 08:187
to .12

I have seen in the ranking Austria Vienna , but I can't believe that
Austria Vienna has a better ranking than Austria Salzburg.
(In the Champions League ranking Salzburg has place 12)

Heribert
472.14GYMAC::DCASSIDYMon Mar 13 1995 12:146
    
    So effectively for an English team to get in the Champions League they
    must hope Ajax, Porto or Spartak Moscow don't win their respective
    leagues....and are won by teams with less than 1.313 team co-efficient.
    
    Dezzz
472.15ZUR01::ASHGrahame Ash @RLEMon Mar 13 1995 12:359
Well, .12 is very strange. It seems to be a blatant attempt at getting the 
best footballing teams into the Champions League - what sort of criterion is 
that? Let's wait until ITV moves its considerable muscle in and "improves the 
coefficients" of at least one team further down the list.

Re .-1, presumably every team in the list goes up one if one of the top 7 wins 
the Cup this year? 

g
472.16MUFC in Champions LeagueAYOV27::FW_TEMP01John Hussey - Dunure's greatMon Mar 13 1995 13:4911
What is the rating for the self-styled TGFTITW?

I imagine that it will be higher than Blackburn, Rangers  & Moscow and so good
enough to qualify for the Champions League.

Of course 10 million from ITV into UEFAs pockets won't influence the ratings
system at all :-)

I would imagine that Gothenburg's rating would go up when they beat Bayern this
week.

472.17KIRKTN::GMCKEEMon Mar 13 1995 22:166
    re .13
    
    correct, Austria Salzburg have a higher coef than Austria Vienna 
    but if you re read .12 then you will see that it only includes the
    teams that are currently (or were) leading their Leagues...
    
472.18VNOTSC::HERIBERTTue Mar 14 1995 12:138
re .17

Thanks for the information

Austria Salzburg has not been leading at this moment (Austria Wien has one game
more).

Heribert
472.19A bit off the point, but what the hell!VARESE::SACHA::IDC_BSTROh no! NOT Milan Kundera again!Thu Mar 16 1995 11:5030
re: .15
    
>Well, .12 is very strange. It seems to be a blatant attempt at getting the 
>best footballing teams into the Champions League - what sort of criterion is 
>that? Let's wait until ITV moves its considerable muscle in and "improves the 
>coefficients" of at least one team further down the list.
    
    Well, Grahame, I suppose they're welcome to try, but I rather think
    that the "considerable muscle" of ITV looks rather puny when compared
    to the might of organizations like Fininvest in Italy. The examples of
    UEFA sucking up to Italian clubs in recent years through fear of losing
    considerable amounts of dosh are almost too numerous to mention. A
    couple that immediately spring to mind are:
    
    - Milan's laughable one year ban for refusing to finish thair European
      Cup semi-final against Marseille 3 years ago (despite being ordered
      to do so by the referee)
    
    - My own personal favorite: Parma were seeded in the 1992/93 edition of
      the ECWC (which they went on to win). Their only previous appearance 
      in European football was in the previous season's UEFA Cup
      competition...when they were knocked out in the 1st round by a
      Bulgarian club!
    
    I'm sure that one day we'll see a European Cup Final between Dinamo
    Tirana and Vasas Budapest, staged in Vladivostock...
    
    NOT!!
    
    Dom
472.20The best team in RomeROMOIS::SANTILLIFEThu May 04 1995 00:225
    Dear Ferreira yuor opinion is in part correct, but yuo forget the best
    team in Rome, his name is ROMA i'm support of this team and i think
    that in Italy's championship this team is best of Lazio.
    
    goodby and  FORZA ROMA
472.21VNACO1::HERIBERTTue Dec 05 1995 08:5314
The new world ranking of football clubs (standing: 30.11.95)

   1   (2) AC Milan        365,0 Pts.
   2   (1) Juventus Turin  352,5
   3   (3) AC Parma        330,0
   4   (5) Ajax Amsterdam  309,0
   5   (6) Porto Allegre   296,5
   6   (4) Paris SG        295,0
   7   (9) River Plate     242,0
   8   (8) La Coruna       234,0
   9   (7) Lazio Rom       227,5


Heribert
472.22Be fair!MOEUR8::SMITHTue Dec 05 1995 09:094
    
    Wot complete and utter crap!  Ajax are the best!
    
    How do they work out that Milan are best, cost of players?
472.23IRNBRU::HOWARDLovely Day for a GuinnessTue Dec 05 1995 09:346
    I must agree. 66(?) games unbeaten, World Club champions, champions of
    Europe and still ranked only No. 4????
    
    The Gazzetta della sport must be the sponsors....
    
    Ray....
472.24VNACO1::HERIBERTTue Dec 05 1995 12:2517
An example for Austria:

Salzburg has been 1993: EC final Cupwinners
                  1994: Champions League (2x 1:1 ag. Ajax)
		  1995: Champions league qualifying

Salzburg has place 197 !!!

Rapid Wien   place  79
Austria Wien       137
Sturm Graz         168

what have these 3 teams done the last years ?

I don't understand my published list, too.

Heribert