The best soccer team in Europe
March 31, 2008

The following table shows the list of the top 20 teams in Europe ranked by their percentage of points earned in domestic and UEFA competitions through the end of March 2008.

After three months of Inter Milan being on top Manchester United has finally assumed the top spot as the best team in Europe. Inter's two losses to Liverpool in the Champion's League, and two other losses to Napoli and Juventus in the Serie A has relegated them to sixth spot in the rankings.

Rank	Team	League	GP	GD	P	Max Points	Ave. Points	% Points Won	PER Score
1	Manchester United	England	40	63	96	120	2.40	80.0%	96.7
2	FC Porto	Portugal	32	35	74	96	2.31	77.1%	91.7
3	Arsenal	England	40	48	87	120	2.18	72.5%	86.7
4	Barcelona	Spain	38	42	78	114	2.05	68.4%	86.0
5	Chelsea	England	40	43	87	120	2.18	72.5%	85.8
6	Inter Milan	Italy	39	41	84	117	2.15	71.8%	84.6
6	Roma	Italy	39	32	82	117	2.10	70.1%	84.6
8	Rangers	Scotland	39	48	86	117	2.21	73.5%	81.6
9	Olympiacos	Greece	35	30	73	105	2.09	69.5%	81.0
10	Liverpool	England	40	48	78	120	1.95	65.0%	78.3
11	Panathinaikos	Greece	33	31	71	99	2.15	71.7%	77.3
12	Real Madrid	Spain	38	37	76	114	2.00	66.7%	76.3
13	Lyon	France	39	35	78	117	2.00	66.7%	76.1
14	Celtic	Scotland	38	46	77	114	2.03	67.5%	75.4
15	PSV Eindhoven	Holland	41	38	81	123	1.98	65.9%	75.2
16	Bayern Munich	Germany	34	44	69	102	2.03	67.6%	75.0
17	Everton	England	40	34	78	120	1.95	65.0%	73.8
18	Villarreal	Spain	36	19	72	108	2.00	66.7%	72.7
19	Hamburg SV	Germany	34	26	64	102	1.88	62.7%	71.1
20	Bordeaux	France	37	23	71	111	1.92	64.0%	69.8
	UEFA Champions League
	UEFA Cup
	No European competition

Ranking Methodology
We evaluate the top teams within Europe by considering the percent of points that they have accumulated relative to the maximum points available from those games they have played. Next we consider all matches played, both within domestic top league competition and against UEFA competition foes. Because the quality of opposition by definition is stronger in UEFA Champions League play than it is in both UEFA Cup and domestic competitions we weight matches played in the Champions League at twice as valuable as those in domestic competition, and weight UEFA Cup matches as 1.5 times as important as domestic competition play.

See April 2008 rankings

See February 2008 ranking

See January 2008 ranking

See December 2007 ranking

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