The International Federation of Football History and Statistics
regularly updates a club world ranking throughout the season, a
table that is now comfortably topped by the Red Devils following
their success in Moscow.
Sir Alex Ferguson's team lead the way with 286 points, followed by
Boca Juniors of Argentina on 267, Chelsea on 258 and - most
surprisingly - Barcelona on 257.
Barça's run to the semi-finals of the Champions League gave them
enough points to see off the challenge of the other Spanish teams
who made the top forty, namely Atletico Madrid and Sevilla, tied in
15th; Villarreal, 20th; and Real Madrid and Valencia, level in
36th.
Boca Juniors are still the main threat to United finishing the
season on top, as they are still involved in the Copa Libertadores
and could jump ahead if they are able to win that
competition.
Bayern Munich is the highest ranked German team in 5th, Glasgow
Rangers came in 6th, while the top Italian performers were Roma in
7th.
Zenit St. Petersburg jumped ten places in 22th following their Uefa
Cup triumph over Rangers, while FA Cup winners Portsmouth moved
into the top 75 following their Wembley triumph.
Sevilla came out on top of last season's rankings, beating
Manchester United and AC Milan to the title.