CLASSIFICA IFFHS – L’International Federation of Football History & Statistics ha stilato la propria celebre classifica sui 400 migliori club del mondo per l’anno 2012. Il BARCELLONA si conferma il miglior club del mondo, seguito da CHELSEA (salito dal quarto posto) e BOCA JUNIORS (stabile in terza posizione). Prima italiana (unica nella top ten) la JUVENTUS (ottava) ha recuperato ben 4 posizioni rispetto al 2011. L’INTER occupa la posizione numero 15, il NAPOLI la numero 22, il MILAN la 24 e la LAZIO la 32. Addirittura fuori dalla top 100 la ROMA, alla posizione 119 (i giallorossi sono comuque saliti rispetto alla posizione 160 del mese scorso); out anche la FIORENTINA, in posizione 159. Di seguito la classifica delle prime 100 posizioni (tra parentesi la posizione relativa alla classifica del mese precedente), in grassetto le squadre italiane:
1. (1.) FC Barcelona España/4 307,0
2. (4.) Chelsea FC London England/4 279,0
3. (3.) CA Boca Juniors Buenos Aires Argentina/4 278,0
4. (2.) Club Atlético de Madrid España/4 278,0
5. (8.) SC Corinthians Paulista São Paulo Brasil/4 272,0
6. (5.) FC Bayern München Deutschland/4 270,0
7. (7.) Real Madrid CF España/4 259,0
8. (14.) Juventus FC Torino Italia/4 231,0
9. (17.) BV Borussia Dortmund Deutschland/4 226,0
10. (10.) Olympique Lyonnais France/4 224,0
11. (9.) Athletic Club de Bilbao España/4 220,0
12. (20.) Valencia CF España/4 219,0
13. (6.) CD Universidad de Chile Santiago Chile/3 218,0
14. (11.) Hannoverscher SV 1896 Deutschland/4 212,0
15. (28.) FC Internazionale Milano Italia/4 210,0
16. (19.) Club Libertad Asunción Paraguay/3 209,5
17. (13.) FC Twente Enschede Nederland/3 208,5
18. (16.) Fluminense FC Rio de Janeiro Brasil/4 208,0
19. (17.) FC Basel Schweiz/3 206,5
20. (22.) Glasgow Celtic FC Scotland/3 206,5
21. (36.) São Paulo FC Brasil/4 202,0
22. (11.) SSC Napoli Italia/4 202,0
23. (15.) Santos FC Brasil/4 201,0
24. (25.) Milan AC Italia/4 201,0
25. (28.) Fenerbahçe SK İstanbul Türkiye/3 196,0
26. (27.) CA Vélez Sarsfield Argentina/4 195,0
27. (30.) Manchester United FC England/4 194,0
28. (33.) Paris Saint-Germain FC France/4 192,0
29. (39.) Liverpool FC England/4 192,0
30. (24.) PAE Olympiakos SFP Pireas Greece/3 191,0
31. (42.) CFR 1907 Cluj România/3 190,0
32. (33.) SS Lazio Roma Italia/4 190,0
33. (35.) Ulsan Hyundai Horangi FC Republic of Korea/3 190,0
34. (23.) PSV Eindhoven Nederland/3 189,5
35. (30.) Sociedad Deportivo Quito Ecuador/3 186,0
36. (38.) FC Anzhi Makhachkala Russia/3 185,0
37. (43.) SK Viktoria Plzeň Česká Republika/3 180,0
38. (39.) RSC Anderlecht Belgique/3 180,0
39. (26.) FK Metalist Charkiv Ukraine/3 178,5
40. (32.) Manchester City FC England/4 177,0
41. (21.) FC Schalke 04 Deutschland/4 177,0
42. (50.) Club de Futbol Monterrey México/3 176,5
43. (58.) Málaga CF España/4 176,0
44. (51.) KRC Genk Belgique/3 176,0
45. (49.) FC København Danmark/3 174,5
46. (47.) Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto-Alegrense Brasil/4 174,0
47. (37.) CD Universidad Católica Santiago Chile/3 173,5
48. (47.) Club Sport Emelec Guayaquil Ecuador/3 172,0
49. (41.) FC Steaua Bucureşti România/3 172,0
50. (57.) FC Girondins de Bordeaux France/4 172,0
51. (52.) CR Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro Brasil/4 168,0
52. (55.) Tottenham Hotspur FC England/4 166,0
53. (45.) Olympique de Marseille France/4 164,0
54. (53.) Arsenal FC London England/4 163,0
55. (53.) Cerro Porteño FBC Asunción Paraguay/3 162,0
56. (66.) UD Levante España/4 160,0
57. (45.) FC Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine/3 159,0
58. (63.) Club Deportivo Unión Española Santiago Chile/3 156,0
59. (66.) CA Tigre Argentina/4 154,0
60. (65.) AC Sparta Praha Česká Republika/3 152,5
61. (63.) VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Deutschland/4 152,0
62. (80.) FC Dnipr Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine/3 149,0
63. (70.) FC Pohang Steelers Republic of Korea/3 149,0
64. (60.) CA Lanús Argentina/4 149,0
65. (56.) SC Internacional Porto Alegre Brasil/4 148,0
66. (78.) NK Dinamo Zagreb Hrvatska/2 147,5
67. (74.) Espérance Sportive de Tunis Tunisie/2 147,5
68. (73.) Millonarios FC Bogotá Colombia/3 147,5
69. (59.) Udinese Calcio Italia/4 146,0
70. (77.) VfB Stuttgart Deutschland/4 146,0
71. (44.) Sporting Clube de Portugal Lisboa Portugal/3 146,0
72. (71.) NK Maribor (piv. Lazne) Slovenija/2 144,5
73. (61.) FBC Olimpia Asunción Paraguay/3 144,5
74. (68.) Club Santos Laguna de Torreon México/3 144,0
75. (89.) AEL Lemesos Cypern/2 144,0
76. (76.) Arsenal FC Sarandí Argentina/4 143,0
77. (74.) Al-Hilal Omdurman Sudan/2 142,5
78. (87.) TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen Deutschland/4 140,0
79. (81.) FC BATE Barysau Belarus/2 138,0
80. (84.) Newcastle United FC England/4 138,0
81. (90.) Galatasaray SK İstanbul Türkiye/3 137,5
82. (69.) FC do Porto Portugal/3 136,5
83. (81.) Panathinaikos AO Athens Greece/3 136,5
84. (84.) Rosenborg BK Trondheim Norge/2 136,0
85. (97.) CDC Atlético Nacional Medellín Colombia/3 135,0
86. (61.) Club Brugge KV Belgique/3 133,0
87. (72.) FK Rubin Kazan Russia/3 132,0
88. (105.) BSC Young Boys Bern Schweiz/3 132,0
89. (78.) FC Dinamo Kyiv Ukraine/3 131,5
90. (112.) Molde FK Norge/2 129,0
91. (87.) Lille Olympique Sporting Club France/4 128,0
92. (91.) Al-Merreikh Omdurman Sudan/2 127,5
93. (99.) Club Nacional de Football Montevideo Uruguay/3 127,0
94. (86.) Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal/3 126,5
95. (93.) Barcelona Sporting Club Guayaquil Ecuador/3 126,0
96. (122.) Montpellier Hérault Sports Club France/4 126,0
97. (95.) CR Flamengo Rio de Janeiro Brasil/4 125,0
98. (119.) Bursaspor K Bursa Türkiye/3 125,0
99. (115.) AFC Ajax Amsterdam Nederland/3 125,0
100. (97.) CD Cruz Azul Ciudad de México México/3 124,5
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119. (160.) AS Roma Italia/4 114,0
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159. (217.) AC Fiorentina Firenze Italia/4 100,0