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Top football clubs of the 20th century

Pos

Club (city)

Nation

Region

Points

1

Real Madrid CF

ESP

EUR

7,901

2

Juventus (Torino)

ITA

EUR

5,373

3

FC Barcelona

ESP

EUR

5,205

4

AC Milan (Milano)

ITA

EUR

5,128

5

AFC Ajax Amsterdam

NED

EUR

4,896

6

Liverpool

ENG

EUR

4,863

7

Peñarol (Montevideo)

URU

AMS

4,748

8

Independiente (Avellaneda)

ARG

AMS

4,583

9

FC Bayern München

GER

EUR

4,471

10

SL Benfica (Lisboa)

POR

EUR

3,949

11

Manchester United

ENG

EUR

3,691

12

River Plate (Buenos Aires)

ARG

AMS

3,661

13

Rangers (Glasgow)

SCO

EUR

3,606

14

Celtic (Glasgow)

SCO

EUR

3,493

15

Internazionale (Milano)

ITA

EUR

3,431

16

Nacional (Montevideo)

URU

AMS

3,225

17

Boca Juniors (Buenos Aires)

ARG

AMS

2,939

18

Cruzeiro (Belo Horizonte, MG)

BRA

AMS

2,742

19

São Paulo Futebol Clube (SP)

BRA

AMS

2,731

20

Olimpia (Asunción)

PAR

AMS

2,649

21

RSC Anderlecht

BEL

EUR

2,579

22

Grêmio de Football Porto Alegrense (Porto Alegre, RS)

BRA

AMS

2,499

23

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (São Paulo, SP)

BRA

AMS

2,497

24

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro, RJ)

BRA

AMS

2,362

25

Santos Futebol Clube (Santos, SP)

BRA

AMS

2,314

26

Dynamo Kyiv

UKR

EUR

2,279

27

Arsenal (London)

ENG

EUR

2,253

28

Crvena zvezda (Beograd)

SRB

EUR

2,172

29

Atlético Madrid

ESP

EUR

2,080

30

FC Porto

POR

EUR

2,026

31

PSV (Eindhoven)

NED

EUR

2,021

32

Ferencváros (Budapest)

HUN

EUR

2,014

33

Feyenoord (Rotterdam)

NED

EUR

1,906

34

Tottenham Hotspur (London)

ENG

EUR

1,903

35

Vasco da Gama (Rio de Janeiro, RJ)

BRA

AMS

1,898

36

Estudiantes (La Plata)

ARG

AMS

1,776

37

SK Rapid Wien

AUT

EUR

1,747

38

Sport Club Internacional (Porto Alegre, RS)

BRA

AMS

1,666

39

Steaua Bucuresti

ROM

EUR

1,665

40

Atlético Mineiro (Belo Horizonte, MG)

BRA

AMS

1,625

41

Újpest FC (Budapest)

HUN

EUR

1,605

42

Hamburger SV (Hamburg)

GER

EUR

1,603

43

AC Sparta Praha

CZE

EUR

1,594

44

FK Austria Wien

AUT

EUR

1,544

45

Spartak Moskva

RUS

EUR

1,488

46

Colo Colo (Santiago)

CHI

AMS

1,470

47

Borussia Mönchengladbach

GER

EUR

1,454

48

Athletic Bilbao

ESP

EUR

1,447

49

Sporting Clube de Portugal (Lisboa)

POR

EUR

1,437

50

BV Borussia Dortmund

GER

EUR

1,431

51

Everton (Liverpool)

ENG

EUR

1,413

52

Esporte Clube Bahia (Salvador, BA)

BRA

AMS

1,401

53

Racing Club (Avellaneda)

ARG

AMS

1,398

54

Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (São Paulo, SP)

BRA

AMS

1,363

55

Olympique de Marseille

FRA

EUR

1,353

56

Valencia CF

ESP

EUR

1,348

57

Nottingham Forest

ENG

EUR

1,258

58

Fluminense Football Club (Rio de Janeiro, RJ)

BRA

AMS

1,247

59

Club Brugge KV

BEL

EUR

1,238

60

CSKA (Sofia)

BUL

EUR

1,232

61

Leeds United

ENG

EUR

1,214

62

MTK (Budapest)

HUN

EUR

1,208

63

Atlético Nacional (Medellín)

COL

AMS

1,193

64

Vélez Sarsfield (Buenos Aires)

ARG

AMS

1,181

65

IFK Göteborg

SWE

EUR

1,160

66

Aston Villa (Birmingham)

ENG

EUR

1,124

67

Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (Rio de Janeiro, RJ)

BRA

AMS

1,119

68

AS Roma

ITA

EUR

1,102

69

Corporación Deportiva América de Cali

COL

AMS

1,101

70

SK Slovan Bratislava

SVK

EUR

1,060

71

FK Partizan (Beograd)

SRB

EUR

1,042

72

Fiorentina (Firenze)

ITA

EUR

1,041

73

Dukla Praha

CSV

EUR

1,036

74

Dinamo Zagreb

CRO

EUR

1,030

75

AS Saint-Étienne

FRA

EUR

1,014

76

Coritiba Futebol Clube (Curitiba, PR)

BRA

AMS

988

77

Olympiakos (Piraeus)

GRE

EUR

982

78

Panathinaikos (Athinai)

GRE

EUR

953

79

Newcastle United

ENG

EUR

951

80

Cerro Porteño (Asunción)

PAR

AMS

949

81

San Lorenzo de Almagro (Buenos Aires)

ARG

AMS

930

82

Chelsea (London)

ENG

EUR

918

83

Sport Club do Recife (Recife, PE)

BRA

AMS

906

84

AS Monaco

FRA

EUR

895

85

Torino

ITA

EUR

884

86

Manchester City

ENG

EUR

861

87

Levski (Sofia)

BUL

EUR

857

88

1.FC Köln

GER

EUR

855

89

AC Parma

ITA

EUR

849

89

Hajduk Split

CRO

EUR

849

91

SV Werder Bremen

GER

EUR

845

92

Aberdeen

SCO

EUR

810

93

Bologna

ITA

EUR

802

94

Real Zaragoza CF

ESP

EUR

800

95

Standard Luik

BEL

EUR

791

96

Paris Saint-Germain

FRA

EUR

785

97

Eintracht Frankfurt

GER

EUR

781

98

ABC Futebol Clube (Natal, RN)

BRA

AMS

779

98

Vasas SC (Budapest)

HUN

EUR

779

100

Grasshopper Club (Zürich)

SUI

EUR

775

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