IFFHS Club Rankings 2022: Flamengo is number one and the best Chilean ranks 163rd

There are still some remnants of the 2022 season left in international football. In this direction, the International Federation of Football History and Statistics ( IFHS for its acronym in English) has published the ranking of clubs for the last year. This is a ranking that contains 500 castings from around the world, ranked by score regarding their performance between January 1 and December 31, 2022. In addition to internal competition, the ranking is significantly influenced by who played in international tournaments.

As in 2021, the IFFHS elevates Flamengo as the best team in the world the previous year. With a total of 299 points, the team led by Arturo Vidal and Erick Pulgar tops this list. One of the reasons for this recognition is undoubtedly the title of the Copa Libertadores de América. The Cariocas are the current monarchs of the continent’s main club competition, having beaten Athletico Paranaense in the final in Guayaquil. He will be the representative of Conmebol in the Club World Cup which will take place in Morocco during this month of February.

In second place is another Brazilian: palmeiras . El Verdao, led by the Portuguese Abel Ferreira, has become a machine to collect titles. Winner of the Libertadores in 2020 and 2021, he was crowned in 2022 champion of the Brasileirao, the most powerful league in the world according to the last ranking of the aforementioned IFFHS. This Saturday, the team led by national defender Benjamín Kuscevic won the Super Cup of Brazil precisely beating the Chilean Flamengo.

The first European to appear in the ranking is the liverpool , completing the podium. It is followed by chelsea fourth, and the Manchester City , fifth. The real Madrid last champion of the Champions League, only appears in sixth position in the standings, with 247 points.

The first non-Brazilian South American team appears in thirteenth place. East Independent Valley . The Ecuadorians were the champions of the last South American Cup by beating Sao Paulo in the final. Soon the cast of Sangolquí, in which the national Matías Fernández Cordero plays, has the Recopa Conmebol against Fla. Two places below (15th) is the Betis . Manuel Pellegrini and Claudio Bravo’s side had a 2022 dream, being competitive on multiple fronts and winning the Copa del Rey.

And the Chileans? This ranking established by the International Federation of History and Statistics contains 500 clubs from all continents. Considering that an important part of the score is linked to performances in international cups, domestic distributions are in the top 100. The best located is Colo Colo, in 163rd place , with 93 points. Despite the illusion of reaching high in the international concert, this did not happen so much in the Libertadores as in the Sudamericana 2022.

The second of the Chileans is Everton (180°) . Then this Union La Calera (183°). The ruleteros and cementeros finished an acceptable campaign in the previous South American Cup, being narrowly eliminated and with refereeing controversies hurting them. Other clubs that appear are Universidad Católica (435°) and Deportes Antofagasta (480°). The case of the Pumas is paradoxical, as they played in the Copa Sudamericana and were relegated in the same season.