How is the Football Club World Ranking® calculated?
Clubs earn World Ranking points in the matches that are played in the immediate past 52 weeks.
The match results are weighed when converted to World Ranking Points, because
- not every match is equally important
- not every domestic competition or international cup tournament is equally strong
- not every domestic competition has an equal number of matches to play
- not every FIFA Confederation is equally strong.
The World Ranking points are differently calculated for domestic and international matches. The cumulative of both the domestic and international points determines the total of World Ranking points.
Domestic club matches
International club matches
EXPLANATION
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Match Result
The calculation starts with the regular points that can be earned in a football match. That is 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss. In case of a penalty shoot-out the ‘winning’ team earns 2 points while the loser sticks to 1 point.
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Importance of Match
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Multiplier |
| - National competition |
1.0 |
| - National Cup (from 8th finals) |
1.5 |
| - Champions League (UEFA, AFC, CAF) |
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| & Copa Libertadores |
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Round-robin
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1.5 |
Group matches
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2.0 |
Knock out stage
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2.5 |
| - Europa League & Copa Sudamericana |
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Round-robin
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1.0 |
Group matches
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1.5 |
Knock out stage
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2.0 |
| - UEFA Super Cup |
2.5 |
| - Repoca Sudamericana |
2.5 |
| - FIFA Club World Cup |
2.5 |
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Domestic Competition Strength
This multiplier deals with the strength of the domestic competition in relation to other domestic competitions. To determine the strength of the domestic competition we use the Confed Coefficient Rankings. This ranking is based on the performance of clubs from a country in international cup tournaments over the last 5 years. The Confederations apply the ranking to calculate the number of clubs from a country that may participate in international cup tournaments.
For determining the strength of the domestic competition we calculate the multiplier on basis of the points that a country has earned over the last 5 years. The minimum assigned value is 0,25.
| Example (UEFA 2013) |
| # |
Country |
Points |
Multiplier |
| 1. |
Spain |
88.025 |
1,000 |
| 4. |
Italy |
64.174 |
0,729 |
| 8. |
Russia |
46.332 |
0,526
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Match Equalizer
All domestic competitions are synchronized on 38 competition rounds within one season, taking care World Ranking points are calculated on the basis of an equal number of matches per domestic competition.
| Example |
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| Country |
# rounds |
Multiplier |
| England |
38 |
1,000 |
| Germany |
34 |
1,118 |
| Korea Rep. |
44 |
0,864 |
Full list of Match Equalizer you find in FAQ, question ‘What is the Match Equalizer multiplier of my domestic competition?’
The Match Equalizer is not applicable for national cup matches
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Opponent Strength
The Confederations Coefficient Rankings are also applied to determine the strength of the opposing team in international cup matches. For this calculation we use not the ranking points but the ranking position. The multiplier is found by the formula below. For OTS we assign a minimum value of 0,25.
Formula:
Reversed ranking position number* / Number of countries within confederation
(* No 1 ranked gets highest number, no last gets lowest number, 1)
| Rank |
Rev. Rank |
Country |
Multiplier |
| 1. |
53 |
Spain |
1,000 |
| 4. |
50 |
Italy |
0,943 |
| 8. |
46 |
Russia |
0,868 |
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Confederation Strength
FIFA’s weighting factor of confederations is followed to calculate the strength of the 6 confederations.
The values are set as follows
| Confed |
Continent |
Multiplier |
| UEFA |
Europe |
1,00 |
| CONMEBOL |
South America |
1,00 |
| CONCACAF |
Mid & North America |
0,86 |
| AFC |
Asia |
0,86 |
| CAF |
Africa |
0,85 |
| OFC |
Oceania |
0,85 |
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