What is the Football Club World Ranking®?

The Football Club World Ranking is weekly calculated on the results of a total of 14,000 football matches, which are played in the immediate past 52 weeks. The ranking is published each Monday at 11.00 AM CET. Clubs earn ranking points in the premier leagues and cup tournaments of the world’s top 40 football leagues. Additional points can be earned in the 10 most prestigious international cup tournaments.

As not every match is equally important and not every domestic competition or confederation is equally strong, while not all competitions have an equal number of matches to play, results are weighed when converted to World Ranking points.