Real Madrid

[Rory Fitzgerald]

As far as I know it, UEFA use a 5yr period to assess a teams merits in order to seed them in pot 1,2,3 or 4 when it comes to the group stages.

 

Real have lost in the last 16 in each of the last 5 seasons.

 

Being very simple, a team that has qualified from the group stages in each of the past 5 seasons and qualified just once for the QF's should give them a better seeding than Madrid - using my simple logic.

 

Liverpool

Chelsea

Barcelona

Arsenal

and maybe Lyon ?

 

After that

 

Utd didnt qualify in 2006 but won it last year and made the semi's in 2007 which should give them more points

AC Milan were not in this year but in the final in 2005, semi's 2006 and winners in 2007 should give them more than Madrid

Porto ???????

 

 

Will they be in Pot 2 next year ?

[Hassony]

who cares?

[Tommok]

will they feck - it'll be wangled in their favour.

[Rory Fitzgerald]

who cares?

 

At the moment I dont but in a few months time I might, anyway, they probably have a wildcard as ThommoK suggests

[Maldini]

Yes, they'll be in pot 2 next year. They'll be ranked 13th at best. They could be lower if Porto do well or any of the other teams below them do really well in the UEFA cup.

 

Here's UEFA's rankings by the way

 

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/d.../trank2009.html

[ManxRed]

They still won't be in Chelsea's group.

[Jim D]

Current Rankings for next season (Possible 5 games left to play in this season's CL for teams in bold)

Real look almost certain to be in the 2nd pot of seeds next season

 

1 Liverpool 117.343

2 FC Barcelona 112.603

3 Chelsea 112.343

4 AC Milan 110.481

5 Manchester United 102.343

6 Arsenal 102.343

7 Sevilla 100.603

8 Bayern München 96.814

9 Olympique Lyon 90.747

10 Internazionale 87.481

11 Werder Bremen 79.814

12 Villarreal 79.603

13 Real Madrid 78.603

14 AS Roma 78.481

15 PSV Eindhoven 75.792

16 CSKA Moscow 69.325

17 Sporting CP Lisbon 68.235

18 FC Porto 67.235

Edited March 11, 2009 by Jim D

[Maldini]

No almost certain about it, they're out so their points can't go down. You don't lose any points either so none of the other teams will go down.

[Rory Fitzgerald]

Cheers Maldini, saved that link now

[Jim D]

No almost certain about it, they're out so their points can't go down. You don't lose any points either so none of the other teams will go down.

 

Unless some of the teams above them don't qualify for the Champions League next season.

[ManxRed]

Unless some of the teams above them don't qualify for the Champions League next season.

 

*COUGH* Arsenal *COUGH*

[billybunter]

quite a lovely thing seeing our name at the top of that list.

 

What a long way we have come in the past 5 years.

[Tosh]

quite a lovely thing seeing our name at the top of that list.

 

What a long way we have come in the past 5 years.

But Rafa hasn't even qualified for the UEFA Cup

[Sion]

Really is great this.

 

Pre-Rafa (start of 04/05 season)

 

1 Real Madrid 146.350

10 Liverpool 90.511

 

After Tuesday

 

1 Liverpool 117.343

13 Real Madrid 78.603

 

Rafa's cracking up

 

Also, just FYI, in 2000 we were ranked 37th! madness that.

[Sion]

*COUGH* Arsenal *COUGH*

 

Would need more than just Arsenal not to qualify. Judging by my estimations.

 

Liverpool

Barcelona

Chelsea

AC Milan

Manchester United

Bayern München

Olympique Lyon

Internazionale

 

are 8 that will probably all qualify for next year

 

even if one or two of them don't, they'd still need none of Villarreal, Seville, Arsenal or Werder Bremen to qualify.

 

they'll be easy 2nd seeds