Juve Close On Lazio In Reuters Rankings
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LONDON (January 25, 2000 4:31 p.m. EST http://www.sportserver.com) - Juventus climbed one place to
second in this week's Reuters European club rankings following
a 2-0 win at Reggina that carried it three points clear in Serie A.
The Turin side still trails Lazio, second in the Italian league, which owes its position to its excellent Champions League campaign.
European champion Manchester United slipped from fourth to
fifth after Monday's 1-1 home draw with Arsenal.
TOP 20 CLUB RANKINGS (last week's position in brackets)
Points
(1) 1 Lazio Italy 98.26
(3) 2 Juventus Italy 92.72
(2) 3 Bayern Munich Germany 91.52
(5) 4 AS Roma Italy 89.17
(4) 5 Manchester United England 87.09
(9) 6 Rangers Scotland 86.52
(6) 7 AC Milan Italy 85.85
(7) 8 Monaco France 85.67
(8) 9 Dynamo Kiev Ukraine 85.12
(11) 10 Inter Milan Italy 84.11
(12) 11 Barcelona Spain 82.53
(15) 12 Porto Portugal 81.04
(10) 13 Parma Italy 81.01
(13) 14 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 80.98
(14) 15 Sparta Prague Czech Republic 80.92
(16) 16 Spartak Moscow Russia 80.05
(17) 17 Hamburg SV Germany 79.64
(18) 18 PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 78.39
(20) 19 Anderlecht Belgium 77.43
(19) 20 Celtic Scotland 76.14
Worst five rankings
(469) 469 Vac Hungary 20.66
(470) 470 TPV Tampere Finland 18.41
(471) 471 Beltinci Slovenia 17.71
(472) 472 Aberdeen Scotland 14.48
(473) 473 Alki Larnaca Cyprus 12.31
(Computer rankings based on this season's results only, taking into account strength of league, ratio of wins to defeats and ratio of goals scored to goals conceded; bonus points for European club competition and for domestic cup results)
Best defenses
Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 6 15 0.40
Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) 7 16 0.44
Juventus (Italy) 8 18 0.44
Porto (Portugal) 8 18 0.44
Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) 7 15 0.47
