EUROPEAN CLUB RANKINGS: Juventus Moves Up To No. 2
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LONDON (March 7, 2000 11:32 a.m. EST http://www.sportserver.com) - Italian league leaders Juventus moved past Bayern Munich into second place in the Reuters European club rankings this week after victories in Serie A and Europe.
Juventus beat Celta Vigo 1-0 last week in the UEFA Cup and followed with a 2-0 league win over Bari on Sunday. Bayern, despite a brilliant 4-2 away win over Real Madrid in the
Champions League, slipped to a rare 2-0 defeat to VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga.
Lazio, though second to Juventus in Serie A, stayed top of the rankings thanks to a 1-0 away win in Lecce.
The Roman club owe their place to their excellent Champions League form, though their chance of beating Ajax Amsterdam's all-time record of 19 unbeaten matches in Europe was ended on 18 by Feyenoord last week.
TOP 20 CLUB RANKINGS (last week's position in brackets)
Points
(1) 1 Lazio Italy 100.48
(3) 2 Juventus Italy 95.38
(2) 3 Bayern Munich Germany 94.77
(5) 4 Inter Milan Italy 89.62
(6) 5 AS Roma Italy 89.37
(4) 6 AC Milan Italy 88.53
(8) 7 Dynamo Kiev Ukraine 86.12
(7) 8 Rangers Scotland 85.06
(9) 9 Manchester United England 84.18
(10) 10 Sparta Prague Czech Republic 83.82
(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 domestic cup results)
Best defences
Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 6 15 0.40
Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) 8 19 0.42
Juventus (Italy) 11 24 0.46
Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) 9 17 0.53
Inter Bratislava (Slovakia) 8 15 0.53
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) 8 15 0.53
