Real Madrid leapfrog Man City into UEFA rankings top spot, Man United stay above Arsenal
Real Madrid have leapfrogged Manchester City to become UEFA’s top-ranked club for the 2025-26 season, despite the Spanish side’s exit from the Champions League at the quarter-final stage.UEFA, the governing body of European football, have calculated the annual club standings — which influence seedings in draws for its club competitions — for 2025-26.AdvertisementIt is determined using a point-based system over a rolling five-year period, with points dependent on the club’s performances in continental competitions which are measured using a weighted algorithm. The rankings for 2025-26 are based on accumulated coefficient in European competition from 2020-21 onwards.A club’s five-season coefficient is determined by either the cumulative sum of its points in the five-year period or by 20 per cent of its association’s coefficient over the same period, whichever tally is higher. UEFA club coefficient rankings RankClubCountry1Real MadridSpain2Manchester CityEngland3Bayern MunichGermany4LiverpoolEngland5Paris Saint-GermainFrance6InterItaly7ChelseaEngland8Borussia DortmundGermany9RomaItaly10BarcelonaSpain11Manchester […]