Donetsk "Shakhtar" became the best Ukrainian club according to the final ranking of the world's best teams for 2005 by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). The Miners took 19th place in this registry. \n \nKyiv "Dynamo", which in the first half of last year was ahead of the Miners, finished 2005 in 59th place. \n \n"Dnipro" improved its position in the ranking, rising from 116th to 92nd place. Donetsk "Metalurh" currently occupies 129th place, and Mariupol "Illichivets" is in 298th place. \n \nZaporizhzhia "Metalurh" also found itself in the TOP-350 best teams on the planet. Vyacheslav Hrozny's team rose from 431st position to 313th. \n \nDonetsk "Shakhtar's" opponent in the 1/16 finals of the UEFA Cup – French "Lille" dropped from 48th place to 73rd. \n\nEnglish "Liverpool" leads the IFFHS ranking, followed by Italian "Inter", German "Bayern" and Italian "Milan". \n \nIFFHS ranking. \n1. (2.) "Liverpool" (England) - 317.0 \n2. (1.) "Inter" (Italy) - 307.0 \n3. (6.) "Bayern" (Germany) - 281.0 \n4. (5.) "Milan" (Italy) - 263.0 \n5. (3.) CSKA (Russia) - 254.0 \n6. (13.) PSV (Holland) - 249.0 \n7. (7.) "Lyon" (France) - 246.0 \n8 (11.) "Sao Paulo" (Brazil) - 246.0 \n9. (4.) "Arsenal" (England) - 245.0 \n10. (9.) "MU" (England) - 240.0 \n…19. (18.) "SHAKHTAR" (UKRAINE) - 201.5 \n…59. (75.). "DYNAMO" (UKRAINE) - 150.5 \n…92. (116.). "DNIPRO" (UKRAINE) - 122.5 \n…129. (128.). "METALURH" (DONETSK, UKRAINE) - 106.5 \n…205. (298.). "ILLICHIVETS" (UKRAINE) - 84.0 \n…313. (431.) "METALURH" (ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE) - 67.5. \n