Despite the defeat in the last match of the UEFA Cup group tournament against Romanian "Rapid" and not entirely successful matches in the Ukrainian championship, Donetsk "Shakhtar" continued its upward progress in the ranking of the best clubs on the planet according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). Mircea Lucescu's charges rose from 23rd place to 18th.
It is noteworthy that French "Rennes", with which Donetsk "Shakhtar" will play today in the UEFA Cup, occupies only 117th place in the IFFHS ranking.
Kyiv "Dynamo" in the new list of the best teams in the world lost twenty places and now occupies 75th place. Dnipropetrovsk "Dnipro" also dropped 50 positions in the IFFHS ranking, finding itself in 116th position.
Donetsk "Metalurh" improved in the ranking, rising from 176th place to 128th. Mariupol "Illichivets" has reappeared in the TOP-350 clubs of the world, taking 290th place.
Italian "Inter" topped the ranking, pushing English "Liverpool" to second place. Moscow CSKA jumped to third place from sixth.
IFFHS ranking. 1. (2.) "Inter" (Italy) - 308.0 2. (1.) "Liverpool" (England) - 306.0 3. (6.) CSKA (Russia) - 268.0 4. (8.) "Arsenal" (England) - 260.0 5. (4.) "Milan" (Italy) - 258.0 6. (3.) "Bayern" (Germany) - 257.0 7. (7.) "Lyon" (France) - 246.0 8. (10.) "Villarreal" (Spain) - 246.0 9. (5.) MU (England) - 234.0 10. (9.) "Boca Juniors" (Argentina) - 234.0 18. (23.) "SHAKHTAR" (UKRAINE) - 199.5 75. (55.) "DYNAMO" (UKRAINE) - 136.5 116. (66.) "DNIPRO" (UKRAINE) - 109.5 128. (176.) "METALURH" (DONETSK, UKRAINE) - 105.5 290. (432.) "ILLICHIVETS" (UKRAINE) - 68.0
* In parentheses is the place in the previous ranking.