Thursday, July 30, 2015

South America’s Top Clubs – August 2015

Starting today, I am implementing a new monthly feature to the blog which took a lot of work to get done in the first place. For each South American top league club, points won from the last 15 league and/or international games are added onto each other. For a win in their domestic league, a club gains 3 points, a draw gives them at least 1. For a win in Copa Libertadores or Sudamericana (about to start), a team will get 6 points, a draw means 2. A loss in either competition – obviously – results in no points.

This table should give a good overview every month about who are the main powers in South American football at the time. The number 1 at the beginning of August might surprise you a little bit at least. It is no team from one of the big football nations, but from Ecuador. Thanks to a deep run in Copa Libertadores and good results at home, CS Emelec managed to sneak ahead of River Plate.

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Pos

Last

Club

Country

Points

1

- CS Emelec Ecuador 38

2

- River Plate Argentina 37

3

- Santa Fe Colombia 37
4 - Racing Club Argentina 36
5 - Caracas FC Venezuela 36
6 - Boca Juniors Argentina 35
7 - Guaraní Paraguay 35
8 - Cerro Porteño Paraguay 34
9 - Atlético Mineiro Brazil 34
10 - Colo Colo Chile 33
11 - Olimpia Paraguay 32
12 - Atlético Nacional Colombia 32
13 - LDU Quito Ecuador 31
14 - Gimnasia y Esgrima Argentina 31
15 - Jorge Wilstermann Bolivia 31
16 - Huachipato Chile 30
17 - Cobresal Chile 30
18 - San Lorenzo Argentina 30
19 - The Strongest Bolivia 30
20 - Deportivo Táchira Venezuela 30

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