South America's Top Clubs - May 2016

 

Four wins in the Copa Libertadores have led to Brazilian club Corinthians taking over the top of Germancopa's South American football club ranking. They replaced April's winner Atlético Nacional. The Colombians were extremely successful in the Libertadores as well, but suffered a surprise loss in the league.

Six "new" clubs enter the list this month, the best one of them being Olimpia in 4th. After a weak start to the season, they turned it around in Paraguay's Primera División. Lately, they have collected outstanding results, such as coming back from 0-3 down to win 5-3 against Deportivo Capiatá or the 2-1 Clásico win over Cerro Porteño. 

The rules if you missed them previously:
For this table, we look at the last 15 results from each team in South America’s leagues and Copa Libertadores/Sudamericana. A win in the league gets you 3 points, a draw 1. Internationally those numbers are doubled to 6 and 2. 

Pos.	Last	Club	Country	Points
1	2	Corinthians	Brazil	45
2	1	Atlético Nacional	Colombia	45
3	17	FC São Paulo	Brazil	44
4	-	Olimpia	Paraguay	41
5	10	Independiente del Valle	Ecuador	40
6	12	CA Lanús	Argentina	40
7	-	Boca Juniors	Argentina	39
8	4	Atlético Mineiro	Brazil	38
9	5	Rosario Central	Argentina	37
10	7	Deportivo Táchira	Venezuela	37
11	-	Jorge Wilstermann	Bolivia	36
12	-	Grêmio	Brazil	35
13	-	Universitario de Deportes	Peru	34
14	9	Club Nacional	Uruguay	34
15	19	Colo Colo	Chile	33
16	15	Estudiantes	Argentina	33
17	8	Racing Club	Argentina	32
18	3	Santa Fe	Colombia	32
19	-	Libertad	Paraguay	31
20	18	Zamora FC	Venezuela	31