South America's Top Clubs - July 2016

Boca Juniors are on top in July. (Photo: worldsoccertalk.com)

Boca Juniors are the new leaders of the South American club ranking for the month of July 2016. Despite the Argentine league currently being on break, it was the start of the Serie A which brought the teams from Brazil back down to earth. 

Back in June, three Brazilian clubs made up the best four of the table. This has changed dramatically with the top team from Brazil being Palmeiras in eighth a month later. With the restart of the Copa Libertadores in a few days, Boca have all the options to stay on top for a longer period of time by playing a successful semi-final against third placed Independiente del Valle.

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	Team	Country	Points
1	3	Boca Juniors	Argentina	43
2	5	Olimpia	Paraguay	39
3	19	Independiente del Valle	Ecuador	35
4	8	CA Lanús	Argentina	35
5	9	Colo Colo	Chile	33
6	10	Independiente Medellín	Colombia	33
7	-	Palmeiras	Brazil	33
8	4	Corinthians	Brazil	32
9	12	Zamora FC	Venezuela	32
10	13	Estudiantes	Argentina	32
11	14	Libertad	Paraguay	32
12	15	Godoy Cruz	Argentina	32
13	16	Rosario Central	Argentina	32
14	1	Atlético Mineiro	Brazil	31
15	17	O’Higgins	Chile	31
16	18	Deportivo Táchira	Venezuela	31
17	11	Plaza Colonia	Uruguay	30
18	-	River Plate	Argentina	30
19	-	Barcelona SC	Ecuador	29
20	-	Universidad Católica	Chile	29