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    Historical Ranking: ITALY

    [Last updated: end of 2008-2009 season]

    Rank Club Points
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20
    Juventus
    AC Milan
    Internazionale
    Torino
    AS Roma
    Genoa
    Bologna
    Fiorentina
    Lazio
    Napoli
    Sampdoria
    Atalanta
    Parma
    Verona
    Bari
    Brescia
    Vicenza
    Palermo
    Cagliari
    Udinese
    558
    494
    419
    257
    250
    234
    228
    224
    209
    193
    171
    146
    116
    116
    110
    106
    105
    100
    98
    98
    Rank Second Tier Clubs Points
    21
    22
    23
    24
    25
    26
    27
    28
    29
    30
    31
    32
    33
    34
    35
    36
    37
    38
    39
    40
    41
    42
    Modena
    Triestina
    Como
    Padova
    Catania
    Livorno
    SPAL 1907
    Novara
    Ascoli
    Lecce
    Perugia
    Cesena
    Foggia
    Alessandria
    Reggiana
    Pescara
    Cremonese
    Pro Patria
    Varese
    Monza
    Piacenza
    Reggina
    81
    79
    71
    67
    62
    62
    59
    58
    54
    53
    52
    50
    50
    48
    48
    46
    43
    42
    41
    40
    40
    37
    Rank Third Tier Clubs Points
    43
    44
    45
    46
    47
    48
    49
    50
    51
    52
    53
    54
    55
    56
    57
    58
    59
    60
    61
    62
    63
    64
    65
    66
    67
    68
    69
    70
    71
    72
    73
    74
    75
    76
    77
    78
    Salernitana
    Empoli
    Taranto
    Mantova
    Ternana
    Siena
    Ancona
    Chievo
    Cosenza
    Arezzo
    Lecco
    Rimini
    Ravenna
    Andria
    Albinoleffe
    Crotone
    Potenza
    Viareggio
    Cavese
    Cittadella
    Frosinone
    Grosseto
    Sassuolo
    Sorrento
    Gallipoli
    Benevento
    Figline
    Foligno
    Giulianova
    Lanciano
    Lumezzane
    Marcianise
    Paganese
    Pergocrema
    Pescina Valle del Giovenco
    Portosummaga
    37
    33
    33
    32
    30
    29
    27
    27
    21
    20
    19
    11
    10
    7
    6
    6
    6
    6
    4
    3
    3
    3
    2
    2
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Rank Non-league & Defunct Clubs with 10+ Points
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
    19
    Pro Vercelli
    Venezia
    Pisa
    Catanzaro
    Messina
    Lucchese
    Avellino
    Casale
    Sambenedettese
    Pistoiese
    Legnano
    Spezia
    Treviso
    Liguria
    Fanfulla
    Prato
    Vigevano
    Marzotto
    Novese
    91
    67
    49
    46
    46
    42
    36
    26
    23
    22
    21
    21
    21
    14
    13
    13
    12
    10
    10

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    The About a Ball ranking is a progressive points scoring system devised our statisticians to grade each league club according to their historical achievements since the beginning of organised football in this country. We felt the need for such a ranking after hearing numerous lower division chairmen claiming that their club is one of the biggest in the country and should rightfully be in the top division. However, there are only 20 places in Serie A and therefore only 20 clubs deserve to occupy them, so we decided to find out which clubs really are sleeping giants and which are currently flying well above their historical status.

    How it works

    Points awarded as follows:

    Champions Cup Win +15
    Other European Trophy Win +10
    League Championship +10
    FA Cup Win +6
    League Cup Win +3
    Second Level Division Win +3
    Lower Division Win +1
    Season in top division +2
    Season in 2nd division +1
    Bonuses: Super Cup; Club Cup; Double +1

    Notes: The scores include any points scored by a club under a former name. In cases where clubs have merged or re-formed, the new club has been awarded the points accumulated by its previous incarnations wherever there is a continuation or substantial link between the old and new clubs.

    Criticisms and Improvements

    There is no account taken of when the points were scored so a team (i.e. Torino) could have scored most of their points a long time ago but are still ranked high up today. The teams did not all join the league at the same time so founder members have scored their points over a much longer period of time than the newer clubs. The old clubs will have benefited from the points for a large number of seasons in the top divisions and therefore be above clubs with a more impressive record over a shorter period. My system takes account only of on the pitch successes and not off the pitch factors such as attendance and annual budget which could indicate a big club. The About a Ball system could be improved (and also complicated) by including points for average attendances and annual budget/profit, dividing points totals by the number of years clubs have been in the league, or by giving less weight to points scored a long time ago. However, we feel that the passage of time should not be taken into account because staying power and longevity are indicators of a great club. Equally, small clubs enjoying a current period of success are not guaranteed to remain big. All in all, we are satisfied that the ranking shows the relative playing merits of the current league clubs based on historical success, and identifies clubs currently under or over achieving.

    Conclusions

    It is clear that Juventus are by far the most successful Italian football club ever, which came as no surprise. They are predictably followed by the illustrious Milan pair, with AC Milan being comfortably ahead of Inter. Then there’s a considerable gap back to Torino, Roma, Genoa, Bologna and Fiorentina, which confirms the traditional dominance of teams from the industrial triangle in the north-west of the country. Familiar names fill the next few places down to Atalanta in 12th – the highest club never to have won the scudetto. Sixteen of the historical top 20 clubs are currently playing in Serie A. Of the other four, Torino, Brescia and Vicenza are all in Serie B whereas Verona have slumped right down to the Lega Pro 1. The ’smallest’ club currently in Serie A is Chievo at 50th in our ranking, closely followed by Siena at 48th, which would put them both in Lego Pro 1.

    There are 72 other clubs that have registered points under our system but are currently outside the top four divisions or have ceased to exist. In fact, a handful of them have enough points to consider themselves Serie B level clubs. Pro Vercelli, who were the dominant team either side of the First World War, have been struggling in the lower divisions for many years now whereas Venezia have only recently dropped down through the leagues.

    It is strictly forbidden to copy or reproduce these tables without permission. Any breach of copyright may lead to prosecution. The tables will be updated annually and any feedback on the results/corrections to data is welcome.

    aboutaball.com 2009

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