REAL PROBLEM Barcelona beat Real Madrid to be crowned top club in Europe despite Zinedine Zidane’s third consecutive Champions League triumph

REAL PROBLEM Barcelona beat Real Madrid to be crowned top club in Europe despite Zinedine Zidane’s third consecutive Champions League triumph

Data compiled by Euro Club Index reveals Los Blancos have been leapfrogged by fierce rivals despite winning another Champions League

BARCELONA have beaten Real Madrid to be crowned the biggest club in Europe.

According to the Euro Club Index, the Spanish champions have overtaken their rivals in the rankings despite Real winning a third consecutive Champions League title at the weekend.

Real Madrid have lost their crown as Europe's biggest club to Barcelona

The list is put together by sports data company Gracenote and uses various factors to determine positions, such as performances away from home and in domestic cup competitions.

Real were ranked No 1 this time last year but trade places with Barcelona, who were previously second.

Bayern Munich remain in third, while Juventus have climbed from fifth to fourth.

Manchester City make up the top five after rising three places, with Tottenham the next best-ranked English side in ninth – four positions better than last season.


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2018 Euro Club Index 1-25

1. Barcelona
2. Real Madrid
3. Bayern Munich
4. Juventus
5. Man City
6. PSG
7. Atletico Madrid
8. Napoli
9. Spurs
10. Man Utd
11. Liverpool
12. Chelsea
13. Roma
14. Sevilla
15. Arsenal
16. Shakhtar Donetsk
17. Monaco
18. Porto
19. Borussia Dortmund
20. Valencia
21. Benfica
22. Lyon
23. Lazio
24. Schalke
25. Villarreal

Manchester United are tenth, having climbed six places under Jose Mourinho, while Liverpool are 11th with an impressive rise of eight positions.

But it’s bad news for Chelsea, who slip five places into 12th, with Arsenal 15th after going down by four notches.

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Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid and Napoli are also in the top ten, with Valencia up 25 places into 20th following their terrific top four La Liga finish.

Leicester and Everton are 54th and 55th respectively, showing the gap between the top six and the rest of the Premier League, with neither Milan side making the top 25.

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2018 Euro Club Index 26-50

26. CSKA Moscow
27. Sporting Lisbon
28. Inter Milan
29. Besiktas
30. Dynamo Kiev
31. Bayer Leverkusen
32. AC Milan
33. Zenit St Petersburg
34. Atalanta
35. Marseille
36. Red Bull Salzburg
37. Hoffenheim
38. Spartak Moscow
39. RB Leipzig
40. Fenerbahce
41. Fiorentina
42. FC Basel
43. PSV Eindhoven
44. Ajax
45. Celta
46. Espanyol
47. Lokomotiv Moscow
48. Gladbach
49. Real Sociedad
50. Istanbul Basaksehir