Club Olimpia of Paraguay surfed on the wave of success piled in July to hold on to first place in the SoccerPlus Standings of the Americas. The Paraguayan side becomes the first team to stay on top of the pack for two straight months.
The standings below goes back on the last 12 months of results for each D1 club across CONCACAF and CONMEBOL, in their national championship and cup tournaments along with official international tournaments (CCL, Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, Caribbean Club Championship).
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The point system was established by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) and used with the permission of the IFFHS. Each championship and tournament has a point coefficient set by IFFHS.
It is foreseeable to have South American sides largely dominating the top positions due to the higher value of their national championships and the Copa Libertadores against MLS and CCL for instance. Each month we also publish the CONCACAF Top 10 and the complete standings of MLS sides, including Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal.
Once again this month, only one club is replaced in a very volatile Top 10, as Libertad of Paraguay jumped four spots to 10th, pushing down Millonarios of Colombia from 10th to 17th after only one month in the elite group.
Libertad is also the club of the month after winning six of eight matches in August, to place fourth in its national championship and making its way to the Copa Sudamericana’s Round of 16 against Brazil’s Sport Recife.
The Montreal Impact are up to a team-best 128th position (up 18 spots) after posting a 3-3-1 record, while the Vancouver Whitecaps are down two spots to 202nd with their 1-2-1 record in August and Toronto FC down 23 spots to 220th with a 1-2-2 record have lost ground this month.
Nine MLS clubs have moved up in the standings in August, including Sporting Kansas City (up 26 to 107th), Chivas USA (up 18 to 260th) and New England Revolution (up 15 to 181st). The biggest drops were experienced by Toronto, Dallas (down 20 to 185th) and Seattle (down 32 to 78th).
SOCCERPLUS STANDINGS OF THE AMERICAS - TOP 200
(for results between September 1, 2012 and August 31, 2013)
RANK CLUB COUNTRY PTS
1 Olimpia (PAR) PAR/3 219,5
2 Corinthians BRE/4 214
3 Grêmio BRE/4 210
Santa Fe COL/3 210
5 Atletico Mineiro BRE/4 208
6 Tigre (ARG) ARG/4 198
7 Newell's Old Boys ARG/4 195
8 Emelec ECU/3 189
9 Sao Paulo (BRE) BRE/4 185
10 Libertad PAR/3 178,5
11 Vélez Sarsfield ARG/4 174
12 Tijuana MEX/3 173,5
13 Universidad Chile CHI/3 170
14 Universidad Catolica CHI/3 169,5
15 Deportes Tolima COL/3 165,5
Real Garcilaso PER/3 165,5
17 Millonarios COL/3 154
18 Fluminense BRE/4 151
19 Arsenal (ARG) ARG/4 149,5
20 Monterrey MEX/3 146,5
21 Boca Juniors (ARG) ARG/4 144
22 Cerro Porteno PAR/3 140,5
23 Atlético Nacional COL/3 136
24 Barcelona (ECU) ECU/3 132,5
25 Sporting Cristal PER/3 127,5
26 San Lorenzo ARG/4 124
27 Penarol URU/3 121,5
28 Deportivo Pasto COL/3 120
Lanus ARG/4 120
30 Toluca MEX/3 119,5
31 Nacional (URU) URU/3 115
32 Cruz Azul MEX/3 112
33 Itagui COL/3 110
34 LDU Loja ECU/3 109,5
Guarani PAR/3 109,5
36 Santos Laguna MEX/3 108
37 Independiente (ECU) ECU/3 105
38 Nacional Asuncion PAR/3 103,5
Deportivo Quito ECU/3 103,5
40 Cobreloa CHI/3 102,5
41 América MEX/3 102
River Plate (ARG) ARG/4 102
Estudiantes ARG/4 102
44 Huachipato CHI/3 100,5
45 Belgrano ARG/4 94
46 Botafogo BRE/4 92
Bahia BRE/4 92
All Boys (ARG) ARG/4 92
49 La Equidad COL/3 90
Quilmes ARG/4 90
51 Comunicaciones GUA/2 88
Herediano CRC/2 88
53 LDU Quito ECU/3 87,5
54 Cruzeiro BRE/4 86
55 Los Angeles USA/2 84
Tigres UANL MEX/3 84
57 Union Espanola CHI/3 83,5
58 Deportivo Saprissa CRC/2 83
Morelia MEX/3 83
UTC Cajamarca PER/3 83
61 Santos (BRE) BRE/4 82
Godoy Cruz ARG/4 82
63 Racing Club (ARG) ARG/4 80
64 Melgar PER/3 79,5
65 The Strongest BOL/2 79
Bolivar BOL/2 79
San José (BOL) BOL/2 79
68 Houston USA/2 78,5
Deportivo Cali COL/3 78,5
70 Flamengo BRE/4 78
71 Alajuelense CRC/2 77
72 Ponte Preta BRE/4 76
Vasco da Gama BRE/4 76
Coritiba BRE/4 76
Caracas VEN/2 76
76 Cartaginés CRC/2 75,5
77 Universitario (PER) PER/3 75
78 Seattle USA/2 74,5
79 Internacional (BRE) BRE/4 74
Deportivo Lara VEN/2 74
Deportes Iquique CHI/3 74
82 River Plate (URU) URU/3 73,5
Salt Lake USA/2 73,5
84 Heredia GUA/2 73
Deportivo Anzoategui VEN/2 73
Leon MEX/3 73
87 Junior COL/3 69
Cesar Vallejo PER/3 69
89 Olimpia HON/2 68
90 Cienciano PER/3 67,5
Leon de Huanuco PER/3 67,5
Inti Gas PER/3 67,5
Sport Huancayo PER/3 67,5
Defensor Sporting URU/3 67,5
95 Mineros de Guayana VEN/2 67
Colo Colo CHI/3 66
Colon ARG/4 66
Medelin COL/3 66
Deportivo Cuenca ECU/3 66
Atletico Rafaela ARG/4 66
101 Pumas UNAM MEX/3 65,5
102 Portuguesa BRE/4 64
Argentinos Juniors ARG/4 64
104 Rangers (CHI) CHI/3 63,5
105 El Nacional (ECU) ECU/3 63
Alianza Lima PER/3 63
107 Kansas City USA/2 62
108 Manta ECU/3 61,5
109 Oriente Petrolero BOL/2 61
110 Sol de America PAR/3 60
Once Caldas COL/3 60
Juan Aurich PER/3 60
113 Arabe Unido PAN/2 59
O'Higgins CHI/3 59
Zamora VEN/2 59
116 Universidad San Martin PER/3 58,5
117 Cerro Porteno PF PAR/3 58
118 El Tanque Sisley URU/3 57
Universidad Catolica (ECU) ECU/3 57
Guadalajara MEX/3 57
Sportivo Luqueno PAR/3 57
122 Xelaju GUA/2 56,5
123 Atlético PR BRE/4 56
124 Carmelita CRC/2 55
125 Municipal GUA/2 54
126 Rubio Nu PAR/3 52,5
Atlas MEX/3 52,5
128 Montréal CAN/2 52
129 Boyaca Chico COL/3 51,5
130 Pachuca MEX/3 51
Santos de Gualipes CRC/2 51
Liverpool (URU) URU/3 51
133 Sporting San Miguelito PAN/2 50
Marathon HON/2 50
135 Wanderers (URU) URU/3 49,5
Palestino CHI/3 49,5
Union Comercio PER/3 49,5
138 Trujillanos VEN/2 49
139 Goias BRE/4 48
Audax Italiano CHI/3 48
Santiago Wanderers CHI/3 48
Uruguay de Coronado CRC/2 48
143 Suchitepéquez GUA/2 47
Malacateco GUA/2 47
145 General Diaz PAR/3 46,5
Querétaro MEX/3 46,5
Juventud de Las Piedas URU/3 46,5
148 Portland USA/2 46
149 Danubio URU/3 45
Envigado COL/3 45
Chicago USA/2 45
Union La Calera CHI/3 45
Halcones GUA/2 45
Cucuta Deportivo COL/3 45
Racing (URU) URU/3 45
156 Vitoria BRE/4 44
San Francisco (PAN) PAN/2 44
Wilstermann BOL/2 44
Nautico BRE/4 44
160 Jose Galvez PER/3 43,5
161 Universitario (BOL) BOL/2 43
Pérez Zeledon CRC/2 43
163 Tauro PAN/2 42
Deportivo Carapegua PAR/3 42
Puebla MEX/3 42
Nublense CHI/3 42
Motagua HON/2 42
Macara ECU/3 42
Real Potosi BOL/2 42
170 DC United USA/2 41
Victoria (HON) HON/2 41
Atlante MEX/3 41
173 Patriotas Boyaca COL/3 40,5
Deportivo Capiata PAR/3 40,5
Atlético Huila COL/3 40,5
Pacifico PER/3 40,5
Cerro (URU) URU/3 40,5
Fénix URU/3 40,5
179 Atlético Venezuela VEN/2 40
New York USA/2 40
N.-Angleterre USA/2 40
Marquense GUA/2 40
183 Deportes Quindio COL/3 39,5
184 San Jose USA/2 39
Deportivo Tachira VEN/2 39
Estudiantes de Merida VEN/2 39
Dallas USA/2 39
Blooming BOL/2 39
189 Chorrillo PAN/2 38
Real Sociedad (HON) HON/2 38
Plaza Amador PAN/2 38
Nacional Potosi BOL/2 38
Deportivo La Guaira VEN/2 38
Limon CRC/2 38
195 Real Esteli NIC/1 37,5
196 Mictlàn GUA/2 37
Puntarenas CRC/2 37
Colorado USA/2 37
Philadelphie USA/2 37
200 Cobresal CHI/3 36
Everton (CHI) CHI/3 36
Antofagasta CHI/3 36
Platense HON/2 36
Vancouver CAN/2 36