If you've come here looking for this weekend's schedule for the Top 25, as advertised by our generous friends at Soccer Source, click here. If you've come here looking for the most recent World Club Rankings Top 25 list, click here. If you've come here looking for the home of the greatest half smoke on the planet, click here. But that's neither here nor there.
It's been a few weeks since I've posted one of my annual Top 25s. Since I have another 44 to go, it's probably about time that I do another. 1963 was a very good year. I wasn't born yet, so I'm just guessing, really. AC Milan won one of its many European titles without winning the Italian title. Sound familiar? It's a recurring theme in these annual rankings.
For the Europhiles out there, enjoy. This is the final annual ranking that I have with only European teams. Beginning in 1964, I have enough data to include Western Hemisphere teams. For now, enjoy the 1963 rankings.
World Club Rankings - Top 25 - 1963
1. Benfica (Por) (RU - Champion's Cup)
2. Real Madrid (Esp) (1R - CC)
3. Internazionale (Ita)
4. AC Milan (Ita) (Winner - CC)
5. Borussia Dortmund (FRG)
6. Porto (Por) (1R - Inter Cities Fairs Cup)
7. Atletico de Madrid (Esp) (RU - Cup Winners' Cup)
8. Rangers (Sco) (1R - CWC)
9. FC Koln (FRG) (1R-CC)
10. Sporting CP (Por) (2R-CC)
11. AS Monaco (Fra)
12. Juventus (Ita)
13. Kilmarnock (Sco)
14. FK Austria (Aut) (2R-CC)
15. Nurnberg (FRG) (SF - CWC)
16. Everton (Eng) (1R - ICFC)
17. Feyenoord (Ned) (SF - CC)
18. Tottenham Hotspur (Eng) (Winner - CWC)
19. Stade Reims (Fra) (QF - CC)
20. Real Oviedo (Esp)
21. FC Zurich (Sui)
22. Dundee (Sco) (SF - CC)
23. Os Belenenses (Por) (1R - ICFC)
24. Galatasaray (Tur) (QF - CC)
25. Standard Liege (Bel)
The prior years in this series can be found here: 1960, 1961, 1962
Posts
