2008-09 Club Football

The completed 2008-09 season: the club power ranking and UEFA country coefficients, the European and continental competitions with qualifying, group, league-phase and knockout results, every final domestic table across the confederations, and every cup final.

724 clubs ranked · 100 leagues · 19 cup finals

Club power ranking

Score = 0.65 form + 0.35 five-year pedigree + current-season coefficient, less a losing-record penalty. Filter by country (ordered by coefficient rank), or switch to the country coefficient table.

World #1 · Champion of the season
Spain · score 1.302 · form 1.00 · pedigree 1.00 · 42-13-7 in 62
★ La Liga★ Champions League★ Copa del Rey
Ranked #1 in the season power ranking.
Overachiever
form 0.73 vs ped 0.18 · +0.55
Underachiever
form 0.58 vs ped 0.84 · -0.26
Biggest riser
Metalist
▲ 75 places
Biggest faller
▼ 69 places
Best outside top 5
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
#6 · Ukraine
Best outside the 8
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
#6 · Ukraine
Top 10 by league
England 4Spain 2Germany 2Ukraine 1Italy 1
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1
Spain · 62 P · 42-13-7 · +0.20 trophy
1.302
score
2
England · 66 P · 44-15-7 · +0.11 trophy
1.108
score
3
England · 55 P · 34-16-5
1.056
score
4
England · 59 P · 37-16-6 · +0.01 trophy
1.016
score
5
England · 61 P · 33-16-12
0.919
score
6
FC Shakhtar Donetsk▲23
Ukraine · 47 P · 30-9-8 · +0.06 trophy
0.899
score
7
Germany · 49 P · 29-10-10
0.878
score
8
Italy · 47 P · 26-12-9
0.827
score
9
Spain · 52 P · 30-7-15
0.787
score
10
Germany · 55 P · 21-18-16 · +0.01 trophy
0.776
score
11
Italy · 51 P · 30-13-8 · +0.07 trophy
0.767
score
12
Spain · 50 P · 21-17-12
0.745
score
13
Dynamo Kyiv▲49
Ukraine · 48 P · 33-8-7 · +0.03 trophy
0.718
score
14
Italy · 52 P · 26-17-9
0.704
score
15
Spain · 50 P · 31-4-15 · +0.01 trophy
0.702
score
16
France · 51 P · 25-15-11
0.697
score
17
CSKA Moscow▲23
Russia · 40 P · 24-9-7 · +0.01 trophy
0.695
score
18
Portugal · 46 P · 30-8-8 · +0.01 trophy
0.683
score
19
Portugal · 52 P · 32-11-9 · +0.04 trophy
0.683
score
20
Italy · 49 P · 24-10-15
0.667
score

2008-09 Elo race

Every club's Elo each Friday of the season, from the first league match to the Friday after the Champions League final. Drag the slider to see the table on any Friday.

End of the season, Fri, 29 May 2009

full season
Man UnitedBarcelonaChelseaLiverpoolArsenalBayern MunichThe 20 highest peaks of the season, tap or drag any point

1
1956
+15
2
1931
-26
3
England
1911
+2
4
England
1885
+4
5
1813
+3
6
England
1787
+3
7
1786
-9
8
Europe only
1771
-4
9
1759
+8
10
1757
-15

Source: Citizen of Nowhere club Elo, one rating across leagues and Europe. A club's rating is its value after its last match on or before each Friday, through 2026-10-22.

European & continental competitions

Champions League2009UEFAWinner: FC Barcelona
Semi-finals2
Group stage16
Aalborg BKAnorthosis FamagustaCFR 1907 Cluj-NapocaCelticDynamo KyivFC BATE BorisovFC BaselFC Girondins de BordeauxFC Shakhtar DonetskFenerbahçe SKFiorentinaOlympique MarseillePSV EindhovenSteaua BucureştiWerder BremenZenit St. Petersburg
Qualifying44▾
AC Sparta PrahaDinamo ZagrebFBK KaunasFC Schalke 04FC Spartak MoscowFC TwenteFK PartizanGalatasaray SKMFK PetržalkaOlympiakos CFPPFC Levski SofiaSK BrannSK Slavia PrahaStandard LiègeVSC Vitória GuimarãesWisla KrakówBeitar JerusalemDinamo TbilisiDrogheda UnitedFC Sheriff TiraspolFK ModričaFK VentspilsIFK GöteborgMTK Hungária FCNK DomžaleRSC AnderlechtRangersSK Rapid WienShamakhi FKTampere UnitedF91 DudelangeFC Dinamo CityFC Santa ColomaFK AktobeFK BudućnostLevadia TallinnLinfield FCLlanelli TownNSÍ RunavíkPyunik YerevanRabotnickiSS MurataValletta FCValur Reykjavík
UEFA Cup2009UEFAWinner: FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Final2
FC Shakhtar Donetsk★Werder Bremen
Semi-finals2
Dynamo KyivHamburger SV
Round of 168
AS Saint-ÉtienneAalborg BKAjaxCSKA MoscowGalatasaray SKMetalistSporting BragaZenit St. Petersburg
Qualifying125▾
AS NancyBenficaClub BruggeDinamo ZagrebFC Schalke 04FC Spartak MoscowFK PartizanFeyenoordHertha BSC BerlinMŠK ŽilinaPortsmouthRacing SantanderRosenborg BKSC HeerenveenSK Slavia PrahaSevilla FCAC BellinzonaAC OmoniaAC Sparta PrahaACS Poli TimișoaraAPOEL FCBSC Young BoysBesiktas JKBorussia DortmundBrøndby IFCS MaritimoDinamo BucureştiEvertonFBK KaunasFC Baník OstravaFC HonkaFC MoscowFC NordsjællandFC Red Bull SalzburgFC VasluiFC ZürichFK Austria WienFK Borac ČačakHapoel Tel-AvivKalmar FFKayserisporMFK PetržalkaMotherwellNK Slaven KoprivnicaPFC Cherno More VarnaPFC Levski SofiaPFC Litex LovechRapid BucureştiSK BrannSSC NapoliSt. Patrick's AthleticStade Rennais FCUnirea UrziceniVFC Vitória SetúbalVSC Vitória GuimarãesWisla KrakówAEK AthensAris ThessalonikiDebreceni VSCDjurgårdens IFFC DniproFC HakaFC MidtjyllandFC Slovan LiberecFC WIT GeorgiaFH HafnarfjördurFHK Liepajas MetalurgsFK SuduvaFK VojvodinaGrasshopper-Club ZürichGyőri ETO FCHajduk SplitHapoel Ironi Kiryat ShmonaIF ElfsborgInterblock LjubljanaKAA GentKS VllazniaLegia WarszawaLillestrøm SKLokomotiv SofiaMaccabi NetanyaNK Zrinjski MostarNK Široki BrijegQueen of the SouthRed Star BelgradeSK Sturm GrazStabaek IFViking FKAC Juvenes/DoganaArarat YerevanB36 TórshavnBangor CityBirkirkara FCCS GrevenmacherCliftonville FCCork City FCEB/StreymurFC Dacia ChişinăuFC Flora TallinnFC GomelFC KoperFC Nistru OtaciFC Partizan MinskFC Shakhter KaragandyFC Spartak TrnavaFC TVMK TallinnFC TobolFC UrartuFC VaduzFC ZestaponiFK Khazar LenkoranFK MilanoFK MogrenFK PelisterFK VetraFK ZetaGlentoran FCJFK Olimps/RFSKF PartizaniMarsaxlokk FCOlimpik BakuRacing LuxembourgThe New Saints FCUE Sant JuliaÍA
Copa Libertadores / Copa Sudamericana2 competitions
Other competitions7 competitions
CONCACAF Champions League2009CONCACAFWinner: Atlante
OFC Champions League2009OFCWinner: Auckland City
UEFA Super Cup2008UEFAWinner: Zenit St. Petersburg
Final2
Manchester UnitedZenit St. Petersburg★
Recopa Sudamericana2008CONMEBOLWinner: Boca Juniors
AFC Champions League2008AFCWinner: Gamba Osaka
CAF Champions League2008CAFWinner: Al-Ahly
FIFA Club World Cup2008FIFAWinner: Manchester United

Final domestic tables

Against expectation

Match points earned minus expected, over the season.

How this is measured

Every match in these leagues is scored against a pre-game probability, and a club's surplus is the match points it took (a win 1, a draw 0.5) minus the points that model expected of it. Zero is a club that finished exactly where its results said it should.

Surplus is comparable within a league and only loosely across leagues, because league size and era differ.

2008-09 covers 6 leagues: Primera División (Spain), Serie A (Italy), Bundesliga (Germany), Ligue 1 (France), Eredivisie (Netherlands), English top flight (England). A club whose season the ledger does not carry has no figure here, and none is guessed.

Historical results compiled by James Curley, github.com/jalapic/engsoccerdata

Beat expectation by most
Eredivisie · Netherlands
match points against expectation +6.07
pts vs exp
Fell short by most
Ligue 1 · France
match points against expectation −5.38
pts vs exp

Historical results compiled by James Curley, github.com/jalapic/engsoccerdata

England

Premier League2009Tier 1
Championship2009Tier 2
League One2009Tier 3
League Two2009Tier 4
Conference National2009Tier 5

Spain

La Liga2009Tier 1
Segunda Division2009Tier 2
Segunda División B Group 12009Tier 3

Italy

Serie A2009Tier 1
Serie B2009Tier 2
Lega Pro Prima Divisione A2009Tier 3

Germany

Bundesliga2009Tier 1
2.Bundesliga2009Tier 2
3. Liga2009Tier 3

France

Ligue 12009Tier 1
Ligue 22009Tier 2
Championnat National2009Tier 3

Netherlands

Eredivisie2009Tier 1
Eerste Divisie2009Tier 2

Portugal

Portuguese Liga2009Tier 1
Segunda Liga2009Tier 2

Scotland

Scottish Premier2009Tier 1
Scottish First Division2009Tier 2
Scottish Second Division2009Tier 3
Scottish Third Division2009Tier 4

Cup competitions

FA Cup · England · v Everton
League Cup · England · v Tottenham Hotspur
Coupe de France · France · v Stade Rennais FC
Coupe de la Ligue · France · v Vannes OC
DFB-Pokal · Germany · v Bayer Leverkusen
Coppa Italia · Italy · v Sampdoria
KNVB Beker · Netherlands · v FC Twente
Taca de Portugal · Portugal · v FC Pacos Ferreira
Taca da Liga · Portugal · v Sporting Clube de Portugal
Scottish Cup · Scotland · v Falkirk
Scottish League Cup · Scotland · v Rangers
Copa del Rey · Spain · v Athletic Bilbao

Club power ranking: 0.65 opponent- & stage-weighted quality per match + 0.35 pedigree + current-season coefficient, less a losing-record penalty. Country coefficients are the full 5-year UEFA window (the era's team-coefficient method).