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Monday, 30 September 2013

Football: Barcelona edge out AC Milan as the Champions League’s most successful team

Barcelona are the most successful club in the modern era of the Champions League, according to a Goal study.
The world’s biggest football website collated the yearly records of every club ever to qualify for the European Cup under its new banner since 1992 and found that the Catalan outfit pip AC Milan to the title of the greatest team in the greatest club competition in the world.
Using the Fibonacci points formula of ascending value, teams reaching the first stage of any one edition were given one point, those making the round of 16 gained two, quarter-finalists three, semi-finalists five, finalists earned eight and winners were allotted 13 points. And, over the course of the 21-year history of the new-style tournament, three-time winners Barca collected a total of 92 points compared to the Rossoneri’s 86.
Among others are Real Madrid with 85 points,"Man utd with 83 points and  Bayern Munich with 82 points

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