172 clubs in England, Spain, Germany, Italy and France are ranked based on which competitive trophies and how many have been won, using the ARL Football Club Ranking System
The Points System
| Code | Competition | Success Points |
| —————- | SUPER CUPS | ———————— |
SC | Domestic super cup | 2 |
UEFA SC | UEFA Super Cup | 4 |
| FIFA IC | Intercontinental Cup / Annual FIFA Club World Cup / FIFA Intercontinental Cup | 6 |
| —————- | MAJOR TROPHIES | ———————— |
| LC | League cup | 8 |
ECL | UEFA Conference League | 8 |
NC | National cup | 10 |
EL | UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League | 12 |
| UEFA CWC | UEFA Cup Winners Cup | 12 |
| FIFA CWC | Quadrennial FIFA Club World Cup | 15 |
| CL | UEFA European Cup / UEFA Champions League | 17 |
| C | Top-tier league championship | 18 |
Treble | Three ‘major’ trophies won in a season. | 1 |
Club Rankings
| Position | Club | Success Points Total |
| 1 | Real Madrid FC (Spa) | 1239 |
| 2 | FC Bayern Munich (Ger) | 1071 |
| 3 | Barcelona FC (Spa) | 1063 |
| 4 | Juventus FC (Ita) | 920 |
| 5 | Liverpool FC (Eng) | 709 |
| 6 | Manchester United FC (Eng) | 660 |
| 7 | Inter Milan FC (Ita) | 600 |
| 8 | AC Milan (Ita) | 595 |
| 9 | Paris Saint Germain (Fra) | 573 |
| 10 | Arsenal FC (Eng) | 453 |
| 11 | Manchester City FC (Eng) | 395 |
| 12 | Athletic Bilbao FC (Spa) | 390 |
| 13 | Atletico Madrid FC (Spa) | 368 |
| 14 | Chelsea FC (Eng) | 355 |
| 15 | Olympique de Marseille (Fra) | 337 |
| 16 | Aston Villa FC (Eng) | 283 |
| 17 | AS Saint Etienne (Fra) | 258 |
| =18 | Borussia Dortmund (Ger) Everton FC (Eng) | 241 |
| 20 | Valencia FC (Spa) | 222 |
| 21 | AS Monaco FC (Fra) | 210 |
| 22 | Tottenham Hotspur FC (Eng) | 203 |
| 23 | FC Nurnberg (Ger) | 202 |
| 24 | Olympique Lyonnais (Fra) | 200 |
| =25 | FC Nantes (Fra) FC Schalke 04 (Ger) | 198 |
| 27 | Hamburger SV (Ger) | 189 |
| 28 | FC Girondinsde Bordeaux (Fra) | 178 |
| 29 | Torino FC (Ita) | 176 |
| 30 | Genoa CFC (Ita) | 172 |
| 31 | Sevilla FC (Spa) | 158 |
| =32 | Bologna FC (Ita) SV Werder Bremen (Ger) | 156 |
| 36 | AS Roma (Ita) | 154 |
| 37 | SSC Napoli (Ita) | 150 |
| =38 | Borussia Monchengladbach (Ger) Stade de Reims (Fra) | 146 |
| 40 | Newcastle United FC (Eng) | 142 |
| 41 | CO Roubaix Tourcoing (Fra) | 136 |
| 42 | Lille OSC (Fra) | 134 |
| =43 | SS Lazio (Ita) VfB Stuttgart (Ger) | 132 |
| 45 | Sunderland AFC (Eng) | 130 |
| 46 | FC Pro Vercelli 1892 (Ita) | 126 |
| 47 | Blackburn Rovers FC (Eng) | 124 |
| 48 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (Eng) | 115 |
| 49 | Sheffield Wednesday FC (Eng) | 112 |
| =50 | AFC Fiorentina (Ita) Nottingham Forest FC (Eng) | 110 |
| 52 | OGC Nice (Fra) | 104 |
| =53 | FC Kaiserslautern (Ger) FC Koln (Ger) | 94 |
| 55 | Eintracht Frankfurt (Ger) | 92 |
| 56 | Standard Athletic Club (Fra) | 90 |
| 57 | RC Strasbourg Alsace (Fra) | 80 |
| 58 | West Bromwich Albion FC (Eng) | 79 |
| 59 | Real Sociedad FC (Spa) | 78 |
| 60 | Leeds United FC (Eng) | 76 |
| 61 | Real Zaragoza FC (Spa) | 74 |
| =62 | Parma Calcio 1913 (Ita) UC Sampdoria (Ita) | 72 |
| 64 | Racing Club de France Football (Fra) | 68 |
| =65 | Le Havre AC (Fra) Huddersfield Town AFC (Eng) Stade Rennais FC (Fra) | 66 |
| =68 | FC Lokomotive Leipzig (Ger) FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (Fra) | 64 |
| =70 | AJ Auxerre (Fra) Preston North End FC (Eng) Sheffield United FC (Eng) | 58 |
| 73 | Portsmouth FC (Eng) | 57 |
| =74 | Dresdner SC (Ger) Leicester City FC (Eng) SC Sétois (Fra) | 56 |
| =77 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth (Ger) Stade Helvétiquede Marseille (Fra) | 54 |
| =79 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Ger) Hertha BSC (Ger) | 52 |
| 81 | West Ham United FC (Eng) | 51 |
| =82 | Red Star FC (Fra) Wanderers FC (Eng) | 50 |
| 84 | Burnley FC (Eng) | 49 |
| =85 | Derby County FC (Eng) Real Betis FC (Spa) | 48 |
| =87 | Hannover 96 (Ger) Montpellier HSC (Fra) | 46 |
| 89 | Deportivo de la Coruna FC (Spa) | 44 |
| 90 | Bolton Wanderers FC (Eng) | 42 |
| =91 | RCD Espanyol FC (Spa) Ipswich Town FC (Eng) | 40 |
| =93 | Fortuna Düsseldorf (Ger) Karlsruher SC (Ger) TSV 1860 Munich (Ger) | 38 |
| =96 | RC Lens (Fra) FC Metz (Fra) FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin (Ger) | 36 |
| =99 | Real Unión Club SAD (Spa) VfL Wolfsburg (Ger) | 30 |
| =101 | Cercle Athlétiquede Paris Charenton (Fra) Club Français (Fra) SK Rapid Wien (Ger) Rot-Weiss Essen (Ger) | 28 |
| =105 | Atalanta BC (Ita) SC Bastia (Ita) RB Leipzig (Ger) CS Sedan Ardennes (Fra) | 22 |
| =109 | En Avant Guingamp (Fra) Bury FC (Eng) Crystal Palace FC (Eng) Old Etonians FC (Eng) CASG Paris (Fra) | 20 |
| =114 | Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin (Ger) Cagliare Calcio (Ita) Casale FBC (Ita) Eintracht Braunschweig (Ger) Gallia Club Paris (Fra) Freiburger FC (Ger) ÉFC Fréjus Saint-Raphaël Stade Français (Fra) Hellas Verona FC (Ita) Holstein Kiel (Ger) Karlsruher FV (Ger) VfR Mannheim (Ger) AS Nancy Lorraine (Fra) USD Novese (Ita) Spezia Calcio (Ita) | 18 |
| =128 | Birmingham City FC (Eng) Norwich City FC (Eng) Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC (Fra) | 16 |
| =131 | Cardiff City FC (Eng) RCD Mallorca FC (Spa) Villareal CF (Spa) | 12 |
| =134 | Arenas Club de Getxo (Spa) Barnsley FC (Eng) Blackburn Olympic FC (Eng) Blackpool FC (Eng) Bradford City FC (Eng) AS Cannes (Fra) Club Ciclista de San Sebastián (Spa) Clapham Rovers FC (Eng) Coventry City FC (Eng) Excelsior AC (Fra) First Vienna FC (Ger) FC Lorient (Fra) Kickers Offenbach (Ger) ÉF Nancy-Lorraine (Fra) Notts County FC (Eng) Old Carthusians FC (Eng) Olympique de Paris (Fra) Oxford University AFC (Eng) Racing Club de Irún (Spa) Royal Engineers AFC (Eng) Schwarz-Weiß Essen (Ger) Southampton FC (Eng) Toulouse FC (Fra) Toulouse FC (1937) (Fra) KFC Uerdingen 05 (Ger) FC Vado (Ita) Venezia FC (Ita) LR Vicenza (Ita) Wigan Athletic FC (Eng) Wimbledon FC (Eng) | 10 |
| =164 | FC Gueugnon (Fra) Luton Town FC (Eng) Middlesbrough FC (Eng) Oxford United FC (Eng) Queens Park Rangers FC (Eng) Real Valladolid FC (Spa) Stoke City FC (Eng) Swansea City AFC (Eng) Swindon Town FC (Eng) | 8 |
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