AC Milan are preparing for the second leg of their Europa League quarter-final tie against Roma, and there is more than just sporting pride at stake.
Calcio e Finanza reports that winning and going through tonight could also guarantee entry into the top 20 of the UEFA rankings ahead of the 2024-25 season, a height that they have not reached for quite some time.
The Rossoneri have officially overtaken Juventus and that will be reflected in the standings next year, thanks to the Bianconeri’s absence from European competitions.
The UEFA five-year ranking – starting from next season – does not include the 2019-20 year in the calculation (since the last five seasons are considered), thus creating the conditions through which Milan can jump above Juve for the first time in 10 years.
Currently, the Rossoneri and Bianconeri are separated by 21 points in favour of the latter, a margin that seems comfortable but changes with the exclusion of the 2019-20 season and the inclusion of the current.
Precisely by virtue of this, Juve will lose 22 points while Milan lose zero, given that that was the season in which the Rossoneri negotiated with UEFA to agree an exclusion from the Europa League due to violations of Financial Fair Play.
It is a situation not too dissimilar to that experienced by Juve this year with the UEFA Conference League, after the capital gains and salary manoeuvres case.
Here is the current ranking for Juve and Milan (with relative position in the general ranking):
17. Juventus – 80 points
29. Milan – 59 points
The projection of the 2024-25 UEFA ranking is as follows:
20. Milan –59 points
23. Juventus – 58 points
It can already be considered official, since Juventus are unable to accumulate points this season. The Rossoneri have not been ahead of Juventus since the 2013-14 season, when they were overtaken due to their run to the Champions League final in Berlin where they lost to Barcelona.
There we went from a situation where Milan were ahead by 18 points in 2013-14 to being 12 behind in the following season. The reason? Juve were in the Champions League final and the Rossoneri were out of any European competition. That was also the first of three years that saw Milan out of any UEFA club competition.
However, overtaking Juventus may not be Milan’s last achievement this season. In the event of progressing to the next round, and still with an eye towards 2024-25, the Diavolo could also overtake Napoli and move into the top 20 in the UEFA ranking.
Milan and Napoli are also currently separated by 21 points, but next season the Partenopei will lose 19 points. The gap would thus be two points, but in the event of access to the semi-finals of the Europa League, Milan would reach 62 points and would overtake.
Below is the top 20 in the standings from 2024-25:
Manchester City – 123 points
Real Madrid – 113 points
Bayern Munich – 107 points
Liverpool – 94 points
Rome – 86 points
PSG – 85 points
Villarreal – 82 points
Chelsea – 79 points
Inter – 76 points
Borussia Dortmund – 74 points
Porto – 70 points
Leipzig – 70 points
Manchester United – 70 points
Benfica – 69 points
West Ham – 68 points
Atletico Madrid – 67 points
Barcelona – 67 points
Bayer Leverkusen – 66 points
Arsenal – 62 points
Naples – 61 points
21. Milan – 59 points
22. Juventus – 58 points
24. Atalanta – 54 points
31. Lazio – 50 points
45. Fiorentina – 35 points
Why is roma so high?
Back to back years played in European competition finals, winning 1 of them.
They are in the quarter finals again this season.
They were playing in the semi-final of UCL in 2018.
So in the last 6 years they went deep in the European competition 4 times.
LOL Milan jump. Its Juve downfall, Milan hasn’t moved.
So milan doesnt have any merit in regard of us advancing in the rankings ? obviously it helped that juve isnt in europe this year but the picture you are trying to paint is far to black and white to remotely resemble reality.
Can you read? Or you just can’t be bothered to read the article?
Here, from the article:
Here is the current ranking for Juve and Milan (with relative position in the general ranking):
17. Juventus – 80 points
29. Milan – 59 points
The projection of the 2024-25 UEFA ranking is as follows:
20. Milan –59 points
23. Juventus – 58 points
So Milan currently have 59 points and next season Milan advances to… drumroll… 59 points.
Milan gains ZERO points. Big fat ZERO. Juve on the other hand lose 22 points and drop below MIlan.
There is no picture painting, there is only reading the article under which your ar posting and comprehending what you read.
Of course i can read but we still get points playing in europe and recent years performances has actually propelled us upwards regardless of how you wanna percieve it, Thats on our merits not the lack of theirs.
Don’t worry about him. He’s just one of these sad characters still trying to convince people that the “evil american owners” are destroying the club, despite the fact that all the evidence shows the team keeps improving.
Yeah you are probably right,
That improvement, to stagnation to regression last night was dope.
I love how our team keeps proving me right over, and over and over again.
How is Chelsh*t ahead of Inter?