AC Milan have risen further in the UEFA club coefficient rankings after a second consecutive Champions League win, this time against Real Madrid.
With the victory against Los Blancos, who are the second-placed team in terms of UEFA coefficient with 123,000 points, Milan have moved on to 63,000 points which brings them level with Juventus in 21st place.
Arsenal are the team above in 20th place with 67,000 points, while to get into the top 10 a 19,000-point gap with Villarreal needs to be closed. Atalanta, Inter and Roma are all higher-ranking Italian clubs.
The benefit of a run deep in the competition can be seen from the fact Roma (who had back-to-back European finals) are in fifth while Bayer Leverkusen (got to the UEL final) are in 11th.
Top 10 UEFA club ranking
Manchester City: 134,000 points
Real Madrid: 129,000
Bayern Munich: 116,000
Liverpool: 110,000
PSG: 94,000
Roma: 93,000
Borussia Dortmund: 91,000
Inter: 89,000
Bayer Leverkusen: 83,000
Chelsea: 83,000
The 3-1 win against Real Madrid has put Milan in a much healthier position when it comes to their hopes of getting into the knockout stages.
Paulo Fonseca’s side will now play four more games against Slovan Bratislava, Crvena Zvezda, Girona and Dinamo Zagreb on Matchday 8. At present, only the Croatian outfit sit above the Diavolo, but by the time they meet, Milan will hope to be in a much better position.
Coefficient points get harder from here on out because if you drop out of the UCL, you no longer have the Europa League to fall back on. Same goes for Europa teams dropping into Conference League.
Roma managed to have consecutive European Campaigns at the ideal time. That scenario will never happen again.
Also, Wins are 2 points, and League positioning grants extra points.
If Milan win all 4 remaining matches, and that puts us in the top 8 of the final League table, that’s +19.25 coefficient points. Milan would move up to top 10 Clubs in Europe.