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Lazio keeps top spot

Lyon, Boca Juniors join the CNN/World Soccer Top 10

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Posted: Monday November 15, 1999 06:55 PM

CNN/World Soccer Top 10 Rankings for Week 15 -- Nov. 15-21 Rk. Team Country Pts. 1 (1) 2 (t2) 3 (t2) 4 (4) 5 (5) 6 (-) 7 (7) 8 (-) 9 (8) 10 (t9) Lazio Manchester Untd Bayern Munich Barcelona River Plate Lyon Real Madrid Boca Juniors Bordeaux Juventus Italy England Germany Spain Argentina France Spain Argentina France Italy 107 88 83 72 49 35 31 29 26 20 Last week's rank in parentheses. Dropping out: Marseille, Rayo Vallecano. React Give us your opinion of the CNN/World Soccer Top 10, and check back next Monday to read the best of the responses. Your name: Your e-mail address: Your hometown: Enter your reaction: Reactions Lazio surely has proven to be a star team. In two years, Lazio has passed from the last places to the first place. Fabio Russo, Porto, Portugal Manchester United deserve to be first considering that they topped their group in the Champions League and that they are also topping the Premier League. Shri Sundaram, Madras, India For more Reactions... Instant Poll Which continent produces better soccer players?        Europe        South America View Results

ATLANTA (CNN/SI) -- For the third-straight week, Serie A leader Lazio holds on to first place in the CNN/World Soccer Top 10, a unique ranking of football clubs issued each Monday and determined through voting by correspondents from CNN Sports and World Soccer magazine.

A slow week in international club football -- with Euro 2000 qualifying on center stage -- saw minor shuffling in the rankings. Dropping out this week were France's Marseille and surprising Spanish leader Rayo Vallecano.

Manchester United took sole possession of second place after a run of lackluster results this season had knocked the defending treble-winners off the top of the charts. United has recaptured the lead in the English Premier League and advanced to the Champions League round of 16 after winning Group D.

Also moving on in the Champions League is Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich, which occupies third place in the Top 10. In at fourth again this week is Spain's Barcelona, which finished undefeated and atop Group B to advance in the Champions League.

Staying at number five is River Plate, which sits three points clear atop the Argentine league table after beating Gimnasia-La Plata 2-0 over the weekend.

Joining the list at number six is Lyon, which sits in first on the French league table. Also steady at the seven spot is Spain's Real Madrid, which is seven points back and in eighth place in the Spanish Primera, but has advanced in the Champions League after winning Group E.

The other newcomer to this week's list is defending Argentine champion Boca Juniors, which beat Colon 2-1 over the weekend and currently sits in second behind River Plate.

Another competitor in the Champions League round of 16, defending French champion Bordeaux, drops one spot to ninth. Rounding out the Top 10 is Juventus, which currently sits second in the Italian Serie A.

 

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