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Storylines

The narratives the data is telling: who the model rates highest across Europe on one cross-league scale, and how honest that edge really is. Everything here is computed — no hot takes.

Anchored on 1,259 real UEFA matches (2015-16–2024-25).

Power ranking

Strongest sides by the model's learned rating.

  1. 1Paris Saint-Germain1886
  2. 2Arsenal1861
  3. 3Galatasaray1848
  4. 4Liverpool1846
  5. 5Bayern Munich1844
  6. 6Barcelona1835
  7. 7Real Madrid1825
  8. 8Internazionale1813
  9. 9PSV Eindhoven1786
  10. 10Fenerbahce1773

How to read this

One global cross-league Elo pool with a recency-weighted Poisson goal model, anchored on real UEFA matches so clubs from different domestic leagues sit on a single comparable scale; ratings decay toward the pool mean between seasons.

History-basedAnchored on 1,259 real UEFA matches (2015-16–2024-25).

Honest edge: across 1,259 past continental games the global pool is about 11% sharper than a coin-flip on log loss (0.983 vs 1.099) — a small but real cross-league signal. It graduates to live form as this season's results land.