SOUTH AMERICA’S CLUB OF THE FIRST DECADE (2001-2010)
CA BOCA JUNIORS BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA)
Although the leading trio was not successful in the final two years of the first decade (2001-2010), their lead of points proved to be sufficient. CA Boca Juniors Buenos Aires was South America’s Club of the First Decade of the 21th Century ahead of Sao Paulo FC and his local rival CA River Plate.
South America’s Club of the 20th Century (1901-2000), CA Penarol Montevideo (Uruguay) made only a disapppointing 36th place.
The “Top 100″ was represented by five Argentinian and four Brazilian clubs as well as the sixth-place Club Nacional de Football Montevideo (Uruguay). But among the 16 top-placed clubs were eight Brazilians. Clubs from all ten countries to the CONMEBOL belonging were represented in the “Top 100″.
The “Top 100″ was composed as following : Brazil (21 clubs), Colombia (16), Argentina (15), Chile (11), Peru (9), Paraguay (7), Ecuador (7), Uruguay (6), Bolivia (6), Venezuela (2). During the period 2001-2010, 185 clubs achieved 150 or more points.
CA Boca Juniors Buenos Aires was honoured by the IFFHS as South America’s Club of the First Decade of the 21th Century at the World Football Gala 2012 in Barcelona.
Picture 1 : Team CA Boca Juniors Buenos Aires 2008
Club | Country | ∑ Points | ||
1.1.2001-31.12.2010 | ||||
1. | CA Boca Juniors Buenos Aires | Argentina | 2 095,0 | |
2. | São Paulo FC | Brasil | 1 939,0 | |
3. | CA River Plate Buenos Aires | Argentina | 1 692,0 | |
4. | Cruzeiro EC Belo Horizonte | Brasil | 1 622,0 | |
5. | Santos FC | Brasil | 1 567,0 | |
6. | SC Internacional Porto Alegre | Brasil | 1 469,0 | |
7. | Club Nacional de Football Montevideo | Uruguay | 1 459,5 | |
8. | CA San Lorenzo de Almagro Buenos Aires | Argentina | 1 442,0 | |
9. | Club Estudiantes de La Plata | Argentina | 1 370,0 | |
10. | CA Vélez Sarsfield | Argentina | 1 367,0 | |
11. | Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto-Alegrense | Brasil | 1 351,0 | |
12. | CR Flamengo Rio de Janeiro | Brasil | 1 334,0 | |
13. | Club Libertad Asunción | Paraguay | 1 330,0 | |
14. | SC Corinthians Paulista São Paulo | Brasil | 1 328,0 | |
15. | Cerro Porteño FBC Asunción | Paraguay | 1 296,0 | |
16. | Fluminense FC Rio de Janeiro | Brasil | 1 291,0 | |
17. | CSD Colo Colo Santiago | Chile | 1 285,0 | |
18. | CD Universidad Católica Santiago | Chile | 1 208,0 | |
19. | Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito | Ecuador | 1 170,5 | |
20. | SE Palmeiras São Paulo | Brasil | 1 152,0 | |
21. | Cienciano del Cusco | Perú | 1 122,5 | |
22. | CDC Atlético Nacional Medellín | Colombia | 1 107,5 | |
23. | CD Universidad de Chile Santiago | Chile | 1 085,0 | |
24. | Club Alianza Lima | Perú | 1 068,0 | |
25. | Sporting Cristal Lima | Perú | 1 063,0 | |
26. | CD América Cali | Colombia | 1 056,0 | |
27. | Clube Atletico Paranaense Curitiba | Brasil | 1 040,0 | |
28. | CA Lanús | Argentina | 1 039,0 | |
29. | Universitario de Deportes Lima | Perú | 1 030,5 | |
30. | CD Once Caldas Manizales | Colombia | 1 028,5 | |
31. | Goias Esporte Clube Goiania | Brasil | 1 027,0 | |
32. | Defensor Sporting Club Montevideo | Uruguay | 994,0 | |
33. | CA Banfield | Argentina | 992,0 | |
34. | Asociación Deportivo Cali | Colombia | 987,0 | |
35. | CR Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro | Brasil | 984,0 | |
36. | CA Peñarol Montevideo | Uruguay | 980,5 | |
37. | CD Independiente Medellín | Colombia | 952,0 | |
38. | CD Cobreloa Calama | Chile | 934,5 | |
39. | Club Bolívar La Paz | Bolivia | 931,0 | |
40. | CA Independiente Avellaneda | Argentina | 916,0 | |
41. | CCD Tolima Ibague | Colombia | 904,5 | |
42. | CA Mineiro Belo Horizonte | Brasil | 880,0 | |
43. | CA Newell’s Old Boys Rosario | Argentina | 873,0 | |
44. | CA Rosario Central | Argentina | 872,0 | |
45. | Arsenal FC Sarandí | Argentina | 869,0 | |
46. | Racing Club Avellaneda | Argentina | 868,0 | |
47. | Club El Nacional Quito | Ecuador | 844,0 | |
48. | Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata | Argentina | 841,0 | |
49. | FBC Olimpia Asunción | Paraguay | 826,5 | |
50. | CPD Junior Barranquilla | Colombia | 818,0 | |
51. | Botafogo FR Rio de Janeiro | Brasil | 812,0 | |
52. | CA Colón de Santa Fe | Argentina | 808,0 | |
53. | Independiente Santa Fe CD Bogotá | Colombia | 775,5 | |
54. | AD São Caetano | Brasil | 766,0 | |
55. | Club Sport Emelec Guayaquil | Ecuador | 747,5 | |
56. | Caracas FC | Venezuela | 745,0 | |
57. | Audax Italiano La Florida | Chile | 739,5 | |
58. | Danubio Football Club Montevideo | Uruguay | 727,0 | |
59. | Club Alianza Atletico Sullana | Perú | 726,0 | |
60. | Guaraní FC Asunción | Paraguay | 724,0 | |
61. | CD Los Millonarios Bogotá | Colombia | 720,0 | |
62. | CD Universidad San Martín de Porres | Perú | 677,5 | |
63. | Club Deportivo Unión Española Santiago | Chile | 664,0 | |
Barcelona Sporting Club Guayaquil | Ecuador | 664,0 | ||
65. | Club The Strongest La Paz | Bolivia | 658,0 | |
66. | AA Argentinos Juniors Buenos Aires | Argentina | 654,0 | |
67. | Coritiba FC | Brasil | 628,0 | |
68. | Mariano Melgar FBC Arequipa | Perú | 627,0 | |
69. | Sociedad Deportivo Quito | Ecuador | 619,0 | |
70. | Esporte Clube Vitória Salvador | Brasil | 610,0 | |
Figueirense FC Florianópolis | Brasil | 610,0 | ||
72. | Paraná Clube Curitiba | Brasil | 604,0 | |
73. | Deportivo Táchira FC San Cristóbal | Venezuela | 585,0 | |
74. | Club Deportivo Cuenca | Ecuador | 579,5 | |
75. | Club Sportivo Luqueño, Luque | Paraguay | 578,0 | |
76. | CD Atletico Huila Neiva | Colombia | 577,5 | |
77. | Coronel Bolognesi FC Tacna | Perú | 576,5 | |
78. | CD Huachipato Talcahuano | Chile | 576,0 | |
79. | CD Santiago Wanderers Valparaíso | Chile | 575,5 | |
80. | Asociación Deportivo Pasto | Colombia | 573,0 | |
81. | CD Oriente Petrolero Santa Cruz | Bolivia | 565,0 | |
82. | Sport Boys Association Callao | Perú | 557,0 | |
83. | Montevideo Wanderers FC | Uruguay | 554,5 | |
84. | Nacional FBC Asunción | Paraguay | 548,5 | |
85. | CS Deportiva y Cultural de Pereira | Colombia | 546,5 | |
86. | Centro Deportivo Olmedo Rio Bamba | Ecuador | 529,0 | |
87. | Club Universidad de Concepción | Chile | 527,5 | |
88. | Club Bamin Real Potosí | Bolivia | 527,0 | |
89. | Esporte Clube Juventude Caxias do Sul | Brasil | 511,0 | |
90. | CD Palestino Santiago | Chile | 505,5 | |
91. | CN Cúcuta Deportivo | Colombia | 497,0 | |
92. | Tacuary FBC Asunción | Paraguay | 496,0 | |
93. | Envigado FC | Colombia | 493,5 | |
94. | Boyacá Chicó FC | Colombia | 493,0 | |
95. | CD Cobresal El Salvador | Chile | 489,5 | |
96. | Club Jorge Wilsterman Cochabamba | Bolivia | 488,0 | |
97. | CA River Plate Montevideo | Uruguay | 471,0 | |
98. | Associação Atlética Ponte Preta | Brasil | 456,0 | |
99. | CCD Quindío Armenia | Colombia | 450,0 | |
100. | CSCD Blooming Santa Cruz | Bolivia | 444,0 | |
101. | CD Everton Vina del Mar | Chile | 442,5 | |
102. | Club 12 Octubre de Itaguca | Paraguay | 438,0 | |
103. | Liverpool FC Montevideo | Uruguay | 436,5 | |
104. | Club Atlético Bucaramanga CD | Colombia | 429,0 | |
105. | CA Fénix Montevideo | Uruguay | 418,5 | |
106. | CA Huracán Buenos Aires | Argentina | 412,0 | |
107. | CD San José Oruro | Bolivia | 411,0 | |
108. | CSD Rangers Talca | Chile | 408,0 | |
109. | Club Atlético Cerro Montevideo | Uruguay | 397,5 | |
110. | AC Mineros de Guayana Puerto Ordaz | Venezuela | 392,0 | |
111. | Unión Atlético Maracaibo | Venezuela | 389,0 | |
112. | Club Juan Aurich de Chiclayo | Perú | 386,0 | |
113. | Club Sol de America Asunción | Paraguay | 378,0 | |
114. | Sport Club Recife | Brasil | 377,0 | |
115. | Club de Deportes La Serena | Chile | 364,5 | |
116. | Club Olimpo Bahía Blanca | Argentina | 356,0 | |
117. | Deportivo Italia FC Caracas | Venezuela | 355,0 | |
118. | Deportivo Tacuarembó FC | Uruguay | 348,0 | |
119. | CSCD Universidad César Valleja Trujillo | Perú | 343,5 | |
120. | CD O’Higgins Rancagua | Chile | 336,0 | |
Club Sport Ancash Huaraz | Perú | 336,0 | ||
Central Español Fútbol Club Montevideo | Uruguay | 336,0 | ||
Atlético Monagas SC Maturin | Venezuela | 336,0 | ||
124. | CD La Equidad Bogotá | Colombia | 330,5 | |
125. | Quilmes Athletic Club | Argentina | 330,0 | |
126. | CD Coquimbo Unido | Chile | 329,0 | |
127. | Guarani FC Campinas São Paulo | Brasil | 324,0 | |
128. | Paysandu SC Belem | Brasil | 322,0 | |
129. | Estudiantes de Mérida FC | Venezuela | 314,0 | |
130. | Carabobo FC | Venezuela | 307,5 | |
131. | CA Talleres de Cordoba | Argentina | 306,0 | |
132. | CD Unión San Felipe | Chile | 305,0 | |
133. | CA 3 de Febrero Ciudad de Este | Paraguay | 292,5 | |
Trujillanos FC Valera | Venezuela | 292,5 | ||
135. | CD Real Cartagena | Colombia | 291,0 | |
136. | CA Bella Vista Montevideo | Uruguay | 288,0 | |
137. | CD Aurora Cochabamba | Bolivia | 287,0 | |
138. | CA Chacarita Juniors San Martín | Argentina | 284,0 | |
139. | La Paz FC | Bolivia | 280,0 | |
140. | Club Deportivo Macará Ambato | Ecuador | 270,0 | |
141. | CD Santiago Morning | Chile | 269,5 | |
142. | CA Tigre | Argentina | 266,0 | |
CD Universitario SFX de Sucre | Bolivia | 266,0 | ||
144. | CS y de Deportes Concepción | Chile | 258,0 | |
Rampla Juniors FC Montevideo | Uruguay | 258,0 | ||
146. | S. D. Aucas Quito | Ecuador | 257,0 | |
147. | CD Espoli Quito | Ecuador | 256,0 | |
148. | Club de Deportivo Puerto Montt | Chile | 249,0 | |
149. | Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy | Argentina | 248,0 | |
150. | Corporación Deportivo Tuluá | Colombia | 244,5 | |
151. | Club de Deportes Ñublense | Chile | 243,0 | |
152. | CA Nuevo Chicago Buenos Aires | Argentina | 242,0 | |
CD Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba Mendoza | Argentina | 242,0 | ||
154. | Club Sport Union Huaral | Perú | 234,0 | |
155. | José Gálvez FBC Chimbote | Perú | 228,0 | |
156. | Fortaleza Esporte Clube | Brasil | 226,0 | |
157. | AD Unión Magdalena Santa Marta | Colombia | 217,5 | |
158. | Club Deportes Temuco | Chile | 217,0 | |
159. | Miramar Misiones FC | Uruguay | 216,0 | |
160. | Club 2 de Mayo Pedro Juan Caballero | Paraguay | 213,0 | |
161. | Racing Club de Montevideo | Uruguay | 210,5 | |
162. | Grau Estudiantes de Medicina Ica | Perú | 208,5 | |
163. | Club Deportivo Pesquero-Wanka | Perú | 205,5 | |
164. | CS Cerrito | Uruguay | 202,5 | |
165. | Esporte Clube Bahia Salvador | Brasil | 198,0 | |
166. | Clube Náutico Capibaribe Recife | Brasil | 196,0 | |
167. | Club Atlético Rentistas Montevideo | Uruguay | 184,5 | |
168. | Aragua FC Maracay | Venezuela | 179,0 | |
Zamora FC Barinas | Venezuela | 179,0 | ||
170. | Avai FC Florianopolis | Brasil | 178,0 | |
171. | EC Santo André | Brasil | 168,0 | |
172. | Club Unión Central Tarija | Bolivia | 165,0 | |
173. | CA San Martin Tucuman | Argentina | 164,0 | |
174. | Club Sport Colombia Fernando de la Mora | Paraguay | 162,0 | |
CA Universidad Nacional San Agustín Arequipa | Perú | 162,0 | ||
Rocha FC | Uruguay | 162,0 | ||
177. | Anzóategui SC Puerto La Cruz | Venezuela | 160,0 | |
178. | CA Plaza Colonia | Uruguay | 159,0 | |
179. | Club Atletico Belgrano Cordoba | Argentina | 158,0 | |
180. | CD Naval Antofagasta | Chile | 154,5 | |
181. | CA Unión Santa Fe | Argentina | 152,0 | |
Criciúma FC | Brasil | 152,0 | ||
183. | Total Chalaco FC | Perú | 151,5 | |
184. | Club Guabirá Santa Cruz | Bolivia | 150,0 | |
Assoc. Portuguesa de Desportos São Paulo | Brasil | 150,0 | ||
186. | Deportivo Sport Huancayo | Perú | 148,5 | |
187. | Brasiliense FC de Taguatinga Brasília | Brasil | 140,0 | |
188. | Club Rubio Ñú | Paraguay | 138,0 | |
189. | Instituto AC Córdoba | Argentina | 136,0 | |
190. | Club Deportivo Maldonado | Uruguay | 133,5 | |
191. | Municipal Real Mamoré Trinidad | Bolivia | 131,0 | |
192. | CA Juventud Las Piedras | Uruguay | 130,5 | |
193. | Club Universidad Iberoamericana La Paz | Bolivia | 130,0 | |
194. | Grêmio Prudente/Recreativo Baureri | Brasil | 128,0 | |
195. | Club Inti Gas Deportes Ayacucho | Perú | 127,5 | |
196. | Club de Deportes Melipilla | Chile | 123,0 | |
197. | Atlético El Vigía | Venezuela | 122,0 | |
198. | Club Deportivo Colonia | Uruguay | 118,5 | |
199. | Portuguesa FC Acarigua | Venezuela | 115,0 | |
200. | ID Cologio Nacional Iquitos | Perú | 112,5 |