1. Real Madrid (Spain) 2. Juventus (Italy) 3. Barcelona (Spain) 4. Peñarol (Uruguay) 5. A.C. Milan (Italy) 6. Nacional (Uruguay) 7. River Plate (Argentina) 8. Bayern Munich (Germany) 9. Boca Juniors (Argentina) 10. Inter Milan (Italy) 11. Manchester United (England) 12. Ajax (Netherlands) 13. Liverpool (England) 14. Benfica (Portugal) 15. Independiente (Argentina) 16. Celtic (Scotland) 17. Rangers (Scotland) 18. Arsenal (England) 19. Porto (Portugal) 20. São Paulo (Brazil) 21. PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) 22. Atlético Madrid (Spain) 23. Olimpia (Paraguay) 24. Santos (Brazil) 25. Anderlecht (Belgium) 26. Palmeiras (Brazil) 27. San Lorenzo (Argentina) 28. Feyenoord (Netherlands) 29. Ferencvárosi TC (Hungary) 30. Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) 31. Colo-Colo (Chile) 32. Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) 33. Olympique Marseille (France) 34. Racing (Argentina) 35. Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 36. Cruzeiro (Brazil) 37. Rapid Wien (Austria) 38. Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine) 39. Cerro Porteño (Paraguay) 40. Hamburger SV (Germany) 41. Corinthians (Brazil) 42. Grêmio (Brazil) 43. Al Ahly (Egypt) 44. Sporting (Portugal) 45. Roma (Italy) 46. Valencia (Spain) 47. Chelsea (England) 48. Athletic Bilbao (Spain) 49. Internacional (Brazil) 50. Monaco (France) 51. Everton (England) 52. Spartak Moscow (Russia) 53. Olympiacos (Greece) 54. Schalke (Germany) 55. Estudiantes (Argentina) 56. Steaua Bucureşti (Romania) 57. CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria) 58. IFK Göteborg (Sweden) 59. Vélez Sarsfield (Argentina) 60. Club Brugge (Belgium) 61. Club América (Mexico) 62. Grasshopper Club Zürich (Switzerland) 63. Fiorentina (Italy) 64. Újpest (Hungary) 65. MTK Budapest (Hungary) 66. Aston Villa (England) 67. Partizan (Serbia) 68. Austria Wien (Austria) 69. Galatasaray (Turkey) 70. Malmö (Sweden) 71. Hajduk Split (Croatia) 72. Torino (Italy) 73. Zamalek (Egypt) 74. Napoli (Italy) 75. Atlético Mineiro (Brazil) 76. Panathinaikos (Greece) 77. Universidad Católica (Chile) 78. Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) 79. Lazio (Italy) 80. Flamengo (Brazil) 81. Olympique Lyonnais (France) 82. Girondins de Bordeaux (France) 83. Werder Bremen (Germany) 84. Paris Saint-Germain (France) 85. Saint-Étienne (France) 86. Universitario (Peru) 87. Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 88. Köln (Germany) 89. Universidad de Chile (Chile) 90. Tottenham Hotspur (England) 91. Fenerbahçe (Turkey) 92. Borussia Mönchengladbach (Germany) 93. Linfield (Northern Ireland) 94. Dinamo Bucureşti (Romania) 95. Atlético Nacional (Colombia) 96. Espérance (Tunisia) 97. Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) 98. Vasco da Gama (Brazil) 99. América de Cali (Colombia) 100. Libertad (Paraguay)
TOP 400 Algeria ES Sétif JS Kabylie MC Alger USM Alger Argentina Alumni Argentinos Juniors Atlanta Banfield Belgrano Athletic Boca Juniors Chacarita Juniors Colón Estudiantes La Plata Ferro Carril Oeste Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Huracán Independiente Lanús Lomas Athletic Newell's Old Boys Platense Quilmes Racing River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo Talleres Córdoba Unión Vélez Sarsfield Armenia Ararat Yerevan Austria Admira Wacker Mödling Austria Wien First Vienna Rapid Wien Red Bull Salzburg Tirol Innsbruck Wiener Sport-Club Bahrain Al Muharraq Belarus Dinamo Minsk Belgium Anderlecht Club Brugge K. Beerschot V.A.C. KV Mechelen Lierse RFC Liège Royal Antwerp Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Standard Liège Bolivia Bolívar Jorge Wilstermann The Strongest Oriente Petrolero Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Sarajevo FK Velež Mostar FK Željezničar Sarajevo Brazil Atlético Mineiro Atlético Paranaense Bahia Botafogo Corinthians Coritiba Cruzeiro Flamengo Fluminense Grêmio Guarani Internacional Náutico Palmeiras Santos São Caetano São Paulo Sport Vasco da Gama Bulgaria CSKA Sofia Levski Sofia Slavia Sofia Cameroon Canon Yaoundé Coton Sport Union Douala Chile Cobreloa Colo-Colo Unión Española Universidad Católica Universidad de Chile Colombia América de Cali Atlético Junior Atlético Nacional Deportivo Cali Independiente Medellín Independiente Santa Fe Millonarios Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe TP Mazembe AS Vita Club Costa Rica Alajuelense Deportivo Saprissa Herediano Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Cyprus APOEL Czech Republic Baník Ostrava Dukla Prague Slavia Prague Sparta Prague Denmark Aarhus Gymnastikforening Akademisk Boldklub Boldklubben af 1893 Boldklubben 1903 Boldklubben Frem Brøndby IF F.C. Copenhagen Kjøbenhavns Boldklub Ecuador Barcelona El Nacional Emelec L.D.U. Quito Egypt Al Ahly Ismaily Zamalek England Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Chelsea Derby County Everton Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers Finland Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi France AJ Auxerre Girondins de Bordeaux RC Lens Lille Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Marseille Metz Monaco Montpellier Nantes OGC Nice Paris Saint-Germain Racing Stade de Reims Stade Rennais Saint-Étienne Sochaux-Montbéliard Strasbourg Alsace Toulouse Georgia Dinamo Tbilisi Germany TSV 1860 Munich Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bayern Munich Bochum Borussia Dortmund Borussia Mönchengladbach Carl Zeiss Jena Berliner FC Dynamo MSV Duisburg Dynamo Dresden Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Frankfurt Fortuna Düsseldorf Hamburger SV Hannover 96 Hertha BSC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC Köln Lokomotive Leipzig Magdeburg Nürnberg Schalke Stuttgart Werder Bremen Wolfsburg Ghana Asante Kotoko Hearts of Oak Greece AEK Athens Olympiacos Panathinaikos Guatemala Comunicaciones Municipal Guinea Hafia Honduras Olimpia Hungary Budapest Honvéd Ferencvárosi TC MTK Budapest Újpest Vasas Iran Esteghlal Persepolis Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers Israel Hapoel Tel-Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Tel-Aviv Italy Atalanta Bari Bologna Cagliari Fiorentina Genoa Hellas Verona Inter Milan Juventus Lazio A.C. Milan Napoli Palermo Parma Pro Vercelli Roma Sampdoria Torino Udinese Vicenza Ivory Coast Africa Sports ASEC Mimosas Japan Urawa Red Diamonds Kuwait Al Qadisiya Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch Mali Djoliba AC Stade Malien Mexico América Atlante Cruz Azul Guadalajara Monterrey Club Necaxa Pachuca Santos Laguna Deportivo Toluca Tigres UANL Club Universidad Nacional Morocco AS Forces Armées Royales Raja Casablanca Wydad Casablanca Netherlands Ajax AZ Alkmaar Feyenoord Go Ahead Eagles HVV Den Haag NAC Breda PSV Eindhoven Roda JC Kerkrade Sparta Rotterdam Twente Utrecht Vitesse Willem II Nigeria Enugu Rangers Enyimba Heartland Northern Ireland Glentoran Linfield Norway Rosenborg Paraguay Cerro Porteño Guaraní Libertad Nacional Olimpia Sol de América Peru Alianza Lima Sport Boys Sporting Cristal Universitario Poland Górnik Zabrze Lech Poznań Legia Warsaw Ruch Chorzów Wisła Kraków Portugal Belenenses Benfica Boavista Braga Porto Sporting Vitória Guimarães Vitória Setúbal Qatar Al Sadd Romania Dinamo Bucureşti Rapid Bucureşti Steaua Bucureşti Russia CSKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow Spartak Moscow Torpedo Moscow Zenit Saint Petersburg Saudi Arabia Al Ahli Al Hilal Al Ittihad Al Nasr Scotland Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers Senegal ASC Diaraf Serbia OFK Beograd Partizan Red Star Belgrade Vojvodina Slovakia Inter Bratislava Slovan Bratislava Spartak Trnava South Africa Kaizer Chiefs Orlando Pirates South Korea Pohang Steelers Seongnam FC Seoul Ulsan Hyundai Spain Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid Barcelona Celta Vigo Deportivo de La Coruña Espanyol Las Palmas Osasuna Racing de Santander Real Betis Real Madrid RCD Mallorca Real Oviedo Real Sociedad Real Valladolid Real Zaragoza Sevilla Sporting de Gijón Valencia Villarreal Sudan Al Hilal Al Merrikh Surinam Robinhood Transvaal Sweden AIK Djurgårdens IF GAIS Helsingborgs IF IF Elfsborg IFK Göteborg Norrköping Malmö Örgryte IS Östers IF Switzerland Basel Grasshopper Club Zürich Lausanne-Sport Servette Young Boys Zürich Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Tunisia Club Africain CS Sfaxien Espérance ES Sahel Turkey Beşiktaş Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Trabzonspor Ukraine Dnipro Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk United Arab Emirates Al Ain United States D.C. United LA Galaxy Uruguay Bella Vista CA River Plate Cerro Danubio Defensor Sporting Montevideo Wanderers Nacional Peñarol Rampla Juniors River Plate F.C. Wales Cardiff City Swansea City Zambia Nkana
AC Milan top four. Barca rightfully top two or three now - dovetail's nicely with Messi's career (their greatest player of all time: what they've achieved/the football they have played is remarkable). I feel like Ajax and Liverpool are too low too.
Criteria?... ********** If titles won in a club's life time -- Real Madrid. If quality of football displayed on the pitch -- Pelé's Santos (58/70) no doubt.
Top 100 Football Clubs of All-Time (World) 1. Real Madrid (Spain) 2. Juventus (Italy) 3. Barcelona (Spain) 4. Peñarol (Uruguay) 5. A.C. Milan (Italy) 6. Nacional (Uruguay) 7. River Plate (Argentina) 8. Bayern Munich (Germany) 9. Boca Juniors (Argentina) 10. Inter Milan (Italy) 11. Manchester United (England) 12. Liverpool (England) 13. Ajax (Netherlands) 14. Benfica (Portugal) 15. Independiente (Argentina) 16. Arsenal (England) 17. Celtic (Scotland) 18. Rangers (Scotland) 19. Porto (Portugal) 20. São Paulo (Brazil) 21. Atlético Madrid (Spain) 22. PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) 23. Olimpia (Paraguay) 24. Anderlecht (Belgium) 25. Santos (Brazil) 26. Palmeiras (Brazil) 27. San Lorenzo (Argentina) 28. Feyenoord (Netherlands) 29. Ferencvárosi TC (Hungary) 30. Cruzeiro (Brazil) 31. Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) 32. Colo-Colo (Chile) 33. Olympique Marseille (France) 34. Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) 35. Racing (Argentina) 36. Grêmio (Brazil) 37. Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 38. Rapid Wien (Austria) 39. Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine) 40. Cerro Porteño (Paraguay) 41. Roma (Italy) 42. Hamburger SV (Germany) 43. Corinthians (Brazil) 44. Al Ahly (Egypt) 45. Chelsea (England) 46. Sporting CP (Portugal) 47. Internacional (Brazil) 48. Everton (England) 49. Valencia (Spain) 50. Flamengo (Brazil) 51. Athletic Bilbao (Spain) 52. Monaco (France) 53. Schalke 04 (Germany) 54. Spartak Moscow (Russia) 55. Olympiacos (Greece) 56. Estudiantes (Argentina) 57. Steaua Bucureşti (Romania) 58. Aston Villa (England) 59. CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria) 60. Club Brugge (Belgium) 61. IFK Göteborg (Sweden) 62. Vélez Sarsfield (Argentina) 63. Atlético Mineiro (Brazil) 64. Újpest (Hungary) 65. Grasshopper Club Zürich (Switzerland) 66. Fiorentina (Italy) 67. Club América (Mexico) 68. MTK Budapest (Hungary) 69. Partizan (Serbia) 70. Galatasaray (Turkey) 71. Austria Wien (Austria) 72. Malmö (Sweden) 73. Napoli (Italy) 74. Vasco da Gama (Brazil) 75. Hajduk Split (Croatia) 76. Zamalek (Egypt) 77. Torino (Italy) 78. Fluminense (Brazil) 79. Tottenham Hotspur (England) 80. Paris Saint-Germain (France) 81. Lazio (Italy) 82. Panathinaikos (Greece) 83. Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) 84. Olympique Lyonnais (France) 85. Universidad Católica (Chile) 86. Girondins de Bordeaux (France) 87. Werder Bremen (Germany) 88. Saint-Étienne (France) 89. Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 90. Atlético Nacional (Colombia) 91. Universitario (Peru) 92. Köln (Germany) 93. Manchester City (England) 94. Espérance (Tunisia) 95. Fenerbahçe (Turkey) 96. Universidad de Chile (Chile) 97. Borussia Mِnchengladbach (Germany) 98. Linfield (Northern Ireland) 99. Dinamo Bucureşti (Romania) 100. Millonarios (Colombia)
TOP 400 Algeria ES Sétif JS Kabylie MC Alger USM Alger Argentina Alumni Argentinos Juniors Atlanta Banfield Boca Juniors Chacarita Juniors Colón Estudiantes La Plata Ferro Carril Oeste Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Huracán Independiente Lanús Newell's Old Boys Platense Quilmes Racing Club River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo Vélez Sarsfield Armenia Ararat Yerevan Austria Admira Wacker Mödling Austria Wien First Vienna Rapid Wien Red Bull Salzburg Tirol Innsbruck Wiener Sport-Club Belarus Dinamo Minsk Belgium Anderlecht Club Brugge K. Beerschot V.A.C. KV Mechelen Lierse RFC Liège Royal Antwerp Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Standard Liège Bolivia Bolívar Jorge Wilstermann The Strongest Oriente Petrolero Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Velež Mostar Željezničar Sarajevo Brazil Atlético Mineiro Atlético Paranaense Bahia Botafogo Corinthians Coritiba Cruzeiro Flamengo Fluminense Grêmio Guarani Internacional Náutico Palmeiras Santos São Caetano São Paulo Sport Vasco da Gama Bulgaria CSKA Sofia Levski Sofia Slavia Sofia Cameroon Canon Yaoundé Coton Sport Union Douala Chile Cobreloa Colo-Colo Unión Española Universidad Católica Universidad de Chile China Liaoning Colombia América de Cali Atlético Junior Atlético Nacional Deportivo Cali Independiente Medellín Independiente Santa Fe Millonarios Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe TP Mazembe AS Vita Club Costa Rica Alajuelense Deportivo Saprissa Herediano Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Cyprus APOEL Czech Republic Baník Ostrava Bohemians 1905 Dukla Prague Slavia Prague Sparta Prague Denmark Aarhus Gymnastikforening Akademisk Boldklub Boldklubben af 1893 Boldklubben 1903 Boldklubben Frem Brøndby IF F.C. Copenhagen Kjøbenhavns Boldklub Ecuador Barcelona El Nacional Emelec L.D.U. Quito Egypt Al Ahly Ismaily Zamalek England Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Chelsea Derby County Everton Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers Finland Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi France AJ Auxerre Girondins de Bordeaux RC Lens Lille Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Marseille Metz Monaco Nantes OGC Nice Paris Saint-Germain Racing Stade de Reims Stade Rennais Saint-Étienne Sochaux-Montbéliard Strasbourg Alsace Toulouse Georgia Dinamo Tbilisi Germany TSV 1860 Munich Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bayern Munich VfL Bochum Borussia Dortmund Borussia Mönchengladbach Carl Zeiss Jena Berliner FC Dynamo MSV Duisburg Dynamo Dresden Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Frankfurt Fortuna Düsseldorf Hamburger SV Hannover 96 Hertha BSC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC Köln Lokomotive Leipzig Magdeburg Nürnberg Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart Werder Bremen VfL Wolfsburg Ghana Asante Kotoko Hearts of Oak Greece AEK Athens Olympiacos Panathinaikos PAOK Guatemala Comunicaciones Municipal Guinea Hafia Honduras Olimpia Hungary Budapest Honvéd Ferencvárosi TC MTK Budapest Újpest Vasas Iran Esteghlal Persepolis Republic of Ireland Dundalk Shamrock Rovers Israel Hapoel Tel-Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Tel-Aviv Italy Atalanta Bari Bologna Cagliari Fiorentina Genoa Hellas Verona Inter Milan Juventus Lazio A.C. Milan Napoli Palermo Parma Pro Vercelli Roma Sampdoria Torino Udinese Vicenza Ivory Coast Africa Sports ASEC Mimosas Japan Kashima Antlers Urawa Red Diamonds Kuwait Al Qadisiya Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch Mali Djoliba AC Stade Malien Mexico Club América Atlante Cruz Azul Guadalajara Monterrey Club Necaxa Pachuca Santos Laguna Deportivo Toluca Tigres UANL Club Universidad Nacional Morocco AS Forces Armées Royales Raja Casablanca Wydad Casablanca Netherlands Ajax AZ Alkmaar Feyenoord Go Ahead Eagles HVV Den Haag NAC Breda PSV Eindhoven Roda JC Kerkrade Sparta Rotterdam Twente Utrecht Vitesse Willem II Nigeria Enugu Rangers Enyimba Heartland Northern Ireland Glentoran Linfield Norway Rosenborg Paraguay Cerro Porteño Guaraní Libertad Nacional Olimpia Sol de América Peru Alianza Lima Sport Boys Sporting Cristal Universitario Poland Górnik Zabrze Lech Poznań Legia Warsaw Ruch Chorzów Wisła Kraków Portugal Belenenses Benfica Boavista Braga Porto Sporting CP Vitória Guimarães Vitória Setúbal Qatar Al Sadd Romania Dinamo Bucureşti Rapid Bucureşti Steaua Bucureşti Universitatea Craiova Russia CSKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow Spartak Moscow Torpedo Moscow Zenit Saint Petersburg Saudi Arabia Al Ahli Al Hilal Al Ittihad Al Nassr Scotland Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers Senegal ASC Diaraf Serbia OFK Beograd Partizan Red Star Belgrade Vojvodina Slovakia Inter Bratislava Slovan Bratislava Spartak Trnava South Africa Kaizer Chiefs Mamelodi Sundowns Orlando Pirates South Korea Pohang Steelers Seongnam FC Seoul Suwon Samsung Bluewings Ulsan Hyundai Spain Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid Barcelona Celta Vigo Deportivo de La Coruña Espanyol Las Palmas Osasuna Racing de Santander Real Betis Real Madrid RCD Mallorca Real Oviedo Real Sociedad Real Valladolid Real Zaragoza Sevilla Sporting de Gijón Valencia Villarreal Sudan Al Hilal Al Merrikh Surinam Robinhood Transvaal Sweden AIK Djurgårdens IF GAIS Helsingborgs IF IF Elfsborg IFK Göteborg Norrköping Malmö Örgryte IS Switzerland Basel Grasshopper Club Zürich Lausanne-Sport Servette Young Boys Zürich Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Tunisia Club Africain CS Sfaxien Espérance ES Sahel Turkey Beşiktaş Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Trabzonspor Ukraine Dnipro Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk United Arab Emirates Al Ain United States D.C. United LA Galaxy Uruguay Bella Vista CA River Plate Cerro Danubio Defensor Sporting Montevideo Wanderers Nacional Peñarol Rampla Juniors Wales Cardiff City Swansea City Zambia Nkana
Maybe you're right and maybe I'm wrong, though it's a minor matter with such a long list. As you can see the list are much more than Ajax/Liverpool are up or down from two places, it cover the best teams on planet Earth.
I am curious why you rank inter Milan higher then Ajax ? By what standards ? If its for european trophees won then Ajax outshines inter Milan. If its game style then Ajax plays far more attractive football then inter ( and has so for the last 50 years). If its legends they produced then Ajax stil tops inter Milan.