kenny Mubaiwa
Sikhumbuzo Moyo Senior Sports Reporter
DYNAMOS Football Club are ranked the 12th best club in Africa and 241 on the world stage while FC Platinum have overtaken ailing giants Highlanders and now sit second nationally and 33 on the African continent, two places better than Bosso. According to Football Database, Highlanders are ranked 35th in Africa and 482 in the world after amassing 1,426 points during the period under review.
DeMbare have 1,504 points while FC Platinum, who are ranked 455 in the world have 1,436 points. Division One outfit, Gunners are ranked fourth in the country, 41st in Africa and 558 in the world while former cup kings Caps United are right behind on 45th in Africa and 575 in the world.
Premiership leaders Chicken Inn are ranked 54th in Africa and 627 in the world. South African football giants, Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates are both ranked below Zimbabwe’s most successful football club, Dynamos. Sundowns are 13th in Africa and 243 in the world while Orlando Pirates are 23th on the continent and 373 on the world stage. DeMbare are even ahead of perennial Uefa Champions League campaigners Young Boys of Switzerland.
However, it is the fall by Highlanders that will be of worry to its legion of supporters, especially the shocking reality that FC Platinum are now the second best club in the country. Bosso, according to Football Database’s graphical presentation, picked up huge points that saw them rising sharply from 2012 to September 2014, during the Kelvin Kaindu era. Since the departure of the Zambian, the graph shows a downward trend while FC Platinum’s graph continues to rise.
DRC’s T P Mazembe remain the best club in Africa followed by Sudan’s Al Merreikh and Vita Club also of the DRC. Flamboyant South African side Kaizer Chiefs are fourth. Invincible Spanish kings Barcelona are the best club in the world followed by bitter national rivals Real Madrid with Germany’s Bayern Munich on third place. Manchester City are the best England club on seventh place with Chelsea sitting on ninth.
Arsenal and Manchester United are ranked 14th and 15th best clubs respectively. Crisis ridden Liverpool are lying a distant 49th.