Fans have taken to social media to express their confusion after UEFA published their latest club rankings.
Though Pep Guardiola's side were unable to secure back-to-back Champions League triumphs, Manchester City have retained their place at the top of the list with Real Madrid in second.
Bayern Munich sit third on the rankings despite a disappointing campaign domestically that saw them play second fiddle to Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen.
Rounding out the top five are Liverpool followed by Roma, who continued to move up the list despite a lacklustre Serie A campaign as Daniele De Rossi took over from Jose Mourinho last season.
The next Premier League side to feature in the coefficient are Chelsea in ninth, followed by Manchester United in 14th, West Ham in 16th and Arsenal in 19th.
With more than a few surprises, social media was awash with fans questioning positions on the list.
One wrote: 'Chelsea ahead of Arsenal and united after no champions league for two years.'
Another added: 'Ain’t no way City is ranked higher than Madrid.'
A third agreed: 'How is Chelsea above FC Barcelona? This is a joke.'
A fourth wrote: 'The top 3 is spot-on imo , simple logic being the last few years whenever I think about the Champions League these 3 only seem to me as genuine title contenders, others are hit & miss.'
The UEFA club coefficients are based on a team's performances in European competitions for the previous five seasons.
Points are awarded to clubs for winning matches in the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League.
As such, West Ham who followed a Europa League semi-final in 21/22 with winning the Conference League the following year and reaching the quarter-finals of the Europa league last season have accumulated more points than the likes of Arsenal and Barcelona.
The rankings also affect how clubs are seeded in UEFA draws for upcoming European competitions.
sodex12345
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people saying how is chelsea ahead of arsenal, Arsenal how many champions league do you have. Roma is ahead of Barcelona, why? bcos he just won a European trophy recently and still reach European final... So, Chelsea won the European trophy recently. when did Arsenal or Barcelona win it last. even Westham make the list ahead of Tottenham and arsenal, bcos they won conference league recently. so, understand the coefficient they use in making this ranking and stop lamenting
luhbcdkmot
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congratulations to man city and to those small teams behind us, I want to let you know that, this ranking is not about your ancestors who used to win trophies by corruption. we are ruling the football world game currently 💪💪💪 City kuchalo ✔️✔️✔️
Voeilmruy
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Real Madrid Did The Worst Thing In Soccer When They Played Man City;The Whole Team Clogged The Eighteen Area For More Two Hours,Hoping For LUCK,Which They Got;Ball Possession,Man City 90%,Real Madrid 10%,Corners Man City-18,Real Madrid-1,Shot Man City 18,Real Madrid-10,Yes Real Madrid Got LUCKY,So Please Tell Us,A Team Like Real Madrid Who Clearly Showed The WORLD That They Are SCARED Of City,Can They Be A Better Team Than City???
Lovebug2
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Real Madrid won against City on penalties though City played better than them in both games. City played much better than Madrid in the group stages too. Madrid won the Champions League, thanks to robbing Bayern 🤣🤣🤣🤣