Whats wrong with iffhs?

[otoniel]

I cant believe this rankings its so stupid
why is Milan in 11th place???

1. (1.) Valencia CF España/4 274,0
2. (6.) CA Boca Juniors Buenos Aires Argentina/4 270,0
3. (2.) Manchester United FC England/4 265,0
4. (4.) Real Madrid CF España/4 259,0
5. (7.) Arsenal FC London England/4 253,0
6. (3.) FC Juventus Torino Italia/4 252,0
7. (8.) Santos FC Brasil/4 250,0
8. (12.) AS de Monaco France/4 245,0
9. (15.) FC do Porto Portugal/3 241,5
10. (11.) Newcastle United FC England/4 238,0
(5.) Milan AC Italia/4 238,0
12. (8.) São Paulo FC Brasil/4 234,0
13. (10.) Chelsea FC London England/4 232,0
14. (18.) FC Barcelona España/4 226,0
15. (14.) SV Werder Bremen Deutschland/4 225,0
16. (13.) Club Brugge KV Belgique/3 224,0
17. (23.) Villarreal CF España/4 223,0
18. (20.) Glasgow Celtic FC Scotland/3 217,0
19. (18.) Olympique Lyonnais France/4 216,0
(16.) FC Internazionale Milano Italia/4 216,0
21. (22.) Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal/3 214,5
22. (20.) CA River Plate Buenos Aires Argentina/4 208,0
23. (31.) Real Zaragoza CD España/4 207,0

[Henrik]

pardon my ignorance, but who is IFFHS?
When and where was this list published? I looks suspicious for many reasons.

[otoniel]

thats supposely the official club ranking for fifa or something like that i'm not sure but its supposed to be the most reliable list for club ranking... here is the website www.iffhs.de and it came out this month

[Reza]

These rankings from those statisticians often come up with results like that, they chose a formula for calculating it...Obviously on the pitch Milan and Newcastle are not the same. A team like Lyon have achieved more than they are given credit for, etc.
If based on direct results it wouldn't look anything like that .

[almilan]

Whats that saying? I forget the exact saying buts it something like:
'Lies, Lies and Statistics'