Quiet weekend for top ten
Sonck’s strike – Genk's second in a 3-2 win against R. Charleroi SC on Saturday night – was number 28 of the season for the Belgian international and lifted him up from sixth place, the only climber in the top ten of the rankings after a weekend of blanks for many of his rival marksmen. Leading striker Mario Jardel failed to find the target in Sporting Clube de Portugal's victory over SC Salgueiros.
Van Hooijdink up four places
Not so Pierre van Hooijdonk of Feyenoord, however, who rose four places to 16th with a goal in the 5-0 derby defeat of Sparta Rotterdam to cap a memorable week. The Dutch international had scored the last-minute equaliser and winning penalty against PSV Eindhoven in the UEFA Cup three days earlier.
Cissé and Catanha score
Below Van Hooijdonk in joint-17th place are AJ Auxerre's Djibril Cissé and Catanha of RC Celta de Vigo, who moved up four places after a goal apiece in their respective sides' victories over Lille OSC (3-2) and Athletic Club Bilbao (6-1).
Latest standings (only league goals count):
| Pos | Name | Club (Country) | Gls | Val | Pts | | 1 | Mario Jardel | Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) | 33 | 1.5 | 49.5 | | 2 | Wesley Sonck | RC Genk (BEL) | 28 | 1.5 | 42 | | 2 | Pauleta Resendes | FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) | 21 | 2 | 42 | | 2 | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Chelsea FC (ENG) | 21 | 2 | 42 | | 2 | Ruud van Nistelrooij | Manchester United FC (ENG) | 21 | 2 | 42 | | 2 | Dario Hubner | Piacenza FC (ITA) | 21 | 2 | 42 | | 7 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal FC (ENG) | 20 | 2 | 40 | | 8 | Henrik Larsson | Celtic FC (SCO) | 26 | 1.5 | 39 | | 9 | Maxim Gruznov | JK Trans Narva (EST) | 37 | 1 | 37 | | 10 | Christian Giménez | FC Lugano(SWI) | 24 | 1.5 | 36 | | 10 | David Trezeguet | Juventus FC (ITA) | 18 | 2 | 36 | | 10 | Christian Vieri | Internazionale FC (ITA) | 18 | 2 | 36 | | 13 | Ronald Brunmayr | Grazer AK (AUT) | 23 | 1.5 | 34.5 | | 14 | Jean-Claude Darcheville | FC Lorient (FRA) | 17 | 2 | 34 | | 14 | Marc Lloyd-Williams | Bangor City FC (WAL) | 34 | 1 | 34 | | 16 | Pierre van Hooijdonk | Feyenoord (HOL) | 22 | 1.5 | 33 | | 17 | Djibril Cissé | AJ Auxerre (FRA) | 16 | 2 | 32 | | 17 | Catanha | RC Celta de Vigo (ESP) | 16 | 2 | 32 | | 17 | Alan Shearer | Newcastle United FC (ENG) | 16 | 2 | 32 | | 17 | Cristiano Doni | Atalanta BC (ITA) | 16 | 2 | 32 | | 17 | Fernando Morientes | Real Madrid CF (ESP) | 16 | 2 | 32 | | 17 | Marco di Vaio | Parma AC (ITA) | 16 | 2 | 32 | | 23 | Ricardo Nuñez | Grasshopper-Club (SWI) | 21 | 1.5 | 31.5 | | 23 | Ilhan Mansiz | Besiktas JK (TUR) | 21 | 1.5 | 31.5 | | 25 | Robbie Fowler | Leeds United AFC (ENG) | 15 | 2 | 30 | | 25 | Diego Tristán | RC Deportivo La Coruña (ESP) | 15 | 2 | 30 | | 25 | Marcio Amoroso | BV Borussia Dortmund (GER) | 15 | 2 | 30 | | 25 | Jan Vennegoor Of Hesselink | PSV Eindhoven (HOL) | 20 | 1.5 | 30 | | 25 | Rune Lange | Club Brugge KV (BEL) | 20 | 1.5 | 30 | | 25 | Patrick Kluivert | FC Barcelona (FRA) | 15 | 2 | 30 | | 25 | Filippo Maniero | AC Venezia (ITA) | 15 | 2 | 30 | | 25 | Ivica Olic | NK Zagreb (CRO) | 19 | 1.5 | 28.5 |
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Last updated 25 March 2002
Only the leading five countries (Spain, Italy, Germany, France and England) on the UEFA Ranking after the 2000/01 season have 2 as their multiplier. This is to emphasise the difference in (international) performance level between the clubs from those countries and those from the other countries.
In a change from last season, a player cannot first play in a summer league (e.g. Norway) and then in a winter league (e.g. Spain) and combine the points total for each season. For example, last season John Carew played for Rosenborg BK and then moved to Valencia CF for the start of the Spanish season. From this season, he would have had two separate rankings.
Figures from Voetbal International
