IFFHS ranks Sepahan top Asian team

PTV - The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) has ranked Iran's Sepahan Isfahan as the best Asian team.

According to the latest list published by the IFFHS, Sepahan FC currently stands at the 73rd place among the world's leading football clubs, IRIB reported on Friday.

The Iranian club stood at 89th place in last month's IFFHS rankings.

The Singapore Armed Forces FC stands in the 81st place on the list as the second best Asian team and Japan's Urawa FC Red Diamonds drops to the third place.

The International Federation of Football History & Statistics is an organization that chronicles the history of football. It is based in Bonn, the former capital of Germany.

The federation takes into account performances of the teams against continental opposition rather than any league results to rank them.

Sepahan Isfahan FC is currently on the top of the Iranian Premier League (IPL) table with 53 points.