South America's Top Clubs - August 2016

Atlético Nacional won the Copa Libertadores, but still missed top spot in the monthly South American club ranking on Germancopa. New number 1 is Olimpia from Paraguay.

Olimpia's choreography in the Defensores del Chaco. (Photo: paraguayfootball.wordpress.com)

Olimpia are the new leaders in August, removing Boca Juniors that led the ranking in July from top position. For the second time since October 2015, the Paraguayans profited off a great run in the league, seeing them stay unbeaten in the last eight matches. 

Atlético Nacional did fantastic internationally, but their league form took a little dip during their Copa Libertadores triumph. They reached the same number of total points as Olimpia, but fell just shy of top spot. 

Venezuela's Zamora, a consistent visitor in this list, finished third this month. Standout performers of the month collecting a great amount of points in their league outings were Guaraní and Ecuador's Barcelona SC. Talking of Ecuador: Libertadores finalist Independiente del Valle did not make the cut.

The rules if you missed them previously:
For this table, we look at the last 15 results from each team in South America’s leagues and Copa Libertadores/Sudamericana. A win in the league gets you 3 points, a draw 1. Internationally those numbers are doubled to 6 and 2. 

Pos.	Last	Team	Country	POINTS
1	2	Olimpia	Paraguay	38
2	14	Atlético Nacional	Colombia	38
3	9	Zamora FC	Venezuela	35
4	4	CA Lanús	Argentina	35
5	-	Guaraní	Paraguay	35
6	19	Barcelona SC	Ecuador	34
7	1	Boca Juniors	Argentina	34
8	11	Libertad	Paraguay	33
9	10	Estudiantes	Argentina	32
10	8	Corinthians	Brazil	32
11	12	Godoy Cruz	Argentina	32
12	13	Rosario Central	Argentina	32
13	15	O’Higgins	Chile	31
14	-	Carabobo FC	Venezuela	30
15	-	Melgar	Peru	30
16	6	Independiente Medellín	Colombia	30
17	17	Plaza Colonia	Uruguay	30
18	5	Colo Colo	Chile	30
19	18	River Plate	Argentina	30
20	-	Santos	Brazil	29