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UEFA coefficient

January 01, 1970

In European football, the UEFA coefficients are statistics based in weighted arithmetic means used for ranking and seeding teams in club and international competitions. Introduced in 1979 for men's football tournaments,[1] and after applied in women's football and futsal, the coefficients are calculated by UEFA, who administer football within Europe, as well as Armenia, Cyprus, Israel and the Asian parts of some transcontinental countries.

The confederation publishes three types of rankings: one analysing a single season, one analysing a five-year span and another analysing a ten-year span. For men's competitions (discussed in this article), three sets of coefficients are calculated:

Men's association coefficient edit

 
Map of UEFA associations whose teams have reached the group stage of the UEFA Champions League
  UEFA member association that has been represented in the group stage
  UEFA member association that has not been represented in the group stage
  Not a UEFA member
 
Map of UEFA associations whose teams reached the group stage of the UEFA Europa League
  UEFA member association that has been represented in the group stage
  UEFA member association that has not been represented in the group stage
  Not a UEFA member
 
Map of UEFA associations whose teams reached the group stage of the UEFA Europa Conference League
  UEFA member association that has been represented in the group stage
  UEFA member association that has not been represented in the group stage
  Not a UEFA member

The association coefficient is used to rank the football associations of Europe, and thus determine the number of clubs from an association that will participate in the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

The UEFA ranking determines the number of teams competing in the season after the next, not in the first season after the publication of the ranking. Thus, the rankings at the end of the 2021–22 season determine the team allocation by association in the 2023–24 (not 2022–23) UEFA season. This is unrelated to the selection of teams which will fill each allocation through the individual association leagues and national cups (which is decided in the preceding season).

This coefficient is determined by the results of the clubs of the associations in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League games over the past five seasons. Two points are awarded for each win by a club, and one for a draw (points are halved in the qualifying rounds). Results determined by extra time do count in determining the allocation of points, but results determined by penalty-shootouts do not affect the allocation of points, other than for bonus points given for qualification into the latter rounds. The number of points awarded each season is divided by the number of teams that participated for that association in that season. This number is then rounded down to three decimal places (e.g. 2+2⁄3 would be rounded to 2.666).[3][4]

To determine an association's coefficient for a particular season, the coefficients for the last five seasons are added. Bonus points are added to the number of points scored in a season. Bonus points are allocated for:[5]

Bonus Points

2024–25 through 2026–27 seasons
Round Champions League Europa League Conference League
League phase participation (1-36) 6 - -
League phase bonus increase per ascending final ranking (9-24) 0.25 0.25 0.125
League phase bonus increase per ascending final ranking (1-8) 0.25 0.25 0.25
Maximum league phase bonus (ranked 1st, for reference) 12 6 4
Each knockout round participation (R16, QF, SF, Final) 1.5 1 0.5
2021–22 through 2023–24 seasons
Round Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League
Group stage participation 4 – –
Group winner – 4 2
Group runners-up – 2 1
Round of 16 participation 5 1 –
Quarter-finals participation 1 1 –
Semi-finals and Finals participation 1 1 1
2018–19 through 2020–21 seasons
Round Champions League Europa League
Group stage participation 4 –
Round of 16 participation 5 –
Quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals participation 1 1

UEFA uses this coefficient system to decide which teams gain automatic entry to the group stage and which teams must go through qualifying. For instance, the teams who occupy the top four league places in the associations ranked 1 to 4 in UEFA competition, the top two teams of the association ranked 5 and 6, and the champions in the associations ranked 7 to 10 gain automatic entry into the group stages for the following season's Champions League competition.

Current ranking edit

The ranking below takes into account of each association's performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2023–24, with the 2023–24 season ongoing. The final ranking at the end of the 2023–24 season will be used to determine the minimum number of places for each association in the 2025–26 UEFA club competitions.

The two highest annual coefficients from the 2023–24 season and onward will be used to determine two additional European Performance Spots in the Champions League for the next season.

As of 9 May 2024, the coefficients are as follows:[6][7]

Ranking Member association
(L: League, C: Cup, LC: League Cup) 		Coefficient Teams[a] Places in 2025–26 season[b]
2024 2023 Mvmt 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 Total ChL EuL CoL Total
1 1   –   England (L, C, LC[c]) 18.571 24.357 21.000 23.000 17.375 104.303 0/8 4 2 1 7
2 4   +2   Italy (L, C) 14.928 16.285 15.714 22.357 20.714 89.998 2/7
3 2   –1   Spain (L, C) 18.928 19.500 18.428 16.571 15.812 89.239 1/8
4 3   –1   Germany (L, C) 18.714 15.214 16.214 17.125 19.357 86.624 2/7
5 5   –   France (L, C) 11.666 7.916 18.416 12.583 16.250 66.831 0/6
6 6   –   Netherlands (L, C) 9.400 9.200 19.200 13.500 10.000 61.300 0/5 3 2 1 6
7 7   –   Portugal (L, C) 10.300 9.600 12.916 12.500 11.000 56.316 0/6 2 2 1 5
8 8   –   Belgium (L, C) 7.600 6.000 6.600 14.200 14.400 48.800 0/5
9 12   +3   Turkey (L, C) 5.000 3.100 6.700 11.800 12.000 38.600 0/4
10 15   +5   Czechia (L, C) 2.500 6.600 6.700 6.750 13.500 36.050 0/4
11 9   –2   Scotland (L, C) 9.750 8.500 7.900 3.500 6.400 36.050 0/5
12 13   +1   Switzerland (L, C) 6.400 5.125 7.750 8.500 5.200 32.975 0/5
13 10   –3   Austria (L, C) 5.800 6.700 10.400 4.900 4.800 32.600 0/5 2 1 2 5
14 16   +2   Norway (L, C) 3.750 6.500 7.625 5.750 8.000 31.625 0/4
15 17   +2   Denmark (L, C) 5.125 4.125 7.800 5.900 8.500 31.450 0/4
16 20   +4   Greece (L, C) 4.900 5.100 8.000 2.125 11.000 31.125 1/5 1 1 2 4
17 21   +4   Israel (L, C) 2.375 7.000 6.750 6.250 8.750 31.125 0/4
18 14   –4   Ukraine (L, C) 7.200 6.800 4.200 5.700 4.100 28.000 0/5
19 11   –8   Serbia (L, C) 6.000 5.500 9.500 5.375 1.400 27.775 0/5
20 19   –1   Croatia (L, C) 4.375 5.900 6.000 3.375 5.875 25.525 0/4
21 24   +3   Poland (L, C) 2.125 4.000 4.625 7.750 6.875 25.375 0/4
22 22   –   Cyprus (L, C) 5.125 4.000 4.125 5.100 3.750 22.100 0/4
23 25   +2   Hungary (L, C) 4.500 4.250 2.750 5.875 4.500 21.875 0/4
24 23   –1   Sweden (L, C) 5.750 2.500 5.125 6.250 1.875 21.500 0/4
25 26   +1   Romania (L, C) 5.875 3.750 2.250 6.250 3.250 21.375 0/4
26 27   +1   Bulgaria (L, C) 4.125 4.000 3.375 4.500 4.375 20.375 0/4
27 29   +2   Azerbaijan (L, C) 3.375 2.500 4.375 4.000 5.875 20.125 0/4
28 28   –   Slovakia (L, C) 3.000 1.500 4.125 6.000 5.000 19.625 0/4
29 18   –11   Russia (L, C)[Note RUS] 4.666 4.333 5.300 4.333[d] 0.000[e] 18.632 0/0
30 31   +1   Slovenia (L, C) 2.000 2.250 3.000 2.125 3.875 13.250 0/4
31 32   +1   Moldova (L, C) 0.750 1.375 5.250 3.750 2.000 13.125 0/4
32 33   +1   Kosovo (L, C) 1.500 1.833 2.333 2.875 3.000 11.541 0/4
33 30   –3   Kazakhstan (L, C) 3.375 1.000 2.875 1.125 3.125 11.500 0/4
34 37   +3   Finland (L, C) 1.625 1.375 3.750 2.625 1.750 11.125 0/4 1 0 3 4
35 36   +1   Republic of Ireland (L, C) 1.250 1.875 2.875 3.375 1.500 10.875 0/4
36 39   +3   Armenia (L, C) 2.750 1.375 1.875 2.375 2.250 10.625 0/4
37 35   –2   Latvia (L, C) 2.250 1.375 2.625 2.750 1.625 10.625 0/4
38 43   +5   Faroe Islands (L, C) 1.125 2.750 1.500 2.250 2.750 10.375 0/4
39 41   +2   Bosnia and Herzegovina (L, C) 1.500 2.625 1.625 2.000 2.250 10.000 0/4
40 34   –6   Liechtenstein (C)[f] 2.500 0.500 0.000 6.500 0.500 10.000 0/1 0 0 1 1
41 48   +7   Iceland (L, C) 0.625 0.625 1.500 3.000 3.833 9.583 0/3 1 0 3 4
42 44   +2   Northern Ireland (L, C) 2.375 2.833 1.625 1.250 1.125 9.208 0/4
43 42   –1   Luxembourg (L, C) 3.000 1.000 1.250 1.125 2.250 8.625 0/4
44 38   –6   Lithuania (L, C) 1.625 1.625 1.750 2.375 1.125 8.500 0/4
45 45   –   Malta (L, C) 0.750 1.500 1.875 2.625 1.500 8.250 0/4
46 46   –   Georgia (L, C) 2.250 1.750 1.250 1.125 1.250 7.625 0/4
47 49   +2   Albania (L, C) 0.750 2.000 1.625 0.875 2.125 7.375 0/4
48 47   –1   Estonia (L, C) 0.875 1.375 3.666 1.166 0.125 7.207 0/4
49 40   –9   Belarus (L, C) 2.500 1.500 0.250 0.625 1.750 6.625 0/4
50 52   +2   North Macedonia (L, C) 0.500 1.750 0.625 1.625 1.500 6.000 0/4
51 53   +2   Andorra (L, C) 1.500 0.666 1.500 0.666 1.666 5.998 0/3 1 0 2 3
52 50   –2   Wales (L, C) 1.000 1.500 1.500 1.166 0.625 5.791 0/4
53 54   +1   Montenegro (L, C) 1.000 1.625 0.750 1.000 1.333 5.708 0/3
54 51   –3   Gibraltar (L, C) 1.000 1.666 1.250 0.875 0.166 4.957 0/3
55 55   –   San Marino (L, C) 0.000 0.500 0.166 0.833 0.333 1.832 0/3
  Indicates active associations which have all their teams still competing in this season's UEFA club competitions (i.e. Champions League, Europa League or Europa Conference League).
  Indicates active associations which have some teams still competing in this season's UEFA club competitions.
  Indicates associations which have no teams remaining in this season's UEFA club competitions.
  1. ^ Number of teams still active from association in UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League or UEFA Europa Conference League.
  2. ^ European Performance Spots: The two associations with the highest one-year coefficient in the most recent season are awarded an additional berth in the Champions League league stage.
  3. ^ The winner of the league cup of England is given a place in the UEFA Conference League by special permission from UEFA (replacing the lowest-ranked league team which would have qualified).
  4. ^ Did not participate in Europe this season, but were awarded 4.333 (the lowest coefficient obtained in the previous 5 seasons)
  5. ^ Not participating in Europe this season
  6. ^ The Liechtenstein Football Association does not organise a national league competition and all its seven clubs compete in the Swiss football league system.[8][9] As a result, the only competitor from Liechtenstein in European competitions is the Liechtenstein Cup winners, who qualify for the UEFA Conference League.[9]

Notes

  1. ^
    Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[10][11][12] On 2 May 2022, UEFA confirmed that Russian clubs would be excluded from the 2022–23 UEFA competitions and be awarded the minimum coefficient from the previous 5 seasons (4.333) for 2022–23.[13] Later UEFA changed Russia's coefficient in 2022–23 season to zero, but they subsequently restored their coefficient to 4.333 at the end of the 2022–23 season.[14]

Further information on Liechtenstein's status and similar cases edit

According to the UEFA regulations a National League needs to consist of at least eight clubs to be considered valid, otherwise no participants of such a league will be allowed to enter European competitions.

  • There are only seven clubs that are active in Liechtenstein, all of which play in neighbouring Switzerland's league competitions.
  • Prior to the introduction of the Welsh Premier League in 1992 Wales also had a single participant in European competitions, the winner (or best placed Welsh team as several English teams also competed) of the Welsh Cup, in the now defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic edit

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, two-legged ties in the knockout stages of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League and 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, and in the qualifying stages of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League and 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, were changed to single-leg matches. In those cases where there was such a change in format, the following points were awarded instead:[15][16]

  • 3 points for a win (1.5 points for qualifying and play-off matches)
  • 2 points for a draw (1 point for qualifying and play-off matches)
  • 1 point for a loss (0.5 points for qualifying and play-off matches)

This translates to the original system (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) by considering the "unplayed leg" as a draw.

Distribution of team competition quotas edit

2024–27 edit

The following is the default access list for the 2024–25 and future seasons.[17] Rankings in table exclude Liechtenstein.[a]

Champions League Europa League Conference League
Ranking LS QR LS QR QR
PO Q3 Q2 Q1 PO Q3 Q2 Q1 PO Q3 Q2 Q1
1–4 4 2 1
5 3 1 2 1
6 2 1 1 1 1
7 1 1 1 1 1
8–9 1 1 1 1 1
10 1 1 1 1 1
11–12 1 1 1 1 1
13–14 1 1 1 2
15 2 1 2
16–22 1 1 2
23–29 1 1 2
30–33 1 1 1 1
34–37 1 1 2
38–49 1 3
50–54 1 2
LIE 1

2021–24 edit

The following was the default access list from the 2021–22 season through the 2023–24 season.[18][19] Rankings in table exclude Liechtenstein.[a]

Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League
Ranking GS QR GS QR QR
PO Q3 Q2 Q1 PR PO Q3 PO Q3 Q2 Q1
1–4 4 2 1
5 2 1 2 1
6 2 1 1 1 1
7–9 1 1 1 1 1
10 1 1 1 1 1
11–12 1 1 1 1 1
13–14 1 1 1 2
15 2 1 2
16–17 1 3
18–28 1 3
29 1 2 1
30–49 1 3
50 1 2
51–54 1 2
LIE 1
  1. ^ a b The Liechtenstein Football Association does not organise a national league competition and all its seven clubs compete in the Swiss football league system.[8][9] As a result, the only competitor from Liechtenstein in European competitions is the Liechtenstein Cup winners, who qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League.[9]

History edit

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Following the introduction of the UEFA Cup in 1971, the competition began to grow in complexity having more clubs than the European Champions Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup, reaching up to four from a single country. UEFA began to publish rankings in 1979,[1] to identify the number of participants for each association in the UEFA Cup.

Subsequently, for statistical purposes, various rankings were introduced to portray the history of the associations. According to the prorated (extended) calculation system, only four associations have succeeded in being ranked as the top European association.[20]

Following the Heysel Stadium disaster, all English teams were banned from UEFA competitions in 1985. The ban was only lifted after five seasons, with the knock-on effects continuing to impact on English football for a total of nine years from 1986 to 1994.[21] Having been top in 1985, England were un-ranked in 1990[22] and would not regain the top position until 2008.[23]

Russia was barred from competitions after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Due to military aggression and calls by Russia to "demilitarise" and "denazify", many football clubs in Ukraine were forced to be dissolved or suspend their participation due to destruction of their football infrastructure. [citation needed]

Also, FIFA imposed passive sanctions on Ukrainian clubs (along with Russian clubs) by suspending employment contracts of football players playing in Ukraine due to safety concerns in relations to the Russian aggression without any consultations with Ukrainian football community.[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] The CEO Serhii Palkin of Ukrainian leading football club Shakhtar Donetsk points out that this move led to a big financial loss and FIFA should compensate Ukrainian football community. In October 2023 UEFA brought one of the Ukrainian leading clubs' executive officers, who in 2021 received the "UEFA Grassroot Award",[34] to its Executive Committee on Status of Players.[35][36][37]

Top associations by period edit

The following data indicates the three top-ranked associations in each five-year period.[38] Data prior to 1975–1979 period has been calculated, but precedes the first published by the Confederation and has merely informative value.[38] Note that the table take into account the results from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which was a non-UEFA competition that took place until 1971, whose teams in the first editions were representing cities instead of clubs.

Years 1st place Coeff. 2nd place Coeff. 3rd place Coeff.
1956–1960   Spain 70.833   France 40.500   Italy 36.500
1957–1961 68.333   England 41.666 36.500
1958–1962 71.933 34.666 31.500
1959–1963 68.433   Italy 32.500   Scotland 32.250
1960–1964 66.833 39.700 35.750
1961–1965 52.333 43.128   England 38.849
1962–1966 53.333   England 42.682   Hungary 39.999
1963–1967   England 45.482   Spain 41.733   Italy 41.728
1964–1968 49.016   Hungary 43.665   Spain 41.566
1965–1969 53.701 53.665   Scotland 38.366
1966–1970 51.951 46.415 39.566
1967–1971 51.660 40.999   Italy 40.094
1968–1972 53.431 41.666 38.660
1969–1973 53.231   Netherlands 41.200 37.593
1970–1974 54.279 43.500   West Germany 39.664
1971–1975 47.779   West Germany 46.331   Netherlands 45.200
1972–1976   West Germany 48.950   Netherlands 43.600   England 43.570
1973–1977 51.902   England 41.999   Netherlands 39.450
1974–1978 48.783   Netherlands 43.450   England 38.332
1975–1979 52.617 39.200   Belgium 38.300
1976–1980 53.998   England 38.426 37.300
1977–1981 52.284 38.760   Spain 36.999
1978–1982 51.999 37.902   Netherlands 35.466
1979–1983 54.118   Spain 34.999   England 34.426
1980–1984 43.618   England 37.950   Spain 32.199
1981–1985   England 41.093   Italy 38.800   West Germany 37.070
1982–1986   Italy 39.466   West Germany 37.332   Soviet Union 36.516
1983–1987 41.716   Soviet Union 37.250   West Germany 36.332
1984–1988 41.082 37.550 36.165
1985–1989 42.498   West Germany 41.093   Spain 40.999
1986–1990   West Germany 45.427   Italy 43.212 42.666
1987–1991   Italy 48.171   (West) Germany 43.594 38.666
1988–1992 52.837 42.927 40.266
1989–1993 60.337   France 40.450   (West) Germany 39.403
1990–1994 62.313 45.150   Germany 41.641
1991–1995 63.884 45.283   Germany 40.307
1992–1996 61.259 45.408   Spain 43.932
1993–1997 60.735   Spain 46.532   France 45.733
1994–1998 59.640   Germany 49.932   Spain 48.580
1995–1999 57.212   Spain 49.628   Germany 45.498
1996–2000   Spain 59.599   Italy 55.927 46.403
1997–2001 65.210 56.239   England 51.288
1998–2002 68.467 58.668 55.459
1999–2003 75.539 62.311 58.340
2000–2004 79.851   England 62.153   Italy 59.186
2001–2005 73.717 63.224 61.186
2002–2006 72.748   Italy 66.731   England 63.486
2003–2007 76.891   England 68.540   Italy 66.088
2004–2008   England 75.749   Spain 75.266 60.410
2005–2009 79.499 74.266 62.910
2006–2010 81.856 79.757 64.338
2007–2011 85.785 82.329   Germany 69.436
2008–2012 84.410 84.186 75.186
2009–2013   Spain 88.025   England 82.963 79.614
2010–2014 97.713 84.748 81.641
2011–2015 99.999 80.391 79.415
2012–2016 105.713   Germany 80.177   England 76.284
2013–2017 104.998 79.498 75.962
2014–2018 106.998   England 79.605   Italy 76.249
2015–2019 103.569 85.462 74.725
2016–2020 102.283 90.462   Germany 74.784
2017–2021   England 100.569   Spain 97.855   Italy 75.438
2018–2022 106.641 96.141 76.902
2019–2023 109.570 92.998   Germany 82.481
2020–2024 104.303   Italy   Spain

The table shows the ranking of nations with respect to the total number of years in the top three of the rankings:

As of 7 June 2023
Association 1st 2nd 3rd Total
  England 18 17 10 45
  Spain 23 12 9 44
  Italy 13 10 17 40
  West Germany/Germany 10 8 16 34
  Netherlands 0 5 3 8
  France 0 5 1 6
  Hungary
  Scotland 0 0 4 4
  Soviet Union 0 2 1 3
  Belgium 0 0 2 2

Women's association coefficient edit

Current ranking edit

The ranking below takes into account of each association's performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2023–24, with the 2023–24 season currently taking place.

The final ranking at the end of the 2023–24 season will be used to determine the number of places for each association in the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League.

As of 29 April 2024 the coefficients are as follows:[39]

Ranking Member association
(L: League) 		Coefficient Teams[a] Places in 2025–26 season
2024 2023 Mvmt 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 Total UCL UEFA 2nd Tier Total
1 1   –   France (L) 20.000 15.000 16.333 10.000 17.000 78.333 1/3 3 0 3
2 2   –   Germany (L) 16.500 16.500 14.666 14.000 7.333 68.999 0/3
3 3   –   Spain (L) 15.000 15.500 13.666 13.000 10.333 67.499 1/3
4 4   –   England (L) 11.500 17.500 9.000 13.333 8.666 59.999 0/3
5 9   +4   Portugal (L) 4.000 3.000 7.000 8.000 12.000 34.000 0/1
6 5   –1   Italy (L) 3.000 5.000 8.500 12.500 5.000 34.000 0/2
7 6   –1   Sweden (L) 4.500 7.500 3.666 2.833 6.500 24.999 0/3
8 7   –1   Czechia (L) 5.500 7.000 2.333 3.333 4.166 22.332 0/3 2 1
9 10   +1   Netherlands (L) 6.000 3.000 2.500 2.500 8.000 22.000 0/2
10 8   –2   Denmark (L) 8.500 7.000 2.750 2.000 1.500 21.750 0/2
11 11   –   Norway (L) 2.000 5.500 2.500 3.000 8.500 21.500 0/2
12 13   +1   Austria (L) 3.000 9.000 2.000 4.250 3.000 21.250 0/2
13 14   +1   Ukraine (L) 2.000 5.000 7.000 3.000 2.000 19.000 0/2
14 16   +2   Belarus (L) 8.000 5.000 1.500 2.000 1.500 18.000 0/2 0 2
15 15   –   Iceland (L) 8.000 2.000 3.250 2.250 2.250 17.750 0/2
16 12   –4   Scotland (L) 7.500 3.000 2.000 2.000 2.500 17.000 0/2
17 17   –   Kazakhstan (L) 7.000 3.500 1.500 1.500 1.250 14.750 0/2
18 18   –   Switzerland (L) 3.000 3.000 2.500 2.750 3.000 14.250 0/1 1 1
19 21   +2   Serbia (L) 4.000 3.000 2.000 2.000 3.000 14.000 0/1
20 19   –1   Albania (L) 3.000 2.000 3.000 4.000 2.000 14.000 0/1
21 20   –1   Cyprus (L) 2.000 2.000 3.000 2.000 3.000 12.000 0/1
22 22   –   Belgium (L) 4.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 12.000 0/1
23 25   +2   Finland (L) 2.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2.000 10.000 0/1
24 23   –1   Bosnia and Herzegovina (L) 2.000 2.000 1.500 3.000 1.500 10.000 0/1
25 26   +1   Hungary (L) 2.500 2.000 2.000 1.500 1.500 9.500 0/1 0 1
26 29   +3   Romania (L) 1.000 2.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 9.000 0/1
27 32   +5   Slovenia (L) 1.000 3.000 2.000 1.500 1.500 9.000 0/1
28 27   –1   Poland (L) 1.500 3.000 1.500 1.500 1.500 9.000 0/1
29 30   +1   Croatia (L) 1.000 1.000 3.000 1.500 2.000 8.500 0/1
30 28   –2   Lithuania (L) 1.500 2.000 2.000 1.000 2.000 8.500 0/1
31 24   –7   Russia (L)[Note RUS1] 3.000 2.000 1.750 1.750[b] - [c] 8.500 0/0
32 31   –1   Republic of Ireland (L) 2.000 1.000 1.500 2.000 1.500 8.000 0/1
33 35   +2   Kosovo (L) 3.000 1.000 1.500 1.500 1.000 8.000 0/1
34 33   –1   Turkey (L) 2.000 1.000 1.500 1.500 1.500 7.500 0/1
35 34   –1   Greece (L) 0.000 1.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 7.000 0/1
36 39   +3   Israel (L) 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 2.000 7.000 0/1
37 42   +5   Georgia (L) 0.000 3.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 7.000 0/1
38 38   –   Montenegro (L) 1.500 1.000 1.500 1.500 1.500 7.000 0/1
39 36   –3   Slovakia (L) 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.000 1.000 6.500 0/1
40 37   –3   Bulgaria (L) 0.500 2.000 1.500 1.500 1.000 6.500 0/1
41 43   +2   Luxembourg (L) 0.000 1.000 2.000 1.500 1.500 6.000 0/1
42 41   –1   Wales (L) 2.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 6.000 0/1
43 46   +3   Latvia (L) 0.000 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.000 5.500 0/1
43 46   +3   Malta (L) 0.000 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.000 5.500 0/1
45 40   –5   Estonia (L) 1.000 1.000 1.500 1.000 1.000 5.500 0/1
45 44   –1   Northern Ireland (L) 1.000 1.000 1.500 1.000 1.000 5.500 0/1
47 47   –   Moldova (L) 0.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.500 4.500 0/1
48 47   –1   Faroe Islands (L) 0.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 4.000 0/1
48 47   –1   North Macedonia (L) 0.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 4.000 0/1
50 47   –3   Armenia (L) 0.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 - [c] 3.000 0/0
–[d]   Azerbaijan (L) No entry[c] (NR)[d] 0/0
–[d]   Gibraltar (L) No entry[c] (NR)[d] 0/0
–[d]   Andorra (NL)[e] No entry[c] (NR)[d] 0/0 NL
–[d]   Liechtenstein (NL)[e] No entry[c] (NR)[d] 0/0
–[d]   San Marino (NL)[e] No entry[c] (NR)[d] 0/0
  Indicates active associations which have all their teams still competing in this season's UEFA Women's Champions League.
  Indicates active associations which have some teams still competing in this season's UEFA Women's Champions League.
  Indicates associations which have no teams remaining in this season's UEFA Women's Champions League.
  1. ^ Number of teams still active from association in UEFA Women's Champions League.
  2. ^ Did not participate in Europe this season, but were awarded 1.750 (the lowest coefficient obtained in the previous 5 seasons)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Did not participate in European competitions that season.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j No rank, association did not enter in any of the seasons used for computing coefficients (NR)
  5. ^ a b c No women's domestic league (NL)

Notes

  1. ^
    Russia (RUS): On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[10][11][12] On 2 May 2022, UEFA confirmed that Russian clubs would be excluded from the 2022–23 UEFA competitions and be awarded the minimum coefficient from the previous 5 seasons (1.750) for 2022–23.[13] Later, UEFA changed Russia's coefficient in 2022–23 season into zero, but UEFA subsequently restored their coefficient to 1.750 at the end of the 2022–23 season.[40][41]

History edit

Top associations by period edit

The following data indicates the three top-ranked women's associations in each five-year period.

Years 1st place Coeff. 2nd place Coeff. 3rd place Coeff.
2000–2004   Sweden 25.500   Germany 24.000   Denmark 17.500
2001–2005   Germany 25.000   Sweden 22.250 15.500
2002–2006 25.750 19.750   France 11.500
2003–2007 22.000 20.750   England 17.500
2004–2008 37.000 33.750 24.000
2005–2009 37.000 33.750   France 24.500
2006–2010 70.666 69.500 63.000
2007–2011 75.666   France 65.000   Sweden 65.000
2008–2012 85.166 80.000 61.000
2009–2013   France 84.500   Germany 83.166 58.500
2010–2014   Germany 91.666   France 78.500 61.500
2011–2015 96.000 76.000 61.500
2012–2016 89.500 77.000 65.500
2013–2017 86.000 80.000 61.500
2014–2018 83.000 78.000   England 59.000
2015–2019   France 90.500   Germany 77.500 53.500
2016–2020 94.000 73.000   Spain 56.500
2017–2021 92.000 75.500   England 68.500
2018–2022 87.333 75.666   Spain 65.166
2019–2023 80.833 76.666 71.166
2020–2024

The table shows the ranking of nations with respect to the total number of years in the top three of the rankings:

As of 4 June 2023
League 1st 2nd 3rd Total
  Germany 13 7 0 20
  France 6 7 3 16
  Sweden 1 6 7 14
  England 0 0 5 5
  Spain 0 0 3 3
  Denmark 0 0 2 2

Men's club coefficient edit

The club coefficient is either the sum of the points earned by the club in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League over the previous five seasons or 20% of the club's association coefficient over the same period, whichever coefficient is higher.[42] This ranking is used by UEFA to determine a club's seeding in club competition draws, including the qualifying and group stages of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League, and FIFA Club World Cup.[2]

The clubs receive two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a defeat in games of the main stages of the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League. Results determined after extra-time are included in this method, however results determined after penalty shoot-outs are not (the result is considered a draw). Bonus points for entering the Europa League group stage or Europa Conference League group stage are not additional to win/draw points; they provide a minimum points allowance for participating clubs, whereas bonus points for entering the Champions League group stage (and those for qualifying to the knockout stage) are additional to win/draw points.

Qualifying round results are only taken into account if the club is eliminated in one of the rounds (see table below). Otherwise, the qualifying round results are taken into account only for the calculation of the association's coefficient and are halved.[43] The clubs do not receive any points for elimination in the Champions League or Europa League qualifying because those clubs move to the Europa League and/or Europa Conference League and receive points from participation in that competition.[44][45]

Current club ranking edit

The ranking below takes into account of each club's performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2023–24, with the 2023–24 season ongoing.

The top 25 clubs as of 9 May 2024 are as follows.[46][47]

Ranking Club Association Coefficient
2024 2023 Mvmt 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 Total
1 1   – Manchester City   England 25.0 35.0 27.0 33.0 28.0 148.0
2 2   – Bayern Munich   Germany 36.0 27.0 26.0 27.0 28.0 144.0
3 5   +2 Real Madrid   Spain 17.0 26.0 30.0 29.0 32.0 134.0
4 6   +2 Paris Saint-Germain   France 31.0 24.0 19.0 19.0 23.0 116.0
5 4   –1 Liverpool   England 18.0 24.0 33.0 19.0 20.0 114.0
6 10   +4 Roma   Italy 11.0 24.0 23.0 22.0 21.0 101.0
7 11   +4 Inter Milan   Italy 25.0 9.0 18.0 29.0 20.0 101.0
8 14   +6 Borussia Dortmund   Germany 18.0 22.0 10.0 17.0 29.0 97.0
9 16   +7 RB Leipzig   Germany 27.0 17.0 17.0 18.0 18.0 97.0
10 3   –7 Chelsea   England 17.0 33.0 25.0 21.0 0.0[a] 96.0
11 7   –4 Manchester United   England 22.0 26.0 18.0 19.0 7.0 92.0
12 9   –3 Barcelona   Spain 24.0 20.0 15.0 9.0 23.0 91.0
13 24   +11 Bayer Leverkusen   Germany 18.0 10.0 14.0 19.0 29.0 90.0
14 15   +1 Atlético Madrid   Spain 22.0 16.0 19.0 8.0 24.0 89.0
15 12   –3 Sevilla   Spain 26.0 19.0 12.0 21.0 6.0 84.0
16 18   +2 Villarreal   Spain 0.0[a] 30.0 24.0 12.0 16.0 82.0
17 19   +2 Napoli   Italy 19.0 10.0 9.0 25.0 17.0 80.0
18 8   –10 Juventus   Italy 22.0 21.0 20.0 17.0 0.0[a] 80.0
19 28   +9 Atalanta   Italy 20.0 17.0 16.0 0.0[a] 26.0 79.0
20 17   –3 Benfica   Portugal 10.0 10.0 20.0 25.0 14.0 79.0
21 20   –1 Porto   Portugal 7.0 23.0 10.0 18.0 19.0 77.0
22 23   +1 Arsenal   England 10.0 23.0 0.0[a] 17.0 22.0 72.0
23 36   +13 West Ham United   England 0.0[a] 0.0[a] 21.0 29.0 19.0 69.0
24 13   –11 Ajax   Netherlands 13.0 19.0 22.0 8.0 5.0 67.0
25 30   +5 Club Brugge   Belgium 8.0 11.0 7.0 17.0 21.0 64.0
  Indicates clubs still active in this season's UEFA Champions League.
  Indicates clubs still active in this season's UEFA Europa League.
  Indicates clubs still active in this season's UEFA Europa Conference League.
  Indicates clubs from active associations in this season's UEFA club competitions.
  Indicates clubs from associations which have no teams remaining in this season's UEFA club competitions.
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Did not participate in European competitions that season

Club point allocations edit

2024–25 through 2026–27 seasons edit

Round Points awarded
Champions League Europa League Conference League
First qualifying round elimination move to ECL Q2 move to ECL Q2 1
Second qualifying round elimination move to EL Q3 move to ECL Q3 1.5
Third qualifying round elimination move to EL PO move to ECL PO 2
Play-off elimination move to EL LP move to ECL LP 2.5
League phase participation - 3.0 (minimum) 2.5 (minimum)
All wins from league stage onwards
(except CL/EL/ECL knockout round play-offs) 		2 2 2
All draws from league stage onwards
(except CL/EL/ECL knockout round play-offs) 		1 1 1
League phase participation bonus (1-36) 6 - -
League phase bonus increase per ascending final ranking (9-24) 0.25 0.25 0.125
League phase bonus increase per ascending final ranking (1-8) 0.25 0.25 0.25
Maximum league phase bonus (ranked 1st, for reference) 12 6 4
Each knockout round participation bonus (R16, QF, SF, Final) 1.5 1 0.5

2021–22 through 2023–24 seasons edit

Round Points awarded
Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League
Preliminary Round elimination move to ECL Q2 – –
First qualifying round elimination move to ECL Q2 – 1
Second qualifying round elimination move to EL Q3 – 1.5
Third qualifying round elimination move to EL PO move to ECL PO 2
Play-off elimination move to EL GS move to ECL GS 2.5
Group stage participation 4 3 (minimum) 2.5 (minimum)
All wins from group stage onwards (except EL/ECL knockout round play-offs) 2 2 2
All draws from group stage onwards (except EL/ECL knockout round play-offs) 1 1 1
Group winner – 4 2
Group runners-up – 2 1
Round of 16 participation 5 1 –
Quarter-finals participation 1 1 –
Semi-finals and Finals participation 1 1 1

2018–19 through 2020–21 seasons edit

Round Points awarded
Champions League Europa League
Preliminary Round elimination move to EL Q2 0.5
First qualifying round elimination move to EL Q2 1
Second qualifying round elimination move to EL Q3 1.5
Third qualifying round elimination move to EL PO 2
Play-off elimination move to EL GS 2.5
Group stage participation 4 3 (minimum)
Win in group stage or subsequent round 2 2
Draw in group stage or subsequent round 1 1
Round of 16 participation 5 –
Quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals participation 1 1

Prior to the 2018 club rankings, teams received the sum of their points earned over the last five seasons plus 20% of the club's association coefficient.[43][44]

Before 1999 a number of strong teams in the UEFA Cup were seeded such that those teams did not meet in the first two rounds. To determine these teams, the sum of the ratio of the number of points achieved to the number of games played by each team, was calculated for the past five seasons.

Top club by period edit

The following data indicate the top-ranked clubs in each 5-year period.[38] Data prior to 1975–1979 period has been calculated, but precedes the first published by the Confederation and has merely informative value.[38]

Years Club Coeff.
1975–1979   Borussia Mönchengladbach 8.402
1976–1980 7.985
1977–1981   Barcelona 7.652
1978–1982 7.832
1979–1983 7.998
1980–1984   Liverpool 8.277
1981–1985 9.054
1982–1986   Anderlecht 7.915
  Juventus 7.915
1983–1987 8.665
1984–1988 8.388
1985–1989   Bayern Munich 7.846
1986–1990 8.096
1987–1991   Juventus 8.291
1988–1992   Real Madrid 7.975
1989–1993 7.850
1990–1994 7.600
1991–1995 7.266
1992–1996   Ajax 9.124
1993–1997   Juventus 8.719
1994–1998   Paris Saint-Germain 8.716
1995–1999   Juventus 121.606
1996–2000 109.963
1997–2001   Real Madrid 114.605
1998–2002 147.233
1999–2003 151.769
2000–2004 146.350
2001–2005 131.326
2002–2006   Milan 129.020
2003–2007 133.808
2004–2008   Chelsea 124.996
2005–2009   Barcelona 121.853
2006–2010 136.951
2007–2011   Manchester United 151.157
2008–2012   Barcelona 157.837
2009–2013 157.605
2010–2014   Real Madrid 161.542
2011–2015 171.999
2012–2016 176.142
2013–2017 176.999
2014–2018 162.000
2015–2019 146.000
2016–2020   Bayern Munich 136.000
2017–2021 134.000
2018–2022 138.000
2019–2023   Manchester City 145.000
2020–2024 148.000

Top-rated clubs listed by number of times they were top-ranked over a 5-year period since the first period officially analysed (1975–1979):

Women's club coefficient edit

The season coefficient of a club is calculated by adding the total number of points it obtains in a given season and 20% of its association's coefficient for that same season. A club's five-season coefficient is the cumulative total of its five season coefficients from the reference period and 20% of its association's five-season association's coefficient.[48] This ranking is used by UEFA to determine a club's seeding in club competition draws, including the qualifying and group stages of the UEFA Women's Champions League.

The distribution of points is symmetrical to the distribution of points in association ranking.

2021–22 and future seasons edit

Round Points awarded
Women's Champions League
Preliminary Round elimination 0.5
The defeated club of the round 1 third-place match 1
The winner of the round 1 third-place match (four-team mini-tournament)
or defeated team in the MD1 tie (three-team mini-tournament) 		1.5
Round 1 defeated finalist 2
Round 2 elimination 3
Group stage participation 4
Win in group stage or subsequent round 2
Draw in group stage or subsequent round 1
Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals participation 1

Current team ranking edit

The ranking below takes into account of each team's performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2023–24, with the 2023–24 season starting 26 July 2023.

The top 25 clubs as of 29 April 2024 are as follows:[49]

Ranking Club Association Coefficient
2024 2023 Mvmt 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 Club Assn. Part Total
1 1   – Barcelona   Spain 18.0 22.0 25.0 26.0 24.0 115.0 13.499 128.499
2 2   – Lyon   France 23.0 15.0 25.0 15.0 25.0 103.0 15.666 118.666
3 4   +1 Paris Saint-Germain   France 17.0 15.0 21.0 13.0 17.0 83.0 15.666 98.666
4 3   –1 Wolfsburg   Germany 21.0 13.0 19.0 23.0 3.0 79.0 13.799 92.799
5 5   – Bayern Munich   Germany 12.0 20.0 15.0 17.0 10.0 74.0 13.799 87.799
6 6   – Chelsea   England 0.0[a] 20.0 12.0 20.0 21.0 73.0 11.999 84.999
7 7   – Arsenal   England 14.0 0.0[a] 12.0 18.0 2.0 46.0 11.999 57.999
8 12   +4 Real Madrid   Spain 0.0[a] 0.0[a] 13.0 10.0 5.0 28.0 13.499 41.499
9 8   –1 Manchester City   England 9.0 15.0 3.0 2.0 0.0[a] 29.0 11.999 40.999
10 9   –1 Juventus   Italy 3.0 3.0 15.0 11.0 2.0 34.0 6.800 40.800
11 23   +12 Benfica   Portugal 0.0[a] 3.0 7.0 8.0 12.0 30.0 6.800 36.800
12 24   +12 Häcken   Sweden 5.0 3.0 6.0 3.0 13.0 30.0 4.999 34.999
13 10   –3 Atlético Madrid   Spain 12.0 9.0 0.0[a] 0.0[a] 0.0[a] 21.0 13.499 34.499
14 11   –3 Slavia Praha   Czechia 8.0 4.0 3.0 6.0 8.0 29.0 4.466 33.466
15 14   –1 St. Pölten   Austria 5.0 9.0 2.0 7.0 5.0 28.0 4.250 32.250
16 13   –3 Rosengård   Sweden 0.0[a] 12.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 24.0 4.999 28.999
17 28   +11 Roma   Italy 0.0[a] 0.0[a] 0.0[a] 14.0 8.0 22.0 6.800 28.800
18 31   +13 Paris FC   France 0.0[a] 0.0[a] 0.0[a] 2.0 9.0 11.0 15.666 26.666
19 17   –2 Sparta Praha