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In European football, the UEFA coefficients are statistics used for ranking and seeding teams in club and international competitions.

The coefficients are calculated by UEFA, who administer football within Europe. It uses three different coefficients:

• The coefficient of the national teams;
• The coefficient of national leagues;
• The coefficient of football clubs.

[edit] National team coefficient

[edit] Up to Euro 2008

The national team coefficient is derived from the results of the national football team of a nation. Until the end of the Euro 2008 tournament, it has been calculated by dividing the number of points scored (three points for a win, one for a draw) by the number of matches played in the last two qualification rounds of the World Cup or European Championship. Play-off match results are ignored. For some countries only one qualifying round will be taken into account, if they were hosts of one of the last two events.

This coefficient is used by UEFA to determine in which "pot" a national team will be for the qualification tournaments of the European Championship, and the final tournament of the European Championship. Its usage as seeding criteria for the World Cup preliminaries ended when the UEFA executive committee decided to follow FIFA directives and used the FIFA rankings instead for the 2010 World Cup qualifying round draw. Each team in a pot is drawn into a separate qualifying group, thus keeping the bigger teams apart until the later stages of the competition.

If two or more associations have the same coefficient, the following criteria will be applied:

1. coefficient from the matches played in its most recent qualifying competition,
2. average goal difference,
3. average number of goals scored,
4. average number of away goals scored,
5. drawing of lots.

[edit] From after Euro 2008

On 20 May 2008, UEFA announced the change of the coefficient ranking system.^[1][2] Under the new system, teams gain ranking points for each match played in the most recently completed five qualifying tournaments or finals of the World Cup or European Championships.

1) 10,000 points are awarded for each match played,
2) for an outcome of each match an additional 30,000 for winning, 20,000 for winning after a penalty shoot out, and 10,000 for a draw (including forcing, but failing to win, a penalty shoot-out),
3) the finals tournament, or play-offs to determine qualification, are granted extra points, ranging from 6,000 to 38,000,
4) 501 points are earned for a goal scored , and 500 lost for each goal conceded,
5) points are divided by the number of games played,
6) more recent tournaments have double the weighting of the one most distant in time,
7) special arrangements are in place for hosts of competitions, who have therefore not participated in the qualifying tournament.

In the end of 2009, the European rankings were as follows:^[3]

[edit] League coefficient

Map of UEFA countries, teams from which have reached the group stage of the UEFA Champions League      UEFA member country that has been represented in the group stage      UEFA member country that has not been represented in the group stage      Not a UEFA member

The league coefficient is used to rank the leagues of Europe, and thus determine the number of clubs from a league that will participate in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa 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 2009 ranking determines the proportion in 2010–11, not 2009–10.

This coefficient is determined by the results of the clubs of the leagues in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League games over the past five seasons. The number of points awarded each season (two for each win by a club from that league, one for a draw) is divided by the number of teams that participated for that nation in that season. This number is then truncated after three decimal places (e.g. 2 2/3 will be truncated to 2.666).

For the league coefficient the season's league coefficients for the last five seasons must be added up. In the preliminary rounds of both the Champions League and Europa League, the awarded points are halved. Bonus points are allocated for:

• Qualifying for the Champions League group phase. (4 bonus points)
• Reaching the second round of the Champions League. (1 bonus point)
• Reaching the quarter, semi and final of both Champions League and Europa League. (1 bonus point)

The bonus points are added to the number of points scored in a season.

[edit] Current ranking (2010-11 UEFA competitions)

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Correct as of May 27, 2009

Rank 10–11	Rank 09–10	Mvmt	League	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	Coeff.	CL places	EL places
1	1	—	England	15.571	14.428	16.625	17.875	15.000	79.499	4	3
2	2	—	Spain	12.437	15.642	19.000	13.875	13.312	74.266
3	3	—	Italy	14.000	15.357	11.928	10.250	11.375	62.910
4	5	+1	Germany	10.571	10.437	9.500	13.500	12.687	56.695	3
5	4	−1	France	11.428	10.812	10.000	6.928	11.000	50.168
6	6	—	Russia	10.000	10.000	6.625	11.250	9.750	47.625
7	12	+5	Ukraine	8.100	5.700	6.500	4.875	16.625	41.850	2	4
8	9	+1	Netherlands	12.000	7.583	8.214	5.000	6.333	39.130
9	7	−2	Romania	5.500	16.833	11.333	2.600	2.642	38.908
10	8	−2	Portugal	8.166	5.500	8.083	7.928	6.785	36.462		3
11	11	—	Turkey	5.375	4.000	6.100	9.750	7.000	32.225
12	14	+2	Greece	6.166	3.333	4.666	7.500	6.500	28.165
13	10	−3	Scotland	4.750	4.250	6.750	10.250	1.875	27.875
14	13	−1	Belgium	6.125	5.500	4.700	4.500	4.500	25.325
15	16	+1	Switzerland	2.625	9.375	4.100	6.250	2.900	25.250
16	19	+3	Denmark	1.500	3.500	6.125	5.125	8.200	24.450	1	3
17	17	—	Bulgaria	2.375	8.750	5.125	2.750	2.250	21.250
18	15	−3	Czech Republic	2.375	4.625	5.750	5.125	2.375	20.750
19	18	−1	Norway	3.500	5.400	2.000	5.400	2.500	18.800
20	20	—	Austria	7.625	3.250	1.500	3.200	2.250	17.825
21	21	—	Serbia	4.250	3.250	2.125	2.625	3.000	15.250
22	22	—	Israel	3.625	1.500	6.000	2.375	1.750	15.250
23	28	+5	Cyprus	1.333	3.000	1.750	2.666	6.333	15.082
24	23	−1	Sweden	3.000	2.666	1.125	5.400	2.500	14.691
25	24	−1	Slovakia	1.333	4.333	2.000	2.166	4.833	14.665
26	25	−1	Poland	2.500	1.125	2.625	1.666	5.000	12.916
27	27	—	Croatia	3.000	0.333	1.000	3.666	4.333	12.332
28	30	+2	Finland	1.666	2.333	1.333	2.625	1.833	9.790
29	33	+4	Lithuania	2.500	1.333	1.833	1.500	2.500	9.666
30	35	+5	Republic of Ireland	1.333	1.833	2.833	1.000	2.500	9.499
31	31	—	Latvia	3.166	1.333	2.166	1.333	1.166	9.164
32	29	−3	Slovenia	3.500	2.333	1.250	0.666	1.333	9.082
33	40	+7	Belarus	0.500	1.333	1.000	1.833	4.000	8.666
34	32	−2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.666	1.500	1.833	1.833	1.833	8.665
35	26	−9	Hungary	4.166	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	8.166
36	37	+1	Iceland	2.500	0.833	1.000	1.166	1.166	6.665
36	34	−2	Moldova	1.500	1.666	1.500	1.333	0.666	6.665
38	38	—	Georgia	2.666	0.666	1.166	1.000	1.166	6.664
39	39	—	Liechtenstein1	2.000	1.000	2.000	0.500	0.000	5.500	0	1
40	36	−4	Republic of Macedonia	0.333	1.500	1.166	1.666	0.500	5.165	1	3
41	42	+1	Azerbaijan	0.500	1.333	1.333	0.666	0.666	4.498
42	41	−1	Estonia	0.833	0.833	1.500	0.833	0.333	4.332
43	43	—	Albania	1.000	1.000	0.833	0.500	0.666	3.999
44	45	+1	Kazakhstan	0.000	1.000	0.666	0.750	0.833	3.249
45	44	−1	Armenia	0.500	0.666	0.500	1.333	0.000	2.999
46	47	+1	Wales	0.000	0.666	0.666	0.666	0.333	2.331
47	46	−1	Northern Ireland	0.666	0.500	0.166	0.500	0.333	2.165
47	48	+1	Faroe Islands	0.333	0.666	0.500	0.333	0.333	2.165
49	49	—	Luxembourg	0.333	0.500	0.166	0.333	0.000	1.332
50	52	+2	Montenegro	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.500	0.500	1.000
51	51	—	Andorra	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.500	0.000	0.500		1
52	50	−2	Malta	0.333	0.000	0.166	0.000	0.000	0.499		3
53	53	—	San Marino	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.250	0.000	0.250		1

¹ The Liechtenstein Football Association does not organise a national league competition. The only competitor from Liechtenstein in international competitions are the Liechtenstein Cup winners, who qualify for the UEFA Europa League. All Liechtenstein teams play in neighbouring Switzerland's league competitions.

[edit] History

Since 1960, when the first 5-year based coefficients were released, only 4 leagues have succeeded in being the top European league.

The table at the right shows the history of first placed teams in UEFA League Coefficients.

The next table shows the ranking of nations with respect to total number of years leading in Europe:

Rank	League	Total
1	Primera División	15
2	Serie A	13
3	Football League Premier League	12
4	Bundesliga	10

[edit] Club coefficient

The club coefficient is determined by the results of a club in European club competition in the last five seasons, and the league coefficient. The club coefficient is 33% of the league coefficient plus the number of points earned by the club in the five seasons. Before 2004 the contribution of the country coefficient was 50%. The points earned by a club in the preliminary rounds are not counted.^[4]

The clubs get two points for a win and one point for a draw in games of the main stage of European competitions. Participation in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League is rewarded with three points. Reaching every knockout round of Champions League or quarter-finals and every further rounds of UEFA Cup is rewarded with a point.^[5] Since the introduction of the UEFA Europa League, clubs participated in the qualifying round and in the play-offs of both competition. Also, points rewarded for participation in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League increased to four points and another four points rewarded for qualifying to round of 16 for both competition.

Also, a guaranteed minimum of two points is introduced for the clubs which participate in the group stage of Europa League.

This ranking is used by UEFA to determine which pot the club belongs to in the preliminary and first rounds of the Champions League, and the preliminary, first and second rounds of the Europa League.

Before 1999 a number of strong teams in the UEFA Cup were seeded such that those teams do 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 years.

The top 20 clubs currently are as follows:^[6]

Rank Current	Rank Previous	Mvmt	Club	Country	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	Coeff.
1	1	—	Barcelona	Spain	32.1284	17.8000	27.7750	28.6625	19.5856	125.951
2	2	—	Chelsea	England	15.8855	26.3250	28.5750	25.0000	21.4428	117.228
2	4	+2	Manchester United	England	10.8855	25.3250	32.5750	28.0000	20.4428	117.228
4	6	+2	Arsenal	England	29.8855	16.3250	21.5750	22.0000	20.4428	110.228
5	7	+2	Sevilla	Spain	28.1285	28.8000	18.7750	10.6625	20.5284	106.951
6	2	-4	Liverpool	England	15.8855	27.3250	24.5750	23.0000	11.4428	102.228
7	5	-2	Milan	Italy	24.0710	26.3855	16.0500	14.2750	18.4570	99.239
8	8	—	Bayern Munich	Germany	16.0875	18.9000	22.7000	22.5375	18.4500	98.674
9	9	—	Werder Bremen	Germany	13.0875	22.9000	15.7000	24.5375	13.4500	89.674
10	10	—	Lyon	France	23.1624	17.0000	13.3856	15.2000	20.2000	88.948
11	11	—	Internazionale	Italy	22.0710	15.3855	16.0500	13.2750	18.4570	85.239
12	14	+2	Roma	Italy	17.0710	19.3855	19.0500	16.2750	11.4570	83.239
13	13	—	Real Madrid	Spain	15.1285	17.8000	14.7750	14.6625	20.5856	82.951
14	21	+7	Hamburg	Germany	15.0874	6.9000	18.7000	24.5374	9.4500	74.674
15	19	+4	Porto	Portugal	8.1000	14.6165	15.5855	17.3570	18.5000	74.159
16	16	—	Shakhtar Donetsk	Ukraine	12.1500	13.3000	7.9750	29.3250	10.1200	72.870
17	12	-5	Villarreal	Spain	22.1285	3.8000	15.7750	18.6625	8.5856	68.951
18	15	-3	PSV Eindhoven	Netherlands	12.5165	16.6425	17.0000	6.2666	11.7166	64.142
19	23	+4	Benfica	Portugal	17.1000	17.6166	12.5856	4.3570	11.5000	63.159
20	17	-3	CSKA Moscow	Russia	9.0000	11.3250	6.2500	18.9500	16.9666	62.491

     Indicates teams still active in this year's UEFA Champions League or Europa League.      Indicates teams from active countries which had a team competing in this year's UEFA Champions League or Europa League.

[edit] Top club by period

A list of the top-finished clubs in each 5-year period.

Years Club Ranking 1956–1960 Real Madrid 9.856 1957–1961 Real Madrid 8.499 1958–1962 Real Madrid 8.356 1959–1963 Real Madrid 6.856 1960–1964 Barcelona 7.382 1961–1965 Benfica 8.455 1962–1966 Benfica 7.788 1963–1967 Real Zaragoza 7.691 1964–1968 Real Madrid 7.345 1965–1969 Benfica 7.415 1966–1970 Leeds United 8.033 1967–1971 Leeds United 8.183 1968–1972 Leeds United 7.583 1969–1973 Ajax 8.985 1970–1974 Ajax 8.430 1971–1975 Borussia Mönchengladbach 8.500 1972–1976 Bayern Munich 8.609

Years Club Ranking 1973–1977 Borussia Mönchengladbach 8.694 1974–1978 Borussia Mönchengladbach 8.319 1975–1979 Borussia Mönchengladbach 8.402 1976–1980 Borussia Mönchengladbach 7.985 1977–1981 Barcelona 7.652 1978–1982 Barcelona 7.832 1979–1983 Barcelona 7.998 1980–1984 Liverpool 8.277 1981–1985 Liverpool 9.054 1982–1986 Anderlecht Juventus 7.915 1983–1987 Juventus 8.665 1984–1988 Juventus 8.388 1985–1989 Bayern Munich 7.846 1986–1990 Bayern Munich 8.096 1987–1991 Juventus 8.291 1988–1992 Real Madrid 7.975 1989–1993 Real Madrid 7.850

Years Club Ranking 1990–1994 Real Madrid 7.600 1991–1995 Real Madrid 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 Juventus 109.963 1997–2001 Real Madrid 114.605 1998–2002 Real Madrid 147.233 1999–2003 Real Madrid 151.769 2000–2004 Real Madrid 146.350 2001–2005 Real Madrid 131.326 2002–2006 Milan 129.020 2003–2007 Milan 133.808 2004–2008 Chelsea 124.996 2005–2009 Barcelona 121.853

Rank	Club	Total
1	Real Madrid	14
2	Juventus	7
3	Barcelona	5
	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5
5	Benfica	3
	Leeds United	3
	Ajax	3
	Bayern Munich	3
9	Liverpool	2
	Milan	2
11	Real Zaragoza	1
	Anderlecht	1
	Paris Saint-Germain	1
	Chelsea	1

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Independent but generally respected site about the league and club coefficient
• League coefficient by uefa.com
• UEFA
• Euro 2008 coefficient according to rdasilva's blog for the qualification-groups
• Euro 2008 coefficient according to rdasilva's blog for the final tournament, group phase
• UEFA Access List
• Euro 2012 coefficient according to football-rankings.info
• Euro 2012 coefficient according to world-results.net