UEFA five-year ranking

The UEFA five-year ranking ( 5JW ) - also known as the UEFA coefficient - is a ranking list compiled by UEFA . The country rating is used to determine the number of football European Cup starting places of the individual national associations. The club ranking is used for drawing lots in UEFA club competitions ( UEFA Champions League , UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League ) up to and including the group stage to determine the pots.

Country rating

The UEFA five-year ranking was originally introduced to determine the number of places in the UEFA Cup for the individual national associations. With the expansion of the Champions League field of participants from the 1997/98 season and the organization of the UI Cup by UEFA from 1995, the starting positions were also distributed according to national associations. Today, the five-year evaluation determines which association is represented with how many clubs in the Champions League , Europa League or UEFA Europa Conference League and at what stage the clubs enter the competition. The higher a league is in the five-year ranking, the more clubs from this division have the opportunity to take part in the international competition. It is up to the respective national association to decide which teams from a country take part in the respective competitions, provided the club has received a UEFA license.

In addition, the club rating, which also includes the respective status of the five-year rating, is used as the last decision criterion. B. After the group stage, two teams are on the same spot with the same number of points and goals and no decision has been made even in a direct comparison.

When allocating the starting places, the five-year evaluation of the season that has just ended is not used, but that of the penultimate season. This has the advantage that it is already known at the beginning of a season which positions are required at the end to reach the individual European competitions. The starting places for the 2020/21 season were allocated based on the UEFA five-year ranking at the end of the 2018/2019 season.

UEFA only publishes the final rating at the start or end of the season. All intermediate results in the course of the season are therefore to be viewed with reservations, as these are not officially confirmed.

Ranking list 2019/20

From the evaluation of the 2015/16 seasons up to and including the 2019/20 season, the number of participants (Tn) and entry into the access list for the European Cup season 2021/22 are determined. The access list for the Europa League and the Europa Conference League, which will be newly created from 2021/22, is only available as a draft.

Item	Pos. Previous year	country	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	TOTAL	Tn CL 2021/22	Tn EL 2021/22	Tn ECL 2021/22
01.	01.	Spain ( L , P )	23.928	20,142	19.714	19,571	18,928	102.283	4th	2	1
02.	02.	England ( L , P , LP )	14,250	14,928	20,071	22.642	18,571	90.462	4th	2	1
03.	04th	Germany ( L , P )	16,428	14,571	9,857	15.214	18.714	74.784	4th	2	1
04th	03.	Italy ( L , P )	11,500	14,250	17.333	12.642	14,928	70.653	4th	2	1
05.	05.	France ( L , P , LP )	11.083	14,416	11,500	10,583	11.666	59.248	3	2	1
06th	07th	Portugal ( L , P )	10,500	8.083	9,666	10,900	10,300	49.449	3	1	2
07th	06th	Russia ( L , P )	11,500	9,200	12,600	7,583	4.666	45,549	2	1	2
08th.	08th.	Belgium ( L , P )	7,400	12,500	2,600	7,800	7,600	37,900	2	1	2
09.	09.	Ukraine ( L , P )	9,800	5,500	8,000	5,600	7,200	36,100	2	1	2
10.	11.	Netherlands ( L , P )	5.750	9,100	2,900	8,600	9,400	35.750	2	1	2
11.	10.	Turkey ( L , P )	6,600	9,700	6,800	5,500	5,000	33,600	2	1	2
12.	12.	Austria ( L , P )	3,800	7.375	9,750	6,200	5,800	32.925	2	1	2
13.	16.	Denmark ( L , P )	5,500	8,500	5.250	4.875	5.125	29,250	2	1	2
14th	20th	Scotland ( L , P )	3,000	4,375	4,000	6,750	9,750	27.875	2	1	2
15th	13.	Czech Republic ( L , P )	7.300	5,500	5,500	6,500	2,500	27,300	2	1	2
16.	18th	Cyprus ( L , P )	3,000	5,500	7,000	6.125	5.125	26.750	1	-	3
17th	17th	Switzerland ( L , P )	5,300	4,300	6,500	3,900	6,400	26,400	1	-	3
18th	14th	Greece ( L , P )	5,400	5,800	5.100	5.100	4,900	26,300	1	-	3
19th	19th	Serbia ( L , P )	4,250	2.875	6.375	6,000	6,000	25,500	1	-	3
20th	15th	Croatia ( L , P )	4,500	5.125	5.125	5.750	6.875	24.875	1	-	3
21st	22nd	Sweden ( L , P )	4,750	2.750	5.375	4.125	3,900	22.750	1	-	3
22nd	23.	Norway ( L , P )	7.250	1.375	4,000	5.375	3,750	21,750	1	-	3
23.	27.	Israel ( L , P )	2.250	6,750	5.625	2.625	2,375	19.625	1	-	3
24.	24.	Kazakhstan ( L , P )	4,625	2.750	4,250	4,250	3.375	19,250	1	-	3
25th	21st	Belarus ( L , P )	5.125	3,000	3,250	5,000	2,500	18.875	1	-	3
26th	26th	Azerbaijan ( L , P )	4,375	4,250	4,375	2,375	3.375	18,750	1	-	3
27.	28.	Bulgaria ( L , P )	1,000	4,250	4,000	4,000	4.125	17.375	1	-	3
28.	29	Romania ( L , P )	2.250	3,300	2,900	2,375	5.875	16,700	1	-	3
29	25th	Poland ( L , P )	5,500	3.875	2.875	2.250	2.125	16.625	1	-	3
30th	30th	Slovakia ( L , P )	3,750	2.125	1,875	5.125	3,000	15.875	1	-	3
31.	32.	Liechtenstein ( P )	5,000	2,500	2,000	1,500	2,500	13,500	-	-	1
32.	31.	Slovenia ( L , P )	1,000	2.250	4,625	3.125	2,000	13,000	1	-	3
33.	33.	Hungary ( L , P )	1.625	1,875	1.625	3,250	4,500	12.875	1	-	3
34.	43.	Luxembourg ( L , P )	0.750	0.750	0.875	2.625	3,000	08,000	1	-	3
35.	41.	Lithuania ( L , P )	0.750	0.500	2,375	2.625	1.625	07.875	1	-	3
36.	44.	Armenia ( L , P )	1.625	1.125	0.625	1,500	2.750	07.625	1	-	3
37.	42.	Latvia ( L , P )	1.625	1.375	0.750	1.625	2.250	07.625	1	-	3
38.	36.	Albania ( L , P )	2.125	0.875	2.625	1,000	0.750	07.375	1	-	3
39.	34.	North Macedonia ( L , P )	1,500	1,250	3.125	1,000	0.500	07.375	1	-	3
40.	40.	Bosnia and Herzegovina ( L , P )	1,500	0.500	1.375	2,000	1,500	06.875	1	-	3
41.	35.	Moldova ( L , P )	1,250	0.875	2.750	1.175	0.750	06,750	1	-	3
42.	37.	Ireland ( L , P )	0.700	2.625	1.125	1,000	1,250	06,700	1	-	3
43.	38.	Finland ( L , P )	1,000	1,750	1,250	0.875	1.625	06,500	1	-	3
44.	47.	Georgia ( L , P )	0.625	1.125	0.125	1.625	2.250	05.750	1	-	3
45.	45.	Malta ( L , P )	0.875	1,250	1.375	1,500	0.750	05.750	1	-	3
46.	39.	Iceland ( L , P )	1.125	1,000	1.125	1,500	0.625	05.375	1	-	3
47.	48.	Wales ( L , P )	1,500	1,000	0.500	1,000	1,000	05,000	1	-	3
48.	52.	Northern Ireland ( L , P )	0.750	0.500	0.750	0.875	2,375	04.875	1	-	3
49.	51.	Gibraltar ( L , P )	0.750	1,500	0.500	1,000	1,000	04,750	1	-	3
50.	49.	Montenegro ( L , P )	1,000	0.875	1.125	0.375	1,000	04,375	1	-	3
51.	46.	Estonia ( L , P )	1,000	1.375	0.625	0.500	0.875	04,375	1	-	2
52.	53.	Kosovo ( L , P )	-	-	0.000	2,500	1,500	04,000	1	-	2
53.	50.	Faroe Islands ( L , P )	0.375	0.375	0.750	1.125	1.125	03,750	1	-	2
54.	54.	Andorra ( L , P )	0.166	0.166	0.166	0.833	1,500	02.831	1	-	2
55.	55.	San Marino ( L , P )	0.000	0.000	0.166	0.500	0.000	00.666	1	-	2

Source: UEFA rankings for club competitions

Calculation of the coefficient of a national association

A national association receives points for the successes of its club teams in UEFA competitions, i.e. wins, draws and reaching certain game rounds. The counters for all clubs are added up and divided by the number of participating clubs in the regional association. The result is generally rounded off after the third decimal place (no “commercial” rounding).

Only games actually played are counted. If a game is decided "at the green table", no counters will be awarded. In addition, only the result after 90 or 120 minutes of play counts. A possible penalty shoot-out will not be taken into account when allocating counters.

Only clubs that have at least qualified for the Champions League or the Europa League are counted. Other competitions such as the UI Cup, which was held until 2008, or the UEFA Super Cup are not taken into account.

The coefficients determined in this way are intended to make the respective playing strengths of the various nations comparable, although depending on the starting position they may have a different number of clubs in the field of participants. These coefficients are added up over five seasons to give the UEFA five-year rating. Every year, the oldest ranking list falls out of the ranking and is replaced by the current one.

The current point system was introduced with the 2009/10 season. Points are awarded for all games in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League as well as the two associated qualifications, which are awarded as follows:

• Victory in the Champions League / Europa League: two points
• Draw in the Champions League / Europa League: one point
• Victory in the qualification of the Champions League / Europa League: one point
• Draw in the qualification of the Champions League / Europa League: ½ point

There are additional bonus points for reaching certain rounds:

• 4 bonus points for participating in the Champions League group stage.
• 5 bonus points for reaching the round of 16 of the Champions League.
• One bonus point each for reaching the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals in both the Champions League and the Europa League.

Distribution of starting places

Planned allocation of places for the cup competitions 2020/21

rank	Champions League		Europa League
	Group stage	qualification
1 - 4	4th	0	3
5 - 6	2	1	3
7-10	1	1	3
11-15	0	2	3
16 - 50	0	1	3
51-55	0	1	2

With effect from the 2018/19 season, UEFA decided that the first four associations in the ranking can each register four representatives directly for the group stage. Previously, only the first three associations were entitled to register four participants, of which the fourth had to qualify in the play-offs.

The starting places for qualification or direct participation in the Europa League take into account the winner of the national cup competition as well as the teams qualified through the national championships. Another cup competition will be played in England and France, the winner of which can qualify for the Europa League instead of a league representative. Since the 2014/2015 season, the next best league representative has moved up instead of the cup finalist if the cup winner has already qualified for the Champions League. In the 2020/21 season, the associations in places 1–50 may provide a total of three representatives and the associations in places 51–55 two representatives each for qualifying or participating in the Europa League.

Liechtenstein only competes with the national cup winner, as there is no separate league operation.

Champions League

From the 2009/10 season up to and including the 2017/18 season, 22 teams were directly qualified for the group stage, and up to 58 qualifiers played in up to four rounds for 10 additional starting positions. Starting with the 2018/19 season, the starting places for the group stage were redistributed. In addition to the defending champion and the winner of the Europa League, the four best-placed teams of the four best-placed national associations in the UEFA five-year ranking will receive a permanent starting place (instead of only three teams from the three best-placed associations so far). Fifth and sixth place in the five-year ranking will each receive two starting places (champion and runner-up) and seventh to tenth place each one. Only six teams can qualify via the play-offs.

There are two qualification paths: the champions path and the placement path. In the champions path, only national champions (“champions”) from lower-ranking nations play against each other, in the placement path only teams placed second and third from higher-ranking nations. In this way it is ensured that the participants in the group phase are spread over more countries of origin and that four real champions are represented, as these can no longer be displaced by pursuers from stronger nations who compete separately for the remaining two places in the Champions League. The fourth qualifying round, known as the “play-off round”, is centrally marketed by UEFA in order to generate higher advertising income.

Due to the lack of a league of its own, Liechtenstein does not have the right to start in the Champions League through the league. Consequently, Liechtenstein is ignored in the ranking of nations. The Principality's clubs compete in the Swiss league and cannot reach the Champions League even as Swiss champions. Theoretically, a place in the UEFA Champions League would only be possible if the UEFA Europa League won.

Game round	Champions way	Placement route
Pre-qualification (two rounds) Losers move to the 2nd round of the Europa League	Champion of the associations in places 52 to 55
1st qualifying round Losers move to the 2nd round of the Europa League	Champion of the associations in places 18 to 51 (excluding Liechtenstein) a pre-qualifier winner
2nd qualifying round Losers move to the 3rd round of the Europa League	Champion of the associations in places 15 to 17 17 1st round winners	Vice-champions of the associations in places 10 to 15
3rd qualifying round Losers on the Champions path switch to the play-offs of the Europa League Losers on the placement path switch to the group stage of the Europa League	Champion of the associations in places 13 to 14 10 winners of the 2nd round	Third in the championship of the associations in places 5 to 6 Runner-up of the associations in places 7 to 9 3 winners of the 2nd round
Play-offs losers move to the group stage of the Europa League	Champion of the associations in places 11 to 12 6 winners of the 3rd round	4 winners of the 3rd round
Group stage	The defending champion The winner of the Europa League Champion, runner-up, championship third and fourth of the associations in places 1 to 4 Champion and runner-up of the associations in places 5 to 6 Champion of the associations in places 7 to 10 6 winners of the play-offs (4 from the champions path and 2 from the placement path)
Round of 16	1st and 2nd places in the group stage (third-placed group move to the intermediate round of the Europa League)
Quarter finals	8 winners of the round of 16
Semifinals	4 winners of the quarter-finals
final	2 winners of the semi-finals

This ranking is shifted accordingly due to the direct qualification of the defending champion. The principle here is that double qualifications should not create additional starting places for a successful national association. The defending champion will only get another starting place if he could not qualify for one of the two competitions at all. An additional rule also expressly forbids more than five representatives of a nation to take part in the Champions League. Places that become vacant will be moved to the nations placed below, which means that a pairing can be omitted in the first qualifying round.

Europe League

The UEFA Cup and the “UEFA Intertoto Cup” (UI Cup for short) were merged under the new name “UEFA Europa League” in 2009, and the game mode was changed: the former first main round before the start of the group phase has since been called “Play -off-round ”and marketed centrally by UEFA. It is no longer part of the main competition, but only counts for the qualification phase (counters halved for the five-year evaluation).

Qualifying rounds

1st qualifying round (96 participants) the cup winners of nations 29 to 55 the table runners-up for nations 18 to 54 Q1 Third in the table for nations 16 to 51 Q1 2nd qualifying round (66 participants) the 48 winners of qualifying round 1 the cup winners of nations 19 to 28 the table runners-up for nations 16 to 17 the fourth in the table of nations 10 to 15 3rd qualifying round (58 participants) the 33 winners of qualifying round 2 the cup winners of nations 13 to 18 the third in the table of nations 7 to 15 the fourth in the table of nations 5 to 9 the fifth in the table of nations 5 to 6 Q2 the sixths of the table of nations 1 to 4 Q2 Play-off (44 participants) the 29 winners of qualifying round 3 the 15 losers from CL qualifying round 3

Q1 With the exception of Liechtenstein, as there is no own league operation. Q2From England and France, in addition to the association cup winners, the league cup winners also start in the Europa League qualification, so there is no starting place in the national league table. However, if the league cup winner is internationally qualified elsewhere, the starting place will not be awarded to the defeated finalist, but rather via the national league table.

The list on the right shows the basic scheme for the seasons up to 2017/18. The only thing that is specified is which national association may send how many participants to the Europa League. Which club actually competes in which round differs from year to year, as double qualifications and other influences change the basic scheme slightly. A special rule also applies to Liechtenstein, as the Principality does not play its own league and only takes part in the European Cup with its national cup winner. If a cup winner plays in the higher-quality Champions League (including CL qualification), another team from the league receives the worst possible starting place. Even a lower class club can qualify for the Europa League by winning a cup. Since the 2015/16 season, the cup winners of the top twelve nations as well as the fifth in the table of nations 1 to 3 and fourth in the table of nation 4 have started directly in the main competition and are therefore exempt from all qualifying games.

If a starting place remains unoccupied, the top-placed cup winners from the lower qualifying rounds move up by one round each. In the first qualifying round, two cup winners move up and one game is canceled. If there are several free spaces, the procedure is used several times. For example, in the 2012/13 season there were only 14 instead of the usual 15 matches in the third qualifying round for the Champions League. As a result, there were only 14 instead of 15 losers who competed in the play-off round of the Europa League, and thus a place in the play-off round of the Europa League was open. In addition, Atlético Madrid, as defending champions and fifth-placed in the Spanish league, qualified twice for the group stage, which meant a second free place, but this time in the group stage.

Thus, the cup winner moved from rank 7 from the play-off round to the group stage, the one from rank 16 from Q3 to the play-offs, rank 19 from Q2 to Q3, and ranks 33 and 34 from Q1 to Q2 by first to close the gap. Similarly, in the second step, the cup winners in ranks 17, 20 and 35/36 moved up by one lap each. In round Q1 only 74 participants remained, who played only 37 instead of 39 matches, whereas the other rounds were completed with the normal number of participants.

Main round (group stage)

In addition to ten losers from the Champions League play-offs, the cup winners of the top twelve nations as well as another representative from nations 1 to 4 who are qualified via the league have qualified directly for the group phase since the 2015/16 season. Another 22 places are occupied by the winners of the play-offs.

In the main round, as in the CL, the participants are drawn into groups of four teams each, and a full series of home and return matches is carried out over six match days. Due to the higher number of participants in this phase (48 instead of 32 in the CL) there are twelve instead of just eight groups. The first and second in the table advance, third and fourth in the table are eliminated.

Final round (knockout round)

The final round begins with the "Round of 32", also simply called "Round 2" at UEFA - the group stage is officially titled "Round 1". The term "sixteenth finals" is also known in German. In addition to the 24 group winners and runners-up, the eight group thirds from the CL group stage will also compete. These 32 teams play the two finalists in knockout mode in two legs. The group winners and the four CL participants with the highest club coefficient are seeded, the group runners-up and four CL participants with lower club coefficients are unset. Teams that met in the group stage will not be drawn against each other, and comparisons between two teams from the same nation are also excluded. Only after the round of 16 no longer apply exclusion rules, "everyone against everyone" is drawn and played.

The final consists of a single game, the venue of which is determined by UEFA several years in advance. In rare cases this leads to a “home game” in which a finalist is lucky enough to be able to compete in his own stadium. This is what happened on May 18, 2005, when Sporting Lisbon was allowed to play the final against CSKA Moscow in its own José Alvalade stadium . However, the Portuguese could not use this home advantage and lost with 1: 3. Feyenoord Rotterdam, on the other hand, did better three years earlier when they defeated Borussia Dortmund 3-2 at their home stadium De Kuip and won the UEFA Cup. The final always takes place on a Wednesday.

Access list 2020/21

The 2020/21 access list results from the country coefficients for the five seasons from 2014/15 to 2018/19. The following table shows in which round the first six of the leagues and the cup winners start. Places that qualify for participation in the Champions League are highlighted in blue. Europa League places are highlighted in green.

	country	Points	master	Runner-up	3.	4th	5.	6th	Cup winners	special cases
1.	Spain	103,569	group	group	group	EL winner 2	Group 4	Group 4		Tables-7. 4th
2.	England	85,462	group	group	group	group	group	2nd round	group
3.	Italy	74.725	group	group	group	group	group	2nd round	group
4th	Germany	71.927	CL winner 1	group	group	group	Group 3	Group 3		Tables-7. 3
5.	France	58.948	group	group	Group 2	group	Group 3	2nd round 3
6th	Russia	50.549	group	group	Play-offs 2	Group 3	3rd round 3	2nd round 3
7th	Portugal	48.232	group	3rd round	Group 3	3rd round 3	2nd round 3
8th.	Belgium	39,900	group	3rd round	3rd round	2nd round			group
9.	Ukraine	38,900	group	3rd round	Group 3	3rd round 3	2nd round 3
10.	Turkey	34,600	group	NQ 5	2nd round	group	3rd round	2nd round
11.	Netherlands	32,433	Group 1	2nd round	Group 4	3rd round 4	2nd round 4
12.	Austria	31,250	Play-offs	2nd round	Group 3	3rd round 3	2nd round 3
13.	Czech Republic	28.675	Play-offs 1	2nd round	Cup winners	2nd round			group	EL qual
14th	Greece	27,600	Play-offs 1	2nd round	3rd round 4	NQ 5	2nd round 4	2nd round 4
15th	Croatia	27.375	2nd round	2nd round	Cup winners	2nd round	2nd round		3rd round
16.	Denmark	27.025	2nd round	2nd round					3rd round	EL-Qual.
17th	Switzerland	26,900	2nd round	3rd round 4	2nd round 4	1st round 4
18th	Cyprus	24.925	1 round	3rd round 4	1st round 4	1st round 4
19th	Serbia	22,250	1 round	1 round	Cup winners	1 round			3rd round
20th	Scotland	22.125	1 round	2nd round 4	1st round 4	1st round 4
21st	Belarus	21.875	1 round	1 round	1 round				2nd round
22nd	Sweden	20,900	1 round	1 round	1 round				2nd round
23.	Norway	20,200	1 round	1 round	1 round				2nd round
24.	Kazakhstan	19,250	1 round	1 round	1 round				2nd round
25th	Poland	19,250	1 round	1st round 4	1st round 4	1st round 4
26th	Azerbaijan	19,000	1 round	1 round	1 round				1 round
27.	Israel	18.625	1 round	1 round	1 round				1 round
28.	Bulgaria	17,500	1 round	1 round					1 round	EL-Qual.
29	Romania	15,950	1 round	1 round	NQ 5	1 round			1 round
30th	Slovakia	15.625	1 round	1st round 3	1st round 3	1st round 3
31.	Slovenia	15,000	1 round	1 round	1 round				1 round
32.	Liechtenstein 6	13,500							1 round
33.	Hungary	10,500	1 round	1 round	1 round				1 round
34.	North Macedonia	8,000	1 round	1st round 4	1st round 4	1st round 4
35.	Moldova	7.750	1 round	1 round	Cup winners	1 round			1 round
36.	Albania	7,500	1 round	1 round	1 round				1 round
37.	Ireland	7.450	1 round	Cup winners	1 round	1 round			1 round
38.	Finland	7.275	1 round	1 round					1 round	EL-Qual.
39.	Iceland	7.250	1 round	1 round	1 round				1 round
40.	Bosnia & H.	7.125	1 round	1st round 4	1st round 4	1st round 4

Remarks

Status: Preliminary status August 24, 2020

• Group This seat entitles the holder to participate in the group stage. ${\displaystyle \rightarrow }$
• Play-offs This place entitles you to participate in the play-offs. ${\displaystyle \rightarrow }$
• 3rd round This place entitles to participation in the 3rd round of the qualification. ${\displaystyle \rightarrow }$
• 2nd round This place entitles to participation in the 2nd round of the qualification. ${\displaystyle \rightarrow }$
• 1st round This place entitles to participation in the 1st round of the qualification. ${\displaystyle \rightarrow }$

Footnotes

¹Since the 2019/20 CL ​​winner Bayern Munich qualified as Bundesliga champions for the Champions League group stage, the Dutch champions advanced to the group stage. Since the first and second rounds had already been drawn at the time of the decision, there were only adjustments from the 3rd round onwards, deviating from the system in earlier years, with the Czech and Greek champions moving up to the play-offs from the 3rd round.

²Since the 2019/20 EL winner FC Sevilla qualified fourth in the Spanish league for the Champions League group stage, the French third-placed team moved into the group phase and the Russian third-placed team moved up from the third round to the play-offs.

³ Since the cup winner is already qualified for the Champions League, all Europa League participants in the country move up one place and the last free place goes to the top-ranked club from the championship that has not yet had a Europa League place.

^4th The cup competition was not ended (in time).

⁵ The clubs did not receive a UEFA license.

^6thSince the Liechtenstein Association does not operate its own league, no team takes part in the Champions League qualification. However, a national cup competition will be held, the winner of which will take part in the Europa League qualification.

history

The leaders of the
UEFA five-year championship

The five-year ranking was officially introduced in 1979 to determine the number of participants per country in the UEFA Cup. The rating was later made back to 1960. In the entire period from 1960 until today there were four different European leagues that could take the top position. The following table shows which league was in first place in the ranking during which period.

leader

Period	league	Years
1960-1966	Spain	7th
1967-1975	England	9
1976-1984	BR Germany	9
1985	England	1
1986-1989	Italy	4th
1990	Germany	1
1991-1999	Italy	9
2000-2007	Spain	8th
2008–2012	England	5
2013-2020	Spain	8th

Number of management years

space	league	Years	Period
1.	Spain	23	1960–1966, 2000–2007, 2013–2019
2.	England	15th	1967-1975, 1985, 2008-2012
3.	Italy	13	1986-1999, 1991-1999
4th	Germany	10	1976-1984, 1990

UEFA club coefficient

Calculation of the club coefficient

So that the strongest clubs do not clash at the beginning of a season, a seeding list is drawn up with the help of the club ranking when the pairings are drawn. This is to prevent the favorites from being eliminated early so that the tension is maintained for as long as possible. This means that clubs that are in the upper range of the club rating are drawn to clubs that are in the lower range of the club rating. The club rating published by UEFA at the end of the past season is always valid. Points that have already been earned in the current season have no effect.

Each club receives the points it has earned for its association over the past five years. Up to the 2017/18 season, this value was increased by 20% of the country coefficient for the respective year (up to 2008/09 it was 33%; up to 2003/04 it was 50%). Since the 2018/19 season, your own points or 20% of the association coefficient have been taken into account, whichever of the two values ​​is higher.

There are, however, some differences in the allocation of points to the national evaluation: When calculating the club coefficients, all results achieved in qualifying matches are ignored. Until 2009 this meant that all clubs would not get any points until the start of the group stage, regardless of how successful they were in the qualifying competitions beforehand. At the beginning of the 2009/10 season this was somewhat mitigated by the bonus point system for qualification. Clubs that were eliminated in the qualification then received between 0.25 and 1.5 points for reaching the round in which they were eliminated.

From the group stage onwards, there are 2 points for each win and 1 point for each draw in both the Champions League and the Europa League.

As from the 2018/19 season all teams eliminated in the Champions League in qualification will be allowed to continue playing in the Europa League competition, the scoring has also been adjusted:

competition	round	until 2017/18	from 2018/19
Europe League	Elimination in the preliminary round of the Europa League qualification	-	0.5 bonus points
	Eliminated in the first round of Europa League qualification	0.25 bonus points	1 bonus point
	Elimination in the second round of the Europa League qualification	0.5 bonus points	1.5 bonus points
	Eliminated in the third round of Europa League qualification	1 bonus point	2 bonus points
	Elimination in the play-offs of the Europa League qualification	1.5 bonus points	2.5 bonus points
	Group stage	Points achieved, but at least 2 points	Points achieved, but at least 3 points
	Sixteenth and eighth finals	reached points
	Quarter finals	Points achieved + 1 bonus point
	Semifinals	Points achieved + 1 bonus point
	final	Points achieved + 1 bonus point
Champions League	Elimination in the preliminary round of the Champions League qualification	-	depending on success in Europa League
	Eliminated in the first round of Champions League qualification	0.5 bonus points
	Eliminated in the second round of Champions League qualification	1 bonus point
	Eliminated in the third round of Champions League qualification	depending on success in Europa League
	Eliminated in the play-offs of the Champions qualification
	Group stage	Points achieved + 4 bonus points
	Round of 16	Points achieved + 5 bonus points
	Quarter finals	Points achieved + 1 bonus point
	Semifinals	Points achieved + 1 bonus point
	final	Points achieved + 1 bonus point

Club coefficient 2019/20

The club coefficient listed in the table are the draw for the individual rounds for the qualification for the Champions League 2020/21 and for the Europa League 2020/21 , laying down the pots for the draw for the group stages and the last criterion for deciding on the placement the group stage. Clubs that have not scored any points in the last five years will not be included in the following ranking.

In the event of a tie, the result of the most recent season (2019/20) is decisive for determining the ranking. If this is also the same, the previous year is used, which is not the same.

rank	team	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	Min. Country code. 2019/20 * 20%	TOTAL
1	FC Bayern Munich	29	22nd	29	20th	36	14,956	136,000
2	real Madrid	33	33	32	19th	17th	20,456	134,000
3	FC Barcelona	26th	23	25th	30th	24	20,456	128,000
4th	Atlético Madrid	28	29	28	20th	22nd	20,456	127,000
5	Juventus Turin	18th	33	23	21st	22nd	14.130	117,000
6th	Manchester City	26th	18th	22nd	25th	25th	18.092	116,000
7th	Paris Saint-Germain	24	20th	19th	19th	31	11,849	113,000
8th	Sevilla FC	23	19th	21st	13	26th	20,456	102,000
9	Manchester United	13	26th	20th	19th	22nd	18.092	100,000
10	Liverpool FC	22nd	-	30th	29	18th	18.092	99,000
11	Arsenal FC	15th	19th	20th	26th	10	18.092	91,000
12	Shakhtar Donetsk	20th	14th	19th	10	22nd	07.220	85,000
13	Borussia Dortmund	17th	22nd	10	18th	18th	14,956	85,000
14th	Tottenham Hotspur	12	10	21st	26th	16	18.092	85,000
15th	Olympique Lyon	7th	22nd	14th	17th	23	11,849	83,000
16	Chelsea FC	18th	-	18th	30th	17th	18.092	83,000
17th	AS Roma	14th	13	25th	17th	11	14.130	80,000
18th	SSC Naples	13	17th	10	18th	19th	14.130	77,000
19th	FC Porto	11	17th	17th	23	7th	09,889	75,000
20th	Benfica Lisbon	22nd	17th	4th	17th	10	09,889	70,000
21st	Ajax Amsterdam	6th	22nd	1.5	27	13	07.150	69,500
22nd	Zenit Saint Petersburg	19th	12	14th	10	9	09.109	64,000
23	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	14th	18th	-	11	18th	14,956	61,000
24	FC Basel	12	6th	19th	2.5	19th	05.280	58,500
25th	Villarreal CF	23	9	8th	16	-	20,456	56,000
26th	Dynamo Kiev	18th	8th	12	11	6th	07.220	55,000
27	Valencia CF	14th	-	-	23	17th	20,456	54,000
28	Beşiktaş Istanbul	7th	20th	19th	5	3	06.720	54,000
29	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1.5	5	21st	16	10	06,585	53,500
30th	Sporting Lisbon	7th	6th	17th	10	10	09,889	50,000
31	RB Leipzig	-	-	17th	5	27	14,956	49,000
32	FC Schalke 04	11	18th	-	17th	-	14,956	46,000
33	Inter Milan	-	4th	-	15th	25th	14.130	44,000
34	CSKA Moscow	7th	7th	17th	9	4th	09.109	44,000
35	Olympiacos Piraeus	10	10	5	8th	10	05.260	43,000
36	FC Copenhagen	1	16	7th	4th	14th	05,850	42,000
37	Sporting Braga	15th	5	9	2	10	09,889	41,000
38	Lazio Rome	14th	-	17th	6th	4th	14.130	41,000
39	AS Monaco	5	25th	6th	5	-	11,849	41,000
40	KAA Gent	16	10	1	2.5	10	07,580	39,500
41	PSV Eindhoven	18th	6th	1	6th	6th	07.150	37,000
42	VfL Wolfsburg	24	-	-	-	12	14,956	36,000
43	RSC Anderlecht	11	16	6th	3	-	07,580	36,000
44	Athletic Bilbao	17th	9	10	-	-	20,456	36,000
45	FK Krasnodar	9	8th	1.5	11	6th	09.109	35,500
46	Celtic Glasgow	3	7th	8th	6th	10	05.575	34,000
47	Viktoria Plzen	3	5	13	11	2	05.460	34,000
48	Atalanta Bergamo	-	-	11	2.5	20th	14.130	33,500
49	Dinamo Zagreb	6th	4th	1.5	14th	8th	04.975	33,500
50	Eintracht Frankfurt	-	-	-	24	9	14,956	33,000
...
61	Borussia Monchengladbach	8th	12	-	-	6th	14,956	26,000
62	BSC Young Boys	1.5	6th	5	7th	6th	05.280	25,500
...
69	SK Rapid Vienna	10	5	-	7th	-	06,585	22,000
...
96	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	-	-	4th	7th	-	14,956	14,956
97	Hertha BSC	-	1	4th	-	-	14,956	14,956
98	1. FC Cologne	-	-	4th	-	-	14,956	14,956
99	Sc freiburg	-	-	1	-	-	14,956	14,956
100	1. FSV Mainz 05	-	7th	-	-	-	14,956	14,956
101	FC Augsburg	7th	-	-	-	-	14,956	14,956
...
106	Linz ASK	-	-	-	2	12	06,585	14,000
...
111	FC Zurich	1	5	-	7th	-	05.280	13,000
...
124	FK Austria Vienna	-	4th	4th	-	2	06,585	10,000
...
136	FC Lugano	-	-	6th	-	3	05.280	09,000
137	FC Sion	-	8th	-	1	-	05.280	09,000
...
173	Wolfsberger AC	1	-	-	-	4th	06,585	06,585
174	SK Sturm Graz	1	-	1	2	1.5	06,585	06,585
175	FC Admira Wacker Mödling	-	1	-	1.5	-	06,585	06,585
176	SCR Altach	1.5	-	1.5	-	-	06,585	06,585
...
194	FC Luzern	-	1	0.5	2	2	05.280	05,500
...
196	FC Vaduz	1	0.5	0.5	1.5	2	02,700	05,500
...
203	FC St. Gallen	-	-	-	1.5	-	05.280	05.280
204	Grasshopper Club Zurich	-	1.5	-	-	-	05.280	05.280
205	FC Thun	1.5	-	-	-	-	05.280	05.280
As of August 24, 2020

Valuation of women

Since additional starting places are also awarded in the UEFA Women's Champions League (the twelve strongest associations get a second starting place), there is also a separate five-year ranking for women. The first seven associations receive two safe starting places in the round of 32, the associations in places eight to twelve have a safe starting place. The second participants of the associations in places eight to ten may have to qualify, depending on the number of participating teams. The second participants of the associations in positions eleven and twelve as well as the participants of the associations from position 13 downwards start safely in the qualifying round.

Scoring

Until the 2008/09 season, only one team per association was allowed to play (exception: defending champions). There were two points for a win, one point for a draw, zero points for a defeat and one bonus point each for reaching the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the finals. In contrast to this, the points from the first qualifying round have been halved.

From the 2009/10 season the format was changed, so a new system was required. The points per game remained unchanged. The halving during the first qualifying round was not changed either. Due to the increased number of teams, there are two more rounds (sixteenth and sixteenth finals). There is therefore also a bonus point for reaching the round of 16. In order not to put the teams that qualified directly for the round of 32 at a disadvantage, each team that qualifies for this round receives three points. Teams that have qualified through the qualifying round do not get any points from this round (they get the three points for reaching this round!). Points for the qualification round will only be awarded to the teams eliminated in this round.

For associations that have more than one participant, their points are added up and divided by the number of participating clubs in the regional association.

Current rating

The number of participants for the 2019/20 competition is determined from the evaluation, which includes the past 2017/18 season .

Item	country	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	TOTAL	CL places 2019/20	Starting round
01.	Germany	20,500	21,000	14,000	14,500	13,000	83,000	2	Round of 16
02.	France	7,000	14,500	19,000	20,000	17,500	78,000	2
03.	England	16,000	8,500	5,500	11,500	17,500	59,000	2
04th	Sweden	14,000	12,500	12,500	10,000	10,000	59,000	2
05.	Spain	11,000	9,000	9,500	11,500	8,000	49,000	2
06th	Denmark	5,500	10,500	7,000	9,500	4,000	36,500	2
07th	Czech Republic	4,000	4,000	11,000	5,000	11,000	35,000	2
08th.	Italy	7,500	5,500	9,500	5,000	7,000	34,500	2
09.	Switzerland	7,000	10,000	4,000	8,000	4,000	33,000	2
10.	Russia	8,500	6,500	7,000	5,000	4,500	31,500	2	Champion in the sixteenth finals, second in qualification
11.	Scotland	7,000	9,000	3,000	3,000	3,500	25,500	2
12.	Austria	8,500	7,000	4,000	3,500	2,500	25,500	2
13.	Netherlands	3,000	3,000	6,000	8,000	5,000	25,000	1	qualification
14th	Kazakhstan	3,000	4,000	4,000	7,000	6,000	24,000	1
15th	Norway	3,000	3,000	9,000	4,000	5,000	24,000	1
16.	Iceland	3,000	3,000	3,000	4,000	8,000	21,000	1
17th	Poland	4,000	5,000	3,000	5,000	3,000	20,000	1
18th	Lithuania	1,000	8,000	1,000	2,000	7,000	19,000	1
19th	Cyprus	4,000	5,000	2,000	4,000	3,000	18,000	1
20th	Serbia	4,000	2,000	4,000	2,500	2,000	14,500	1
21st	Turkey	7,000	2,000	1,000	1,000	2,000	13,000	1
22nd	Belgium	4,000	2,000	3,000	1,500	2,000	12,500	1
23.	Belarus	1,500	1,500	3,000	3,000	3,000	12,000	1
24.	Romania	2,000	2,000	3,000	2,000	3,000	12,000	1
25th	Hungary	3,000	4,000	2,000	2,000	1,000	12,000	1
26th	Bosnia Herzegovina	2,000	2,000	2,000	4,000	1,000	11,000	1
27.	Portugal	1,500	3,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	10,500	1
28.	Slovenia	2,000	3,000	2,000	2,000	1,000	10,000	1
29	Greece	1,000	1,000	3,000	1,500	3,000	09,500	1
30th	Finland	3,000	1,000	3,000	1,000	1,500	09,500	1
31.	Ukraine	2,000	2,000	2,000	1,500	1,500	09,000	1
32.	Croatia	1,000	3,000	1,000	1,500	2,000	08,500	1
33.	Ireland	1,000	3,000	2,000	0.500	2,000	08,500	1
34.	Estonia	3,000	1,000	1,000	0.500	1,000	06,500	1
35.	Israel	1,500	1,000	1,000	2,000	0.500	06,000	1
36.	Bulgaria	1,000	1,000	2,000	0.000	1,000	05,000	1
37.	Albania	0.000	1,500	0.000	0.000	2,000	03,500	1
38.	Slovakia	1,500	0.000	0.000	1,000	1,000	03,500	1
39.	Faroe Islands	0.500	0.000	0.500	1,000	1,000	03,000	1
40.	Montenegro	1,000	0.000	0.000	0.500	0.500	02,000	1
41.	Wales	0.000	1,000	0.000	1,000	0.000	02,000	1
42.	Northern Ireland	0.000	1,000	1,000	0.000	0.000	02,000	1
43.	Kosovo				1,000	0.000	01,000	1
44.	Latvia	0.000	0.000	1,000	0.000	0.000	01,000	1
45.	Moldova	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.500	0.000	00.500	1
46.	Malta	0.000	0.000	0.500	0.000	0.000	00.500	1
47.	Macedonia	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	00.000	1
48.	Luxembourg			0.000		0.000	00.000	1
49.	Georgia					0.000	00.000	1

Georgia returned to the competition after an absence of five years. Teams from Armenia and Azerbaijan had already participated, but not in the past five years. No teams from Andorra, Liechtenstein, San Marino and Gibraltar have participated (as of June 2018). Kosovo took part in the competition for the first time in the 2016/17 season.

history

In order to be able to decide which teams are seeded for the first round of the Uefa Women's Cup or which associations can register a second participant since the introduction of the Champions League or are seeded directly for the sixteenth-finals, there is also a five-year rating for women. The following table shows which league was in first place in the ranking during which period.

leader

Period	league	Years
2002	Germany	1
2003-2004	Sweden	2
2005-2006	Germany	2
2007	Sweden	1
2008–2012	Germany	5
2013	France	1
2014-2018	Germany	5
2019	France	1

Number of management years

space	league	Years	Period
1.	Germany	13	2002, 2005–2006, 2008–2012, 2014–2018
2.	Sweden	3	2003-2004, 2007
3.	France	2	2013, 2019

Web links

• Overview page of the official UEFA rankings ( UEFA five-year ranking ) on uefa.com
  • Country coefficients (to determine the starting places per association)
  • Club coefficients (to determine the clubs seeded)
• 5-year UEFA ranking (current and detailed)
• Overview from 5jahreswertung.de (always up-to-date | automatic calculation | LIVE mode)
  • UEFA 5-year ranking (LIVE update)
  • UEFA club coefficient (LIVE update)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ according to the preliminary access list for the cycle 2021-2024
2. ↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: uefa.com. August 24, 2020, accessed on August 24, 2020 . 
3. ↑ UEFA: Further development of the UEFA club competitions for the 2018–21 cycle
4. ↑ uefa.com: UEFA Champions League - Video - UEFA.com. August 26, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016 . 
5. ↑ New Uefa regulation: Europe ticket for DFB Cup losers no longer applies. In: spiegel.de. Spiegel Online , September 20, 2013, accessed March 23, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Appendix 5 - Access List 2015-2016. (PDF) Retrieved March 23, 2015 . 
7. ↑ UEFA Champions League Regulations - Appendix D. In: uefa.com. UEFA, accessed May 29, 2018 . 
8. ↑ UEFA club coefficients. In: uefa.com. UEFA, accessed August 24, 2020 . 
9. ↑ UEFA Women's Champions League Association Coefficient Rankings. (PDF) UEFA, accessed on June 23, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Women's Association Club Coefficients. UEFA, accessed October 4, 2018 .