UEFA coefficient

In European football, the UEFA coefficients are statistics used for ranking and seeding teams in club and international competitions. Introduced in 1979,[1] the coefficients are calculated by UEFA, who administer football within Europe.

For men's competitions (discussed in this article), three different sets of coefficients are calculated:

• National team coefficient: used to rank national teams, for seeding in the UEFA Euro qualifying and finals tournaments
• Country coefficient: used to rank the collective performance of the clubs of each member association, for assigning the number of places, and at what stage clubs enter the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League
• Club coefficient: used to rank individual clubs, for seeding in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League

While not discussed in this article, coefficients are calculated in a similar fashion for women's competitions such as the UEFA Women's Champions League[2][3] as well as for youth tournaments such as the UEFA Euro U-21 tournament.[4]

Men's National team coefficient

The UEFA national team coefficient is derived from the results of each European national football team, and is only calculated by UEFA every second year in November; defined as being the point of time when all UEFA nations have completed the qualification stage of the upcoming World Cup or European Championship tournament.

The purpose of calculating the coefficients is to compile an official UEFA rank, to be used as seeding criteria for the European nations, when drawing up qualification groups and the final tournament groups of the European Championship. Previously, up until 2006, the UEFA national team coefficient was also used for the seeded draw of World Cup qualification groups in Europe, while the draw for final tournament groups of the World Cup was always seeded on the basis of the official FIFA World Rankings. UEFA stopped using UEFA national team coefficients for the seeding of World Cup qualification groups at the request of FIFA to only use the official FIFA ranking for all seeded draws related to the World Cup tournament.

Old ranking and calculation method

It was first introduced in 2003 and used for seeding the 2004 European Final tournament and 2006 World Cup qualification. Until the end of the Euro 2008 tournament, the UEFA national team coefficient was calculated by dividing the number of all points scored (three points for a win, one for a draw) by the number of all matches played, in the last two qualification rounds of the World Cup or European Championship. Results from the final tournaments, Play-off matches and friendly games were all ignored. In those cases where a nation did not take part at one of the two latest qualifying rounds, due to being directly qualified as a host, only one qualifying round would be taken into account.

If two or more nations ended up with exactly the same coefficient, the following ranking criteria was applied:

1. Highest coefficient from the matches played in the most recent qualifying competition.
2. Biggest average goal difference per game, found by dividing the sum of all goal differences by the number of ranked matches.
3. Highest average number of goals scored per game.
4. Highest average number of away goals scored per game.
5. Drawing of lots.

The last three times UEFA used this calculation method was for the final UEFA coefficients in 2003, 2005 and 2007.

Current ranking and calculation method

On 20 May 2008, UEFA announced changes to the coefficient ranking system.[5][6][7] The ranking will continue to be calculated every second year in November, but under the new system, teams now gain ranking points for each game played in the most recently completed full cycle (defined as all qualifying games and final tournament games) of both the World Cup and European Championship, with addition of ranking points for each game played at the latest completed half cycle (defined as all games played in the latest qualifying round). Ranking points for all games played inside those two and a half cycles, will be awarded according to the rules listed below.

1. 10,000 points are awarded for each match played, regardless of the match result.
2. Each team earns an additional 30,000 for winning and 10,000 for drawing.
3. In case of a game decided by penalty shoot-out, the points are allocated as a draw, with the winner of the shoot-out gaining an additional 10,000 points.
4. Each match at the final tournament, or play-offs to determine qualification, are also granted bonus points, ranging from 6,000 points for all play-offs or World Cup group stage games, to 38,000 points for playing a final.
5. 501 points are earned for each goal scored, and -500 are given for each goal conceded.
6. Coefficients are calculated for each two and a half cycle, by dividing the sum of earned points with the number of games played.
7. When calculating the overall average coefficient for the cycles, the latest full cycle and half cycle will each have double the weight, compared to the oldest full cycle.
8. Special arrangements are in place for those nations that did not participate in one of the previous qualifying tournaments due to hosting the competition.

2017 ranking

The coefficients from 2017 used for the seeding and pot placements in the draw for 2018–19 UEFA Nations League, were calculated for each country by averaging:

• 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage.
• 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying stage and final tournament.
• 20% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage and final tournament.

The seeding and pot placements of the teams in the draw for the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League were based on the UEFA coefficients, determined on 11 October 2017, which are as follows:[8]

Team Coeff Rank  Germany 40,747 1  Portugal 38,655 2  Belgium 38,123 3  Spain 37,311 4  France 36,617 5  England 36,231 6   Switzerland 34,986 7  Italy 34,426 8  Poland 32,982 9  Iceland 31,155 10  Croatia 31,139 11  Netherlands 29,866 12  Austria 29,418 13  Wales 29,269 14  Russia 29,258 15  Slovakia 28,555 16  Sweden 28,487 17  Ukraine 28,286 18  Republic of Ireland 28,249 19

Team Coeff Rank  Bosnia and Herzegovina 28,200 20  Northern Ireland 27,127 21  Denmark 27,052 22  Czech Republic 27,028 23  Turkey 26,538 24  Hungary 26,486 25  Romania 26,057 26  Scotland 25,662 27  Slovenia 25,148 28  Greece 24,931 29  Serbia 24,847 30  Albania 24,430 31  Norway 24,208 32  Montenegro 23,912 33  Israel 22,792 34  Bulgaria 22,091 35  Finland 20,501 36  Cyprus 19,491 37  Estonia 19,441 38

Team Coeff Rank  Lithuania 18,101 39  Azerbaijan 17,761 40  North Macedonia 17,071 41  Belarus 16,868 42  Georgia 16,523 43  Armenia 15,846 44  Latvia 15,821 45  Faroe Islands 15,490 46  Luxembourg 14,231 47  Kazakhstan 13,431 48  Moldova 13,130 49  Liechtenstein 10,950 50  Malta 10,870 51  Andorra 10,240 52  Kosovo 9,950 53  San Marino 8,190 54  Gibraltar 7,550 55

History

After the recalculation of the coefficient rankings for the 2007 cycle, Italy were ranked top following their FIFA World Cup victory in 2006. Runners-up France lay behind them in second place, followed by the Czech Republic. Spain overtook Italy to gain first place following their UEFA Euro 2008 win, with beaten finalists Germany moving into second; the Netherlands were third.

Spain consolidated their top spot by winning the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with the Netherlands jumping above Germany by finishing second in the tournament. In the 2013 rankings, Spain maintained top spot by winning their third major competition in a row - UEFA Euro 2012. Germany regained second, with the Dutch falling back to third place after failing to make it out of their group.

Germany climbed to the top of the 2015 rankings as a result of their 2014 FIFA World Cup success; Spain dropped behind them. England reached their highest position in the rankings - placed third. Germany held on to top spot in 2017, with new European champions Portugal in second; Belgium were third.

Year	First		Second		Third
	Team	Coeff.	Team	Coeff.	Team	Coeff.
2007[6]	Italy	36,986	France	36,219	Czech Republic	36,025
2009[9]	Spain	39,964	Germany	38,294	Netherlands	37,821
2011[10]		43,116	Netherlands	40,860	Germany	40,446
2013[11]		42,158	Germany	41,366	Netherlands	38,541
2015[12]	Germany	40,236	Spain	37,963	England	35,963
2017[8]		40,747	Portugal	38,655	Belgium	38,123

Women's National team coefficient

Old Women ranking and calculation method

See same category in men's.

Current Women ranking and calculation method

Final Women's ranking in 2017

• UEFA Women's Euro 2013 final tournament and qualifying competition (20%)
• 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup final tournament and qualifying competition (40%)
• UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying competition (40%)

Team Coeff Rank[13]  Germany 42,957 1  France 42,355 2  England 39,880 3  Norway 39,161 4  Sweden 38,036 5  Spain 37,655 6   Switzerland 36,629 7  Italy 34,775 8  Netherlands 34,642 9  Iceland 34,141 10  Scotland 33,632 11  Denmark 32,915 12  Austria 31,882 13  Belgium 31,213 14  Russia 30,367 15  Finland 29,815 16  Ukraine 28,579 17  Wales 25,807 18  Romania 25,602 19

Team Coeff Rank[13]  Poland 24,832 20  Czech Republic 23,874 21  Republic of Ireland 23,669 22  Portugal 22,860 23  Serbia 21,579 24  Hungary 20,362 25  Bosnia and Herzegovina 19,546 26  Belarus 19,434 27  Slovakia 18,104 28  Slovenia 17,224 29  Northern Ireland 17,051 30  Croatia 16,266 31  Turkey 15,656 32  Israel 14,641 33  Greece 13,961 34  Kazakhstan 13,350 35  Estonia 11,151 36  Albania 9,121 37  Faroe Islands 8,020 38

Team Coeff Rank[13]  Moldova 7,910 39  Bulgaria 7,817 40  North Macedonia 7,768 41  Malta 7,208 42  Armenia 7,194 43  Montenegro 7,191 44  Georgia 6,316 45  Lithuania 4,818 46  Latvia 4,584 47  Luxembourg 4,109 48  Andorra 1,793 49  Azerbaijan — —  Cyprus — —  Gibraltar — —  Kosovo — —  Liechtenstein — —  San Marino — —

History

Year	First		Second		Third
	Team	Coeff.	Team	Coeff.	Team	Coeff.
2017	Germany	42,957	France	42,355	England	39,880

Men's Country coefficient

Map of UEFA countries whose teams 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

Map of UEFA countries whose teams reached the group stage of the UEFA Europa 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 country 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 and the 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 rankings at the end of the 2019–20 season determine the team allocation by association in the 2021–22 (not 2020–21) 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 year).

This coefficient is determined by the results of the clubs of the associations in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa 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 and playoff 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 of the Champions League or the Europa League. 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. 2⅔ would be rounded to 2.666).[14][15]

To determine a country'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:

• Clubs that reach the quarter-finals, semi-finals, or final of either the UEFA Champions League or the UEFA Europa League (1 bonus point).
• Clubs that qualify for the group stage of the Champions League (4 bonus points).
• Clubs that qualify for the round of 16 of the Champions League (5 bonus points).

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic

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, are changed to single-leg matches. In those cases where there is such format change, the following points will be awarded instead:[16][17]

• 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.

Current ranking

The ranking below takes into account of each association's performance in European competitions from 2015–16 to 2019–20, with the 2019–20 season currently taking place.

The final ranking at the end of the 2019–20 season will be used to determine the number of places for each association in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League and the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.

As of 15 August 2020, the coefficients are as follows:[18][19]

Ranking			Member association (L: League, C: Cup, LC: League cup[lower-alpha 1])	Coefficient						Teams[lower-alpha 2]	Places in 2021–22 season
2020	2019	Mvmt		2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	Total		CL	EL	ECL	Total
1	1	—	Spain (L, C)	23.928	20.142	19.714	19.571	18.071	101.426	1/7	4	2	1	7
2	2	—	England (L, C, LC[lower-alpha 1])	14.250	14.928	20.071	22.642	18.428	90.319	1/7
3	4	+1	Germany (L, C)	16.428	14.571	9.857	15.214	17.714	73.784	2/7
4	3	–1	Italy (L, C)	11.500	14.250	17.333	12.642	14.357	70.082	1/7
5	5	—	France (L, C)	11.083	14.416	11.500	10.583	10.833	58.415	2/6	3			6
6	7	+1	Portugal (L, C)	10.500	8.083	9.666	10.900	10.300	49.449	0/5		1	2
7	6	–1	Russia (L, C)	11.500	9.200	12.600	7.583	4.666	45.549	0/6	2			5
8	8	—	Belgium (L, C)	7.400	12.500	2.600	7.800	7.600	37.900	0/5
9	9	—	Ukraine (L, C)	9.800	5.500	8.000	5.600	7.000	35.900	1/5
10	11	+1	Netherlands (L, C)	5.750	9.100	2.900	8.600	9.400	35.750	0/5
11	10	–1	Turkey (L, C)	6.600	9.700	6.800	5.500	5.000	33.600	0/5
12	12	—	Austria (L, C)	3.800	7.375	9.750	6.200	5.800	32.925	0/5
13	16	+3	Denmark (L, C)	5.500	8.500	5.250	4.875	5.125	29.250	0/4
14	20	+6	Scotland (L, C)	3.000	4.375	4.000	6.750	9.750	27.875	0/4
15	13	–2	Czech Republic (L, C)	7.300	5.500	5.500	6.500	2.500	27.300	0/5
16	18	+2	Cyprus (L, C)	3.000	5.500	7.000	6.125	5.125	26.750	0/4	1	0	3	4
17	17	—	Switzerland (L, C)	5.300	4.300	6.500	3.900	6.400	26.400	0/5
18	14	–4	Greece (L, C)	5.400	5.800	5.100	5.100	4.900	26.300	0/5
19	19	—	Serbia (L, C)	4.250	2.875	6.375	6.000	6.000	25.500	0/4
20	15	–5	Croatia (L, C)	4.500	5.125	5.125	5.750	4.375	24.875	0/4
21	22	+1	Sweden (L, C)	4.750	2.750	5.375	4.125	5.750	22.750	0/4
22	23	+1	Norway (L, C)	7.250	1.375	4.000	5.375	3.750	21.750	0/4
23	27	+4	Israel (L, C)	2.250	6.750	5.625	2.625	2.375	19.625	0/4
24	24	—	Kazakhstan (L, C)	4.625	2.750	4.250	4.250	3.375	19.250	0/4
25	21	–4	Belarus (L, C)	5.125	3.000	3.250	5.000	2.500	18.875	0/4
26	26	—	Azerbaijan (L, C)	4.375	4.250	4.375	2.375	3.375	18.750	0/4
27	28	+1	Bulgaria (L, C)	1.000	4.250	4.000	4.000	4.125	17.375	0/4
28	29	+1	Romania (L, C)	2.250	3.300	2.900	2.375	5.875	16.700	0/4
29	25	–4	Poland (L, C)	5.500	3.875	2.875	2.250	2.125	16.625	0/4
30	30	—	Slovakia (L, C)	3.750	2.125	1.875	5.125	3.000	15.875	0/4
31	32	+1	Liechtenstein (C[lower-alpha 3])	5.000	2.500	2.000	1.500	2.500	13.500	0/1	0		1	1
32	31	–1	Slovenia (L, C)	1.000	2.250	4.625	3.125	2.000	13.000	0/4	1		3	4
33	33	—	Hungary (L, C)	1.625	1.875	1.625	3.250	4.500	12.875	0/4
34	43	+9	Luxembourg (L, C)	0.750	0.750	0.875	2.625	3.000	8.000	0/4
35	41	+6	Lithuania (L, C)	0.750	0.500	2.375	2.625	1.625	7.875	0/4
36	44	+8	Armenia (L, C)	1.625	1.125	0.625	1.500	2.750	7.625	0/4
37	42	+5	Latvia (L, C)	1.625	1.375	0.750	1.625	2.250	7.625	0/4
38	36	–2	Albania (L, C)	2.125	0.875	2.625	1.000	0.750	7.375	0/4
39	34	–5	North Macedonia (L, C)	1.500	1.250	3.125	1.000	0.500	7.375	0/4
40	40	—	Bosnia and Herzegovina (L, C)	1.500	0.500	1.375	2.000	1.500	6.875	0/4
41	35	–6	Moldova (L, C)	1.250	0.875	2.750	1.125	0.750	6.750	0/4
42	37	–5	Republic of Ireland (L, C)	0.700	2.625	1.125	1.000	1.250	6.700	0/4
43	38	–5	Finland (L, C)	1.000	1.750	1.250	0.875	1.625	6.500	0/4
44	47	+3	Georgia (L, C)	0.625	1.125	0.125	1.625	2.250	5.750	0/4
45	45	—	Malta (L, C)	0.875	1.250	1.375	1.500	0.750	5.750	0/4
46	39	–7	Iceland (L, C)	1.125	1.000	1.125	1.500	0.625	5.375	0/4
47	48	+1	Wales (L, C)	1.500	1.000	0.500	1.000	1.000	5.000	0/4
48	52	+4	Northern Ireland (L, C)	0.750	0.500	0.750	0.500	2.375	4.875	0/4
49	51	+2	Gibraltar (L, C)	0.750	1.500	0.500	1.000	1.000	4.750	0/3
50	49	–1	Montenegro (L, C)	1.000	0.875	1.125	0.375	1.000	4.375	0/4
51	46	–5	Estonia (L, C)	1.000	1.375	0.625	0.500	0.875	4.375	0/4			2	3
52	53	+1	Kosovo (L, C)	—[lower-alpha 4]	—[lower-alpha 4]	0.000	2.500	1.500	4.000	0/2
53	50	–3	Faroe Islands (L, C)	0.375	0.375	0.750	1.125	1.125	3.750	0/4
54	54	—	Andorra (L, C)	0.166	0.166	0.166	0.833	1.500	2.831	0/3
55	55	—	San Marino (L, C)	0.000	0.000	0.166	0.500	0.000	0.666	0/3

  Indicates active countries which have all their teams still competing in this year's UEFA Champions League or Europa League.

  Indicates active countries which have some teams still competing in this year's UEFA Champions League or Europa League.

  Indicates countries which have no teams remaining in this year's UEFA Champions League or Europa League.

1. The winner of the league cup of England is given a place in the UEFA Europa League by special permission from UEFA (replacing the lowest-ranked league team which would have qualified).
2. Number of teams still active from assocation in UEFA Champions League or Europa League.
3. The Liechtenstein Football Association does not organise a national league competition and all its seven clubs compete in the Swiss football league system.[20][21] As a result, the only competitor from Liechtenstein in European competitions is the Liechtenstein Cup winners, who qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League.[21]
4. Kosovo was not a UEFA member until 13 May 2016.[22]

UEFA uses this coefficient system to decide which teams gain automatic entry to the group stage and which teams must go through qualifying. The teams who occupy the top four league places in the countries ranked 1 to 4 in UEFA competition gain automatic entry into the group stages for the following season’s Champions League competition, the top two teams of the country ranked 5 and 6, and the champions in the countries ranked 7 to 10. The Champions League and Europa League winners also get the chance to participate in the following season’s competition, guaranteed an automatic entry into the group stage.

Further information on Liechtenstein's status and similar cases

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.

Next season's ranking

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic the 2019–20 and 2020–21 season of the European competitions will be overlapping in August 2020.

The ranking below takes into account of each association's performance in European competitions from 2016–17 to 2020–21, with the 2020–21 season currently taking place.

The final ranking at the end of the 2020–21 season will be used to determine the number of places for each association in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League and the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.

As of 15 August 2020 the coefficients are as follows:[23][24]

Ranking			Member association (L: League, C: Cup, LC: League cup[lower-alpha 1])	Coefficient						Teams[lower-alpha 2]	Places in 2022–23 season
2021	2020	Mvmt		2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	Total		CL	EL	ECL	Total
1	1	—	Spain (L, C)	20.142	19.714	19.571	18.071	2.285	79.783	7/7	4	2	1	7
2	2	—	England (L, C, LC[lower-alpha 1])	14.928	20.071	22.642	18.428	2.285	78.354	7/7
3	4	+1	Italy (L, C)	14.250	17.333	12.642	14.357	2.285	60.867	7/7
4	3	–1	Germany (L, C)	14.571	9.857	15.214	17.714	2.285	59.641	7/7
5	5	—	France (L, C)	14.416	11.500	10.583	10.833	2.000	49.332	6/6	3			6
6	6	—	Portugal (L, C)	8.083	9.666	10.900	10.300	0.800	39.749	5/5		1	2
7	7	—	Russia (L, C)	9.200	12.600	7.583	4.666	1.333	35.382	6/6	2			5
8	8	—	Belgium (L, C)	12.500	2.600	7.800	7.600	0.800	31.300	5/5
9	10	+1	Netherlands (L, C)	9.100	2.900	8.600	9.400	0.000	30.000	5/5
10	12	+2	Austria (L, C)	7.375	9.750	6.200	5.800	0.000	29.125	5/5
11	11	—	Turkey (L, C)	9.700	6.800	5.500	5.000	0.800	27.800	5/5
12	9	–3	Ukraine (L, C)	5.500	8.000	5.600	7.000	0.800	26.900	5/5
13	14	+1	Scotland (L, C)	4.375	4.000	6.750	9.750	0.000	24.875	4/4
14	16	+2	Cyprus (L, C)	5.500	7.000	6.125	5.125	0.000	23.750	4/4
15	13	–2	Denmark (L, C)	8.500	5.250	4.875	5.125	0.000	23.750	4/4
16	19	+3	Serbia (L, C)	2.875	6.375	6.000	6.000	0.000	21.250	4/4	1	0	3	4
17	17	—	Switzerland (L, C)	4.300	6.500	3.900	6.400	0.000	21.100	4/4
18	18	—	Greece (L, C)	5.800	5.100	5.100	4.900	0.000	20.900	5/5
19	20	+1	Croatia (L, C)	5.125	5.125	5.750	4.375	0.000	20.375	5/5
20	15	–5	Czech Republic (L, C)	5.500	5.500	6.500	2.500	0.000	20.000	5/5
21	21	—	Sweden (L, C)	2.750	5.375	4.125	5.750	0.000	18.000	4/4
22	23	+1	Israel (L, C)	6.750	5.625	2.625	2.375	0.000	17.375	4/4
23	27	+4	Bulgaria (L, C)	4.250	4.000	4.000	4.125	0.000	16.375	4/4
24	24	—	Kazakhstan (L, C)	2.750	4.250	4.250	3.375	0.000	14.625	4/4
25	22	–3	Norway (L, C)	1.375	4.000	5.375	3.750	0.000	14.500	4/4
26	28	+2	Romania (L, C)	3.300	2.900	2.375	5.875	0.000	14.450	4/4
27	26	–1	Azerbaijan (L, C)	4.250	4.375	2.375	3.375	0.000	14.375	4/4
28	25	–3	Belarus (L, C)	3.000	3.250	5.000	2.500	0.000	13.750	4/4
29	30	+1	Slovakia (L, C)	2.125	1.875	5.125	3.000	0.000	12.125	4/4
30	32	+2	Slovenia (L, C)	2.250	4.625	3.125	2.000	0.000	12.000	4/4
31	33	+2	Hungary (L, C)	1.875	1.625	3.250	4.500	0.000	11.250	4/4
32	29	–3	Poland (L, C)	3.875	2.875	2.250	2.125	0.000	11.125	4/4
33	31	–2	Liechtenstein (C[lower-alpha 3])	2.500	2.000	1.500	2.500	0.000	8.500	1/1	0		1	1
34	34	—	Luxembourg (L, C)	0.750	0.875	2.625	3.000	0.000	7.250	4/4	1		3	4
35	35	—	Lithuania (L, C)	0.500	2.375	2.625	1.625	0.000	7.125	4/4
36	36	—	Armenia (L, C)	1.125	0.625	1.500	2.750	0.000	6.000	4/4
37	37	—	Latvia (L, C)	1.375	0.750	1.625	2.250	0.000	6.000	4/4
38	42	+4	Republic of Ireland (L, C)	2.625	1.125	1.000	1.250	0.000	6.000	4/4
39	39	—	North Macedonia (L, C)	1.250	3.125	1.000	0.500	0.000	5.875	4/4
40	43	+3	Finland (L, C)	1.750	1.250	0.875	1.625	0.000	5.500	4/4
41	41	—	Moldova (L, C)	0.875	2.750	1.125	0.750	0.000	5.500	4/4
42	40	–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina (L, C)	0.500	1.375	2.000	1.500	0.000	5.375	4/4
43	38	–5	Albania (L, C)	0.875	2.625	1.000	0.750	0.000	5.250	4/4
44	44	—	Georgia (L, C)	1.125	0.125	1.625	2.250	0.000	5.125	4/4
45	45	—	Malta (L, C)	1.250	1.375	1.500	0.750	0.000	4.875	4/4
46	49	+3	Northern Ireland (L, C)	0.500	0.750	0.500	2.375	0.666	4.791	3/3
47	52	+5	Kosovo (L, C)	—[lower-alpha 4]	0.000	2.500	1.500	0.333	4.333	3/3
48	46	–2	Iceland (L, C)	1.000	1.125	1.500	0.625	0.000	4.250	4/4
49	48	–1	Gibraltar (L, C)	1.500	0.500	1.000	1.000	0.000	4.000	3/3
50	47	–3	Wales (L, C)	1.000	0.500	1.000	1.000	0.000	3.500	4/4
51	53	+2	Faroe Islands (L, C)	0.375	0.750	1.125	1.125	0.000	3.375	4/4			2	3
52	50	–2	Montenegro (L, C)	0.875	1.125	0.375	1.000	0.000	3.375	4/4
53	51	–2	Estonia (L, C)	1.375	0.625	0.500	0.875	0.000	3.375	4/4
54	54	—	Andorra (L, C)	0.166	0.166	0.833	1.500	0.000	2.665	3/3
55	55	—	San Marino (L, C)	0.000	0.166	0.500	0.000	0.000	0.666	3/3

  Indicates active countries which have all their teams still competing in this year's UEFA Champions League or Europa League.

  Indicates active countries which have some teams still competing in this year's UEFA Champions League or Europa League.

  Indicates countries which have no teams remaining in this year's UEFA Champions League or Europa League.

1. The winner of the league cup of England is given a place in the UEFA Europa League by special permission from UEFA (replacing the lowest-ranked league team which would have qualified).
2. Number of teams still active from assocation in UEFA Champions League or Europa League.
3. The Liechtenstein Football Association does not organise a national league competition and all its seven clubs compete in the Swiss football league system.[25][21] As a result, the only competitor from Liechtenstein in European competitions is the Liechtenstein Cup winners, who qualify for the UEFA Europa League.[21]
4. Kosovo was not a UEFA member until 13 May 2016.[26]

History

The original European competition, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, was limited to certain clubs and/or by invitation, so no coefficient calculation was necessary.

Following the introduction of the UEFA Cup in 1971, the competition began to grow in complexity. UEFA began to publish rankings in 1979,[1] to identify the number of participants for each country in the UEFA Cup.

Subsequently, for statistical purposes, various rankings were introduced to portray the history of competitions. According to the prorated (extended) calculation system, only four leagues have succeeded in being ranked as the top European league.[27]

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 the First Division and then the Premier League for a total of nine years from 1986 to 1994.[28] Having been top in 1985, England were un-ranked in 1990[29] and would not regain the top position until 2008.[30]

Top leagues by period

The following data indicates the three top-ranked leagues in each five-year period.[31] Data prior to 1975–1979 period has been calculated, but precedes the first published by the Confederation and has merely informative value.[31]

Years 1st Place Coeff. 2nd Place Coeff. 3rd Place Coeff. 1956–1960 La Liga 70.833 Ligue 1 40.500 Serie A 36.500 1957–1961 68.333 Football League 41.666 36.500 1958–1962 71.933 34.666 31.500 1959–1963 68.433 Serie A 32.500 Scottish Football League 32.250 1960–1964 66.833 39.700 35.750 1961–1965 52.333 43.128 38.849 1962–1966 53.333 Football League 42.682 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 39.999 1963–1967 Football League 45.482 La Liga 41.733 Serie A 41.728 1964–1968 49.016 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 43.665 La Liga 41.566 1965–1969 53.701 53.665 Scottish Football League 38.366 1966–1970 51.951 46.415 39.566 1967–1971 51.660 40.999 Serie A 40.094 1968–1972 53.431 41.666 38.660 1969–1973 53.231 Eredivisie 41.200 37.593 1970–1974 54.279 43.500 Bundesliga 39.664 1971–1975 47.779 Bundesliga 46.331 Eredivisie 45.200 1972–1976 Bundesliga 48.950 Eredivisie 43.600 Football League 43.570 1973–1977 51.902 Football League 41.999 Eredivisie 39.450 1974–1978 48.783 Eredivisie 43.450 Football League 38.332 1975–1979 52.617 39.200 First Division A 38.300 1976–1980 53.998 Football League 38.426 37.300 1977–1981 52.284 38.760 La Liga 36.999 1978–1982 51.999 37.902 Eredivisie 35.466 1979–1983 54.118 La Liga 34.999 Football League 34.426 1980–1984 43.618 Football League 37.950 La Liga 32.199 1981–1985 Football League 41.093 Serie A 38.800 Bundesliga 37.070 1982–1986 Serie A 39.466 Bundesliga 37.332 Top League 36.516 1983–1987 41.716 Top League 37.250 Bundesliga 36.332 1984–1988 41.082 37.550 36.165 1985–1989 42.498 Bundesliga 41.093 La Liga 40.999 1986–1990 Bundesliga 45.427 Serie A 43.212 42.666 1987–1991 Serie A 48.171 Bundesliga 43.594 38.666 1988–1992 52.837 42.927 40.266 1989–1993 60.337 Ligue 1 40.450 Bundesliga 39.403 1990–1994 62.313 45.150 41.641 1991–1995 63.884 45.283 40.307 1992–1996 61.259 45.408 La Liga 43.932 1993–1997 60.735 La Liga 46.532 Ligue 1 45.733 1994–1998 59.640 Bundesliga 49.932 La Liga 48.580 1995–1999 57.212 La Liga 49.628 Bundesliga 45.498 1996–2000 La Liga 59.599 Serie A 55.927 46.403 1997–2001 65.210 56.239 Premier League 51.288 1998–2002 68.467 58.668 55.459 1999–2003 75.539 62.311 58.340 2000–2004 79.851 Premier League 62.153 Serie A 59.186 2001–2005 73.717 63.224 61.186 2002–2006 72.748 Serie A 66.731 Premier League 63.486 2003–2007 76.891 Premier League 68.540 Serie A 66.088 2004–2008 Premier League 75.749 La Liga 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 Bundesliga 69.436 2008–2012 84.410 84.186 75.186 2009–2013 La Liga 88.025 Premier League 82.963 79.614 2010–2014 97.713 84.748 81.641 2011–2015 99.999 80.391 79.415 2012–2016 105.713 Bundesliga 80.177 Premier League 76.284 2013–2017 104.998 79.498 75.962 2014–2018 106.998 Premier League 79.605 Serie A 76.249 2015–2019 103.569 85.462 74.725 2016–2020 ≥101.426 ≥90.176 Bundesliga ≥73.784 The table shows the ranking of nations with respect to the total number of years in the top three of the rankings: As of 9 May 2019 League 1st 2nd 3rd Total La Liga 22 9 9 40 First Division/Premier League 15 16 10 41 Serie A 13 10 15 38 Bundesliga 10 8 14 32 Eredivisie 0 5 3 8 Ligue 1 0 5 1 6 Nemzeti Bajnokság Vysshaya Liga 0 2 1 3 Scottish Football League 0 0 5 5 First Division A 0 0 2 2 Women's Country coefficient Women's current ranking The ranking below takes into account of each association's performance in European competitions from 2015–16 to 2019–20, with the 2019–20 season currently taking place. The final ranking at the end of the 2019–20 season will be used to determine the number of places for each association in the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League. As of 1 November 2019 the coefficients are as follows:[32] Ranking Member association (L: League) Coefficient Teams Places in 2021–22 season 2020 2019 Mvmt 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 Total 1 1 — France (L) 19.000 20.000 17.500 19.500 11.500 87.500 2/2 3 2 2 — Germany (L) 14.000 14.500 13.000 15.000 11.000 67.500 2/2 3 3 — England (L) 5.500 11.500 17.500 10.500 10.500 55.500 1/2 4 5 +1 Spain (L) 9.500 11.500 8.000 14.000 11.000 54.000 2/2 5 4 –1 Sweden (L) 12.500 10.000 10.000 8.500 4.500 45.500 0/2 6 6 — Czech Republic (L) 11.000 5.000 11.000 8.000 5.500 40.500 0/2 7 7 — Denmark (L) 7.000 9.500 4.000 5.500 7.500 33.500 0/2 2 8 10 +2 Netherlands (L) 6.000 8.000 5.000 8.000 6.000 33.000 0/1 9 8 –1 Italy (L) 9.500 5.000 7.000 6.000 3.000 30.500 0/2 10 12 +2 Kazakhstan (L) 4.000 7.000 6.000 5.000 7.000 29.000 0/1 11 11 — Norway (L) 9.000 4.000 5.000 7.500 2.000 27.500 0/1 12 15 +3 Iceland (L) 3.000 4.000 8.000 3.000 8.000 26.000 0/1 13 9 –4 Switzerland (L) 4.000 8.000 4.000 5.000 3.000 24.000 0/2 14 13 –1 Russia (L) 7.000 5.000 4.500 3.000 3.000 22.500 0/2 15 14 –1 Scotland (L) 3.000 3.000 3.500 6.000 6.500 22.000 1/2 16 21 +5 Belarus (L) 3.000 3.000 3.000 2.000 8.000 19.000 0/1 17 17 — Cyprus (L) 2.000 4.000 3.000 5.000 2.000 16.000 0/1 1 18 20 +2 Serbia (L) 4.000 2.500 2.000 3.000 4.000 15.500 0/1 19 18 –1 Austria (L) 4.000 3.500 2.500 2.000 3.000 15.000 0/2 20 16 –4 Lithuania (L) 1.000 2.000 7.000 3.000 1.500 14.500 0/1 21 19 –2 Poland (L) 3.000 5.000 3.000 2.000 1.500 14.500 0/1 22 26 +4 Belgium (L) 3.000 1.500 2.000 2.000 4.000 12.500 0/1 23 24 +1 Portugal (L) 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 4.000 12.000 0/1 24 22 –2 Bosnia and Herzegovina (L) 2.000 4.000 1.000 3.000 2.000 12.000 0/1 25 23 –2 Romania (L) 3.000 2.000 3.000 2.000 1.000 11.000 0/1 26 29 +3 Finland (L) 3.000 1.000 1.500 3.000 2.000 10.500 0/1 27 28 +1 Ukraine (L) 2.000 1.500 1.500 3.000 2.000 10.000 0/1 28 25 –3 Greece (L) 3.000 1.500 3.000 2.000 0.000 9.500 0/1 29 27 –2 Hungary (L) 2.000 2.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 9.000 0/1 30 33 +3 Turkey (L) 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.500 2.000 7.500 0/1 31 31 — Republic of Ireland (L) 2.000 0.500 2.000 1.000 2.000 7.500 0/1 32 34 +2 Albania (L) 0.000 0.000 2.000 2.000 3.000 7.000 0/1 33 30 –3 Croatia (L) 1.000 1.500 2.000 1.500 1.000 7.000 0/1 34 32 –2 Slovenia (L) 2.000 2.000 1.000 0.000 1.000 6.000 0/1 35 36 +1 Israel (L) 1.000 2.000 0.500 0.500 1.000 5.000 0/1 36 37 +1 Estonia (L) 1.000 0.500 1.000 1.000 1.000 4.500 0/1 37 35 –2 Bulgaria (L) 2.000 0.000 1.000 1.000 0.500 4.500 0/1 38 44 +6 Kosovo (L) ——^1 1.000 0.000 0.000 3.000 4.000 0/1 39 38 –1 Slovakia (L) 0.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 4.000 0/1 40 39 –1 Wales (L) 0.000 1.000 0.000 0.500 2.000 3.500 0/1 41 42 –1 Montenegro (L) 0.000 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.500 3.000 0/1 42 40 –2 Faroe Islands (L) 0.500 1.000 1.000 0.000 0.000 2.500 0/1 43 41 –2 Northern Ireland (L) 1.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000 2.000 0/1 44 43 –1 Malta (L) 0.500 0.000 0.000 0.500 0.000 1.000 0/1 45 45 — Latvia (L) 1.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000 0/1 46 46 — Moldova (L) 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.500 0/1 47 47 — North Macedonia (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0/1 48 48 — Georgia (L) No entry 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0/1 49 49 — Luxembourg (L) 0.000 No entry 0.000 No entry 0.000 0.000 0/1 50 — — Armenia (L) No entry 0.000 0.000 0/1 — — — Gibraltar (L) No entry (NR) 0/0 — — — Andorra (NL) No entry (NR) 0/0 — — — Azerbaijan (L) No entry (NR) 0/0 — — — Liechtenstein (NL) No entry (NR) 0/0 — — — San Marino (NL) No entry (NR) 0/0   Indicates active countries which have all their teams still competing in this year's UEFA Women's Champions League.   Indicates active countries which have some teams still competing in this year's UEFA Women's Champions League.   Indicates countries which have no teams remaining in this year's UEFA Women's Champions League. ^1 Kosovo was not a UEFA member until 13 May 2016.[33] ^NL No women's domestic league ^NR No rank (association did not enter in any of the seasons used for computing coefficients) Women's History Women's top leagues by period The following data indicates the three top-ranked women's leagues in each five-year period. Years 1st Place Coeff. 2nd Place Coeff. 3rd Place Coeff. 2000–2004 Damallsvenskan 25.500 Frauen-Bundesliga 24.000 Elitedivisionen 17.500 2001–2005 Frauen-Bundesliga 25.000 Damallsvenskan 22.250 15.500 2002–2006 25.750 19.750 Division 1 Féminine 11.500 2003–2007 22.000 20.750 FA Women's Premier League 17.500 2004–2008 37.000 33.750 24.000 2005–2009 37.000 33.750 Division 1 Féminine 24.500 2006–2010 70.666 69.500 63.000 2007–2011 75.666 Division 1 Féminine 65.000 Damallsvenskan 65.000 2008–2012 85.166 80.000 61.000 2009–2013 Division 1 Féminine 84.500 Frauen-Bundesliga 83.166 58.500 2010–2014 Frauen-Bundesliga 91.666 Division 1 Féminine 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 FA WSL 59.000 2015–2019 Division 1 Féminine 90.500 Frauen-Bundesliga 77.500 53.500 The table shows the ranking of nations with respect to the total number of years in the top three of the rankings: As of 18 May 2019 League 1st 2nd 3rd Total Frauen-Bundesliga 13 3 0 16 Division 1 Féminine 2 7 3 12 Damallsvenskan 1 6 7 14 Womens' Premier League/FA WSL 0 0 4 4 Elitedivisionen 0 0 2 2 Men's Club coefficient The club coefficient is either the sum of the points earned by the club in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League over the previous five seasons or 20% of the club's association coefficient over the same period, whichever is the higher.[34] 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.[35][36] 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 and the Europa 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 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 team 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.[35] The clubs do not receive any points for elimination in the Champions League qualifying because those teams move to the Europa League and receive points from participation in that competition.[36][37] Round Points awarded Champions League Europa League Preliminary Round elimination – 0.5 First qualifying round elimination – 1.0 Second qualifying round elimination – 1.5 Third qualifying round elimination – 2 Play-off elimination – 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 This ranking is used by UEFA to determine a club's seeding in club competition draws, including 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 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 years. UEFA current team ranking The top 25 clubs as of 14 August 2020 are as follows.[38][39] Ranking Club Association Coefficient 2020 2019 Mvmt 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 Total Country Part 1 1 — Real Madrid Spain 33.000 33.000 32.000 19.000 17.000 134.000 20.285 2 3 +1 Bayern Munich Germany 29.000 22.000 29.000 20.000 30.000 130.000 14.756 3 2 –1 Barcelona Spain 26.000 23.000 25.000 30.000 24.000 128.000 20.285 4 4 — Atlético Madrid 28.000 29.000 28.000 20.000 22.000 127.000 5 5 — Juventus Italy 18.000 33.000 23.000 21.000 22.000 117.000 14.016 6 6 — Manchester City England 26.000 18.000 22.000 25.000 24.000 115.000 18.035 7 8 +1 Paris Saint-Germain France 24.000 20.000 19.000 19.000 27.000 109.000 11.549 8 18 +10 Manchester United England 13.000 26.000 20.000 19.000 21.000 99.000 18.035 11 +3 Liverpool 22.000 0.000^1 30.000 29.000 18.000 99.000 10 7 –3 Sevilla Spain 23.000 19.000 21.000 13.000 20.000 96.000 20.285 11 9 –2 Arsenal England 15.000 19.000 21.000 26.000 10.000 91.000 18.035 12 13 +1 Borussia Dortmund Germany 17.000 22.000 10.000 18.000 18.000 85.000 14.756 17 +5 Tottenham Hotspur England 12.000 10.000 21.000 26.000 16.000 85.000 18.035 14 15 +1 Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 20.000 14.000 19.000 10.000 21.000 84.000 7.180 15 12 –3 Chelsea England 18.000 0.000^1 18.000 30.000 17.000 83.000 18.035 16 14 –2 Roma Italy 14.000 13.000 25.000 17.000 11.000 80.000 14.016 17 27 +10 Lyon France 7.000 22.000 14.000 17.000 18.000 78.000 11.549 18 15 –3 Napoli Italy 13.000 17.000 10.000 18.000 19.000 77.000 14.016 19 10 –9 Porto Portugal 11.000 17.000 17.000 23.000 7.000 75.000 9.889 20 21 +1 Benfica 22.000 17.000 4.000 17.000 10.000 70.000 21 20 –1 Ajax Netherlands 6.000 22.000 1.500 27.000 13.000 69.500 7.150 22 19 –3 Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 19.000 12.000 14.000 10.000 9.000 64.000 9.109 23 28 +5 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 14.000 18.000 0.000^1 11.000 18.000 61.000 14.756 24 29 +5 Basel Switzerland 12.000 6.000 19.000 2.500 19.000 58.500 5.280 25 21 –4 Villarreal Spain 23.000 9.000 8.000 16.000 0.000^1 56.000 20.285   Indicates teams still active in this year's UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League.   Indicates teams from active countries in this year's UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League.   Indicates teams from countries which have no teams remaining in this year's UEFA Champions League or Europa League. ^1 Did not participate in European competitions that season. Next season's ranking Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic the 2019–20 and 2020–21 season of the European competitions will be overlapping in August 2020. The ranking below takes into account of each association's performance in European competitions from 2016–17 to 2020–21, with the 2020–21 season currently taking place. The final ranking at the end of the 2020–21 season will be used to determine the number of places for each association in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League and the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League. The top 25 clubs as of 14 August 2020 are as follows.[40][41] Ranking Club Association Coefficient 2021 2020 Mvmt 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 Total Country Part 1 3 +2 Barcelona Spain 23.000 25.000 30.000 24.000 4.000 106.000 15.956 2 4 +2 Bayern Munich Germany 22.000 29.000 20.000 30.000 4.000 105.000 11.928 1 -3 Real Madrid Spain 33.000 32.000 19.000 17.000 4.000 105.000 15.956 4 5 +1 Juventus Italy 33.000 23.000 21.000 22.000 4.000 103.000 12.173 2 –2 Atlético Madrid Spain 29.000 28.000 20.000 22.000 4.000 103.000 15.956 6 6 — Manchester City England 18.000 22.000 25.000 24.000 4.000 93.000 15.642 7 9 +2 Manchester United 26.000 20.000 19.000 21.000 4.000 90.000 8 7 –1 Paris Saint-Germain France 20.000 19.000 19.000 27.000 4.000 89.000 9.733 9 8 –1 Liverpool England 0.000^1 30.000 29.000 18.000 4.000 81.000 15.642 10 10 — Arsenal 19.000 21.000 26.000 10.000 3.000 79.000 11 11 — Sevilla Spain 19.000 21.000 13.000 20.000 4.000 77.000 15.956 12 12 — Tottenham Hotspur England 10.000 21.000 26.000 16.000 1.500 74.500 15.642 13 12 –1 Borussia Dortmund Germany 22.000 10.000 18.000 18.000 4.000 72.000 11.928 14 17 +3 Lyon France 22.000 14.000 17.000 18.000 0.000^1 71.000 9.733 15 14 –1 Chelsea England 0.000^1 18.000 30.000 17.000 4.000 69.000 15.642 16 +1 Roma Italy 13.000 25.000 17.000 11.000 3.000 69.000 12.173 17 15 –2 Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 14.000 19.000 10.000 21.000 4.000 68.000 5.380 19 +2 Porto Portugal 17.000 17.000 23.000 7.000 4.000 68.000 7.949 19 17 –2 Napoli Italy 17.000 10.000 18.000 19.000 3.000 67.000 12.173 20 21 +1 Ajax Netherlands 22.000 1.500 27.000 13.000 3.000 66.500 6.000 21 29 +8 Salzburg Austria 5.000 21.000 16.000 10.000 3.000 55.000 5.825 22 31 +9 RB Leipzig Germany 0.000^1 17.000 5.000 26.000 4.000 52.000 11.928 23 20 –3 Benfica Portugal 17.000 4.000 17.000 10.000 3.000 51.000 7.949 24 23 –1 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 18.000 0.000^1 11.000 18.000 3.000 50.000 11.928 25 22 –3 Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 12.000 14.000 10.000 9.000 4.000 49.000 7.076 27 +2 Beşiktaş Turkey 20.000 19.000 5.000 3.000 2.000 49.000 5.560   Indicates teams still active in this year's UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League.   Indicates teams from active countries in this year's UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League.   Indicates teams from countries which have no teams remaining in this year's UEFA Champions League or Europa League. ^1 Did not participate in European competitions that season. Top club by period The following data indicate the top-ranked clubs in each 5-year period.[31] Data prior to 1975–1979 period has been calculated, but precedes the first published by the Confederation and has merely informative value.[31] 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 134.000 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): Rank Club Total 1 Real Madrid 16 2 Juventus 7 Barcelona 7 4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 Bayern Munich 2 Liverpool 2 Milan 2 8 Ajax 1 Anderlecht 1 Chelsea 1 Manchester United 1 Paris Saint-Germain 1 Women's Club coefficient UEFA women's team ranking The top 25 clubs as of 1 November 2019 are as follows:[42] Ranking Club Association Coefficient 2020 2019 Mvmt 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 Club Country Part Total 1 1 — Lyon France 23.000 20.000 24.000 24.000 12.000 103.000 28.875 131.875 2 2 — Wolfsburg Germany 21.000 14.000 21.000 12.000 12.000 81.000 22.275 103.275 3 4 +1 Barcelona Spain 13.000 18.000 13.000 21.000 12.000 77.000 17.820 94.820 4 3 –1 Paris Saint-Germain France 15.000 20.000 0.000^1 15.000 11.000 61.000 28.875 89.875 5 6 +1 Bayern Munich Germany 5.000 15.000 5.000 17.000 10.000 52.000 22.275 74.275 6 10 +4 Manchester City England 0.000^1 19.000 19.000 4.000 9.000 51.000 18.315 69.315 7 9 +2 Slavia Praha Czech Republic 11.000 7.000 13.000 13.000 8.000 52.000 13.365 65.365 8 8 — Chelsea England 8.000 4.000 16.000 17.000 0.000^1 45.000 18.315 63.315 9 5 –4 Rosengård Sweden 15.000 12.000 8.000 9.000 0.000^1 44.000 15.015 59.015 10 13 +3 Fortuna Hjørring Denmark 9.000 11.000 4.000 3.000 8.000 35.000 11.385 46.385 11 11 — Brøndby Denmark 5.000 8.000 4.000 8.000 9.000 34.000 11.385 45.385 12 15 +3 LSK Kvinner Norway 9.000 5.000 7.000 12.000 2.000 35.000 9.075 44.075 13 21 +8 Atlético Madrid Spain 6.000 0.000^1 3.000 7.000 10.000 26.000 17.820 43.820 14 16 +2 Montpellier France 0.000^1 0.000^1 11.000 0.000^1 0.000^1 11.000 28.875 39.875 15 19 +4 BIIK Kazygurt Kazakhstan 4.000 7.000 6.000 5.000 7.000 29.000 9.570 38.570 16 7 –9 Frankfurt Germany 16.000 0.000^1 0.000^1 0.000^1 0.000^1 16.000 22.275 38.275 17 12 –5 Linköpings Sweden 0.000^1 0.000^1 12.000 8.000 0.000^1 20.000 15.015 35.015 18 14 –4 Zürich Switzerland 4.000 8.000 4.000 8.000 3.000 27.000 7.920 34.920 19 20 +1 Glasgow City Scotland 3.000 3.000 5.000 6.000 10.000 27.000 7.260 34.260 20 18 –2 Brescia Italy 12.000 6.000 6.000 0.000^1 0.000^1 24.000 10.065 34.065 21 22 +1 Sparta Praha Czech Republic 0.000^1 3.000 9.000 3.000 3.000 18.000 13.365 31.365 22 26 +4 Twente Netherlands 6.000 8.000 0.000^1 0.000^1 6.000 20.000 10.890 30.890 23 113 +90 Arsenal England 0.000^1 0.000^1 0.000^1 0.000^1 12.000 12.000 18.315 30.315 24 27 +3 Fiorentina Italy 0.000^1 0.000^1 8.000 8.000 3.000 19.000 10.065 29.065 25 17 –8 Zvezda-2005 Russia 9.000 3.000 5.000 3.000 0.000^1 20.000 7.425 27.425   Indicates teams still active in this year's UEFA Women's Champions League.   Indicates teams from active countries in this year's UEFA Women's Champions League.   Indicates teams from countries which have no teams remaining in this year's UEFA Women's Champions League. ^1 Did not participate in European competitions that season. Top women's club by period The following data indicate the top-ranked women's clubs in each 5-year period. Years Club Coeff. 2001–2005 Umeå 68.250 2002–2006 Turbine Potsdam 59.750 2003–2007 64.000 2004–2008 1. FFC Frankfurt 99.000 2005–2009 86.000 2006–2010 Umeå 94.750 2007–2011 Lyon 94.450 2008–2012 123.400 2009–2013 132.885 2010–2014 127.905 2011–2015 115.080 2012–2016 Wolfsburg 116.535 2013–2017 129.380 2014–2018 125.390 2015–2019 Lyon 129.865 Top-rated women's clubs listed by number of times they were top-ranked over a 5-year period since the first period officially analysed (2001–2005): Rank Club Total 1 Lyon 6 2 Wolfsburg 3 3 Frankfurt 2 Turbine Potsdam 2 Umeå 2 Futsal Club coefficient Men's National team UEFA Futsal Euro 2014 final tournament and qualifying competition UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 final tournament and qualifying competition 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup final tournament and qualifying competition[13] Team Coeff Rank[13]  Russia 10,605 1  Spain 10,017 2  Portugal 9,250 3  Italy 8,889 4  Ukraine (H) 7,944 5  Azerbaijan (H) 7,544 6  Slovenia 6,389 7  Kazakhstan 6,333 8  Serbia 5,556 9  Croatia 5,556 10  Czech Republic 4,667 11  Romania (H) 4,278 12  Hungary 4,222 13  Slovakia 3,389 14  Netherlands 3,333 15 Team Coeff Rank[13]  Belgium 3,278 16  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,000 17  Belarus (H) 2,667 18  Poland (H) 2,056 19  North Macedonia 2,000 20  Finland 1,583 21  Turkey (H) 1,444 22  France 1,278 23  Latvia (H) 1,222 24  Georgia (H) 1,028 25  Norway 1,000 26  Sweden 0,944 27  England 0,944 28  Greece 0,889 29 Team Coeff Rank[13]  Moldova 0,750 30  Denmark 0,722 31  Montenegro 0,667 32  Bulgaria (H) 0,611 33   Switzerland 0,472 34  Armenia 0,444 35  Andorra 0,389 36  Lithuania (H) 0,389 37  Albania 0,333 38  Israel 0,333 39  Cyprus (H) 0,222 40  Wales (H) 0,222 41  Estonia 0,111 42  Gibraltar (H) 0,111 43 Team Coeff Rank[13]  Malta 0,000 44  San Marino 0,000 45  Scotland 0,000 46  Germany — —  Kosovo — —  Austria — —  Faroe Islands — —  Iceland — —  Liechtenstein — —  Luxembourg — —  Northern Ireland — —  Ireland — — Women's National team Futsal Country Rank Association Coeff. Teams 1 Russia 10,605 2 2 Spain 10,017 3 Portugal 9,250 4 Italy 8,889 5 Ukraine 7,944 1 6 Azerbaijan 7,544 7 Slovenia 6,389 8 Kazakhstan 6,333 9 Serbia 5,556 10 Croatia 5,556 11 Czech Republic 4,667 12 Romania 4,278 13 Hungary 4,222 14 Slovakia 3,389 15 Netherlands 3,333 16 Belgium 3,278 17 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,000 18 Belarus 2,667 19 Poland 2,056 Rank Association Coeff. Teams 20 North Macedonia 2,000 1 21 Finland 1,583 22 Turkey 1,444 23 France 1,278 24 Latvia 1,222 25 Georgia 1,028 26 Norway 1,000 27 Sweden 0,944 28 England 0,944 29 Greece 0,889 30 Moldova 0,750 31 Denmark 0,722 32 Montenegro 0,667 33 Bulgaria 0,611 34 Switzerland 0,472 35 Armenia 0,444 36 Andorra 0,389 37 Lithuania 0,389 Rank Association Coeff. Teams 38 Albania 0,333 1 39 Israel 0,333 40 Cyprus 0,222 41 Wales 0,222 42 Estonia 0,111 43 Gibraltar 0,111 44 Malta 0,000 45 San Marino 0,000 46 Scotland 0,000 (NR) Germany 0.000 Kosovo Austria Luxembourg Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Faroe Islands 0 (DNE) Iceland Liechtenstein Futsal Club Youth tournaments' coefficient UEFA Under-19 Team Coeff Rank  Portugal 24.722 1  Germany 22.778 2  England 21.889 3  Austria 19.000 4  France 18.556 5  Netherlands 17.667 6  Spain 16.500 7  Ukraine 14.833 8  Czech Republic 14.833 9  Serbia 14.667 10  Russia 14.611 11  Italy 14.222 12  Greece 12.500 13  Sweden 12.111 14  Georgia 11.833 15 Team Coeff Rank  Croatia 11.778 16  Israel 11.333 17  Belgium 11.167 18  Turkey 11.000 19  Bulgaria 10.556 20  Slovakia 9.833 21  Republic of Ireland 9.000 22  Hungary 9.000 23  Scotland 8.833 24   Switzerland 8.500 25  Denmark 8.500 26  Poland 8.167 27  Montenegro 8.000 28 Team Coeff Rank  Norway 7.667 29  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.833 30  Wales 6.333 31  Slovenia 6.167 32  Romania 5.333 33  Cyprus 5.167 34  Lithuania 4.667 35  Finland 4.667 36  Northern Ireland 4.000 37  Iceland 4.000 38  Azerbaijan 4.000 39  Belarus 3.333 40  North Macedonia 3.333 41 Team Coeff Rank  Latvia 3.000 42  Albania 2.667 43  Luxembourg 2.667 44  Estonia 2.667 45  Armenia 2.333 —  Malta 2.333 46  Andorra 1.333 47  Faroe Islands 1.333 48  Moldova 1.000 49  Liechtenstein 0.333 50  Gibraltar 0.333 51  Kazakhstan 0.333 52  San Marino 0.000 53  Kosovo — 54 UEFA Under-17 Team Coeff Rank  Spain 25.889 1  England 25.000 2  Germany 24.167 3  Netherlands 23.778 4  France 20.611 5  Italy 19.667 6  Belgium 19.111 7  Portugal 18.222 8  Republic of Ireland 17.167 9  Austria 14.333 10  Sweden 14.000 11  Serbia 13.778 12  Scotland 13.222 13  Russia 13.111 14  Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.000 15 Team Coeff Rank  Croatia 12.556 16  Israel 11.333 17  Hungary 11.111 18  Slovenia 10.889 19  Poland 10.833 20  Turkey 10.833 21  Ukraine 10.722 22  Norway 10.722 23  Czech Republic 10.611 24  Greece 10.556 25   Switzerland 10.111 26  Denmark 9.333 27  Slovakia 9.167 28 Team Coeff Rank  Finland 7.833 29  Azerbaijan 7.000 30  Georgia 6.833 31  Cyprus 6.833 32  Wales 6.500 33  Iceland 6.333 34  Belarus 6.167 35  Bulgaria 5.333 36  Romania 5.000 37  Northern Ireland 4.167 38  North Macedonia 3.833 39  Montenegro 3.667 40  Faroe Islands 3.222 41 Team Coeff Rank  Lithuania 2.667 42  Latvia 2.667 43  Estonia 2.333 44  Albania 2.333 45  Armenia 2.000 46  Luxembourg 1.667 47  Moldova 1.667 48  Kazakhstan 1.000 49  Liechtenstein 1.000 50  Andorra 0.333 51  San Marino 0.333 52  Gibraltar 0.333 53  Malta 0.000 54  Kosovo 0.000 55 UEFA Women's Under-19 Team Coeff Rank  Spain 33.000 1  France 27.944 2  Germany 26.500 3  Netherlands 21.722 4  Norway 19.333 5  Denmark 18.167 6  Sweden 17.944 7   Switzerland 16.278 8  Italy 15.222 9  England 15.167 10  Scotland 12.611 11  Finland 12.333 12 Team Coeff Rank  Belgium 11.667 13  Czech Republic 11.500 14  Austria 11.167 15  Russia 9.833 16  Portugal 9.667 17  Republic of Ireland 9.500 18  Serbia 9.167 19  Poland 9.000 20  Hungary 8.833 21  Iceland 8.667 22  Northern Ireland 8.000 23  Slovakia 7.833 24 Team Coeff Rank  Turkey 7.333 25  Slovenia 7.000 26  Ukraine 6.000 27  Azerbaijan 5.667 28  Israel 5.500 29  Greece 5.333 30  Romania 4.833 31  Belarus 4.667 32  Wales 4.500 33  Croatia 4.000 34  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.667 35  Faroe Islands 3.000 36 Team Coeff Rank  Moldova 2.333 37  Montenegro 1.667 38  Albania 1.333 39  Latvia 1.000 40  Bulgaria 1.000 41  Estonia 0.333 42  Georgia 0.333 —  North Macedonia 0.333 43  Cyprus 0.333 44  Kosovo 0.333 45  Lithuania 0.000 46  Kazakhstan 0.000 47  Armenia 0.000 48 UEFA Women's Under-17 Team Coeff Rank  Spain 32.056 1  Germany 31.167 2  England 22.889 3  Norway 21.000 4  Netherlands 17.667 5  France 17.278 6  Republic of Ireland 15.722 7   Switzerland 15.111 8  Italy 15.056 9  Finland 13.833 10  Czech Republic 12.889 11  Denmark 12.833 12  Poland 12.722 13 Team Coeff Rank  Austria 11.833 14  Belgium 11.667 15  Sweden 11.500 —  Serbia 11.500 16  Iceland 11.500 17  Hungary 10.000 18  Scotland 10.000 19  Russia 8.667 20  Slovenia 7.833 21  Portugal 7.000 22  Turkey 6.333 23  Greece 6.000 24 Team Coeff Rank  Belarus 6.000 25  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.833 26  Wales 5.167 27  Slovakia 5.000 28  Northern Ireland 4.833 29  Ukraine 4.500 30  Romania 4.000 31  Bulgaria 4.000 32  Lithuania 3.333 33  Azerbaijan 3.167 34  Israel 2.667 35 Team Coeff Rank  Croatia 2.333 36  Montenegro 1.333 37  North Macedonia 1.333 38  Faroe Islands 1.000 39  Latvia 1.000 40  Malta 1.000 41  Estonia 0.333 42  Kazakhstan 0.333 43  Moldova 0.000 44  Georgia 0.000 45  Albania — 46 Youth Club's (Nation) Rank Association Coeff. Teams 1 Russia 10.171 2 2 Spain 10.022 3 Portugal 9.633 4 Kazakhstan 9.000 5 Ukraine 8.389 1 6 Azerbaijan 7.822 7 Italy 7.444 8 Serbia 6.833 9 Slovenia 6.500 10 Croatia 4.278 11 Hungary 4.111 12 Czech Republic 3.611 13 Romania 3.500 14 Poland 3.389 15 France 2.944 16 Slovakia 2.944 17 Belarus 2.889 18 Netherlands 2.278 19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.222 Rank Association Coeff. Teams 20 Belgium 2.111 1 21 Georgia 2.056 22 North Macedonia 2.000 23 Finland 1.694 24 Latvia 1.222 25 Turkey 1.222 26 Moldova 0.833 27 England 0.833 28 Albania 0.778 29 Sweden 0.778 30 Montenegro 0.722 31 Denmark 0.722 32 Norway 0.722 33 Kosovo 0.667 34 Switzerland 0.583 35 Bulgaria 0.556 36 Armenia 0.500 37 Greece 0.500 Rank Association Coeff. 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