UEFA coefficient

In European football, the UEFA coefficients are statistics used for ranking and seeding teams in club and international competitions. Introduced in 1979, 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 and the UEFA Europa League
• Club coefficient: used to rank individual clubs, for seeding in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

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

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. 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.

Final ranking in 2017

The coefficients from 2017, to be 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:

1.	Germany	40,747
2.	Portugal	38,655
3.	Belgium	38,123
4.	Spain	37,311
5.	France	36,617
6.	England	36,231
7.	Switzerland	34,986
8.	Italy	34,426
9.	Poland	32,982
10.	Iceland	31,155
11.	Croatia	31,139
12.	Netherlands	29,866
13.	Austria	29,418
14.	Wales	29,269

15.	Russia	29,258
16.	Slovakia	28,555
17.	Sweden	28,487
18.	Ukraine	28,286
19.	Republic of Ireland	28,249
20.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28,200
21.	Northern Ireland	27,127
22.	Denmark	27,052
23.	Czech Republic	27,028
24.	Turkey	26,538
25.	Hungary	26,486
26.	Romania	26,057
27.	Scotland	25,662
28.	Slovenia	25,148

29.	Greece	24,931
30.	Serbia	24,847
31.	Albania	24,430
32.	Norway	24,208
33.	Montenegro	23,912
34.	Israel	22,792
35.	Bulgaria	22,091
36.	Finland	20,501
37.	Cyprus	19,491
38.	Estonia	19,441
39.	Lithuania	18,101
40.	Azerbaijan	17,761
41.	North Macedonia	17,071
42.	Belarus	16,868

43.	Georgia	16,523
44.	Armenia	15,846
45.	Latvia	15,821
46.	Faroe Islands	15,490
47.	Luxembourg	14,231
48.	Kazakhstan	13,431
49.	Moldova	13,130
50.	Liechtenstein	10,950
51.	Malta	10,870
52.	Andorra	10,240
53.	Kosovo	9,950
54.	San Marino	8,190
55.	Gibraltar	7,550

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	Italy	36,986	France	36,219	Czech Republic	36,025
2009	Spain	39,964	Germany	38,294	Netherlands	37,821
2011	Spain	43,116	Netherlands	40,860	Germany	40,446
2013	Spain	42,158	Germany	41,366	Netherlands	38,541
2015	Germany	40,236	Spain	37,963	England	35,963
2017	Germany	40,747	Portugal	38,655	Belgium	38,123

Women's National team coefficient

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 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 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 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 Kosovo — — Azerbaijan — — Cyprus — — Gibraltar — — Liechtenstein — — San Marino — —

History

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

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

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 2017–18 season determine the team allocation by association in the 2019–20 (not 2018–19) UEFA season; however, the actual teams that will be participating in the 2019–20 UEFA season are determined at the end of the 2018–19 season when the individual association classifications and national cups are finalised.

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).

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).

Current ranking

The ranking below takes into account of each association's performance in European competitions from 2014–15 to 2018–19, with the 2018–19 season currently taking place.

The final ranking at the end of the 2018–19 season will be used to determine the number of places for each association in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League and 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.

As of 17 April 2019 the coefficients are as follows:

Ranking			Member association (L: League, C: Cup, LC: League cup1)	Coefficient						Teams	Places in 2020–21 season
2019	2018	Mvmt		2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	Total		CL	EL	Total
1	1	—	Spain (L, C)	20.214	23.928	20.142	19.714	18.857	102.855	3/7	4	3	7
2	2	—	England (L, C, LC1)	13.571	14.250	14.928	20.071	19.214	82.034	4/7
3	3	—	Italy (L, C)	19.000	11.500	14.250	17.333	12.642	74.725	1/7
4	4	—	Germany (L, C)	15.857	16.428	14.571	9.857	14.500	71.213	1/7
5	5	—	France (L, C, LC1)	10.916	11.083	14.416	11.500	10.583	58.498	0/6	3		6
6	6	—	Russia (L, C)	9.666	11.500	9.200	12.600	7.583	50.549	0/6
7	7	—	Portugal (L, C)	9.083	10.500	8.083	9.666	10.900	48.232	1/5	2		5
8	9	+1	Belgium (L, C)	9.600	7.400	12.500	2.600	7.800	39.900	0/5
9	8	–1	Ukraine (L, C)	10.000	9.800	5.500	8.000	5.600	38.900	0/5
10	10	—	Turkey (L, C)	6.000	6.600	9.700	6.800	5.500	34.600	0/5
11	14	+3	Netherlands (L, C)	6.083	5.750	9.100	2.900	8.200	32.033	1/5
12	11	–1	Austria (L, C)	4.125	3.800	7.375	9.750	6.200	31.250	0/5
13	13	—	Czech Republic (L, C)	3.875	7.300	5.500	5.500	6.500	28.675	1/5
14	15	+1	Greece (L, C)	6.200	5.400	5.800	5.100	5.100	27.600	0/5
15	16	+1	Croatia (L, C)	6.875	4.500	5.125	5.125	5.750	27.375	0/4
16	17	+1	Denmark (L, C)	2.900	5.500	8.500	5.250	4.875	27.025	0/4	1		4
17	12	–5	Switzerland (L, C)	6.900	5.300	4.300	6.500	3.900	26.900	0/5
18	19	+1	Cyprus (L, C)	3.300	3.000	5.500	7.000	6.125	24.925	0/4
19	25	+6	Serbia (L, C)	2.750	4.250	2.875	6.375	6.000	22.250	0/4
20	26	+6	Scotland (L, C)	4.000	3.000	4.375	4.000	6.750	22.125	0/4
21	27	+6	Belarus (L, C)	5.500	5.125	3.000	3.250	5.000	21.875	0/4
22	22	—	Sweden (L, C)	3.900	4.750	2.750	5.375	4.125	20.900	0/4
23	29	+6	Norway (L, C)	2.200	7.250	1.375	4.000	5.375	20.200	0/4
24	28	+4	Kazakhstan (L, C)	3.375	4.625	2.750	4.250	4.250	19.250	0/4
25	21	–4	Poland (L, C)	4.750	5.500	3.875	2.875	2.250	19.250	0/4
26	23	–3	Azerbaijan (L, C)	3.625	4.375	4.250	4.375	2.375	19.000	0/4
27	18	–9	Israel (L, C)	1.375	2.250	6.750	5.625	2.625	18.625	0/4
28	24	–4	Bulgaria (L, C)	4.250	1.000	4.250	4.000	4.000	17.500	0/4
29	20	–9	Romania (L, C)	5.125	2.250	3.300	2.900	2.375	15.950	0/4
30	32	+2	Slovakia (L, C)	2.750	3.750	2.125	1.875	5.125	15.625	0/4
31	30	–1	Slovenia (L, C)	4.000	1.000	2.250	4.625	3.125	15.000	0/4
32	31	–1	Liechtenstein (C2)	2.500	5.000	2.500	2.000	1.500	13.500	0/1	0	1	1
33	36	+3	Hungary (L, C)	2.125	1.625	1.875	1.625	3.250	10.500	0/4	1	3	4
34	37	+3	Macedonia (L, C)	1.125	1.500	1.250	3.125	1.000	8.000	0/4
35	33	–2	Moldova (L, C)	1.750	1.250	0.875	2.750	1.125	7.750	0/4
36	34	–2	Albania (L, C)	0.875	2.125	0.875	2.625	1.000	7.500	0/4
37	39	+2	Republic of Ireland (L, C)	2.000	0.700	2.625	1.125	1.000	7.450	0/4
38	38	—	Finland (L, C)	2.400	1.000	1.750	1.250	0.875	7.275	0/4
39	35	–4	Iceland (L, C)	2.500	1.125	1.000	1.125	1.500	7.250	0/4
40	40	—	Bosnia and Herzegovina (L, C)	1.750	1.500	0.500	1.375	2.000	7.125	0/4
41	43	+2	Lithuania (L, C)	0.500	0.750	0.500	2.375	2.625	6.750	0/4
42	41	–1	Latvia (L, C)	0.250	1.625	1.375	0.750	1.625	5.625	0/4
43	48	+5	Luxembourg (L, C)	0.500	0.750	0.750	0.875	2.625	5.500	0/4
44	46	+2	Armenia (L, C)	0.375	1.625	1.125	0.625	1.500	5.250	0/4
45	47	+2	Malta (L, C)	0.125	0.875	1.250	1.375	1.500	5.125	0/4
46	42	–4	Estonia (L, C)	1.500	1.000	1.375	0.625	0.500	5.000	0/4
47	45	–2	Georgia (L, C)	1.250	0.625	1.125	0.125	1.625	4.750	0/4
48	50	+2	Wales (L, C)	0.125	1.500	1.000	0.500	1.000	4.125	0/4
49	44	–5	Montenegro (L, C)	0.750	1.000	0.875	1.125	0.375	4.125	0/4
50	51	+1	Faroe Islands (L, C)	1.375	0.375	0.375	0.750	1.125	4.000	0/4
51	52	+1	Gibraltar (L, C)	0.250	0.750	1.500	0.500	1.000	4.000	0/3
52	49	–3	Northern Ireland (L, C)	1.375	0.750	0.500	0.750	0.500	3.875	0/4		2	3
53	55	+2	Kosovo (L3, C)	Not a UEFA member		No entry	0.000	2.500	2.500	0/2
54	53	–1	Andorra (L, C)	0.500	0.166	0.166	0.166	0.833	1.831	0/3
55	54	–1	San Marino (L, C)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.166	0.500	0.666	0/3		1	2

  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 winners of the league cups of England and France are given a place in the UEFA Europa League by special permission from UEFA (replacing the lowest-ranked league team which would have qualified).
² The Liechtenstein Football Association does not organise a national league competition and all its seven clubs compete in the Swiss football league system. As a result, the only competitor from Liechtenstein in European competitions is the Liechtenstein Cup winners, who qualify for the UEFA Europa League.
³ The Football Federation of Kosovo became a UEFA member on 3 May 2016. The participation of their domestic league champions in the UEFA Champions League and their domestic cup winners in the UEFA Europa League were to be confirmed following the assessment of club licensing criteria by 31 May 2016, but was denied by UEFA in June due to the clubs failing licensing requirements or provision of suitable stadiums (as UEFA did not allow them to play their home matches in a foreign country).

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 first and second placed teams of the country ranked 5 and 6 also gain automatic entry as do 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.
• The league of Gibraltar used to have only six teams, but was expanded to eight in 2013–14 after admission to UEFA, to fulfill the requirement for entry into UEFA competitions starting from the 2014–15 season.
• 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.

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, 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.

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. Having been top in 1985, England were unranked in 1990, and would not regain the top position until 2008.

Top leagues by period

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

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 La Liga 68.333 Football League 41.666 Serie A 36.500 1958–1962 La Liga 71.933 Football League 34.666 Serie A 31.500 1959–1963 La Liga 68.433 Serie A 32.500 Football League 32.250 1960–1964 La Liga 66.833 Serie A 39.700 Football League 35.750 1961–1965 La Liga 52.333 Serie A 43.128 Football League 38.849 1962–1966 La Liga 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 Football League 49.016 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 43.665 La Liga 41.566 1965–1969 Football League 53.701 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 53.665 Football League 38.366 1966–1970 Football League 51.951 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 46.415 Football League 39.566 1967–1971 Football League 51.660 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 40.999 Serie A 40.094 1968–1972 Football League 53.431 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 41.666 Serie A 38.660 1969–1973 Football League 53.231 Eredivisie 41.200 Serie A 37.593 1970–1974 Football League 54.279 Eredivisie 43.500 Bundesliga 39.664 1971–1975 Football League 47.779 Bundesliga 46.331 Eredivisie 45.200 1972–1976 Bundesliga 48.950 Eredivisie 43.600 Football League 43.570 1973–1977 Bundesliga 51.902 Football League 41.999 Eredivisie 39.450 1974–1978 Bundesliga 48.783 Eredivisie 43.450 Football League 38.332 1975–1979 Bundesliga 52.617 Eredivisie 39.200 First Division A 38.300 1976–1980 Bundesliga 53.998 Football League 38.426 First Division A 37.300 1977–1981 Bundesliga 52.284 Football League 38.760 La Liga 36.999 1978–1982 Bundesliga 51.999 Football League 37.902 Eredivisie 35.466 1979–1983 Bundesliga 54.118 La Liga 34.999 Football League 34.426 1980–1984 Bundesliga 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 Serie A 41.716 Top League 37.250 Bundesliga 36.332 1984–1988 Serie A 41.082 Top League 37.550 Bundesliga 36.165 1985–1989 Serie A 42.498 Bundesliga 41.093 La Liga 40.999 1986–1990 Bundesliga 45.427 Serie A 43.212 La Liga 42.666 1987–1991 Serie A 48.171 Bundesliga 43.594 La Liga 38.666 1988–1992 Serie A 52.837 Bundesliga 42.927 La Liga 40.266 1989–1993 Serie A 60.337 Ligue 1 40.450 Bundesliga 39.403 1990–1994 Serie A 62.313 Ligue 1 45.150 Bundesliga 41.641 1991–1995 Serie A 63.884 Ligue 1 45.283 Bundesliga 40.307 1992–1996 Serie A 61.259 Ligue 1 45.408 La Liga 43.932 1993–1997 Serie A 60.735 La Liga 46.532 Ligue 1 45.733 1994–1998 Serie A 59.640 Bundesliga 49.932 La Liga 48.580 1995–1999 Serie A 57.212 La Liga 49.628 Bundesliga 45.498 1996–2000 La Liga 59.599 Serie A 55.927 Bundesliga 46.403 1997–2001 La Liga 65.210 Serie A 56.239 Premier League 51.288 1998–2002 La Liga 68.467 Serie A 58.668 Premier League 55.459 1999–2003 La Liga 75.539 Serie A 62.311 Premier League 58.340 2000–2004 La Liga 79.851 Premier League 62.153 Serie A 59.186 2001–2005 La Liga 73.717 Premier League 63.224 Serie A 61.186 2002–2006 La Liga 72.748 Serie A 66.731 Premier League 63.486 2003–2007 La Liga 76.891 Premier League 68.540 Serie A 66.088 2004–2008 Premier League 75.749 La Liga 75.266 Serie A 60.410 2005–2009 Premier League 79.499 La Liga 74.266 Serie A 62.910 2006–2010 Premier League 81.856 La Liga 79.757 Serie A 64.338 2007–2011 Premier League 85.785 La Liga 82.329 Bundesliga 69.436 2008–2012 Premier League 84.410 La Liga 84.186 Bundesliga 75.186 2009–2013 La Liga 88.025 Premier League 82.963 Bundesliga 79.614 2010–2014 La Liga 97.713 Premier League 84.748 Bundesliga 81.641 2011–2015 La Liga 99.999 Premier League 80.391 Bundesliga 79.415 2012–2016 La Liga 105.713 Bundesliga 80.177 Premier League 76.284 2013–2017 La Liga 104.998 Bundesliga 79.498 Premier League 75.962 2014–2018 La Liga 106.998 Premier League 79.605 Serie A 76.249

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

As of 26 May 2018

League	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
La Liga	21	9	9	39
First Division/Premier League	15	15	10	40
Serie A	13	10	14	37
Bundesliga	10	8	14	32
Eredivisie	0	5	3	8
Ligue 1	0	5	1	6
Nemzeti Bajnokság	0	5	1	6
Vysshaya Liga	0	2	1	3
Football League/Professional Football League	0	0	4	4
First Division A	0	0	2	2

Women's Country coefficient

Women's Current ranking

Association ranking for 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 1 Germany 86.000 2 2 France 80.000 3 Sweden 61.500 4 England 53.000 5 Spain 44.000 6 Denmark 38.500 7 Italy 37.000 8 Russia 35.500 9 Switzerland 33.000 10 Czech Republic 33.000 11 Austria 28.000 12 Norway 27.500 13 Scotland 26.000 1 14 Netherlands 25.000 15 Kazakhstan 21.000 16 Poland 20.000 17 Cyprus 18.000 18 Iceland 17.000 19 Serbia 15.500

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 20 Romania 15.000 1 21 Hungary 14.000 22 Belgium 13.500 23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.000 24 Lithuania 12.000 25 Turkey 12.000 26 Slovenia 11.000 27 Finland 11.000 28 Portugal 10.500 29 Belarus 10.000 30 Ukraine 9.500 31 Greece 8.500 32 Republic of Ireland 8.500 33 Croatia 7.500 34 Israel 7.000 35 Estonia 5.500 36 Bulgaria 5.000 37 Slovakia 4.500

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 38 Faroe Islands 3.000 1 39 Northern Ireland 3.000 40 Wales 2.000 41 Montenegro 1.500 42 Albania 1.500 43 Kosovo 1.000 44 Latvia 1.000 45 Macedonia 1.000 46 Moldova 0.500 47 Malta 0.500 48 Luxembourg 0.000 DNE NR Andorra — Armenia — Azerbaijan — Georgia — 1 Gibraltar — DNE Liechtenstein — San Marino —

Ranking			Member association	Coefficient						Teams	Places in 2020–21 season
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	2		France
	3		Sweden
	4		England
	5		Spain
	6		Denmark
	7		Italy
	8		Russia
	9		Switzerland
	10		Czech Republic
	11		Austria
	12		Norway
	13		Scotland
	14		Netherlands
	15		Kazakhstan
	16		Poland
	17		Cyprus
	18		Iceland
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Club coefficient

The club coefficient rankings are determined by the results of clubs in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League over the previous five seasons, as well as by the coefficient of the clubs' association. The club coefficient is the sum of the points earned by the club over the five seasons, but no less than 20% of the club's association coefficient. 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.

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. 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.

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 team ranking

The top 25 clubs as of 17 April 2019 are as follows.

Ranking			Club	Association	Coefficient
2019	2018	Mvmt			2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	Total	Country Part
1	1	—	Real Madrid	Spain	29.000	33.000	33.000	32.000	19.000	146.000	20.571
2	4	+2	Barcelona	Spain	34.000	26.000	23.000	25.000	28.000	136.000	20.571
3	3	—	Bayern Munich	Germany	28.000	29.000	22.000	29.000	20.000	128.000	14.242
4	2	–2	Atlético Madrid	Spain	22.000	28.000	29.000	28.000	20.000	127.000	20.571
5	5	—	Juventus	Italy	29.000	18.000	33.000	23.000	21.000	124.000	14.945
6	8	+2	Manchester City	England	15.000	26.000	18.000	22.000	25.000	106.000	16.406
7	6	–1	Sevilla	Spain	28.000	23.000	19.000	21.000	13.000	104.000	20.571
8	7	–1	Paris Saint-Germain	France	21.000	24.000	20.000	19.000	19.000	103.000	11.699
9	11	+2	Porto	Portugal	25.000	11.000	17.000	17.000	23.000	93.000	9.646
	9	—	Arsenal	England	20.000	15.000	19.000	21.000	18.000	93.000	16.406
11	22	+11	Liverpool	England	10.000	22.000	0.000	30.000	24.000	86.000	16.406
12	10	–2	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	18.000	17.000	22.000	10.000	18.000	85.000	14.242
13	21	+8	Roma	Italy	12.000	14.000	13.000	25.000	17.000	81.000	14.945
14	17	+3	Napoli	Italy	22.000	13.000	17.000	10.000	18.000	80.000	14.945
	14	—	Shakhtar Donetsk	Ukraine	17.000	20.000	14.000	19.000	10.000	80.000	7.780
16	13	–3	Chelsea	England	21.000	18.000	0.000	18.000	22.000	79.000	16.406
17	12	–5	Manchester United	England	0.000	13.000	26.000	20.000	19.000	78.000	16.406
18	19	+1	Tottenham Hotspur	England	9.000	12.000	10.000	21.000	23.000	75.000	16.406
19	16	–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Russia	17.000	19.000	12.000	14.000	10.000	72.000	10.109
20	31	+11	Ajax	Netherlands	14.000	6.000	22.000	1.500	25.000	68.500	6.406
21	15	–6	Benfica	Portugal	8.000	22.000	17.000	4.000	17.000	68.000	9.646
	32	+11	Villarreal	Spain	12.000	23.000	9.000	8.000	16.000	68.000	20.571
23	23	—	Dynamo Kyiv	Ukraine	16.000	18.000	8.000	12.000	11.000	65.000	7.780
24	24	—	Schalke	Germany	17.000	11.000	18.000	0.000	17.000	63.000	14.242
25	26	+1	Beşiktaş	Turkey	11.000	7.000	20.000	19.000	5.000	62.000	6.920
	27	+2	Monaco	France	21.000	5.000	25.000	6.000	5.000	62.000	11.699

  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.

Top club by period

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

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

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	14
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

Women's Club coefficient

UEFA women's team ranking

Ranking			Club	Association	Coefficient
2019	2018	Mvmt			2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	Total	Country Part

Futsal Club coefficient

Men's

• 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

Team Coeff Rank 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 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 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 Malta 0,000 44 San Marino 0,000 45 Scotland 0,000 46 Germany — — Kosovo — — Austria — — Faroe Islands — — Iceland — — Liechtenstein — — Luxembourg — — Northern Ireland — — Ireland — —

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 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

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 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. Teams 38 Germany 0.500 1 39 Wales 0.389 40 Lithuania 0.389 41 Cyprus 0.389 42 Israel 0.278 43 Andorra 0.222 44 Estonia 0.111 45 Malta 0.000 46 Gibraltar 0.000 47 San Marino 0.000 48 Scotland 0.000 NR Austria 0.000 Iceland Luxembourg Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Faroe Islands DNE Liechtenstein

Criticisms

The UEFA coefficient system has been criticised for being likely to preserve the status quo for rankings and seedings, as well as for favouring teams from stronger leagues.

See also

• UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking
• AFC Club Competitions Ranking, a similar system used by the Asian Football Confederation
• CAF 5-Year Ranking, a similar system used by the Confederation of African Football
• CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores, a similar system used by CONMEBOL (clubs only)

External links

• Official UEFA rankings
• League and club coefficients at xs4all.nl
• UEFA Access List