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

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

• National team coefficient: used during 1997–2017 to rank national teams, for seeding in the UEFA Euro qualifying and finals tournaments. UEFA decided after 2017, instead to seed national teams based on the:
  • Overall ranking of the biennial UEFA Nations League for the seeded draw of groups in the UEFA Euro qualification stage.
  • Overall ranking of the UEFA Euro qualification stage for the seeded draw of groups in the UEFA Euro final tournament.
• Association 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, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (until 1999) and UEFA Europa Conference League (since 2021)

Men's national team coefficient

The UEFA national team coefficient was first introduced in November 1997, and for the first time used for seeding the UEFA Euro 2000 qualification groups and UEFA Euro 2000 final tournament. The ranking system derived from the results of each European national football team, and was only calculated by UEFA every second year in November; defined as being the point of time when all UEFA nations had completed the qualification stage of the upcoming World Cup or European Championship tournament.

The purpose of calculating the coefficients was 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. Similar to how the FIFA World Rankings previously had been created and used as a seeding tool, when drawing up qualification groups and final tournament groups for the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Ranking has always been used for the seeded draw of UEFA qualification groups for the FIFA World Cup, since the 1998 qualification draw took place in December 1995; except for the qualifiers for 2002 and 2006, where UEFA instead opted to use the UEFA national team coefficient also as the ranking system for the seeded draw of FIFA World Cup qualification groups.

Old ranking and calculation method (1997–2007)

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, combined during the last two qualification rounds for the World Cup and 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 were 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.

Year	First		Second		Third		Fourth		Fifth
	Team	Coeff.	Team	Coeff.	Team	Coeff.	Team	Coeff.	Team	Coeff.
1997[2]	Spain	2.600	Romania	2.450	Russia	2.388	England	2.375	Germany	2.350
1999[3]	Spain	2.611	Romania	2.600	Norway	2.500	Sweden	2.388	Netherlands	2.375
2001[4]	Sweden	2.667	Spain	2.563	Czech Republic	2.500	Portugal	2.350	Germany	2.250
2003[5]	France	3.000	Portugal	2.400	Sweden	2.389	Czech Republic	2.333	Italy	2.313
2005[6]	Netherlands	2.550	England	2.500	Portugal	2.500	Czech Republic	2.450	France	2.444
2007[7]	Netherlands	2.417	Croatia	2.409	Italy	2.364	Czech Republic	2.333	Sweden	2.273

New ranking and calculation method (2007–2017)

On 20 May 2008, UEFA announced changes to the coefficient ranking system.^[8][9] 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, -500 points for each goal conceded, and 0 points for goals scored or conceded in a penalty shoot-out.
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. Meaning that the overall average coefficient is calculated by adding up: 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the latest half cycle (qualification stage including playoff matches), 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the latest full cycle (including tournament matches), and 20% of the average ranking points per game earned in the oldest full cycle (including tournament matches).
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.

The amount of awarded match points and bonus points (rule 1-4), later was slightly revised into the total amount of points available per match, as per the table below:

*No additional points are awarded for the team winning the deciding penalty shootout in playoff matches, so ranking points are here calculated only as per the result of the ordinary/extended play time.^[10] Goals scored in penalty shootout, will never count as per the rule of additional 501 points per scored goals and -500 points per conceded goals.^[8]

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 based on their achieved results from UEFA or FIFA matches played in the period from 7 September 2012 to 10 October 2017, by applying the eight rules listed above and averaging:

• 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage (not including results of the later qualification playoff matches).
• 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying stage (including playoff matches) and final tournament.
• 20% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage (including playoff matches) and final tournament.

The UEFA coefficients determined on 11 October 2017, were as follows:^[11]

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		Fourth		Fifth
	Team	Coeff.	Team	Coeff.	Team	Coeff.	Team	Coeff.	Team	Coeff.
2007[8]	Italy	36,986	France	36,219	Czech Republic	36,025	Germany	35,655	Portugal	35,370
2009[12]	Spain	39,964	Germany	38,294	Netherlands	37,821	Italy	35,838	England	34,819
2011[13]		43,116	Netherlands	40,860	Germany	40,446	Italy	34,357	England	33,563
2013[14][15]		42,158	Germany	41,366	Netherlands	38,541	Italy	35,343	England	34,885
2015[16][17]	Germany	40,236	Spain	37,963	England	35,963	Portugal	35,138	Belgium	34,442
2017[18][11]		40,747	Portugal	38,655	Belgium	38,123	Spain	37,311	France	36,617

UEFA decided after 2017, no longer to use the UEFA National Team Coefficient ranking system for seeding in UEFA competitions. The seeding of national teams will in the future instead be based on the overall ranking of the biennial UEFA Nations League for the draw of groups in the UEFA Euro qualification stage, the next edition of the Nations League, and the latter will subsequently be used for the seeded draw of groups in the UEFA Euro final tournament.

Women's national team coefficient

Old ranking and calculation method

See same category in men's.

Current ranking and calculation method

See same category in men's.

2017 ranking

• 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[19]  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[19]  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[19]  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 – –

2019 ranking

• 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup final tournament and qualifying competition (20%)
• UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final tournament and qualifying competition (40%)
• 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying competition (40%)

Team Coeff Rank[20]  England 41,819 1  France 40,775 2  Germany 40,405 3  Netherlands 40,003 4  Spain 39,181 5  Sweden 36,608 6  Norway 36,060 7  Switzerland 35,481 8  Scotland 35,237 9  Italy 34,741 10  Austria 33,503 11  Denmark 32,935 12  Iceland 32,012 13  Belgium 32,007 14  Russia 28,187 15  Wales 28,042 16  Ukraine 27,260 17  Finland 25,907 18  Czech Republic 25,007 19

Team Coeff Rank[20]  Portugal 25,002 20  Republic of Ireland 24,617 21  Poland 23,712 22  Romania 22,432 23  Serbia 19,846 24  Slovenia 18,207 25  Hungary 17,601 26  Bosnia and Herzegovina 17,056 27  Belarus 16,361 28  Turkey 16,142 29  Slovakia 16,046 30  Croatia 15,921 31  Northern Ireland 14,966 32  Greece 14,868 33  Israel 12,771 34  Kazakhstan 12,453 35  Albania 10,899 36  Moldova 8,237 37  Bulgaria 8,050 38

Team Coeff Rank[20]  Faroe Islands 7,777 39  Malta 7,556 40  North Macedonia 7,242 41  Estonia 7,225 42  Montenegro 7,106 43  Georgia 6,500 44  Latvia 5,702 45  Lithuania 4,973 46  Luxembourg 4,237 47  Andorra 1,793 48  Armenia – –  Azerbaijan – –  Cyprus – –  Gibraltar – –  Kosovo – –  Liechtenstein – –  San Marino – –

2021 ranking

• UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final tournament and qualifying competition (20%)
• 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup final tournament and qualifying competition (40%)
• UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying competition (group stage only, excluding play-offs) (40%)

Team Coeff Rank[21]  Netherlands 43,961 1  Germany 41,924 2  England 41,443 3  France 40,898 4  Sweden 39,714 5  Spain 38,913 6  Norway 38,758 7  Italy 36,399 8  Denmark 35,265 9  Belgium 34,951 10  Switzerland 34,066 11  Austria 33,693 12  Iceland 33,458 13  Scotland 30,700 14  Russia 30,117 15  Finland 29,765 16  Portugal 28,937 17  Wales 28,677 18  Czech Republic 28,115 19

Team Coeff Rank[21]  Ukraine 27,127 20  Republic of Ireland 25,414 21  Poland 25,302 22  Slovenia 22,582 23  Romania 22,156 24  Serbia 21,889 25  Bosnia and Herzegovina 20,479 26  Northern Ireland 19,526 27  Slovakia 17,951 28  Hungary 16,676 29  Belarus 16,540 30  Croatia 15,988 31  Greece 13,602 32  Albania 13,292 33  North Macedonia 12,730 34  Israel 12,518 35  Azerbaijan 11,688 36  Turkey 11,526 37  Malta 11,480 38

Team Coeff Rank[21]  Kosovo 10,489 39  Kazakhstan 10,198 40  Moldova 9,510 41  Cyprus 7,688 42  Faroe Islands 7,478 43  Georgia 7,085 44  Latvia 6,977 45  Montenegro 6,772 46  Lithuania 6,359 47  Estonia 6,108 48  Luxembourg 2,779 49  Andorra 1,903 50  Armenia 0 —  Bulgaria 0 —  Gibraltar 0 —  Liechtenstein 0 —  San Marino 0 —

2023 ranking

• 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup final tournament and qualifying competition (20%)
• UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final tournament and qualifying competition (40%)
• 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying competition (40%)

Team Coeff Rank[22]  England 46,178 1  Germany 43,043 2  France 42,584 3  Sweden 40,823 4  Spain 40,472 5  Netherlands 39,910 6  Norway 38,715 7  Denmark 37,535 8  Italy 36,455 9  Belgium 34,794 10  Austria 33,963 11  Iceland 33,348 12  Switzerland 33,101 13  Russia 32,203 14  Wales 29,942 15  Portugal 29,744 16  Scotland 29,335 17  Republic of Ireland 28,877 18  Poland 28,458 19

Team Coeff Rank[22]  Czech Republic 27,508 20  Finland 26,757 21  Serbia 26,517 22  Slovenia 26,445 23  Northern Ireland 25,711 24  Romania 24,877 25  Ukraine 24,359 26  Bosnia and Herzegovina 23,091 27  Slovakia 19,213 28  Hungary 18,552 29  Greece 17,556 30  Croatia 17,523 31  Belarus 16,890 32  Albania 16,826 33  Malta 16,021 34  Israel 15,543 35  Azerbaijan 14,876 36  Turkey 14,865 37  North Macedonia 14,483 38

Team Coeff Rank[22]  Kosovo 14,226 39  Montenegro 12,668 40  Luxembourg 12,051 41  Estonia 9,750 42  Moldova 9,654 43  Lithuania 9,649 44  Kazakhstan 8,662 45  Latvia 8,543 46  Bulgaria 8,200 47  Cyprus 8,032 48  Faroe Islands 7,020 49  Georgia 6,977 50  Armenia 6,500 51  Andorra 1,958 52  Gibraltar 0 —  Liechtenstein 0 —  San Marino 0 —

History

Year	First		Second		Third
	Team	Coeff.	Team	Coeff.	Team	Coeff.
2017	Germany	42,957	France	42,355	England	39,880
2019	England	41,819	France	40,775	Germany	40,405
2021	Netherlands	43,961	Germany	41,924	England	41,443
2023	England	46,178	Germany	43,043	France	42,584

Men's association coefficient

Map of UEFA associations whose teams have reached the group stage of the UEFA Champions League

  UEFA member association that has been represented in the group stage

  UEFA member association that has not been represented in the group stage

  Not a UEFA member

Map of UEFA associations whose teams reached the group stage of the UEFA Europa League

  UEFA member association that has been represented in the group stage

  UEFA member association that has not been represented in the group stage

  Not a UEFA member

Map of UEFA associations whose teams reached the group stage of the UEFA Europa Conference League

  UEFA member association that has been represented in the group stage

  UEFA member association that has not been represented in the group stage

  Not a UEFA member

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

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

This coefficient is determined by the results of the clubs of the associations in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League games over the past five seasons. Two points are awarded for each win by a club, and one for a draw (points are halved in the qualifying rounds). Results determined by extra time do count in determining the allocation of points, but results determined by penalty-shootouts do not affect the allocation of points, other than for bonus points given for qualification into the latter rounds. The number of points awarded each season is divided by the number of teams that participated for that association in that season. This number is then rounded down to three decimal places (e.g. 2+2⁄3 would be rounded to 2.666).^[23][24]

To determine an association's coefficient for a particular season, the coefficients for the last five seasons are added. Bonus points are added to the number of points scored in a season. Bonus points are allocated for:^[25]

• Clubs that reach the group stage (4 bonus points for the Champions League).
• Group winners (4 bonus points for the Europa League, 2 bonus points for the Europa Conference League).
• Group runners-up (2 bonus points for the Europa League, 1 bonus point for the Europa Conference League).
• Clubs that reach the round of 16 (5 bonus points for the Champions League, 1 bonus point for the Europa League).
• Clubs that reach the quarter-finals (1 bonus point for the Champions League and the Europa League).
• Clubs that reach the semi-finals or final (1 bonus point for the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League).

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

Current ranking

The ranking below takes into account of each association's performance in European competitions from 2018–19 to 2022–23, with the 2022–23 season currently taking place.

The final ranking at the end of the 2022–23 season will be used to determine the minimum number of places for each association in the 2024–25 UEFA club competitions.

As of 18 May 2023 the coefficients are as follows:^[26][27]

Ranking			Member association (L: League, C: Cup)	Coefficient						Teams[a]	Places in 2024–25 season
2023	2022	Mvmt		2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	Total		UCL	UEL	UECL	Total
1	1	–	England (L, C, LC[b])	22.642	18.571	24.357	21.000	22.428	108.998	2/7	4	2	1	7
2	2	–	Spain (L, C)	19.571	18.928	19.500	18.428	16.428	92.855	1/7
3	4	+1	Germany (L, C)	15.214	18.714	15.214	16.214	17.125	82.481	0/8
4	3	–1	Italy (L, C)	12.642	14.928	16.285	15.714	22.214	81.783	3/7
5	5	–	France (L, C)	10.583	11.666	7.916	18.416	12.583	61.164	0/6
6	7	+1	Netherlands (L, C)	8.600	9.400	9.200	19.200	13.500	59.900	0/5	3	2	1	6
7	6	–1	Portugal (L, C)	10.900	10.300	9.600	12.916	12.500	56.216	0/6	2	2	1	5
8	13	+5	Belgium (L, C)	7.800	7.600	6.000	6.600	14.200	42.200	0/5
9	9	–	Scotland (L, C)	6.750	9.750	8.500	7.900	3.500	36.400	0/5
10	8	–2	Austria (L, C)	6.200	5.800	6.700	10.400	4.900	34.000	0/5
11	11	–	Serbia (L, C)	6.000	6.000	5.500	9.500	5.375	32.375	0/4
12	20	+8	Turkey (L, C)	5.500	5.000	3.100	6.700	11.800	32.100	0/5
13	14	+1	Switzerland (L, C)	3.900	6.400	5.125	7.750	8.500	31.675	0/4	2	1	2	5
14	12	–2	Ukraine (L, C)	5.600	7.200	6.800	4.200	5.700	29.500	0/5
15	16	+1	Czechia (L, C)	6.500	2.500	6.600	6.700	6.750	29.050	0/4
16	17	+1	Norway (L, C)	5.375	3.750	6.500	7.625	5.750	29.000	0/4	1	1	2	4
17	18	+1	Denmark (L, C)	4.875	5.125	4.125	7.800	5.900	27.825	0/5
18	19	+1	Croatia (L, C)	5.750	4.375	5.900	6.000	3.375	25.400	0/4
19	15	–4	Greece (L, C)	5.100	4.900	5.100	8.000	2.125	25.225	0/4
20	22	+2	Israel (L, C)	2.625	2.375	7.000	6.750	6.250	25.000	0/4
21	21	–	Cyprus (L, C)	6.125	5.125	4.000	4.125	5.100	24.475	0/5
22	23	+1	Sweden (L, C)	4.125	5.750	2.500	5.125	6.250	23.750	0/4
23	10	–13	Russia (L, C)[Note RUS]	7.583	4.666	4.333	5.300	0.000[c]	21.882	0/0
24	28	+4	Poland (L, C)	2.250	2.125	4.000	4.625	7.750	20.750	0/4
25	27	+2	Hungary (L, C)	3.250	4.500	4.250	2.750	5.875	20.625	0/4
26	25	–1	Romania (L, C)	2.375	5.875	3.750	2.250	6.250	20.500	0/4
27	24	–3	Bulgaria (L, C)	4.000	4.125	4.000	3.375	4.500	20.000	0/4
28	30	+2	Slovakia (L, C)	5.125	3.000	1.500	4.125	6.000	19.750	0/4
29	26	–3	Azerbaijan (L, C)	2.375	3.375	2.500	4.375	4.000	16.625	0/4
30	29	–1	Kazakhstan (L, C)	4.250	3.375	1.000	2.875	1.125	12.625	0/4
31	31	–	Slovenia (L, C)	3.125	2.000	2.250	3.000	2.125	12.500	0/4
32	33	+1	Moldova (L, C)	1.125	0.750	1.375	5.250	3.750	12.250	0/4
33	39	+6	Kosovo (L, C)	2.500	1.500	1.833	2.333	2.875	11.041	0/4
34	49	+15	Liechtenstein (C)[d]	1.500	2.500	0.500	0.000	6.500	11.000	0/1	0	0	1	1
35	38	+3	Latvia (L, C)	1.625	2.250	1.375	2.625	2.750	10.625	0/4	1	0	3	4
36	40	+4	Republic of Ireland (L, C)	1.000	1.250	1.875	2.875	3.375	10.375	0/4
37	36	–1	Finland (L, C)	0.875	1.625	1.375	3.750	2.625	10.250	0/4
38	34	–4	Lithuania (L, C)	2.625	1.625	1.625	1.750	2.375	10.000	0/4
39	41	+2	Armenia (L, C)	1.500	2.750	1.375	1.875	2.375	9.875	0/4
40	32	–8	Belarus (L, C)	5.000	2.500	1.500	0.250	0.625	9.875	0/4
41	35	–6	Bosnia and Herzegovina (L, C)	2.000	1.500	2.625	1.625	2.000	9.750	0/4
42	37	–5	Luxembourg (L, C)	2.625	3.000	1.000	1.250	1.125	9.000	0/4
43	44	+1	Faroe Islands (L, C)	1.125	1.125	2.750	1.500	2.250	8.750	0/4
44	42	–2	Northern Ireland (L, C)	0.500	2.375	2.833	1.625	1.250	8.583	0/4
45	46	+1	Malta (L, C)	1.500	0.750	1.500	1.875	2.625	8.250	0/4
46	47	+1	Georgia (L, C)	1.625	2.250	1.750	1.250	1.125	8.000	0/4
47	45	–2	Estonia (L, C)	0.500	0.875	1.375	3.666	1.166	7.582	0/3
48	52	+4	Iceland (L, C)	1.500	0.625	0.625	1.500	3.000	7.250	0/3
49	43	–6	Albania (L, C)	1.000	0.750	2.000	1.625	0.875	6.250	0/4
50	50	–	Wales (L, C)	1.000	1.000	1.500	1.500	1.166	6.166	0/3
51	51	–	Gibraltar (L, C)	1.000	1.000	1.666	1.250	0.875	5.791	0/4	1	0	2	3
52	48	–4	North Macedonia (L, C)	1.000	0.500	1.750	0.625	1.625	5.500	0/4
53	54	+1	Andorra (L, C)	0.833	1.500	0.666	1.500	0.666	5.165	0/3
54	53	–1	Montenegro (L, C)	0.375	1.000	1.625	0.750	1.000	4.750	0/4
55	55	–	San Marino (L, C)	0.500	0.000	0.500	0.166	0.833	1.999	0/3

Notes

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.

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, were changed to single-leg matches. In those cases where there was such a change in format, the following points were be awarded instead:^[33][34]

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

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

Distribution of team competition quotas

2021–24

The following is the default access list since the 2021–22 season.^[35][36] Rankings in table exclude Liechtenstein.^[a]

2024–25

The following is the default access list for the 2024–25 season.^[37] Rankings in table exclude Liechtenstein.^[a]

History

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

Subsequently, for statistical purposes, various rankings were introduced to portray the history of the associations. According to the prorated (extended) calculation system, only four associations have succeeded in being ranked as the top European association.^[38]

Following the Heysel Stadium disaster, all English teams were banned from UEFA competitions in 1985. The ban was only lifted after five seasons, with the knock-on effects continuing to impact on English football for a total of nine years from 1986 to 1994.^[39] Having been top in 1985, England were un-ranked in 1990^[40] and would not regain the top position until 2008.^[41]

Top associations by period

The following data indicates the three top-ranked associations in each five-year period.^[42] Data prior to 1975–1979 period has been calculated, but precedes the first published by the Confederation and has merely informative value.^[42] Note that the table take into account the results from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which was a non-UEFA competition that took place until 1971, whose teams in the first editions were representing cities instead of clubs.

Years 1st place Coeff. 2nd place Coeff. 3rd place Coeff. 1956–1960 Spain 70.833 France 40.500 Italy 36.500 1957–1961 68.333 England 41.666 36.500 1958–1962 71.933 34.666 31.500 1959–1963 68.433 Italy 32.500 Scotland 32.250 1960–1964 66.833 39.700 35.750 1961–1965 52.333 43.128 England 38.849 1962–1966 53.333 England 42.682 Hungary 39.999 1963–1967 England 45.482 Spain 41.733 Italy 41.728 1964–1968 49.016 Hungary 43.665 Spain 41.566 1965–1969 53.701 53.665 Scotland 38.366 1966–1970 51.951 46.415 39.566 1967–1971 51.660 40.999 Italy 40.094 1968–1972 53.431 41.666 38.660 1969–1973 53.231 Netherlands 41.200 37.593 1970–1974 54.279 43.500 West Germany 39.664 1971–1975 47.779 West Germany 46.331 Netherlands 45.200 1972–1976 West Germany 48.950 Netherlands 43.600 England 43.570 1973–1977 51.902 England 41.999 Netherlands 39.450 1974–1978 48.783 Netherlands 43.450 England 38.332 1975–1979 52.617 39.200 Belgium 38.300 1976–1980 53.998 England 38.426 37.300 1977–1981 52.284 38.760 Spain 36.999 1978–1982 51.999 37.902 Netherlands 35.466 1979–1983 54.118 Spain 34.999 England 34.426 1980–1984 43.618 England 37.950 Spain 32.199 1981–1985 England 41.093 Italy 38.800 West Germany 37.070 1982–1986 Italy 39.466 West Germany 37.332 Soviet Union 36.516 1983–1987 41.716 Soviet Union 37.250 West Germany 36.332 1984–1988 41.082 37.550 36.165 1985–1989 42.498 West Germany 41.093 Spain 40.999 1986–1990 West Germany 45.427 Italy 43.212 42.666 1987–1991 Italy 48.171 (West) Germany 43.594 38.666 1988–1992 52.837 42.927 40.266 1989–1993 60.337 France 40.450 (West) Germany 39.403 1990–1994 62.313 45.150 Germany 41.641 1991–1995 63.884 45.283 Germany 40.307 1992–1996 61.259 45.408 Spain 43.932 1993–1997 60.735 Spain 46.532 France 45.733 1994–1998 59.640 Germany 49.932 Spain 48.580 1995–1999 57.212 Spain 49.628 Germany 45.498 1996–2000 Spain 59.599 Italy 55.927 46.403 1997–2001 65.210 56.239 England 51.288 1998–2002 68.467 58.668 55.459 1999–2003 75.539 62.311 58.340 2000–2004 79.851 England 62.153 Italy 59.186 2001–2005 73.717 63.224 61.186 2002–2006 72.748 Italy 66.731 England 63.486 2003–2007 76.891 England 68.540 Italy 66.088 2004–2008 England 75.749 Spain 75.266 60.410 2005–2009 79.499 74.266 62.910 2006–2010 81.856 79.757 64.338 2007–2011 85.785 82.329 Germany 69.436 2008–2012 84.410 84.186 75.186 2009–2013 Spain 88.025 England 82.963 79.614 2010–2014 97.713 84.748 81.641 2011–2015 99.999 80.391 79.415 2012–2016 105.713 Germany 80.177 England 76.284 2013–2017 104.998 79.498 75.962 2014–2018 106.998 England 79.605 Italy 76.249 2015–2019 103.569 85.462 74.725 2016–2020 102.283 90.462 Germany 74.784 2017–2021 England 100.569 Spain 97.855 Italy 75.438 2018–2022 106.641 96.141 76.902 The table shows the ranking of nations with respect to the total number of years in the top three of the rankings: As of 28 May 2022 Association 1st 2nd 3rd Total Spain 23 11 9 43 England 17 17 10 44 Italy 13 10 17 40 West Germany/Germany 10 8 15 33 Netherlands 0 5 3 8 France 0 5 1 6 Hungary Soviet Union 0 2 1 3 Scotland 0 0 4 4 Belgium 0 0 2 2

Women's association coefficient

Current ranking

The ranking below takes into account of each association's performance in European competitions from 2018–19 to 2022–23, with the 2022–23 season to start on 18 August 2022.

The final ranking at the end of the 2022–23 season will be used to determine the number of places for each association in the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League.

As of 2 May 2023 the coefficients are as follows:^[43]

Ranking			Member association (L: League)	Coefficient						Teams[a]	Places in UWCL 2024–25 season
2023	2022	Mvmt		2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	Total
1	1	–	France (L)	19.500	20.000	15.000	16.333	10.000	80.833	0/3	TBA
2	2	–	Germany (L)	15.000	16.500	16.500	14.666	14.000	76.666	1/3
3	3	–	Spain (L)	14.000	15.000	15.500	13.666	12.333	70.499	1/3
4	4	–	England (L)	10.500	11.500	17.500	9.000	13.333	61.833	0/3
5	7	+2	Italy (L)	6.000	3.000	5.000	8.500	12.500	35.000	0/2
6	5	–1	Sweden (L)	8.500	4.500	7.500	3.666	2.833	26.999	0/3
7	6	–1	Czechia (L)	8.000	5.500	7.000	2.333	3.333	26.166	0/3
8	8	–	Denmark (L)	5.500	8.500	7.000	2.750	2.000	25.750	0/2
9	17	+8	Portugal (L)	2.000	4.000	3.000	7.000	8.000	24.000	0/1
10	9	–1	Netherlands (L)	8.000	6.000	3.000	2.500	2.500	22.000	0/2
11	12	+1	Norway (L)	7.500	2.000	5.500	2.500	3.000	20.500	0/2
12	13	+1	Scotland (L)	6.000	7.500	3.000	2.000	2.000	20.500	0/2
13	16	+3	Austria (L)	2.000	3.000	9.000	2.000	4.250	20.250	0/2
14	15	+1	Ukraine (L)	3.000	2.000	5.000	7.000	3.000	20.000	0/1
15	10	–5	Iceland (L)	3.000	8.000	2.000	3.250	2.250	18.500	0/2
16	14	–2	Belarus (L)	2.000	8.000	5.000	1.500	2.000	18.500	0/2
17	11	–6	Kazakhstan (L)	5.000	7.000	3.500	1.500	1.500	18.500	0/2
18	18	–	Switzerland (L)	5.000	3.000	3.000	2.500	2.750	16.250	0/2
19	23	+4	Albania (L)	2.000	3.000	2.000	3.000	4.000	14.000	0/1
20	20	–	Cyprus (L)	5.000	2.000	2.000	3.000	2.000	14.000	0/1
21	22	+1	Serbia (L)	3.000	4.000	3.000	2.000	2.000	14.000	0/1
22	24	+2	Belgium (L)	2.000	4.000	2.000	2.000	2.000	12.000	0/1
23	27	+4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (L)	3.000	2.000	2.000	1.500	3.000	11.500	0/1
24	26	+2	Finland (L)	3.000	2.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	11.000	0/1
25	21	–4	Russia (L)[Note RUS1]	3.000	3.000	2.000	1.750	0.000[b]	9.750	0/0
26	28	+2	Hungary (L)	1.500	2.500	2.000	2.000	1.500	9.500	0/1
27	25	–2	Poland (L)	2.000	1.500	3.000	1.500	1.500	9.500	0/1
28	19	–9	Lithuania (L)	3.000	1.500	2.000	2.000	1.000	9.500	0/1
29	29	–	Romania (L)	2.000	1.000	2.000	1.000	2.000	8.000	0/1
30	30	–	Croatia (L)	1.500	1.000	1.000	3.000	1.500	8.000	0/1
31	33	+2	Republic of Ireland (L)	1.000	2.000	1.000	1.500	2.000	7.500	0/1
32	34	+2	Slovenia (L)	0.000	1.000	3.000	2.000	1.500	7.500	0/1
33	32	–1	Turkey (L)	1.500	2.000	1.000	1.500	1.500	7.500	0/1
34	31	–3	Greece (L)	2.000	0.000	1.000	2.000	2.000	7.000	0/1
35	36	+1	Kosovo (L)	0.000	3.000	1.000	1.500	1.500	7.000	0/1
36	37	+1	Slovakia (L)	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.000	6.500	0/1
37	35	–2	Bulgaria (L)	1.000	0.500	2.000	1.500	1.500	6.500	0/1
38	39	+1	Montenegro (L)	0.500	1.500	1.000	1.500	1.500	6.000	0/1
39	42	+3	Israel (L)	0.500	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	5.500	0/1
40	37	–3	Estonia (L)	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.500	1.000	5.500	0/1
41	40	–1	Wales (L)	0.500	2.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	5.500	0/1
42	41	–1	Georgia (L)	0.000	0.000	3.000	1.000	1.000	5.000	0/1
43	44	+1	Luxembourg (L)	No entry[b]	0.000	1.000	2.000	1.500	4.500	0/1
44	43	–1	Northern Ireland (L)	0.000	1.000	1.000	1.500	1.000	4.500	0/1
45	46	+1	Malta (L)	0.500	0.000	1.000	1.000	1.500	4.000	0/1
46	47	+1	Latvia (L)	0.000	0.000	1.000	1.000	1.500	3.500	0/1
47	45	–2	Faroe Islands (L)	0.000	0.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	3.000	0/1
47	47	–	Armenia (L)	No entry[b]	0.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	3.000	0/1
47	47	–	North Macedonia (L)	0.000	0.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	3.000	0/1
47	47	–	Moldova (L)	0.000	0.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	3.000	0/1
–[c]			Andorra (NL)[d]	No entry[b]					(NR)[c]	0/0
–[c]			Azerbaijan (L)	No entry[b]					(NR)[c]	0/0
–[c]			Gibraltar (L)	No entry[b]					(NR)[c]	0/0
–[c]			Liechtenstein (NL)[d]	No entry[b]					(NR)[c]	0/0
–[c]			San Marino (NL)[d]	No entry[b]					(NR)[c]	0/0

Notes

History

Top associations by period

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

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

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

As of 22 May 2022

League	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Germany	13	6	0	19
France	5	7	3	15
Sweden	1	6	7	14
England	0	0	5	5
Denmark	0	0	2	2
Spain	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, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League over the previous five seasons or 20% of the club's association coefficient over the same period, whichever coefficient is higher.^[45] This ranking is used by UEFA to determine a club's seeding in club competition draws, including the qualifying and group stages of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

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

Qualifying round results are only taken into account if the club is eliminated in one of the rounds (see table below). Otherwise, the qualifying round results are taken into account only for the calculation of the association's coefficient and are halved.^[46] The clubs do not receive any points for elimination in the Champions League or Europa League qualifying because those clubs move to the Europa League and/or Europa Conference League and receive points from participation in that competition.^[47][48]

Current club ranking

The ranking below takes into account of each club's performance in European competitions from 2018–19 to 2022–23, with the 2022–23 season currently taking place.

The top 25 clubs as of 18 May 2023 are as follows.^[49][50]

Ranking			Club	Association	Coefficient
2023	2022	Mvmt			2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	Total
1	3	+2	Manchester City	England	25.0	25.0	35.0	27.0	31.0	143.0
2	1	–1	Bayern Munich	Germany	20.0	36.0	27.0	26.0	27.0	136.0
3	5	+2	Chelsea	England	30.0	17.0	33.0	25.0	21.0	126.0
4	2	–2	Liverpool	England	29.0	18.0	24.0	33.0	19.0	123.0
5	4	–1	Real Madrid	Spain	19.0	17.0	26.0	30.0	29.0	121.0
6	7	+1	Paris Saint-Germain	France	19.0	31.0	24.0	19.0	19.0	112.0
7	10	+3	Manchester United	England	19.0	22.0	26.0	18.0	19.0	104.0
8	8	–	Juventus	Italy	21.0	22.0	21.0	20.0	17.0	101.0
9	6	–3	Barcelona	Spain	30.0	24.0	20.0	15.0	9.0	98.0
10	23	+13	Inter Milan	Italy	15.0	25.0	9.0	18.0	29.0	96.0
11	11	–	Roma	Italy	17.0	11.0	24.0	23.0	21.0	96.0
12	12	–	Sevilla	Spain	13.0	26.0	19.0	12.0	20.0	90.0
13	15	+2	Ajax	Netherlands	27.0	13.0	19.0	22.0	8.0	89.0
14	19	+5	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	18.0	18.0	22.0	10.0	18.0	86.0
15	9	–6	Atlético Madrid	Spain	20.0	22.0	16.0	19.0	8.0	85.0
16	13	–3	RB Leipzig	Germany	5.0	27.0	17.0	17.0	18.0	84.0
17	27	+10	Benfica	Portugal	17.0	10.0	10.0	20.0	25.0	82.0
18	18	–	Villarreal	Spain	16.0	0.0[a]	30.0	24.0	12.0	82.0
19	25	+6	Napoli	Italy	18.0	19.0	10.0	9.0	25.0	81.0
20	16	–4	Porto	Portugal	23.0	7.0	23.0	10.0	18.0	81.0
21	14	–7	Tottenham Hotspur	England	26.0	16.0	15.0	5.0	18.0	80.0
22	26	+4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	24.0	9.0	0.0[a]	28.0	16.0	77.0
23	17	–6	Arsenal	England	26.0	10.0	23.0	0.0[a]	17.0	76.0
24	30	+6	Bayer Leverkusen	Germany	11.0	18.0	10.0	14.0	19.0	72.0
25	22	–3	Shakhtar Donetsk	Ukraine	10.0	22.0	14.0	6.0	11.0	63.0

Club point allocations: 2021–22 and future seasons

Club point allocations: prior to 2021–22 season