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UEFA coefficients

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

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

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

The national team coefficients use three points for a win and one for a draw, while the league and club coefficients, two points are awarded for a win and one point for a draw.

Contents

1 The coefficients

1.1 National team coefficient

1.1.1 Current ranking for the EC 2008 qualifying rounds

1.2 League coefficient

1.2.1 Current ranking

1.3 Club coefficient

2 External Links

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The coefficients

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National team coefficient

The national team coefficient is the least known UEFA coefficient, derived from the results of the national football team of a nation. It is calculated dividing the number of points scored (three points for a win, one for a draw) by the number of matches played in the last two qualification rounds of the World Cup or European Championship. Play-off match results are ignored.

This coefficient is used by UEFA to determine in which "pot" a national team will be for the qualification tournaments of the World Cup and European Championship, and the final tournament of the European Championship. Each team in a pot is drawn into a separate qualifying group, thus keeping the bigger teams apart until the later stages of the competition.

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Current ranking for the EC 2008 qualifying rounds

Rank	Team	Coefficient
1	Czech Republic	2.643
2	England	2.571
3	Netherlands	2.500
4	France	2.429
5	Portugal	2.333
6	Germany	2.250
7	Croatia	2.231
8	Sweden	2.231
9	Italy	2.231
10	Greece	2.133
11	Turkey	2.067
12	Poland	2.000
13	Spain	2.000
14	Bulgaria	1.923
15	Latvia	1.857
16	Switzerland*	1.846
17	Ukraine	1.800
18	Romania	1.800
19	Russia	1.786
20	Serbia and Montenegro	1.769
21	Belgium	1.769
22	Slovakia	1.714
23	Norway	1.692
24	Slovenia	1.692
25	Denmark	1.600
26	Ireland	1.538
27	Lithuania	1.462
28	Austria*	1.429
29	Hungary	1.385
30	Israel	1.357
31	Finland	1.357
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.333
33	Scotland	1.333
34	Iceland	1.077
35	Wales	1.071
36	Estonia	1.067
37	Albania	0.933
38	Georgia	0.857
39	Macedonia	0.733
40	Armenia	0.733
41	Belarus	0.667
42	Cyprus	0.643
43	Moldova	0.615
44	Northern Ireland	0.429
45	Azerbaijan	0.429
46	Liechtenstein	0.357
47	Andorra	0.267
48	Faroe Islands	0.167
49	Malta	0.154
50	Kazakhstan	0.000
51	San Marino	0.000
52	Luxembourg	0.000

Austria and Switzerland are already assured of places at Euro 2008 as host nations.

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League coefficient

The league coefficient is used to rank the leagues of Europe, and thus determine the number of clubs from a league that will participate in competitions such as the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

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

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

Qualifying for the Champions League group phase. (3 bonus points)
Reaching the second round of the Champions league.
Reaching the quarter, semi and final of both Champions League and UEFA cup.

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

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Current ranking

As of May 25, 2005, following the UEFA Champions League final.

Rank	League	Coeff.
1	Spain	73.717
2	England	63.224
3	Italy	61.186
4	France	49.469
5	Germany	48.989
6	Portugal	44.666
7	Netherlands	39.831
8	Greece	35.498
9	Belgium	31.750
10	Scotland	31.750
11	Turkey	29.916
12	Czech Republic	27.950
13	Russia	25.666
14	Austria	24.875
15	Ukraine	24.850
16	Israel	21.874
17	Serbia and Montenegro	21.249
18	Poland	21.000
19	Switzerland	20.875
20	Norway	20.200
21	Bulgaria	18.540
22	Croatia	18.125
23	Denmark	17.200
24	Hungary	16.331
25	Romania	15.457
26	Sweden	15.383
27	Slovakia	11.665
28	Slovenia	9.665
29	Cyprus	8.165
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.165
31	Latvia	6.664
32	Finland	6.540
33	Moldova	6.332
34	Georgia	6.165
35	Lithuania	5.332
36	Iceland	4.832
37	Macedonia	4.497
38	Republic of Ireland	4.164
39	Belarus	4.082
40	Liechtenstein	4.000
41	Armenia	2.998
42	Malta	2.998
43	Albania	2.665
44	Estonia	2.498
45	Northern Ireland	2.165
46	Wales	1.832
47	Luxembourg	1.665
48	Azerbaijan	1.332
49	Faroe Islands	0.999
50	Kazakhstan	0.666
51	San Marino	0.000
52	Andorra	0.000

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Club coefficient

The club coefficient is determined by the results of a club in European club competition in the last five seasons, and the league coefficient. The club coefficient is 0.333 multiplied the league coefficient + the number of points earned by the club in the five seasons. The points earned by this club in the preliminary rounds are not counted.

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

The top 10 clubs as of May 2005 are as follows:

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Position	Club	Country	Coefficient
1	Real Madrid	Spain	131.326
2	Valencia	Spain	123.326
3	AC Milan	Italy	120.144
4	FC Barcelona	Spain	117.326
5	Liverpool	England	114.816
6	Manchester United	England	110.816
7	Internazionale	Italy	101.144
8	Bayern München	Germany	97.166
9	Deportivo La Coruña	Spain	96.326
10	Arsenal	England	93.816