Italy looks well set to finish in the top two with all seven of their representatives through to their respective knockout stages. Italy and Germany in the places above England both have three teams through to the Champions League last 16, compared to England’s two. Which are the other leagues to keep an eye on?Īll of those factors mean England is just third in the current coefficient ranking, which would not be good enough to gain an extra Champions League place. Had one or both finished third it would have meant a further opportunity to garner crucial points for the Premier League in that play-off round. It also shows how potentially damaging it was that both Newcastle and Manchester United finished bottom of their Champions League groups. They would have moved into a knockout play-off round if they had finished second and, while the coefficient points do not get added to the club’s tally, they are added to the nation’s tally (Manchester United managed a draw and a win in that round against Barcelona last season, so three points were added to England’s coefficient total for 2022-23.)Īnd this is a crucial detail, because it means that those teams could have done the Premier League a potential points favour by having to take part in the Europa League/Conference League play-off round. But, strangely, it might have been more beneficial for them to have been the runners up. In the Europa League and Europa Conference League, there were no problems for English sides as Aston Villa, Brighton, Liverpool and West Ham finished top of their groups. Unsurprisingly, two really poor Champions League campaigns, where the most points are on offer, have had an adverse effect on England’s chances of securing a fifth qualification place. ![]() So, how do Manchester United and Newcastle’s eliminations affect this season’s ranking? 1 – Each round clubs reach from the semi-finals (UECL).1 – Each round clubs reach from the round of 16 (UCL, UEL).4 – Round of 16 bonus participation (UCL).4 – Group stage bonus participation (UCL).0.5 – All draws in qualifying and play-off matches (UCL, UEL, UECL).1 – All draws from group stage (UCL, UEL, UECL).1 – All wins in qualifying and play-off matches (UCL, UEL, UECL).2 – All wins from group stage (UCL, UEL, UECL). ![]() ![]() UCL = UEFA Champions League, UEL = UEFA Europa League, UECL = UEFA Europa Conference League ![]() Here is how each country accumulates those points: The equation for each league is: number of points accumulated divided by number of competing teams. The coefficient is worked out as an average rather than a total, cancelling out the advantage that would be gained by leagues with more European representatives. In each of the past three seasons, England has been top of UEFA’s coefficient table missing out on the top two in just one of the last seven campaigns. How has England generally fared in the coefficient rankings? The latter are what UEFA is calling its “European Performance Spots” and it is those that could mean a fifth-placed finish in the Premier League this season - or Italy’s Serie A, Spain’s La Liga or Germany’s Bundesliga - would be enough to qualify for the 2024-25 Champions League. In total, another four spots will be up for grabs one via a third-placed finish in the country that stands fifth in UEFA’s nation coefficient rankings (it’s currently France) one to a lesser domestic champion through the qualification rounds and two to the nations who had the best collective performances from their clubs in the previous season’s European competitions. How the new Champions League format works
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