UEFA COEFFICIENTS

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 administer 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

National team coefficient

Ranking for the EC 2008 qualifying rounds

League coefficient

Ranking for 2007-08 UEFA competitions

History

Club coefficient

Notes

External links

National team coefficient

The national team coefficient is 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. For some countries only one qualifying round will be taken into account, if they were hosts of one of the last two events.
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.
If two or more associations have the same coefficient, the following criteria will be applied:
# coefficient from the matches played in its most recent qualifying competition,
# average goal difference,
# average number of goals scored,
# average number of away goals scored,
# drawing of lots.

Ranking for the EC 2008 qualifying rounds

Rank	Team	Coefficient
1	Greece[1]	1.950
2	Netherlands	2.550
3	Portugal	2.500
4	England	2.500
5	Czech Republic	2.450
6	France	2.444
7	Sweden	2.278
8	Germany	2.250
9	Croatia	2.222
10	Italy	2.222
11	Turkey	2.100
12	Poland	2.056
13	Spain	2.056
14	Romania	1.950
15	Serbia	1.889
16	Russia	1.850
17	Denmark	1.850
18	Norway	1.778
19	Bulgaria	1.778
20	Ukraine	1.750
21	Slovakia	1.650
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.611
23	Ireland	1.556
24	Belgium	1.556
25	Latvia	1.550
26	Israel	1.500
27	Scotland	1.500
28	Slovenia	1.444
29	Hungary	1.389
30	Finland	1.300
31	Estonia	1.250
32	Wales	1.167
33	Lithuania	1.111
34	Albania	1.050
35	Iceland	0.944
36	Georgia	0.850
37	Macedonia	0.750
38	Belarus	0.722
39	Armenia	0.700
40	Northern Ireland	0.667
41	Cyprus	0.667
42	Moldova	0.611
43	Liechtenstein	0.450
44	Azerbaijan	0.389
45	Andorra	0.250
46	Malta	0.222
47	Faroe Islands	0.111
48	Kazakhstan	0.083
49	Luxembourg	0.000
50	San Marino	0.000

Austria (1.333) and Switzerland (1.833) are already assured of places at Euro 2008 as host nations.

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 is then rounded to three decimal places (e.g. 2 2/3 will be rounded to 2.667).
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 Champions League and UEFA Cup 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.

Ranking for 2007-08 UEFA competitions

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 2006 ranking determines the proportion in 2007–08, not 2006–07.
Note: UEFA only publish country rankings at the end of each football season. While some independent web sites are proficient at applying UEFA calculations to give interim figures during the season, these should be taken as unofficial estimates, and not as categorical fact.
Here's the table showing the ranking that is used to determine the participation by countries for 2007-08 UEFA competitions:

Rank	League	Coeff.	CL places	UEFA Cup places
1	Spain	72.141	4	3
2	England	63.486
3	Italy	66.731
4	France	50.781	3
5	Germany	48.364
6	Portugal	44.041
7	Netherlands	41.331	2	4
8	Greece	32.081
9	Russia	31.833		2
10	Romania	31.457
11	Scotland	30.375
12	Belgium	30.250
13	Ukraine	26.600
14	Czech Republic	26.575
15	Turkey	26.441
16	Switzerland	25.875	1	3
17	Bulgaria	24.290
18	Israel	21.541
19	Norway	20.975
20	Austria	20.375
21	Serbia	19.999
22	Poland	18.500		2
23	Denmark	16.950
24	Hungary	14.665
25	Croatia	14.083
26	Sweden	13.249
27	Slovakia	12.332
28	Cyprus	10.165
29	Slovenia	10.165
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.165
31	Finland	7.373
32	Latvia	7.164
33	Moldova	6.832
34	Georgia	6.331
35	Lithuania	5.832
36	FYR Macedonia	5.331
37	Iceland	4.832
38	Liechtenstein[2]	4.500	0	1
39	Belarus	4.415	1	2
40	Republic of Ireland	4.331
41	Albania	3.665
42	Armenia	2.998
43	Estonia	2.665
44	Malta	2.665
45	Wales	2.332
46	Northern Ireland	2.332
47	Azerbaijan	1.999
48	Luxembourg	1.832
49	Kazakhstan	1.666
50	Faroe Islands	1.665
51	San Marino	0.000		1
52	Andorra	0.000
53	Montenegro	0.000		2

History

As of 1960, when first 5-year based coefficients were released, only 4 leagues succeeded in being top European league.
The following table shows the history of first placed teams in UEFA League Coefficients:

Years	League	Total
1960-1966	Spain	7
1967-1975	England	9
1976-1984	Germany	9
1985	England	1
1986-1989	Italy	4
1990	Germany	1
1991-1999	Italy	9
2000-present	Spain	8

The next table shows the ranking of nations with respect to total number of years leading in Europe:

Rank	League	Total
1	Spain	15
2	Italy	13
3	England	10
	Germany	10

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 33% of the league coefficient plus the number of points earned by the club in the five seasons. The points earned by a club in the preliminary rounds are not counted.[1]
This ranking is used by UEFA to 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.
Note, UEFA only publish club rankings at the end of each football season. While some independent web sites are proficient at applying UEFA calculations to give interim figures during the season, these should be taken as unofficial estimates, and not as categorical fact.
The top 20 clubs as of the end of 2006/07 UEFA competitions are as follows:

Position	Club	Country	Coefficient
1	AC Milan		133.808
2	FC Barcelona		119.374
3	Liverpool		112.618
4	Internazionale		107.808
5	Arsenal		104.618
6	Real Madrid		104.374
7	Manchester United		99.618
8	Chelsea		99.617
9	Valencia		99.374
10	Lyon		95.706
11	Newcastle United		94.618
12	Juventus		92.808
13	Porto		89.107
14	Sevilla		87.374
15	PSV Eindhoven		81.995
16	Roma		78.808
17	Villarreal		78.374
18	Bayern Munich		73.640
19	Benfica		67.107
20	Ajax		65.995

★ A full list can be found at amateurs website by Bert Kassiesa

★ An incomplete list from uefa.com; Champions League 07/08 lineup & UEFA Cup 07/08 line-up

Notes

1. Greece will be first seeded, as European champion
2. Liechtenstein Football Association doesn't organize any league competition, and the only competitor from Liechtenstein in the international competitions is the Liechtenstein cup winner, that qualifies for the UEFA Cup. All of the Liechtenstein teams play in the Swiss league competitions.

External links

★ Independent but generally respected site about the league and club coefficient

★ League coefficient by uefa.com

★ League coefficient according to a German football magazine

★ UEFA

★ Euro 2008 coefficient according to rdasilva's blog