european competition news
Date: Oct 15, 2002
From: UEFA Internet article
Remark: Text only, see UEFA Internet article for original lay-out
How competition places are allocated
Copyright © 2002 UEFA
The allocation of places per association - known as the access list - for both
the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup is made in accordance with a table of
performances covering five UEFA club competition seasons.
Three competitions
Thus, performances by clubs in the Champions League, UEFA Cup and UEFA Cup
Winners' Cup - results obtained in the UEFA Intertoto Cup do not count -
conspire to form the annual UEFA Association Coefficient Rankings table, with
the 'oldest' season dropped each time for the purpose of the calculation.
Coefficient value
The points obtained each season by the clubs representing a national association
are first added together, then divided by the combined number of clubs from the
said association having taken part in the three UEFA club competitions in
question to produce the coefficient value of the national association concerned.
Calculation system
The table of coefficients, which are calculated to the thousandth and not
rounded up, is compiled as follows:
- a win is worth 2 points (1 point for qualifying-round matches)
- a draw is worth 1 point (1/2 point for qualifying-round matches)
- a defeat is worth 0 points
Extra points
Clubs which reach the quarter-finals, semi-finals or final of the Champions
League or UEFA Cup - or reached in the case of the now defunct Cup Winners' Cup
- are awarded an extra point for each such round. In addition, one point is
awarded for participation in the Champions League.
Final decision
In the case of equal coefficients, the UEFA Administration will take a final
decision, taking into consideration the individual coefficient of the most
recent season. Games or competitions decided by penalty kicks do not affect the
results of a match and points are only awarded for games which have been played
in accordance with the results ratified by UEFA.
---------------------------------------------------------
2003/04 UEFA Club Competitions
Associations' Coefficient Ranking
---------------------------------------------------------
Ass. +/- 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Total
----- -- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
1ESP - 11.600 8.428 10.000 18.571 16.611 14.857 68.467
2ITA - 10.142 12.285 12.000 12.000 9.812 12.571 58.668
3ENG - 7.400 7.785 7.437 14.500 14.166 11.571 55.459
4GER - 9.142 11.000 6.357 11.071 11.062 13.500 52.990
5FRA - 7.125 6.800 8.642 10.285 9.500 7.125 42.352
6GRE +2 3.500 6.500 6.200 5.416 6.750 11.250 36.116
7HOL -1 6.250 6.833 4.833 6.250 6.083 10.166 34.165
8TUR -1 6.875 4.400 3.200 7.750 7.750 5.625 28.725
9POR +1 7.400 3.416 3.500 5.833 6.125 9.375 28.249
10RUS -1 2.750 9.875 7.000 4.250 3.833 2.333 27.291
11CZE - 3.666 4.875 2.250 8.000 6.000 5.500 26.625
12SCO +4 3.125 3.125 5.625 5.125 5.625 6.625 26.125
13UKR - 1.500 5.625 7.333 5.375 4.000 3.625 25.958
14BEL -2 4.500 3.900 5.500 3.250 7.000 5.875 25.525
15AUT -1 3.875 3.875 4.375 3.875 7.750 3.375 23.250
16SUI +1 5.375 2.250 5.750 4.125 4.375 6.125 22.625
17NOR -2 5.375 4.600 3.800 5.200 4.625 3.250 21.475
18ISR +8 1.125 3.166 5.000 3.000 1.833 8.333 21.332
19CRO -1 3.333 5.166 4.875 2.250 4.375 4.375 21.041
20POL - 4.125 2.500 4.000 3.250 3.625 4.125 17.500
21DEN - 4.300 3.250 4.125 1.750 3.750 4.500 17.375
22SWE -3 4.800 1.900 2.375 4.333 4.800 3.833 17.241
23YUG - 2.250 1.333 4.166 3.166 4.500 3.166 16.331
24SVK +1 2.500 2.666 3.333 2.500 3.666 3.500 15.665
25BUL +3 1.333 0.666 2.833 3.833 3.000 4.833 15.165
26ROM -4 4.500 3.125 2.500 4.833 0.833 2.625 13.916
27HUN -3 2.833 4.125 2.333 3.125 2.666 1.500 13.749
28SLO -1 1.666 3.166 2.333 3.000 1.833 1.500 11.832
29CYP - 2.833 2.333 2.500 2.166 1.000 1.333 9.332
30FIN +1 1.875 1.166 3.000 1.000 1.500 1.375 8.041
31LAT +1 1.333 1.666 1.500 2.500 0.833 0.666 7.165
32GEO -2 4.000 2.666 1.000 1.500 0.500 1.333 6.999
33MOL +2 0.500 0.333 0.500 2.000 1.166 1.166 5.165
34ISL -1 1.333 1.500 0.666 1.000 0.833 0.833 4.832
35BLS -1 1.500 1.833 0.500 0.000 1.000 0.750 4.083
36LIT - 1.000 0.666 0.666 1.333 0.833 0.333 3.831
37IRL +1 0.333 0.166 0.500 0.333 1.666 0.666 3.331
38MKD -1 1.166 0.666 0.333 0.666 0.666 0.666 2.997
39MLT +4 0.333 0.333 0.000 0.666 0.333 1.166 2.498
40WAL +1 1.333 0.000 0.166 0.500 0.166 1.000 1.832
41EST -2 1.333 0.166 0.333 0.000 0.666 0.500 1.665
42BHZ +4 0.500 0.500 0.333 1.333
43ARM -3 0.833 0.333 0.000 0.333 0.666 0.000 1.332
44NIR +1 0.333 0.166 0.333 0.166 0.333 0.333 1.331
45ALB +4 0.000 0.333 0.166 0.000 0.666 1.165
46FAR +1 0.000 0.166 0.333 0.166 0.000 0.500 1.165
47AZE -4 0.666 0.000 0.000 0.333 0.666 0.166 1.165
48LIE -4 1.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.500 0.500 1.000
49LUX -2 0.166 0.000 0.000 0.166 0.333 0.333 0.832
50AND - 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
51SMR - 0.000 0.000 0.000
52KZK - 0.000
---------------------------------------------------------
The points from the 1996/97 season are no longer taken into account for the new
calculation period.
