UEFA Coefficient Rankings Explained
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Ever wondered how UEFA decides how many Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League spots each country gets? It all comes down to the UEFA country coefficient rankings! In this video, I break down how the system works, why it’s so important, and how it affects your favourite clubs in European competitions.
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Great video!
Could you make a video explaining FIFA rankings? I want to know why San Marino is currently in last place. Keep up the great work!
make a video about clubs in Brazil, such a discussion
@aksixpl5745Smaller league fans unite, this is our video. See what we are fighting for every summer with incomplete squads, big teams? At least you guys are playing friendlies, we re playing for our future then! Also, the shown differences at 0:53 aren’t the whole picture as they are further subdivided into which exact qualifier round you are placed in, for example the 25th best league s champions (Hungary) now get straight into the second qualifying round not the first one of 4 after Russia s ban, France s 4th entrant is actually only a 3rd qualifying round berth (and in the league path that s always tough), there s the 2 bonus CL spots based on the 1 year coefficients but I get you cut that out to make it more explainable, great video to inform people about our plight. Never understood why club coefficient specifically doesn’t count qualifying round results though, I don’t see why it shouldn’t be calculated the same way as the country ones
@edi0157Is it the same rules for the national teams?
@hansdenbedste0280thanks so much for this explanation ive been wondering how this worked, i rly hope belgium will become a top 5 league
@SieMeeuws5:00 somewhere you told us that the new system dont favor seeding. Arent they? For what i learn uefa draw 2 teams in every seeding pot to creat a pool of 6 or 8 teams.
@0orre0So we bringing back the Soviet Union or nah
@FCNurnberg-h5qI'm Belgian so I follow the coefficient quite a bit, the conference league really was the best thing to happen for belgian football lol, we've been farming points in that competition. I hope we get at least 1 year where we make the top 5 and on top of that I hope my team (KAA Gent) can also benefit from the extra UCL spots we get then. UCL money is huge for a Belgian club, it's also the reason why Club Brugge became so dominant here. After 10 years of not winning the title, Club Brugge rose to a quality team again at the same time when the other top teams had worse periods. So after 2 or 3 seasons in the UCL for a club that has a good leadership and spends the money well, and they have everything they need to settle themselves as a topclub for ever.
When KAA Gent first won the league here, it was right after we built a new stadium and had a lot of debts that had to be paid, so sadly we couldn't settle ourselves at the top and remained a subtop club after our good players left.
really nice video and explanation, as a cypriot we wish to get 2 UCL spots for the third time because right now cypriot clubs are doing great in european competitions. this channel tho is so fricking underrated, earned a new sub
@demetris8842Wait Champions League gives the same amoun of points as UEL/UECL without bonus points? A few years ago it gave double the points
@UltraMLPMMMunetesI don't get how dumb a person must be (especially a person that likes football and is interested in it) to not get how this works and be angry about it
@9domiiinik9bonus point for reach final in CL ? i disagree from that point, that's only 1.5 points
@goodgamegangsterfrkrog7122Thumbnail is incorrect; I think you meant the Netherlands. If you meant Holland, you used the wrong flag + they arent a country.
@debyeahNice vid bozni. Keep up the good work. Also did you mean 1:4=0.25 3:18?
@james0696I remember first getting to learn about the UEFA Ranking back when Italy was dropped out of the Top 3 positions in 2011. Back then, being in the top 3 meant having 4 teams in the Champions League, so it was huge news for Serie A to be demoted.
Also, back in 2011, Italian teams were still quite good in the Champions League. In fact, in the "5 previous seasons" used in 2011 (2006-07 to 2010-11), Italian teams had won it twice. So, what happened?
Simple. Italian teams barely put on any effort in the Europa League (I mean, there literally was no Italian team in the final for over 20 years), and them constantly crashing out in the early stages meant their league had one fewer team.
Of course, punishing a league underperforming in the Europa League by taking a team away from the Champions League does seem rather unfair, but those are the rules.
I have a question tho. So now there was a draw for all the leagues and they were also deciding on who plays home game first.
Lets say PSV beats Arsenal 2-1 in 1st game at home. They get points to country ranking but not their own.
Then 2nd leg arsenal wins 3-2. We know that away goals rule isnt a thing anymore, so we go overtime, in which PSV scores once and makes it 3-3 (5-4 in both games total).
So in that scenario, do both teams get 2 points (devided by the no. of teams ofc) for their countries, or do PSV gets 2 for win and 1 for draw, while arsenal gets only 1 for draw. Coz technically Arsenal only won the 90 minutes, but PSV won the whole match.
But to put it into perspective. If in some later stage of knockout stage its pure lack that decides who plays home game first (so not seeding like 9th-10th spot playing 2nd game at home vs 23rd-24th teams), why should it be pure luck that decides who gets the buff of playing the potential overtime at their own ground? Coz if its luck only, Arsenal could say that if they played their game at home first, they would've had 1 win and 1 loss (or draw) instead of just a draw.
im not sure if its clear what im asking about, im not good with words but i hope you get the idea
EDIT: follow up question i remember when finishing previous one. What if its 1:1 after 1st game, 3:3 after 2nd game and PSV win in penalties. Do both teams get points for 2 draws or is it 1 draw and 1 win for PSV?
love the vid, keep up the good work!
@just_hekiYo man, W video
@TFN49Ok first off french clubs have absolutely dominated dutch clubs in uefa competitions which explains why they are ahead of them, 0:11
@kraccyReally good video and explanation, this is something i’ve been trying to understand playing Football Manager 😅
@hugoslavian19I can't believe you have only a few hundred subscribers. You are doing such a great job! Keep going, I am sure your channel will grow soon. Also, related to the coefficient, this year, Corvinul Hunedoara, a second division team from Romania reached the third qualifying round from Conference League after eliminating the Cup's winner from Hungary (4-2) and falling short to the second place in Croatia (1-0) in Europa League, than played a nightmare double leg against Astana (8-2) in conference League. So, according to your video, Corvinul Brought 2 points for themselfs, and added 1,5 : 4 = 0,375 (beceause of the 4 teams participating in Europe) points to Romania's coefficient, right? Nevermind, I was just wondering if you heard about them. Love your channel, you got a new subscriber from Romania! ❤❤
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