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UEFA Ranking System |
| - Country Rank & Club Participation - Rating System |
| Country Rank & Club Participation |
| In European football competitions each country is represented by a certain number of clubs. This number is determined by the country's rank in UEFA's country ranking over a five-years period ending two years before the year in question (for example, the number of clubs per country participated in 1999/00 competitions was determined by the UEFA's country ranking of the period 1993/98). In this country classification, a special rating system is used. According to this classification, the clubs participating in European Football Competitions are determined as follows: |
| Country Rank and Club Participation (1999/00 - 2003/04) | ||||||
| Country Rank | Clubs in Champions'League | Clubs in UEFA Cup | ||||
| Groups | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | R1 | QR | |
| 1st - 3rd | CH+RU | N3+N4 | - | - | CW+N5+N6 | - |
| 4th - 6th | CH+RU | N3 | - | - | CW+N4+N5 | - |
| 7th - 8th | CH | RU | - | - | CW+N3+N4+N5 | - |
| 9th | CH | RU | - | - | CW | N3 |
| 10th - 15th | - | CH | RU | - | CW | N3 |
| 16th - 17th | - | - | CH | - | CW | RU+N3 |
| 18th - 21st | - |
- | CH | - | - | CW+RU+N3 |
| 22nd - 26th | - | - | CH | - | - | CW+RU |
| 27th - 49th | - | - | - | CH | - | CW+RU |
| Liechtenstein | - | - | - | - | - | CW |
| Andorra | - | - | - | - | - | CH |
| San Marino | - | - | - | - | - | CH |
| Special Access | TH | - | - | - | TH + 3xUIC | 3xFP |
| Legend: Groups=1st Group Phase, R1=1st Round, QR=Qualification Round, Q1=1st
Qualification Round, Q2=2nd Qualification Round, Q3=3rd Qualification Round, CH=Champions, CW=Cup
Winners, RU=runners-up in national league, N3=finished 3rd in national league, N4=finished
4th in national league, N5=finished 5th in national league, N6=finished 6th in national
league, TH=trophy holders, UIC=qualifiers through UEFA Intertoto Cup, FP=Fair Play awards. |
| Country Rank and Club Participation (2004/05 - 2005/06) | |||||||
| Country Rank | Clubs in Champions' League | Clubs in UEFA Cup | |||||
| Groups | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | R1 | Q2 | Q1 | |
| 1st - 3rd | CH+RU | N3+N4 | - | - | CW+N5+N6 | - | - |
| 4th - 6th | CH+RU | N3 | - | - | CW+N4+N5 | - | - |
| 7th - 8th | CH | RU | - | - | CW+N3+N4+N5 | - | - |
| 9th | CH | RU | - | - | CW | N3 | - |
| 10th | - | CH | RU | - | CW | N3 | - |
| 11th - 15th | - | CH | RU | - | - | CW+N3 | - |
| 16th - 21st | - | - | CH | - | - | CW+RU+N3 | - |
| 22nd - 24th | - | - | CH | - | - | CW+RU | |
| 25th - 26th | - | - | CH | - | - | - | CW+RU |
| 27th - 49th | - | - | - | CH | - | - | CW+RU |
| Liechtenstein | - | - | - | - | - | - | CW |
| Andorra | - | - | - | - | - | - | CH |
| San Marino | - | - | - | - | - | - | CH |
| Special Access | TH | - | - | - | TH + 3xUIC | - | 3xFP |
| Legend: Groups=1st Group Phase, R1=1st Round, Q1=1st Qualification Round,
Q2=2nd Qualification Round, Q3=3rd Qualification Round, CH=Champions, CW=Cup
Winners, RU=runners-up in national league, N3=finished 3rd in national league, N4=finished
4th in national league, N5=finished 5th in national league, N6=finished 6th in national
league, TH=trophy holders, UIC=qualifiers through UEFA Intertoto Cup, FP=Fair Play awards. |
| Country Rank and Club Participation (2006/07 onwards) | |||||||
| Country Rank | Clubs in Champions' League | Clubs in UEFA Cup | |||||
| Groups | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | R1 | Q2 | Q1 | |
| 1st - 3rd | CH+RU | N3+N4 | - | - | CW+N5+N6 | - | - |
| 4th - 6th | CH+RU | N3 | - | - | CW+N4+N5 | - | - |
| 7th - 8th | CH | RU | - | - | CW+N3+N4+N5 | - | - |
| 9th | CH | RU | - | - | CW | N3 | - |
| 10th - 13th | - | CH | RU | - | CW | N3 | - |
| 14th - 15th | - | CH | RU | - | - | CW+N3 | - |
| 16th - 18th | - | - | CH | - | - | CW+RU | N3 |
| 19th - 22nd | - | - | CH | - | - | - | CW+RU+N3 |
| > 23rd | - | - | - | CH | - | - | CW+RU |
| Andorra | - | - | - | CH | - | - | CW |
| San Marino | - | - | - | CH | - | - | CW |
| Liechtenstein | - | - | - | - | - | - | CW |
| Special Access | TH | - | - | - | TH | 11xUIC | 3xFP |
| Legend: Groups=1st Group Phase, R1=1st Round, Q1=1st Qualification Round,
Q2=2nd Qualification Round, Q3=3rd Qualification Round, CH=Champions, CW=Cup
Winners, RU=runners-up in national league, N3=finished 3rd in national league, N4=finished
4th in national league, N5=finished 5th in national league, N6=finished 6th in national
league, TH=trophy holders, UIC=qualifiers through UEFA Intertoto Cup, FP=Fair Play awards. |
| Rating System |
| For the purposes of this classification, each team receives two points for every win and one point for every draw made in their European matches (since the 2003/04 season, these points are halved for the matches of the qualification rounds). Furthermore, teams which reach the quarterfinals, the semifinals or the final of each competition are awarded an extra bonus point for each such round. Clubs participating in the Group Phase of the Champions' League receive one more bonus point (for the seasons 1991/92, 1992/93 and 1993/94 two points were awarded). As of the 2004/05 season, teams are awarded with three bonus points for reaching the Group Phase and one more bonus point for reaching the first knock-out round of the Champions' League. Each year, the total points accumulated by the clubs of any given country are added together and then divided by the number of the clubs participated in the competitions for the country in question. The result represents the country's points for that specific year. The sum of these points over the evaluated five-years period determines the country's position in UEFA's country ranking. |
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