A national association receives points for success of his club teams in UEFA competitions, so wins, draws and the achievement of certain rounds. The counters for all clubs are added and divided by the number of participating clubs of the national association. The result is after the third decimal place basically rounded (no "commercial" rounding).
Points are scored only ever actually been games. Should a game be decided "on the drawing board," said this no counter will be awarded. In addition, always only the result counts after 90 or 120 minutes of playing time. A possible penalty shoot-out will not be considered in the allocation counter.
Counted are only clubs which have achieved a minimum qualification for the Champions League or Europa League. A club, who retired already to 2008 discharged UI Cup, was not counted.
The coefficients determined in this way should make the respective skill level of the various nations comparable, although they may exert a different number of teams in the field of participants, depending on the starting position. These coefficients are summed over five seasons and yield the UEFA five year ranking. Each year the oldest ranking falls out from the valuation and is replaced by the current one.
Scoring:
- Victory in the Champions League / Europa League: 2 points
- Draw in the Champions League / Europa League: 1 point
- Qualifying win the Champions League / Europa League: 1 point
- Draw in the qualifying of the Champions League / Europa League: ½ point
Additional bonus points are awarded for the achievement of Rounds:
- 4 bonus points for participating in the Champions League group stage.
- 5 bonus points for reaching the second round of the Champions League.
- Always get a bonus point for reaching the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals in both the Champions League and the Europa League.
Allocation of the slots:
- Pos 1–3: three fixed Champions League places, a place in the Champions League qualifiers, two Europa League places (3/1/2)
- Pos 4–6: 2/1/2
- Pos 7–9: 1/1/3
- Pos 10–12: 1/1/2
- Pos 13–15: 0/2/2
- Pos 16–51: 0/1/2
- Pos 52–53: 0/1/1
Exception: Liechtenstein occurs only at the national cup winner, since no separate league operation is performed.
Addition, there is one representative for the Europa League, which qualified through the national cup competition.
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