UEFA coefficient

In European football, the UEFA coefficients are statistics based in weighted arithmetic means used for ranking and seeding teams in club and international competitions. Introduced in 1979 for men's football tournaments (country rankings only),^[1][2] and after applied in women's football and futsal, the coefficients are calculated by UEFA, who administer football within Europe, and the Asian parts of some transcontinental countries.

The confederation publishes three types of rankings: one analysing a single season, a five-year span, and a ten-year span. For men's competitions, three sets of coefficients are calculated:

• National team coefficient: used during 1997–2017 to rank national teams, for seeding in the UEFA Euro qualifying and finals tournaments. UEFA decided after 2017, instead to seed national teams based on the:
  • Overall ranking of the biennial UEFA Nations League for the seeded draw of groups in the UEFA Euro qualification stage.
  • Overall ranking of the UEFA Euro qualification stage for the seeded draw of groups in the UEFA Euro final tournament.
• Association coefficient: used to rank the collective performance of the clubs of each member association, for assigning the number of places, and at what stage clubs enter the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Conference League.
• Club coefficient (since 1990): used to rank individual clubs, for seeding in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (until 1999) and UEFA Conference League (since 2021). For the expanded format of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA has used a mixed style of seeding for the competition, with the winners of the 2021–2024 Champions League each receiving a place and the other 8 teams being chosen based on their UEFA Club Coefficient.^[3]

The association coefficient is used to rank the football associations of Europe, and thus determine the number of clubs from an association that will participate in the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Conference League.

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 rankings at the end of the 2022–23 season determine the team allocation by association in the 2024–25 (not 2023–24) UEFA season. This is unrelated to the selection of teams which will fill each allocation through the individual association leagues and national cups (which is decided in the preceding season).

This coefficient is determined by the results of the clubs of the associations in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Conference League games over the past five seasons. Two points are awarded for each win by a club, and one for a draw (points are halved in the qualifying rounds). Results determined by extra time do count in determining the allocation of points, but results determined by penalty shootouts do not affect the allocation of points, other than for bonus points given for qualification into the latter rounds. The number of points awarded each season is divided by the number of teams that participated for that association in that season. This number is calculated to three decimal places then truncated (e.g. 2+2⁄3 would be truncated to 2.666).^[4][5]

To determine an association's coefficient for a particular season, the coefficients for the last five seasons are added. Bonus points are added to the number of points scored in a season. Bonus points are allocated for:^[6]

Bonus Points

UEFA uses this coefficient system to decide which teams gain automatic entry to the league phase and which teams must go through qualifying. For instance, the teams who occupy the top four league places in the associations ranked 1 to 4 in UEFA competition, the top two teams of the association ranked 5 and 6, and the champions in the associations ranked 7 to 10 gain automatic entry into the league phase for the following season's Champions League competition.

The ranking below takes into account of each association's performance in European competitions from 2020–21 to 2024–25, with the 2024–25 season underway. The final ranking at the end of the 2024–25 season will be used to determine the minimum number of places for each association in the 2026–27 UEFA club competitions.

The two highest annual coefficients from the 2023–24 season and onward will be used to determine two additional European Performance Spots in the Champions League for the next season.

As of 7 November 2024, the coefficients are as follows:^[7][8]

Ranking			Member association (L: League, C: Cup, LC: League Cup)	Coefficient						Teams[a]	Places in 2026–27 season[b]
2025	2024	Mvmt		2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	Total		CL	EL	CO	Total
1	1	–	England (L, C, LC[c])	24.357	21.000	23.000	17.375	9.428	95.160	7/7	4	2	1	7
2	2	–	Italy (L, C)	16.285	15.714	22.357	21.000	8.750	84.106	8/8
3	3	–	Spain (L, C)	19.500	18.428	16.571	16.062	7.857	78.418	7/7
4	4	–	Germany (L, C)	15.214	16.214	17.125	19.357	8.375	76.285	8/8
5	5	–	France (L, C)	7.916	18.416	12.583	16.250	8.071	63.236	6/7
6	6	–	Netherlands (L, C)	9.200	19.200	13.500	10.000	6.666	58.566	5/6	3	2	1	6
7	7	–	Portugal (L, C)	9.600	12.916	12.500	11.000	9.200	55.216	5/5	2	2	1	5
8	8	–	Belgium (L, C)	6.000	6.600	14.200	14.400	7.400	48.600	5/5
9	10	+1	Czechia (L, C)	6.600	6.700	6.750	13.500	7.500	41.050	4/5
10	9	–1	Türkiye (L, C)	3.100	6.700	11.800	12.000	5.700	39.300	4/5
11	14	+3	Norway (L, C)	6.500	7.625	5.750	8.000	5.375	33.250	2/4
12	13	+1	Austria (L, C)	6.700	10.400	4.900	4.800	6.200	33.000	4/5
13	11	–2	Scotland (L, C)	8.500	7.900	3.500	6.400	5.000	31.300	3/5	2	1	2	5
14	15	+1	Greece (L, C)	5.100	8.000	2.125	11.400	4.625	31.250	3/4
15	12	–3	Switzerland (L, C)	5.125	7.750	8.500	5.200	4.600	31.175	3/5
16	16	–	Denmark (L, C)	4.125	7.800	5.900	8.500	4.750	31.075	2/4	1	1	2	4
17	17	–	Israel (L, C)	7.000	6.750	6.250	8.750	1.875	30.625	1/4
18	21	+3	Poland (L, C)	4.000	4.625	7.750	6.875	6.375	29.625	2/4
19	20	+1	Croatia (L, C)	5.900	6.000	3.375	5.875	5.125	26.275	1/4
20	19	–1	Serbia (L, C)	5.500	9.500	5.375	1.400	2.300	24.075	2/5
21	18	–3	Ukraine (L, C)	6.800	4.200	5.700	4.100	2.600	23.400	2/5
22	25	+3	Sweden (L, C)	2.500	5.125	6.250	1.875	6.250	22.000	3/4
23	24	+1	Hungary (L, C)	4.250	2.750	5.875	4.500	4.625	22.000	1/4
24	23	–1	Cyprus (L, C)	4.000	4.125	5.100	3.750	5.000	21.975	3/4
25	29	+4	Slovakia (L, C)	1.500	4.125	6.000	5.000	4.625	21.250	1/4
26	26	–	Romania (L, C)	3.750	2.250	6.250	3.250	4.625	20.125	1/4
27	28	+1	Azerbaijan (L, C)	2.500	4.375	4.000	5.875	2.875	19.625	1/4
28	27	–1	Bulgaria (L, C)	4.000	3.375	4.500	4.375	2.875	19.125	1/4
29	22	–7	Russia (L, C)[Note RUS]	4.333	5.300	4.333[d]	4.333[d]	0.000[e]	18.299	0/0
30	30	–	Slovenia (L, C)	2.250	3.000	2.125	3.875	5.125	16.375	2/4
31	31	–	Moldova (L, C)	1.375	5.250	3.750	2.000	1.625	14.000	1/4
32	35	+3	Republic of Ireland (L, C)	1.875	2.875	3.375	1.500	3.625	13.250	1/4
33	41	+8	Iceland (L, C)	0.625	1.500	3.000	3.833	3.375	12.333	1/4
34	32	–2	Kosovo (L, C)	1.833	2.333	2.875	3.000	2.000	12.041	0/4	1	0	3	4
35	36	+1	Armenia (L, C)	1.375	1.875	2.375	2.250	4.125	12.000	1/4
36	37	+1	Latvia (L, C)	1.375	2.625	2.750	1.625	3.375	11.750	1/4
37	34	–3	Finland (L, C)	1.375	3.750	2.625	1.750	2.000	11.500	1/4
38	39	+1	Bosnia and Herzegovina (L, C)	2.625	1.625	2.000	2.250	2.500	11.000	1/4
39	38	–1	Faroe Islands (L, C)	2.750	1.500	2.250	2.750	1.500	10.750	0/4
40	33	–7	Kazakhstan (L, C)	1.000	2.875	1.125	3.125	2.500	10.625	1/4
41	45	+4	Malta (L, C)	1.500	1.875	2.625	1.500	1.000	8.500	0/4
42	44	+2	Lithuania (L, C)	1.625	1.750	2.375	1.125	1.375	8.250	0/4
43	40	–3	Liechtenstein (C)[f]	0.500	0.000	6.500	0.500	0.500	8.000	0/1	0	0	1	1
44	48	+4	Estonia (L, C)	1.375	3.666	1.166	0.125	1.625	7.957	0/4	1	0	3	4
45	47	+2	Albania (L, C)	2.000	1.625	0.875	2.125	1.250	7.875	0/4
46	42	–4	Northern Ireland (L, C)	2.833	1.625	1.250	1.125	1.000	7.833	1/4
47	53	+6	Montenegro (L, C)	1.625	0.750	1.000	1.333	2.500	7.208	0/3
48	43	–5	Luxembourg (L, C)	1.000	1.250	1.125	2.250	1.250	6.875	0/4
49	52	+3	Wales (L, C)	1.500	1.500	1.166	0.625	2.000	6.791	1/4
50	46	–4	Georgia (L, C)	1.750	1.250	1.125	1.250	1.250	6.625	0/4
51	50	–1	North Macedonia (L, C)	1.750	0.625	1.625	1.500	0.666	6.166	0/3	1	0	2	3
52	49	–3	Belarus (L, C)	1.500	0.250	0.625	1.750	1.375	5.500	1/4
53	51	–2	Andorra (L, C)	0.666	1.500	0.666	1.666	1.000	5.498	0/3
54	54	–	Gibraltar (L, C)	1.666	1.250	0.875	0.166	1.500	5.457	0/3
55	55	–	San Marino (L, C)	0.500	0.166	0.833	0.333	0.666	2.498	0/3

Notes

According to the UEFA regulations a National League needs to consist of at least eight clubs to be considered valid, otherwise no participants of such a league will be allowed to enter European competitions.

• There are only seven clubs that are active in Liechtenstein, all of which play in neighbouring Switzerland's league competitions.
• Prior to the introduction of the Welsh Premier League, now known as Cymru Premier, in 1992, Wales also had a single participant in European competitions, the winner (or best placed Welsh team as several English teams also competed) of the Welsh Cup, in the now defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, two-legged ties in the knockout stages of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League and 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, and in the qualifying stages of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League and 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, were changed to single-leg matches. In those cases where there was such a change in format, the following points were awarded instead:^[17][18]

• 3 points for a win (1.5 points for qualifying and play-off matches)
• 2 points for a draw (1 point for qualifying and play-off matches)
• 1 point for a loss (0.5 points for qualifying and play-off matches)

This translates to the original system (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) by considering the "unplayed leg" as a draw.

The following is the default access list for the 2024–25 and future seasons.^[19] Rankings in table exclude Liechtenstein.^[a]

The following was the default access list from the 2021–22 season through the 2023–24 season.^[20][21] Rankings in table exclude Liechtenstein.^[a]

Following the introduction of the UEFA Cup in 1971, the competition began to grow in complexity having more clubs than the European Champions Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup, reaching up to four from a single country. UEFA began to publish association rankings in 1979,^[1][2] to identify the number of participants for each association in the UEFA Cup.

Subsequently, for statistical purposes, various rankings were introduced to portray the history of the associations. According to the prorated (extended) calculation system, only four associations have succeeded in being ranked as the top European association.^[1]

Following the Heysel Stadium disaster, all English teams were banned from UEFA competitions in 1985. The ban was only lifted after five seasons, with the knock-on effects continuing to impact on English football for a total of nine years from 1986 to 1994.^[22] Having been top in 1985, England were un-ranked in 1990^[23] and would not regain the top position until 2008.^[24]

The following data indicates the three top-ranked associations in each five-year period.^[25] Data prior to 1975–1979 period has been calculated, but precedes the first published by the Confederation and has merely informative value.^[25] Note that the table take into account the results from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which was a non-UEFA competition that took place until 1971, whose teams in the first editions were representing cities instead of clubs.

Years	1st place	Coeff.	2nd place	Coeff.	3rd place	Coeff.
1956–1960	Spain	70.833	France	40.500	Italy	36.500
1957–1961		68.333	England	41.666		36.500
1958–1962		71.933		34.666		31.500
1959–1963		68.433	Italy	32.500	Scotland	32.250
1960–1964		66.833		39.700		35.750
1961–1965		52.333		43.128	England	38.849
1962–1966		53.333	England	42.682	Hungary	39.999
1963–1967	England	45.482	Spain	41.733	Italy	41.728
1964–1968		49.016	Hungary	43.665	Spain	41.566
1965–1969		53.701		53.665	Scotland	38.366
1966–1970		51.951		46.415		39.566
1967–1971		51.660		40.999	Italy	40.094
1968–1972		53.431		41.666		38.660
1969–1973		53.231	Netherlands	41.200		37.593
1970–1974		54.279		43.500	West Germany	39.664
1971–1975		47.779	West Germany	46.331	Netherlands	45.200
1972–1976	West Germany	48.950	Netherlands	43.600	England	43.570
1973–1977		51.902	England	41.999	Netherlands	39.450
1974–1978		48.783	Netherlands	43.450	England	38.332
1975–1979		52.617		39.200	Belgium	38.300
1976–1980		53.998	England	38.426		37.300
1977–1981		52.284		38.760	Spain	36.999
1978–1982		51.999		37.902	Netherlands	35.466
1979–1983		54.118	Spain	34.999	England	34.426
1980–1984		43.618	England	37.950	Spain	32.199
1981–1985	England	41.093	Italy	38.800	West Germany	37.070
1982–1986	Italy	39.466	West Germany	37.332	Soviet Union	36.516
1983–1987		41.716	Soviet Union	37.250	West Germany	36.332
1984–1988		41.082		37.550		36.165
1985–1989		42.498	West Germany	41.093	Spain	40.999
1986–1990	West Germany	45.427	Italy	43.212		42.666
1987–1991	Italy	48.171	West Germany	43.594		38.666
1988–1992		52.837		42.927		40.266
1989–1993		60.337	France	40.450	West Germany	39.403
1990–1994		62.313		45.150	Germany	41.641
1991–1995		63.884		45.283	Germany	40.307
1992–1996		61.259		45.408	Spain	43.932
1993–1997		60.735	Spain	46.532	France	45.733
1994–1998		59.640	Germany	49.932	Spain	48.580
1995–1999		57.212	Spain	49.628	Germany	45.498
1996–2000	Spain	59.599	Italy	55.927		46.403
1997–2001		65.210		56.239	England	51.288
1998–2002		68.467		58.668		55.459
1999–2003		75.539		62.311		58.340
2000–2004		79.851	England	62.153	Italy	59.186
2001–2005		73.717		63.224		61.186
2002–2006		72.748	Italy	66.731	England	63.486
2003–2007		76.891	England	68.540	Italy	66.088
2004–2008	England	75.749	Spain	75.266		60.410
2005–2009		79.499		74.266		62.910
2006–2010		81.856		79.757		64.338
2007–2011		85.785		82.329	Germany	69.436
2008–2012		84.410		84.186		75.186
2009–2013	Spain	88.025	England	82.963		79.614
2010–2014		97.713		84.748		81.641
2011–2015		99.999		80.391		79.415
2012–2016		105.713	Germany	80.177	England	76.284
2013–2017		104.998		79.498		75.962
2014–2018		106.998	England	79.605	Italy	76.249
2015–2019		103.569		85.462		74.725
2016–2020		102.283		90.462	Germany	74.784
2017–2021	England	100.569	Spain	97.855	Italy	75.438
2018–2022		106.641		96.141		76.902
2019–2023		109.570		92.998	Germany	82.481
2020–2024		104.303	Italy	90.284	Spain	89.489

The table shows the ranking of nations with respect to the total number of years in the top three of the rankings:

As of 1 June 2024

Association	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
England	19	17	10	46
Spain	23	12	10	45
Italy	13	11	17	41
West Germany/Germany	10	8	16	34
Netherlands	0	5	3	8
France	0	5	1	6
Hungary
Scotland	0	0	4	4
Soviet Union	0	2	1	3
Belgium	0	0	2	2

The ranking below takes into account of each association's performance in European competitions from 2020–21 to 2024–25, with the 2024–25 season currently taking place.

The final ranking at the end of the 2024–25 season will be used to determine the number of places for each association in the 2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions League.

As of 13 November 2024 the coefficients are as follows:^[26]

Ranking			Member association (L: League)	Coefficient						Teams[a]	Places in 2026–27 season
2025	2024	Mvmt		2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	Total		UCL	New Comp.	Total
1	1	–	France (L)	15.000	16.333	10.000	17.000	5.333	63.666	1/3	3	0	3
2	3	+1	Spain (L)	15.500	13.666	13.000	11.000	5.833	58.999	2/3
3	2	–1	Germany (L)	16.500	14.666	14.000	7.333	5.833	58.332	2/3
4	4	–	England (L)	17.500	9.000	13.333	8.666	9.333	57.832	3/3
5	6	+1	Italy (L)	5.000	8.500	12.500	5.000	5.666	36.666	2/3
6	5	–1	Portugal (L)	3.000	7.000	8.000	12.000	3.000	33.000	0/2
7	7	–	Sweden (L)	7.500	3.666	2.833	6.500	3.500	23.999	1/3
8	10	+2	Norway (L)	5.500	2.500	3.000	8.500	3.000	22.500	1/2	2	1
9	12	+3	Austria (L)	9.000	2.000	4.250	3.000	2.500	20.750	1/2
10	11	+1	Netherlands (L)	3.000	2.500	2.500	8.000	4.000	20.000	1/2
11	8	–3	Czechia (L)	7.000	2.333	3.333	4.166	2.500	19.332	0/2
12	13	+1	Ukraine (L)	5.000	7.000	3.000	2.000	2.000	19.000	0/2
13	9	–4	Denmark (L)	7.000	2.750	2.000	1.500	1.500	14.750	0/2
14	18	+4	Switzerland (L)	3.000	2.500	2.750	3.000	3.000	14.250	0/1		0	2
15	20	+5	Albania (L)	2.000	3.000	4.000	2.000	2.000	13.000	0/1
16	16	–	Scotland (L)	3.000	2.000	2.000	2.500	2.500	12.000	1/2
17	21	+4	Cyprus (L)	2.000	3.000	2.000	3.000	2.000	12.000	0/1
18	15	–3	Iceland (L)	2.000	3.250	2.250	2.250	2.000	11.750	0/2	1	1
19	19	–	Serbia (L)	3.000	2.000	2.000	3.000	1.500	11.500	0/1
20	14	–6	Belarus (L)	5.000	1.500	2.000	1.500	1.250	11.250	0/2
21	22	+1	Belgium (L)	2.000	2.000	2.000	2.000	3.000	11.000	0/1
22	28	+6	Slovenia (L)	3.000	2.000	1.500	1.500	3.000	11.000	0/1
23	30	+7	Croatia (L)	1.000	3.000	1.500	2.000	3.000	10.500	0/1
24	27	+3	Romania (L)	2.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2.000	10.000	0/1
25	25	–	Bosnia and Herzegovina (L)	2.000	1.500	3.000	1.500	2.000	10.000	0/1		0	1
26	17	–9	Kazakhstan (L)	3.500	1.500	1.500	1.250	2.000	9.750	0/1
27	34	+7	Türkiye (L)	1.000	1.500	1.500	1.500	4.000	9.500	1/1
28	24	–4	Finland (L)	1.000	2.000	3.000	2.000	1.500	9.500	0/1
29	35	+6	Greece (L)	1.000	2.000	2.000	2.000	2.000	9.000	0/1
30	31	+1	Lithuania (L)	2.000	2.000	1.000	2.000	2.000	9.000	0/1
31	26	–5	Hungary (L)	2.000	2.000	1.500	1.500	2.000	9.000	0/1
32	29	–3	Poland (L)	3.000	1.500	1.500	1.500	1.500	9.000	0/1
33	37	+4	Georgia (L)	3.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1.500	8.500	0/1
34	32	–2	Republic of Ireland (L)	1.000	1.500	2.000	1.500	2.000	8.000	0/1
35	43	+8	Malta (L)	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.000	2.000	7.500	0/1
36	41	+5	Luxembourg (L)	1.000	2.000	1.500	1.500	1.500	7.500	0/1
37	23	–14	Russia (L)[Note RUS1]	2.000	1.750	1.750[b]	1.750[b]	0.000[c]	7.250	0/0
38	36	–2	Israel (L)	1.000	1.000	2.000	2.000	1.000	7.000	0/1
39	40	+1	Bulgaria (L)	2.000	1.500	1.500	1.000	1.000	7.000	0/1
40	33	–7	Kosovo (L)	1.000	1.500	1.500	1.000	1.500	6.500	0/1
41	44	+3	Latvia (L)	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.000	1.000	6.500	0/1
42	38	–4	Montenegro (L)	1.000	1.500	1.500	1.500	1.000	6.500	0/1
43	39	–4	Slovakia (L)	1.000	1.500	2.000	1.000	1.000	6.500	0/1
44	45	+1	Estonia (L)	1.000	1.500	1.000	1.000	1.500	6.000	0/1
44	45	+1	Northern Ireland (L)	1.000	1.500	1.000	1.000	1.500	6.000	0/1
46	48	+2	North Macedonia (L)	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.500	5.500	0/1
47	47	–	Moldova (L)	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.500	1.000	5.500	0/1
48	42	–6	Wales (L)	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	5.000	0/1
48	48	–	Faroe Islands (L)	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	5.000	0/1
50	50	–	Armenia (L)	1.000	1.000	1.000	No entry[c]	1.000	4.000	0/1
51	NR	–	Azerbaijan (L)	No entry[c]				1.000	1.000	0/1
–[d]			Gibraltar (L)	No entry[c]					(NR)[d]	0/0
–[d]			Andorra (NL)[e]	No entry[c]					(NR)[d]	0/0	NL
–[d]			Liechtenstein (NL)[e]	No entry[c]					(NR)[d]	0/0
–[d]			San Marino (NL)[e]	No entry[c]					(NR)[d]	0/0

Notes

The following data indicates the three top-ranked women's associations in each five-year period.

Years	1st place	Coeff.	2nd place	Coeff.	3rd place	Coeff.
2000–2004	Sweden	25.500	Germany	24.000	Denmark	17.500
2001–2005	Germany	25.000	Sweden	22.250		15.500
2002–2006		25.750		19.750	France	11.500
2003–2007		22.000		20.750	England	17.500
2004–2008		37.000		33.750		24.000
2005–2009		37.000		33.750	France	24.500
2006–2010		70.666		69.500		63.000
2007–2011		75.666	France	65.000	Sweden	65.000
2008–2012		85.166		80.000		61.000
2009–2013	France	84.500	Germany	83.166		58.500
2010–2014	Germany	91.666	France	78.500		61.500
2011–2015		96.000		76.000		61.500
2012–2016		89.500		77.000		65.500
2013–2017		86.000		80.000		61.500
2014–2018		83.000		78.000	England	59.000
2015–2019	France	90.500	Germany	77.500		53.500
2016–2020		94.000		73.000	Spain	56.500
2017–2021		92.000		75.500	England	68.500
2018–2022		87.333		75.666	Spain	65.166
2019–2023		80.833		76.666		71.166
2020–2024		78.333		68.999		68.166

The table shows the ranking of nations with respect to the total number of years in the top three of the rankings:

As of May 2024

League	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Germany	13	8	0	21
France	7	7	3	17
Sweden	1	6	7	14
England	0	0	5	5
Spain	0	0	4	4
Denmark	0	0	2	2

Introduced first in 1990^[29] with various calculation principles applied throughout the years,^[30] currently the club coefficient is either the sum of the points earned by the club in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League over the previous five seasons or 20% of the club's association coefficient over the same period, whichever coefficient is higher.^[31] This ranking is used by UEFA to determine a club's seeding in club competition draws, including the qualifying and group stages of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Conference League.

The clubs receive two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a defeat in games of the main stages of the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League. Results determined after extra-time are included in this method, however results determined after penalty shoot-outs are not (the result is considered a draw). Bonus points for entering the Europa League or Conference League group stage / league phase are not additional to win/draw points; they provide a minimum points allowance for participating clubs, whereas bonus points for entering the Champions League group stage / league phase (and those for qualifying to the knockout stage) are additional to win/draw points.

Qualifying round results are only taken into account if the club is eliminated in one of the rounds (see table below). Otherwise, the qualifying round results are taken into account only for the calculation of the association's coefficient and are halved.^[32] The clubs do not receive any points for elimination in the Champions League or Europa League qualifying because those clubs move to the Europa League and/or Conference League and receive points from participation in that competition.^[33][34]

The ranking below takes into account of each club's performance in European competitions from 2020–21 to 2024–25, with the 2024–25 season underway.

The top 25 clubs as of 7 November 2024 are as follows.^[35][36]

Ranking			Club	Association	Coefficient
2025	2024	Mvmt			2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	Total
1	1	–	Manchester City	England	35.0	27.0	33.0	28.0	11.0	134.0
2	3	+1	Real Madrid	Spain	26.0	30.0	29.0	34.0	10.0	129.0
3	2	–1	Bayern Munich	Germany	27.0	26.0	27.0	28.0	10.0	118.0
4	5	+1	Liverpool	England	24.0	33.0	19.0	20.0	14.0	110.0
5	4	–1	Paris Saint-Germain	France	24.0	19.0	19.0	23.0	9.0	94.0
6	6	–	Roma	Italy	24.0	23.0	22.0	21.0	4.0	94.0
7	8	+1	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	22.0	10.0	17.0	29.0	12.0	91.0
8	7	–1	Inter Milan	Italy	9.0	18.0	29.0	20.0	13.0	89.0
9	10	+1	Chelsea	England	33.0	25.0	21.0	0.0[a]	6.0	85.0
10	13	+3	Bayer Leverkusen	Germany	10.0	14.0	19.0	29.0	11.0	83.0
11	16	+5	Villarreal	Spain	30.0	24.0	12.0	16.0	0.0[a]	82.0
12	12	–	Barcelona	Spain	20.0	15.0	9.0	23.0	12.0	79.0
13	20	+7	Benfica	Portugal	10.0	20.0	25.0	14.0	10.0	79.0
14	14	–	Atlético Madrid	Spain	16.0	19.0	8.0	24.0	10.0	77.0
15	9	–6	RB Leipzig	Germany	17.0	17.0	18.0	18.0	6.0	76.0
16	11	–5	Manchester United	England	26.0	18.0	19.0	7.0	5.0	75.0
17	17	–	Atalanta	Italy	17.0	16.0	0.0[a]	28.0	12.0	73.0
18	22	+4	Arsenal	England	23.0	0.0[a]	17.0	22.0	11.0	73.0
19	21	+2	Porto	Portugal	23.0	10.0	18.0	19.0	3.0	73.0
20	19	–1	Juventus	Italy	21.0	20.0	17.0	0.0[a]	11.0	69.0
21	23	+2	West Ham United	England	0.0[a]	21.0	29.0	19.0	0.0[a]	69.0
22	29	+7	Milan	Italy	12.0	7.0	24.0	15.0	10.0	68.0
23	25	+2	Club Brugge	Belgium	11.0	7.0	17.0	21.0	10.0	66.0
24	30	+6	Feyenoord	Netherlands	4.0	24.0	17.0	8.0	10.0	63.0
25	24	–1	Ajax	Netherlands	19.0	22.0	8.0	5.0	7.0	61.0

Prior to the 2018 club rankings, teams received the sum of their points earned over the last five seasons plus 20% of the club's association coefficient.^[32][33]

Before 1999 a number of strong teams in the UEFA Cup were seeded such that those teams did not meet in the first two rounds. To determine these teams, the sum of the ratio of the number of points achieved to the number of games played by each team, was calculated for the past five seasons ^{[citation needed]}

The following data indicate the top-ranked clubs in each 5-year period.^[25] Data prior to 1975–1979 period has been calculated, but precedes the first published by the Confederation and has merely informative value.^[25]

Years Club Coeff. 1975–1979 Borussia Mönchengladbach 8.402 1976–1980 7.985 1977–1981 Barcelona 7.652 1978–1982 7.832 1979–1983 7.998 1980–1984 Liverpool 8.277 1981–1985 9.054 1982–1986 Anderlecht 7.915 Juventus 7.915 1983–1987 8.665 1984–1988 8.388 1985–1989 Bayern Munich 7.846 1986–1990 8.096 1987–1991 Juventus 8.291 1988–1992 Real Madrid 7.975 1989–1993 7.850 1990–1994 7.600 1991–1995 7.266 1992–1996 Ajax 9.124 1993–1997 Juventus 8.719 1994–1998 Paris Saint-Germain 8.716 1995–1999 Juventus 121.606 1996–2000 109.963 1997–2001 Real Madrid 114.605 1998–2002 147.233 1999–2003 151.769 2000–2004 146.350 2001–2005 131.326 2002–2006 Milan 129.020 2003–2007 133.808 2004–2008 Chelsea 124.996 2005–2009 Barcelona 121.853 2006–2010 136.951 2007–2011 Manchester United 151.157 2008–2012 Barcelona 157.837 2009–2013 157.605 2010–2014 Real Madrid 161.542 2011–2015 171.999 2012–2016 176.142 2013–2017 176.999 2014–2018 162.000 2015–2019 146.000 2016–2020 Bayern Munich 136.000 2017–2021 134.000 2018–2022 138.000 2019–2023 Manchester City 145.000 2020–2024 148.000

Top-rated clubs listed by number of times they were top-ranked over a 5-year period since the first period officially analysed (1975–1979):

Rank	Club	Total
1	Real Madrid	15
2	Juventus	7
	Barcelona
4	Bayern Munich	5
5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2
	Liverpool
	Manchester City
	Milan
9	Ajax	1
	Anderlecht
	Chelsea
	Manchester United
	Paris Saint-Germain

A club's five-season coefficient is the cumulative total of its five-season coefficients from the reference period and 20% of its association's five-season association's coefficient.^[37] This ranking is used by UEFA to determine a club's seeding in club competition draws, including the qualifying and group stages of the UEFA Women's Champions League.

The distribution of points is symmetrical to the distribution of points in association ranking.

The ranking below takes into account of each team's performance in European competitions from 2020–21 to 2024–25, with the 2024–25 season starting 4 September 2024.

The top 25 clubs as of 13 November 2024 are as follows:^[38]

Ranking			Club	Association	Coefficient
2025	2024	Mvmt			2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	Club	Assn. Part	Total
1	1	–	Barcelona	Spain	22.0	25.0	26.0	26.0	8.0	107.0	11.799	118.799
2	2	–	Lyon	France	15.0	25.0	15.0	25.0	10.0	90.0	12.733	102.733
3	6	+3	Chelsea	England	20.0	12.0	20.0	21.0	10.0	83.0	11.566	94.566
4	5	+1	Bayern Munich	Germany	20.0	15.0	17.0	10.0	10.0	72.0	11.666	83.666
5	3	–2	Paris Saint-Germain	France	15.0	21.0	13.0	17.0	3.0	69.0	12.733	81.733
6	4	–2	Wolfsburg	Germany	13.0	19.0	23.0	3.0	6.0	64.0	11.666	75.666
7	7	–	Arsenal	England	0.0[a]	12.0	18.0	2.0	8.0	40.0	11.566	51.566
8	8	–	Real Madrid	Spain	0.0[a]	13.0	10.0	5.0	8.0	36.0	11.799	47.799
9	10	+1	Juventus	Italy	3.0	15.0	11.0	2.0	6.0	37.0	7.333	44.333
10	9	–1	Manchester City	England	15.0	3.0	2.0	0.0[a]	10.0	30.0	11.566	41.566
11	11	–	Benfica	Portugal	3.0	7.0	8.0	12.0	3.0	33.0	6.600	39.600
12	17	+5	Roma	Italy	0.0[a]	0.0[a]	14.0	8.0	8.0	30.0	7.333	37.333
13	12	–1	Häcken	Sweden	3.0	6.0	3.0	13.0	3.0	28.0	4.799	32.799
14	15	+1	St. Pölten	Austria	9.0	2.0	7.0	5.0	4.0	27.0	4.150	31.150
15	16	+1	Rosengård	Sweden	12.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	0.0[a]	24.0	4.799	28.799
16	14	–2	Slavia Praha	Czechia	4.0	3.0	6.0	8.0	3.0	24.0	3.866	27.866
17	18	+1	Paris FC	France	0.0[a]	0.0[a]	2.0	9.0	3.0	14.0	12.733	26.733
18	23	+5	Ajax	Netherlands	3.0	0.0[a]	3.0	13.0	2.0	21.0	4.000	25.000
19	19	–	Sparta Praha	Czechia	10.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.0	21.0	3.866	24.866
20	21	+1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	0.0[a]	0.0[a]	2.0	9.0	1.5	12.5	11.666	24.166
21	13	–8	Atlético Madrid	Spain	9.0	0.0[a]	0.0[a]	0.0[a]	1.5	10.5	11.799	22.299
22	22	–	1899 Hoffenheim	Germany	0.0[a]	10.0	0.0[a]	0.0[a]	0.0[a]	10.0	11.666	21.666
23	27	+4	Brann	Norway	0.0[a]	0.0[a]	3.0	14.0	0.0[a]	17.0	4.500	21.500
24	38	+14	Vålerenga	Norway	5.0	3.0	0.0[a]	3.0	4.0	15.0	4.500	19.500
25	31	+6	Twente	Netherlands	0.0[a]	3.0	2.0	3.0	6.0	14.0	4.000	18.000

The following data indicate the top-ranked women's clubs in each 5-year period.

Years	Club	Coeff.
2001–2005	Umeå	68.250
2002–2006	Turbine Potsdam	59.750
2003–2007		64.000
2004–2008	Frankfurt	99.000
2005–2009		86.000
2006–2010	Umeå	94.750
2007–2011	Lyon	94.450
2008–2012		123.400
2009–2013		132.885
2010–2014		127.905
2011–2015		115.080
2012–2016	Wolfsburg	116.535
2013–2017		129.380
2014–2018		125.390
2015–2019	Lyon	129.865
2016–2020		143.020
2017–2021		124.400
2018–2022		128.466
2019–2023	Barcelona	126.233
2020–2024		130.633

Top-rated women's clubs listed by number of times they were top-ranked over a 5-year period since the first period officially analysed (2001–2005):

Rank	Club	Total
1	Lyon	9
2	Wolfsburg	3
3	Barcelona	2
	Frankfurt
	Turbine Potsdam
	Umeå

UEFA calculates coefficients for each association that takes part in the UEFA Regions' Cup. These coefficients are calculated to compile ranking lists that are used to determine the round in which each team enters the competition and to seed the teams for the draws. The coefficient ranking list is established for the preliminary and intermediate round draws on the basis of the associations’ results in the three most recent completed seasons at the time of the draws. For the 2022–23 competition, the coefficient ranking list is therefore based on the associations' results in the seasons 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2018–19.^[39]

As of 8 December 2021 the coefficients are as follows:^[40]

Rank	Member association	Coefficient				Pots
		2014–15	2016–17	2018–19	Total
1	Turkey	5.000	4.333	5.000	14.333	A
2	Croatia	5.000	6.000	3.000	14.000
3	Republic of Ireland	6.000	5.000	1.667	12.667
4	Poland	4.333	3.000	5.000	12.333
5	Germany	5.000	2.667	4.667	12.333
6	Czechia	4.333	3.667	4.333	12.333
7	Spain	3.000	4.000	5.000	12.000
8	Russia	3.000	4.333	4.333	11.667
9	Portugal	2.000	5.000	3.333	10.333	B
10	Ukraine	2.000	5.000	3.000	10.000
11	Hungary	3.000	3.000	3.333	9.333
12	Italy	3.000	3.000	3.000	9.000
13	Slovakia	3.000	2.000	3.667	8.667
14	Bulgaria	2.000	3.000	3.000	8.000
15	Northern Ireland	5.000	1.000	2.000	8.000
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.000	1.000	2.000	8.000
17	Switzerland	1.667	3.000	3.000	7.667	C
18	Serbia	2.333	2.333	3.000	7.667
19	England	2.000	2.667	2.000	6.667
20	Israel	2.000	1.333	2.500	5.833
21	Latvia	3.000	1.333	1.000	5.333
22	Romania	1.333	1.000	2.667	5.000
23	Wales	2.000	1.000	2.000	5.000
24	Finland	1.000	2.000	2.000	5.000
25	San Marino	1.000	2.667	1.000	4.667	D
26	Slovenia	1.333	1.667	1.333	4.333
27	Moldova	1.000	2.333	1.000	4.333
28	Malta	2.000	1.333	1.000	4.333
29	North Macedonia	1.333	1.333	1.500	4.167
30	Scotland	1.167	2.167	0.667	4.000
31	Sweden	2.667	1.000	0.333	4.000
32	Belarus	1.000	1.333	1.000	3.333	Preliminary round
33	Azerbaijan	1.000	1.000	1.000	3.000
34	Kazakhstan	0.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
35	Estonia	1.000	0.000	0.000	1.000
36	Georgia	No entry		0.333	0.333
DNE	France	3.333	2.333	5.000	10.666
	Lithuania	1.000	2.333	2.500	5.833
	Greece	1.333	1.333	1.333	3.999
	Albania	No entry			NR
	Andorra	No entry			NR
	Armenia	No entry			NR
	Austria	No entry			NR
	Belgium	No entry			NR
	Cyprus	No entry			NR
	Denmark	No entry			NR
	Faroe Islands	No entry			NR
	Gibraltar	No entry			NR
	Iceland	No entry			NR
	Kosovo	No entry			NR
	Liechtenstein	No entry			NR
	Luxembourg	No entry			NR
	Montenegro	No entry			NR
	Netherlands	No entry			NR
	Norway	No entry			NR