After this week's quarter - final second legs, FC Barcelona are top of the UEFA
club coefficient rankings for this season — but the Spanish side remain in second place overall, behind their great rivals Real Madrid CF.
The season
club coefficient rankings are based on the results of clubs competing in the current UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League season.
The association
club coefficient or country rankings take into account the results of all clubs from each association and are used to determine the number of entries an association is granted for forthcoming seasons.
The UEFA
club coefficient rankings are based on the results of all European clubs in UEFA club competition.
For European club competitions, UEFA applies
club coefficients to determine how many tournament spots different leagues have earned.
The top leagues are weighted at 1, and so on, as domestic leagues are weighted in line with the UEFA association
club coefficients.
Placement in the remaining pots is determined by
club coefficients as of the end of last season.
Not exact matches
Fair enough but the fact that the players from all the other leagues in Europe have had a nice rest can not be helping the English
clubs in the knockout stage of the Champions League and our problems in Europe and with the UEFA
coefficient have been the talk of the football media for a few years now.
Further, places in the draw for the group stage are allocated not on the basis of whether a
club happens to have won a title the previous season, but on their UEFA
coefficient, a rolling points average based on a team's performance in all European competitions over the last five years.
The actual benefit of finishing second instead of third is just a bit of money as apart from the actual champions, the other
clubs in the Champions League are seeded according to their individual UEFA
coefficient.
According to UEFA's league
coefficient, La Liga has been the top league in Europe over the last couple of years, and has produced the continent's top - rated
club more times (20) than any other league.
The number of German
clubs which may participate in UEFA competitions is determined by UEFA's league
coefficients, Bundesliga is currently ranked second in Europe.
Coefficient calculation Clubs» coefficients are determined by the sum of all points won in the previous five years, plus 20 % of the association coefficient over the same period (33 % be
Coefficient calculation
Clubs»
coefficients are determined by the sum of all points won in the previous five years, plus 20 % of the association
coefficient over the same period (33 % be
coefficient over the same period (33 % before 2009).
The
coefficients — from which the rankings are formed and which are based on performances over the last five seasons — will be updated directly after each completed round of UEFA
club competition matches.
Coefficient calculation The coefficient is calculated by working out an average score: dividing the total number of points obtained, by the total number of clubs representing an association in that season's two club co
Coefficient calculation The
coefficient is calculated by working out an average score: dividing the total number of points obtained, by the total number of clubs representing an association in that season's two club co
coefficient is calculated by working out an average score: dividing the total number of points obtained, by the total number of
clubs representing an association in that season's two
club competitions.
The season association
coefficient rankings are based on the results of each association's
clubs in the current UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League season.
The UEFA
coefficient system is determined «by the results of
clubs in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League over the previous five seasons».
While
coefficients are not always telling, they still indicate current form for a
club in European play.
The inclusion of the new
Coefficient Pillar among the distribution criteria favours
clubs that repeatedly participate in the UEFA Champions League / Europa League, or
clubs which have historically won titles.»
Details of the
coefficient of Inbreeding (COI) for dogs born in the period January - December 2016 have now been published by the Kennel
Club.
The session also covered: the veterinary profession's role in improving dog welfare; the registration of puppies with the Kennel
Club; line breeding, out breeding and the
coefficient of inbreeding; veterinary checks at dog championship shows; breed standards; availability of research and data; the extent of puppy farming; and the sale of puppies on the internet.