Russia remains in 10th place in the table of UEFA coefficients after the games “Zenith” and “Spartak” – Sport
TASS, October 21. Russia remained in 10th place in the table of coefficients of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) after the matches of St. Petersburg “Zenith” and Moscow “Spartak” in the European competition.
On Wednesday, Zenit at home lost to Italian Juventus with a score of 0: 1 in the match of the third round of the Champions League group stage. On the same day, Moscow “Spartak” lost at home to English “Leicester” with a score of 3: 4 in the third round of the group stage of the Europa League. Russia has 31,682 points left, Scotland, which is in ninth place, has 31,700 points. The 11th position is occupied by Ukraine, which has 30,600 points.
Scotland beat Russia in the UEFA table on Tuesday with Celtic’s 2-0 win over Hungary’s Ferencváros. On Thursday, Lokomotiv Moscow will host Turkish Galatasaray in the Europa League group stage match. In the same tournament, the Scottish Rangers will play with the Danish Brøndby.
The UEFA coefficient table defines the number of clubs delegated to countries to compete in European competition. From the next season, the points scored in the 2017/18 season (Russia – 12,600) will not be counted, only the indicators of the seasons 2018/19 (7,583), 2019/20 (4,666), 2020/21 ( 4,333), 2021/22 (currently 2,500) and 2022/23.
Seasonal odds by adding up the points scored by clubs in the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League and dividing by the number of teams representing the country. The overall ranking is the sum of the odds from the last five seasons. One point is awarded for winning a qualifying round match, and 0.5 points for a draw. For a victory in the game of the main stage, the country receives two points, for a draw – one point.
Four bonus points will be awarded for reaching the Champions League group stage and reaching the 1/8 of the tournament. For the club’s reaching the quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals of the Champions League or Europa League, the country receives one point. Only played matches are taken into account, Technical characteristics are not taken into account. Meetings ending with a penalty shootout will be settled according to the result recorded in extra time.
UEFA odds table
No. | Country | Total coefficient | Clubs (started / left) |
1 | England | 92,069 | 7/7 |
2 | Spain | 83,284 | 7/7 |
3 | Italy | 66 473 | 7/7 |
4 | Germany | 64499 | 7/7 |
5 | France | 46915 | 6/6 |
6 | Portugal | 45882 | 6/4 |
7 | Netherlands | 36,900 | 5/5 |
eight | Austria | 33250 | 5/4 |
nine | Scotland | 31,700 | 5/2 |
ten | Russia | 31682 | 5/3 |