Starting from the 2024-25 season, the UEFA Champions League will have a new format with 36 teams instead of 32. This means that four more clubs will have the chance to join the tournament.
Two of these extra spots will go to two leagues that perform exceptionally well in the UEFA Champions League, Europa League and Conference League in the 2023-24 season. This is especially relevant for Premier League clubs, such as Aston Villa, Tottenham and (possibly) Manchester United, as England could get one of those additional Champions League places.
How will the additional Champions League slots be allocated each season?
UEFA.com
Translation: the two leagues that perform best in the three European competitions (with extra value being place on the Champions League, of course) this season, will each earn an additional UCL slot for their domestic league the following season. Should the Premier League be awarded an extra slot for 2024-25 season, it would go to the side that finishes 5th in 2023-24.
How do clubs earn coefficient points?
A win in the Champions League, Europa League or Europa Conference League is worth two coefficient points; a draw is worth one; a defeat is zero. When a game goes to extra time, the score after 120 minutes is used, as a penalty shootout determines the winner of the tie, not an individual game.
There are also bonus points awarded for reaching each further round beginning with the group stage (soon to become the “league phase”).
Champions League bonus points
4 – Group stage
5 – Round of 16
1 (each round) – Quarterfinal/semifinal/final
Europa League bonus points
4 – Group winners
2 – Group runners-up
1 (each round) – Round of 16/quarterfinal/semifinal/final
Europa Conference League bonus points
2 – Group winners
1 – Group runners-up
1 (each round) – Semifinal/final
The points earned by clubs from the same league are then added together and divided by the total number of teams that competed in Europe that season. As things currently stand, eight Premie League clubs have earned 111 coefficient points this season, giving the Premier League an average coefficient score of 13.875. Is that good? How many do they need?
What is the current UEFA league coefficient ranking?
(clubs remaining in Europe)
- Italy – 15.571 (6)
- Germany – 14.928 (5)
- England – 13.875 (6)
- France – 13.750 (3)
- Spain – 13.187 (4)
- Czechia – 12.750 (3)
- Belgium – 12.400 (2)
- Turkey – 11.000 (1)
- Portugal – 9.833 (2)
- Netherlands – 9.800 (2)
How many coefficient points has each Premier League club earned?
- Manchester City – 23.000
- Arsenal – 18.000
- West Ham – 15.000
- Brighton – 14.000
- Liverpool – 13.000
- Aston Villa – 11.000
- Newcastle – 8.000
- Manchester United – 7.000.