You are not without knowing it, but the summer of 2023 will be preponderant in the calculation for the accession to the European Cups 2024-25, with three direct qualified and one for the preliminary round for the fifth nation in the index. UEFA (basis calculated over the last 5 seasons). In the fight with Portugal and now with the Netherlands for this 5th folding seat, France has no room for error over the next two years. A message received 5/5 since the clubs of France have been feasting since the start of the season on the European scene.
PSG won easily against FC Bruges (4-1) and had already validated their ticket for the 1/8 final. This is not the case with LOSC who brilliantly beat Wolfsburg at home 1-3. Result, the Mastiffs finish first, qualify and allow France to glean the qualifying bonus points (the equivalent of three victories in the European Cup). Add to this, the victory of OM against Lokomotiv Moscow (1-0) and the draws of Monaco in Graz (1-1) and OL against Rangers (1-1) and you will understand why France ends the year 2021 in a cannonball with double the points on average obtained in the group stage compared to the last 3 seasons.
France has a smile
Result, according to the very reliable Kassiesa.net (the official UEFA index website always takes a few hours to update), France (14,083) is just behind the Netherlands (14,200), which are first due to the exceptional and historic run of its clubs (5 qualified out of 5 and 6 wins out of 6 for Ajax in C1), and England (14,083) which can count on the qualifications of its 4 representatives in the Champions League to recover as many bonus points as possible .
Spain, very disappointing this season, is only 4th. Germany 5th (and which already has 2 eliminated) and Italy 6th (which saw AC Milan go through the trap of any European competition) follow behind. European Spring 2022 could significantly change the situation of a ranking frozen for a very long time. The arrival of the Conférence League with a victory in C4 which brings in as much as a victory in C1 is perhaps not foreign. It is not France or the Netherlands that will complain about it.
Ranking of nations by the UEFA coefficient for the 2021/22 season (in brackets, the number of clubs remaining in competition and the number of clubs qualified this season for European competitions) as at 12/10/2021:
-1. Netherlands 14.200 points (5/5)
-2. England 14.142 points (7/7)
–3. France 14.083 points (6/6)
-4. Spain 12,142 points (7/7)
-5. Germany 11,785 points (7/7)
-6. Italy 11.714 points (6/7)
-7. Portugal 9.583 points (4/6)
-8. Austria 9.400 points (4/5)
-9. Serbia 8,000 points (2/5)
-10. Switzerland 7.750 points (2/4)
Ranking of nations by the UEFA coefficient over the last five seasons (between 2017 and 2022):
-1. England 99.783 points
-2. Spain 89.855 points
-3. Italy 72.902 points
-4. Germany 70.784 points
–5. France 55.748 points
-6. Portugal 50.049 points
-7. Netherlands 44,300 points
-8. Austria 37.850 points
-9. Russia 34.282 points
-10. Scotland 34,100 points
