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The text that follows has been taken fromAnnex D of the official UEFA Champions League regulations, and appears in the same place inthe official UEFA Europa League regulations and theofficial UEFA Conference League regulations.
UEFA calculates the coefficient of each club each season based on the clubs' results in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League. The season coefficients from the five most recent seasons are used to rank the clubs for seeding purposes (sporting club coefficient). In addition, the season coefficients from the ten most recent seasons are used to calculate revenue club coefficients for revenue distribution purposes only.
The five-season sporting club coefficients for the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League are established before the start of the 2025/26 season, on the basis of each club's season coefficients from seasons 2020/21 to 2024/25 inclusive.
The ten-season revenue club coefficients for the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League are established before the start of the 2025/26 season, on the basis of each club's season coefficients from seasons 2015/16 to 2024/25 inclusive.
The season coefficient of a club is calculated by adding up the total number of points it obtained in a given season of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League or UEFA Conference League in accordance with thisAnnex D of the competition regulations for that season. A club’s five-season sporting coefficient is the cumulative total of its five season coefficients from the reference period stipulated inAnnex D.2, or 20% of its association’s five-season association coefficient, whichever is higher. Points awarded each season are in accordance with the relevant competition regulations for that specific season, soAnnex D.4.1 toAnnex D.4.3 apply only to the awarding of points in the 2023/24 season.
D.4.1 Points awarded in the UEFA Champions League
a. Qualifying phase and play-offs:
o Clubs that are eliminated in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase or play-offs are awarded points in the UEFA Europa League or UEFA Conference League (seeAnnex D.4.2 andAnnex D.4.3).
b. League phase onwards (except knockout phase play-offs):
o 2 points for a win;
o 1 point for a draw;
o 0 points for a defeat.
a. Qualifying phase and play-offs:
o Clubs that are eliminated in the UEFA Europa League qualifying phase or play-offs are awarded points in the UEFA Conference League (seeAnnex D.4.3).
b. League phase onwards (except knockout phase play-offs):
o 2 points for a win;
o 1 point for a draw;
o 0 points for a defeat.
c. Guaranteed minimum:
Clubs are guaranteed a minimum of three points in the league phase of the UEFA Europa League even if the number of points actually obtained during this stage is lower. This guaranteed minimum is not added to points actually obtained in the league phase and is not included in the association coefficient calculation.
a. Qualifying phase and play-offs:
o 1 point awarded to each club eliminated in the first qualifying round;
o 1.5 points awarded to each club eliminated in the second qualifying round;
o 2 points awarded to each club eliminated in the third qualifying round;
o 2.5 points awarded to each club eliminated in the play-offs.
b. League phase onwards (except knockout phase play-offs):
o 2 points for a win;
o 1 point for a draw;
o 0 points for a defeat.
C. Guaranteed minimum:
Clubs are guaranteed a minimum of 2.5 points in the league phase of the UEFA Conference League, even if the number of points actually obtained during this stage is lower. This guaranteed minimum is not added to points actually obtained in the league phase and is not included in the association coefficient calculation.
Clubs are awarded the following bonus points based on their final position in the league phase rankings:
Clubs that reach the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals or final are awarded 1.5 extra points for each such round in the UEFA Champions League, 1 extra point for each such round in the UEFA Europa League, and 0.5 extra points for each such round in the UEFA Conference League.
A club’s revenue club coefficient is calculated using the same season coefficients as for the sporting club coefficient (seeAnnex D.4), but with a ten-season instead of a five-season reference period as stipulated inAnnex D.2.
A club’s ten-season revenue coefficient is the cumulative total of its ten season coefficients from the reference period stipulated inAnnex D.2, or 20% of the equivalent ten-season total of its association's season coefficients, whichever is higher.
Match points are awarded based on the final scores ratified by UEFA. Penalty shoot-outs do not count.
Coefficients are calculated to the thousandth and not rounded up.
If competition rounds are changed and matches are played as single-leg instead of two-legged ties, the points awarded underAnnex D.3,Annex D.4.1.b,Annex D.4.2.b andAnnex D.4.3.b are adapted as follows:
a. 3 points for a win in regular time or extra time (1.5 points for qualifying and play-off matches);
b. 2 points for a draw in extra time (1 point for qualifying and play-off matches);
c. 1 point for a defeat in regular time or extra time (0.5 points for qualifying and play-off matches).
This does not apply to the final of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League or UEFA Conference League.
If two or more clubs are ranked equally, the following criteria are applied, in this order, to determine their final rankings:
• their coefficients in the most recent of the seasons on which the rankings are based;
• their coefficients in the next most recent season in which they are not equal;
• the association coefficient of the club’s respective association;
• their position in the domestic championship in the most recent season.
The UEFA administration takes final decisions on any matters not provided for in this annex.