Coefficients: Scottish Premiership at risk of losing Champions League place | Premier League clubs chase extra spot

Scotland earned 6.2 UEFA coefficient points this season as Celtic and Aberdeen eliminated from Champions League and Conference League; Rangers top Europa League group with win over Real Betis; fifth Champions League spot in jeopardy for Premier League as Man Utd and Newcastle crash out

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Friday 15 December 2023 13:09, UK

The UEFA coefficient rankings could see Scotland lose a Champions League spot and Premier League clubs gain an extra slot… but how?

Scotland could lose automatic qualification to the Champions League group stages for the 2025/26 campaign due to a poor return in UEFA's coefficient rankings.

Additionally, the Scots could see their Champions League allocation reduced to one spot for the 2026/27 campaign onwards.

The coefficient formula factors each association's performances in the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League over the past five seasons — including the current campaign.

The final season rankings always apply to competition allocations for the season after next, so the final coefficient rankings this term will determine allocations for the competitions to start in 2025/26.

Standard points for CL, EL & ECL

Win: 2pts
Draw: 1pt
*Points are halved in qualifying rounds

Bonus points

Champions League

Group stage participation: 4pts
R16: 5pts
QF,SF & final: 1pt

Europa League

Group winners: 4pts
Group runners-up: 2pts
R16, QF,SF & final: 1pt

Europa Conference League

Group winners: 2pts
Group runners-up: 1pt
SF & final: 1pt

The number of points awarded each season is divided by the number of teams that participated for that association in that season and rounded to three decimal places.

This season, Celtic have been knocked out of the Champions