Maintained by Erdinç Sivritepe
Last updated: June 2
Some leagues have already finished and some are coming to the end.
The teams are still trying get entries to the UEFA Cups.
The allocation of the teams for each countries are done according to the 94/95 - 98/99
UEFA five-year country ranking.
The ranking and the number of allocated teams for each countries are as follows:
O Country UCL------------- UEFA Cup -- UIC Cup -----
QR1 QR2 QR3 LR QR R1 R1 R2 R3
UCL Title Holder - - - 1
1 - Italy - - 2 2 - C+2 - 2 1
2 - Spain - - 1 2 - C+2 - 1 1
3 - Germany - - 2 2 - C+2 - 1 1
4 - France - - 1 2 - C+2 - 2 1
5 - Netherlands - - 1 2 - C+2 - - 1
6 - England - - 1 2 - C+2 - - 1
7 - Russia - - 1 1 - C+3 - 1 1
8 - Greece - - 1 1 - C+3 - - 1
9 - Portugal - - 1 1 1 C - -
10 - Czech Republic - 1 1 1 C 1 2
11 - Austria - 1 1 1 C 1 2
12 - Denmark - 1 1 1 C 1 1
13 - Croatia - 1 1 1 C 2
14 - Turkey - 1 1 1 C 1
15 - Ukraine - 1 1 1 C -
16 - Switzerland - - 1 2 C 2
17 - Norway - 1 2 C 1
18 - Belgium - 1 2 C 2
19 - Sweden - 1 C+2 1
20 - Poland - 1 C+2 1
21 - Scotland - 1 C+2 -
22 - Romania - 1 C+1 1
23 - Hungary - 1 C+1 1
24 - Slovakia - 1 C+1 1
25 - Cyprus - 1 C+1 1
26 - Georgia - 1 C+1 1
27 - Israel - 1 C+1 1
28 - Slovenia - 1 C+1 1
29 - Belarus 1 C+1 1
30 - Finland 1 C+1 1
31 - Yugoslavia 1 C+1 1
32 - Bulgaria 1 C+1 1
33 - Latvia 1 C+1 1
34 - Iceland 1 C+1 1
35 - Macedonia 1 C+1 1
36 - Lithuania 1 C+1 1
37 - Moldova 1 C+1 1
38 - Estonia 1 C+1 1
39 - Armenia 1 C+1 1
40 - Northern Ireland 1 C+1 1
41t- Ireland 1 C+1 1
41t- Wales 1 C+1 1
43 - Malta 1 C+1 1
44 - Faroe Islands 1 C+1 1
45t- Albania 1 C+1 1
45t- Luxembourg 1 C+1 1
47 - Azerbaijan 1 C+1 1
48 - Bosnia/Herzegovina 1 C+1 1
49 - Andorra 1
NR - Liechtenstein C *
NR - San Marino 1 *
Also:
UIC Winners 3 (R1)
Fair Play Winners 3 (QR)
UCL QR3 Losers 16 (R1)
UCL LR1 Losers 8 (R3)
UEFA Cup title holder Galatasaray SK İstanbul have already qualified to the UCL, this entry
will not be used in the UEFA Cup.
The teams' starting rounds are adjusted to have 32 teams in UCL - League Round and 96
teams in UEFA Cup - Round 1.
Adjustments done this year:
UCL:
1 - No country can have more than 4 teams in UCL. When Real Madrid CF won the UCL and
entered the competition as the Seed Number 1, they pushed the fourth Spanish team into
UEFA Cup. This caused one less entry for the Qualification Round 3 Seeds. This place was
filled with Switzerland champion.
2 - Moving one team from the Qualification Round 2 to the 3, caused Israel champion to be
upgraded to QR2. This also left odd number teams in QR1 and that meant that next champion
from Slovenia also upgraded to QR2.
UEFA Cup:
1 - Since the Title Holder Galatasaray SK İstanbul qualified to play in the UCL, they caused
one less bye for the Round 1 and the Cup winner from Belgium filled this spot.
UIC Cup:
The adjustments in the UIC is much more complex. They are also explained in another page
which can be accessed from the UIC competition page.
* - Liechtenstein teams can play only in UEFA Cup, since they have a cup, but no league.
San Marino will be accepted for the first time this year.
How the teams are selected from each countries:
UCL - UEFA Champions League:
1 - The UCL Title Holder is seeded as Seed Number 1 for the whole tournament.
2 - Each country fills the UCL team allocations, selecting the teams from the final
standing of the league competition. Team's position in the standings decides the
starting round for the competition.
* At this point all entries for the UCL are completed.
UEFA Cup
3 - If the UEFA Cup Title Holder is not allocated to either UCL, they will be seeded as
Seed 1 for the whole tournament.
4 - Countries start filling the UEFA Cup entries starting with the cup representatives.
A cup representative is the cup winner of the country. However, if the cup winner has
entered the UCL, then the losing cup finalist becomes the cup representative. If both
finalists entered the UCL, then the countries will not have a cup representative, but
use this entry from the league competition.
5 - After the cup representatives, the entries are filled with the teams from the final
league standings. The teams ranked highest in the ranking, but not entered to the UCL
are eligible for the UEFA Cup.
* At this point all entries for the UEFA Cup are completed.
UIC Cup - UEFA Inter-toto Cup
6 - Countries, then fill the entries to the UIC Cup. The fixture for this competition was
already drawn. Since the league rankings for most countries are not finalized, the
teams are called as Team-1, Team-2, or Team-3. The deadline for naming the teams for
this competition is May 30th.
Some teams and even some countries don't want to play in this cup, so the teams ranked
higher in the leagues may return these entries and lower ranked teams may play.
