Eurocups

Champions League - Champions League
KECH - European Cup
KUEFA - UEFA Cup
LE - UEFA Europa League
KOK - Cup Winners Cup
SKU - UEFA Super Cup
QW - Fairs Cup
KI - Intertoto Cup
GE - group stage

The number of clubs representing different federations in UEFA in European competitions, as well as in which competitions and at what stages these clubs start, differs. The representation of each country depends on the place it occupies in a special ranking, which is usually called the UEFA Odds Ratio . ^[6] In addition to representation through the coefficient table, for clubs there were the following ways to qualify in European competitions:

• from the 1995–96 season, the Intertoto Cup finalists got the right to play in the UEFA Cup (first two, then three, and eleven teams from 2006–07 to 2008–09);
• since the 1999/00 season, three additional places in the UEFA Cup have received one representative from each of the countries leading in the Fair Play ranking . ^[one]

UEFA Table

The coefficient table is compiled based on the following rules.

• At the end of the season, the so-called “season coefficient” is calculated for each football federation:
  • The amount of points earned by clubs representing the country in European club tournaments of a given season is divided by the number of such clubs (the coefficient is calculated to thousandths, without rounding).
• For example, in the 2019/20 season for the UEFA Odds Table, points are awarded according to the following rules:
  • in qualification (preliminary) rounds: victory - 1 point, draw - 0.5 points, defeat - 0 points;
  • in the main rounds: victory - 2 points, draw - 1 point, defeat - 0 points;
  • for getting the club into the group stage of the Champions League (through the qualification round or automatically), he is awarded 4 bonus points;
  • for getting the club 1/8 finals of the Champions League - 5 bonus points;
  • for the club reaching the 1/4 finals, 1/2 finals and the finals of the Champions League or 1/4 finals, 1/2 finals and the finals of the Europa League 1 bonus point is awarded (but there is no bonus for winning the finals in both ECs) . ^{[6] [7]}

The table that determines the representation of countries in European competitions for a season is compiled by summing up the five previous season coefficients, starting with the penultimate one. ^{[6] [7]}

For the first time, the UEFA coefficient table was calculated based on the results of the seasons from 1974–75 to 1978–79. In 1979, the first version of the rules was established that determined the number of clubs representing each country depending on the place of that country in the coefficient table ^[1] .

UEFA Seeding and Club Rating

Club odds are calculated based on club results in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League over the past five seasons. The rating determines the seeding of clubs during the draw in competitions under the auspices of UEFA. Club odds in a particular season are determined based on the club results in the current UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The coefficient of the club is either the sum of all the points scored by the club for five years, or is considered equal to the rating of the football association for the same period of time (in this case, a higher indicator is selected from the two indicated). The described rating calculation system has been in effect since the 2018/19 season. ^{[8] [9]}

Note. Red shades highlight the predecessor tournaments held not under the auspices of UEFA. Yellow shading - UEFA tournaments that have ceased to exist. Green fill - active European competition under the auspices of UEFA.

Fairs Cup, UEFA Cup, UEFA Europa League

The oldest European club tournament was the Fairs Cup , held from 1955 to 1971. It appeared on April 18, 1955, when a football tournament was organized in the town of Rheinfelden near Basel , in which national teams from European cities participated, where international fairs were regularly held. The very first match of the Cup took place on June 4, 1955 in Basel: the Basel Team and the London Team met, the British won 5-0.

In the first draws the principle was one city - one team . After 1968, teams that won prizes in their championships began to be invited to participate. In 1971, he was replaced by the UEFA Cup ^{[11] [12]} . The Fairs Cup is the forerunner of the UEFA Cup , but has not yet been recognized as an official tournament sponsored by UEFA ^{[13] [14]} .

Champions Cup, Champions League

In 1955, just like the Fairs Cup, the first official and at the same time the most significant European Cup was founded - the European Champions Cup. It was created at the suggestion of the French sports journalist and L'Équipe editor Gabriel Ano ^[15] . The idea of ​​a continental football tournament was visited by Ano after statements by the English press that Wolverhampton Wanderers , who had won Spartak and Honved in the fall of 1954 , is the strongest club in the world. In his newspaper, Ano replied that in order to identify the strongest club, a competition should be held, including both home and away matches. The very next day, Ano published a possible draft of the tournament, and in September 1955 the first European Champions Cup started.

The first European Champions Cup 1955/1956 and subsequent until 1991, the Cup draws were elimination tournaments, where each round was played in two matches (at home and away). The very first match of the official European Cup was the game of the first round, held on September 4, 1955 in Lisbon between Sporting and Partizan :

Until 1991, the national champions and the last European Cup winner participated in the KECH draw. Starting from the 1991/92 season, the format of the tournament was changed, the group round was included in it, and the next year the tournament changed its name, becoming the Champions League. This was followed by several changes in the number of qualification stages, the structure of groups. In the 1997/98 season , teams taking second place in a number of countries began to participate in the tournament (in accordance with the UEFA odds table ). The system of qualification rounds was reorganized so that champions of countries with a low coefficient could take part in one or several qualification stages before the start of the group stage, and teams from countries with a high coefficient would enter the competition later. At the moment, the countries with the highest odds are represented in the Champions League by four clubs.

In the period from 1960 to 2004, the European Cup winner participated in the now canceled Intercontinental Cup against the holder of the South American Cup Libertadores . Now the winner of the Champions League is participating in the Club World Cup - a tournament sponsored by FIFA .

Cup Winners Cup

The UEFA Cup Winners Cup was founded in third place . The idea of ​​creating a tournament, as well as for previous European cups, was proposed by European journalists: to make a tournament according to the scheme resembling the Champions Cup, but with participants - clubs-winners of national cups.

The first Cup Winners' Cup was played in the 1960/61 season as an experimental tournament. The initial reaction to the creation of the competition was cool: many European associations did not have national cups, and in the countries in which they existed, the prestige of the cup was lower than that of the national championship. Only in countries such as England, Scotland and, to a lesser extent, Germany and Spain, it was considered very prestigious to win the cup. Many of the clubs eligible to participate in the Cup, such as Atletico Madrid and Monaco , did not show up for the new tournament. Subsequently, public and media interest increased. In the second draw in the 1961/62 season, UEFA accepted applications from all participating teams eligible to play in the Cup. By 1968, all UEFA member countries had already held the national cup, and the Cup Winners Cup was established as the second most prestigious tournament for European football clubs.

After the establishment of the UEFA Champions League, the prestige of the Cup Winners Cup began to decline. With the expansion of the Champions League in 1997, which allowed not only the champion team, but also the championship winners to take part in the competition, the Cup began to look noticeably weaker in the composition of the playing teams. Many of the teams that previously could only play in the Cup got the right to play in the Champions League, finishing second in the national championship - for example, Barcelona in the 1997/98 season, Bayern Munich and PSV in the 1998/99 season: this is ultimately greatly weakened the competition. Interest in the tournament decreased, so after the 1998/99 season, UEFA decided to abolish the competition. Since then, winners of national cups, if they did not qualify for the Champions League, have gained the right to play in the UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League . The first owner of the trophy was Fiorentina in 1961, the last - Lazio in 1999.

UEFA Super Cup

Intertoto Cup

This section presents the history of changes in the composition of countries participating in European club tournaments: from 15 in 1955 to 55 in 2019. ^[one]

Country Summary

This section provides a summary of the statements made by representatives of countries as of September 9, 2019 ^[16] .

Note. The table shows the results of the following tournaments: UEFA Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Cup Winners Cup, UEFA Champions Cup, Fairs Cup. Countries that do not exist now are in italics.

Individual Records

Bombardiers

Leaders in the number of matches played

Goalie Zero Leaders

The list below shows goalkeepers who have played at least 50 zero games in European competition. ^[17]

Note. Data as of August 14, 2019. Tournament games: Cup / Champions League, Cup Winners Cup, UEFA Cup of Fairs / UEFA Cup / Europa League, European Super Cup (including the 1972/73 season), Intertoto Cup (1995–2008 seasons) ) Match “to zero” (“dry” match) - a match in which the goalkeeper, in the allotted playing time, did not miss a single goal. Goals in the penalty shootout are not counted. The playing time may exceed 90 minutes (for matches with overtime) or be less than 90 minutes (in case of replacing the goalkeeper or receiving a red card). Goalkeeper's substitution, after which he did not miss the ball, is also counted as a “zero” match.

• UEFA Football Club Tournament Winners List
• Russian football clubs in European competition

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