2006/07 UEFA Fair Play

[Cris 09]

Those Scandinavians are some really nice people. Having been there often leaves no doubt in my mind. What surprised me was Spain. They are at 23 right above Portugal and one below the Czechs; they are a little hot headed but wow...then go done just a little further to find what is positioned at 32. :eek:


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Fair Play focus for UEFA Cup
Monday, 12 February 2007

Sweden again look favourites to claim an extra place in the UEFA Cup as the country leads the way in the UEFA Fair Play ranking for 2006/07.


2006/07 UEFA Fair Play latest
Includes matches from: 01/06/2006 to: 31/12/2006
(Cut-off: 23 matches)
Rank Assoc. Total Points Matches played

1 Sweden 8.258 57
2 Norway 8.193 46
3 Denmark 8.133 61
4 Finland 8.132 42
5 England 8.131 75
6 Germany 8.104 82
7 Wales 8.087 32
8 Slovakia 8.068 43
9 Switzerland 8.059 55
10 Estonia 8.047 37

11 France 8.025 88
12 Poland 7.986 52
13 Latvia 7.965 39
14 Faroe Islands 7.959 29
15 Scotland 7.938 55
16 Republic of Ireland 7.935 41
17 Netherlands 7.931 73
18 Croatia 7.922 42
19 Iceland 7.921 37
20 Ukraine 7.920 64

21 Kazakhstan 7.917 38
22 Portugal 7.912 63
23 Spain 7.882 80
24 Czech Republic 7.881 64
25 Lithuania 7.838 43
26 Moldova 7.823 46
27 F.Y.R. Macedonia 7.822 39
28 Austria 7.817 45
29 Belarus 7.809 47

30 Hungary 7.804 42
31 Northern ireland 7.770 33
32 Italy 7.768 71
33 Belgium 7.755 64
34 Russia 7.739 67
35 Armenia 7.694 33
36 Romania 7.663 67
37 Serbia 7.654 48
38 Turkey 7.643 56
39 Slovenia 7.629 41

40 Azerbaijan 7.611 35
41 Greece 7.586 56
42 Bulgaria 7.575 59
43 Israel 7.563 48
44 Malta 7.560 27
45 Cyprus 7.557 38
46 Bosnia-Herzegovina 7.552 44
47 Albania 7.477 24
48 Georgia 7.458 35
49 Liechtenstein 7.973 16

50 Luxembourg 7.544 20
51 San Marino 7.245 15
52 Andorra 7.069 18



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[AliKarimi]

what is fair play?

[SJJ]

what is fair play?

It's FIFA's / UEFA's way of determining what could be called "attactive football" and/or "respect for the opponent/referee" or whatever label you use to mean "the beautiful game."

In this case, someone from the UEFA officialdom grades the teams "nicities" during a match, and each team is given a grade on a 10-point scale (which actually goes to several decimal places).

The actual calcuation is given here, which is the Champions League rules, with the Fair Play calculation as Appendix V. http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19071.pdf

The average score for all games played by one country's club teams are then averaged. Then UEFA Cup spots are awarded. Usually, the country finishing #1 in the Fair Play points race gets a spot, then all other countries with values of 8.0 or above are put into a pot to draw two or three more spots.

So in the list posted by crismerz09, (if that was the final tally), #1 Sweden would get a UEFA Cup spot, then #2 Norway through #11 France go into a pot to draw more spots.

The acutal UEFA Cup spots go the the club team from those countries with the highest Fair Play point averages.

[Cris 09]

Nice explanation, Thanks!!