Tough to catch France with only three teams left in the competition. All three will have to win a lot of matches and French teams to lose quickly.
They were after 53d minute one man down after the red card of Indi. They were basically toothless, despite more in possession of the ball, with one man less.
Both Ajax and Feyenoord need to win their play off matches first. BTW, if Ajax somehow manage to win the Conference League trophy they will be the only club to have won every Euro trophy.
Catching France will be difficult, but at least Portugal is unlikely to catch us soon https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetba...-zaken-op-de-coefficientenranglijst~a24f06b8/ Coëfficiëntenranglijst 5 Frankrijk 62,164 6 Nederland 59,900 7 Portugal 53,149
Europa League results: Conference League results It doesnot look too good to be honest, but it's essential both Feyenoord and Ajax manage to squeeze into the next round. With a bit of luck we might see all French competitors drop out in the EL, so it would be huge if we then have both still able to gather points. 10581
Because of the change in the set up of the CL, two leagues will get an extra CL ticket. https://www.ad.nl/buitenlands-voetb...league-maakt-nederland-nog-een-kans~a63a5d8e/ Battle for extra ticket for renewed Champions League: does the Netherlands still have a chance? Two leagues will be rewarded with an extra place in next season's Champions League this season based on the performances in Europe this season. It is part of the renewal of the Champions League from 32 to 36 teams. Which country will benefit from this and does the Netherlands still have a chance? Sports editors 20-02-24, 13:12 Last update: 14:44 To get that ticket we will have to end up as one of the two best nations this season. Fat chance we succeed, unless both Ajax, Feyenoord make it into the finals and PSV goes another round. Only in 2021/2022 did a country with fewer than four teams finish in the top two in the Champions League. That was the Netherlands two seasons ago, when Feyenoord lost the Conference League final against AS Roma. 2022/23: England and Italy 2021/22: England and the Netherlands 2020/21: England and Spain 2019/2020: Spain and Germany 2018/19: England and Spain 10725
Because of the change in the set up of the CL, two leagues will get an extra CL ticket. https://www.ad.nl/buitenlands-voetb...league-maakt-nederland-nog-een-kans~a63a5d8e/ Battle for extra ticket for renewed Champions League: does the Netherlands still have a chance? Two leagues will be rewarded with an extra place in next season's Champions League this season based on the performances in Europe this season. It is part of the renewal of the Champions League from 32 to 36 teams. Which country will benefit from this and does the Netherlands still have a chance? Sports editors 20-02-24, 13:12 Last update: 14:44 We can get an extra CL ticket if we/Eredivisie end up this season as one of the top two countries in coefficient points. Fat chance I think, as Feyenoord and Ajax have to reach their finals and PSV has to go into the semi. Only in 2021/2022 did a country with fewer than four teams in the CL finish in the top two. That was the Netherlands two seasons ago, when Feyenoord lost the Conference League final against AS Roma. 2022/23: England and Italy 2021/22: England and the Netherlands 2020/21: England and Spain 2019/2020: Spain and Germany 2018/19: England and Spain
https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/bijltjesdag-voor-fransen-maar-eredivisie-loopt-grotere-achterstand-op Despite France looses 3 clubs our deficit with them grew from 2,531 points to now 2.731 points. 10846
Dutch clubs need to just keep winning in whatever competition they are in. Let's hope for an Ajax win tomorrow, however remote that might be.
https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/1285...kets-met-dank-aan-het-uitgeschakelde-fc-porto Big points getter PSV In this season's ranking of European performances, the Netherlands is tenth, just behind its big rival Portugal. The five Dutch clubs have so far accumulated 10,000 coefficient points, the Portuguese 10,166. The big points getter this season is PSV, which has taken 20.5 points. The ranking on the UEFA coefficient ranking is determined on the basis of European performances over the last five seasons. In the 2021/2022 season, the Netherlands made a huge splash with a score of 19.200. That year, all five European clubs from the Netherlands wintered and Feyenoord reached the final of the Conference League, which all together set a points record. The starting position to secure the current package of European starting tickets for the 2026/2027 season next season is currently good. The gap with Portugal is only increasing, because the 2019/2020 season, in which the Portuguese scored better than the Netherlands, is no longer in the five-year ranking, and currently amounts to 6,718 coefficient points. This could change based on the European performances of Sporting and Benfica on the one hand and PSV and Ajax on the other hand this week and possibly later in this European season. 11312
The trick to do that is, when a year gets dropped for a new year (most likely now a year we drop a high points one and the Portuguese a low points one), we add a year with higher point score than Portugal. As the saying goes, it's easier to get to the top than staying there. Given in this 5 years cycle, you're bound to lose a top year 5 years from making it. So it's essential to outperform your direct competitor at least 3 out of 5 years with a good margin. That's why it sucked so hard we dropped the ball on taking France's spot, as in that case we, especially in the new set up of the CL, would have 4 clubs making big money and as a result of that the chance to outspend Portugal and France clubs to keep them behind us.
For the third time in a row, the Netherlands has finished in the double digits in terms of coefficient average. In the previous seasons, Feyenoord reached the final of the Conference League and AZ also came very close to that final battle, this season the Netherlands has already been played out of Europe in March. Nevertheless, the limit of 10,000 coefficient points was again reached by the Dutch delegation. In the past ten seasons, it happened only three times that the Dutch teams collected ten or more coefficient points together. The bonus points were the deciding factor for the Netherlands this season. Feyenoord and PSV collected those bonus points because of their participation in the group stage of the Champions League, PSV got some bonus points because of surviving the first round. In this way, even in a season without exceptional performances by individual clubs, the Netherlands is performing above average in the past ten years. It had already been decided that the Netherlands would end the current coefficient cycle as number six on the UEFA list. Portugal is kept at bay, but France is number five. The Netherlands also received good news from the Europa League: Sporting Portugal was eliminated by Atalanta. Benfica did advance in the second tier earlier in the evening. 11417
12132 Big deal both French clubs left were eliminated and even the icing on the cake that PSG even had zero points to add. So no further damage inflicted.
Italy has surpassed Spain in coefficient rankings https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/country/?year=2024