18527 Coefficient wealth: The Netherlands shows Portugal its back again The Netherlands can look back on a wonderful evening in the Champions League. Feyenoord stunted at home against Bayern Munich and qualified for the intermediate round of the billion-dollar ball, while Sporting Portugal went down earlier in the evening on a visit to RB Leipzig. In view of the coefficient ranking, this is excellent news. The evening started well, because in Germany RB Leipzig lended a coefficient hand by finishing Sporting Portugal. The Portuguese champion came alongside fifteen minutes before time through a goal from Viktor Gyökeres, but had to bow their heads in the Red Bull Arena due to a goal from Yussuf Poulsen. In De Kuip, Feyenoord did the impossible by treating Bayern Munich to a defeat. Santiago Gimenez struck twice before halftime. Der Rekordmeister pounded the entire match on Justin Bijlow's goal, but could not repair the damage. In the final phase, Ayase Ueda also made a contribution. Because of Feyenoord's victory, the Netherlands can add 0.333 points, just like on Tuesday – PSV recorded a narrow win on a visit to Red Star Belgrade – while Portugal remains stuck on the same number of points due to the defeat of Sporting Portugal. For France, it was another evening with mixed results. Stade Brest went down in Gelsenkirchen against Shakhtar Donetsk, while Paris Saint-Germain turned the match against Manchester City after a 0-2 deficit completely upside down. The capitalists won 4-2 and gave the French 0.29 points.
18656 Coefficients dream week: The Netherlands deals a mega blow to Portugal Rarely in history has the Netherlands experienced such a dream week as now on the UEFA coefficient list. Except for Ajax, the entire remaining teams recorded a win, while Portugal suffered four defeats. The Netherlands picked up no less than eight points this week. Divided by six - according to the number of participants at the start of this season - that amounts to a coefficient of 1.33. Portugal came into action with only four of the five participants, because the Conference League (in which Vitória Guimarães plays) is still at a standstill. The Portuguese teams collected exactly zero points. We don't have to tell you what coefficient score that amounts to. With one game to go in the competition phase of the Champions League and Europa League, the Netherlands cherishes a margin of almost three points on Portugal. As far as the bonuses are concerned, only the 'starting premiums' in the Champions League have already been processed and the final bonus of Vitória Guimarães, because the first phase in the Conference League is already over and that balance could be made. The coefficient battle between Portugal and the Netherlands will therefore continue next week and then the Netherlands may be able to hand out a knockout. The Primeira Liga is only with Vitória Guimarães sure of a sequel. For FC Porto, Benfica, Sporting Portugal and Sporting Braga, it will be tense. The Netherlands is - miracles barring - with PSV, AZ, Feyenoord and Ajax still in the next phase, while FC Twente is also still in the race after Thursday's victory in Sweden. Only Feyenoord is one hundred percent sure. The interests are crystal clear. If you are sixth after this season, you will be allowed to send two teams to the main phase of the Champions League in the 2026/27 season. The number three of that country will then enter the preliminary rounds of the billion-dollar ball.
The battle between the Netherlands and Portugal: It simply is incredible. Especially with the opponents for Feyenoord and AZ, and in lesser extent FC Twente, the common feeling was it's going to be an uphill battle to keep Portugal at bay. And here we are
19349 Benfica win gives Portugal 0,400 (2/5) and Feyenoord's win gives us 0,333 (2/6), so Portugal gains a little.
19475 Coefficients-jubilation: Eredivisie deals sledgehammer blow to Portugal The Eredivisie started this week with a lead of 3.05 points. After the first matches in the intermediate round, that margin is 3,784 points. After all, the Netherlands gained no less than eight coefficient points, the result of the victories of Feyenoord, Ajax, AZ and FC Twente. Divided by six - because of the number of clubs at the start of the season - that amounts to a weekly coefficient of 1.33. Portugal came to only 0.6 coefficient points. Alarming for the Primeira Liga is that Sporting Portugal is heading for elimination in the intermediate round of the Champions League by a 0-3 defeat against Borussia Dortmund. Benfica won in the same tournament with 0-1 at AS Monaco. In the Europa League, FC Porto has a lot of work to do after the 1-1 against AS Roma. Where the Netherlands has been present with five teams in recent days, only three Portuguese clubs played this week. Sporting Braga has already been eliminated from the Europa League and Vitória Guimarães may skip the intermediate round in the Conference League. Bonuses can also play a role. To reach the eighth finals in the Champions League and Europa League, one and a half and one point will be paid out respectively. That score must be divided by the number of clubs with which a country started the season. As is known, the league that is sixth after this season may send two clubs to the main tournament of the Champions League in 2026/27. The number three of that competition may also try to qualify for the billion-dollar ball through the preliminary rounds. Next season, the Netherlands will be active in the Champions League with two clubs anyway, because for the 2025/26 season, the performance between 2019 and 2024 has been looked at.
Coëfficiënten-topweek!!!!✅ Feyenoord✅ Ajax✅ AZ✅ FC Twente⚽️ PSV nog alle kansVervroegd carnaval 🎉🎉 Plek 6 is bijna binnen. België in zak en as. Franse paniek. pic.twitter.com/R8r9AD6Q5b— Michel Abbink (@sportzeloot) February 13, 2025
Coefficients: another great week for the Netherlands in battle for two CL tickets The Netherlands has had another excellent week in the battle for two permanent spots in the Champions League. Thanks to four victories, the Netherlands also took a lot more coefficient points than competitor Portugal this week. Moreover, the odds are good that many more points will be added this season.
19677 We need to talk about Belgium. The coefficient polonaise moves southwards. Belgium is on the rise on the UEFA coefficient list and will eventually become a strong competitor of the Netherlands. About the momentum of the Jupiler Pro League, despite a poor Thursday. In the short term, the Dutch coefficient perspective is rosy. Now that Sporting Portugal threatens to find its Waterloo in the Champions League after the 0-3 home defeat against Borussia Dortmund, the retention of sixth place has come another step closer, apart from the Dutch performance. And they were impressive this midweek. If no very strange things happen, at least two Dutch teams will also participate in the main tournament of the Champions League in the 2026/27 season. The Eredivisie proves this season that it is not for nothing that it is best of the rest behind the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1. Not only is there the occasional stunt (Feyenoord alone against Bayern Munich, Manchester City and AC Milan and AZ that wins by a large margin against Galatasaray), the lower limit is also high with sub-toppers such as AZ and FC Twente who survived the competition phase of the Europa League. In the whole coefficient story, it makes a difference that the rock-solid 2021/22 season still counts, when almost everything worked out. Only in two cycles does the score of that year disappear from the tables. If we already consider the 2022-27 cycle, we see that the Netherlands is only eighth. Not only Portugal, but also Belgium has been doing better since the summer of 2022. And not a little better: the Jupiler Pro League collected more than five points more than the Eredivisie in that period, which is quite a difference in coefficient land.
Not sure if this is structural, a lot of that is hinging on two good CL campaigns by Club and one semi-final run in the Conference league, also by Club Brugge. There have been decent results outside of that as well, but it's safe to say the recent boom is largely just down to one club.
20080 The Netherlands has actually already secured sixth place after unforgettable European week. After an extremely remarkable but above all successful European week, the Netherlands is almost certain of retaining place six on the UEFA coefficient list. Portugal can only pass us in theory. Now that the powder fumes of the intermediate round are clearing, we can conclude that the Netherlands is still present with four clubs in Europe, a very special score. This midweek, Feyenoord, PSV (both Champions League), AZ and Ajax (both Europa League) all triumphed in their two-part on their way to the eighth final. Only for FC Twente it went wrong. I'm actually a bit disappointed about the 2 defeats, especially that of Ajax. Could have been the ko to Portugal and the aim for France if we had those now missed points in the bag too. Portugal, on the other hand, saw both Sporting Portugal (Champions League) and FC Porto (Europa League) eliminated. The fact that Benfica did settle under the last sixteen in the billion-dollar ball is no more than a bandage for the bleeding. However, Vitória Guimarães previously qualified through the competition phase of the Conference League for the last sixteen in the third European tournament. Normally, the Netherlands will finish sixth for the third season in a row. The lead of more than 4.5 points is extremely reassuring. Only a bizarre combination of circumstances (a long winning streak of Benfica and Vitória Guimarães and a Dutch demasqué in the remainder of the season) can still throw a spanner in the works. Even an attack on France's fifth place - and an extra Champions League spot - is not entirely impossible, although in that case the Netherlands must continue to peak. Here we see the effects of those unnecesary defeats of Feyenoord and PSV in the CL and in the Europa League. Due to the success of the Eredivisie delegation, two Dutch clubs will anyhow make their appearance in the Champions League in the 2026/27 season. In addition, the number three of the Eredivisie of 2025/26 will have the chance to qualify for the billion-dollar ball through the preliminary rounds. What makes the performance of the Netherlands extra impressive this season is that it comes about without a representative in the main tournament of the Conference League. After the summer elimination of Go Ahead Eagles, it seemed to become a difficult year, but nothing could be further from the truth. Due to phenomenal performances in the Champions League and a high lower limit in the Europa League, the flag can soon fly again.
The Dutch clubs are performing excellently outside the national borders this season. FC Twente unfortunately didnot qualify from the intermediate round of the Europa League, but due to the success of four other Dutch clubs, Portugal has been put further behind in the battle for place 6 in the coefficient ranking. The second Champions League ticket for the 2026/27 season is almost in our hands. The Netherlands scored a total of 1,500 points this week thanks to the victory of PSV (3-1 against Juventus) and the draws of Feyenoord (1-1 against AC Milan) and AZ (2-2 against Galatasaray). The fact that Ajax qualified for the next round (despite a loss against Union (1-2)) also resulted in points. Only FC Twente (5-2 against Bodo/Glimt) did not earn any more points. Every Dutch victory is rewarded with 0.333 points. A draw is good for 0.167 points. In addition, the clubs also receive 0.250 bonus points if they are one round further in the Champions League (PSV and Feyenoord). In the Europa League (AZ and Ajax) it is 0.167 points. The fact that the Netherlands can speak of an excellent week is also due to the failure of Portuguese teams. Portugal collected only 0.700 points this week. Benfica played a draw thanks to a late equalizer by Orkün Kökcu against Monaco (3-3), Sporting came to visit Borussia Dortmund no further than 0-0 and Porto went down 3-1 on a visit to AS Roma. More importantly, only Benfica has survived the intermediate round. For the Netherlands, it is important to keep number 7 Portugal this season at a disadvantage in the coefficient rankings, which are determined on the basis of the results in the last five seasons. For next season, the Netherlands is already assured of place 6 and with it two permanent tickets for the Champions League, but this season's results will determine the 2026/27 campaign. The Netherlands still has a significant lead. Benfica and Vitoria need to get over four points more than the three Dutch clubs to give the second Champions League ticket to Portugal in 2026/27. The clubs can still get a maximum of 6,800 points this season. For the Netherlands, only places 5 to 7 are currently within reach. The deficit on number 5 France is more than three points. On behalf of France, PSG and Olympique Lyon are still in a European tournament. Lyon is Ajax's possible opponent in the eighth finals. Ranking 5. France - 70,022 6. Netherlands - 66,650 7. Portugal - 62,066
20507 It's short-term thinking, but with that in mind, it's actually more important that Portuguese clubs perform worse than that Dutch clubs do better. In that context, it was still a bit of a sweat on Wednesday evening. Barcelona received a red card after just over twenty minutes in the match against Benfica, so a stunt beckoned. It didn't come to that and so Benfica needs a top performance to avoid being eliminated next week. The Netherlands is currently 4.584 points ahead of number seven Portugal on the UEFA coefficient list, which means that the loss of a Portuguese club is fatal for the pursuer of the Netherlands. For example, if Benfica is eliminated, the Eredivisie is assured of at least two spots in the competition phase of the 2026/27 Champions League. Besides Benfica, Vitória Guimarães is the only remaining Portuguese participant in Europe. This club faces Real Betis in the eighth final of the Conference League. On Thursday, Ajax (Eintracht Frankfurt) and AZ (Tottenham Hotspur) will also be in action, but in the Europa League.
20651 Where the Netherlands did not have a great week with three defeats (PSV, Feyenoord and Ajax) and one win (AZ), Portugal did even less. Only Vitória took 0.200 points for the Portuguese total with a draw, while the Netherlands won 0.333 points thanks to AZ's victory over Tottenham Hotspur. The lead of the Netherlands on Portugal is thus approaching 5 points. Because the Portuguese are also in danger of losing Benfica (which lost 0-1 to FC Barcelona) as a participant and Vitória is also not sure of a place in the quarterfinals of the Conference League, place 6 can be a fact next week. Stand 5. Frankrijk, 70.450 6. Nederland, 66.983 7. Portugal, 62.266
20922 France celebrates coefficient party after Dutch CL exit The Netherlands coefficient crowd cheered on Tuesday after the elimination of Benfica, for France it was a step higher on Wednesday. After the Champions League elimination of PSV became official, it is certain that the Netherlands can no longer claim the fifth place of the UEFA coefficient list this season. And the future of France, according to the French, also looks rose-colored. Major media in France are watching the developments on the coefficient list carefully, especially now that there is no longer any question of no man's land. There was a time when France was unthreatened in fifth place on the UEFA list, but the Netherlands came closer faster in recent years and even took over fifth place in 2023. That is why France is still looking at the Netherlands when it comes to the coefficient list. 'PSV had to qualify to keep the tension intact, but all hopes for the Dutch were already dashed during the first match. In London, PSV did not win, which could have helped the Netherlands more in this difficult season', writes RMC Sport. At L'Équipe, they point out a very important coefficient issue. 'The Netherlands has only two clubs left in Europe, Ajax and AZ. Even if both clubs continue in the eighth final of the Europa League, that is not enough for the Netherlands. These two teams will meet each other in the next round. As a result, the Netherlands can no longer catch up with France before May.' France, like the Netherlands, has two clubs left in Europe. Paris Saint-Germain reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League at the expense of Liverpool, Olympique Lyon is after a 1-3 win over FCSB in the eighth final of the Europa League. AZ won its first game against Tottenham Hotspur (1-0), while Ajax has to make up for a 1-2 loss against Eintracht Frankfurt. Le Parisien puts some extra salt in the Dutch wounds. 'The blue horizon becomes even clearer when you consider that the coefficient list is calculated over five seasons. At the start of the next season, France loses the score from the 2020/21 season (7,916), while the Netherlands loses 9,200 points. The current coefficient list and the virtual list for next season