Access list 2008/2009

UEFA European Cup Football
by Bert Kassies

The Champions League cup-holder spot will not be used because Manchester United already qualified for the group stage of the Champions League. This implies that the champions of the 23th and 24th countries on the ranking list (Wisla Kraków, Poland and MTK Budapest, Hungary) gain direct access to the 2nd qualifying round, the CL entrant of the 16th country on the ranking list (Levski Sofia, Bulgaria) gains direct access to the 3rd qualifying round, and the champion of the 10th country on the ranking list (Celtic, Scotland) gains direct access to the group stage.

The UEFA Cup cup-holder spot will not be used because Zenit St. Petersburg qualified for the Champions league. This implies that the cup winner of the 14th country on the country ranking list (Kayserispor, Turkey) will gain direct access to the 1st round round, and that the 1st UEFA Cup entrants of the 19th and 20th countries on the ranking list (Maccabi Netanya, Israel and Red Star Belgrade, Serbia) have direct access to the 2nd qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.

Association		Champions League						UEFA Cup									Intertoto
		Group		Q3		Q2	Q1	1st round				Q2		Q1			R3	R2	R1
		TH						TH (16 x CLQ3)				(11 x UIC)		3 x FP
1	Spain	CH	RU	N3	N4			CW	N5	N6							N7
2	England	CH	RU	N3	N4			CW	N5	LC							N6
3	Italy	CH	RU	N3	N4			CW	N5	N6							N7
4	France	CH	RU	N3				CW	N4	LC							N5
5	Germany	CH	RU	N3				CW	N4	N5							N6
6	Portugal	CH	RU	N3				CW	N4	N5							N6
7	Romania	CH		RU				CW	N3	N4	N5						N6
8	Netherlands	CH		RU				CW	N3	N4	N5						N6
9	Russia	CH		RU				CW				N3						N4
10	Scotland	CH		CH		RU		CW				N3						N4
11	Ukraine			CH		RU		CW				N3						N4
12	Belgium			CH		RU		CW				N3						N4
13	Czech Republic			CH		RU		CW				N3						N4
14	Turkey			CH		RU		CW				CW	N3					N4
15	Greece			CH		RU						CW	N3					N4
16	Bulgaria			CH		CH						CW	RU		N3			N4
17	Switzerland					CH						CW	RU		N3			N4
18	Norway					CH						CW	RU		N3			N4
19	Israel					CH						CW		CW	RU	N3		N4
20	Serbia					CH						CW		CW	RU	N3		N4
21	Denmark					CH								CW	RU	N3		N4
22	Austria					CH								CW	RU			N3
23	Poland					CH	CH							CW	RU				N3
24	Hungary					CH	CH							CW	RU				N3
25	Slovakia						CH							CW	RU				N3
26	Croatia						CH							CW	RU				N3
27	Cyprus						CH							CW	RU				N3
28	Sweden						CH							CW	RU				N3
29	Slovenia						CH							CW	RU				N3
30	Bosnia-Herzegovina						CH							CW	RU				N3
31	Latvia						CH							CW	RU				N3
32	Lithuania						CH							CW	RU				N3
33	Finland						CH							CW	RU				N3
34	Moldova						CH							CW	RU				N3
35	Ireland						CH							CW	RU				N3
36	Georgia						CH							CW	RU				N3
37	Liechtenstein													CW
38	Macedonia						CH							CW	RU				N3
39	Iceland						CH							CW	RU				N3
40	Belarus						CH							CW	RU				N3
41	Albania						CH							CW	RU				N3
42	Estonia						CH							CW	RU				N3
43	Armenia						CH							CW	RU				N3
44	Azerbaijan						CH							CW	RU				N3
45	Kazakhstan						CH							CW	RU				N3
46	Northern Ireland						CH							CW	RU				N3
47	Wales						CH							CW	RU				N3
48	Faroe Islands						CH							CW	RU				N3
49	Luxembourg						CH							CW	RU				N3
50	Malta						CH							CW	RU				N3
51	Andorra						CH							CW
52	San Marino						CH							CW
53	Montenegro						CH							CW	RU				N3
250 teams		16		18		13	30	32				15		76			8	14	28

TH = title-holder
CH = domestic champion club
RU = dometic league runner-up
N3 = domestic league 3rd-placed club
N4 = domestic league 4th-placed club
N5 = domestic league 5th-placed club
N6 = domestic league 6th-placed club
CW = domestic cup-winner
LC = league cup-winner
UIC= club qualified via UEFA Intertoto Cup
FP = club qualified via Fair Play rankings
Q  = qualifying rounds

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