Access list 2015/2016

UEFA European Cup Football
by Bert Kassies

This page shows the access list for the 2015/2016 season of the Champions League and the Europa League. In this list the sequence of the countries is determined by the UEFA Country Ranking 2014.

This qualification list reflects the new format that will be used in the 2015-18 cycle of the Champions League and the Europa League. The title holder of the Europa League, Sevilla, will be granted access to the group stage of the Champions league because the CL title holder spot will not be used (FC Barcelona already qualified to the group stage by the domestic league).

For Europa League this implies that the cup winner of the 13th country on the ranking list (Switzerland) has direct access to the group stage, the cup winner of the 18th country on the ranking list (Cyprus) has direct access to the 3rd qualifying round, and the cup winners of the 24th and 25th countries on the ranking list (Sweden and Bulgaria) have direct access to the 2nd qualifying round of the Europas League. See Regulations of the Champions League 2015/2016 and Regulations of the Europa League 2015/2016 for more information.

Rank /
Association
Champions League Europa League
GroupNCQ4NCQ3CHQ4CHQ3Q2Q1 GroupQ4Q3Q2Q1
CL-TH

EL-TH

(5 x NCQ4)
(5 x CHQ4)
(5 x NCQ3)(10 x CHQ3)(17 x Q2)(4 x Q1) (5 x NCQ4)
(5 x CHQ4)
(22 x Q4)
(5 x NCQ3)
(10 x CHQ3)
(29 x Q3)
(33 x Q2)(51 x Q1)
1Esp CH,N2,N3N4 CW,
N5
N6
2Eng CH,N2,N3N4 CW,N5 N6
FP
3Ger CH,N2,N3N4 CW,N5 N6
4Ita CH,N2N3 CW,N4 N5
5Por CH,N2N3 CW N4,N5
6Fra CH,N2 N3 CW N4,N5
7Rus CH N2 CW N3,N4
8Ned CH N2 CW N3,N4
FP
9Ukr CH N2 CW N3,N4
10Bel CH N2 CW N3N4
11Tur CH N2 CW N3N4
12Gre CH N2 CW N3N4
13Sui N2 CH
CW
CW
,N3
N4
14Aut N2 CH CW,N3N4
15Cze N2 CH CW,N3N4
16Rom CH CWN2N3
17Isr CH CWN2N3
18Cyp CH
CW
CW
N2,N3
19Den CH CWN2,N3
20Cro CH CWN2,N3
21Pol CH CWN2,N3
22Bls CH CWN2,N3
23Sco CH CWN2,N3
24Swe CH
CW
CW
,N2,N3
25Bul CH
CW
CW
,N2,N3
26Nor CH CW,N2,N3
27Srb CH CW,N2,N3
28Hun CH CW,N2,N3
29Slo CH CW,N2,N3
30Svk CH CW,N2,N3
31Mol CH CW,N2,N3
32Azb CH CW,N2,N3
33Geo CH CW,N2,N3
34Kaz CH CW,N2,N3
35Bos CH CW,N2,N3
36Fin CH CW,N2,N3
37Isl CH CW,N2,N3
38Lat CH CW,N2,N3
39Mon CH CW,N2,N3
40Alb CH CW,N2,N3
41Lit CH CW,N2,N3
42Mac CH CW,N2,N3
43Irl CH CW,N2,N3,
FP
44Lux CH CW,N2,N3
45Mlt CH CW,N2,N3
46Lie CW
47Nir CH CW,N2,N3
48Wal CH CW,N2,N3
49Arm CH CW,N2,N3
50Est CH CW,N2,N3
51Far CH CW,N2,N3
52Sma CH CW,N2
53And CH CW,N2
54Gib CH CW
78 x CL
158 x EL
236 total
22
(32)
5
(10)
10
(10)
-
(10)
3
(20)
30
(34)
8
(8)
16
(48)
-
(44)
25
(58)
15
(66)
102
(102)

Keys:
TH=title-holder
CH=domestic champion
N2=domestic league 2nd-placed club
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
FP=club qualified via Fair Play rankings
Q=qualifying round
CHQ=qualifying round for champions
NCQ=qualifying round for non-champions


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