Qualification 2012/2013

UEFA European Cup Football
by Bert Kassies

The number of teams of each country is determined by the position in the UEFA Country Ranking 2011, extended with 3 Fair Play teams for the Europa League. All participating teams must have obtained a licence for European football issued by the corresponding national association in accordance with the UEFA Club Licensing Regulations.

The Champions League title holder Chelsea did not already qualify for the Champions League, and therefore the 4th English team, Tottenham Hotspur, has to take part in the Europa League group stage since the maximum number of clubs from one country in the Champions League is 4. This implies that the 3rd team of the 6th country on the ranking list (Sporting Braga, Portugal) and the 2nd team of the 7th country on the ranking list (Spartak Moscow, Russia) have direct access to the 4th qualifying round of the Champions League.

The Europa League title holder Atlético Madrid already qualified for the group stage of the Europa League. This implies that the cup winner of the 7th country on the ranking list (Rubin Kazan, Russia) has direct access to the group stage, the 1st league entrant of the 16th country on the ranking list (FC Luzern, Switzerland) has direct access to the 4th qualifying round, the 1st league entrant of the 19th country on the ranking list (Rapid Wien, Austria) has direct access to the 3rd qualifying round, and the cup winners of the 33th and 34th countries on the ranking list (Moldova) and (Zalgiris Vilnius, Lithuania) have direct access to the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa League.

Because the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League (for non-champions) now consists of 8 teams there will be only 4 eliminated teams that get access to the 4th qualifying round of the Europa League. This implies that the cup winner of the 17th country on the ranking list (Hapoel Tel-Aviv, Israel) has direct access to the 4th qualifying round, the cup winner of the 20th country on the ranking list (Omonia Nicosia, Cyprus) has direct access to the 3rd qualifying round, and the cup winners of the 35th and 36th countries on the ranking list (Skonto Riga, Latvia) and (Dila Gori, Georgia) have direct access to the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa League.

1 England 85.785 ---------------------------------------- TH=Chelsea 135.882 (ch/GS) CL1=Manchester City 63.882 (ch/GS) CL2=Manchester United 141.882 (ch/GS) CL3=Arsenal 113.882 (ch/GS) EL1=Tottenham Hotspur 66.882 (eu/GS) EL2=Newcastle United 16.882 (eu/Q4) LC=Liverpool 90.882 (eu/Q3) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) (league cup: wiki) 2 Spain 82.329 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Real Madrid 121.837 (ch/GS) CL2=FC Barcelona 157.837 (ch/GS) CL3=Valencia 89.837 (ch/GS) CL4=Málaga CF 16.837 (ch/Q4) TH=Atlético Madrid 100.837 (eu/GS) EL2=Levante UD 16.837 (eu/Q4) CF=Athletic Bilbao 47.837 (eu/Q3) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 3 Germany 69.436 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Borussia Dortmund 31.037 (ch/GS) CL2=Bayern München 133.037 (ch/GS) CL3=Schalke 04 78.037 (ch/GS) CL4=Borussia Mönchengladbach 15.037 (ch/Q4) EL1=Bayer Leverkusen 60.037 (eu/GS) EL2=VfB Stuttgart 55.037 (eu/Q4) EL3=Hannover 96 31.037 (eu/Q3) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 4 Italy 60.552 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Juventus 46.996 (ch/GS) CL2=AC Milan 89.996 (ch/GS) CL3=Udinese 38.996 (ch/Q4) CW=Napoli 39.996 (eu/GS) EL2=Lazio Roma 29.996 (eu/Q4) EL3=Internazionale 104.996 (eu/Q3) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 5 France 53.678 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Montpellier 11.835 (ch/GS) CL2=Paris Saint-Germain 45.835 (ch/GS) CL3=Lille OSC 38.835 (ch/Q4) CW=Olympique Lyon 94.835 (eu/GS) EL2=Girondins Bordeaux 58.835 (eu/Q4) LC=Olympique Marseille 85.835 (eu/Q3) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) (league cup: wiki) 6 Portugal 51.596 ---------------------------------------- CL1=FC Porto 98.069 (ch/GS) CL2=Benfica 87.069 (ch/GS) CL3=Sporting Braga 63.069 (ch/Q4) CW=Académica Coimbra 11.069 (eu/GS) EL2=Sporting CP Lisbon 82.069 (eu/Q4) EL3=Maritimo Funchal 12.569 (eu/Q3) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 7 Russia 44.707 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Zenit St. Petersburg 79.066 (ch/GS) CL2=Spartak Moscow 46.066 (ch/Q4) CW=Rubin Kazan 40.566 (eu/GS) EL2=CSKA Moscow 80.566 (eu/Q4) EL3=Dinamo Moscow 11.066 (eu/Q3) EL4=Anzhi Makhachkala 9.566 (eu/Q2) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 8 Ukraine 43.883 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Shakhtar Donetsk 84.026 (ch/GS) CL2=Dinamo Kiev 62.026 (ch/Q3) EL1=Metalist Kharkiv 52.526 (eu/Q4) EL2=Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 14.026 (eu/Q4) EL3=Arsenal Kiev 9.026 (eu/Q3) CF=Metalurg Donetsk 10.526 (eu/Q2) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 9 Netherlands 40.129 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Ajax 58.103 (ch/GS) CL2=Feyenoord 12.603 (ch/Q3) CW=PSV Eindhoven 76.103 (eu/Q4) EL2=AZ Alkmaar 44.103 (eu/Q4) EL3=Heerenveen 20.103 (eu/Q3) EL4=Vitesse Arnhem 9.103 (eu/Q2) FP=FC Twente Enschede 57.103 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 10 Turkey 35.050 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Galatasaray 38.310 (ch/GS) CL2=Fenerbahçe 41.310 (ch/Q3) EL1=Trabzonspor 19.810 (eu/Q4) EL2=Bursaspor 13.310 (eu/Q3) EL3=Eskisehirspor 6.810 (eu/Q2) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) (UEFA banned the league 4th Besiktas for 1 year from European football. They are replaced by the next team in the league Eskisehirspor, *, *.) 11 Greece 34.166 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Olympiakos Piraeus 61.420 (ch/GS) CL2=Panathinaikos 50.920 (ch/Q3) EL1=Atromitos FC 7.420 (eu/Q4) EL2=PAOK Thessaloniki 27.920 (eu/Q3) EL3=Asteras Tripolis 7.420 (eu/Q2) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) (The league 3rd AEK Athens did not get a licence, *) 12 Denmark 30.550 ---------------------------------------- CL1=FC Nordsjælland 8.005 (ch/GS) CL2=FC København 46.505 (ch/Q3) EL1=FC Midtjylland 6.505 (eu/Q4) EL2=AC Horsens 5.505 (eu/Q3) EL3=AGF Aarhus 5.505 (eu/Q2) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 13 Belgium 27.000 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Anderlecht 48.480 (ch/Q3) CL2=Club Brugge 35.480 (ch/Q3) CW=KSC Lokeren 6.480 (eu/Q4) EL2=Racing Genk 16.480 (eu/Q3) EL3=AA Gent 12.480 (eu/Q2) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 14 Romania 25.824 ---------------------------------------- CL1=CFR Cluj 18.764 (ch/Q3) CL2=FC Vaslui 13.764 (ch/Q3) CW=Dinamo Bucuresti 13.264 (eu/Q4) EL2=Steaua Bucuresti 26.764 (eu/Q3) EL3=Rapid Bucuresti 8.764 (eu/Q2) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 15 Scotland 25.141 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Celtic 32.728 (ch/Q3) CL2=Motherwell 6.728 (ch/Q3) CW=Hearts FC 7.228 (eu/Q4) EL2=Dundee United 6.228 (eu/Q3) EL3=St. Johnstone 4.228 (eu/Q2) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) (The league 2nd Glasgow Rangers did not get a licence) 16 Switzerland 24.900 ---------------------------------------- CL=FC Basel 53.360 (ch/Q2) EL1=FC Luzern 6.360 (eu/Q4) EL2=Young Boys 16.860 (eu/Q2) EL3=Servette FC Genève 5.360 (eu/Q2) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 17 Israel 22.000 ---------------------------------------- CL=Hapoel Kiryat Shmona 4.400 (ch/Q2) CW=Hapoel Tel-Aviv 31.400 (eu/Q4) EL2=Bnei Yehuda 7.400 (eu/Q2) EL3=Maccabi Netanya 5.400 (eu/Q2) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 18 Czech Republic 20.850 ---------------------------------------- CL=Slovan Liberec 5.570 (ch/Q2) EL1=Sparta Praha 25.570 (eu/Q3) EL2=Viktoria Plzen 14.070 (eu/Q2) EL3=Mladá Boleslav 9.070 (eu/Q2) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) (The cup winner Sigma Olomouc is banned by UEFA and replaced by Mladá Boleslav) 19 Austria 20.700 ---------------------------------------- CL=FC Salzburg 29.265 (ch/Q2) EL1=Rapid Wien 12.265 (eu/Q3) EL2=Admira Wacker 5.265 (eu/Q2) CF=SV Ried 6.765 (eu/Q2) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 20 Cyprus 18.124 ---------------------------------------- CL=AEL Limassol 5.099 (ch/Q2) CW=Omonia Nicosia 9.099 (eu/Q3) EL2=APOEL Nicosia 33.599 (eu/Q2) EL3=Anorthosis Famagusta 17.099 (eu/Q2) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 21 Bulgaria 17.875 ---------------------------------------- CL=Ludogorets Razgrad 2.850 (ch/Q2) EL1=CSKA Sofia 10.350 (eu/Q2) EL2=Levski Sofia 11.850 (eu/Q2) CF=Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2.850 (eu/Q2) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 22 Croatia 16.124 ---------------------------------------- CL=Dinamo Zagreb 24.774 (ch/Q2) EL1=Hajduk Split 7.774 (eu/Q2) EL2=Slaven Koprivnica 4.774 (eu/Q2) CF=NK Osijek 3.774 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 23 Belarus 16.083 ---------------------------------------- CL=BATE Borisov 29.641 (ch/Q2) CW=Naftan Novopolotsk 4.141 (eu/Q2) EL2=Shakhtior Saligorsk 4.141 (eu/Q2) EL3=FC Gomel 4.641 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 24 Poland 15.916 ---------------------------------------- CL=Slask Wroclaw 5.483 (ch/Q2) CW=Legia Warsaw 11.983 (eu/Q2) EL2=Ruch Chorzow 4.983 (eu/Q2) EL3=Lech Poznan 22.483 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 25 Slovakia 14.499 ---------------------------------------- CL=MSK Zilina 14.974 (ch/Q2) EL1=Spartak Trnava 4.974 (eu/Q2) EL2=Slovan Bratislava 7.974 (eu/Q2) EL3=FK Senica 3.974 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 26 Norway 14.375 ---------------------------------------- CL=Molde FK 3.935 (ch/Q2) CW=Aalesunds FK 5.435 (eu/Q2) EL2=Tromsø IL 4.935 (eu/Q2) EL3=Rosenborg BK 20.935 (eu/Q1) FP=Stabæk IF 4.935 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 27 Serbia 14.250 ---------------------------------------- CL=Partizan Belgrade 14.350 (ch/Q2) CW=Red Star Belgrade 10.850 (eu/Q2) EL2=Vojvodina Novi Sad 4.350 (eu/Q2) EL3=FK Jagodina 2.850 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 28 Sweden 14.125 ---------------------------------------- CL=Helsingborg IF 12.680 (ch/Q2) EL1=AIK Stockholm 5.680 (eu/Q2) EL2=IF Elfsborg 10.180 (eu/Q1) CF=Kalmar FF 7.180 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 29 Bosnia-Herzegovina 9.124 ---------------------------------------- CL=Zeljeznicar Sarajevo 3.683 (ch/Q2) EL1=Siroki Brijeg 2.933 (eu/Q2) EL2=FK Borac Banja Luka 3.183 (eu/Q1) EL3=FK Sarajevo 4.183 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 30 Finland 8.966 ---------------------------------------- CL=HJK Helsinki 5.326 (ch/Q2) EL1=Inter Turku 3.826 (eu/Q2) EL2=JJK Jyväskylä 1.826 (eu/Q1) CF=KuPS Kuopio 2.326 (eu/Q1) FP=MyPa-47 2.826 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 31 Ireland 8.708 ---------------------------------------- CL=Shamrock Rovers 4.475 (ch/Q2) CW=Sligo Rovers 2.725 (eu/Q2) EL2=St. Patrick's Athletic 4.975 (eu/Q1) EL3=Bohemians Dublin 3.975 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) (The league 3rd Derry City does not exist for at least 3 years and is replaced by Bohemians Dublin, * ) 32 Hungary 8.500 ---------------------------------------- CL=DVSC Debrecen 7.950 (ch/Q2) EL1=FC Fehérvár 3.450 (eu/Q2) EL2=Honvéd Budapest 2.950 (eu/Q1) CF=MTK Budapest 1.950 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) (ETO Györ qualified for European football but did not get a licence) 33 Moldova 7.749 ---------------------------------------- CL=Sheriff Tiraspol 9.849 (ch/Q2) CW=Milsami Orhei 1.599 (eu/Q2) EL2=Dacia Chisinau 3.349 (eu/Q1) EL3=Zimbru Chisinau 1.849 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 34 Lithuania 7.708 ---------------------------------------- CL=Ekranas Panevezys 4.875 (ch/Q2) CW=Zalgiris Vilnius 1.375 (eu/Q2) EL2=Suduva Marijampole 2.875 (eu/Q1) EL3=FK Siauliai 1.875 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 35 Latvia 7.415 ---------------------------------------- CL=FK Ventspils 5.674 (ch/Q2) CW=Skonto Riga 2.924 (eu/Q2) EL2=Metalurgs Liepaja 3.174 (eu/Q1) EL3=Daugava Daugavpils 1.424 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 36 Georgia 6.957 ---------------------------------------- CL=FC Zestafoni 4.733 (ch/Q2) CW=Dila Gori 1.733 (eu/Q2) EL2=Olimpi Rustavi 4.233 (eu/Q1) EL3=Torpedo Kutaisi 1.733 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 37 Azerbaijan 6.165 ---------------------------------------- CL=Neftchi Baku 2.241 (ch/Q2) CW=FK Baku 3.241 (eu/Q1) EL1=Khazar Lenkoran 1.991 (eu/Q1) EL2=Inter Baku 2.491 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 38 Slovenia 6.124 ---------------------------------------- CL=NK Maribor 6.424 (ch/Q2) EL1=Olimpija Ljubljana 2.674 (eu/Q1) EL2=Mura Murska Sobota 1.424 (eu/Q1) CF=NK Celje 1.424 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 39 Macedonia 5.207 ---------------------------------------- CL=Vardar Skopje 1.133 (ch/Q2) CW=Renova Dzepciste 2.633 (eu/Q1) EL2=Metalurg Skopje 1.883 (eu/Q1) EL3=Shkendija Tetovo 2.133 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 40 Iceland 4.957 ---------------------------------------- CL=KR Reykjavik 3.566 (ch/Q2) EL1=FH Hafnarfjardar 3.566 (eu/Q1) EL2=IBV Vestmannaeyjar 1.316 (eu/Q1) CF=Thór Akureyri 1.066 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 41 Kazakhstan 4.374 ---------------------------------------- CL=Shakhtyor Karaganda 1.816 (ch/Q2) CW=Ordabasy Shymkent 1.066 (eu/Q1) EL2=Zhetysu Taldykorgan 1.066 (eu/Q1) EL3=FK Aktobe 5.066 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 42 Liechtenstein 4.000 ---------------------------------------- CW=USV Eschen-Mauren 0.800 (eu/Q1) (cup: wiki) 43 Montenegro 3.875 ---------------------------------------- CL=Buducnost Podgorica 2.375 (ch/Q2) CW=Celik Niksic 0.875 (eu/Q1) EL2=Rudar Pljevlja 2.375 (eu/Q1) EL3=Zeta Golubovci 1.375 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 44 Albania 3.874 ---------------------------------------- CL=Skënderbeu Korçë 1.783 (ch/Q2) CW=SK Tirana 2.783 (eu/Q1) EL2=Teuta Durrës 0.783 (eu/Q1) EL3=KS Flamurtari Vlorë 1.783 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 45 Estonia 3.791 ---------------------------------------- CL=Flora Tallinn 2.283 (ch/Q2) CW=Levadia Tallinn 3.533 (eu/Q1) EL2=Kalju Nomme 1.033 (eu/Q1) EL3=Trans Narva 1.283 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 46 Wales 2.790 ---------------------------------------- CL=The New Saints 2.799 (ch/Q2) EL1=Bangor City 3.049 (eu/Q1) EL2=Llanelli FC 1.549 (eu/Q1) CF=Cefn Druids 0.549 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 47 Armenia 2.583 ---------------------------------------- CL=Ulisses Yerevan 0.941 (ch/Q2) CW=Shirak Gyumri 0.441 (eu/Q1) EL2=Gandzasar Kapan 0.941 (eu/Q1) EL3=Pyunik Yerevan 3.441 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 48 Malta 2.416 ---------------------------------------- CL=Valletta FC 2.616 (ch/Q1) CW=Hibernians FC 1.116 (eu/Q1) EL2=Birkirkara 2.116 (eu/Q1) EL3=Floriana 1.116 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 49 Northern Ireland 2.249 ---------------------------------------- CL=Linfield Belfast 2.766 (ch/Q1) EL1=Portadown 1.016 (eu/Q1) EL2=Cliftonville 1.766 (eu/Q1) CF=Crusaders Belfast 1.516 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 50 Faroe Islands 1.416 ---------------------------------------- CL=B36 Torshavn 0.533 (ch/Q1) CW=EB Streymur 2.033 (eu/Q1) EL2=Víkingur 0.783 (eu/Q1) EL3=NSI Runavik 1.033 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 51 Luxembourg 1.374 ---------------------------------------- CL=F91 Dudelange 2.716 (ch/Q1) EL1=Jeunesse d'Esch 1.466 (eu/Q1) EL2=CS Grevenmacher 0.966 (eu/Q1) EL3=Differdange 03 2.966 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 52 Andorra 1.000 ---------------------------------------- CL=FC Lusitanos 0.700 (ch/Q1) CW=FC Santa Coloma 1.700 (eu/Q1) EL2=UE Santa Coloma 0.700 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki) 53 San Marino 0.916 ---------------------------------------- CL=Tre Penne 0.933 (ch/Q1) CW=La Fiorita 0.183 (eu/Q1) EL2=Libertas 0.183 (eu/Q1) (league: wiki) (cup: wiki)

KEY:

CLx	=	Champions League spot
CW	=	cup-winner spot
ELx	=	Europa League spot
CF	=	cup-finalist spot
LC	=	league cup-winner spot
FP	=	Fair Play spot (in eu/Q1)
GS	=	Group Stage
Qx	=	Qualifying Round

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