For details, see the new Access List 2021/2022 and 2021-24 qualifying scheme. Many qualification details may be found in the official CL regulations (pdf or online), the EL regulations (pdf or online), and the ECL regulations (pdf or online). A nice overview of the 2021/22 season of European football is given by wikipedia 2021/22 CL, 2021/22 EL and 2021/22 ECL.
The number of clubs of each country is determined by the position in the UEFA Country Ranking 2020. 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) qualified already for the CL group stage by the domestic league. The access list will be re-balanced as follows:
The Europa League title holder (Villarreal) qualified already for the play-off round of the Europa Conference League. The access list will be re-balanced as follows:
The Europa Conference League title holder spot in the Europa League group stage will not be used because it is the first season of the Europa Conference League. The access list will be re-balanced as follows:
1 Spain 102.283 ---------------------------------------- CH=Atlético Madrid 115.000 (CL-GS) N2=Real Madrid 127.000 (CL-GS) N3=FC Barcelona 122.000 (CL-GS) N4=Sevilla 98.000 (CL-GS) N5=Real Sociedad 19.571 (EL-GS) N6=Real Betis 19.571 (EL-GS) EL-TH=Villarreal 63.000 (CL-GS)
2 England 90.462 ---------------------------------------- CH=Manchester City 125.000 (CL-GS) N2=Manchester United 113.000 (CL-GS) N3=Liverpool 101.000 (CL-GS) N4=Chelsea 98.000 (CL-GS) CW=Leicester City 32.000 (EL-GS) N6=West Ham United 20.113 (EL-GS) N7=Tottenham Hotspur 88.000 (ECL-PO)
3 Germany 74.784 ---------------------------------------- CH=Bayern München 134.000 (CL-GS) N2=RB Leipzig 66.000 (CL-GS) N3=Borussia Dortmund 90.000 (CL-GS) N4=VfL Wolfsburg 14.714 (CL-GS) N5=Eintracht Frankfurt 33.000 (EL-GS) N6=Bayer Leverkusen 57.000 (EL-GS) N7=Union Berlin 14.714 (ECL-PO)
4 Italy 70.653 ---------------------------------------- CH=Internazionale 53.000 (CL-GS) N2=AC Milan 31.000 (CL-GS) N3=Atalanta 50.500 (CL-GS) N4=Juventus 120.000 (CL-GS) N5=Napoli 74.000 (EL-GS) N6=Lazio 44.000 (EL-GS) N7=AS Roma 90.000 (ECL-PO)
5 France 59.248 ---------------------------------------- CH=Lille OSC 14.000 (CL-GS) N2=Paris Saint-Germain 113.000 (CL-GS) N3=AS Monaco 36.000 (CL-Q3nc) N4=Olympique Lyon 76.000 (EL-GS) N5=Olympique Marseille 28.000 (EL-GS) N6=Stade Rennais 19.000 (ECL-PO)
6 Portugal 49.449 ---------------------------------------- CH=Sporting CP Lisbon 45.500 (CL-GS) N2=FC Porto 87.000 (CL-GS) N3=Benfica 58.000 (CL-Q3nc) CW=Sporting Braga 35.000 (EL-GS) N5=Paços de Ferreira 9.709 (ECL-Q3) N6=CD Santa Clara 9.709 (ECL-Q2)
7 Russia 45.549 ---------------------------------------- CH=Zenit St. Petersburg 50.000 (CL-GS) N2=Spartak Moscow 18.500 (CL-Q3nc) CW=Lokomotiv Moscow 31.000 (EL-GS) N4=Rubin Kazan 7.676 (ECL-Q3) N5=FC Sochi 7.676 (ECL-Q2)
8 Belgium 37.900 ---------------------------------------- CH=Club Brugge 35.500 (CL-GS) N2=Racing Genk 30.000 (CL-Q3nc) N3=Royal Antwerp 10.500 (EL-PO) N4=Anderlecht 25.000 (ECL-Q3) N5=AA Gent 26.500 (ECL-Q2)
9 Ukraine 36.100 ---------------------------------------- CH=Dinamo Kiev 47.000 (CL-GS) N2=Shakhtar Donetsk 79.000 (CL-Q3nc) N3=Zorya Luhansk 15.000 (EL-PO) N4=Kolos Kovalivka 6.620 (ECL-Q3) N5=Vorskla Poltava 6.620 (ECL-Q2)
10 Netherlands 35.750 ---------------------------------------- CH=Ajax 82.500 (CL-GS) N2=PSV Eindhoven 29.000 (CL-Q2nc) N3=AZ Alkmaar 21.500 (EL-PO) N4=Vitesse Arnhem 7.840 (ECL-Q3) N5=Feyenoord 21.000 (ECL-Q2)
11 Turkey 33.600 ---------------------------------------- CH=Besiktas 49.000 (CL-GS) N2=Galatasaray 17.000 (CL-Q2nc) N3=Fenerbahçe 19.500 (EL-PO) N4=Trabzonspor 6.020 (ECL-Q3) N5=Sivasspor 6.020 (ECL-Q2)
12 Austria 32.925 ---------------------------------------- CH=FC Salzburg 59.000 (CL-PO) N2=Rapid Wien 17.000 (CL-Q2nc) N3=Sturm Graz 7.165 (EL-PO) N4=LASK 21.000 (ECL-Q3) N5=Austria Wien 10.000 (ECL-Q2)
13 Denmark 29.250 ---------------------------------------- CH=Brøndby IF 7.000 (CL-PO) N2=FC Midtjylland 13.500 (CL-Q2nc) CW=Randers FC 5.575 (EL-PO) N3=FC København 43.500 (ECL-Q2) N4=AGF Aarhus 5.575 (ECL-Q2)
14 Scotland 27.875 ---------------------------------------- CH=Glasgow Rangers 31.250 (CL-Q3) N2=Celtic 34.000 (CL-Q2nc) CW=St. Johnstone 6.675 (EL-Q3) N3=Hibernian 6.675 (ECL-Q2) N4=Aberdeen 7.500 (ECL-Q2)
15 Czech Republic 27.300 ---------------------------------------- CH=Slavia Praha 43.500 (CL-Q3) N2=Sparta Praha 17.500 (CL-Q2nc) N3=FK Jablonec 7.000 (EL-Q3) N4=1.FC Slovácko 5.320 (ECL-Q2) N5=Viktoria Plzen 33.500 (ECL-Q2)
16 Cyprus 26.750 ---------------------------------------- CH=Omonia Nicosia 5.550 (CL-Q2) CW=Anorthosis Famagusta 5.550 (EL-Q3) N2=Apollon Limassol 13.500 (ECL-Q2) N3=AEL Limassol 5.550 (ECL-Q2)
17 Switzerland 26.400 ---------------------------------------- CH=Young Boys 35.000 (CL-Q2) CW=FC Luzern 5.500 (ECL-Q3) N2=FC Basel 49.000 (ECL-Q2) N3=Servette FC Genève 5.245 (ECL-Q2)
18 Greece 26.300 ---------------------------------------- CH=Olympiakos Piraeus 43.000 (CL-Q2) CW=PAOK Thessaloniki 20.000 (ECL-Q3) N3=Aris Thessaloniki 5.200 (ECL-Q2) N4=AEK Athens 19.500 (ECL-Q2)
19 Serbia 25.500 ---------------------------------------- CH=Red Star Belgrade 32.500 (CL-Q2) N2=Partizan Belgrade 18.000 (ECL-Q2) N3=Cukaricki Belgrade 5.350 (ECL-Q2) N4=Vojvodina Novi Sad 5.350 (ECL-Q2)
20 Croatia 24.875 ---------------------------------------- CH=Dinamo Zagreb 44.500 (CL-Q1) N2=NK Osijek 6.000 (ECL-Q2) N3=NK Rijeka 13.500 (ECL-Q2) N4=Hajduk Split 8.000 (ECL-Q2)
21 Sweden 22.750 ---------------------------------------- CH=Malmö FF 18.500 (CL-Q1) CW=Hammarby IF 4.100 (ECL-Q2) N2=IF Elfsborg 4.100 (ECL-Q2) N3=BK Häcken 4.100 (ECL-Q2)
22 Norway 21.750 ---------------------------------------- CH=Bodø/Glimt 4.200 (CL-Q1) N2=Molde FK 17.000 (ECL-Q2) N3=Vålerengens IF 4.200 (ECL-Q2) N4=Rosenborg BK 14.000 (ECL-Q2)
23 Israel 19.625 ---------------------------------------- CH=Maccabi Haifa 4.875 (CL-Q1) CW=Maccabi Tel-Aviv 20.500 (ECL-Q2) N3=MS Ashdod 4.875 (ECL-Q2) N4=Hapoel Beer-Sheva 17.500 (ECL-Q2)
24 Kazakhstan 19.250 ---------------------------------------- CH=Kairat Almaty 6.000 (CL-Q1) N2=Tobol Kustanai 3.125 (ECL-Q2) N3=FK Astana 22.500 (ECL-Q2) N4=Shakhtyor Karaganda 3.125 (ECL-Q2)
25 Belarus 18.875 ---------------------------------------- CH=Shakhtior Saligorsk 5.250 (CL-Q1) CW=BATE Borisov 17.500 (ECL-Q2) N3=Torpedo Zhodino 3.050 (ECL-Q2) N4=Dynamo Brest 5.000 (ECL-Q2)
26 Azerbaijan 18.750 ---------------------------------------- CH=Neftchi Baku 5.000 (CL-Q1) CW=Kesla FK 3.375 (ECL-Q2) N2=Qarabag FK 21.000 (ECL-Q2) N3=Sumgayit FK 3.375 (ECL-Q2)
27 Bulgaria 17.375 ---------------------------------------- CH=Ludogorets Razgrad 28.000 (CL-Q1) CW=CSKA Sofia 8.000 (ECL-Q2) N2=Lokomotiv Plovdiv 4.075 (ECL-Q2) N4=Arda Kardzhali 4.075 (ECL-Q2)
28 Romania 16.700 ---------------------------------------- CH=CFR Cluj 16.500 (CL-Q1) CW=Universitatea Craiova 6.000 (ECL-Q2) N2=FCSB 21.000 (ECL-Q2) N4=Sepsi OSK 3.640 (ECL-Q2)
29 Poland 16.625 ---------------------------------------- CH=Legia Warsaw 16.500 (CL-Q1) CW=Raków Czestochowa 3.025 (ECL-Q2) N3=Pogon Szczecin 3.025 (ECL-Q2) N4=Slask Wroclaw 3.025 (ECL-Q1)
30 Slovakia 15.875 ---------------------------------------- CH=Slovan Bratislava 7.500 (CL-Q1) N2=DAC Dunajska Streda 5.000 (ECL-Q2) N3=Spartak Trnava 7.500 (ECL-Q1) N4=MSK Zilina 2.725 (ECL-Q1)
31 Liechtenstein 13.500 ---------------------------------------- CW=FC Vaduz 5.500 (ECL-Q2)
32 Slovenia 13.000 ---------------------------------------- CH=Mura Murska Sobota 3.000 (CL-Q1) CW=Olimpija Ljubljana 6.750 (ECL-Q2) N2=NK Maribor 14.000 (ECL-Q1) N4=NK Domzale 5.500 (ECL-Q1)
33 Hungary 12.875 ---------------------------------------- CH=Ferencváros 13.500 (CL-Q1) CW=Újpest TE 3.100 (ECL-Q2) N2=Puskás Akadémia 3.100 (ECL-Q1) N3=FC Fehérvár 11.500 (ECL-Q1)
34 Luxembourg 8.000 ---------------------------------------- CH=CS Fola Esch 5.250 (CL-Q1) N2=F91 Dudelange 8.000 (ECL-Q2) N3=Swift Hesperange 1.650 (ECL-Q1) N4=Racing Union Luxembourg 1.650 (ECL-Q1)
35 Lithuania 7.875 ---------------------------------------- CH=Zalgiris Vilnius 6.500 (CL-Q1) CW=FK Panevezys 1.750 (ECL-Q2) N2=Suduva Marijampole 8.750 (ECL-Q1) N3=Kauno Zalgiris 2.000 (ECL-Q1)
36 Armenia 7.625 ---------------------------------------- CH=Alashkert FC 6.500 (CL-Q1) CW=Ararat Yerevan 1.475 (ECL-Q1) N2=FC Noah 1.475 (ECL-Q1) N3=Urartu FC 2.250 (ECL-Q1)
37 Latvia 7.625 ---------------------------------------- CH=Riga FC 5.500 (CL-Q1) CW=FK Liepaja 4.000 (ECL-Q1) N2=RFS Riga 2.000 (ECL-Q1) N3=Valmieras FK 1.475 (ECL-Q1)
38 Albania 7.375 ---------------------------------------- CH=Teuta Durrës 2.750 (CL-Q1) CW=Vllaznia Shkodër 1.450 (ECL-Q1) N3=Partizani Tirana 4.250 (ECL-Q1) N4=KF Laçi 4.000 (ECL-Q1)
39 North Macedonia 7.375 ---------------------------------------- CH=Shkendija Tetovo 9.000 (CL-Q1) CW=Sileks Kratovo 1.750 (ECL-Q1) N2=FK Shkupi 3.000 (ECL-Q1) N3=FC Struga 1.525 (ECL-Q1)
40 Bosnia-Herzegovina 6.875 ---------------------------------------- CH=FK Borac Banja Luka 1.600 (CL-Q1) CW=FK Sarajevo 6.250 (ECL-Q1) N3=Velez Mostar 1.600 (ECL-Q1) N4=Siroki Brijeg 2.750 (ECL-Q1)
41 Moldova 6.750 ---------------------------------------- CH=Sheriff Tiraspol 14.500 (CL-Q1) CW=Sfântul Gheorghe 1.500 (ECL-Q1) N2=Petrocub Hîncesti 3.000 (ECL-Q1) N3=Milsami Orhei 2.250 (ECL-Q1)
42 Ireland 6.700 ---------------------------------------- CH=Shamrock Rovers 4.750 (CL-Q1) CW=Dundalk 10.500 (ECL-Q1) N2=Bohemians Dublin 1.575 (ECL-Q1) N3=Sligo Rovers 1.575 (ECL-Q1)
43 Finland 6.500 ---------------------------------------- CH=HJK Helsinki 5.500 (CL-Q1) N2=Inter Turku 2.000 (ECL-Q1) N3=KuPS Kuopio 5.000 (ECL-Q1) N4=Honka Espoo 1.375 (ECL-Q1)
44 Georgia 5.750 ---------------------------------------- CH=Dinamo Tbilisi 6.500 (CL-Q1) CW=Gagra Tbilisi 1.375 (ECL-Q1) N2=Dinamo Batumi 1.375 (ECL-Q1) N3=Dila Gori 1.375 (ECL-Q1)
45 Malta 5.750 ---------------------------------------- N2=Hibernians FC 3.750 (CL-Q1) N3=Gzira United 2.500 (ECL-Q1) N4=Birkirkara 1.500 (ECL-Q1) N6=Mosta FC 1.275 (ECL-Q1)
46 Iceland 5.375 ---------------------------------------- CH=Valur Reykjavik 4.250 (CL-Q1) N2=FH Hafnarfjardar 5.000 (ECL-Q1) N3=Stjarnan FC 3.250 (ECL-Q1) N4=Breidablik 2.250 (ECL-Q1)
47 Wales 5.000 ---------------------------------------- CH=Connah's Quay 4.750 (CL-Q1) N2=The New Saints 7.500 (ECL-Q1) N3=Bala Town 2.500 (ECL-Q1) N4=Newtown 1.000 (ECL-Q1)
48 Northern Ireland 4.875 ---------------------------------------- CH=Linfield Belfast 5.250 (CL-Q1) N2=Coleraine 2.750 (ECL-Q1) N3=Glentoran 1.391 (ECL-Q1) N4=Larne FC 1.391 (ECL-Q1)
49 Gibraltar 4.750 ---------------------------------------- CH=Lincoln Red Imps 5.750 (CL-Q1) N2=Europa FC 4.000 (ECL-Q1) N3=St Joseph's FC 2.250 (ECL-Q1) N4=Mons Calpe 1.133 (ECL-Q1)
50 Montenegro 4.375 ---------------------------------------- CH=Buducnost Podgorica 6.000 (CL-Q1) N2=Sutjeska Niksic 4.750 (ECL-Q1) N3=Decic Tuzi 1.000 (ECL-Q1) N4=FK Podgorica 1.000 (ECL-Q1)
51 Estonia 4.375 ---------------------------------------- CH=Flora Tallinn 6.250 (CL-Q1) CW=Levadia Tallinn 3.750 (ECL-Q1) N2=Paide Linnameeskond 1.000 (ECL-Q1)
52 Kosovo 4.000 ---------------------------------------- CH=FC Prishtina 2.250 (CL-PR) CW=KF Llapi 1.166 (ECL-Q1) N2=FC Drita 3.500 (ECL-Q1)
53 Faroe Islands 3.750 ---------------------------------------- CH=HB Torshavn 2.250 (CL-PR) N2=NSI Runavik 3.000 (ECL-Q1) N3=KI Klaksvik 5.250 (ECL-Q1)
54 Andorra 2.831 ---------------------------------------- CH=Inter Club d'Escaldes 1.500 (CL-PR) CW=Sant Julià 1.250 (ECL-Q1) N3=FC Santa Coloma 4.500 (ECL-Q1)
55 San Marino 0.666 ---------------------------------------- CH=Folgore 1.000 (CL-PR) CW=La Fiorita 3.250 (ECL-Q1) N2=Tre Penne 2.750 (ECL-Q1)
KEY:
CH | = | domestic champion |
Nx | = | Nth ranked club |
CW | = | cup-winner spot |
LC | = | league cup-winner spot |
CL | = | Champions League |
EL | = | Europa League |
ECL | = | Europa Conference League |
GS | = | Group Stage |
PO | = | Play-off Round |
Qx | = | Qualifying Round |
PR | = | Preliminary Round |