​Live European Coefficients: Premier League Leads, La Liga Surpasses Bundesliga to Move into Second Place

March 13 – With the conclusion of all UEFA competition Round of 16 ties, the European coefficients have been updated in real time.

The Premier League has now all but secured an additional fifth Champions League spot for next season. Meanwhile,  La Liga , thanks to the strong performances of its remaining clubs this round (Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, and Rayo Vallecano all won; Barcelona and Celta Vigo drew; only Real Betis lost), has provisionally overtaken the Bundesliga to move into  second place  for the first time since the season began.

According to UEFA's coefficient rules, teams earn bonus points for their league each time they advance a round in the knockout stages. The specific points awarded are: from the Round of 16 onward, teams earn  1.5 bonus points per round  in the Champions League,  1 point per round  in the Europa League, and  0.5 points per round  in the Europa Conference League.

The allocation of the additional Champions League spot for this season will follow last season's rule: the  two leagues with the highest seasonal coefficients  will each receive an extra Champions League berth. (Last season, the Premier League and La Liga earned the extra places.)

Current Season's Coefficient Rankings TOP 16:

1.  Premier League  – 22.847 points  
 (9 teams participating)  
 Arsenal 30.5, Newcastle United 25.75, Liverpool 25, Tottenham 24.75, Chelsea 23.25, Manchester City 22.75, Aston Villa 22.75, Nottingham Forest 16, Crystal Palace 14.875

2.  La Liga  – 18.406 points  
 (8 teams participating, 2 teams eliminated)  
 Real Madrid 27.5, Barcelona 24.5, Atlético Madrid 24.25, Real Betis 18.25, Celta Vigo 17.25, Rayo Vallecano 16.5, Athletic Club  12, Villarreal  7

3.  Bundesliga  – 18.142 points  
 (7 teams participating, 2 teams eliminated)  
 Bayern Munich 29.25, Bayer Leverkusen 22.75, Borussia Dortmund  18, Freiburg 17.5, Stuttgart 16.5, Mainz 14, Eintracht Frankfurt  9

4.  Serie A  – 17.928 points  
 (7 teams participating, 3 teams eliminated)  
 Juventus  21, Atalanta 21, Bologna 20.75, Inter Milan  19.75, Roma 17.25, Fiorentina 13.75, Napoli  12

5.  Primeira Liga (Portugal)  – 17.0 points  
 (5 teams participating, 2 teams eliminated)  
 Braga 23.25, Sporting CP 23, Porto 20, Benfica  15.75, Santa Clara  3

6.  Ligue 1 (France)  – 15.678 points  
 (7 teams participating, 3 teams eliminated)  
 Paris Saint-Germain 26, Lyon 22, Strasbourg 19, Monaco  16, Lille 12.75, Marseille  12, Nice  2

7.  Ekstraklasa (Poland)  – 15.25 points  
 (4 teams participating, 2 teams eliminated)  
 Częstochowa 19.25, Lech Poznań 16.75, Jagiellonia 15, Legia Warsaw  10

8.  Greek Super League  – 13.7 points  
 (5 teams participating, 3 teams eliminated)  
 AEK Athens 19.5, Panathinaikos 18.25, Olympiacos  16.75, PAOK 13.5, Aris Thessaloniki  0.5

9.  Danish Superliga  – 12.25 points  
 (4 teams participating, 3 teams eliminated)  
 Midtjylland 27, Copenhagen  17, Brøndby  3, Silkeborg  2

10.  Cyprus First Division  – 12.156 points  
  (4 teams participating, 3 teams eliminated)  
  Pafos FC  18, AEK Larnaca 16.25, Omonia Nicosia 11.875, Aris Limassol  2.5

11. Belgian Pro League – 11.4 points  
12. Czech First League – 11.025 points  
13. Süper Lig (Turkey) – 10.675 points  
14. Eredivisie (Netherlands) – 9.395 points  
15. Eliteserien (Norway) – 8.05 points  
16. Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság – 7.437 points  

Scoring Rules Clarification:  
- In the main stages, a  win earns 2 coefficient points , a  draw earns 1 point . Points earned in qualifying rounds are halved.  
- Additional points are awarded based on  final league stage ranking  and  progression through each knockout round . After the league phase, teams ranked 1st to 24th receive ranking bonus points.  
- Furthermore, teams earn progression bonuses for each knockout round advanced from the Round of 16 onward (UCL: 1.5 pts/rd, UEL: 1 pt/rd, UECL: 0.5 pts/rd).  
- A league's seasonal coefficient is the  average  of points earned by all its participating clubs. Teams eliminated in qualifying rounds are included in the average calculation (as a "denominator") but earn no further points.

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