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Victory over Benfica and Vitória de Guimarães allowed them to go past Czechia

Portugal continues to win in Europe and, this Wednesday, it rose to first place in the annual coefficient, which, since last season, has been more important: if he finishes the season in one of the first two places, he will get an extra place. place in the Liga dos Champions. In the current season, Italy and Germany have five teams in the top European club competition thanks to their good campaigns in 2023/2024.

The virtues of Benficain the Champions League, over Atlético de Madrid, and Victory of Guimarãesin the Conference League, against Celje, allowed Portugal to reach 6,800 points (including the bonus points for the presence Sports and Benfica at Champions League level), surpassing Czechia (6,500), which had no club involved (but this Thursday there will be three, compared to Portugal’s two – FC Porto e SC Braga).

Portuguese clubs rise, including qualifying rounds (in which points for the rating count for half of what happens from the league level onwards), 15 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in European competitions this season.

Annual UEFA coefficient

In already rating to five years, which determines the number of places each country has access to in European competitions (what is determined at the end of the season will determine how many clubs, and in which levels that will enter in 2026/2027), Portugal is still getting closer to the Netherlands, which is in 6th place. Not only because of good results, but also benefiting from the fact that there are only five teams in UEFA competitions this season, compared to six from the Dutch.

The points that each club receives are then divided by the number of teams with which each country started participating in UEFA competitions. In other words, a win by a Portuguese club is worth 0.400 points for the ranking (two points divided by five) while a Dutch club is worth only 0.333 (two points divided by six).

Rating is UEFA

The difference between Portugal and the Netherlands is now 3,417 points. It was 5,884 at the start of the season.