Between the Champions League, the Europa League and the Europa League Conference, the European Week for French clubs promises to be important to the UEFA coefficient.
Three critical days or so. If France is used to being on the edge of the abyss UEFA club coefficients rankingThis season, and especially this week, could have a huge impact on the future of French football. In total, six clubs from France are still represented between the Champions League (Paris and Marseille), the European League (Monaco, Nantes and Rennes) and the European League Conference (Nice).
Since the 1999-2000 season, the Champions League has started with 8 groups of 4 teams (32 clubs in total). From the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, there will be only one tournament made up of 36 competing clubs. With this fix, the fifth country in the UEFA coefficient rankings (France currently with 55,997 points) will not have two teams, but three clubs that have qualified directly for the Champions League. The main competitors are the Dutch (6th place with 53,300 points) and the Portuguese (seventh with 51,049 points).
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Champions League
In the Champions League, there are two different paths for the two competing clubs. Paris Saint-Germain is already qualified for the Round of 16. On the other hand, Marseille must definitely beat Tottenham on Tuesday (9pm) to continue their adventure. OM have their destiny at their feet. A more valuable victory, as in the same group, Sporting Portugal, in the event of a win or a draw against Frankfurt, will qualify for the eighth match.
European League
In the European League too, all French clubs can believe this. Monaco and Nantes can grab the second place in their group. On Thursday, Monaco receive the Red Star from Belgrade, and the Nantes team travel to Olympiacos. But it is Rennes who can bring the most points to France this week.
In the European League, the team that finishes first in its group adds four additional points to the UEFA coefficient in its country. A situation that would have been possible since last week, when Rennes took a 3-0 lead against Fenerbahce before Caught by score (3-3). Geneseo’s men will take first place in their group if they beat Larnaca and slip the Turks against Dynamo Kyiv.
Necessary victories, given that the direct opponents of the French also play a huge role in C3. On the Portuguese side, Braga can still hope to finish second in their group. In the Netherlands, Feyenoord also hopes to continue the adventure. PSV have already qualified, but could finish first in the group if they beat Bodeau/Glimt and Arsenal fail at the same time.
European League Conference
Latifa is the master of her destiny. At dawn on the last day of the Europa League conference, the Aiglons were the leaders of their group (associated with Partizan Belgrade). They will travel to Cologne (which they also hope to win to qualify) to validate their qualification. As in the European League, first place in the group brings additional points, two points this time. AZ Alkmaar, the Dutch club, already qualified for the rest of the competition, will be first if they do not lose to Dnipro-1. Note that there is no Portuguese club in C4.
