The Co-Efficient Battle: Juventus vs Chelsea

Much has been said recently about the co-efficient battle heating up between England and Italy.

In fact, when UEFA released the updated co-efficient chart, Italy has momentarily overtaken England for the race for the 4th Champions League spot.

For more information on that, click the article here.

However, the countries two top ranked teams, Juventus and Chelsea are locked head to head in a battle for the Top 5 in the club rankings.

Before going any further into the battle, it’s important to review the rules and point calculation, directly from UEFA.

Here’s how the points are calculated:

The club coefficient rankings are based on the results of clubs competing in the five previous seasons of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The rankings determine the seeding of each club in all UEFA competition draws.

UEFA Champions League points system
First qualifying round elimination – 0.5 points
Second qualifying round elimination – 1 point
Group stage participation – 4 points
Group stage win – 2 points
Group stage draw – 1 point
Round of 16 participation – 4 points

Since 2009/10 clubs have been awarded an additional point if they reach the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals or final.

NB Points are not awarded for elimination in the third qualifying round or play-offs, since those clubs move to the UEFA Europa League and are awarded points for participation in that competition.

UEFA Europa League points system
First qualifying round elimination – 0.25 points
Second qualifying round elimination – 0.5 points
Third qualifying round elimination – 1 point
Play-off elimination – 1.5 points
Group stage win – 2 points
Group stage draw – 1 point

Since 2009/10, clubs have been guaranteed a minimum of two points if they reach the group stage and are awarded an additional point if they get to the quarter-finals, semi-finals or final.

*Penalty shoot-outs do not affect the calculation system.

Coefficient calculation
Clubs’ coefficients are determined by the sum of all points won in the previous five years, plus 20% of the association coefficient over the same period (33% before 2009).

These rankings will be updated after each round of UEFA club competition matches.

With all that out of the way, it needs to be said, that each and every round of UEFA fixtures will change the landscape of the battle for club and country. Heading into this season, the numbers were incredibly close, and with the pre- Antonio Conte era no longer coming into calculation, Juventus’ 2011/12 season in Europe would not be calculated. It’s a 31 point swing, right there.

Here’s the chart:

As of right now, here’s how next season’s UEFA Club ranking would look like if the season ended today.

And there you have it. Chelsea have to make up 4.1 points this season on Juventus in order to stay in front of them. Meanwhile, Arsenal would fall out of the top 10.

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