The Netherlands Has Limited the Damage in The Coefficient Ranking Thanks to Go Ahead Eagles’ Stunt. The Eredivisie Clubs Again Scored Poorly in the Battle for the Two Direct Champions League tickets, But Competitors Portugal and Belgium Minimally Benefited from It.
Go Ahead Booked the First European Victory in the Club History at Panathinaikos (1-2). It was also the only Dutch Victory in this European Week. Ajax (4-0 Against Olympique Marseille), FC Utrecht (1-0 Against SK Brann) and AZ (4-0 Against Aek Larnaca) All Lost and PSV Drew at Bayer Leverkusen (1-1).
Go Ahead’s Victory and PSV’s Draw Were Good for 0.500 points for the Netherlands in the Coefficient Ranking, based on which the European Tickets are distributed. These were the first points for the Netherlands in the European Main Tournaments, after the dramatic first round in the Champions League (Ajax and PSV) and Europa League (Feyenoord, FC Utrecht and Go Ahead).
This time, competitors Portugal and Belgium Barely CAUGHT UP With the Netherlands. In fact, Belgium scored no points at all this week due to the defeats of Club Brugge, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and KRC Genk. The Netherlands Still Firmly Holds The Sixth Place, Even Thought Portugal Scores The Most Coefficient Points of All Countries This Season.
The Sixth Place in The Coefficient Ranking is important in European Football, because it is good for two direct tickets for the champions league in the 2027/2028 season. In Addition, The Number Three of the Competition May Participate in the Preliminaries of the Billion-Dollar Ball.
In The Following Season, The Two Champions League Places of the Netherlands are at Stake, because the results from the 2021/2022 Season Will No Longer Count in the Five-Year Coefficient Ranking. Virtumy, The Netherlands Loses the Sixth Place.
The Netherlands Scored Many Points in the 2021/2022 Season Thanks to Feyenoord’s Final Place in the Conference League. Without Those Points, The Netherlands is Provisionally in Eighth Place in the Ranking, With A Deficit of More Than Six Points On The Virtual Number Six Belgium.
The Netherlands Has Another Year and a Half to Avert the Mentioned Doomsday Scenario. The Eredivisie Clubs Can Already Strike An Important Blow This Season, Because Belgium Only Has Three of the Five Clubs Left in Europe. The Netherlands Still Has All Six Clubs in the Race.
Per Victory, The Netherlands May Add 0.333 Points to the Coefficient Ranking and in Case of a Draw It is 0.167 Points. A Club Earns Two Coefficient Points per Victory for the Country, But Thesis must be Divided by the Number of Participants.