Will fifth place in Premier League earn Champions League qualification? Latest coefficient standings | OneFootball

Premier League and LaLiga currently in pole position to have an additional side in Champions League next season

The race for the extra places in next season’s Champions League is hotting up.

Last year, Borussia Dortmund and Bologna were handed the two spots, as a result of Bundesliga and Serie A clubs enjoying success in Europe.

The two leagues with the best coefficient, which is the collective performance of all clubs from that country in European competitions, are given an extra place in the Champions League.

Those places go to the first clubs in the domestic table outside of the usual Champions League qualification positions, which in the Premier League is fifth.

The total points gained by all clubs from a particularly country are added together and then divided by the number of clubs from that division competing in European competitions.

There were seven Premier League clubs in Europe this season, so the total number of points earned by those sides is divided by seven to calculate the coefficient.

Bonus points are also awarded depending on where clubs finished in the league phase and then for each knockout round. For those, performance in the Champions League is more valuable than the Europa League, which is more valuable than the Conference League.

Latest coefficent standings:

Updated after last-16 of European competitions.

Who is still left in European competitions?

Liverpool and Manchester City have been knocked out of the Champions League, but the Premier League is still in pole position to earn a fifth place in next year’s competition.

Arsenal and Aston Villa are in the quarter-finals of Europe’s top competition, while Manchester United and Tottenham are on opposite sides of the draw in the Europa League, and Chelsea are huge favourites to win the Conference League.

Spain will take the other additional spot in the Champions League as it stands. They are in a strong position to hold onto that, with Real Madrid and Barcelona going well in Europe, and Athletic Club and Real Betis still in the Europa League and Conference League respectively.

Italy will need Spanish clubs to struggle in the quarter-finals. Inter Milan take on Bayern Munich in the Champions League, and Lazio and Fiorentina are the only other Italian sides still involved in European competitions.

It is extremely difficult for Germany to finish in the top two in the coefficient standings. Bayern knocked out Bayer Leverkusen in the last-16, while Borussia Dortmund now face Barcelona.

The Bundesliga clubs need Eintracht Frankfurt to win the Europa League, and one of Bayern and Dortmund to go all the way in the Champions League.