UEFA rankings 2024: Which teams and nations are on top?
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
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Manchester City lead the men's rankings for a third consecutive year, but who else takes top spot in UEFA's various club and national team coefficient rankings as 2025 beckons?
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Manchester City's reign as the highest ranking men's club in UEFA's coefficient rankings continued, while Barcelona top the women's rankings after repeating their UEFA Women's Champions League success.
UEFA.com reveals who heads into 2025 at the top of the club and national team coefficient rankings.
Top of the rankings
Men's club: Manchester City
Men's association: England
Women's club: Barcelona
Women's association: France
Men's futsal national team: Portugal
UEFA men's club rankings (five-year coefficient)
Manchester City retained their status as the leading UEFA men's club for a third straight year after reaching the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League in 2024. Real Madrid, who earned Champions League glory having eliminated Pep Guardiola's side en route, scored the most coefficient points in the 2023/24 season.
1 Manchester City (ENG) 135.000
2 Real Madrid (ESP) 131.000
3 Bayern München (GER) 122.000
4 Liverpool (ENG) 114.000
5 Roma (ITA) 97.000
6 Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 96.000
7 Chelsea (ENG) 95.500
8 Borussia Dortmund (GER) 93.000
9 Inter (ITA) 91.000
10 Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 87.000
UEFA men's association club rankings (five-year coefficient)
England are top of the men's association club rankings, with three sides featuring in the top ten clubs. Italy climbed to second after finishing third in 2023, swapping places with Spain, and Czechia earned a top ten place after narrowly missing out last year.
1 England 98.660
2 Italy 87.043
3 Spain 81.561
4 Germany 78.285
5 France 64.950
6 Netherlands 59.900
7 Portugal 57.716
8 Belgium 52.100
9 Czechia 42.250
10 Türki̇ye 40.900
What are the UEFA rankings?
UEFA rankings are based on the results of clubs competing in Europe, with points awarded for wins, draws, qualification and more. The rankings determine the seeding of each club in relevant UEFA competition draws and the number of places allocated to an association (country) in upcoming club competitions.
Get an in-depth rundown of the criteria on these links: men's club, men's association, women's club, women's association, futsal.
UEFA women's club rankings (five-year coefficient)
Barcelona took top spot for a second consecutive year in the women's club rankings. The Catalan club beat second-placed Lyon 2-0 in the Women's Champions League final in Bilbao last May to earn their third title in four years. Chelsea, whom they overcame in the semi-finals, climbed from sixth in 2023 to third.
1 Barcelona (ESP) 126.599
2 Lyon (FRA) 110.199
3 Chelsea (ENG) 102.833
4 Bayern München (GER) 88.266
5 Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 82.199
6 Wolfsburg (GER) 81.266
7 Arsenal (ENG) 59.833
8 Real Madrid (ESP) 53.599
9 Man City (ENG) 47.833
10 Juventus (ITA) 46.600
UEFA women's association club rankings (five-year coefficient)
Though Barcelona are leading the club rankings, France retain their status as the premier association. Paris Saint-Germain joined Lyon in the top five for the third time in as many years, after the French rivals met in the Women's Champions League semi-finals in April. England and Spain overtook last year's runners-up Germany to move second and third respectively.
1 France 65.999
2 England 64.165
3 Spain 62.999
4 Germany 61.332
5 Italy 38.000
6 Portugal 33.000
7 Sweden 24.665
8 Norway 23.000
9 Netherlands 21.000
10 Austria 20.750
UEFA men's futsal national team rankings
Portugal maintained their dominant position in the futsal rankings for a third year, while Kazakhstan rose from fourth to second in 2024. France also climbed two places and Netherlands moved into the top ten. Ukraine, who placed third in the FIFA Futsal World Cup, remain fifth.
1 Portugal 2943.348
2 Kazakhstan 2651.118
3 Spain 2636.624
4 Russia 2547.159
5 Ukraine 2327.840
6 France 2222.175
7 Croatia 2014.795
8 Finland 1972.420
9 Netherlands 1966.125
10 Poland 1928.628
Coefficients up to date as of 24 December 2024