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Another 1,000 coefficient point to the tally of Denmark. The new setup of European tournaments (the new format, but also the introduction of the European Conference League before that) have changed the dynamics a bit.
Once, a team scoring over 20,000 points would be seen as having had a good season, the real stand out seasons would give teams 30 or a bit over. Now, 30,000 is the absolute minimum. PSV bagged 35,500 with a spot in the quarter finals, while my team went out in the preliminary round of 16 in Europea League with only 13,000 points to show. Those reaching a Champions League final could be in the regions of 50,000 coefficient points, now!
Subsequently, a country's score also has to be taken differently: countries doing over 20,000 had a phenomenal season, double digits were considered good. Now, Netherlands scoring ca. 15,000 was underwhelming, disappointing. Denmark however, with a team less (lower dividing factor) and Türkiye did very well in my opening career season, especially given their ranking.
Some people just like to see games, I however follow these statistics with a keen eye.
- JustinCase01102 years agoSeasoned Ace
@Danimal5981I think we understand the rules differently. I'll try to argue my case in the General Discussion forum, so it won't take too much space here.
Edit: Nevermind. I missed the part where additional points were added for every knockout round. That used to be there before, but I couldn't find it in the new rules, when I started a few months ago. But now I searched again and found it, so it seems my current interpretation has been wrong.
- Danimal59812 years agoSeasoned Ace
If a team would qualify automatically for Champions League and have a perfect season, it would be worth 54 coefficient points for a club (games + bonus). A team winning the Europa League with a perfect score would earn 40 points and a perfect campaign in Conference League is worth 32.
Those differences between tournaments are massively bigger than before (2018-2024) where perfect CL was worth only 39, EL 34 and ECL 32. No difference in reward for Conference League, but 15 more in Champions League (more games, higher bonus points)
And then a Danish team like Brøndby or Viborg would've gotten points in the qualifying rounds as well: Brøndby in this career would be shooting up the charts! (and Denmark along with it)
- JustinCase01102 years agoSeasoned Ace
I think you're putting too much in. You don't carry points from the qualifiers. Only if you end up being eliminated there. Otherwise it's from the League Phase and onwards. There is a minimum of 2.500 points you get from qualifying to the Conference League though, even if you end up losing all your games. But those points won't be added to your existing points, if you for instance win one and draw one. Then you get the 3.000 points and that's it.
The 6000 for Group Q, I haven't seen that anywhere else. And you don't get 12.000, if you end up being number 8. Number 1 gets 12.000, and number 8 gets 10.250. The rest of top 8 gets something in between.
- Danimal59812 years agoSeasoned Ace
Aaaaah, I see: it's phased... So, one gets at least 6.000 and when ending at the top it could end at 12.000
Now, I get it: thanks for clarifying
- JustinCase01102 years agoSeasoned Ace@Danimal5981 No problem.