Germany And Italy confirm their excellent European year by bringing two teams each to the finals, the Germans in the Champions League (Borussia Dortmund) and Europa League (Bayer Leverkusen), the Italians in the Europa League (Atalanta) and Europa Conference League (Fiorentina). A surviving team for the Spain in the Champions League (Real Madrid) and for the surprising Greece in the Europa Conference League (Olympiacos). The leading nation in the UEFA ranking, theEnglandfailed to get any of its teams into the finals.
ITALY’S DEFENSE OF PLACEMENT IN THE TOP FOUR OF THE RANKING
Italy has already achieved the mathematical certainty of having four teams in the Champions League not only in the 2024/25 edition (in which a fifth will be added as we have seen) but also in the 2025/26 one.
From now until the end of the season we will therefore use this last part of the article dedicated to updating the UEFA ranking to already project ourselves onto next year’s five-year rankingkeeping an eye on Italy’s position which will once again aim to remain among the top four to confirm the four teams in the Champions League also in the 2026/27 season.
In the ranking 2020/25compared to the current one will come scores scored in the 2019/20 season are removedwhich for the best performing nations were: Spain 18,928, Germany 18,714, England 18,571, Italy 14,928, France 11,666, Portugal 10,300, Scotland 9,750, Holland 9,400. L’Italy therefore loses more than three points on the France and half past five onHollandbut earns almost four on the Germany and four on the Spain.
After this week’s games, the ranking relating to the 2020/25 ranking it’s the following:
1. England 85,732
2. Italy 75,070
3. Spain 70,311
4. Germany 67,910
5. Franksto 55,165
6. Holland 51,900
7. Portugal 46,016
8. Belgium 41,200
This week theItaly earned 0.142 coefficient points on Germany0.482 coefficient points on Spain and 0.857 coefficient points up England, France And Holland.
Appointment on Sunday 2 June with a new update of the UEFA ranking after the three finals have taken place.
