Benfica keep place in UEFA rankings, but Porto and Sporting close in | OneFootball

With their European campaign already settled this season, Benfica remain the leading Portuguese club in the UEFA rankings, but saw Sporting and Porto close the gap after their runs in the major competitions.

As for the Lions, they collected 27.500 points, their best-ever tally in a European season, moving closer to the Eagles, although there is still a 6.000-point gap between the two Lisbon clubs. Sporting’s elimination from the Champions League did not prevent significant growth in their coefficient.

Porto, meanwhile, ended the European season with 24.000 points, reaching a total of 80.750 over the five-year cycle. Despite that, although they are in the top 20, the blue-and-white club could still lose places by the end of the season due to the approach of other clubs.

Looking ahead to next season, the picture could change with the removal of the 2021/22 results from the ranking calculations. In that context, the club should appear slightly behind Porto and Sporting, although the gaps will be small.

, but the recent progress of their direct rivals reinforces the need to keep adding points in European competitions to preserve that very position.

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