FC Porto and Braga put Portugal top of the UEFA ranking for 2025/26 | OneFootball

Despite the defeats of Benfica and Sporting in the Champions League, the victories of FC Porto and Sp. Braga have placed Portugal at the top of the UEFA ranking for the 2025/26 season.

This Thursday, with the matches of the three European competitions concluded, Portugal now has 6.800 points this season, 0.800 points more than last week, with England following in second place with 6.722 points.

Specifically, Portugal added 0.800 points this Thursday thanks to the victories of Sp. Braga away at Celtic, in Glasgow, by 2-0, and FC Porto at home against Red Star, at Estádio do Dragão, by 2-1. Each win is worth two points for ranking purposes, so the four points obtained from the two victories are divided among the five Portuguese clubs present in UEFA competitions in 2025/26, resulting in the aforementioned 0.800 points.

At the end of the season, the two countries with the highest scores secure an additional spot in the Champions League.

As for the overall ranking, Portugal remains in seventh place but has improved its coefficient: it has closed the gap to the Netherlands (6th) and increased its lead over Belgium (8th). Last week, Portugal had 3.200 points fewer than the Dutch and 2.516 more than the Belgians. With the recent results, the gap to sixth place is now 2.900 points, while Belgium did not score and is now 3.316 points behind.

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