UEFA ranking – Tough week for French football | OneFootball

The UEFA coefficient is somewhat of a golden goose for the various leagues. Each country has clubs that must achieve the best possible runs to remain among the top spots. France has often struggled in Europe, but managed to climb to 5th place by the end of the 2023-2024 season, earning the right to have 7 teams qualify for European competitions (4 for the Champions League, including 3 directly, 2 for the Europa League, and 1 for the Europa Conference League). The goal was at least to maintain this position at the end of the 2025-2026 season, or even to catch up with Germany. This week’s results, however, are quite negative.

The UEFA coefficient by country (over the last 5 seasons, including the current one).

Source: Official UEFA website.

Indeed, even though there were victories for Monaco against Bodo/Glimt (0-1 in the Champions League) and Strasbourg against Häcken (1-2, Europa Conference League), which earned a few points, the overall outcome is clearly negative. There wasn’t even a draw to balance things out, only defeats: PSG against Bayern Munich (1-2, UCL), Marseille against Atalanta (0-1, UCL), Lille against Red Star Belgrade (1-0, EL), Nice against Freiburg (3-1, EL), and finally Lyon against Real Betis (2-0, EL).

Obviously, Germany took advantage of this to gain a bit of a lead thanks to better results, but there is still some good news: the Netherlands had an even worse week, with 2 draws and 4 defeats. It was a chance to pull further ahead, but at least we can focus on the positives. Let’s not forget to always keep an eye on Portugal and Belgium, who are expected to climb in the coming years as the seasons progress.

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