Ka-pi96 said:
poklane said:
Fuck off http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2398899.html
- The top four clubs from the four top-ranked national associations will now qualify automatically for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.
- Historical success in the competition will also be acknowledged in coefficient calculation (points for previous European titles with a weighted system for UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League titles)
So less teams for the smaller countries, and teams might now get a higher coefficient because of their results in European football god knows how long ago. Can't wait to see clubs like AC Milan with a high coefficient even tho they haven't performed at all in the last few seasons.
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Yeah, kind of annoying that. I don't really mind if they want to give more places to the top countries, but I think they should be places in the qualifiers rather than straight in to the group stage. Also makes you wonder which countries are going to lose out on places to give them more.
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Since the top 4 leagues have 1 play-off spot each, they can abolish 2 play-off matches in the future (= 2 CL spots). On the hand they need 4 spots in total, so 2 countries will lose a spot. Currently that would be The Netherlands and Switzerland.
Though they could also make some changes in the qualifying process.
