UEFA have named the top 10 best clubs in Europe right now based on their coefficient rankings.

Most would agree the rankings have baffled numerous football fans – especially because of the way that Real Madrid, the supreme European heroes, get themselves 6th on the rundown.

In the interim, Bayern Munich have been knocked off best position by Manchester City.

How are UEFA’s coefficients determined?

An article from 2018, distributed on UEFA’s website, expresses: “The club coefficients depend on the aftereffects of clubs contending in the five past times of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Gathering League. The rankings decide the cultivating of each club in pertinent UEFA rivalry draws.”

It turns out to be more convoluted with points granted to teams that advancement in the Bosses League and Europa League contests.

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Bayern’s rule at the highest point of the men’s finish of-year rankings is finished, however who has replaced the German side at the culmination?

We investigate who heads into 2023 at the highest point of UEFA’s different club and public team coefficient rankings.

Top of the rankings

Men’s club: Man City

Men’s association: England

Women’s club: Lyon

Women’s association: France

Men’s futsal national team: Portugal

UEFA club (five-year coefficient)

Bayern’s two-year reign at No1 comes to an end as Manchester City finish the year top of the pile for the first time. Two more English teams finish third and fourth, with Liverpool edging out Chelsea by having scored marginally higher this season. Ajax are the big movers, supplanting Atlético in the top ten.

1 (+1 change since last year) Man City (ENG) 131.000

2 (-1) Bayern (GER) 130.000

3 (=) Liverpool (ENG) 123.000

4 (=) Chelsea (ENG) 123.000

5 (+1) Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 112.000

6 (-1) Real Madrid (ESP) 110.000

7 (=) Barcelona (ESP) 98.000

8 (+1) Man United (ENG) 97.000

9 (-1) Juventus (ITA) 90.000

10 *Ajax (NED) 89.000

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UEFA association club rankings (five-year coefficient)

Having knocked Spain from top spot 12 months ago, England have established a commanding cushion at the summit. Germany leapfrog Italy into third thanks to good years for Bayern and Frankfurt, while Belgium’s strong showing this autumn launches them into the top ten.

1 (=) England 103.141

2 (=) Spain 88.855

3 (+1) Germany 79.106

4 (-1) Italy 71.497

5 (=) France 59.497

6 (+1) Netherlands 56.700

7 (-1) Portugal 53.716

8 *Belgium 38.600

9 (=) Scotland 36.400

10 (-2) Austria 33.600

What are the UEFA rankings?

UEFA rankings are based on the results of clubs competing in Europe, with points awarded for wins, draws, qualification and more. The rankings determine the seeding of each club in relevant UEFA competition draws and the number of places allocated to an association (country) in upcoming club competitions.

UEFA women’s club rankings (five-year coefficient)

1 (=) Lyon (FRA) 115.966

2 (=) Barcelona (ESP) 114.299

3 (+3) Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 95.966

4 (-1) Wolfsburg (GER) 95.6665 (-1) Bayern (GER) 93.666

6 (-1) Chelsea (ENG) 76.833

7 *Arsenal (ENG) 51.833

8 (-1) Man City (ENG) 44.833

9 *Juventus (ITA) 43.000

10 (-1) Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 41.299

UEFA women’s association club rankings (five-year coefficient)

1 (=) France 79.833

2 (=) Germany 73.332

3 (+1) Spain 66.499

4 (-1) England 59.166

5 (+3) Italy 35.000

6 (-1) Sweden 25.999

7 (-1) Czechia 25.166

8 (-1) Denmark 24.250

9 *Portugal 24.000

10 *Netherlands 20.500

UEFA men’s futsal national team rankings

Portugal rose two places to top spot thanks to their successful UEFA Futsal EURO defence at the start of the year. Spain, who took bronze in the Netherlands, dropped two places while the other semi-finalists, Ukraine moved up two spots to eighth.

1 (+2) Portugal 2693.758

2 (=) Russia 2547.159

3 (-2) Spain 2488.909

4 (=) Kazakhstan 2367.187

5 (=) Croatia 2051.042

6 (=) Serbia 2050.143

7 (=) Azerbaijan 2015.589

8 (+2) Ukraine 2009.816

9 (-1) Italy 1934.516

10 (-1) Czechia 1887.535