14.08.2024 15:10
Fenerbahçe bid farewell to the tournament by drawing 1-1 with Lille in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. With this result, Turkey dropped to 10th place in the UEFA country coefficient ranking. Fenerbahçe's elimination only contributed 0.1 to the country coefficient. Turkey, who lost the 9th place to the Czech Republic last week, widened the gap to 0.65 as the Czech Republic completed the night with two victories.
Fenerbahçe, after being eliminated in the Champions League 3rd qualifying round after a 1-1 draw in extra time with Lille, our representative in Europe, all eyes turned to the country's ranking. Last week, the gap with the Czech Republic, which we fell behind, started to widen.
CZECH REPUBLIC IS INCREASING THE COUNTRY RANKING GAP
Fenerbahçe drew 1-1 with Lille and contributed 0.1 to the country ranking. If the match had ended 1-0 and Fenerbahçe had been eliminated in penalties, its contribution to the country ranking would have been 0.2.
SLAVIA PRAGUE IS PAIRED WITH LILLE
In the Czech Republic, where we lost the 9th place in the country ranking last week, Sparta Prague advanced to the play-off round by defeating FCSB 3-2 away in the second leg of the 1-1 draw, and Slavia Prague defeated Union SG 1-0 away in the second leg of the 3-1 victory and became Lille's opponent. After these results, Czech Republic, which ended the night with two victories, increased the gap with Turkey to 0.65. Regardless of the results of Thursday's matches, Turkey will finish the week in 10th place.
COUNTRY RANKING CURRENT STANDING
- 1- ENGLAND: 89.160
- 2- ITALY: 79.106
- 3- SPAIN: 73.989
- 4- GERMANY: 71.660
- 5- FRANCE: 57.950
- 6- NETHERLANDS: 54.566
- 7- PORTUGAL: 49.516
- 8- BELGIUM: 43.200
- 9- CZECH REPUBLIC: 35.750
10- TURKEY: 35.100
- 11- NORWAY: 30.500
- 12- ISRAEL: 29.875
- 13- AUSTRIA: 29.100
- 14- DENMARK: 28.700
- 15- GREECE: 28.250