Sweden currently top of UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking
Monday, January 25, 2010
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Three UEFA Europa League places available
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003 – Three UEFA Europa League places available
UEFA's Respect Fair Play ranking, based on all UEFA competition matches played, at both club and national team level, from 1 May 2009 to 30 April 2010, is currently headed by Sweden.
Taking into account matches up to and including 31 December 2009, leader Sweden, second-placed Denmark and third-placed England are leading the race for the three additional slots to the first qualifying round of the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League.
For the current intermediary ranking, only associations having played a minimum of 26 matches are taken into account. This cut-off point is calculated by dividing the total number of UEFA matches by the number of national associations.
As defined in the club competition regulations, the three places in the UEFA Europa League will automatically go to the three best-placed national associations in the Respect Fair Play ranking, provided they attained an average of 8.0 points or more. The Respect fait play assessments are made by the official UEFA delegates, based on criteria such as positive play, respect of the opponent, respect of the referee, behaviour of the crowd and the team officials, as well as cautions and dismissals.
Each of the three associations allocated an additional place in the first qualifying round of the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League will be entitled to enter the club that has won their domestic top-division fair play competition. If this club has already qualified for a UEFA club competition, the second-placed team in the domestic fair play competition may be entered, and, should they also have already qualified, the third-placed team would be considered and so forth. It is even possible for a team that has been relegated to the second highest division to qualify for the UEFA Europa League, as a result of its exemplary fair play conduct during the domestic championship.
Attached: UEFA Respect Fair Play intermediary ranking
UEFA Respect Fair Play Intermediary Ranking 2009/10
| (cut-off 26 matches) | |||
| includes matches from 01/05/2009 to 31/12/2009 | |||
| Position | Association | Total Points | Matches played |
| 1 | Sweden | 8.263 | 65 |
| 2 | Denmark | 8.169 | 64 |
| 3 | England | 8.168 | 108 |
| 4 | Finland | 8.159 | 53 |
| 5 | Republic of Ireland | 8.158 | 47 |
| 6 | Norway | 8.117 | 62 |
| 7 | Scotland | 8.112 | 54 |
| 8 | Germany | 8.107 | 106 |
| 9 | Spain | 8.074 | 101 |
| 10 | Poland | 8.073 | 42 |
| 11 | Lithuania | 8.057 | 39 |
| 12 | Iceland | 8.054 | 44 |
| 13 | Wales | 8.04 | 31 |
| 14 | Russia | 8.038 | 68 |
| 15 | France | 8.034 | 92 |
| 16 | Moldova | 8.002 | 47 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 7.975 | 89 |
| 18 | Switzerland | 7.974 | 67 |
| 19 | Estonia | 7.972 | 41 |
| 20 | Northern Ireland | 7.961 | 27 |
| 21 | Czech Republic | 7.96 | 65 |
| 22 | Italy | 7.948 | 100 |
| 23 | Hungary | 7.941 | 48 |
| 24 | Ukraine | 7.937 | 68 |
| 25 | Serbia | 7.929 | 59 |
| 26 | Portugal | 7.921 | 67 |
| 27 | Croatia | 7.913 | 56 |
| 28 | Austria | 7.899 | 77 |
| 29 | Belgium | 7.888 | 68 |
| 30 | Cyprus | 7.859 | 46 |
| 31 | Faroe Islands | 7.855 | 31 |
| 32 | Belarus | 7.853 | 55 |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 7.798 | 38 |
| 34 | Azerbaijan | 7.79 | 39 |
| 35 | Latvia | 7.785 | 51 |
| 36 | Slovakia | 7.766 | 48 |
| 37 | Turkey | 7.759 | 68 |
| 38 | Slovenia | 7.758 | 50 |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 7.734 | 54 |
| 40 | Romania | 7.701 | 82 |
| 41 | Israel | 7.69 | 59 |
| 42 | Georgia | 7.676 | 44 |
| 43 | Malta | 7.639 | 29 |
| 44 | Greece | 7.61 | 66 |
| 45 | Armenia | 7.588 | 37 |
| 46 | Montenegro | 7.505 | 28 |
| 47 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 7.484 | 44 |
| 48 | FYR Macedonia | 7.449 | 32 |
| 49 | Albania | 7.589 | 24 |
| 50 | San Marino | 7.535 | 15 |
| 51 | Liechtenstein | 7.374 | 12 |
| 52 | Luxembourg | 7.34 | 19 |
| 53 | Andorra | 7.337 | 20 |
Total Matches: 1423
Group 1: 26 or more matches played, Group 2: less than 26 matches