The league stages continue in the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League. In the 2025-2026 season, from which Russia is excluded, 108 teams from 39 UEFA members remain. In all three league stages, 36 teams compete: those ranked in the top 8 will advance directly to the round of 16, while those ranked 9th to 24th must start from the round of 32.
Azerbaijan's representative "Qarabağ" is currently in 13th place in the Champions League league stage.
Medianews.az reports that the current top five in the club rankings are England, Italy, Spain, Germany, and France.
Azerbaijan ranks 25th among 55 UEFA members.
Turkey is 9th, Russia 30th, Kazakhstan 34th, Armenia 35th, and Georgia 53rd.
The ranking is based on coefficients earned over the last five seasons of club tournaments. A win in the qualification stages is worth 1 point, a draw half a point; in later rounds, a win is 2 points and a draw 1 point.
Teams entering the Champions League league stage receive 6 bonus points; in that round, teams ranked in the top 8 receive 6 bonus points, those ranked 9th-16th get 4 bonus points, and those ranked 17th-24th get 2 bonus points. Starting from the round of 16, each stage awards 1.5 bonus points.
In the Europa League league stage, teams ranked in the top 8 receive 6 bonus points, those ranked 9th-16th get 4 bonus points, 17th-24th receive 2 bonus points, and each stage from the round of 16 awards 1 bonus point.
In the Conference League league stage, teams ranked in the top 8 receive 4 bonus points, those ranked 9th-16th get 2 bonus points, and those ranked 17th-24th get 1 bonus point; each stage from the round of 16 is equivalent to 0.5 bonus points.
The total points are divided by the number of clubs from the country that qualified for continental tournaments, and the coefficient is calculated to a precision of one-thousandth. Azerbaijan has achieved a coefficient of 4.875 this season.
Toğrul Əli,
Medianews.az
