UEFA Ranking: Croatia has overtaken Greece to 17th place

The inability of Greek sides to win in Europe this season is reflected in Greece’s descent in the UEFA rankings.

Our country lost 17th place to Croatia after Dinamo Zagreb defeated Chelsea on Wednesday, while Nantes defeated Olympiakos in the duel between the two countries’ only representatives.

The bad times don’t stop there as Denmark remain in 19th place after defeating all of their sides but are just a draw away from their own breakthrough.

Turkey, Israel and Cyprus are a little further behind but with more or many more representatives in European competitions than Greece and therefore more chances of scoring points.

The UEFA rating

WAITING FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM UEFA

UEFA is aiming for many changes in their competitions from the 2024/25 season, so nobody knows what will happen with the table and how many teams and in which competitions each place will be placed. In fact, not even the slightest script has been released about what will happen next.

So we can’t make any guesses. But let’s look at the dates for the next 2023-24 season and roughly understand what will happen.

WHAT EACH POSITION MEANS FOR THE 2023-24 SEASON

11th and 12th place

• Champions League playoff champion
• The second in the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League
• The cup winner in the Europa League playoffs
• The third in the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa Conference League
• Fourth in Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round

13th and 14th place

• The champion in the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League
• The second in the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League
• The cup winner in the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League
• Places three and four in the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa Conference League

The 15th place

• The champion in the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League
• The second in the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League
• The cup winner in the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League
• Places three and four in the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa Conference League

16th and 17th place

• The champion in the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League
• The runners-up, third-placed and cup winners in the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa Conference League
  *We will not have a fifth team in Europe, nor will we have a team in the Europa League

18th place and below (nothing changes up to 28th place)

• Champions League 1st qualifying round champion
• The runners-up, third-placed and cup winners in the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa Conference League
  *We will not have a fifth team in Europe, nor will we have a team in the Europa League
  *If the cup winner has secured a place in the Champions League, the ticket goes to the team that finishes better in the overall standings.