98-99 Competitors in Euro Competitions

Entrants by Competition

The rankings in the table below refer to the current UEFA Coefficients rankings from 93-98 which are used to determine

participants in next year's Champions League and
seedings in all competitions.

The color coding used in the table is a graphical way of indicating the rankings from the 92-97 coefficients, which are used to determine the number of UEFA Cup places each nation is allotted next year. The colors also give an idea of the changing fortunes of countries over the last year. Greece, for example, has risen from 9th to 8th , thus gaining the 2nd Champions League berth contraversially denied them last year while Turkey, their victors in that fierce battle last year, fell dramatically from 8th to 14th. If you want to know more, read Martin Protzen's FAQ on UEFA's Seedings System.

As regards reading the table, all entries will hold one team unless otherwise specified by a number. If you grow impatient waiting for domestic seasons to end and this table to fill up, you might want to to take a look at how it all shook up last year. Finally, if you can help in completing the table, have comments to make or even questions to ask, don't hesitate to mail me. Merci.

Colm

RANK
COUNTRY
EC1
EC2 EC3 UIC COMMENTS

1 Italy Juventus *
Internazionale Lazio * Udinese
Parma
Roma
Fiorentina Bologna
Sampdoria

2 Germany Kaiserslautern *
Bayern München MSV Duisburg * Bayer Leverkusen
Schalke '04
Vfb Stuttgart Hansa Rostock
Werder Bremen

3 Spain Real Madrid *
Barcelona *
Athletic Bilbao * Real Mallorca Real Sociedad
Atletico Madrid
Celta Vigo
Real Betis Valencia
Espanyol

4 France Lens *
Metz * Paris St. Germain Olympique Marseille
Monaco
Girondins de Bordeaux
Olympique Lyonnais Auxerre
Bastia

5 Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam *
PSV * SC Heerenveen Vitesse Arnhem
Feyenoord
Willem II Tilburg * Fortuna Sittard
FC Twente * Heerenveen beat FC Twente 3-1 to clinch EC2 place

6 England Arsenal *
Manchester United Chelsea * Newcastle United * Liverpool
Leeds United
Blackburn Rovers
Aston Villa Crystal Palace * England awarded an extra UEFA Cup berth for Fair Play

7 Portugal Porto *
Benfica Braga Vitoria Guimaraes
Sporting Lisbon
Maritimo Funchal * Estrela da Amadora

8 Greece Olympiakos *
Panathinaikos Panionios * AEK
PAOK Thessaloniniki Ionikis
Iraklis

9 Czech Republic Sparta Praha * Jablonec * Slavia Praha
Sigma Olomouc Baník Ostrava
Slovan WSK Liberec

10 Norway Rosenborg Vålerenga * Brann
Strømsgodset
Molde Stabćk
Kongsvinger Norway awarded an extra UEFA Cup berth for Fair Play

11 Austria Sturm Graz * SV Ried * Rapid Wien
Grazer AK SV Salzburg
Austria Wien

12 Russia Spartak Moscow * Lokomotiv Moscow * Dinamo Moscow
Rotor Volgograd Shinnik Yaroslavl
Baltika Kaliningrad

13 Croatia Croatia Zagreb * Varteks Varazdin Hajduk Split *
Osijek * Hrvatski Dragovoljac

14 Turkey Galatasaray * Besiktas * Fenerbahce
Trabzonspor
Istanbulspor
Samsunspor
Altay

15 Denmark Brøndby * FC København * Silkeborg
Vejle AB
Lyngby

16 Switzerland Grasshoppers Lausanne * Servette
FC Zürich Sion
St.Gallen

17 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv CSKA Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Vorskla Poltava

18 Poland LKS Lodz * Amica Wronki * Polonia Warsaw
Wisla Krakow

19 Hungary Ujpest * MTK * Ferencváros DVSC-Epona
Diosgyori

20 Belgium Club Brugge * Genk Germinal Ekeren
Anderlecht Harelbeke
Lommel Harelbeke should have taken the EC3 place of Anderlecht, who were suspended for a year from European competition
Now, it seems that UEFA is prepared to abide with the sports tribunal's findings and re-instate the Brussels club. Shame.

21 Slovakia 1.FC Kosice * Spartak Trnava Inter Bratislava OD Trencin

22 Romania Steaua Bucuresti * Rapid Bucuresti * Arges Dacia Pitesti
Otelul Galati National Bucuresti

23 Sweden Halmstad Helsingborg IF * IFK Göteborg
Malmö Örebro
Örgryte

24 Georgia Dinamo Tbilisi Dinamo Batumi Kolkheti 1913 Poti Torpedo Kutaisi

25 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta * Apollon Limassol * Omonia * Ethnikos Achna

26 Scotland Glasgow Celtic * Hearts * Glasgow Rangers
Kilmarnock * N/A

27 Israel Betar Jerusalem * Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Haifa

28 Slovenia Maribor Teatanic Rudar Velenje * Mura Olimpija

29 Belarus Dinamo Minsk Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk Belshina Bobruisk Dnepr Mogilyov

30 Iceland ÍBV Keflavik IA Akranes Leiftur?

31 Finland HJK Haka Valkeakoski VPS
FinnPa TPS? Finland awarded an extra UEFA Cup berth for Fair Play

32 Latvia Skonto Liepaja Metalurgs * LU/Daugava Dinaburg

33 Bulgaria Litex Lovech * Levski Sofia CSKA Neftohimik Burgas?

34 FYRO Macedonia Sileks Kratovo Vardar Skopje Sloga-Jugomagnat Makedonija Skopje

35 Lithuania Kareda Siauliai Ekranas Panevezys Zalgiris Vilnius Inkaras Kaunas

36 Yugoslavia Obilic * Partizan * Crvena Zvezda Vojvodina Novi Sad

37 Moldova Zimbru Chisinau * Constructorul Chisinau * Tiligul Tiraspol N/A

38 Estonia Flora Tallinn Lantana Sadam Tallinn Tulevik Viljandi

39 Liechtenstein N/A FC Vaduz N/A N/A

40 Armenia FK Yerevan Tsement Ararat * Shirak Gyumri Erebuni-Homenmen Yerevan? From compressed Fall Season '97

41 Northern Ireland Cliftonville Glentoran * Linfield

42 Malta Valletta * Hibernians Birkirkara Sliema Wanderers

43 Republic of Ireland St. Patrick's Athletic * Cork City Shelbourne Shamrock Rovers

44 Wales Barry Town * Bangor City Newtown Ebbw Vale

45 Faroe Islands B-36 Torshavn Gotu Itrottarfelag Havnar Boltfelag VB

46 Albania Vllaznia Shkodër Apolonia Fier SK Tirana Non-Entrants

47 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch Grevenmacher Union Luxembourg Hobscheid

48 Azerbaijan Kepez Gankja * Karabakh Agdam * Dinamo Baku Baki Fahlasi

49 Andorra N/A N/A Charlie's Restaurant
(Club Esportiu Principat)* Non-Entrants

49 Bosnia-Herzigovina N/A N/A Zeljeznicar *
Sarajevo * Non-Entrants Moslem and Croat teams play off for EC1 place. Runners-up enters EC3

49 San Marino N/A N/A N/A Non-Entrants

RANK	COUNTRY	EC1	EC2	EC3	UIC	COMMENTS
1	Italy	Juventus * Internazionale	Lazio *	Udinese Parma Roma Fiorentina	Bologna Sampdoria
2	Germany	Kaiserslautern * Bayern München	MSV Duisburg *	Bayer Leverkusen Schalke '04 Vfb Stuttgart	Hansa Rostock Werder Bremen
3	Spain	Real Madrid * Barcelona * Athletic Bilbao *	Real Mallorca	Real Sociedad Atletico Madrid Celta Vigo Real Betis	Valencia Espanyol
4	France	Lens * Metz *	Paris St. Germain	Olympique Marseille Monaco Girondins de Bordeaux Olympique Lyonnais	Auxerre Bastia
5	Netherlands	Ajax Amsterdam * PSV *	SC Heerenveen	Vitesse Arnhem Feyenoord Willem II Tilburg *	Fortuna Sittard FC Twente *	Heerenveen beat FC Twente 3-1 to clinch EC2 place
6	England	Arsenal * Manchester United	Chelsea * Newcastle United *	Liverpool Leeds United Blackburn Rovers Aston Villa	Crystal Palace *	England awarded an extra UEFA Cup berth for Fair Play
7	Portugal	Porto * Benfica	Braga	Vitoria Guimaraes Sporting Lisbon Maritimo Funchal *	Estrela da Amadora
8	Greece	Olympiakos * Panathinaikos	Panionios *	AEK PAOK Thessaloniniki	Ionikis Iraklis
9	Czech Republic	Sparta Praha *	Jablonec *	Slavia Praha Sigma Olomouc	Baník Ostrava Slovan WSK Liberec
10	Norway	Rosenborg	Vålerenga *	Brann Strømsgodset Molde	Stabćk Kongsvinger	Norway awarded an extra UEFA Cup berth for Fair Play
11	Austria	Sturm Graz *	SV Ried *	Rapid Wien Grazer AK	SV Salzburg Austria Wien
12	Russia	Spartak Moscow *	Lokomotiv Moscow *	Dinamo Moscow Rotor Volgograd	Shinnik Yaroslavl Baltika Kaliningrad
13	Croatia	Croatia Zagreb *	Varteks Varazdin	Hajduk Split * Osijek *	Hrvatski Dragovoljac
14	Turkey	Galatasaray *	Besiktas *	Fenerbahce Trabzonspor Istanbulspor	Samsunspor Altay
15	Denmark	Brøndby *	FC København *	Silkeborg Vejle	AB Lyngby
16	Switzerland	Grasshoppers	Lausanne *	Servette FC Zürich	Sion St.Gallen
17	Ukraine	Dynamo Kyiv	CSKA Kyiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	Vorskla Poltava
18	Poland	LKS Lodz *	Amica Wronki *	Polonia Warsaw Wisla Krakow
19	Hungary	Ujpest *	MTK *	Ferencváros	DVSC-Epona Diosgyori
20	Belgium	Club Brugge *	Genk	Germinal Ekeren Anderlecht	Harelbeke Lommel	Harelbeke should have taken the EC3 place of Anderlecht, who were suspended for a year from European competition Now, it seems that UEFA is prepared to abide with the sports tribunal's findings and re-instate the Brussels club. Shame.
21	Slovakia	1.FC Kosice *	Spartak Trnava	Inter Bratislava	OD Trencin
22	Romania	Steaua Bucuresti *	Rapid Bucuresti *	Arges Dacia Pitesti Otelul Galati	National Bucuresti
23	Sweden	Halmstad	Helsingborg IF *	IFK Göteborg Malmö	Örebro Örgryte
24	Georgia	Dinamo Tbilisi	Dinamo Batumi	Kolkheti 1913 Poti	Torpedo Kutaisi
25	Cyprus	Anorthosis Famagusta *	Apollon Limassol *	Omonia *	Ethnikos Achna
26	Scotland	Glasgow Celtic *	Hearts *	Glasgow Rangers Kilmarnock *	N/A
27	Israel	Betar Jerusalem *	Maccabi Haifa	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Hapoel Haifa
28	Slovenia	Maribor Teatanic	Rudar Velenje *	Mura	Olimpija
29	Belarus	Dinamo Minsk	Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk	Belshina Bobruisk	Dnepr Mogilyov
30	Iceland	ÍBV	Keflavik	IA Akranes	Leiftur?
31	Finland	HJK	Haka Valkeakoski	VPS FinnPa	TPS?	Finland awarded an extra UEFA Cup berth for Fair Play
32	Latvia	Skonto	Liepaja Metalurgs *	LU/Daugava	Dinaburg
33	Bulgaria	Litex Lovech *	Levski Sofia	CSKA	Neftohimik Burgas?
34	FYRO Macedonia	Sileks Kratovo	Vardar Skopje	Sloga-Jugomagnat	Makedonija Skopje
35	Lithuania	Kareda Siauliai	Ekranas Panevezys	Zalgiris Vilnius	Inkaras Kaunas
36	Yugoslavia	Obilic *	Partizan *	Crvena Zvezda	Vojvodina Novi Sad
37	Moldova	Zimbru Chisinau *	Constructorul Chisinau *	Tiligul Tiraspol	N/A
38	Estonia	Flora Tallinn	Lantana	Sadam Tallinn	Tulevik Viljandi
39	Liechtenstein	N/A	FC Vaduz	N/A	N/A
40	Armenia	FK Yerevan	Tsement Ararat *	Shirak Gyumri	Erebuni-Homenmen Yerevan?	From compressed Fall Season '97
41	Northern Ireland	Cliftonville	Glentoran *	Linfield
42	Malta	Valletta *	Hibernians	Birkirkara	Sliema Wanderers
43	Republic of Ireland	St. Patrick's Athletic *	Cork City	Shelbourne	Shamrock Rovers
44	Wales	Barry Town *	Bangor City	Newtown	Ebbw Vale
45	Faroe Islands	B-36 Torshavn	Gotu Itrottarfelag	Havnar Boltfelag	VB
46	Albania	Vllaznia Shkodër	Apolonia Fier	SK Tirana	Non-Entrants
47	Luxembourg	Jeunesse Esch	Grevenmacher	Union Luxembourg	Hobscheid
48	Azerbaijan	Kepez Gankja *	Karabakh Agdam *	Dinamo Baku	Baki Fahlasi
49	Andorra	N/A	N/A	Charlie's Restaurant (Club Esportiu Principat)*	Non-Entrants
49	Bosnia-Herzigovina	N/A	N/A	Zeljeznicar * Sarajevo *	Non-Entrants	Moslem and Croat teams play off for EC1 place. Runners-up enters EC3
49	San Marino	N/A	N/A	N/A	Non-Entrants

Footnotes

England, Finland and Norway each win an extra UEFA Cup berth for winning the Fair Play Competition. For more information on this competition, see the Question and Answer section at the end of Martin Protzen's FAQ on UEFA's Seedings System
Who will take part in this year's Intertoto Cup? Every year, the answer to this changes constantly as the kickoff in June draws closer. What is known at this stage of the season is that teams from Scotland, Moldova and San Marino will not take part after their football associations forfeited their places. Liechenstein, Andorra and Bosnia-Herzigovina do not qualify for participation - as they do not participate in the UEFA Cup. Check out the radically new structure of this year's competition.