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In European football, the UEFA coefficients are statistics based in weighted arithmetic means used for ranking and seeding teams in club and international competitions. . Introduced in 1979 for men's football tournaments (country rankings only), [1] [2] and after applied in women's football and futsal, the coefficients are calculated by UEFA, who administer football within Europe, and the ...
For the 2020–21 UEFA competitions, the associations will be allocated places according to their 2019 UEFA country coefficients, which will take into account their performance in European competitions from 2014–15 to 2018–19.
For the 2018–19 UEFA competitions, the associations will be allocated places according to their 2017 UEFA country coefficients, which will take into account their performance in European competitions from 2012–13 to 2016–17.
A total of 28 teams played in the second qualifying round – 24 in the Champions Path and 4 in the League Path. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients. [4] Before the draw, UEFA allocated the teams into three groups of four seeded and four unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.
The three highest-performing associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking were given an extra UEFA Cup berth for the best-finishing team in their top division who have not qualified for the following season's UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup or UEFA Cup. Which round the teams started from depended on their association's UEFA coefficient.
Pots 2, 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients. [8] [9] [10] Moreover, the draw was controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of groups (A–D, E–H) for maximum television coverage. The fixtures were decided after the draw.
HNK Rijeka has participated in UEFA competitions on 24 occasions, with 20 appearances since 1999 and 12 consecutive appearances since 2013–14. The club's greatest achievement was the 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final, where they lost 2–0 on aggregate against Juventus.
Beşiktaş J.K. is a professional sports club based in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey.After winning the 1957–58 Federation Cup, a tournament that was held to designate Turkey's representative in the European Cup, the club first participated in a European competition in 1958.