From next season, the Bundesliga can secure another place in the Champions League based on the performance of all its teams in the European Cup.
As a result of the reform of the Champions League from the 2024/25 season, the number of participating clubs will increase from 32 to 36. From the coming season, two of the four additional places will be awarded based on the collective performance of all clubs in a country.
Germany is facing the European Cup games, which will take place this week from Tuesday (07/90/2023). in the relevant UEFA rankings in fourth place for the 2023/24 season. Belgium and Turkey are currently at the top and would each receive an additional place.
| Place | country | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Türkiye | 8,750 |
| 2 | Belgium | 7,400 |
3 | Italy | 6,571 |
4 | Germany | 6,357 |
5 | England | 6,250 |
6 | Spain | 6,187 |
7 | Greece | 6,000 |
8th | Netherlands | 5,800 |
9 | France | 5,750 |
10 | Czech Republic | 5,750 |
All points earned are determined by the number of participating clubs. The Bundesliga clubs have so far scored 44,500 points, divided by seven clubs this gives a value of 6,357. The two countries that occupy the top two places at the end of the season will receive an additional place in the Champions League.
No other space will be deducted. For the Bundesliga, that would mean five participants in the Champions League, two in the Europa League and one in the playoffs for the Europa Conference League. The two places are played anew every season and are distributed regardless of UEFA’s five-year ranking. This is relevant for the usual places.
Points are as follows:
Champions League:
- 2 points: All wins from the group stage onwards
- 1 point: All draws from the group stage onwards
- 4 points: Bonus for participating in the group stage
- 4 points: Bonus for taking part in the round of 16
- 1 point: Bonus for each round from the quarterfinals onwards
Europe League:
- 2 points: All wins from the group stage onwards
- 1 point: All draws from the group stage onwards
- 4 points: group winner
- 2 points: second in the group
- 1 point: Bonus for each round from the quarterfinals onwards
European Conference League:
- 2 points: All wins from the group stage onwards (except for the intermediate round before the round of 16)
- 1 point: All draws from the group stage onwards (except for the intermediate round before the round of 16)
- 2 points: group winner
- 1 points: second in the group
- 1 point: Bonus for each round from the quarterfinals onwards
- 1 point: All victories in qualifying
- 0.5 points: All draws in qualification
The Champions League will be fundamentally reformed for the 2024/25 season
The Champions League is getting a new mode for the new season. The most important key points of the reform:
- Play in the future 36 instead of 32 teams with.
- Of the four additional places one goes to fifth place in the five-year ranking (most recently France). In addition, another team qualified from the qualification.
- What is new, as explained above, is the allocation of the two additional places: the two countries, who collectively perform best in Europe within a seasonwill receive another place in the Champions League the following season.
- Instead of playing in group games in a league played, there is a large table with 36 teams.
- Each team plays against eight different teams and has four home and four away games.
- The The first eight in the table at the end of the league phase reach the round of 16. The following 16 teams are in a knockout round for the other eight places in the round of 16, the rest are eliminated.
- In the round of 16 The clubs are placed in the tournament tree according to their table positionwhich is similar to the approach used in tennis tournaments.
- A Relegation to the Europa League is no longer possiblethat’s only possible in qualification.