It is acquired: France will always be of the top 5 of UEFA at the end of the season. The consequence of the European route culminated by representatives of Ligue 1 in the Champions League (dams for Brest and Monaco; eighth for Lille; half at least for Paris). Without forgetting the beautiful route of OL in the Europa League (quarter -final return to come against Manchester United).
In this exercise 2024-2025, the Portuguese and Dutch pursuers lost ground. Fifth of the hierarchy, France has a total of 72,022 points over the last five elapsed seasons. Or 4,872 more units than the Netherlands (67,150 points) and 9,756 more than Portugal (62,266 points). For a very appreciable gratuity.
Thanks to this position, Ligue 1 until at least 2026-2027 is guaranteed to have seven European ambassadors. Four in C1, three of which are directly qualified for the league phase and one qualified for the last two preliminary towers; Two in the Europa League (counting the winner of the French Cup or his deputy) and one in the conference league. Not without the possibility of doing better soon.
UEFA index: the fourth possible place
At present, the fourth force of the plateau is untouchable. Germany displaying 86,331 points, 14,309 more than France. Only from next season, the points for the year 2020-2021-a session widely favorable to the Germans-will no longer be taken into account. 7,298 points in favor of the Bundesliga representatives will be filled by their Ligue 1 counterparts.
A beautiful continental season 2025-2026 for tricolor commitments could therefore allow France to grab a place in the UEFA index. If this was the case, the first four places in the classification of Ligue 1 would be directly qualifying for the Champions League. A hell of a step forward.
