This is information that has not gone unnoticed, as an extension of an euphoric weekend after the grandiose victory of the Paris Saint-Germain In the Champions League final against Inter Milan (5-0): Paris lost a place in the UEFA ranking.
With this European coronation, the capital's club has achieved many objectives: enter the caste of winners of the biggest club competition, continue to write its legend, but also report points to France for the UEFA index.
PSG is at the top of Europe.
However, this does not immediately translate into the accounting plan since Paris Saint-Germain therefore slipped from the fourth to fifth place in the UEFA classification compared to last season. How to explain this downgrading at the end of the club's greatest performance?
PSG exceeded by Liverpool over the 2020-2025 period
The very concept of the UEFA classification includes a notion of time difference. The instance establishes its ranking from a cumulative points on the 5 elapsed seasons. However, last season, the 2019-20 financial year was still included in the total points of PSG, which had reached the final that season.
The 31,000 points collected 6 years ago are no longer relevant. This year's exceptional journey allows PSG to win 33,500, but Liverpool, which the capital's club has nevertheless eliminated in the round of 16 this year, has more points over the past 5 years. The British club therefore wins a place … to the detriment of the best team in Europe. A process that should not reconcile football fans with major instances.
The ranking of UEFA coefficients of clubs over the period 2020-2025:
1. Real Madrid: 143,500 points
2. Manchester City: 137,750 points
3. Bayern Munich: 135,250 points
4. Liverpool: 125,500 points
5. Paris Saint-Germain: 118,500 points
6. Inter Milan: 116,250 points
7. Chelsea: 109,000 points
8. Dortmund: 106,750 points
9. AS Rome: 104,500 points
10. FC Barcelona: 103,250 points
