Ahead of the start of the group stages in the European Cups, Germany have moved up one place in the UEFA Five-Year Ranking.
Ahead of the start of the group stages, Germany have moved up one place in the UEFA five-year rankings, knocking Italy out of third place. That’s because the Italians were dropped 17,333 points from the 2017/18 season, but the Germans only 9,857.
Leaders England lost 20.071 points, runners-up Spain 19.714.With the Bundesliga allowed to start international competitions with eight teams thanks to Eintracht Frankfurt’s Europa League triumph and 1. FC Köln’s qualification for the Conference League group stage, each win this season is worth just 0.250 points in the UEFA rankings.
Scotland and Austria swap places
New in the top ten is Belgium, who have ousted Russia. The Netherlands and Portugal as well as Scotland and Austria have swapped places