sonicdreams
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For those still holding on to hope that we might qualify for the Europa League through the Fair Play League, the reality is that we have almost zero chance of doing so by this means.
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Source: http://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles...e/uefa/uefamedia/79/51/72/795172_download.pdf
UEFA’s Respect Fair Play ranking, based on all UEFA competition matches played, at both club and national team level, from 1 May 2008 to 30 April 2009, is currently headed by Norway.
Taking into account matches up to and including 31 December 2008, leader Norway, second-placed Denmark and third-placed Scotland are leading the race for the three additional slots to the first qualifying round of the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League.
For the current intermediary ranking, only associations having played a minimum of 25 matches are taken into account. This cut-off point is calculated by dividing the total number of UEFA matches by the number of national associations.
The UEFA Executive Committee endorsed a change of the criteria to allocate the additional places reserved to Respect Fair Play winners in next season’s UEFA Europa League. As defined in the club competitions regulations, the three places in the UEFA Europa League will automatically go to the three best-placed national associations in the Respect Fair Play ranking, provided they attained an average of 8.0 points or more. This means that contrary to previous editions, there will not be a draw to determine which two national associations will have the right to enter an additional team on top of the outright winners.
The Fair Play assessments are made by the official UEFA delegates on criteria such as positive play, respect of the opponent, respect of the referee, behaviour of the crowd and of the team officials as well as cautions and dismissals.
The three associations which are allocated an additional UEFA Europa League place will be entitled to enter the club that has won the domestic top-division fair play competition. If this club has already qualified for a UEFA club competition the second-placed team in the domestic competition may be entered and, should they also have already qualified, the thirdplaced team would be considered and so forth.
It is even possible for a team that has been relegated to the second highest division to qualify for the UEFA Cup, as a result of its exemplary fair play conduct during the domestic championship, provided of course that they hold the mandatory UEFA club license.
Rankings (matches from 1 May to 31 Dec 08 ):
1. Norway 8.325
2. Denmark 8.201
3. Scotland 8.186
4. Netherlands 8.132
5. Wales 8.122
6. Sweden 8.104
7. France 8.101
8. England 8.073
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Even if the English league were to somehow make it to the top 3 at the end of April, we are still placed 5th behind leaders Fulham in the Fair Play League, which can be viewed here: http://www.premierleague.com/page/FairPlayTable/0,,12306,00.html
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Source: http://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles...e/uefa/uefamedia/79/51/72/795172_download.pdf
UEFA’s Respect Fair Play ranking, based on all UEFA competition matches played, at both club and national team level, from 1 May 2008 to 30 April 2009, is currently headed by Norway.
Taking into account matches up to and including 31 December 2008, leader Norway, second-placed Denmark and third-placed Scotland are leading the race for the three additional slots to the first qualifying round of the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League.
For the current intermediary ranking, only associations having played a minimum of 25 matches are taken into account. This cut-off point is calculated by dividing the total number of UEFA matches by the number of national associations.
The UEFA Executive Committee endorsed a change of the criteria to allocate the additional places reserved to Respect Fair Play winners in next season’s UEFA Europa League. As defined in the club competitions regulations, the three places in the UEFA Europa League will automatically go to the three best-placed national associations in the Respect Fair Play ranking, provided they attained an average of 8.0 points or more. This means that contrary to previous editions, there will not be a draw to determine which two national associations will have the right to enter an additional team on top of the outright winners.
The Fair Play assessments are made by the official UEFA delegates on criteria such as positive play, respect of the opponent, respect of the referee, behaviour of the crowd and of the team officials as well as cautions and dismissals.
The three associations which are allocated an additional UEFA Europa League place will be entitled to enter the club that has won the domestic top-division fair play competition. If this club has already qualified for a UEFA club competition the second-placed team in the domestic competition may be entered and, should they also have already qualified, the thirdplaced team would be considered and so forth.
It is even possible for a team that has been relegated to the second highest division to qualify for the UEFA Cup, as a result of its exemplary fair play conduct during the domestic championship, provided of course that they hold the mandatory UEFA club license.
Rankings (matches from 1 May to 31 Dec 08 ):
1. Norway 8.325
2. Denmark 8.201
3. Scotland 8.186
4. Netherlands 8.132
5. Wales 8.122
6. Sweden 8.104
7. France 8.101
8. England 8.073
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Even if the English league were to somehow make it to the top 3 at the end of April, we are still placed 5th behind leaders Fulham in the Fair Play League, which can be viewed here: http://www.premierleague.com/page/FairPlayTable/0,,12306,00.html
