Northern Irelands Coefficient/Ranking

Northern Ireland’s UEFA Coefficient & Ranking. 24/25 42nd 8.333 _________25/26 47th 7.250

[Northern Irelands Coefficient/Ranking @NICoefficient]

Northern Ireland's coefficient breakdown by club for the past five years.

📸 1: Club Coefficient for 26/27 seeding and pot distribution.

📸 2: Country Coefficient for 27/28 UEFA Access List.

@OfficialBlues will add 0.250 to NI's Country Coefficient with a win on Thursday but won't increase the Club Coefficient unless they qualify for and secure a win and a draw in the UECL League Phase (or three draws).

@OfficialNIFL @larnefc @Glentoran @DgnSwifts @cliftonvillefc @CrusadersFC @ColeraineFC

[Northern Irelands Coefficient/Ranking @NICoefficient]

@philmccarroll Port Devine. 🎬

[David Parkes @dpnina10]

https://t.co/0coUtJJlkA

Weekend update:
- On the men's side, which is the last update, champion confirmed in 🇦🇱
- Cup winners known in 🇨🇾🇱🇺
- Final European spots decided in 🇧🇪🇷🇴🇧🇬🇱🇺
- On the women's side, champions confirmed in 🇫🇷🇨🇭🇦🇱🇭🇺🇸🇰
- Other change in 🇩🇰, which will decide the final European spot

I will make a couple of changes to the spreadsheet over the next week when I have a bit more time

[Northern Irelands Coefficient/Ranking @NICoefficient]

KAA Gent are the final team to secure a place in the 26/27 men’s competitions after winning the Belgian 🇧🇪 @Conf_League playoff on penalties.

@KAAGent will enter UECL in Q2 as a Seeded team and could be drawn against @ColeraineFC .

Glentoran could also be drawn against Gent depending on the Club Coefficient of their Q1 opponents.

In 2024 @larnefc beat Gent 1:0 in the UECL League Phase moving NI up 4 places in the ranking and Larne off the bottom to the League Phase table.

Full lineups for NI teams to follow.

@OfficialNIFL @Sofascore

[Northern Irelands Coefficient/Ranking @NICoefficient]

In Albania 🇦🇱 the last two games of the 25/26 season were played tonight.

Egnatia 🏆 won the league and complete the @ChampionsLeague Q1 lineup. They could draw @larnefc. #UCL

In the Conference League Main Path the other 3 teams will enter in Q1. #UECL

Seeded - Could draw @Glentoran
Vllaznia Shkodër

Unseeded - Could draw Linfield FC
Dinamo Tirana & AF Elbasani

As a result Torpedo Kutaisi 🇬🇪 become seeded and could now face Glentoran instead of Linfield.

Full lineups for NI teams to follow.
@OfficialNIFL @OfficialBlues

[Northern Irelands Coefficient/Ranking @NICoefficient]

@IFBMedia @irishwill83 @DundalkReport @KickingMatch @AllThingsILF @Robbyfootyfocus @ATGroundsNI @PaulVance63 @StevenBeacom5 @shay_ken1974 Here you go @irishwill83
Squad Valuation rather than Club Valuation which to me would include other assets etc. 🏟️

[Northern Irelands Coefficient/Ranking @NICoefficient]

Midweek update of the Seeding master list from @dpnina10.

Some changes in the seeding affecting NI teams.

Linfield FC @Conf_League
Q1 no change
Q2 ❌ Dinamo Minsk 🇧🇾
Q2 ✅ Beitar Jerusalem
Q3❌ Maccabi Tel Aviv 🇮🇱
Q3 ✅ Sheriff Tiraspol 🇲🇩

Coleraine FC @Conf_League
Q2 ❌ Maccabi Tel Aviv 🇮🇱
Q2 ✅ Dinamo Minsk 🇧🇾

Glentoran FC @Conf_League
Q1 ✅ Pyunik & Alashkert 🇦🇲 confirmed

Glentoran Women @UWCL
Q1 ❌Slovan Bratislava 🇸🇰
Q1 ✅ Spartak Myjava 🇸🇰

Larne FC @ChampionsLeague
No change.

Sunday games in Albania will finalise the places for the men’s competitions.

@OfficialNIFL @IrishFA

[David Parkes @dpnina10]

https://t.co/pDLyC1VT4O

Last midweek update:
- #UECL TH confirmed, no change to rebalancing
- On the men's side, cup winners decided in 🇮🇱🇲🇪
- Teams from 🇦🇲 qualified for Europe
- On the women's side, champions known in 🇭🇺
- Lead change in 🇸🇰

[Northern Irelands Coefficient/Ranking @NICoefficient]

@bluesbrothers86 @Conf_League @ColeraineFC @OfficialBlues @Glentoran From the draw.

The two balls are drawn, one from the seeded bowl and one from the unseeded bowl.
The two balls are then placed in a third bowl and drawn again to decide home and away.

[Northern Irelands Coefficient/Ranking @NICoefficient]

UECL Q2 Update - 26/27 UEFA Conference League Main Path Q2 after the penultimate weekend of the 25/26 season. @Conf_League #UECL

@ColeraineFC @OfficialBlues @Glentoran

🌊Coleraine will draw a team from the left hand side of the table. Teams highlighted in pink are placeholders for the UECL Q1 ties. Avoiding a team involved in Q1 helps with team preparations and travel arrangement for the fans.

🟦Linfield will draw a team from the right hand side of the table. Teams highlighted in pink are the placeholders for UECL Q1 winners. Teams Highlighted in orange are the placeholders for the Europa League (UEL) Q1 losers. The Blues will be unseeded in the Q3 draw if they win Q1.

🐓Glentoran can draw a team from either side the Q2 table. Seeding status will be determined by the Club Coefficient of their Q1 opposition, drawn on 16th June.

The Q2 draw will be on the 17th June.
Matches to be played 23rd & 30th July.
Country protection is applicable in qualifying.

From the coefficient based prediction model prepared by David Parkes @dpnina10.

#SportsDirectPrem #NIFL #UCL #UECL #UEL #IrishLeague @OfficialNIFL

[Football on TNT Sports @footballontnt]

The British teams that will be playing in Europe next season 🌍

[Cliftonville FC @cliftonvillefc]

🎬 And that's a wrap.

The very first and last goals scored in the 2025/26 UEFA Conference League.

[Northern Irelands Coefficient/Ranking @NICoefficient]

@JoelMcNI11 @Conf_League @ColeraineFC @OfficialBlues @Glentoran Morning of the draw. 17th June.

[Northern Irelands Coefficient/Ranking @NICoefficient]

@bannsider67 @coleraineyid @ColeraineFC No. Country protection applies in qualifying so Coleraine can’t be drawn agains the Blues or their Q1 opponents.

[David Parkes @dpnina10]

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The @Conf_League final is here. Four qualifying rounds, six league phase matchdays, and four knockout rounds later, it all comes down to tonight's showpiece in Leipzig. My preview on the final for @FBLowdown is out now. Give it a read and tell me below who you think is winning tonight's match

[Northern Irelands Coefficient/Ranking @NICoefficient]

@jonnyKeys3 @dpnina10 @GlentoranWomen_ @AfcAthlone @WrexhamAFCWomen @OfficialNIFL @Glentoran Coleraine are in Conference League 2nd round. This post might help. You will play a team in green on the left. The ones highlighted in pink will be replaced by another team if they lose in Q1.

[Northern Irelands Coefficient/Ranking @NICoefficient]

UECL Q2 Update - 26/27 UEFA Conference League Main Path Q2 after the penultimate weekend of the 25/26 season. @Conf_League #UECL

@ColeraineFC @OfficialBlues @Glentoran

🌊Coleraine will draw a team from the left hand side of the table. Teams highlighted in pink are placeholders for the UECL Q1 ties. Avoiding a team involved in Q1 helps with team preparations and travel arrangement for the fans.

🟦Linfield will draw a team from the right hand side of the table. Teams highlighted in pink are the placeholders for UECL Q1 winners. Teams Highlighted in orange are the placeholders for the Europa League (UEL) Q1 losers. The Blues will be unseeded in the Q3 draw if they win Q1.

🐓Glentoran can draw a team from either side the Q2 table. Seeding status will be determined by the Club Coefficient of their Q1 opposition, drawn on 16th June.

The Q2 draw will be on the 17th June.
Matches to be played 23rd & 30th July.
Country protection is applicable in qualifying.

From the coefficient based prediction model prepared by David Parkes @dpnina10.

#SportsDirectPrem #NIFL #UCL #UECL #UEL #IrishLeague @OfficialNIFL

[Northern Irelands Coefficient/Ranking @NICoefficient]

Midweek update of the Seeding master list from @dpnina10.

Possible opponent for @GlentoranWomen_ UWCL Q1
🇮🇪 @AfcAthlone ✅
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿@WrexhamAFCWomen ✅

Possible opponents for @OfficialNIFL in UECL Q1
🇲🇰 Sileks ✅
🇧🇦 Velež Mostar ❌

Possible opponent for @Glentoran in UECL Q1
🇧🇦 Velež Mostar ✅
🇲🇰 Struga ❌

Possible opponent for @ColeraineFC in UECL Q2
🇩🇰 @FCKobenhavn ✅ Place confirmed.

Possible opponent for @larnefc in UCL Q1
🇲🇪 Sutjeska ✅ Place confirmed.

#UWCL UEFA Women's Champions League
#UECL UEFA Conference League
#UCL UEFA Champions League
🇲🇪 Montenegro (MNE)
🇲🇰 North Macedonia (MKD)
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)

#SportsDirectPrem #NIFL #IrishLeague
@UWCL @Conf_League @ChampionsLeague
@OfficialNIFL @IrishFA
@ClearerWater @Bet_McLean @bperfectcosm

[David Parkes @dpnina10]

https://t.co/pDLyC1VT4O

Midweek update:
- Champions confirmed in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇧🇪🇮🇱🇲🇪
- Cup winners known in 🇨🇿🇺🇦🇧🇬🇽🇰🇲🇰
- Teams from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇧🇪🇩🇰🇺🇦🇲🇪 qualified for Europe
- No notable updates on the women's side

[UEFA Conference League @Conf_League]

💚 Five years of the #UECL!

🏆 The competition continues to create more opportunities for clubs to make their mark on the European stage.

Find out more �💚 Five years of the #UECL!

🏆 The competition continues to create more opportunities for clubs to make their mark on the European stage.

Find out more �💚 Five years of the #UECL!

🏆 The competition continues to create more opportunities for clubs to make their mark on the European stage.

Find out more �💚 Five years of the #UECL!

🏆 The competition continues to create more opportunities for clubs to make their mark on the European stage.

Find out more �💚 Five years of the #UECL!

🏆 The competition continues to create more opportunities for clubs to make their mark on the European stage.

Find out more 👇

[Northern Irelands Coefficient/Ranking @NICoefficient]

@NIGlens @CraigMurra5782 @Conf_League @OfficialBlues @Glentoran There is no confirmed rational for the groupings.
UEFA do try to avoid long travel distances in qualifying so we tend to avoid teams for eastern Europe

[Northern Irelands Coefficient/Ranking @NICoefficient]

UECL Q1 as it stands 26/05. @Conf_League #UECL

Some possible opponents for @OfficialBlues.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Connah's Quay, Penybont or Caernarfon Town
🇮🇪 Bohemians 🇧🇦 Velež Mostar
🇫🇮 Ilves or Inter Turku 🇦🇩 UE Santa Coloma

Some possible opponents for @Glentoran.
🇱🇻 RFS 🇲🇹 Hamrun 🇱🇹 Zalgiris Vilnius
🇬🇮 St Joseph's 🇧🇦 FK Sarajevo 🇲🇰Shkëndija
🇦🇩 Atlétic Club d'Escaldes

Last places to be confirmed on Sunday, 31/05.
Draw on the 16th June
Matches to be played 9th & 16th July.

#SportsDirectPrem #NIFL #IrishLeague
@Conf_League @OfficialNIFL @IrishFA

[Northern Irelands Coefficient/Ranking @NICoefficient]

UCL Q1 & Q2 as it stands 26/05.
Sorted by Opta Analyst Power Rankings.
@ChampionsLeague #UCL @Op@OptaAnalyst

Final matches in Albania 🇦🇱 are on Sunday. @larnefc will be Seeded in Q1 and Unseeded in the Q2 draw as placeholder for the Q1 tie.

In Q1 the top four unseeded teams should be avoided but expect at lease one of them to be in Larne's pre draw grouping. Its better for Larne if they are in the 8 team pre draw grouping, rather than in one of the two 10 team groups.

Expect 🇱🇹 Kauno Vilnius & 🇱🇺 Atert Bisson to feature as possible opponents.

Note: Champions of 🇷🇴🇩🇰🇸🇪&🇨🇭 are all Unseeded in Q2 so would not play Larne if the East Antrim side win Q1. #AGF

Draws on the 16th & 17th June
Matches to be played 7th/8th & 14th/15th July.

@iancbabble @KyleMoore1889 @Laharna1889 @dpnina10

[Northern Irelands Coefficient/Ranking @NICoefficient]

@CraigMurra5782 @Conf_League @OfficialBlues @Glentoran Just random. UEFA does groupings on the morning of the draw.