Article by Daniel Grigore – published on Friday, August 08, 2025, 17:09 / Updated on Friday, August 2025 17:12
The results registered by the Romanian teams Thursday evening, in the Europa League and Conference League preliminaries, make Romania ascended 23 in the UEFA coefficient ranking, detaching the direct opponent for that place, Hungary!
Fcsb and Craiova University They won, 3-2 with Drita, respectively 3-0 with Spartak Trnava, while vice-champion CFR Cluj She was defeated by Braga, 1-2.
The two wins on Thursday evening make that the Romanian coefficient has been added 0.500 points. That's because Each victory in the preliminaries is rewarded by 1 point, and the total is divided by the number of representatives of the respective country. In this case, two points divided by 4.
Romania climbed 23rd in the ranking of UEFA coefficients!
With these 0.500 points, Romania climbed a position in the UEFA standings, until the 23rd place, now 21,375 points. Superliga has deferred the Hungarian championship, remaining on 21,125. In the 25th place, Slovakia remains, with 20,875 points. There are scores that result from the sum of the last 5 European seasons.
The Hungarians started the week in 23rd placewith 21,000 points compared to 20,875 near Romania, but the teams they had in action, 3 in number, produced only 0.125 points.
Hungary can remain with a single team in the play-off, Romania should have 3
That's because Gyor and Paksi lost in the league preliminariesthe first with Aik Stockholm (Sweden, 1-2), the other with polissya zhytomyr (Ukraine, 0-3).
The only contribution had Ferencvaroswhich did 0-0 with Ludogorets in the preliminary round of the Champions League. This means 0.500 divided by 4, the number of teams that represented Hungary at the beginning of the European season. So 0.125 extra points for dowry.
At this moment, Romania is well positioned to secure the 23, extremely important position, because it would In the next European season, the Superligi champion to enter directly into the preliminary round of the Champions League. Basically, a preliminary tour, that is, two matches in a minus period anyway.
22nd place on the horizon
Moreover, the 22nd place seems vulnerable. He is currently occupied by Serbia, who has only two teams in the competition and only 0.250 points over Romania.
Serbs have accumulated 0.250 points this week: Red Star Belgrade defeated Lech Poznan with 3-1 in the Champions League, Partizan lost with the Hibernian (Scotland, 0-2). That is, 1 point – related to the victory of the Red Star – divided by 4.
