UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking

The UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking has been used by UEFA since 1995 to grant three berths for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. As of the 2015–16 season it will no longer grant any berths, instead granting a monetary prize to winning associations.

Qualification system

1995–2008

The highest finishing clubs in the national Fair Play rankings not yet participating in either the UEFA Champions League or the UEFA Cup were potential contenders for the three remaining berths. The club from the association which won the Fair Play ranking qualified automatically for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The two other teams were drawn out of the clubs from the associations that have reached the threshold of minimum games and had a score of at least 8.0.

2008–2015

The three highest placed national associations in the UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking will each automatically gain an extra qualification berth for the First Qualifying Round, providing they have exceeded the threshold of games played, and have a minimum average score of 8.0. These berths are then allocated to the highest placed club in that association's own Fair Play league that has not yet qualified for either the UEFA Champions League or the UEFA Europa League.

2015–present

As of the 2015–16 season, Fair Play will be assessed on three categories: overall fair play, year-on-year fair play and spectator behaviour, with each association being scored and an association being declared the winner for each category. No association can win more than one category, meaning that on receiving one category award, an association becomes ineligible to win either of the other two, with the three categories being ranked in importance so that it can be determined which category takes preference. As of 2015, Fair Play no longer grants entry to the Europa League, instead only netting the victorious association a cash prize to be put towards "fair play or respect-themed projects".[1]

Future

The UEFA Executive Committee approved in December 2014 changes to the rewards given according to the Respect Fair Play ranking, and starting from the 2016–17 season, the three Fair Play berths will no longer be allocated to the Europa League.[1] Instead, a financial bonus will be paid by UEFA to the best Fair Play association, the most improved association, and the association with the best behaved spectators.[2][3] The ranking assessment period has also been changed from between 1 May to 30 April the following year, to 1 July to 30 June the following year (for the transitional season of 2015–16, the ranking assessment period covers all matches between 1 May 2015 and 30 June 2016).[4]

Ranking

All representative teams from a football association are responsible for the score of the Fair Play ranking of that association. This includes matches of all national teams and all clubs in all UEFA competitions. The ranking is composed from 1 May until 30 April the following year. The criteria for the ranking is Fair Play.

Criteria

Teams are judged on the following criteria:

NB: this criterion is ignored when the number of fans is negligible e.g. if there are no fans at all or because of penalty that was given by the UEFA

The total number of points will be divided by the maximum number of points, 40 (or 35 if there are a negligible amount of fans), and multiplied by 10 which will result in a score between 0 and 10. The score is calculated to two decimal points and not rounded up.

2014–15 final ranking

The ranking below covers matches from 1 May 2014 to 30 April 2015 and is the final ranking.[5]

The top three associations (Netherlands, England, Republic of Ireland) gain an extra qualification berth for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.[6]

Rank Member association Total points Matches played
1Netherlands Netherlands8.151110
2England England8.146160
3Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland8.14466
4Finland Finland8.14168
5Denmark Denmark8.12888
6Germany Germany8.123146
7Norway Norway8.11371
8Iceland Iceland8.08953
9Sweden Sweden8.087110
10Scotland Scotland8.08395
11Spain Spain8.039159
12Austria Austria8.01571
13Northern Ireland Northern Ireland8.00347
14Switzerland Switzerland8.00196
15Belgium Belgium7.967107
16France France7.960115
17Italy Italy7.953147
18Czech Republic Czech Republic7.92875
19Wales Wales7.92452
20Poland Poland7.91172
21Kazakhstan Kazakhstan7.87959
22Russia Russia7.872126
23Faroe Islands Faroe Islands7.86843
24Bulgaria Bulgaria7.86472
25Slovenia Slovenia7.84871
26Israel Israel7.84355
27Lithuania Lithuania7.82455
28Romania Romania7.81180
29Cyprus Cyprus7.79069
30Portugal Portugal7.768128
31Slovakia Slovakia7.76576
32Croatia Croatia7.76086
33Estonia Estonia7.75352
34Serbia Serbia7.74976
35Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina7.74255
36Hungary Hungary7.73868
37Ukraine Ukraine7.700122
38Greece Greece7.69484
39Georgia (country) Georgia7.68445
40Belarus Belarus7.67883
41Moldova Moldova7.64253
42Turkey Turkey7.61590
43Malta Malta7.60045
44Montenegro Montenegro7.59244
45Latvia Latvia7.56549
46Republic of Macedonia Macedonia7.50051
47Azerbaijan Azerbaijan7.44159
48Albania Albania7.34838
49Armenia Armenia7.82229
50Gibraltar Gibraltar7.80921
51Liechtenstein Liechtenstein7.76718
52Luxembourg Luxembourg7.72024
53San Marino San Marino7.48524
54Andorra Andorra6.92232

Cut-off: 37 matches played
Group 1: 37 or more matches played; Group 2: fewer than 37 matches played.

UEFA Fair Play winners

Year Top association Nominated team Drawn Notes
Association Nominated team Association Nominated team
1995 Norway Norway Viking England England Leeds United Luxembourg Luxembourg Avenir Beggen [7]
1996 Sweden Sweden Malmö Russia Russia CSKA Moscow Finland Finland Jazz Pori [7]
1997 Norway Norway Brann England England Aston Villa Sweden Sweden Örebro [7]
1998 England England Aston Villa Finland Finland FinnPa Norway Norway Molde [7]
1999 Scotland Scotland Kilmarnock Norway Norway Bodø/Glimt Estonia Estonia JK Viljandi Tulevik [7]
2000 Sweden Sweden Norrköping Belgium Belgium Lierse Spain Spain Rayo Vallecano [7]
2001 Belarus Belarus Shakhtyor Finland Finland MYPA Slovakia Slovakia Matador Púchov [7]
2002 Norway Norway SK Brann England England Ipswich Town Czech Republic Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc [8]
2003 England England Manchester City France France Lens Denmark Denmark Esbjerg [9]
2004 Sweden Sweden Öster Armenia Armenia Mika Ukraine Ukraine Illichivets Mariupol [10][11][12]
2005 Norway Norway Viking Germany Germany Mainz 05 Denmark Denmark Esbjerg [13]
2006 Sweden Sweden Gefle Belgium Belgium Roeselare Norway Norway Brann [14]
2007 Sweden Sweden Häcken Finland Finland MYPA Norway Norway Lillestrøm [15][16]
2008 England England Manchester City Germany Germany Hertha BSC Denmark Denmark Nordsjælland[17] [18][19]
Year Top association Nominated team Second association Nominated team Third association Nominated team Notes
2009 Norway Norway Rosenborg Denmark Denmark Randers Scotland Scotland Motherwell [20]
2010 Sweden Sweden Gefle Denmark Denmark Randers Finland Finland MYPA(a) [21]
2011 Norway Norway Aalesund England England Fulham Sweden Sweden Häcken [22][23]
2012 Norway Norway Stabæk Finland Finland MYPA Netherlands Netherlands Twente [24]
2013 Sweden Sweden Gefle Norway Norway Tromsø Finland Finland Mariehamn [25]
2014 Norway Norway Tromsø Sweden Sweden Brommapojkarna Finland Finland MYPA [26]
2015 Netherlands Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles England England West Ham United Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland UCD [6]

Note:

^a) Both Randers and MYPA made to the 3rd Qualification round however MYPA had more wins in the tournament

Most wins

By association

As of 8 May 2015
Rank Association 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Norway Norway 8 2 3
2 Sweden Sweden 7 1 2
3 England England 3 5 0
4 Netherlands Netherlands 1 0 1
Scotland Scotland 1 0 1
6 Belarus Belarus 1 0 0
7 Finland Finland 0 4 4
8 Denmark Denmark 0 2 3
9 Belgium Belgium 0 2 0
Germany Germany 0 2 0
11 Armenia Armenia 0 1 0
France France 0 1 0
Russia Russia 0 1 0
14 Czech Republic Czech Republic 0 0 1
Estonia Estonia 0 0 1
Luxembourg Luxembourg 0 0 1
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 0 0 1
Slovakia Slovakia 0 0 1
Spain Spain 0 0 1
Ukraine Ukraine 0 0 1

By team

As of 8 May 2015
Rank Team 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Sweden Gefle 3 0 0
2 Norway Brann 2 0 1
3 England Manchester City 2 0 0
Norway Viking 2 0 0
5 Norway Tromsø 1 1 0
6 England Aston Villa 1 1 0
7 Sweden Häcken 1 0 1
Sweden Malmö 1 0 0
Scotland Kilmarnock 1 0 0
Sweden Norrköping 1 0 0
Belarus Shakhtyor 1 0 0
Sweden Öster 1 0 0
Norway Rosenborg 1 0 0
Norway Aalesund 1 0 0
Norway Stabæk 1 0 0
Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0
17 Finland MYPA 0 3 2
18 Denmark Randers 0 2 0

Best performances

The furthest that a team has progressed from a fair-play entry is the quarter-finals, achieved by Aston Villa (1997–98), Rayo Vallecano (2000–01) and Manchester City (2008–09), with Manchester City being the only team to have progressed beyond the group stage since this was introduced in 2004–05.[27]

See also

References

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  3. ""Upcoming changes in Fair Play competition"". Bert Kassies. 13 January 2015.
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