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Country coefficient

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The country coefficient is used to rank the football associations of North America, and thus determine the number of clubs from an association that will participate in the CONCACAF Champions League and the CONCACAF SuperLiga.

The CONCACAF ranking determines the number of teams competing in the first season after the publication of the ranking, not in the season after next like UEFA. Thus, the rankings at the end of the 2016–17 season determine the team allocation by association in the 2017–18 (not 2018–19) CONCACAF season.

This coefficient is determined by the results of the clubs of the associations in the CONCACAF Champions League and the CONCACAF SuperLiga games over the past five seasons. Two points are awarded for each win by a club, and one for a draw (points are halved in the qualifying and playoff rounds). Results determined by extra time do count in determining the allocation of points, but results determined by penalty-shootouts do not affect the allocation of points, other than for bonus points given for qualification into the latter rounds of the Champions League or the SuperLiga. The number of points awarded each season is divided by the number of teams that participated for that association in that season. This number is then rounded down to three decimal places (e.g. 2⅔ would be rounded to 2.666).

To determine a country's coefficient for a particular season, the coefficients for the last five seasons are added. Bonus points are added to the number of points scored in a season. Bonus points are allocated for:

  • Clubs that reach the quarter-finals, semi-finals, or final, or that win either the CONCACAF Champions League or the CONCACAF SuperLiga (1 bonus point).
  • Clubs that qualify for the group stage of the Champions League (4 bonus points).
  • Clubs that qualify for the round of 16 of the Champions League (5 bonus points).

Note that UEFA does not grant a bonus point for winning their tournaments. So, if the UEFA Champions League or Europa League final finishes drawn and is decided by penalties, both teams' associations receive the same number of points. The ranking system above always awards more points to the winners' associations.

Current ranking

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The ranking below takes into account of each association's performance in North American competitions from 2013–14 to 2017–18, with the 2017–18 season currently taking place. For 2013–14, points earned in the actual CONCACAF Champions League are used. From 2014–15 onward, the simulated version of the Champions League and SuperLiga are used.

The final ranking at the end of the 2017–18 season will be used to determine the number of places for each association in the 2018–19 CONCACAF Champions League and 2018–19 CONCACAF SuperLiga.

As of the end of the 2017–18 season, the coefficients are as follows (highest point total for a season in bold):

Rank
2018
Rank
2017
Mvmt. Member association
(L: League, C: Cup)
2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 Coeff. Teams
CL places SL places Total
1 1     Mexico (L, C) 20.500 20.750 17.944 26.222 23.250 108.666 0/8 5 3 8
2 2     United States (L, C) 14.500 19.437 14.625 11.875 18.000 78.437 0/8
3 3     Costa Rica (L, C) 11.333 15.214 16.642 9.642 13.071 65.902 0/7 4 7
4 4     Honduras (L, C) 6.500 11.583 13.750 10.916 11.416 54.165 0/6 3 6
5 6   +1   Panama (L, C) 11.000 14.750 9.400 8.083 9.583 52.816 0/6
6 7   +1   Canada (L, C) 8.000 8.750 10.000 9.000 14.500 50.250 0/2 1 1 2
7 8   +1   El Salvador (L, C) 8.000 11.700 7.500 10.300 11.400 48.900 0/5 3 3 6
8 10   +2   Puerto Rico (L, C) 0.000 11.600 9.700 12.500 6.700 40.500 0/5
9 9     Trinidad and Tobago (L, C) 4.500 10.700 11.100 9.600 4.300 40.200 0/5 2 5
10 5   –5   Guatemala (L) 8.000 14.857 10.928 4.714 0.000 38.499 0/0
11 12   +1   Guyana (L, C) 0.000 12.875 6.400 7.300 11.000 37.575 0/4
12 11   –1   Nicaragua (L) 5.000 4.875 7.600 7.900 8.700 34.075 0/5
13 14   +1   Haiti (L, C) 4.000 5.500 8.400 6.000 7.250 31.150 0/4
14 15   +1   Curaçao (L) 0.000 8.125 6.500 8.875 7.500 31.000 0/4 1 4
15 13   –2   Antigua and Barbuda (L) 0.000 8.375 8.600 8.125 4.300 29.400 0/5
16 17   +1   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (L) 0.000 9.500 5.500 4.875 9.000 28.875 0/4
17 18   +1   Jamaica (L, C) 0.000 7.250 4.000 7.500 9.000 27.750 0/4
18 16   –2   Cayman Islands (L, C) 0.000 7.250 5.375 8.000 6.250 26.875 0/4
19 19     Belize (L) 0.000 6.250 2.000 6.000 4.875 19.125 0/4
20 20     Bermuda (L, C) 0.000 6.500 3.000 1.125 4.750 15.375 0/4
21 22   +1   Suriname (L, C) 0.000 4.250 1.375 4.250 3.250 13.125 0/4
22 21   –1   Aruba (L, C) 0.000 4.000 2.500 3.875 2.250 12.625 0/4
23 25   +2   U.S. Virgin Islands (L) 0.000 1.500 1.625 4.625 4.750 12.500 0/4
24 23   –1   Saint Lucia (L) 0.000 5.125 2.700 1.625 0.125 9.575 0/4
25 26   +1   Dominican Republic (L, C) 0.000 3.625 2.250 1.750 1.375 9.000 0/4
26 28   +2   Cuba (L) 0.000 3.500 0.875 1.250 3.250 8.875 0/4
27 24   –3   Dominica (L) 0.000 3.500 2.875 1.750 0.625 8.750 0/4
28 27   –1   Turks and Caicos Islands (L, C) 0.000 4.125 2.500 0.750 1.000 8.375 0/4
29 31   +2   Grenada (L, C) 0.000 1.375 2.125 1.875 2.250 7.625 0/4
30 33   +3   Anguilla (L) 0.000 1.375 1.625 1.166 3.125 7.291 0/4
31 30   –1   Barbados (L, C) 0.000 1.125 0.500 3.875 1.625 7.125 0/4
32 35   +3   British Virgin Islands (L) 0.000 1.875 1.000 1.000 3.125 7.000 0/4
33 32   –1   Guadeloupe (L, C) 0.000 2.000 0.750 1.625 2.125 6.500 0/4
34 37   +3   French Guiana (L, C) 0.000 0.625 0.900 1.875 2.625 6.025 0/4
35 29   –6   Bahamas (L) 0.000 0.125 1.375 4.000 0.500 6.000 0/4
36 34   –2   Saint Kitts and Nevis (L, C) 0.000 2.625 0.750 0.750 1.125 5.250 0/4
37 36   –1   Martinique (L, C) 0.000 0.875 1.700 0.875 0.625 4.075 0/4
38 38     Bonaire (L, C) 0.000 1.500 1.125 0.625 0.375 3.625 0/4
39 39     Saint-Martin (L, C) 0.000 0.625 0.500 0.250 0.625 2.000 0/4
40 40     Sint Maarten (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.250 0.625 0.875 0/4
41 41     Montserrat (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.500 0.500 0/1 0 1
  Indicates active countries which have all their teams still competing in this year's CONCACAF Champions League and SuperLiga.
  Indicates active countries which have teams still competing in this year's CONCACAF Champions League or SuperLiga.
  Indicates countries which have no teams remaining in this year's CONCACAF Champions League and SuperLiga.

Club coefficient

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The club coefficient rankings are determined by the results of clubs in the CONCACAF Champions League and the CONCACAF SuperLiga over the previous five seasons, as well as by the coefficient of the clubs' association. The club coefficient is the sum of the points earned by the club over the five seasons, but no less than 20% of the club's association coefficient. Prior to the 2018 club rankings, teams received the sum of their points earned over the last five seasons plus 20% of the club's association coefficient. For 2013–14, points earned in the actual CONCACAF Champions League are used. From 2014–15 onward, the simulated version of the Champions League and SuperLiga are used.

The clubs receive two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a defeat in games of the main stages of the Champions League and the SuperLiga. Results determined after extra-time are included in this method, however results determined after penalty shoot-outs are not (the result is considered a draw). Bonus points for entering the SuperLiga group stage are not additional to win/draw points; they provide a minimum points allowance for participating clubs, whereas bonus points for entering the Champions League group stage (and those for qualifying to the knockout stage) are additional to win/draw points.

Qualifying round results are only taken into account if the team is eliminated in one of the rounds (see table below). Otherwise, the qualifying round results are taken into account only for the calculation of the association's coefficient and are halved. The clubs do not receive any points for elimination in the Champions League second qualifying round or the play-off round because those teams move to the SuperLiga and receive points from participation in that competition

Round Points awarded
Champions League SuperLiga
First qualifying round elimination 1 0.5
Second qualifying round elimination 1
Play-off elimination 1.5
Group stage participation 4 2
Win in group stage or subsequent round 2 2
Draw in group stage or subsequent round 1 1
Round of 16 participation 5
Quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals participation 1 1
Finals win 1 1

This ranking is used to determine a club's seeding in club competition draws. Note that UEFA does not grant a bonus point for winning their tournaments. So, if the UEFA Champions League or Europa League final finishes drawn and is decided by penalties, both teams receive the same number of points. The ranking system above always awards more points to the winners of the final.

CONCACAF team ranking

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The top 25 clubs as the end of the 2017–18 season are as follows. Champions League champions are in bold and SuperLiga champions are in italics.

Rank
2018
Rank
2017
Mvmt. Club Association 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 Coeff. Country Part
1 1   Herediano   Costa Rica 8.00 35.00 32.00 15.00 33.00 123.000 13.180
2 2   Toluca   Mexico 27.00 21.00 23.00 25.00 27.00 123.000 21.733
3 4   +1 Alajuelense   Costa Rica 19.00 17.00 22.00 18.00 20.00 96.000 13.180
4 7   +3 Olimpia   Honduras 9.00 23.00 17.00 24.00 17.00 90.000 10.833
5 13   +8 América   Mexico 8.00 13.00 9.00 23.00 35.00 88.000 21.733
7 8   +1 UANL   Mexico 0.00 0.00 30.00 21.00 27.00 78.000 21.733
7 11   +4 Árabe Unido   Panama 16.00 13.00 19.00 21.00 8.00 77.000 10.563
8 6   –2 UNAM   Mexico 0.00 27.00 20.00 27.00 0.00 74.000 21.733
9 9   Seattle Sounders   United States 0.00 12.00 23.00 17.00 21.00 73.000 15.687
10 5   –5 LA Galaxy   United States 17.00 22.00 16.00 5.00 11.00 71.000 15.687
11 20   +9 Sporting Kansas City   United States 15.00 26.00 0.00 2.00 27.00 70.000 15.687
12 17   +5 New York Red Bulls   United States 0.00 26.00 9.00 16.00 18.00 69.000 15.687
13 16   +3 Pachuca   Mexico 0.00 13.00 0.00 34.00 18.00 65.000 21.733
14 34   +20 Guyana Defence Force   Guyana 0.00 18.00 15.00 5.00 23.00 64.000 7.515
15 15   Comunicaciones   Guatemala 8.00 26.00 25.00 0.00 0.00 59.000 7.699
16 22   +6 Saprissa   Costa Rica 0.00 17.00 18.00 9.00 13.00 57.000 13.180
17 23   +6 Real Estelí   Nicaragua 5.00 6.00 14.00 21.00 11.00 57.000 6.815
18 12   –6 Cruz Azul   Mexico 26.00 31.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 57.000 21.733
19 29   +10 FC Dallas   United States 0.00 0.00 15.00 21.00 19.00 55.000 15.687
20 18   –2 Isidro Metapán   El Salvador 7.00 22.00 17.00 0.00 9.00 55.000 9.780
21 3   –18 Santos Laguna   Mexico 0.00 22.00 33.00 0.00 0.00 55.000 21.733
22 31   +9 Motagua   Honduras 0.00 4.00 17.00 17.00 16.00 54.000 10.833
23 14   –9 Léon   Mexico 0.00 20.00 0.00 32.00 0.00 52.000 21.733
24 19   –5 W Connection   Trinidad and Tobago 5.00 18.00 18.00 5.00 5.00 51.000 8.040
25 10   –15 Monterrey   Mexico 0.00 0.00 1.00 33.00 15.00 49.000 21.733
  Indicates teams still active in this year's CONCACAF Champions League or SuperLiga.
  Indicates teams from active countries in this year's CONCACAF Champions League or SuperLiga.
  Indicates teams from countries which have no teams remaining in this year's CONCACAF Champions League or SuperLiga.