05 Aug 2020 20:42:01
I had a look at the Swiss clubs record in European competitions over the last 5 seasons and it's brought up some interesting statistics.
Their record in that time has been abysmal, especially in qualifiers.
In the last 5 seasons Swiss clubs have tried to qualify to the group stages 20 times and have failed 19 times.
Only Young Boys who only had a CL play off tie to win in 2018 are the exception.
Yet 12 Swiss clubs have automatically qualified for the group stages over the last 5 seasons. ( some clubs automatically dropped into the Europa league group stages after losing their CL qualifier )
I think Scotland might have now jumped ahead of Switzerland now in the club co-efficient. I wouldn't be surprised if we have because the Swiss record over the last 5 seasons has been bad.
Yet they still had 3 clubs go straight into the Europa group stages last season. Strange.

1.) 05 Aug 2020
05 Aug 2020 21:23:39
Does the national teams results and co-eficient help out with European places for clubs?

2.) 05 Aug 2020
05 Aug 2020 21:39:39
I don’t know Wyllie.
Scotland are still 3 places behind Switzerland but 5 seasons ago we were 10 places behind.

3.) 05 Aug 2020
05 Aug 2020 21:41:47
Buzz mate I take it u don't have kids, how do u find the time to study all this stuff 😂.

4.) 05 Aug 2020
05 Aug 2020 22:03:49
Steph I can’t get the kids out of their rooms with PlayStations and the wee one would rather talk to her pals online.
The wife likes to watch murder programmes all night.
I’m getting nervous because I get the feeling she might be planning something.
If you suddenly stop hearing from me you will know why. 😂.

5.) 05 Aug 2020
05 Aug 2020 22:32:08
😂😂😂 im sure ul figure it out before me columbo.

6.) 06 Aug 2020
05 Aug 2020 22:47:28
Buzz mate, were does most of the dodgy money of the world stay. Switzerland there is more crooks in that country than they have in govan. money talks and bull rubbish walks. ps loved steph boys comment about nae waens. but keep up with the facts mate. gives me a wee chuckle with your knowledge. hh.

7.) 06 Aug 2020
06 Aug 2020 00:16:32
We are actually ahead of Switzerland in the rankings as we are 14th and they are 18th.

To get automatic entry to the group stages you need to be from one of the top 10 associations, which is a possibility if the Scottish teams perform as well this season as they did last season.

I think next year because of our coefficient Scotland will get two spots in the CL. So whoever wins the league this year will join in the 3rd qualifying round and only have 2 teams to navigate in the Champions path to reach the group stages. The team that finish second in SPFL will join in the 2nd qualifying round and have 3 teams to navigate to reach the group stages but this will be in the league path so will have harder teams to beat to get to group stages because they will be from the top leagues.

8.) 06 Aug 2020
06 Aug 2020 07:04:07
Cheers LennonAtWork
I thought I had read we had overtaken them with the results before lockdown.
The Swiss will be on their way down the rankings due to their recent record.
In saying that Basel look like getting to the Quarter Finals of this years Europa league. I think if they reach the final do the Swiss overtake the Scots again in the rankings?

9.) 06 Aug 2020
06 Aug 2020 12:07:20
It is a confusing system to be fair. I think our qualifying status for this year is based on last years coefficient and Switzerland where above us then, which could be what you are referring to.