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Country coefficient[edit]

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 2015–16 season determine the team allocation by association in the 2016–17 (not 2017–18) 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' association.

Current ranking[edit]

The ranking below takes into account of each association's performance in North American competitions from 2012–13 to 2016–17, with the 2016–17 season currently taking place. Prior to 2014–15, 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 2016–17 season will be used to determine the number of places for each association in the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League and 2017–18 CONCACAF SuperLiga.

As of the start of the 2016–17 tournaments, the coefficients are as follows:

The ranking below takes into account of each association's performance in North American competitions from 2012–13 to 2016–17, with the 2016–17 season currently taking place. Prior to 2014–15, 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 2016–17 season will be used to determine the number of places for each association in the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League and 2017–18 CONCACAF SuperLiga.

As of the end of the 2016–17 season, the coefficients are as follows (highest point total for a season in bold):

Rank
2017
Rank
2016
Mvmt. Member association
(L: League, C: Cup)
2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 Coeff. Teams
CL places SL places Total
1 1 0 Mexico Mexico (L, C) 20.250 20.500 20.750 21.500 23.500 106.500
2 2 0 United States United States (L, C) 16.750 14.500 19.437 19.083 24.750 94.520
3 3 0 Costa Rica Costa Rica (L, C) 13.000 11.333 15.214 18.125 15.571 73.243
4 6 2 +2 Honduras Honduras (L, C) 7.500 6.500 11.583 15.333 18.583 59.499
5 5 0 Canada Canada (L, C) 8.000 8.000 8.750 17.250 17.083 59.083
6 8 2 +2 Panama Panama (L) 4.000 11.000 14.750 7.300 17.300 54.350
7 4 -3 –3 Guatemala Guatemala (L) 11.500 8.000 14.857 9.333 8.667 52.357
8 7 -1 –1 El Salvador El Salvador (L, C) 5.333 8.000 11.700 12.750 11.583 49.366
9 9 0 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (L, C) 5.500 4.500 10.700 7.833 17.900 46.433
10 11 1 +1 Jamaica Jamaica (L, C) 0.000 0.000 7.250 14.200 15.100 36.550
11 12 1 +1 Nicaragua Nicaragua (L) 5.000 5.000 4.875 3.800 8.400 27.075
12 13 1 +1 Guyana Guyana (L, C) 0.000 0.000 12.875 5.200 6.900 24.975
13 10 -3 –3 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (L, C) 7.000 0.000 11.600 4.900 1.300 24.800
14 15 1 +1 Belize Belize (L) 0.000 0.000 6.250 10.300 7.600 24.150
15 14 -1 –1 Haiti Haiti (L, C) 0.000 4.000 5.500 7.600 4.900 22.000
16 22 6 +6 Suriname Suriname (L, C) 0.000 0.000 4.250 4.667 9.300 18.217
17 16 -1 –1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (L) 0.000 0.000 9.500 5.500 1.625 16.625
18 21 3 +3 Curaçao Curaçao (L) 0.000 0.000 8.125 0.875 7.125 16.125
19 23 4 +4 Cayman Islands Cayman Islands (L, C) 0.000 0.000 7.250 0.750 6.875 14.875
20 20 0 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (L, C) 0.000 0.000 3.625 6.625 2.875 13.125
21 19 -2 –2 Bermuda Bermuda (L, C) 0.000 0.000 6.500 4.625 1.750 12.875
22 18 -4 –4 Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (L) 0.000 0.000 8.375 2.750 1.300 12.425
23 31 8 +8 Barbados Barbados (L, C) 0.000 0.000 1.125 3.000 8.125 12.250
24 33 9 +9 Cascadia (independence movement) Cascadia (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 4.000 7.750 11.750
25 25 0 Cuba Cuba (L) 0.000 0.000 3.500 3.500 4.000 11.000
26 27 1 +1 Saint Lucia Saint Lucia (L) 0.000 0.000 5.125 1.000 3.750 9.875
27 29 2 +2 Dominica Dominica (L) 0.000 0.000 3.500 1.750 4.250 9.500
28 24 -4 –4 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis (L, C) 0.000 0.000 2.625 4.500 2.125 9.250
29 38 9 +9 French Guiana French Guiana (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.625 1.375 7.125 9.125
30 26 -4 –4 Aruba Aruba (L, C) 0.000 0.000 4.000 2.625 1.875 8.500
31 41 10 +10 The Bahamas Bahamas (L) 0.000 0.000 0.125 0.750 6.500 7.375
32 28 -4 –4 Martinique Martinique (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.875 4.375 1.250 6.500
33 32 -1 –1 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (L, C) 0.000 0.000 2.000 2.125 2.000 6.125
34 30 -4 –4 Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands (L, C) 0.000 0.000 4.125 0.125 1.125 5.375
35 35 0 United States Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands (L) 0.000 0.000 1.500 0.750 2.875 5.125
36 36 0 British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands (L) 0.000 0.000 1.875 0.625 1.500 4.000
37 34 -3 –3 Grenada Grenada (L, C) 0.000 0.000 1.375 1.375 1.250 4.000
38 35 -3 –3 Bonaire Bonaire (L, C) 0.000 0.000 1.500 1.250 1.000 3.750
39 39 0 Anguilla Anguilla (L) 0.000 0.000 1.375 0.500 1.750 3.625
40 40 0 Quebec Quebec (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000 2.375 3.375
41 37 -4 –4 Collectivity of Saint Martin Saint-Martin (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.625 1.875 0.750 3.250
42 57 15 +15 Greenland Greenland (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 2.375 2.375
43 45 2 +2 Sint Maarten Sint Maarten (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.375 1.875 2.250
44 46 2 +2 Nueva Esparta Nueva Esparta (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 2.167 2.167
45 44 -1 –1 Nevis Nevis (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.500 1.500 2.000
46 43 -3 –3 Sint Eustatius Statia (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.167 1.667
47 48 1 +1 Navajo Nation Navajo (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.333 1.333
48 49 1 +1 Iroquois Iroquois (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.333 1.333
49 47 -2 –2 Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.833 0.833
50 42 -8 –8 Montserrat Montserrat (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.667 0.667
51 56 5 +5 Nunavut Nunavut (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.167 0.167
52 51 -1 –1 Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina San Andrés and Providencia (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
53 52 -1 –1 Falkland Islands Falklands (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
54 53 -1 –1 Saba (island) Saba (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
55 55 0 Mosquito Coast Corn Islands (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
56 54 -2 –2 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon (L) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
57 50 -7 –7 Federal Dependencies of Venezuela Crasqui Islands (L, C) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
  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[edit]

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 plus 20% of the club's association coefficient. Prior to 2014–15, 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.