Ligue 1 has dropped out of UEFA's top five leagues for the 22/23 season
The latest UEFA League rankings have seen the Netherlands overtake France, bases on performances of clubs in European competition over the last five seasons.
Although Ligue 1 still ranks within the top five leagues on UEFA’s most up-to-date coefficient rankings, it has been displaced by Eredivisie clubs when looking across the last five years.
Paris Saint Germain are the one and only club since Monaco in 2004 to reach the final of the Champions League, while Marseille’s appearance in the 2018 Europa League final was also the first since they themselves reached it in 2004.
Meanwhile, recent successes for Dutch sides in Europe, namely Feyenoord’s run to the Europa Conference League final in 2022, as well as AZ Alkmaar reaching the semi-finals this season, have scored the Eredivisie a sizeable amount of points.
UEFA 5-Year League Rankings
# | Nation | 19/20 | 20/21 | 21/22 | 22/23 | 23/24 | Points |
1 | England | 18.571 | 24.357 | 21.000 | 23.000 | 2.000 | 88.928 |
2 | Spain | 18.928 | 19.500 | 18.428 | 16.571 | 2.500 | 75.927 |
3 | Italy | 14.928 | 16.285 | 15.714 | 22.357 | 2.285 | 71.569 |
4 | Germany | 18.714 | 15.214 | 16.214 | 17.125 | 2.285 | 69.552 |
5 | Netherlands | 9.400 | 9.200 | 19.200 | 13.500 | 800 | 52.100 |
6 | France | 11.666 | 7.916 | 18.416 | 12.583 | 1.333 | 51.914 |