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UEFA coefficients: How does the Champions League ranking system work?

Real Madrid are currently the top club in Europe according to the method used to decide places and seedings in the continent's competitions

Have you ever wondered exactly what a coefficient is?

It's a word referenced regularly throughout the course of each Champions League and Europa League season but not much light is shed on what it actually means.

It refers, in fact, to UEFA's system of ranking its member clubs and associations for various purposes and can have a big impact on how certain chips fall each year.

To help you get to grips with exactly how it works, Goal has all the information you need to know.