Galatasaray’s defeat to Young Boys impacts the country’s UEFA coefficient! Today is crucial: Czech Republic widens the gap…
In the first leg of the UEFA Champions League play-off round, Galatasaray faced Young Boys away and suffered a 3-2 defeat. Following the loss, attention turned to the UEFA Country Coefficient Rankings. Here are the details…
Galatasaray squared off against Swiss side Young Boys in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League play-off round. After trailing 2-0 in the first half, the yellow-reds returned from the locker room with a completely different attitude.
Okan Buruk’s team brought the score to 2-2 with two goals from Michy Batshuayi in just 338 seconds and continued to press for a third goal.
As the match entered the last 5 minutes, a Young Boys attack led to a ball being deflected by Abdülkerim Bardakcı’s foot and touching his hand in the penalty area. As a result, the referee showed Bardakcı a second yellow card and sent him off.
CURRENT STATUS OF THE COUNTRY COEFFICIENT
Filip Ugrinic stepped up to take the penalty and scored in the 86th minute, giving Young Boys a 3-2 victory. With the tie now to be decided in Istanbul, attention shifted to the UEFA Country Coefficient Rankings following Galatasaray’s defeat.
CZECH REPUBLIC WIDENS THE GAP
Turkey
, currently in 10th place with 35.300 points, remains stagnant, while the Czech Republic has widened the gap. Czech side Sparta Prague gained an advantage in the Champions League play-off round with a 2-0 win against Malmö in the first leg.
Here is the current ranking of country coefficients:
1 – England: 89.160
2 – Italy: 79.106
3 – Spain: 73.989
4 – Germany: 71.660
5 – France: 58.093
6 – Netherlands: 54.566
7 – Portugal: 49.916
8 – Belgium: 43.600
9 – Czech Republic: 36.550
10 – TURKEY: 35.300
11 – Norway: 31.000
12 – Israel: 30.125
TODAY IS CRUCIAL
Three of our representatives will be on the road today, aiming to secure advantageous results in their second-leg matches in European competitions. These games are also crucial for the country coefficient rankings, where we have dropped to 10th place.
Beşiktaş will face Lugano in Switzerland today in the UEFA Europa League play-off round.
Trabzonspor will also play their first match in the Conference League, just like Galatasaray and Beşiktaş, in Switzerland. The maroon-blues will take on St. Gallen at Kybunpark, with the match kicking off at 22:00 local time.
Meanwhile, Başakşehir, who has continued their journey in the UEFA Conference League without any losses, will visit St. Patrick’s Athletic in Dublin, Ireland today. The match at Tallaght Stadium will start at 21:45 local time, with Mohammed Al-Emara from Finland officiating.
