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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Clubs propose Champions League reforms based on coefficient ranking

Chelsea won last season’s Champions League after beating Manchester City 1-0 in the final in Porto.
Chelsea won last season’s Champions League after beating Manchester City 1-0 in the final in Porto. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA

Plans that would enable clubs to qualify for the Champions League based on historic performance and not their league position are back on the table, a year after the collapse of the European Super League.

Members of the European Club Association, an organisation which includes 10 Premier League sides, are to lobby Uefa to allow two teams to qualify for Europe’s elite club competition based in part on their coefficient, a metric calculated according to continental performance over the five previous seasons.

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