Para mi dinero, la Bundesliga tiene posibilidades reales de repetir el quinto cupo en 2027/28, siempre que mantenga su nivel.
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The battle for a spot in the top four – and with it the chance to play Champions League football – is usually one of the most thrilling storylines in the course of a Bundesliga season.
However, since UEFA’s revamp of its competitions from 2024/25, with the expansion of the Champions League to 36 teams, there are now additional routes to reach European club football’s top table.
As well as winning the Champions League or Europa League, there are now two European Performance Spots that are awarded to the two leagues with the highest coefficient ranking over the course of that season.
There is a complicated points system behind that, but the more wins and further a league’s teams go in the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League, the higher that league climbs in the rankings.
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Bayer Leverkusen have made a perfect winning start to the 2026/27 Europa League. – COSTAS METAXAKIS –>
En 2025/26 la Bundesliga se quedó a un paso de los dos primeros puestos, pese al histórico recorrido del Freiburg hasta la final de la Europa League. Al final, Inglaterra y España obtuvieron los cupos extra, permitiendo a Liverpool y Real Betis entrar en la fase de grupos de la Champions 2026/27.
Aún falta mucho en la campaña actual, pero la tabla de coeficientes muestra una lectura positiva para la Bundesliga tras los buenos inicios de sus siete representantes: Bayern Múnich, Borussia Dortmund, VfB Stuttgart, RB Leipzig (Champions League), Bayer Leverkusen, Hoffenheim (Europa League) y Freiburg (Conference League). ¿Logrará la liga alemana asegurar ese puesto extra?
Top 10 de asociaciones masculinas 2026/27 (coeficientes al 23 de octubre de 2026)
- Inglaterra – 7.944 (9/9 equipos restantes en competiciones)
- Alemania – 7.285 (7/7)
- España – 7.250 (8/8)
- Portugal – 7.100 (5/5)
- Turquía – 7.100 (4/5)
- Bélgica – 6.800 (5/5)
- Países Bajos – 6.666 (6/6)
- Noruega – 6.600 (4/5)
- Italia – 6.500 (7/7)
- Grecia – 6.200 (4/5)
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An unbeaten start in the Champions League for VfB Stuttgart has kept the Bundesliga ahead of Spain’s La Liga in the early months of 2026/27. – THOMAS KIENZLE –><!–>
The Bundesliga has sent five representatives into Europe’s elite club competition on a couple of previous occasions. Dortmund’s run to the 2023/24 Champions League final helped the Bundesliga clinch an extra spot for being in the top two places on the UEFA coefficient ranking, while Eintracht Frankfurt’s 2021/22 Europa League victory saw them earn Champions League qualification for 2022/23 in addition to the four sides that qualified via the league.
It’s worth noting, though, that the prospect of a German side lifting the Champions League or Europa League each year could in fact throw up the potential for a sixth Bundesliga qualifier.
That would happen if the side in question finished fifth or lower in the league. They would qualify as holders, the top four as normal, and then the next best-placed Bundesliga team as well.
However, if the side winning the Champions League/Europa League finish in the top four in the league, that berth as holders will be passed to another country according to UEFA’s regulations.
Find out how European qualifying works in the Bundesliga here
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