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| This site gives an analysis and view of European football from a purely Scottish perspective. There are historical statistics on Scottish participation in Europe since 1955/56 and also more detailed analysis of Scotland's performance in Europe since the inception of the new format for the Champions League and UEFA Cup in 1999/2000. The site is broken up into 3 main sections; Statistics, News and Archive. | ||
| Statistics - Every Scottish result in Europe ever, grouped by team is recorded on the page Results by Team. All European games are broken down into statistics showing every 2-legged game played by Scottish teams in Europe, summarising the end result depending on the first leg scores. This is shown in Results by 1st Leg Score. There is also a breakdown of all Scottish ties in Europe broken down by country of opponent as shown in Results by Country. The final conclusion of all Scottish games in Europe which were tied after 2 legs is summarised in Close Calls. Finally the history of the Scottish UEFA Ranking is shown in UEFA Ranking. | ||
| News - The Editorial contains personal analysis and interpretation of news and issues relating to Scottish participation in European tournaments. An analysis of Scottish participation in this seasons European Tournaments is shown at 2006/7 section which also contains all seedings and results for this seasons tournaments in Champions League 2005/6 and UEFA Cup 2005/6 | ||
| Archive - Review and analysis of Scottish participation in European Tournaments in recent years are shown in 2005/06, 2004/05, 2003/2004, 2002/2003, 2001/2002, 2000/2001 and 1999/2000 | ||
| Editorial |
| Provisional rankings for the end of this
season are shown in the following page :-
2008 Country Ranking Scotland started the season provisionally in 11th place and are still in that position. Our main rivals to secure 10th place spot are Ukraine and Turkey. We have made a good start but are still running neck and neck with Turkey for this season. To overtake the Turks we need 1 more draw than them. Due to the changes in the entry format for champions League in season 2009-10, there is now no difference between 9th and 12th in terms of CL entry. The winners of these countries league will have direct entry to the Champions League and the runners up will have a tricky qualification against the 3rd and 4th place teams of some of the major leagues in europe. Draws Champions League Celtic 2-3 Barcelona Celtic have come out top once in the 3 head to heads. Their overall record against Spanish teams is won 2 lost 9. In the 34 previous occasions a Scottish club has lost the first leg at home, no team has ever qualified for the next round. UEFA Cup Rangers v Werder Bremen Rangers have a won 10 lost 14 record against German clubs. The overall Scottish record is won 25 lost 36
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| Season 2006/7 |
| Scotland having secured 11th in the European Rankings at the end of Season 2005/6, this guarantees 2 Champions League qualifying places and 2 UEFA Cup places for Season 2006/7. European places played for in the domestic season 2005/6 for the 2006/7 European tournaments are as follows: |
| Champions (Celtic) | 3rd Qualifying Round of Champions League |
| Runners Up (Rangers) | 2nd Qualifying Round of Champions League |
| 3rd in League (Aberdeen) | 1st Round of UEFA Cup |
| Cup Runners-Up (Dunfermline) | 2nd Qualifying Round of UEFA Cup |
| For this season the Scottish teams will be seeded for the various tournaments dependant on each teams UEFA ranking. This is calculated by taking one third of the country coefficient and adding all points gained by that team (2 for a win 1 for a draw) from the 1st round on over the previous 5 years in Europe. Based on this, it is best to use the rank for comparison with previous seasons. The Scottish teams rankings and points total used for this season are as follows:- |
| Team | Points | Rank |
| Celtic | 62.064 | 24th |
| Rangers | 47.064 | 45th |
| Aberdeen | 11.064 | 164th |
| Dunfermline | 10.064 | 174th |
| To see how this compares to other teams in Europe the full list of European club rankings and coefficients at the end of season 2005/6 to be used in season 2006/7 can be seen in the following page:- 2007 Team Ranking |
| All seedings and results for this years participation in Europe can be seen in the following pages:- |
| A table containing all rankings points gained by Scottish clubs this season is shown below with points being awarded as follows. In the Qualifying rounds, 1pt is awarded for a win and 0.5 pts for a draw. From the 1st round onwards:- 2 pts are awarded or a win and 1pt for a draw. 3 bonus points are awarded this year for Champions league group phase participation and also 1 bonus point for reaching the last 16 of the Champions League. | |||
| Champions League Matches | Points | UEFA Cup Matches | Points |
| Q2: 1st Leg: Rangers 2-0 FB Kaunas | 1 | Q2: 1st Leg: Dunfermline 1-1 FC Hacken | 0.5 |
| Q2: 2nd Leg: FB Kaunas 0-1 Rangers 2-0 | 1 | Q2: 2nd Leg: FC Hacken 1-0 Dunfermline | 0 |
| Q3: 1st Leg: Spartak Moscow 1-1 Celtic | 0.5 | R1: 1st Leg: Aberdeen 0-0 Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 1 |
| Q3: 2nd Leg: Celtic 1-1 Spartak Moscow | 0.5 | R1: 1st Leg: Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk 1-1 Aberdeen | 1 |
| Celtic receive 3 bonus points for reaching the group stages | 3 | R2: Panathinaikos 3-0 Aberdeen | 0 |
| Q3: 1st Leg: Rangers 1-0 Red Star Belgrade | 1 | R2: Aberdeen 1-1 Locomotiv Moscow | 1 |
| Q3: 2nd Leg: Red Star Belgrade 0-0 Rangers | 0.5 | R2: Atletico Madrid 2-0 Aberdeen | 0 |
| Rangers receive 3 bonus points for reaching the group stages | 3 | R2: Aberdeen 4-0 FC Copenhagen | 2 |
| R1: Shaktar Donetsk 2-0 Celtic | 0 | R3: Rangers 0-0 Panathinaikos | 1 |
| R1: Celtic 2-1 AC Milan | 2 | R3: Aberdeen 2-2 Bayern Munich | 1 |
| R1: Benfica 1-0 Celtic | 0 | R3: Panathinaikos 1-1 Rangers | 1 |
| R1: Rangers 2-1 Stuttgart | 2 | R3: Bayern Munich 5-1 Aberdeen | 0 |
| R1: Lyon 0-3 Rangers | 2 | R4: Rangers v Werder Bremen | |
| R1: Rangers 0-0 Barcelona | 1 | R4: Werder Bremen v Rangers | |
| R1: Celtic 1-0 Benfica | 2 | ||
| R1: Barcelona 2-0 Rangers | 0 | ||
| R1: Stuttgart 3-2 Rangers | 0 | ||
| R1: Celtic 2-1 Shaktar Donetsk | 2 | ||
| R1: AC Milan 1-0 Celtic | 0 | ||
| R1: Rangers 0-3 Lyon | 0 | ||
| Celtic receive 1 bonus point for reaching the Last 16 | 1 | ||
| R2: Celtic 2-3 Barcelona | 0 | ||
| R2: Barcelona v Celtic | |||
| Summary | |||
Cup |
Win |
Draw |
Loss |
Bonus |
Points |
Average |
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Celtic | UCL |
3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
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Rangers | UCL/UC | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13.5 | |
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Aberdeen | UC | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
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Dunfermline | UC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | |
| Scotland Total | 9 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 7.750 |
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Date last updated : 26/02/08 11:33 |
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