UEFA Fair Play ranking
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The UEFA Fair Play ranking is used by UEFA to grant three berths for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. This ranking has existed since 1995, but awards in terms of extra berths for the first qualifying round are given since 1999.
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[edit] Clubs
The highest finishing clubs in the national Fair Play rankings not yet participating in either the UEFA Champions League or the UEFA Cup are potential contenders for the three berths left. The club from the association which won the Fair Play ranking qualifies automatically for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The two other teams will be drawn out of the clubs from the associations that have reached the threshold of minimum games and have a score of at least 8.
[edit] Ranking
All representative teams from a football association are responsible for the score of the fair play ranking of that association. This includes match of all national teams and all clubs in ‘’’all’’’ UEFA competitions. The ranking is composed from June 1 until May 31 the next year. The criteria for the ranking is of course Fair Play.
[edit] Criteria
Teams will be judged for the next criteria:
- Yellow and Red cards: If no cards are shown the score will be 10. For every yellow card will deduct this total by 1. A red card will cost a team 3 points in the ranking. If the red card is the result of a second yellow card the deductions of the two yellow card will be ignored. But if a player gets a direct red card after he got a yellow card earlier, the yellow card will be counted as a deduction. This score could become negative.
- Positive play: For positive play a team can score a maximum of 10 point and a minimum of 1 point.
- Respect to the opponent: e.g. returning the ball to the opponent at a throw-in: maximum 5 points, minimum 1 point.
- Respect to the referee: maximum 5 points, minimum 1 point.
- Behaviour of the team officials: maximum 5 points, minimum 1 point.
- Behaviour of the fans: maximum of 5 point and a minimum of 1 point
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- NB: this criteria is ignored when the number of fans is negligible e.g. if there are no fans at all or because of penalty that was given by the UEFA.
The total number of points will be divided by the maximum number of points (40 or 35) and multiplied by 10 which will result in a score between 0 and 10.
[edit] Winners of the UEFA Fair Play ranking, the drawn associations and the send clubs
| Year | Winner | Drawn | |
| 1995 | Norway | ||
| 1996 | Sweden | ||
| 1997 | Norway | ||
| 1998 | England Aston Villa |
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| 1999 | Scotland Kilmarnock FC |
Norway Bodø/Glimt |
Estonia JK Viljandi Tulevik |
| 2000 | Sweden IFK Norrköping |
Belgium K. Lierse S.K. |
Spain Rayo Vallecano |
| 2001 | Belarus FC Shakhtyor |
Finland MyPa |
Slovakia FK Matador Púchov |
| 2002 | Norway SK Brann |
England Ipswich Town |
Czech Republic SK Sigma Olomouc |
| 2003 | England Manchester City |
France RC Lens |
Denmark Esbjerg fB |
| 2004 | Sweden Östers IF |
Armenia FC MIKA |
Ukraine FC Illychivets Mariupol |
| 2005 | Norway Viking FK |
Germany FSV Mainz 05 |
Denmark Esbjerg fB |
| 2006 | Sweden Gefle IF |
Belgium K.S.V. Roeselare |
Norway SK Brann |
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