Where Celtic rank in UEFA’s ten-year club coefficient points table

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Celtic are about to embark on another Champions League adventure in the new season and Brendan Rodgers will be looking forward to another crack at Europe’s elite.

Last season the Celtic fans saw a slight improvement as Rodgers’ team picked up four points and ended their decade-long wait for a win in the group stages.

The 2-1 victory over Feyenoord dispelled that winless hoodoo and the Hoops support now want to see Celtic kick on in Europe.

With the new Champions League format taking place and this being the last year of automatic entry into the company of the elite teams, I thought I would take a look at where Celtic’s ten-year standing in the coefficient table is and where we stand against other teams on the continent.

Celtic’s UEFA ranking

Celtic haven’t had the best of times in Europe recently and haven’t reached a major final since 2003 or gotten out of the Champions League groups since 2013.

In fact, the best and most recent European campaign was when Neil Lennon took Celtic out of the Europa League group in 2020 after recording their first-ever win on Italian soil against Lazio.

So here is Celtic’s ten-year standing despite the frustrations on the continent and they still rank higher above some of Europe’s big guns.

So to give you an idea of how tough Celtic has it, let’s take a look at the top ten teams of the last ten years:

As expected, the top ten is dominated by the from Europe’s top-five leagues. The vast wealth these clubs have at their disposal plus the talent they have in their squads have helped them become extremely successful in Europe.

We need to delve further down the rankings to see where Celtic stand and even though their fortunes on the continent haven’t been entirely positive, where the Parkhead club stands is still not too shabby.

If Celtic can do well in the Champions League this season and say pick up three home wins, that could help propel the team above Rangers who are in 49th on 69.25 and even above former Europa League 2023 winners, West Ham, who are 48th on 72.55.

Celtic still sit above the likes of Valencia (63), Galatasaray (64), Borrusia Monchengladbach (69) and Atletic Club (72).

How Celtic can improve their coefficient rank

Below is how Celtic can help rack up points depending on the results they achieve in the group stage:

UEFA Champions League points
2 – All wins from group stage onwards
1 – All draws from group stage onwards
4 – Group stage bonus participation
4 – Round of 16 bonus participation
1 – Each round clubs reach from the round of 16

If Celtic and the rest of the Scottish clubs do well in Europe, then it could put Scotland back into the national association top ten above the Czech Republic and claim back that automatic Champions League group stage spot.

So there is a lot to play for in the coming campaign so let’s hope Brendan Rodgers gets the players he needs to get the results to improve our standing amongst Europe’s elite.