Media Release Date: 01/06/2006 Communiqué aux médias No. 067 Medien-Mitteilung
Sweden finishes top of Fair Play ranking
Gefle IF gain 2006/07 UEFA Cup place. Draw for two places on 4 June
UEFA has today announced the final results of the UEFA Fair Play competition for the 2005/06 season. The winning association is granted a place in next season’s UEFA Cup while all associations with a coefficient equal or higher than 8.0 will go into a draw for a further two places in the first qualifying round of the competition. The Swedish club, Gefle IF, have earned the right to enter the qualifying round of the 2006/2007 UEFA Cup, after Sweden finished top of the UEFA Fair Play ranking for the 2005/2006 campaign. Gefle IF are the winners of the Swedish top division Fair Play competition. There were a further ten associations who finished their season with a Fair Play coefficient of over 8.0: Finland, Belgium, Estonia, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Slovenia, Wales and Germany. These ten associations will now go into a draw, taking place on 4 June 2006 at half-time of the final match of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Porto (Bessa), kicking-off at 19:45 local time. The results of the draw will be available on www.uefa.com. The clubs nominated by their associations to go into the draw are as follows: Finland: IFK MARIEHAMN, runners-up in Finnish Fair Play competition to UEFA Champions League qualifiers MyPa. Belgium: KSV ROESELARE, runners-up in Belgium Fair Play competition to UEFA Champions League qualifiers RSC Anderlecht. Estonia: JK TAMMEKA TARTU, runners-up in Estonian Fair Play competition to UEFA Champions League qualifiers FC TVMK Tallinn. Latvia: FK RIGA, fourth in Latvian domestic Fair Play ranking. First, second and third placed Skonto FC, FHK Liepajas Metalurgs and FK Ventspils have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup. Netherlands: NAC BREDA, fifth in Netherlands Fair Play ranking. First, second, third and fouth placed Feyenoord, AZ Alkmar, PSV Eindhoven and Heerenveen have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup. Norway: SK BRANN, winners of Norwegian’s domestic Fair Play competition. Switzerland: FC AARAU, winners of Swiss domestic Fair Play competition. Slovenia: The Slovenian league season runs until 03rd June. Therefore they enter the draw as “REPRESENTATIVE OF SLOVENIA”. Wales: HAVERFORDWEST COUNTY AFC, third in Wales Fair Play ranking. First is already qualified for the UEFA Champions League and second did not receive a Licence to play in European Competitions. Germany: BV BORUSSIA DORTMUND, winners of German’s domestic Fair Play competition.
The final UEFA Fair Play ranking is attached.
For further information: UEFA Media Services: ++41 848 04 27 27 Total points UEFA Fair Play 2005/06 (Cut-off 28 matches)
Includes matches from: 01/06/2005 up to: 31/05/2006
Total Points Matches played 1. SWE 8.159 61 2. FIN 8.156 64 3. BEL 8.126 88 4. EST 8.125 30 5. LAT 8.114 29 6. NED 8.111 81 7. NOR 8.084 71 8. SUI 8.049 79 9. SLO 8.038 46 10. WAL 8.037 40 11. GER 8.002 147 12. FRA 7.993 136 13. ENG 7.984 119 14. MDA 7.980 37 15. RUS 7.968 93 16. SVK 7.967 63 17. DEN 7.961 64 18. POR 7.947 73 19. AUT 7.946 54 20. POL 7.931 56 21. LTU 7.922 38 22. CYP 7.878 41 23. ISL 7.862 40 24. IRL 7.861 50 25. ARM 7.843 33 26. UKR 7.827 71 27. BLR 7.827 41 28. CZE 7.814 81 29. ITA 7.808 114 30. NIR 7.791 38 31. ROU 7.775 88 32. ESP 7.762 131 33. HUN 7.762 59 34. KAZ 7.757 36 35. SCO 7.744 49 36. GRE 7.720 60 37. MKD 7.703 42 38. TUR 7.656 37 39. CRO 7.654 49 40. SCG 7.643 75 41. AZE 7.634 31 42. ISR 7.630 46 43. BUL 7.630 68 44. BIH 7.534 36 45. GEO 7.325 33
46. LIE 8.035 12 47. FAR 8.016 22 48. LUX 7.725 22 49. ALB 7.707 27 50. AND 7.683 14 51. MLT 7.557 26 52. SMR 7.373 13
Total matches: 1477
Group 1: 28 or more matches played, Group 2: less than 28 matches played
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