But we are still in 14th position
On August 2-4, the first matches of the third qualifying round of European competitions were played. At this stage of the tournament Lugansk Zorya entered the fight, starting in the Conference League. And I must admit – successfully. Luhansk residents supported the initiative of Dynamo, who defeated Sturm, having won against Universitati.
As a result, the European Cup week turned out to be very successful for Ukraine. Dynamo and Zorya brought 0.4 points to the country’s piggy bank (two points earned by clubs for victories, divided by five teams starting from Ukraine in Europe).
In total, after the first matches of the third qualifying round, Ukraine has 1.7 points in the asset. Ukraine received 0.8 points for getting Shakhtar into the group stage of the Champions League (4 bonus points divided by all the same five clubs).
If we talk about the start of qualification in general, then Ukraine this season is on a par with Belgium, scoring more points than other competitors for a place in the TOP-10. True, Norway is also moving confidently, which last week bypassed our country. The lag behind Russia, which was disqualified due to large-scale military aggression against our country, was reduced to 0.715 points. At the same time, Russia has already received all rating points from UEFA for the season.
| one | England | 2.285 | 88.855 | 7/7 |
| 2 | Spain | 2.285 | 78.712 | 7/7 |
| 3 | Germany | 2.500 | 67.856 | 8/8 |
| four | Italy | 2.285 | 61.854 | 7/7 |
| 5 | France | 1.416 | 49.997 | 6/6 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 1.500 | 47.900 | 5/5 |
| 7 | Portugal | 1.833 | 45.549 | 6/6 |
| eight | Scotland | 1.000 | 33.900 | 4/5 |
| 9 | Austria | 1.200 | 30.300 | 5/5 |
| ten | Belgium | 1.700 | 29.700 | 5/5 |
| eleven | Serbia | 1.000 | 28.000 | 3/4 |
| 12 | Russia | 4.333 | 26.215 | 0/0 |
| 13 | Norway | 2.625 | 25.875 | 4/4 |
| fourteen | Ukraine | 1.700 | 25.500 | 4/5 |
| fifteen | Switzerland | 1.500 | 24.675 | 4/4 |
| 16 | Greece | 0.850 | 23.950 | 3/4 |
| 17 | Czech | 1.625 | 23.925 | 3/4 |
| eighteen | Denmark | 1.300 | 23.225 | 5/5 |
| 19 | Croatia | 1.125 | 23.150 | 2/4 |
| twenty | Turkey | 1.300 | 21.600 | 5/5 |
Source: Sportarena
