Seeding for the UEFA-Intertoto Cup

Number of teams that every country could admit to UIC was determined by UEFA Ranking (1989/90-1993/94) just as number of teams for the UEFA Cup 1995/96 (positions 1-3 had 4 berths, 4-8 had 3 berths, 9-21 had 2 berths, rest had 1 berth; that gave 79 places (80 - Liechtenstein)). Some countries abandoned their berths: Italy - 4, Spain - 3, Russia - 3, Latvia, Ukraine, Albania, Nth. Ireland, Georgia, Moldova (each of these countries - 1 berth). Armenia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania and Macedonia weren't admitted to the competition. When Scotland had freed its one spot, it was regiven to Lithuania. To increase number of teams to nice number (60 teams) Austria received one extra berth (79 - 16 abandoned - 4 not admitted + 1). Basing on UEFA Ranking (1989/90-1993/94) teams from respective countries were divided into 5 pots. These pots looked like that (number of berths given in parentheses).

• First: France (4), Germany (4), Belgium (3), Portugal (1 of 3 teams);
• Second: Portugal (2 of 3 teams), England (3), Yugoslavia (2), Netherlands (2), Austria (3);
• Third: Greece (2), Turkey (2), Scotland (1), Switzerland (2), Denmark (2), Romania (2), Sweden (1 of 2 teams);
• Fourth: Sweden (1 of 2 teams), Poland (2), Israel (2), Bulgaria (2), Hungary (1), Norway (1), Iceland (1), Finland (1), Cyprus (1);
• Fifth: Wales (1), Slovenia (1), Croatia (1), Eire (1), Malta (1), Slovakia (1), Luxembourg (1), Belarus (1), Faroe Islands (1), Czech Rep. (1), Estonia (1), Lithuania (1).

To each of 12 groups 1 team from each pot have been drawn.

Later berths of Luxembourg (1) and Portugal (2 of its 3 berths) were regiven respectively to Switzerland, Romania and Denmark without changing the seeding.

Seeding for the Champions' League

To the Champions' League UEFA allowed countries placed 1-24 in UEFA Ranking (1990/91-1994/95). CL defender - Ajax have got 1st place in seeding. Teams were divided into 3 pots:

• First (freed from the preliminary round, countries ranked 1-7 and defender): Ajax Amsterdam, Juventus, FC Nantes, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Blackburn Rovers, FC Porto, Spartak Moskva.
• Second (seeded in the preliminary round, countries ranked 8,10-16): Anderlecht Bruxelles, Besiktas Istanbul, Austria Salzburg, Panathinaikos Athine, AB Alborg, IFK Goteborg, Glasgow Rangers, Grasshopper-Club Zurich.
• Third (unseeded in the preliminary round, coutries ranked 17-24): Legia Warszawa, Steaua Bucuresti, Rosenborg Trondheim, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Ferencvaros Budapest, Hajduk Split, Anorthosis Famagusta, Dinamo Kyiv.

To each Champions' League group two teams freed from the preliminary round and two winners of the preliminary round were drawn.

Seeding for the Cup Winners' Cup

Teams were divided into 3 pots (UEFA Ranking (1990/91-1994/95)):

• First (freed, 1-15 and defender): Real Zaragoza, AC Parma, PSG, Borussia M-G, Deportivo La Coruna, Everton Liverpool, Sporting Lisboa, Dinamo Moskva, Club Brugge, Feyenoord Rotterdam, Trabzonspor, Rapid Wien, AEK Athine, FC Kobenhavn, Halmstads, Celtic Glasgow.
• Second (seeded, 16-32 without banned Croatia Zagreb): FC Sion, GKS Katowice, Petrolul Ploiesti, Molde FK, Maccabi Haifa, Vaci Izzo, Apoel Nicosia, Shachtar Donetsk, Dinamo Batumi, KR Reykjavik, Dag-Liepaja, TPS Turku, Inter Bratislava, Mura Murska Sobota, Lokomotiv Sofija, Hradec Kralove.
• Third (unseeded, 33-48): Wrexham, Linfield Belfast, Derry City, Dinamo'93 Minsk, La Valetta, Teuta Durres, Vaduz, Zhalgiris Vilnius, CS Grevenmacher, KI Klaksvik, Ararat Erevan, Sileks Kratovo, Tiligul Tiraspol, Lantana Tallinn, Neftchi Baku, Obilic Beograd.

In the first round 16 teams freed from the preliminary round were seeded and 16 winners of the preliminary round - unseeded.

In the second round 8 best remaining teams were seeded and the rest unseeded.

Seeding for the UEFA Cup

Number of teams was determined by UEFA Ranking (1989/90-1993/94). Teams ranked 1-3 had 4 teams, 4-8 had 3 teams, 9-21 had 2 teams, 22-36 had 1 team, three best countries in Fair Play competition (England, Norway, Luxembourg) had one extra team. Also countries (ranked 25-48 in UEFA Ranking (1990/91-1994/95) without Liechtenstein) not competing in CL had their champions in UEFA Cup. Two places of Yugoslavia were replaced to Czech Rep. and Slovakia. That gave 94 teams (68 + 3 + 23). Teams were divided into 3 pots (UEFA Ranking (1990/91-1994/95)):

• First (freed, 30 best teams): Lazio Roma, AC Milan, AS Roma, Inter Milano, Olympique Lyon, AJ Auxerre, Lens, AS Monaco, Werder Bremen, Freiburg, FC Kaiserslautern, Bayern Munchen, Betis Sevilla, FC Barcelona, Sevilla, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest, Liverpool, Leeds United, Benfica Lisboa, Vitoria Guimaraes, Farense, Lokomotiv Moskva, Rotor Volgograd, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Standard Liege, Aalst, Lierse SK, Roda Kerkrade, PSV Eindhoven.
• Second (seeded, 32 teams): Galatasaray, Fenerbahce, Sturm Graz, Austria Wien, Olympiakos Pireas, Apollon Athine, Brondby Kobenhavn, Silkeborg, Orebro, Malmo FF, Motherwell, Raith Rovers, Lugano, Neuchatel Xamax, Widzew Lodz, Zaglebie Lubin, Universitatea Craiova, Dinamo Bucuresti, Lillestrom, Viking Stavanger, Hapoel Beer-Sheva, Hapoel Tel-Aviv, Ujpest Budapest, NK Osijek, Omonia Nicosia, Chornomorets Odessa, Dinamo Tbilisi, Samtredia, Akranes, Hafnarfjordur, Skonto Riga, RAF Jelgava.
• Third (unseeded, 32 teams): TPV Tampere, MyPa Anjalankoski, Slovan Bratislava, FC Kosice, Olimpija Ljubljana, Branik Maribor, Levski Sofija, Botev Plovdiv, Slavia Sofija, Sparta Praha, Slavia Praha, Bangor City, Afan Lido, Crusaders Belfast, Glenavon Lurgan, Dundalk, Shelbourne, Dinamo Minsk, Hibernians Paola, Sliema Wanderers, FK Tirane, Partizani Tirane, Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas, Jeunesse d'Esch, Avenir Beggen, GI Gotu, Shirak Gyumri, Vardar Skopje, Zimbru Kiszyniow, Flora Tallinn, Kapaz Ganja, Crvena Zvezda Beograd.

To the first round 64 teams were qualified (32 teams from the preliminary round, 30 teams freed, 2 teams from UIC).

In the first and second round top 16 teams from the ranking were seeded. For that ranking each club receive sum of averages from 5 previous seasons. Averages are ratios of: points achieved by number of matches. Preliminary rounds are not in charge for that ranking.

Seeding for the European Cups (1979/80-1997/98)