The Netherlands have enjoyed an excellent week in the coefficient rankings, cutting the gap to seventh-placed Belgium and moving further clear of Turkey. Their clubs collected 10 points across Europe, giving the country a weekly coefficient of 1.667.
How the Dutch total was built
A win by a club in Europe earns two coefficient points. A draw earns one, while a defeat earns none.
To calculate a country's coefficient, that points total is divided by the number of clubs it had in Europe at the start of the season. For the Netherlands, that number is six: PSV, Feyenoord, AZ, FC Twente, NEC and Ajax.
PSV started the Netherlands' week with a 0-1 away win over FC Porto in the Champions League. A day later, Feyenoord lost 1-0 at Real Betis.
AZ won 0-4 against FC Ararat-Armenia and NEC won 2-4 against Dinamo Zagreb in the Europa League. Ajax beat Atalanta 2-0 in the Conference League, while Twente won 1-4 against Lincoln Red Imps.
Those results brought the Netherlands 10 points for the week. Divided by six, that gives them a coefficient of 1.667.
Belgium stay in front
Belgium remain ahead of the Netherlands in the coefficient rankings and still have five clubs active in Europe. Club Brugge beat RC Lens 3-0 in the Champions League.
Union Sint-Gillis, RSC Anderlecht and Sint-Truidense V.V. won, but AA Gent lost 2-0 to SC Braga. Those results gave Belgium eight points and a coefficient of 1.600.
The Netherlands closed the gap to Belgium, though by less than many will have expected.
Gap to Turkey grows
Turkey sit one place below the Netherlands in the coefficient rankings. They began the European season with five clubs and still have four involved.
In the Champions League, Galatasaray won 2-4 against Lille OSC, while Fenerbahçe drew 2-2 with Slavia Prague. Trabzonspor won and Besiktas drew.
Turkey collected six points in all, giving them a coefficient of 1.200.
Teams below Turkey
Below Turkey, Greece, Poland and Czechia remain relatively close together. Greece had the best results of the three, moving slightly further ahead of Poland and Czechia.
The gap to Turkey and the Netherlands also grew.