Dincolo de subiectivisme, UEFA a facut o categorizare in functie de echipele
participante in acest an, cand apar ( ) prima cifra este nr de echipe din Champions League

1-2 Spania 8(4+4) Real Madrid , Sociedad , La Coruna , Celta + Barcelona , Valencia , Villareal , Mallorca
Italia 8(4+4) Milan ,Inter , Juventus , Lazio + Roma ,Parma , Udinese , Perugia
3.Anglia 8 (3+5)Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal + Liverpool, Newcastle, Blackburn, Manchester City , FC Southampton
4.Franta 7(3+4) Lyon , Monaco , Marseille+Bordeaux, Lens, Sochaux, Auxerre
5.Germania 7(2+5) Bayern, Sttutgart + Dortmund , Schalke , Hertha , Kaiserslautern , Hamburg
6.Grecia 6(3+3) Olympiakos , Panathinaikos , AEK + Aris Salonik, PAOK Salonik , Panionis
7-8 Turcia 6(2+4) Besiktas, Galata + Trabzonspor, Genclerbirligi , Gaziantepspor, Malatyaspor
Olanda 6 (2+4) Ajax, Eindhoven + Feyenoord , Utrecht , NAC Breda, NEC Nijmengen
9. Danemarca 5 (0+5) Brondby, FC Copenhaga, Odense, Esbjerg, Nordsjaelland
10-11 Scotia 4 (2+2) Celtic , Rangers + Hearts , Dundee
Belgia 4 (2 +2) Bruges , Anderlecht + Lokeren , La Louviere
12-14 Portugalia 4(1+3) Porto + Benfica , Sporting , Leiria
Ukraina 4 (1+3) D.Kiev + Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Sahtior Donetk , Metalurg Donetk
Cehia 4 (1+3) Sparta + Slavia , Teplice, Zizkov
15-17 Croatia 4(0+4) Dinamo Zagreb , Hajduk Split, Kamen , Varteks
Austria 4(0+4) Austria Viena, Salzburg, Graz AK , Karnten
Norvegia 4 (0+4) Rosenborg, Valerenga Oslo , Molde , SFK Lyn
18-19 Rusia 3 (1+2) Lokomotiv Moskova + Spartak Moskova , Torpedo Moskova
Yugoslavia 3 (1 +2) Partizan + Steaua Rosie , Sartid
20-23 Elvetia 3 (0+3) Grasshoppers , Neuchatel , Basel
Israel 3 (0+3) Hapoel Tel Aviv , Maccabi Haifa , Hapoel Ramat Gan
Slovacia 3 (0+3 ) Artmedia , Puchov , Zilina
Ungaria 3 (0+3) Ferencvaros , MTK, Debrecen
24-29 Romania 2 (0+2) Steaua , Dinamo
Polonia 2 (0+2) Wisla Crakovia , Groclin Grodzisk
Bulgaria 2 (0+2) Levski , TSKA
Suedia 2 (0+2) Malmo FF , AIK Stockholm
Slovenia 2 (0+2) Olimpija Ljubliana , Publikum Celje
Macedonia 2 (0+2) Vardar Skoplije , Cementarica
30-35 Bosnia 1 (0+1) Zeleznicar Sarajevo
Finlanda 1 (0+1) MyPa
Cipru 1 (0+1) Apoel Nicosia
Moldova 1 (0+1) Zimbru Chisinau
Letonia 1 (0+1) Ventspils
36-51 fara echipe : Tara Galilor, Irlanda, Irlanda de Nord , San Marino, Liechtenstein,Georgia,Armenia,Lituania, Estonia, Belarus,Azerbaidjean, Andorra, Feroe, Albania, Malta, Luxembourg,Islanda

indiferent ce spune Dragomir, aceasta este pozita campionatului romanesc
Au fost citiva ani cand Romania alinia la startul cupelor europene 5 echipe si deobicei avea 4.Acum a ajuns la doua dupa meciuri de baraj.