German football clubs in European competitions information
Points by season (UEFA coefficient)[1]
Season
Points
1998–99
6.357
1999-00
11.071
2000–01
11.062
2001–02
13.500
2002–03
9.142
2003–04
4.714
2004–05
10.571
2005–06
10.437
2006–07
9.500
2007–08
13.500
2008–09
12.687
2009–10
18.083
2010–11
15.666
2011–12
15.250
2012–13
17.928
2013–14
14.714
2014–15
15.857
2015–16
16.428
2016–17
14.571
2017–18
9.857
2018–19
15.214
2019–20
18.714
2020–21
15.214
2021–22
16.214
2022–23
17.125
German football clubs hold the third place in UEFA ranking and are represented by four clubs in the UEFA Champions League, two clubs in the UEFA Europa League and one club in the UEFA Europa Conference League.[2] Over the last few years German football has risen, and that can be confirmed from the appearance of two German clubs in the final of the 2012–13 Champions League. German football has won interest in all of Europe because the majority of associations are financially healthy and the number of spectators in stadiums has been rising.[3][4]
During the first years of European competitions, Germany was divided into West and East Germany, so initially German football was represented by two countries and two different championships, the Bundesliga and the DDR-Oberliga. After the German reunification in October 1990, the Bundesliga became the league for all of Germany. West German football clubs have entered European association football competitions since the 1955–56 season, when Rot-Weiss Essen took part in European Cup competition. East German football clubs entered European association football competitions two years later, since the 1957–58 season, when FC Erzgebirge Aue took part in European Cup competition.
So far, German clubs have won the Champions League/European Cup eight times (Bayern, Dortmund and Hamburg), the Europa League/UEFA Cup seven times (Mönchengladbach, Bayern, Eintracht Frankfurt, Leverkusen, Schalke), the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup five times (Bayern, Bremen, Dortmund, Hamburg, Magdeburg), the UEFA Super Cup twice (Bayern) and the UEFA Intertoto Cup nine times (Karlsruhe, Schalke, Stuttgart, Bremen, Hamburg and Hertha).[5]
^"UEFA rankings". UEFA.com. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
^"UEFA Ranking". UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
^"Champions League: success of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund confirms rise of German football". Telegraph. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
^"The best league in the world?". ESPN. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
^"Honours". UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
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