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UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking
Football culture aspect under UEFA leagues body
Football culture aspect under UEFA leagues body
The UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking was used by UEFA from 1995 to the 2015–16 season to grant three berths for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Since that time it has granted a monetary prize to winning associations.
Qualification system
1995–1998
The three highest-performing associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking were given an extra UEFA Cup berth for the best-finishing team in their top division who have not qualified for the following season's UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup or UEFA Cup. Which round the teams started from depended on their association's UEFA coefficient.
1999–2008
The highest-finishing club in the Fair Play rankings of a qualifying association, not yet participating in either the UEFA Champions League or the UEFA Cup (the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup became defunct after 1998–99), were potential contenders for the three remaining berths. The club from the association which won the Fair Play ranking qualified automatically for the First Qualifying Round of the UEFA Cup. The two other associations were drawn from the rest that have reached the threshold of minimum games and had a score of at least 8.0.
2009–2015
The three highest placed national associations in the UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking each automatically gained an extra qualification berth for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, providing they exceeded the threshold of games played, and had a minimum average score of 8.0. These berths were then allocated to the highest placed club in that association's own Fair Play league that had not yet qualified a UEFA competition.
2015–present
Based upon a UEFA Executive Committee decision, approved in December 2014, from the 2015–16 season onwards, Fair Play no longer grants entry to the Europa League, instead only netting the victorious association a cash prize to be put towards "fair play or respect-themed projects". It is assessed on three categories: overall fair play, year-on-year fair play (most improved association) and spectator behaviour, with each association being scored and an association being declared the winner for each category. No association can win more than one category, meaning that on receiving one category award, an association becomes ineligible to win either of the other two, with the three categories being ranked in importance so that it can be determined which category takes preference.
Ranking
All representative teams from a football association are responsible for the score of the Fair Play ranking of that association. This includes matches of all national teams and all clubs in all UEFA competitions. The ranking assessment period was also changed in 2015, and is now from 1 July to 30 June the following year. For the transitional season of 2015–16, the ranking assessment period covered all matches between 1 May 2015 and 30 June 2016).
Criteria
Teams are judged on the following criteria:
- Yellow and red cards: If no cards are shown the score will be 10. Every yellow card will deduct this total by 1. A red card will cost a team 3 points in the ranking. If the red card is the result of a second yellow card, the deductions of the second yellow card will be ignored. But if a player gets a direct red card after he got a yellow card earlier, the yellow card will be counted as a deduction. This score could become negative.
- Positive play: e.g. attacking tactics, acceleration of the game, efforts to gain time, and continued pursuit of goals. A team can score a maximum of 10 points and a minimum of 1 point
- Respect to the opponent: e.g. returning the ball to the opponent at a throw-in, helping an injured opponent: maximum 5 points, minimum 1 point
- Respect to the referee: maximum 5 points, minimum 1 point
- Behaviour of the team officials: maximum 5 points, minimum 1 point
- Behaviour of the fans: maximum 5 points, minimum 1 point
The total number of points are divided by the maximum number of points, 40 (or 35 if there are a negligible number of fans), and multiplied by 10 which will result in a score between 0 and 10. The score is calculated to two decimal points and not rounded up.
### 2014–15 final ranking
The ranking below covers matches from 1 May 2014 to 30 April 2015 and is the final ranking.
The top three associations (Netherlands, England, Republic of Ireland) gained an extra qualification berth for the [2015–16 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round](2015-16-uefa-europa-league-first-qualifying-round).
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| Rank | Member association | Total points | Matches played |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NED Netherlands | 8.151 | 110 |
| 2 | ENG England | 8.146 | 160 |
| 3 | IRL Republic of Ireland | 8.144 | 66 |
| 4 | FIN Finland | 8.141 | 68 |
| 5 | DEN Denmark | 8.128 | 88 |
| 6 | GER Germany | 8.123 | 146 |
| 7 | NOR Norway | 8.113 | 71 |
| 8 | ISL Iceland | 8.089 | 53 |
| 9 | SWE Sweden | 8.087 | 110 |
| 10 | SCO Scotland | 8.083 | 95 |
| 11 | ESP Spain | 8.039 | 159 |
| 12 | AUT Austria | 8.015 | 71 |
| 13 | NIR Northern Ireland | 8.003 | 47 |
| 14 | SUI Switzerland | 8.001 | 96 |
| 15 | BEL Belgium | 7.967 | 107 |
| 16 | FRA France | 7.960 | 115 |
| 17 | ITA Italy | 7.953 | 147 |
| 18 | CZE Czech Republic | 7.928 | 75 |
| 19 | WAL Wales | 7.924 | 52 |
| 20 | POL Poland | 7.911 | 72 |
| 21 | KAZ Kazakhstan | 7.879 | 59 |
| 22 | RUS Russia | 7.872 | 126 |
| 23 | FRO Faroe Islands | 7.868 | 43 |
| 24 | ARM Armenia | 7.864 | 72 |
| 25 | SVN Slovenia | 7.848 | 71 |
| 26 | ISR Israel | 7.843 | 55 |
| 27 | LTU Lithuania | 7.824 | 55 |
| 28 | ROU Romania | 7.811 | 80 |
| 29 | CYP Cyprus | 7.790 | 69 |
| 30 | POR Portugal | 7.768 | 128 |
| 31 | SVK Slovakia | 7.765 | 76 |
| 32 | CRO Croatia | 7.760 | 86 |
| 33 | EST Estonia | 7.753 | 52 |
| 34 | SRB Serbia | 7.749 | 76 |
| 35 | BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.742 | 55 |
| 36 | HUN Hungary | 7.738 | 68 |
| 37 | UKR Ukraine | 7.700 | 122 |
| 38 | GRE Greece | 7.694 | 84 |
| 39 | GEO Georgia | 7.684 | 45 |
| 40 | BLR Belarus | 7.678 | 83 |
| 41 | MDA Moldova | 7.642 | 53 |
| 42 | TUR Turkey | 7.615 | 90 |
| 43 | MLT Malta | 7.600 | 45 |
| 44 | MNE Montenegro | 7.592 | 44 |
| 45 | LVA Latvia | 7.565 | 49 |
| 46 | MKD Macedonia | 7.500 | 51 |
| 47 | AZE Azerbaijan | 7.441 | 59 |
| 48 | ALB Albania | 7.348 | 38 |
| 50 | GIB Gibraltar | 7.809 | 21 |
| 51 | LIE Liechtenstein | 7.767 | 18 |
| 52 | LUX Luxembourg | 7.720 | 24 |
| 53 | SMR San Marino | 7.485 | 24 |
| 54 | AND Andorra | 6.922 | 32 |
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Cut-off: 37 matches played
Group 1: 37 or more matches played; Group 2: fewer than 37 matches played.
## Winners (1995–2015)
The UEFA Fair Play winners in the rankings by year since 1995 to 2015 were:
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| Year | First association | Nominated team | Second association | Nominated team | Third association | Nominated team | References | Year | Top association | Nominated team | Drawn | References | Association | Nominated team | Association | Nominated team | Year | Top association | Nominated team | Second association | Nominated team | Third association | Nominated team | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | NOR **Norway** | Viking | ENG **England** | *Leeds United* | LUX **Luxembourg** | Avenir Beggen | url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/fairplay.html| title=Fair Play Ranking | publisher=Bert Kasses| access-date=14 April 2011}} | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1996 | SWE **Sweden** | Malmö | RUS **Russia** | *CSKA Moscow* | FIN **Finland** | Jazz Pori | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1997 | NOR **Norway** | Brann | ENG **England** | *Aston Villa* | SWE **Sweden** | Örebro | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1998 | ENG **England** | *Aston Villa* | FIN **Finland** | FinnPa | NOR **Norway** | Molde | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1999 | SCO **Scotland** | Kilmarnock | NOR **Norway** | *Bodø/Glimt* | EST **Estonia** | JK Viljandi Tulevik | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2000 | SWE **Sweden** | Norrköping | BEL **Belgium** | Lierse | ESP **Spain** | *Rayo Vallecano* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2001 | BLR **Belarus** | Shakhtyor | FIN **Finland** | MYPA | SVK **Slovakia** | *Matador Púchov* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2002 | NOR **Norway** | SK Brann | ENG **England** | *Ipswich Town* | CZE **Czech Republic** | Sigma Olomouc | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2003 | ENG **England** | *Manchester City* | FRA **France** | Lens | DEN **Denmark** | Esbjerg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2004 | SWE **Sweden** | *Öster* | ARM **Armenia** | Mika | UKR **Ukraine** | Illichivets Mariupol | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2005 | NOR **Norway** | *Viking* | GER **Germany** | [Mainz 05](1-fsv-mainz-05) | DEN **Denmark** | Esbjerg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2006 | SWE **Sweden** | Gefle | BEL **Belgium** | *Roeselare* | NOR **Norway** | Brann | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2007 | SWE **Sweden** | *Häcken* | FIN **Finland** | MYPA | NOR **Norway** | Lillestrøm | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2008 | ENG **England** | *Manchester City* | GER **Germany** | Hertha BSC | DEN **Denmark** | Nordsjælland | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2009 | NOR **Norway** | Rosenborg | DEN **Denmark** | *Randers* | SCO **Scotland** | Motherwell | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2010 | SWE **Sweden** | Gefle | DEN **Denmark** | Randers | FIN **Finland** | *MYPA* (a) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2011 | NOR **Norway** | Aalesund | ENG **England** | *Fulham* | SWE **Sweden** | Häcken | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2012 | NOR **Norway** | Stabæk | FIN **Finland** | MYPA | NED **Netherlands** | *Twente* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2013 | SWE **Sweden** | Gefle | NOR **Norway** | *Tromsø* | FIN **Finland** | Mariehamn | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2014 | NOR **Norway** | Tromsø | SWE **Sweden** | *Brommapojkarna* | FIN **Finland** | MYPA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2015 | NED **Netherlands** | Go Ahead Eagles | ENG **England** | *West Ham United* | IRL **Republic of Ireland** | UCD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Notes:
- Teams that performed the best in a given year when compared to the other two Fair Play qualifiers, either by advancing further or earning more points, are listed in *italic*.
- (a): Both Randers and MYPA made to the 3rd Qualification round however MYPA had more wins in the tournament.
### Most wins
#### By association
::data[format=table]
| Rank | Association | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 21 | 21 | 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOR Norway | 8 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| 2 | SWE Sweden | 7 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| 3 | ENG England | 3 | 5 | 0 | | | | |
| 4 | NED Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| SCO Scotland | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 6 | BLR Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 7 | FIN Finland | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| 8 | DEN Denmark | 0 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| 9 | BEL Belgium | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| GER Germany | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | | | |
| 11 | ARM Armenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | |
| FRA France | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| RUS Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| 14 | CZE Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| EST Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| LUX Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| IRL Republic of Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| SVK Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| ESP Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| UKR Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
::
#### By team
::data[format=table]
| Rank | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWE Gefle | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | NOR Brann | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | ENG Manchester City | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| NOR Viking | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | NOR Tromsø | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | ENG Aston Villa | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | SWE Häcken | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| SWE Malmö | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| SCO Kilmarnock | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| SWE Norrköping | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| BLR Shakhtyor | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| SWE Öster | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| NOR Rosenborg | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| NOR Aalesund | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| NOR Stabæk | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| NED Go Ahead Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | FIN MYPA | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 18 | DEN Randers | 0 | 2 | 0 |
::
### Best performances
The furthest that a team progressed from a fair-play entry was the quarter-finals, achieved by Aston Villa ([1997–98](1997-98-uefa-cup)), Rayo Vallecano ([2000–01](2000-01-uefa-cup)) and Manchester City ([2008–09](2008-09-uefa-cup)), with Manchester City being the only team to have progressed beyond the group stage since this was introduced in [2004–05](2004-05-uefa-cup).
## Winners (since 2015–16 season)
The UEFA Fair Play winners by category in the rankings (with updated format) are:
::data[format=table]
| Season | Overall fair play | Best spectators | Best progression | Prize money | Reference | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOR Norway | EST Estonia | BLR Belarus | €50,000 for each | | | | | | |
| ISL Iceland | FIN Finland | GEO Georgia | | | | | | | |
| FIN Finland | FRO Faroe Islands | NIR Northern Ireland | €50,000 for each | | | | | | |
| GEO Georgia | | | | | | | | | |
::
## Notes
## References
## References
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2. ["UEFA Fair Play Regulations 2015"](http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/Respect/02/24/29/20/2242920_DOWNLOAD.pdf). *UEFA.org*.
3. ["UEFA Respect Fair Play Final Rankings 2014/15"](http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/Respect/02/24/41/72/2244172_DOWNLOAD.pdf). *UEFA*.
4. (8 May 2015). ["Netherlands, England, Ireland get Fair Play bonus"](http://www.uefa.org/social-responsibility/news/newsid=2244170.html). *[[UEFA]]*.
5. ["Fair Play Ranking"](https://kassiesa.net/uefa/fairplay.html). *Bert Kasses*.
6. (16 December 1995). ["English clubs pay for Intertoto fiasco"](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/english-clubs-pay-for-intertoto-fiasco-1526049.html). *The Independent*.
7. ["FAQ: Qualification and Seeding for the European Cups"](https://kassiesa.net/uefa/history/faq1996.txt). *Bert Kassies*.
8. ["Norway Top Rankings"](http://www.uefa.com/uefa/News/Kind=16384/newsId=24832.html). *UEFA*.
9. (3 June 2003). ["City Reward for English Fair Play"](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0192-0e6aae6732fd-905fe375d8ca-1000--city-reward-for-english-fair-play/). *UEFA*.
10. ["Sweden Top Fair Play Ranking"](http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/Kind=16384/newsId=186477.html). *UEFA*.
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13. (1 June 2005). ["Viking Rewarded for Fair Play"](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01aa-0e6cce89bec4-19fbd7c64f9d-1000--viking-rewarded-for-fair-play/). *UEFA*.
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16. (15 May 2007). ["Nordic nations win Fair Play places"](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01c1-0ea8b9a31c8f-9746b29e1978-1000--nordic-nations-win-fair-play-places/). *UEFA*.
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18. (13 May 2008). ["Fair Play bonus for Germans and Danes"](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01cd-0e6f6270de8d-8f74a215247f-1000--fair-play-bonus-for-germans-and-danes/). *UEFA*.
19. (25 May 2008). ["FC Nordsjælland i UEFA Cup'en"](http://www.dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=246581). *Dansk Boldspil-Union*.
20. (13 May 2009). ["Norway confirmed as Fair Play winners"](https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01d9-0f85bce79810-63ff32c786fa-1000--norway-confirmed-as-fair-play-winners/). *UEFA*.
21. (10 May 2010). ["Sweden top Fair Play rankings"](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0257-0deea287e064-919d528a4166-1000--sweden-top-fair-play-rankings/). *UEFA*.
22. (16 May 2011). ["Fair Play bonus for Norway, England and Sweden"](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0250-0c50f8282fd8-8f62a47f01f5-1000--fair-play-bonus-for-norway-england-and-sweden/). *UEFA*.
23. ["Fair Play Table {{!"](http://www.premierleague.com/page/FairPlayTable/0,,12306,00.html).
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25. (13 May 2013). ["Respect Fair Play bonus for Sweden, Norway, Finland"](http://www.uefa.org/social-responsibility/news/newsid=1951183.html). *[[UEFA]]*.
26. (8 May 2014). ["Norway, Sweden, Finland top Respect Fair Play table"](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0215-0e8aae5584cb-75fd60969fff-1000--norway-top-respect-fair-play-table/). *[[UEFA]]*.
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29. ["Georgia's Football Federation receives special UEFA award for best progress"](http://agenda.ge/en/news/2018/25).
30. (22 November 2018). ["2017/18 UEFA fair play competition winners"](https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/024b-0f8e659e3049-447a4d0e0a41-1000--2017-18-uefa-fair-play-competition-winners/). *UEFA*.
31. (17 January 2020). ["2018/19 UEFA fair play competition winners"](https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0259-0f8e745a320c-eadc5e6e5e79-1000--2018-19-uefa-fair-play-competition-winners/). *UEFA*.
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