European week 3, 2026/27: Spain win all five in the Champions League
Spain’s five Champions League clubs all won on the second matchday of 2026/27, 12 points to the association and 1.500 on its coefficient, the biggest gain any association has made in a week this season. Italy, second in the ranking, lost all four of its Champions League matches and won its other three. The third of a series, one after every European week.
Three competitions played on 13, 14 and 15 October, 54 matches between them, and Spain won every one of the five its clubs played in the Champions League. Twelve points took its total from 83.243 to 84.743, a gain of 1.500 and the most any association has added in a single week this season. England took 12 points as well, from nine matches rather than eight, and its lead at the top is 15.684. Eleven associations changed place and none of them was in the top nine: Greece is 10th and Czechia 12th, Hungary 17th and Austria 18th, Croatia 19th and Scotland 20th.
Five from five in the Champions League
Atlético Madrid beat Manchester United 2:0, Barcelona won 4:1 at Galatasaray and Villarreal beat Napoli 3:1 on the Tuesday; Real Betis beat Porto 3:2 and Real Madrid won 4:3 at Roma on the Wednesday. Two of the five were away, and three were against clubs from Italy and England, the associations ranked second and first.
An association winning every one of five Champions League matches on the same matchday has happened twice, and both times this season: England did it on the opening matchday, which is the subject of the first of these articles, and Spain has now done it on the second. Spain entered eight clubs, so each win is worth 0.250 on its season coefficient against 0.222 for England’s nine. Spain has won eight of its ten Champions League matches and is third on 84.743, 4.703 behind Italy and 1.913 ahead of Germany.
Italy loses four, England loses three
Italy, second in the table, lost every Champions League match it played: Inter Milan 3:4 at home to Club Brugge, Napoli 1:3 at Villarreal, Como 2:3 at Feyenoord and Roma 3:4 at home to Real Madrid. One other association has played four or more Champions League matches on a matchday and lost all of them, Germany in 2014/15. Italy then won all three of its matches in the other two competitions, AC Milan 4:0 at Red Bull Salzburg, Juventus 2:1 at Celta Vigo and Atalanta 3:1 against Pafos, which left it six points for the week and second place intact.
England had won all eight of the group stage matches it had played, a run the second of these articles reported. It ended on 13 October, the day Arsenal beat Lille 3:0 and Manchester United lost 0:2 at Atlético Madrid. Manchester City then lost 2:4 at home to Paris Saint-Germain and Crystal Palace 2:3 at Lyon. The six wins included Aston Villa 6:0 against Fenerbahçe and Liverpool 6:3 at LASK. Germany took nine points from seven matches and stands on 82.830.
Results, 13 October 2026 to 15 October 2026
points by association| Country | Rank | Played | Points | Season coeff. | Five-season total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 England | 1 | 9 | 12.000 | 7.055 | 105.574 |
 Spain | 3 | 8 | 12.000 | 6.250 | 84.868 |
 Germany | 4 | 7 | 9.000 | 6.571 | 83.259 |
 France | 5 | 7 | 8.000 | 5.500 | 70.582 |
 Netherlands | 8 | 6 | 7.000 | 5.333 | 54.062 |
 Belgium | 7 | 5 | 7.000 | 5.200 | 60.850 |
 Italy | 2 | 7 | 6.000 | 5.785 | 90.017 |
 Norway | 13 | 4 | 6.000 | 6.200 | 39.812 |
 Portugal | 6 | 5 | 4.000 | 6.300 | 66.550 |
 Denmark | 14 | 4 | 4.000 | 5.000 | 39.306 |
 Greece | 10 | 4 | 4.000 | 5.400 | 45.812 |
 Türkiye | 9 | 4 | 4.000 | 6.100 | 51.275 |
 Croatia | 19 | 2 | 4.000 | 4.750 | 26.906 |
 Cyprus | 15 | 2 | 2.000 | 3.625 | 35.193 |
 Poland | 12 | 2 | 2.000 | 3.400 | 45.525 |
 Switzerland | 16 | 2 | 2.000 | 3.750 | 30.700 |
 Azerbaijan | 24 | 1 | 2.000 | 5.625 | 24.187 |
 Hungary | 17 | 1 | 2.000 | 3.875 | 28.312 |
 Sweden | 21 | 1 | 2.000 | 1.750 | 26.250 |
 Ukraine | 23 | 1 | 2.000 | 3.125 | 24.837 |
 Czechia | 11 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.700 | 45.525 |
 Bulgaria | 28 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.125 | 20.812 |
 Scotland | 20 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.300 | 26.450 |
 Albania | 42 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.750 | 9.250 |
 Kazakhstan | 38 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.750 | 12.625 |
 Latvia | 34 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.875 | 14.125 |
 Romania | 22 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.125 | 25.125 |
 Austria | 18 | 3 | 0.000 | 4.800 | 28.250 |
 Andorra | 46 | 1 | 0.000 | 2.500 | 7.832 |
 Armenia | 33 | 1 | 0.000 | 2.625 | 15.812 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 36 | 1 | 0.000 | 1.875 | 13.968 |
 Finland | 37 | 1 | 0.000 | 3.375 | 13.625 |
 Georgia | 51 | 1 | 0.000 | 1.750 | 6.500 |
 Gibraltar | 48 | 1 | 0.000 | 1.333 | 7.207 |
 Israel | 25 | 1 | 0.000 | 3.375 | 24.125 |
 Lithuania | 45 | 1 | 0.000 | 2.125 | 8.125 |
 Serbia | 29 | 1 | 0.000 | 2.000 | 18.250 |
 Slovakia | 27 | 1 | 0.000 | 4.125 | 22.375 |
 Slovenia | 26 | 1 | 0.000 | 1.375 | 22.843 |
Twelve associations with nothing
Thirty-nine associations had a club on the pitch and 12 of them earned nothing. Austria lost all three of its matches, LASK 3:6 against Liverpool, Red Bull Salzburg 0:4 against AC Milan and Sturm Graz 0:3 at Bournemouth, and that is what dropped it behind Hungary into 18th. Israel, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Georgia, Lithuania, Armenia, Andorra and Gibraltar each had one club play and lose.
The week’s two widest gaps in coefficient were both overturned by the smaller club. Sabah, on 6.000, beat Slavia Prague 2:0 at home, and Hajduk Split, on 10.000, beat Ajax 2:1 as the Conference League group stage opened. Viking drew 3:3 with Bayern Munich, whose 147.500 is the highest club coefficient in Europe this season, and that point was one of six Norway took from four matches without losing any of them.
The places within reach
Greece is 10th on 45.812, 0.287 clear of Poland and 0.487 clear of Czechia, which it passed. All three entered five clubs, so a win is worth 0.400 to each, but Greece and Czechia have four clubs still playing against two for Poland. Denmark is 0.506 behind Norway for 13th with all four of its clubs still in, and Austria is 0.062 behind Hungary, which has one club left. Azerbaijan passed Israel into 24th, which the first of these articles said one Sabah result would do: Sabah’s win leaves Azerbaijan on 24.187 and Israel on 24.125, one club each and a win worth 0.500 to both.
Coefficients 2026/27
top 25 of 55| # | Country | Five-season total | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England | 105.574 | 7.055 |
| 2 | Italy | 90.017 | 5.785 |
| 3 | Spain | 84.868 | 6.250 |
| 4 | Germany | 83.259 | 6.571 |
| 5 | France | 70.582 | 5.500 |
| 6 | Portugal | 66.550 | 6.300 |
| 7 | Belgium | 60.850 | 5.200 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 54.062 | 5.333 |
| 9 | Türkiye | 51.275 | 6.100 |
| 10 ▲2 | Greece | 45.812 | 5.400 |
| 11 | Czechia | 45.525 | 3.700 |
| 12 ▼2 | Poland | 45.525 | 3.400 |
| 13 ▲1 | Norway | 39.812 | 6.200 |
| 14 ▼1 | Denmark | 39.306 | 5.000 |
| 15 | Cyprus | 35.193 | 3.625 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 30.700 | 3.750 |
| 17 ▲1 | Hungary | 28.312 | 3.875 |
| 18 ▲2 | Austria | 28.250 | 4.800 |
| 19 ▲3 | Croatia | 26.906 | 4.750 |
| 20 ▼1 | Scotland | 26.450 | 2.300 |
| 21 ▼4 | Sweden | 26.250 | 1.750 |
| 22 ▼1 | Romania | 25.125 | 2.125 |
| 23 | Ukraine | 24.837 | 3.125 |
| 24 ▲2 | Azerbaijan | 24.187 | 5.625 |
| 25 | Israel | 24.125 | 3.375 |
Next week
The three competitions play again on 20, 21 and 22 October, the Champions League on the Tuesday and Wednesday and the other two on the Thursday. Paris Saint-Germain is at home to Barcelona and Bayern Munich to Arsenal; Liverpool plays Villarreal, Real Madrid plays RB Leipzig, and Como, beaten 2:3 at Feyenoord this week after its 4:1 win on the opening matchday, is at home to Manchester United. Sabah is at home to Borussia Dortmund, which lost 0:1 at Bodø/Glimt this week. The next of these articles follows that week.
Reading the numbers
Everything here is as the table stood on 15 October 2026, after the second Champions League and Europa League matchdays of 2026/27 and the first in the Conference League; the ranking is provisional until May. A group stage win is worth two points to the association and a draw one, divided by the number of clubs it entered, which is why the same win is worth 0.222 to England and 0.500 to Azerbaijan. Both records above count Champions League group stage matchdays since 1992/93 and count matches played, not places: the field has been 36 clubs since 2024/25, so five from one association on one matchday is new, and England won five of six on four matchdays of 2025/26 without taking all of them. Points do not compare across the decades, because the scoring has changed several times. The 2026/27 table and the club pages linked above carry the full figures.