Despite the generally weak performance by Germany's Europa League participants in recent years – Borussia Dortmund's presence in the quarter finals of last year's tournament was an exception in that respect – the Bundesliga has managed to both maintain and cement its position in UEFA's five-year coefficient ranking.

Spain comfortably leads the way, but the Bundesliga has overtaken England and boasts a healthy lead over Italy. And even more importantly for the future, Germany has a solid lead of 27 points over fifth-placed Portugal. From 2018 onward it is no longer the best three, but the best four associations that get four spots in the UEFA Champions League. Qualification for the team in fourth will also be scrapped.

Two clubs are largely responsible for the Bundesliga's success on the international stage: Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. Bayern have gathered 22,047 points for the Bundesliga in the past five years – a 27.6 percent share of the 80,177 points that Germany has to its name in the UEFA five year ranking list. Dortmund is responsible for 14,167 points, the second most from any German club and a 17.7 percent share. And two other clubs have also contributed in European competition: Schalke 04 (12,214) and Bayer Leverkusen (11,239) have also performed outstandingly. Three quarters of the entire points that the Bundesliga has won on the international stage come from Munich, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen and Leverkusen.

In the club ranking list FC Bayern have now leapfrogged FC Barcelona into second spot – behind Real Madrid. BVB, who were down in 118th place on the ranking list when the club made its international comeback in 2008, overtook Schalke last season and now occupy seventh spot.
Boris Rupert