Places in the UEFA Champions League are allocated as follows:
- title-holders
- three associations with four participants each
- three associations with three participants each
- nine associations with two participants each
- and the remaining associations with one participant each

Places in the UEFA Cup are allocated as follows:
- title-holders
- two associations with four participants each
- 12 associations with three participants each
- three associations with one participant each
- remaining associations with two participants each
- three clubs on the basis of UEFA’s Fair Play assessment
- as well as three clubs from the UEFA Intertoto Cup
- the 16 clubs eliminated in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, which join the UEFA Cup in the first round
- and the eight clubs which finish the first group stage of the UEFA Champions League in third place in their group, which join the UEFA Cup in the third round.
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