da bet vitoria： The supposed 'best league in the world' has paid a heavy price for its teams' poor performances in continental competition this season

da dobrowin： The Champions League will be expanded next season, meaning more teams and more games. Indeed, there will be four additional clubs in the group stage, as the number of participants rises from 32 to 36.

One of the additional places will go to the team that finishes third in the domestic league sitting fifth in UEFA's league coefficient rankings (France's Ligue 1 in this case), which are based on results over five seasons up until the end of the 2022-23 campaign, while another will be taken by a domestic champion, with the number of teams qualifying via the 'champions path' set to increase from four to five.

However, the new 'European Performance Spots' will be awarded to the two leagues with the best results from the previous season's UEFA club competitions, with two coefficient points awarded for every win, and one for a draw.

And while the three tournaments have not yet been completed, we already know which nations will have five teams in next season's Champions League: Italy and Germany, with England having been dramatically let down by its top teams…

Getty Images10Eredivisie (Netherlands): 10.000 pts. avg. (0/5 teams left)

Wipeout for the Eredivisie!

PSV did well to reach the last 16 of the Champions League but were left with a lot of regrets over their failure to take Borussia Dortmund to extra time at Signal Iduna Park, with Luuk de Jong missing a glorious chance at the tail end of the second leg in Germany. Feyenoord put themselves in a strong position to get out of their group but ended up finishing third and were then immediately dumped out of the Europa League by Roma.

In the Conference League, AZ were eliminated at the group stage, while Twente didn't even make it that far, crushed by Fenerbahce in the play-off round.

As for Ajax, they dropped down to the Conference League after a dismal Europa League group stage and saw off Bodo/Glimt in the knockout round play-offs. But the four-time champions of Europe were then routed by Aston Villa, thus ending Eredivisie interest in Europe in February.

AdvertisementGetty9Primeira Liga (Portugal): 11.000 (0/6)

There will be no extra UCL spot for Portugal next season.

Losing both Arouca and Vitoria de Guimaraes in the qualifying rounds of the Conference League was a serious setback for Portugal – as was Braga being upset by Qarabag in the Europa League knockout round play-offs.

Porto were immense in both legs of their Champions League last-16 tie with Arsenal but were unluckily eliminated on penalties.

In the Europa League, Sporting CP will have some serious regrets. They went a goal up in both legs of their last-16 showdown with Atalanta but ended up losing 3-2 on aggregate. Benfica managed to make it to the quarter-finals but suffered the agony of losing on penalties to Marseille at the Velodrome, meaning not a single semi-final appearance for Portuguese clubs across UEFA's three cup competitions.

Getty Images8Super Lig (Turkey): 12.000 (0/4)

Despite the best efforts of Fenerbahce, a disastrous continental campaign for Turkey, with three of their four representatives eliminated before March.

Galatasaray were beaten to second spot in their Champions League group by Copenhagen before then being hammered by Sparta Prague in the second leg of their Europa League knockout round play-off. Adana, meanwhile, were knocked out in the Conference League play-off round on penalties by Genk, while a desperately disappointing Besiktas picked up just four points during the group stage.

Fenerbahce lost just one game in reaching the quarter-finals but were left heartbroken after losing on penalties to Olympiacos in front of their own fans in Istanbul.

Getty Images7Czech First League (Czech Republic): 13.500 (0/4)

It didn't look like the Czechs were going to have such a surprisingly successful season after Bohemians were thrashed by Bodo/Glimt in the second qualifying round of the Conference League, and Sparta Prague failed to make the group stages of the Champions League.

However, Sparta subsequently pipped Real Betis to second place in their Europa League group and then shocked Galatasaray to set up a mouth-watering last-16 tie with Liverpool. It didn't go well, of course, but Brian Priske's side did themselves proud overall.

Slavia Prague also drew a heavyweight (AC Milan) after topping a group containing Roma to progress as one of the seeded sides, but they completely shot themselves in the foot by getting a man sent off in both legs against the Rossoneri.

However, after winning all six of their group games, Viktoria Plzen made it all the way to the quarter-finals, where they faced Fiorentina. They took the Italians to extra time in the second leg at the Artemio Franchi but eventually succumbed to a 2-0 defeat. Still, their remarkable run did wonders for the Czechs' overall country coefficient.