Country ranking prediction 2008/2009 (27 May 2008)

Fixed: added group stage points for all the countries. Thanks Ricardo! I hope it's ok now. :)

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References:

Country ranking 2007/2008 prediction by Ricardo.
2008 Qualification from Bert Kassies.
2008 Seeding CL from Bert Kassies.
2008 Seeding UC from Bert Kassies.

The seeded teams always qualify for the next stage.
In KO matches, the seeded team gets 4 points (i.e. a win and a draw).
In group play, I used the coefficient points averages from the last four seasons (for the UEFA Cup) or only from the last season (for the UEFA Champions League).

Columns: Rank 08/09, Rank 07/08, Country, Coef0408, Coef0809, Coef0409

 1  1 England            64.499 15.337 79.836
 2  2 Spain              60.954 15.641 76.595
 3  3 Italy              51.535 13.656 65.191
 4  5 Germany            44.008  9.523 53.531
 5  4 France             39.168  9.638 48.806
 6  6 Russia             37.875  9.672 47.547
 7  7 Romania            36.266  5.804 42.070
 8  9 Netherlands        32.797  6.734 39.531
 9  8 Portugal           29.677  8.478 38.155
10 10 Scotland           26.000  7.300 33.300
11 11 Turkey             25.225  6.680 31.905
12 12 Ukraine            25.225  6.414 31.639
13 14 Greece             21.665  6.850 28.515
14 13 Belgium            20.825  5.430 26.255
15 16 Switzerland        22.350  3.200 25.550
16 15 Czech Republic     18.375  4.531 22.906
17 17 Bulgaria           19.000  3.375 22.375
18 20 Austria            15.575  4.667 20.242
19 18 Norway             16.300  3.931 20.231
20 19 Denmark            16.250  3.638 19.888
21 21 Serbia             12.250  3.172 15.422
22 22 Israel             13.500  1.750 15.250
23 23 Sweden             12.191  2.000 14.191
24 24 Slovakia            9.832  2.833 12.665
25 27 Croatia             7.999  2.833 10.832
26 28 Cyprus              8.749  2.000 10.749
27 25 Poland              7.916  2.333 10.249
28 31 Latvia              7.998  2.000  9.998
29 30 Finland             7.957  2.000  9.957
30 29 Slovenia            7.749  2.000  9.749
31 26 Hungary             7.166  2.167  9.333
32 33 Lithuania           7.166  1.500  8.666
33 34 Moldova             5.999  2.000  7.999
34 35 Ireland             6.999  1.000  7.999
35 32 Bosnia-Herzegovina  6.832  1.000  7.832
36 37 Iceland             5.499  1.500  6.999
37 38 Georgia             5.498  1.000  6.498
38 39 Liechtenstein       5.500  0.500  6.000
39 36 Macedonia           4.665  1.000  5.665
40 40 Belarus             4.666  0.500  5.166
41 41 Estonia             3.999  0.500  4.499
42 42 Azerbaijan          3.832  0.500  4.332
43 43 Albania             3.333  0.500  3.833
44 44 Armenia             2.999  0.500  3.499
45 45 Kazakhstan          2.416  0.500  2.916
46 47 Wales               1.998  0.500  2.498
47 46 Northern Ireland    1.832  0.500  2.332
48 48 Faroe Islands       1.832  0.500  2.332
49 49 Luxembourg          1.332  0.500  1.832
50 51 Andorra             0.500  0.500  1.000
51 52 Montenegro          0.500  0.500  1.000
52 50 Malta               0.499  0.500  0.999
53 53 San Marino          0.250  0.500  0.750

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