Preface

This year teams from Albania were banned and teams from Andorra compete for the first time.

Seeding for the UEFA-Intertoto Cup

Number of teams that every country could admit to UIC was determined by UEFA Ranking (1990/91-1994/95). Due to fact, that Italy, Spain, England, Portugal, Scotland, Ukraine, Albania, Luxembourg and Azerbaijan left their berths. Liechtenstein, Andorra and Bosnia can't participate in UIC. After that, Russia didn't want its extra fourth place - it went to Belgium, Netherlands didn't want their extra third place - it went to Denmark (Greece also forfeited). Czech Rep. later gave its spot to Faroe Islands.

• France, Germany and Belgium got 4 berths;
• Russia, Turkey, Austria, Yugoslavia and Denmark got 3 berths;
• Netherlands, Greece, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Romania, Norway, Israel got 2 berths;
• Hungary, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Iceland, Latvia, Finland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Wales, Nth. Ireland, Eire, Belarus, Malta, Lithuania, Faroe Islands got 1 berth;
• Armenia, Macedonia, Moldova, Estonia didn't get any berth.

• First: France (4), Germany (4), Russia (3), Belgium (1 team of 4);
• Second: Belgium (3 teams of 4), Netherlands (2), Turkey (3), Austria (3), Yugoslavia (1 team of 3);
• Third: Yugoslavia (2 teams of 3), Greece (2), Denmark (3), Sweden (2), Switzerland (2), Poland (1 team of 2);
• Fourth: Poland (1 team of 2), Romania (2), Norway (2), Israel (2), Hungary (1), Croatia (1), Cyprus (1), Georgia (1), Iceland (1);
• Fifth: Latvia (1), Finland (1), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (1), Bulgaria (1), Wales (1), Nth. Ireland (1), Eire (1), Belarus (1), Malta (1), Lithuania (1), Faroe Islands (1).

To each of 12 groups 1 team from each pot have been drawn.

Seeding for the Champions' League

To the Champions' League UEFA allows additively top 8 runners-up by UEFA Ranking (1992/93-1996/97) and CL defender - Borussia Dortmund. Teams were divided into 4 pots:

• First (freed from the preliminaries, countries ranked 1-7 and defender): Borussia Dortmund, Juventus Torino, Real Madrid, AS Monaco, Bayern Munchen, PSV Eindhoven, FC Porto, Manchester Utd.
• Second (seeded in the qualifying round, countries ranked 8-16 and 1-8 runners-up): AC Parma, FC Barcelona, PSG, Bayer Leverkusen, Feyenoord Rotterdam, Sporting Lisboa, Newcastle United, Galatasaray Istanbul, Besiktas Istanbul, Olympiakos Pireas, Salzburg, Spartak Moskva, Lierse SK, Brondby Kobenhavn, IFK Goteborg, Rosenborg Trondheim, Sparta Praha.
• Third (seeded in the preliminary round, countries ranked 17-31): FC Sion, Widzew Lodz, Glasgow Rangers, Steaua Bucuresti, Croatia Zagreb, Dinamo Kyiv, Anorthosis Famagusta, Beitar Jerusalem, MTK Budapest, Dinamo Tbilisi, FC Kosice, Skonto Riga, Branik Maribor, Jazz Pori, MPKC Mozyr.
• Fourth (unseeded in the preliminary round, countries ranked 32-46): IA Akranes, CSKA Sofija, Sileks Kratovo, Kareda-Sakalas, Constructorul Kiszyniow, Crusaders Belfast, Barry Town, Partizan Beograd, Lantana Tallinn, La Valetta, Derry City, Pyounik Erevan, Jeunesse d'Esch, GI Gotu, Neftchi Baku.

Sparta Praha - not seeded in the qualifying round.

In the preliminary round teams from the 3rd pot were seeded and teams from the 4th pot were unseeded. In the qualifying round teams from 2nd pot were seeded and the preliminary round winners unseeded. Winners of the qualifying round qualify together with the teams from the 1st pot for the Champions' League.

Seeding for the Cup Winners' Cup

Teams were divided into 3 pots (UEFA Ranking (1992/93-1996/97)):

• First (freed, 1-17): Vicenza, Betis Sevilla, OGC Nice, VfB Stuttgart, Roda Kerkrade, Boavista Porto, Chelsea London, Kocaelispor, AEK Athine, Sturm Graz, Lokomotiv Moskva, Germinal Ekeren, FC Kobenhavn, AIK Stockholm, Tromso IL, Slavia Praha, FC Luzern.
• Second (seeded, 18-32): Legia Warszawa, Kilmarnock, National Bucuresti, NK Zagreb, Shachtar Donetsk, Apoel Nicosia, Hapoel Beer-Sheva, BVSC, Dinamo Batumi, Slovan Bratislava, Dinaburg Daugavpils, Primorje Ajdovscina, HJK Helsinki, Belshina Bobruysk, IBV Vestmannaeyjar.
• Third (unseeded, 33-47): Levski Sofija, Sloga Jugomagnat Skopje, Zhalgiris Vilnius, Zimbru Kiszyniow, Glenavon Lurgan, FC Balzers, Cwmbran Town, Crvena Zvezda Beograd, Sadam Tallinn, Hibernians Paola, Shelbourne, Ararat Erevan, Union Luxembourg, HB Thorshavn, Kapaz Ganja.

In the first round 16 best teams freed from the preliminary round were seeded. FC Luzern and 15 winners of the preliminary round were unseeded.

In the second round 8 best remaining teams were seeded and the rest unseeded.

Seeding for the UEFA Cup

Number of teams is determined by UEFA Ranking (1991/92-1995/96). Teams ranked 1-3 have 4 teams, 4-8 have 3 teams, 9-21 have 2 teams, rest have 1 team without Liechtenstein, three best countries in Fair Play competition (Norway, England, Sweden) have one extra team. Extra berth was given to Schalke 04 - UEFA Cup defender. That gives 83 teams (80 - 1 + 3 + 1). Teams were divided into 3 pots (UEFA Ranking (1992/93-1996/97)):

• First (26 best teams and defender): Schalke 04, Inter Milano, Lazio Roma, Udinese, Sampdoria Genova, Deportivo La Coruna, Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Real Valladolid, RC Strasbourg, FC Nantes, Girondins Bordeaux, FC Metz, VfL Bochum, Karlsruher SC, 1860 Munchen, Twente Enschede, Ajax Amsterdam, Vitesse Arnhem, Benfica Lisboa, Sporting Braga, Vitoria Guimaraes, Leicester City, Arsenal London, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Fenerbahce Istanbul.
• Second (16 teams): Trabzonspor, OFI Kreta, PAOK Thesaloniki, Rapid Wien, Tirol Innsbruck, Alania Vladikavkaz, Rotor Volgograd, Club Brugge, Excelsior Mouscron, Anderlecht Bruxelles, Vejle BK, Arhus GF, Malmo FF, Helsingborgs, Orebro SK, Lillestrom SK.
• Third (20 teams): Viking Stavanger, Brann Bergen, Jablonec nad Nisou, Boby Brno, Neuchatel Xamax, Grasshopper-Club Zurich, Odra Wodzislaw, Celtic Glasgow, Dundee United, Dinamo Bucuresti, Otelul Galati, Hajduk Split, Vorskla Poltava, Dnipro Dnepropetrovsk, Apollon Limassol, Hapoel Petakh-Tikwa, Ujpest Budapest, Ferencvaros Budapest, Kolkheti-1913 Poti, Spartak Trnava.
• Fourth (20 teams): Daugava Riga, HIT Nova Gorica, MyPa Anjalankoski, Dinamo Minsk, KR Reykjavik, Neftohimik Burgas, Pobeda Prilep, Inkaras-Grifas, Tiligul Tiraspol, Coleraine, Inter Cardiff, Vojvodina Novi Sad, Flora Tallinn, Birkirkara, Bohemians Dublin, FC Erevan, CS Grevenmacher, KI Klaksvik, Garabag Agdam, CE Principat.

In the preliminary round teams from the 3rd pot were seeded and teams from the 4th pot were unseeded. In the qualifying round teams from 2nd pot and two best winners of the preliminary round (by ranking) were seeded and the remaining winners unseeded. That gives 64 teams (18 from the qualifying round, 27 teams from the 1st pot, freed from the preliminaries, 3 teams from UEFA-Intertoto Cup, 16 losers from Champions' League preliminary round).

In the first and second round top 16 teams from the ranking were seeded. For that ranking each club receive sum of averages from 5 previous seasons. Averages are ratios of: points achieved by number of matches. Preliminary rounds are not in charge for that ranking.

Seeding for the European Cups (1979/80-1997/98)