Originally Posted by AshleyC

Every club's results in European competition over the past five years are counted equally, with no weighting to favour the most recent seasons - so the seeding reflects long-term consistency, rather than rewarding recent excellence.

Whether you think it is fair probably depends on which club you support and which country you come from. Although domestic results are not part of the calculation, the national coefficient counts towards each team's total too - so it is better to come from a country with a stronger record in Europe.

Leading countries 2013-14
1. Spain 77.141
2. England 70.320
3. Germany 68.998
4. Italy 54.688
5. Portugal 54.299
*24. Scotland 14.816
Top three countries get four teams in the Champions League.

The rules could do with a small revamp as players don't necessarily play in the country where they were born making the national results kind of irrelevant but when you look at the table above the majority of the world class players we all want to see are from those countries!

Its called the champions league for a reason. Why the hell would anyone want 4 teams in the competition from countries where the team that won the league cant even get any points in the group phase and worst case not even score a goal. England is the only league where you have the real chance of a potential 4-6 teams that could win the league.