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Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · Jun 4

📢 BREAKING: Complete Qualifying + League Stage projections are now posted at our Page (☝️ in bio):

🔸 2025/26 Champions League
🔹 2025/26 Europa League
🔸 2025/26 Conference League

🚨 Each qualifying round, projected seedings, % chances of reaching the next phase (☝️ in bio)!

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 1h

🚨 2026 FIFA World Cup - Projected Pots!

✅ 20/48 Confirmed Nations!

🆕 🇩🇿 Algeria will be placed in Pot 3!

🗓️ Group Stage Draw on 5 December!

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 1h

🚨 🇩🇿 ALGERIA QUALIFIED TO THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP!

✅ 20/48 NATIONS SECURED THEIR 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP SPOTS!

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 4h

🚨 European Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup will continue tonight with eight matches in four groups!

💥 Most focus on two direct duels:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland vs 🇬🇷 Greece
🇨🇿 Czechia vs 🇭🇷 Croatia

✅ 🇭🇷 Croatia could secure the 2026 World Cup spot on Sunday, if they win at 🇨🇿 Czechia!

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 5h

🏆 🇵🇱 Górnik Zabrze won 14 titles and lost the 1969/70 Cup Winners' Cup final to Man City!

🔝 🇵🇱 Górnik Zabrze are back to the 1st place in Poland, after not winning the league since 1988!

📢 This week, they are featured in the 'Club Profile' section at our Page (☝️ up in bio)!

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 6h

🚨 EIGHT European nations can, in theory, QUALIFY to the 2026 FIFA World Cup in October:

🇪🇸 Spain
🇫🇷 France
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
🇵🇹 Portugal
🇭🇷 Croatia
🇨🇭 Switzerland
🇳🇴 Norway
🇸🇰 Slovakia

📊 Combinations of multiple results are needed for all of them, so most are unlikely to happen.

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 7h

📌 2026/27 Europa League - QR1 Projections.

✅ FIRST CLUB secured their spot:

🇮🇸 Vestri (Europan DEBUTANTS)

👉 Check our Page (👆 in bio) for complete projections, with all the % chances and seedings.

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 8h

📌 2026 FIFA World Cup - Projected Pots.

✅ 19/48 nations secured their spots!

🚨 🇩🇿 Algeria will become the 20th nation to secure the 2026 FIFA World Cup if they defeat Somalia today!

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 9h

✅ 🇵🇱 FOUR Polish clubs are playing in the Conference League this season!

🚨 🇵🇱 THREE Polish clubs are predicted to play in the Europa League next season!

➡️ Check our Page (⬆️ in bio) for complete 2026/27 Europa League qualifying projections!

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 10h

✅ 19/48 NATIONS confirmed their spots at the 2026 FIFA World Cup:

🇲🇽 Mexico
🇺🇸 United States
🇨🇦 Canada
🇯🇵 Japan
🇮🇷 Iran
🇰🇷 South Korea
🇦🇺 Australia
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
🇯🇴 Jordan
🇲🇦 Morocco
🇹🇳 Tunisia
🇪🇬 EGYPT 🆕
🇦🇷 Argentina
🇧🇷 Brazil
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇺🇾 Uruguay
🇪🇨 Ecuador
🇵🇾 Paraguay
🇳🇿 New Zealand

🔜 29 more to come!

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 2026 FIFA World Cup - Projected Pots.

✅ 🇪🇬 Egypt QUALIFIED to the World Cup and will be placed in Pot 3!

🔜 🇨🇻 Cape Verde still favoured to qualify on Monday!

📈 🇨🇲 Cameroon are projected to qualify via the Inter-confederation Play-offs!

📍 19/48 confirmed nations!

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 🇪🇬 EGYPT QUALIFIED TO THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP!

✅ 19/48 NATIONS SECURED THEIR 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP SPOTS!

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 🇪🇬 EGYPT QUALIFIED TO THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP!

🎉 🇪🇬 Egypt will play at the FIFA World Cup for the 4th time in THEIR HISTORY!

✅ 🇪🇬 Egypt qualified to the 2026 FIFA World Cup by winning Group A of CAF qualifiers!

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 2026/27 Europa League - Projected Pots.

📢 First projections for the 2026/27 Europa League season are now posted at our Page (☝️ in bio)!

✅ Projections for all qualifying rounds.
📊 Predictions with % chances to prevail.
📈 Seedings with predicted coefficients.

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 🇪🇬 Egypt with a STRONG opening, already set to QUALIFY to the 2026 FIFA World Cup in about 90 minutes!

✅ 🇪🇬 Egypt just need to win at 🇩🇯 Djibouti in order to mathematically SECURE the 2026 FIFA World Cup spot!

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 1d

❌ 🇨🇻 Cape Verde made a 1-3 to 3-3 comeback at 🇱🇾 Libyia, but NOT enough to qualify to the 2026 FIFA World Cup!

🚨 🇨🇻 Cape Verde will QUALIFY to the FIFA World Cup for the first time EVER on Monday, if they defeat 🇸🇿 Eswatini at home!

📈 🇨🇲 Cameroon still have a chance!

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 1d

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England are once again projected to have SIX CLUBS in the Champions League next season!

✅ Top 4 - Regular Entries
📈 5th - Extra UCL Spot
🏆 Aston Villa - UEL Winner

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England have become the first nation even to enter the six clubs into the 2025/26 Champions League.

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 🇨🇻 Cape Verde are set to QUALIFY to the the FIFA WORLD CUP for the first time in THEIR HISTORY!

✅ 🇨🇻 Cape Verde will DEBUT at the 2026 FIFA World Cup if they defeat 🇱🇾 Libya away today!

📈 🇨🇻 Cape Verde will QUALIFY with a draw if 🇨🇲 Cameroon do NOT defeat 🇲🇺 Mauritius!

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 1d

📌 2026 FIFA World Cup - Projected Pots.

✅ 18/48 nations secured World Cup.
🔜 30/48 nations are yet to qualify.

🗓️ Group Stage Draw on 5 December.

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 1d

✅ 18/48 NATIONS confirmed their spots at the 2026 FIFA World Cup:

🇲🇽 Mexico
🇺🇸 United States
🇨🇦 Canada
🇯🇵 Japan
🇮🇷 Iran
🇰🇷 South Korea
🇦🇺 Australia
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
🇯🇴 Jordan
🇲🇦 Morocco
🇹🇳 Tunisia
🇦🇷 Argentina
🇧🇷 Brazil
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇺🇾 Uruguay
🇪🇨 Ecuador
🇵🇾 Paraguay
🇳🇿 New Zealand

🔜 30 more to come!

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 1d

📌 2026/27 Champions League - QR1 Projections.

✅ TWO CLUBS secured their spots:

🇮🇸 Víkingur Reykjavík
🇫🇴 KÍ Klaksvik

👉 Check our Page (👆 in bio) for complete projections, with all the % chances and seedings.

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 2026/27 Champions League - Projected Pots.

📢 First projections for the 2026/27 Champions League season are now posted at our Page (☝️ in bio)!

✅ Projections for all qualifying rounds
📊 Predictions with % chances to prevail
📈 Seedings with predicted coefficients

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 2d

✅ Country Ranking - To Finish 6th and have SIX clubs in European competitions, THREE in the Champions League:

🇳🇱 Netherlands - 80%
🇵🇹 Portugal - 20%

📈 🇫🇷 France are certain in Top 5!
📉 🇧🇪 Belgium unable to finish 6th!

(% per @NilsMackay)

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 To Secure an Extra Champions League spot:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England - 98%
🇮🇹 Italy - 38%

🇫🇷 France - 27%
🇩🇪 Germany - 15%
🇪🇸 Spain - 14%

🇵🇹 Portugal - 5%
🇵🇱 Poland - 3%

✅ Top 2 nations will secure an extra Champions League spots!

(% per @NilsMackay)

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 This is set to be the last October international window played on its own!

🗓️ For 2026-2030 period, September and October international windows will be merged into one.

✅ In 2026, September/October international window will last from 21 September to 6 October (4 matches).

Football Rankings @footrankings.bsky.social · 2d

✅ Country Ranking - To Secure the Top 15 and five clubs in European competitions:

🇬🇷 Greece - 100%
🇵🇱 Poland - 100%
🇩🇰 Denmark - 99.6%
🇳🇴 Norway - 99.1%
🇨🇾 Cyprus - 46.8%

🇨🇭 Switzerland - 27.3%
🇦🇹 Austria - 26.5%
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland - 0.4%
🇸🇪 Sweden - 0%

(% per @NilsMackay)