Ukrainian clubs spent another disastrous season in Europe, as a result of which they lost their fifth European Cup team.

The match-match of the 1/16 final of the European League ended, in which Donetsk Shakhtar surrendered to Marseille (1:3) and exited the tournament.

In this way, Ukraine was unable to score a point in the UEFA odds table for the European Cup competition, having lost the remaining fighter in Europe.

Ukraine's assets lost 28,000 points, which leaves them 18th place in the UEFA odds table and will no longer rise.

During this season, Ukrainian clubs scored 20.5 points (4,100 points), which is the highest result in the 2007/08 season, when there were 19.5.

Coming from this, Ukraine has spent one quota in the European Cup tournaments - several clubs instead of five, or more precisely, lost a place in the Champions League - one instead of two.

The reduction of European Cup quotas has begun since the 2025/26 season. The UPL champion starts from another round of Champions League qualification, the second-champion starts from the first round of European League qualification, and the two clubs that take third and fourth place in the UPL come from another round. Conference League selection.

It was previously reported that Aubameyang, after his goal against Shakhtar, became the highest scorer in the history of the European League.