Editing Heysel Stadium disaster (section)

====England's UEFA coefficient====
Prior to the introduction of the ban, England were ranked first in the [[UEFA coefficient]] ranking due to the performance of English clubs in European competition in the previous five seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UEFA Country Ranking 1985 |url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method1/crank1985.html |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=kassiesa.net}}</ref> Throughout the ban, England's points were kept in the ranking until they would have naturally been replaced.

The places vacated by English clubs in the UEFA Cup were reallocated to the best countries who would usually only have two spots in the competition—countries ranked between ninth and twenty-first. For the [[1985–86 UEFA Cup]], the Soviet Union, France, [[Czechoslovakia]], and the Netherlands were granted an additional spot each, while in [[1986–87 UEFA Cup|1986–87]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], Czechoslovakia, France, and [[East Germany]] were the recipients. The [[1987–88 UEFA Cup|1987–88]] season saw Portugal, Austria, and Sweden gain an additional place, with Sweden and Yugoslavia gaining the places for the [[1988–89 UEFA Cup|1988–89]] competition. The final year of the English ban, [[1989–90 UEFA Cup|1989–90]] saw Austria receive a spot, while a play-off round was played between a French and a Yugoslav side for the final space—due to the two countries having the same number of points in the ranking.<ref>{{cite web|title=UEFA Ranking History|url=https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/files/uefa-ranking-history.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818170916/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/files/uefa-ranking-history.html|archive-date=18 August 2018|access-date=24 December 2018|work=kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl}}</ref>

England was removed from the rankings in 1990 due to having no points.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UEFA Country Ranking 1990 |url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method1/crank1990.html |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=kassiesa.net}}</ref> England did not return to the top of the coefficient rankings until 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UEFA Country Ranking 2008 |url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method3/crank2008.html |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=kassiesa.net}}</ref>