10 November: Iceland, followed by three Scandinavian nations, top the UEFA Fair Play rankings for the 2025/26 season, while Wales top the Fair Play rankings for spectator behaviour. The two national associations were awarded 50,000 euros for good behavior.
The ranking is based on the net play results of all UEFA competition matches played at both club and national team level between 1 July 2025 and 30 June 2026. In the overall net play ranking, England, whose national teams and clubs played the second highest number of matches with 256, came fifth.
Spain, who played the most matches (268), came in 29th. Of the big 5 nations and leagues in Europe, Germany ranked 11ththFrance 15th and Italy 32n.d.
Down from the general classification in 51stSt The place was Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was just below Georgia and Turkey.
To qualify for the standings, member associations had to have played a minimum of 50 matches.
In addition to the overall ranking, there were two other rankings: spectator behavior and overall net play score improvement from one season to the next.
Wales topped the fan behavior list with 9,125 points, ahead of Estonia, Moldova and ‘Iceland’.
England, whose fans have a history of bad behavior in the past, were ranked 14thth. Spain ranks 27ththFrance 37th and Italy 38th.
At the bottom of the rankings with significantly worse ranking points was Israel.
Albania exceeded the overall improvement in net play score from one season to the next, going from 7.503 points in 2024/25 to 7.789 points in 2025/26 (+0.286 points).
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