How Many Points Do You Need For Automatic Promotion?

No promotion places in D1, of course, but let’s just see what it takes to get a spot in the top four…

70 points should guarantee a top four finish in D1, although Barcelona managed it with just 64 in Season 1, and Chelsea with 65 last season.

It’s hard to see past Juventus and Chelsea filling third and fourth this time around.

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There’s a huge range in D2 for the two additional automatic promotion places, historically.

The minimum required to ‘guarantee’ promotion, however, is 66 points.

It should be noted, though, that Bayer Leverkusen got third place last season with a record low 60 point total.

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In any other season than last season, 66 points would be enough to guarantee an automatic promotion place in D3.

Sampdoria got promoted with just 61 points in Season 5.

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Every point is crucial, especially in D4, where 64 of them should be enough to win automatic promotion.

It seems like it’s often the tightest of all five divisions, though, so Chievo, Hamburger and Sao Paulo have all finished in second or third with just 60 points, while Sampdoria, Malaga and Liege have all missed out with more than that.

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69 points is enough to win promotion in D5.

Liege managed it with just 62 in Season 3, but eight teams have finished with more than that total only to miss out.

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