sam allardyce has outlined his ambitions to qualify for the europa league next season by ensuring that west ham finish first in the premier league fair play table the top three nations in uefa's rankings qualify for the competition, with england currently sitting third behind the republic of ireland and netherlands at present, the hammers sit first in the premier league rankings with 999 points   eight ahead of second placed burnley west ham manager sam allardyce has outlined his ambition to qualify for the europa league next season  the 60 year old wants his side to do so via fair play   with the club currently first in the premier league  p: games played, r/y: red & yellow cards, p/p: positive play, r/o: respect towards opponent, r/r: respect towards referee, b/o: behaviour of officials, pts: points, avg: average how the premier league fair play table looks up to march 31  and the lure of hosting european games in the club's final season at upton park, before their move to the olympic stadium, is an opportunity that allardyce believes shouldn't be sniffed at 'based on what we’re being told, we have a really good chance of qualifying for the europa league by finishing top of the fair play league,' the 60 year old told the evening stanard 'i believe burnley are our nearest rivals but we’ve apparently been top all season 'the criteria includes your disciplinary record but that’s not all crowd behaviour, respect to match officials and your team’s approach to games   the type of football you play, chances you create, how entertaining you are   also play a part as well 'things can change in the last few games but the experience of european competition should be everyone’s dream, particularly in what should be a momentous final season at the boleyn ground 'whether you enter via the front or back door doesn’t matter the record books will say you qualified for europe in 2015 16' hammers will be playing at upton park for the last time next season before they move to the olympic stadium  a computer generated image of how the olympic stadium will look once west ham move there in 2016  teams are judged on the following criteria:  yellow and red cards  if no cards are shown the score will be 10 every yellow card will deduct this total by one a red card will cost a team three points in the ranking if the red card is the result of a second yellow card the deductions of the second yellow card will be ignored but if a player gets a direct red card after he got a yellow card earlier, the yellow card will be counted as a deduction this score could become negative positive play  eg attacking tactics, acceleration of the game, efforts to gain time, and continued pursuit of goals a team can score a maximum of 10 points and a minimum of 1 point respect to the opponent  eg returning the ball to the opponent at a throw in, helping an injured opponent: maximum five points, minimum one point respect to the referee  maximum five points, minimum one point behaviour of the team officials  maximum five points, minimum one point behaviour of the fans  maximum five points, minimum one point
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