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Premier League's European places confirmed after never-seen-before scenario on final day of season

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Updated 19:18 25 May 2025 GMT+1Published 18:01 25 May 2025 GMT+1

Premier League's European places confirmed after never-seen-before scenario on final day of season

The Premier League will have plenty of representation in European competition next season.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

The Premier League's European places have been confirmed after the final day of the 2024/25 campaign, with plenty of English representation in next's season competitions.

On Thursday, Spurs confirmed their return to the Champions League next term after defeating Manchester United 1-0 in the Europa League final in Bilbao.

They joined Premier League champions Liverpool and Arsenal in securing a spot in Europe's premier club competition, while Manchester City finished third with back-to-back victories seeing them make the Champions League for the 15th consecutive season.

Chelsea narrowly defeated Nottingham Forest 1-0 in a Champions League decider of sorts at the City Ground, while Newcastle pipped Aston Villa to fifth as both suffered defeats.

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Manchester United did Newcastle a favour, claiming a 2-0 win against 10-men Villa after Emiliano Martinez was sent off on what could be his final game for the club.

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The usual four places increased to five thanks to the performance of Premier League sides in Europe, which bagged one of two European Performance Spots (EPS) handed out.

That, coupled with Spurs' first bit of silverware since 2008, means an unprecedented scenario of six Premier League teams in the Champions League next season.

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Six Premier League teams will be in next season's Champions League. Image: Getty
Six Premier League teams will be in next season's Champions League. Image: Getty

Crystal Palace have also qualified for European football for the first time after beating City in the FA Cup final, a win which booked their place in next season's Europa League.

Sixth-placed Aston Villa have to make do with a Europa League spot after a memorable run to the Champions League quarter-finals, with seventh-placed Nottingham Forest qualifying for the Conference League play-off round because of Newcastle's Carabao Cup triumph and subsequent qualification for UEFA's premier club competition.

It means there will be a total of nine English teams enjoying European nights in 2025/26 - made up of six in the Champions League, two in the Europa League and one in the Conference League.

Which English teams have qualified for European football?

Liverpool (Champions League)

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Arsenal (Champions League)

Manchester City (Champions League)

Chelsea (Champions League)

Newcastle United (Champions League)

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Spurs (Champions League)

Aston Villa (Europa League)

Crystal Palace (Europa League)

Nottingham Forest (Conference League)

Featured Image Credit: Getty

Topics: Premier League, Europa League, Europa Conference League, Champions League, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal

Josh Lawless
Josh Lawless

Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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