Premier League European situation: 6 teams, Champions League + 3 teams, Europa League, 10 teams are missing to participate in the European competition

The Premier League season in 2024/25, the current stage is coming to the 37th round, and the competition for the Champions League quota is in full swing. Premier League teams performed outstandingly in European competitions this season, won the Champions League award seat, and it is confirmed that 9 teams will participate in next season's European competition.

Initial allocation

Champions League: Top 4

European Cup: 5th place + FA Cup champion

European Association: League Cup champion

Because the Premier League team ranked first in European points this season, they won an additional UEFA Champions League award seat. Therefore, the allocation rules become the top 5 to participate in the Champions League, and the 5th place UEFA Cup qualification was postponed to 6th place.

Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur performed poorly in the league, but played strongly in the UEFA Cup and successfully met in the finals to compete for the championship. The UEFA Cup champion will win one Champions League place alone, and teams who fail to obtain European qualifications through the league can occupy the European quota and will not affect other seats.

Crystal Palace beat Manchester City to win the FA Cup and missed the top 7 in the Premier League at the same time. Then Crystal Palace will be qualified for the UEFA Cup alone, which will not affect the situation of other teams in front.

Upgrade allocation

Champions League: Top five in the league [Liverpool, Arsenal +] + Europa League champion

Europa League: 6th place + FA Cup champion[Crystal Palace]

Europa League: League Cup champion

Since the rankings of multiple teams in the Premier League have not yet been finalized, especially the competition for third to seventh places is extremely fierce, the gap between Newcastle United, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Manchester City and Nottingham Forest is small, and the final ranking is still unknown.

The League Cup champion this season is Newcastle United, who has qualified for the European Union, but Newcastle's ranking is not yet determined.

If Newcastle is ranked in the top five, it will be qualified for the UEFA Champions League; if Newcastle is ranked sixth, it will be qualified for the UEFA Champions League; if Newcastle is ranked seventh, it will be directly involved in the UEFA Champions League.

In short, if Newcastle United ranks in the top six in the end, its Europa League qualification will be postponed to the seventh place.

Chelsea has reached the UEFA League finals and will qualify for the UEFA League championship. Chelsea currently ranks fourth in the league and may theoretically fall to seventh. However, even if Chelsea finally ranked seventh, the Premier League will have up to 9 teams in Europe.

If Chelsea ends up in the seventh place in the Premier League, then Newcastle United will inevitably rank in the top six. In this case, Newcastle will participate in the Champions League or the Europa League, and the Europa League qualification in hand will be given to Chelsea in seventh place.

If Chelsea wins the European League championship, that is, they have dual European qualifications, and the replacement European League qualification will also be regarded as obtaining European qualifications through the league.

In this case, Chelsea will obtain a higher level of UEFA Cup qualification, and the replacement UEFA qualification will be released and returned to UEFA.

Therefore, there are no 10 teams participating in the European competition in the Premier League. Chelsea needs to be ranked eighth and later to achieve it, but Chelsea has ranked seventh in the lowest theoretical ranking this season.

In short, the 6 Premier League teams in the Champions League this season are a foregone conclusion, or the 6 teams in the Champions League + 3 teams in the UEFA Champions League.