The 24/25 Premier League season is heading towards a conclusion but which positions will see teams qualify for the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League?
How many teams qualify for the Champions League from the Premier League?
It has now been confirmed that five teams will qualify for the Champions League. Under the Champions League’s new Swiss model system (you can see how that works here), there will be 36 teams instead of 32 teams competing and two of those extra four teams come from the countries with the strongest records in that season’s European competitions.
In five of the last seven seasons that would have meant an extra place allocated from England but the travails of Newcastle and Manchester United – who both exited from the Champions League at the group stage last season – meant that the extra places for 24/25 went to Italy and Germany.
But the numbers were re-set at the start of the season and England are now guaranteed a fifth Champions League place. Spain and Italy are the only leagues left in contention for the other bonus spot.
How do Premier League teams qualify for the Europa League?
England gets two Europa League places. One belongs to the highest-placed finisher not in the Champions League and the other goes to the winner of the FA Cup. That place will revert to the league if the FA Cup winner has already qualified for Europe.
This is how Manchester United claimed a place in the 24/25 Europa League competition.
How do Premier League teams qualify for the Conference League?
As well as all the fizzy pop they can drink, the Carabao Cup winners also receive a place in the play-off stages for the Europa Conference League. Liverpool did not need that place last season as they had already qualified for the Champions League so the place reverted to Chelsea, who finished sixth in the Premier League.
Newcastle United have now claimed a Conference League place unless they qualify for the Champions or Europa League via their league position.
In that scenario, the Conference League place would revert to the highest Premier League finisher not qualified for another European competition.
What happens if a Premier League club wins the Champions League or Europa League?
If a team finishes outside the Champions League qualifying places but wins either of the two European competitions that earn a Champions League place, it counts as an extra place. There is a slim possibility of the Premier League having seven teams in the Champions League next season, and 11 teams in Europe altogether.
Which Premier League teams are on course to qualify for Europe?
Champions League: Liverpool, Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Manchester City and Aston Villa.
Europa League: Chelsea.
