The last club to do so was Crystal Palace, who won the Conference League. As a result, as many as five English clubs will play in the Champions League, while Crystal Palace joins Bournemouth and Sunderland in the Europa League. The conference league will be played by Brighton.
Champions League
Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Aston Villa and Liverpool will play in the Champions League. The Premier League received an additional, fifth place thanks to UEFA’s ranking of coefficients, which is based on the success of clubs in European competitions.
By winning the English title, Arsenal secured their fourth consecutive appearance in the Champions League. Mikel Arteta’s team could enter the new edition of the competition as the defending champion, given that they will play the final against PSG on May 30 in Budapest.
This will be Manchester City’s 16th consecutive season in the Champions League, but the first without Pep Guardiola, while Manchester United return to the elite competition for the first time since the 2023/24 season. after finishing the championship in third place. Aston Villa was fourth, but they secured their appearance in the Champions League earlier thanks to winning the Europa League.
Liverpool confirmed their place in the last round of the championship, playing 1:1 with Brentford. All five English clubs start the competition in the league stage, and the draw will take place on August 27.
Europa League
Bournemouth finished the championship in sixth place and thus secured their first historic appearance in European competitions. Sunderland, which entered the Premier League at the end of the 2024/25 season. through the playoffs of the Championship, in the dramatic last round he defeated Chelsea and thus won Europe for the second time in his history, and that precisely at the expense of the London club.
The third representative will be Crystal Palace, who secured a place in the Europa League by winning the Conference League, with a 1:0 victory against Rayo Vallecano in the final. All three clubs enter directly into the league stage with 36 teams.
Conference League
The only English representative in the Conference League will be Brighton, who finished the season in eighth place. The “Seagulls” secured their European appearance, only the second in the club’s history, thanks to a better goal difference than Brentford.
Brighton begins its journey in the play-offs for the league stage. They will find out their opponent at the draw on August 3. If they pass that hurdle, the draw for the league stage awaits them on August 28. The playoffs are scheduled for August 20 and 27.
(Vijesti.ba)
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