Arsenal Thrashing Real Madrid 3-0 at home in the quarterfinals of the Champions League assured that the first English League will have at least five teams in the 2025-26 edition of the Continental Tournament.
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The Premier League will be guaranteed at least five teams in the edition of the Champions League 2025-26 after the superb 3-0 victory of Arsenal against Real Madrid during the first leg of their quarter-final of the Champions League on Tuesday.
The first English flight only needed one of its clubs in one of the three European competitions to guarantee one of the two additional places – in addition to the four granted to the first four in the table – awarded to the best classified countries in the UEFA coefficients.
In this system, the teams earn two points for a victory and one for a draw, adding all the points obtained by each club and dividing by the number of clubs in this league participating in Europe.
England could have up to seven teams in the next Champions League if Aston Villa won this year’s edition without qualifying in the Premier League table, and if Manchester United or Tottenham Hotspur is crowned in the Europa League.
Italy led the race for the second additional place, Spain and Germany dragging behind.
The leaders of the Premier League Liverpool and Arsenal, second, plan to claim two of the five available positions, while Nottingham Forest has a solid third position.
Chelsea, Newcastle United, Manchester City, Aston Villa, Brighton & Hove Albion and 10th place Bournemouth remain at eight points from each other.
