How many Premier League teams will qualify for Europe in the 2025/26 season?

We examine how many Premier League teams could qualify for European competitions in 2025/26.

How many Premier League teams will qualify for the UEFA Champions League?

Given England currently lead UEFA's coefficient rankings, the Premier League are in line to be granted an additional UEFA Champions League place for the 2025/26 season - meaning five English teams will directly qualify for the competition as opposed to four.

There are two other means of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League for English clubs - either winning this competition itself or the UEFA Europa League.

Arsenal and Aston Villa are England's remaining participants in the UEFA Champions League, while Manchester United and Tottenham remain in contention to win the UEFA Europa League.

How many Premier League teams will qualify for the UEFA Europa League?

There are three routes of qualification for the UEFA Europa League for English clubs - finishing in fifth place in the Premier League, winning the FA Cup or winning the UEFA Conference League.

If, as expected, England is afforded an additional UEFA Champions League by finishing in the top two of UEFA's coefficient rankings, then the sixth-placed Premier League team will qualify for the UEFA Europa League.

If the FA Cup winners have already directly qualified for a European competition via their league position, then the team in seventh in the Premier League will be granted a place in the UEFA Europa League.

As the sole English representatives in the UEFA Conference League, Chelsea could also seal UEFA Europa League qualification by winning the competition.

How many Premier League teams will qualify for the UEFA Conference League?

UEFA Conference League qualification is granted to the English team that wins the EFL Cup.

If the EFL Cup winners have already directly qualified for Europe via the league, then the UEFA Conference League qualification berth is moved down the Premier League table to the first team who have not qualified for any European competition.

What is the maximum number of English teams who could qualify for Europe in 2025/26?

A maximum of 11 English teams could qualify for European competitions for the 2025/26 season, but this would require a lot of different specific occurrences falling into place.

In order for this unique scenario to unfold, the current Premier League top four of Liverpool, Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and Manchester City must stay as it is.

EFL Cup winners Newcastle would have to finish in fifth, with Brighton in sixth and Bournemouth ending the season in seventh and being crowned FA Cup winners.

Chelsea would be required to finish eighth in the Premier League and win the UEFA Conference League, while Aston Villa would need to end up ninth in the league table and pull off a sensational triumph by winning the UEFA Champions League.

To complete this unlikely series of events which would see 11 Premier League teams secure European qualification, either Manchester United or Tottenham must rally to finish 10th in England's top flight and win the UEFA Europa League.