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23 seats have been confirmed for the Champions League! The 12 teams grab the last 6 direct seats, creating a new history for the Premier League

1:59pm, 20 May 2025【Football】

The schedules for the five major leagues in the 24-25 season are almost gone, with the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 schedules ending last week, while La Liga and Serie A are only the last round of leagues left; the three finals including the UEFA Cup, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup will be held in the next two weeks. Because the season has come to an end, the teams participating in the Champions League seats for next season have gradually become clear, and 23 participating teams have been identified.

The teams participating in the Champions League this season have changed from 32 to 36. In addition to winning the right to participate in the Champions League, the top four teams in the four national leagues will also qualify for the top two European leagues. It is precisely because of this that five teams appeared in the Champions League this season, while the Premier League and La Liga won these two places this year.

Currently Liverpool and Arsenal in the Premier League; Naples, Inter Milan, Atlanta in Serie A; Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Villarreal in La Liga; Bayern, Leverkusen, Frankfurt, Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1, Marseille and Monaco. And at the non-five league levels, Eindhoven and Ajax of the Dutch Eredivisie; Portuguese Super League champion Portuguese Sports; Turkish Super League champion Galatasaray; Czech champion Slavia Prague; Greek champion Olympiacos. The above 23 teams have all obtained their league rankings and have obtained the Champions League qualification.

There are 6 direct seats left and 12 teams compete for; first, the five teams in the Premier League, Newcastle, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Manchester City, and Nottingham Forest are still snatching the last three seats; the current score difference between the five teams is only 1 point, and the final suspense will be announced in the 38th round of the Premier League this weekend. Juventus, Roma and Lazio in Serie A compete for a place, and the difference between the three teams is 2 points; in the Europa League final between Manchester United and Tottenham, the winner will also receive the right to participate. It is worth mentioning that whether it is Manchester United or Tottenham, the Premier League will have 6 teams participating in the Champions League next season; this will be the first time this phenomenon has occurred in Champions League history. The last pass-through seat will be born between Belgium's San Giros United & Bruges. The two teams are currently in the top two in the championship group of the first round, and the last round of the league is left, with only 1 point difference. The remaining 7 seats will be generated through the qualifiers; Ligue 1 Nice, Feyenoord of the Eredivisie, Benfica of the Portuguese Super League, Celtics of the Scottish Super League, and Fenerbahce of the Turkish Super League have all been confirmed to participate in the qualifying rounds and play-offs.