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Next season, Europa League may welcome the lowest ranking participants in the league

7:05am, 25 May 2025【Football】

A handsome man covers all his ugly faces. After Tottenham won the Europa League championship, Aobo enjoys the eyes. With this championship, Obo's bold statement that coaching any team will always win the championship in the second year has changed from a joke to a positive label. Although we don’t know if Aobo will stay in Tottenham next season, even if we leave, it is considered a European champion to leave.

But I have to say that Tottenham's Premier League ranking this season is too eye-catching. Although Tottenham had the chance to move the ranking a little higher in the last round, the highest was 14th. Moreover, Tottenham has long given up on the league. Now that they have won the Europa League championship, they have to get themselves drunk for a few days. In the last round, they will just go through the motions and fool them. Therefore, the probability of getting 14th place is extremely low.

Since the League Cup was reorganized into the Europa League, there has never been a champion with such a low league ranking in the history of the Europa League, right? Even the 14th is the lowest. And there is a high probability that it will be 17th. There are also examples of poor league rankings in the Champions League history and ultimately winning the championship, but it will not be the 17th level. The lowest-ranked Champions League champion in history was Aston Villa from the 1981 to 1982 seasons, when they were only ranked 11th in the League One.

Since the 21st century, Chelsea has been ranked 6th in the Premier League in the 11th to 12th seasons.

It can be seen that the Europa League is indeed one level worse than the Champions League. In the same fight to the European war, the Champions League champions have at least a bottom line. But what about the Europa League? In fact, as early as the 22nd to 23rd seasons, the champion Sevilla's La Liga ranking was quite eye-catching, 11th. And Tottenham broke through the lower limit.

Compared with the Champions League, the Europa League is more mixed. Moreover, the expansion of the Europa League's shortlisting method has given some weak teams a chance to break in. In fact, Tottenham won the Europa League championship with the 17th place in the league (assuming this is the case, after all, the last round has not started yet), which is nothing; next season, the Europa League may welcome the lowest-ranked contestant in history.

How low is

? Even, the ranking cannot be calculated, because, when we say ranking, at least it is the top league by default, right?

Yes, what I'm talking about is the German Cup final that will be held soon.

vs. both sides, one is Stuttgart in the Bundesliga. The other is Bielefeld, a name that is familiar to old fans. It was the Bundesliga powerhouse in the past, but now, where are they?

German C.

Yes, how do you calculate the rankings for a German-C team? However, Bielefeld is quite successful this season. They won the first place in Germany C and will be promoted to the Bundesliga next season. But even so, they cannot participate in the Bundesliga rankings.

If they have to be given a ranking, then aren’t they the first in Germany and C? Then the 18 teams in the Bundesliga, plus 18 teams in the Bundesliga, are all ranked, and it is their turn. So, No. 37. Or, if you think they can replace the third-to-last in the German Second Division, it is reasonable, so let's get 34th.

Of course, although Tottenham ranks 17th, it is the champion after all. If Bielefeld is shortlisted, they are just ordinary contestants. But this ranking is also quite eye-catching.

Having said so much, it seems that Bielefeld is really a shortlist. In fact, the title says that it is possible, so there is only a certain probability that this scene will occur. Moreover, the probability is very small. After all, there is definitely a big gap between a Bundesliga team and a Bundesliga team. But I am still willing to assume this possibility. After all, in the German Cup final last season, Leverkusen was so awesome. They still struggled to play against the German second-tier team Kaiserslautern, and even made it a 10-to-11 situation. The final score was only 1:0.

So, do you think Bielefeld has no chance of upset at all? Not necessarily.

Let's see what happens.