After an intense final day in the English Premier League, EPL, here\u2019s how the dust settled with teams securing their places in European competitions for the 2025\u201326 season.
The 2024\u201325 EPL season concluded dramatically, with last-minute goals, stunning upsets, and emotional scenes across stadiums.
Now that the curtain has closed, the EPL final league standings and cup results have determined which English teams will fly the flag in Europe next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Champions League<\/strong> Liverpool \u2013 Arne Slot\u2019s men capped off a spectacular campaign by lifting the Premier League trophy, finishing top of the table and booking a return to Europe\u2019s elite competition. Chelsea \u2013 A turnaround in form under Enzo Maresca saw the Blues defeat Nottingham Forest to leap into fourth, sealing a Champions League return. Europa League<\/strong> After an intense final day in the English Premier League, EPL, here\u2019s how the dust settled with teams securing their places in European competitions for the 2025\u201326 season. The 2024\u201325 EPL season concluded dramatically, with last-minute goals, stunning upsets, and emotional scenes across stadiums. Now that the curtain has closed, the EPL final league standings […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":13818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/champions-league-logo-symbol-black-design-football-european-countries-football-teams-illustration-with-white-background-free-vector.jpg?fit=489%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13820,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13819\/revisions\/13820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Six Premier League teams will compete in the UEFA Champions League next season, with five qualifying via league positions and one securing a spot by winning a European trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arsenal \u2013 Mikel Arteta\u2019s side secured second place after a strong finish to the season.
Manchester City \u2013 Despite a turbulent season by their lofty standards, Pep Guardiola\u2019s side beat Fulham on the final day to seal third place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Newcastle United \u2013 Although they lost on the final day, the Magpies edged Aston Villa to fifth place thanks to a superior goal difference.
Tottenham Hotspur \u2013 Ange Postecoglou\u2019s men triumphed in the UEFA Europa League final, and as a result, secured an automatic Champions League berth despite finishing outside the top five domestically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Crystal Palace \u2013 The Eagles stunned many by lifting the FA Cup, thereby securing a place in the Europa League. It marks a historic achievement for the South London club.
Aston Villa \u2013 After their Champions League campaign this season, Unai Emery\u2019s side couldn\u2019t repeat the feat domestically. They finished sixth in the league and will now aim to make a deep run in the Europa League.
Conference League<\/strong>
Nottingham Forest \u2013 A \u2018questionably\u2019 remarkable season for Forest ended as they clinched a place in the UEFA Conference League. They marked a return to European football even though what they would have wished for was a Champions League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"