Premier League European places: Sate of play for teams chasing Champions League, Europa, Conference League originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

Thanks to skyrocketing financial might over the past two decades, the Premier League has emerged as a behemoth among European competitions.

While the best teams in England must still battle tooth and nail for European silverware, the Premier League has proven its superiority in terms of depth.

The likes of Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool and England's other top clubs have largely met their match against other European giants across UEFA's top leagues, but the league's ability to place its other clubs in European competitions and perform at every level makes it a titan among the forest.

As more English clubs enjoy success on the European stage, the league continues to gain more qualifying places across UEFA competitions, and 2025/26 is no different.

The Sporting News takes a look at which clubs are in the hunt for Champions League, Europa League and Conference League qualification, and what potential scenarios could play out to help the most English clubs find themselves among European tournament fields next season.

As things stand, the following teams have qualified from the Premier League for European football in 2025/26:

*Teams in bold are guaranteed a place in that competition

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Here is a breakdown of the Premier League teams seeking to qualify for Europe in 2025/26.

Rankings and places updated after all matches on Sunday, April 26.

Throughout the course of the season, many things can affect how the Premier League hands out its various European qualifying places.

So far, with four matchweeks remaining to be played and still the FA Cup final to be contested, a number of things can change moving forward.

Here is a look at what has already been decided up to this point, and what can still be determined moving forward.

With the reorganisation of the Champions League to the Swiss Model, UEFA has earmarked two places in the Champions League group stage to be given to teams from the two best-performing associations across European competition the previous season.

The Premier League has already mathematically confirmed a fifth spot in next year's Champions League competition, one of two leagues to be given an extra slot.

You can read more about how this took place by clicking here.

The winner of each European competition in 2025/26 will earn an automatic berth in the competition above the one they won. If a Premier League club wins a European competition and has already qualified via the table, its place will fall to the next club that has not already qualified for the indicated competition.

A total of six Premier League clubs theoretically could qualify for the Champions League, with the additional fifth-place slot plus either Aston Villa or Nottingham Forest potentially winning the Europa League after failing to secure a Champions League berth through table finish.