Which teams have qualified for the 2025-26 Champions League?
A total of 36 teams will compete in the 2024-25 league phase in the Champions League.Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham are among the 24 teams to have already qualified.Three of Manchester City, Newcastle, Aston Villa, Chelsea and Nottingham Forest will join them in Europe's top club competition with the teams to be decided in Sunday's final round of Premier League fixtures.Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao and Villarreal have qualified from Spain, while Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund will represent Germany.Paris St-Germain, Marseille and Monaco are France's three qualifying teams.Napoli, Inter Milan and Atalanta have qualified from Italy. One of Juventus, Roma and Lazio will join them.PSV Eindhoven, Ajax, Sporting Lisbon, Galatasaray, Slavia Prague and Olympiacos are also in for next season.And a place will go to the winner of the Belgian Pro League title, which is between Union Saint-Gilloise and Club Brugge.
Which teams win qualification for the 2025-26 Champions League league phase?
The first spot for next season's Champions League goes to Tottenham as winners of this season's second tier competition, the Europa League. The top four teams in the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga all earn Champions League qualification. Three spots are given to teams in Ligue 1, while there are two paces for Dutch Eredivisie teams.The winners of the top leagues in Portugal, Belgium, Turkey and the Czech Republic are also in.The defending champions gain automatic entry if they miss out on qualification through their league position.But given this season's finalists PSG and Inter have qualified via their respective league performances, Olympiacos have been granted qualification straight into the League Phase. The Greek champions were the highest ranked club via Uefa's club coefficient rankings in the final qualification round.Two additional places are given to the two nations that achieve the best results in European competitions from the previous season.During the 2024-25 campaign England and Spain were the two best performing nations, meaning fifth place from both the Premier League and La Liga were awarded qualification.The remaining seven places will be decided via knockout qualification rounds which conclude in August.Scottish champions Celtic will have to get through one round of qualifying to seal a league phase spot in the Champions League.Linfield, The New Saints and Shelbourne, champions of Northern Ireland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland respectively, can all qualify. However, they have to get through four qualification rounds.
The full list of teams in the 2025-26 Champions League league phase
TottenhamLiverpoolArsenalSecond/third-place Premier League teamFourth-place Premier League teamFifth-place Premier League teamNapoliInter MilanAtalantaFourth-place Serie A teamBarcelonaReal MadridAtletico MadridAthletic BilbaoVillarrealBayern MunichBayer LeverkusenEintracht FrankfurtBorussia DortmundParis Saint-GermainMarseilleMonacoPSV EindhovenAjaxSporting LisbonWinner of the Belgian Pro LeagueGalatasaraySlavia PragueOlympiacosThis article is the latest from BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team.
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