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===Qualification for European competitions===
{{see also|UEFA coefficient#Men's association coefficient}}

====Qualification criteria for 2025–26====
{{see also|2025–26 UEFA Champions League#Association team allocation}}

The top four teams in the Premier League qualify automatically for the subsequent season's [[UEFA Champions League]] league phase. The champions of the Champions League and [[UEFA Europa League]] may earn an additional qualification for the subsequent season's Champions League league phase if did not finish in the top four. There are additional berths for the two best associations in the previous season's rankings, which may result in a maximum of seven teams from one association in the Champions League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/4266734|title=Race for Europe: How many clubs could qualify?|last=Hancock|first=Tom|date=25 March 2025|website=Premier League}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/44372662/how-premier-league-teams-qualify-champions-league-europe|title=How Premier League teams can reach Champions League, Europe|last=Johnson|first=Dale|date=17 April 2025|work=ESPN}}</ref>

The fifth-placed team in the Premier League, as well as the winners of the [[FA Cup]], qualify for the subsequent season's Europa League league phase, but if the winner of the FA Cup also finishes in the top five places in the Premier League or has won one of UEFA's major tournaments, then this place reverts to the team that finished sixth. The winner of the [[EFL Cup]] qualifies for the subsequent season's [[UEFA Conference League]], but if the winner had already qualified for a UEFA competition via their performance in another competition, then this place reverts to the team that finished sixth in the Premier League, or seventh if the FA Cup result had already caused the sixth-placed team to qualify.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/european-qualification-explained|title=European qualification for UEFA competitions explained|publisher=Premier League|access-date=12 February 2021|archive-date=25 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525124517/https://www.premierleague.com/european-qualification-explained|url-status=live}}</ref>

The number of places allocated to English clubs in UEFA competitions is dependent upon the position the country holds in the UEFA coefficient rankings, which are calculated based on the performance of teams in UEFA competitions over the previous five years. Currently, England is ranked first, ahead of Spain.

As of 8 May 2025, the coefficients for are as follows (only [[Big Five (association football)|top five European leagues]] are shown):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/country/?year=2025|title=Member associations - UEFA rankings - Country coefficients – UEFA|date=8 May 2025|publisher=UEFA|access-date=2 January 2023|archive-date=4 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204125228/https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/#/yr/2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UEFA Country Ranking 2023|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method5/crank2024.html|publisher=kassiesa.net|accessdate=2 January 2023|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214075832/https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method5/crank2024.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 97%"
|-
!colspan="3"|Ranking
!rowspan="2"|Member association<br />{{small|(L: League, C: Cup, LC: League Cup)}}
!colspan="6"|Coefficient
!rowspan="2"|Teams{{refn|group=x|Number of teams still active from association in [[2024–25 UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League]], [[2024–25 UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League]] or [[2024–25 UEFA Conference League|UEFA Conference League]].}}
!colspan="4"|Regular places in 2026–27 season{{refn|group=x|European Performance Spots: The two associations with the highest one-year coefficient in the most recent season are awarded an additional berth in the Champions League league phase.}}
|- style="font-size:88%"
!2025
!2024
!data-sort-type="number"| {{abbr|Mvmt|Movement}}
!2020–21
!2021–22
!2022–23
!2023–24
!2024–25
!Total
![[2026–27 UEFA Champions League|CL]]
![[2026–27 UEFA Europa League|EL]]
![[2026–27 UEFA Conference League|ECL]]
!Total
|- 
|1||1
|{{same position|c|0}} –
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[The Football Association|England]] {{small|(L, [[FA Cup|C]], [[EFL Cup|LC]]{{refn|group=x|name=lc|The champion of the [[EFL Cup|league cup of England]] is given a place in the [[UEFA Conference League]] by special permission from UEFA (replacing the lowest-ranked league team which would have qualified).}})}}
|'''24.357'''
|'''21.000'''
|'''23.000'''
|17.375
|'''28.892'''
|'''114.624'''<!--Update the entire table and accessdate of the template above this table to show the latest update ranking, thank you.-->
|align="center"|3/7
|rowspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|4
|rowspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|2
|rowspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|1
|rowspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|7
|- 
|2||2
|{{same position|c|0}} –
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italian Football Federation|Italy]] {{small|([[Serie A|L]], [[Coppa Italia|C]])}}
|16.285
|15.714
|22.357
|'''21.000'''
|21.875
|97.231<!--Update the entire table and accessdate of the template above this table to show the latest update ranking, thank you.-->
|align="center"|1/8
|- 
|3||3
|{{same position|c|0}} –
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]] {{small|([[La Liga|L]], [[Copa del Rey|C]])}}
|19.500
|18.428
|16.571
|16.062
|'''23.892'''
|94.453<!--Update the entire table and accessdate of the template above this table to show the latest update ranking, thank you.-->
|align="center"|1/7
|- 
|4||4
|{{same position|c|0}} –
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[German Football Association|Germany]] {{small|([[Bundesliga|L]], [[DFB-Pokal|C]])}}
|15.214
|16.214
|17.125
|'''19.357'''
|18.421
|86.331<!--Update the entire table and accessdate of the template above this table to show the latest update ranking, thank you.-->
|align="center"|0/8
|- 
|5||5
|{{same position|c|0}} –
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[French Football Federation|France]] {{small|([[Ligue 1|L]], [[Coupe de France|C]])}}
|7.916
|18.416
|12.583
|16.250
|17.642
|72.807<!--Update the entire table and accessdate of the template above this table to show the latest update ranking, thank you.-->
|align="center"|1/7
|}
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====Previous seasons====
An exception to the usual European qualification system happened in 2005, after [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] won the [[2004–05 UEFA Champions League|Champions League the season before]], but did not finish in a Champions League qualification place in the [[2004–05 FA Premier League|Premier League]]. UEFA gave special dispensation for Liverpool to enter the Champions League, giving England five qualifiers.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/4613695.stm |title=Liverpool get in Champions League |website=BBC Sport |date=10 June 2005 |access-date=11 December 2007 |archive-date=12 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412074435/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/4613695.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> The governing body subsequently ruled that the defending champions qualify for the competition the following year regardless of their domestic league placing. However, for those leagues with four entrants in the Champions League, this meant that if the Champions League winners finished outside the top four in its domestic league, it would qualify at the expense of the fourth-placed team. At that time, no association could have more than four entrants in the Champions League.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/kind=64/newsid=698237.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index |title=EXCO approves new coefficient system |publisher=UEFA |date=20 May 2008 |access-date=12 September 2010 |archive-date=21 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521053931/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/kind%3D64/newsid%3D698237.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index |url-status=dead }}</ref> This occurred in 2012, when Chelsea – who had [[2012 UEFA Champions League final|won the Champions League]] that summer, but finished sixth in the league – qualified for the [[2012–13 UEFA Champions League|2012–13 Champions League]] in place of [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], who went into the [[2012–13 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/20/sport/football/football-chelsea-champions-league/index.html |title=Jubilant Chelsea parade Champions League trophy |publisher=CNN International |date=21 May 2012 |access-date=11 January 2013 |archive-date=3 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303001742/http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/20/sport/football/football-chelsea-champions-league/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

From [[2015–16 UEFA Champions League|2015–16]], the Europa League champions qualify for the Champions League, increasing the maximum number of participants per country to five.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/executive-committee/news/newsid=1956131.html|title=Added bonus for UEFA Europa League winners|website=UEFA.org|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=24 May 2013|access-date=11 January 2020|archive-date=22 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922053008/http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/executive-committee/news/newsid=1956131.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This took effect in England in [[2016–17 Premier League|2016–17]], when Manchester United finished sixth in the Premier League and won the [[2016–17 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]], giving England five Champions League entrants for [[2017–18 UEFA Champions League|2017–18]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Europa League win earns Manchester United a Champions League spot |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0239-0e970bbed2d3-a98a31fc7d8f-1000--europa-league-win-earns-manchester-united-a-champions-league/ |publisher=UEFA |date=24 May 2017 |access-date=11 January 2020 |archive-date=10 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410160749/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2467193.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In these instances, any Europa League berth vacated is not handed down to the next-best Premier League finisher outside of a qualifying place. If both Champions League and Europa League winners are of the same association and both finish outside the top four, then the fourth-placed team is transferred to the Europa League.