Now that the season in the Premier League is over, it’s time to take stock of the European competition participants for the upcoming football year. Aston Villa has trumped Tottenham Hotspur in the battle for the last European ticket and can look forward to an adventure.
This is how the European tickets are distributed in the Premier League
The top four teams in the Premier League are, as is well known, certain to qualify for the group stage of the Champions League. After champion Manchester City, number two Arsenal and number three Manchester United, Newcastle United will also report to the highest European podium. For The Magpies, this will be the first Champions League participation since the 2002/03 season. In that season, Sir Bobby Robson was still the manager and Alan Shearer frightened defenders as a Newcastle striker.
Liverpool are four points short of finishing in the top four and move into the group stage of the Europa League as number five in the Premier League. That is downright disappointing for The Reds. The club was last not in the Champions League in the 2016/17 season. At Brighton & Hove Albion, placement for the group stage of the Europa League was celebrated. For The Seagulls, this will be the first European adventure in club history.
With Aston Villa, a team with a rich history in Europe returns to the international stage. Manager Unai Emery’s team narrowly beat Tottenham Hotspur in the fight for seventh place. Seventh place is the highest ranking since 2010 for the 1982 European Cup I winner.
Qualified teams for 2023–24 UEFA Champions League
| Entry round | Teams | ||||
| Group stage | Europa League winner | Manchester City (1st) | Arsenal (2nd) | Manchester United (3rd) | |
| Newcastle United (4th) | Barcelona (1st) | Real Madrid (2nd/3rd) | Atlético Madrid (2nd/3rd) | ||
| Real Sociedad (4th) | Napoli (1st) | Lazio (2nd/3rd) | Inter Milan (2nd/3rd/4th) | ||
| Milan (3rd/4th) | Bayern Munich (1st) | Borussia Dortmund (2nd) | RB Leipzig (3rd) | ||
| Union Berlin (4th) | Paris Saint-Germain (1st) | Lens (2nd) | Benfica (1st) | ||
| Porto (2nd) | Feyenoord (1st) | Red Bull Salzburg (1st) | Celtic (1st) | ||
| Red Star Belgrade (1st) | Shakhtar Donetsk (1st) | ||||
| Play-off round | Champions Path | (1st) Belgium | Young Boys (1st) | ||
| Third qualifying round | Champions Path | AEK Athens (1st) | Sparta Prague (1st) | ||
| League Path | Marseille (3rd) | Braga (3rd) | PSV Eindhoven (2nd) | Sturm Graz (2nd) | |
| Rangers (2nd) | TSC (2nd) | ||||
| Second qualifying round | Champions Path | Molde (1st) | (1st) Copenhagen | Dinamo Zagreb (1st) | (1st) Turkey |
| Aris Limassol (1st) | |||||
| League Path | (2nd) Ukraine | Belgium (2nd) | (2nd) Servette | Panathinaikos (2nd) | |
| First qualifying round | Maccabi Haifa (1st) | BK Häcken (1st) | (1st) Bulgaria | Farul Constanța (1st) | |
| Qarabağ (1st) | Ferencváros (1st) | Raków Częstochowa (1st) | Astana (1st) | ||
| Slovan Bratislava (1st) | Olimpija Ljubljana (1st) | BATE Borisov (3rd)[Note BLR] | Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) | ||
| Žalgiris (1st) | Zrinjski Mostar (1st) | HJK (1st) | Swift Hesperange (1st) | ||
| Valmiera (1st) | Ballkani (1st) | Shamrock Rovers (1st) | (1st) Armenia | ||
| Larne (1st) | (1st) Partizani | KÍ (1st) | Flora (1st) | ||
| Ħamrun Spartans (1st) | Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) | Struga (1st) | The New Saints (1st) | ||
| Lincoln Red Imps (1st) | |||||
| Preliminary round | Breiðablik (1st) | Budućnost Podgorica (1st) | Atlètic Club d’Escaldes (1st) | Tre Penne (1st) | |
