The Premier League 2025/26 season begins on August 15 and will end on May 24
The campaign will feature 38 rounds of fixtures spread over more than nine months
Several teams will be targeting a top-four finish and Champions League qualification
The Premier League 2025/26 top-four race will attract plenty of attention throughout the upcoming season as various sides strive to qualify for the Champions League.
Liverpool beat Bournemouth 4-2 on matchday one and it is hard to see them dropping out of the top four this term. Arsenal, who finished second in each of the last three seasons and beat Manchester United 1-0 on Sunday, will expect to qualify for the Champions League too, while Manchester City are looking to bounce back after a disappointing season last time out.
Chelsea’s odds have been cut after their impressive triumph over Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup final last month, but they could only manage a 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace at the weekend. Newcastle United, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa are also hoping to be in the mix.
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The top four teams in the Premier League automatically qualify for the group stage of the following season’s Champions League. It is therefore a prize worth fighting for, even though the goal of many clubs at the start of the season is to win the Premier League title.
In previous seasons, the top three teams automatically reached the group stage of the Champions League, and the fourth-place finisher entered the qualifying phase.
That changed at the start of the 2017/18 campaign when UEFA handed more automatic qualification spots to Europe’s biggest leagues, including England’s top flight.
In 2025/26 five teams could qualify for the Champions League, but that depends on how well English clubs perform in continental competition.
Club | Number of Finishes |
---|---|
Manchester United | 26 |
Arsenal | 24 |
Liverpool | 20 |
Chelsea | 20 |
Manchester City | 15 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 7 |
Newcastle United | 6 |
Blackburn Rovers | 3 |
Leeds United | 3 |
Aston Villa | 3 |
When it comes to winning the title and finishing in the top four, Manchester United are the most successful side in Premier League history in that regard. Arsenal moved further clear of the chasing pack in second thanks to their second-place finish last term.
Manchester City are still relatively low down this list due to the fact that their first Premier League top-four finish came in 2010/11. They will probably continue to close the gap on the teams above them in the next few seasons.
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