With Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur both reaching the UEFA Europa League final, there are set to be six Premier League clubs in the UEFA Champions League 2025-26 season.

It is the first time that any European country has ever had more than five clubs in the Champions League at one time.

Before the result of Europa League semifinals, five Premier League (PL) teams were set to participate in next year’s UCL. That’s due to the performances of PL teams in all of UEFA’s competitions this season, the PL is guaranteed a top-two spot in UEFA’s association club coefficient rankings, which earns a “European Performance Spot” (EPS).

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How did the sixth team qualify?

As well as being able to qualify for the Champions League by finishing in the top five of the Premier League, another route into the Champions League is by winning the Europa League.

Since Manchester United will face Tottenham Hotspur in the final, and both clubs are mathematically unable to finish in the top five of this season’s Premier League, it is guaranteed that one of them will win the Europa League and enter next season’s Champions League as the sixth Premier League entrant.