How many europa league places

The opening matches of the first qualifying round were played on Tuesday, July 6. One bonus for teams from the top leagues is they only have to play one qualifying round rather than the three of recent seasons in the Europa League.

So their road will begin on Aug. Originally named "Europa League 2" as a working title, the competition was created to give teams from smaller nations, who would usually not make the group stage of European competition, a greater chance. It means at least 34 countries will be represented in the group stages of the UEFA club competitions the guaranteed number is 26 under the present format.

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said: "There will be more matches for more clubs, with more associations represented in the group stages. There was a widespread demand by all clubs to increase their chances of participating more regularly in European competition. No, the access list has simply been adjusted so teams from the smaller nations now play in this competition, and fewer clubs will go through Europa League qualifying. The stadium has a capacity of just 21, Group winners will automatically go through to the round of But there will be a preliminary knockout round or round of 32 as we now know it where group runners-up will play two-legged ties against third-placed teams from the Europa League groups to reach the round of The competition then adopts a traditional knockout format.

Yes, just as the Europa League winners qualify for the Champions League, the Europa Conference League winners will automatically be entered into the following season's Europa League. The main issue is that all teams from the leagues ranked below 15th in the UEFA coefficient based on five-year performance in Europe are now locked out of the Europa League.

Teams from Cyprus, Switzerland and Greece just miss out and will have no route into the Europa League other than dropping into it from Champions League qualifying. The competition has received a lukewarm reception from leagues that regularly have teams who reach the Europa League group stage, who now feel they are being blocked from competing even at the second level of European football. A more acceptable system may have been increased "trickle down" from Europa League qualifying into the UEFA Conference League, so as not to shut off that route for so many teams.

The streamlined qualification process means only two rounds will be played. Nine teams enter in the qualifying rounds, from the mid-ranked associations, with the remaining 16 places made up of Champions League losers.

This place is theoretically for the Carabao Cup winners but Manchester City won that so the spot passes to the highest-ranked Premier League team not qualified for a Uefa competition. That is currently Tottenham. They are three points behind sixth-placed West Ham with a goal difference inferior by eight and visit Manchester City on the final day. Arsenal come into the equation at this point.

Theoretically Leeds too, but it would take a highly improbably series of results. All 4pm BST kick-offs. The Europa League winners are rewarded with a Champions League place, but United have secured that anyway by finishing second and nothing will change. The Premier League has seven places in Uefa competitions. Liverpool are at home to Crystal Palace on Sunday.

The new structure for UEFA club competitions ensures that at least 34 UEFA national associations are represented in the group stage of one or more competitions. All member associations will have access to all three club competitions, and all associations' quotas will remain unchanged. There will be more matches for more clubs, with more associations represented in the group stages.

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