The Premier League 2033, top 4 is confirmed with still final match day to be played. Champions Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United, and Newcastle United are confirmed to play UEFA Champions League next season.
After all, in most sports finishing fourth isn't considered any sort of success. That it is a lofty aspiration for many an English Premier League, and a critical bare minimum for several of them, takes some figuring out.
The Premier League Top-4 2022/23 (Image- Sportz Point)
Now let us, take a look at the Premier League 2023, top 4 teams in detail:
Manchester City came back after a poor start to the season to win the league with 12 match winning streak. Erling Haaland broke the Premier League scoring record with 35 goals in a single season.
Manchester City are on course to winning a treble with still an FA Cup final against Manchester United to play and UEFA Champions League final against Inter Milan.
2) Arsenal:
After staying on top of the league for 244 days, Arsenal failed to win the league. For some, the Gunners overachieved this season with finishing second. Two-star players Gabriel Martinelli and Martin Odegaard both scoring more than 15 goals this season.
Mikel Arteta's men gave their all but injuries to first-team players like William Saliba, Tomiyasu and Gabriel Jesus costed Arsenal their chance to the ultimate silverware.
3) Man United:
Erik ten Hag became the fifth permanent manager of the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era in the summer and joined Old Trafford with a reputation as an esoteric tactician, a man (supposedly) completely in tune with his playing philosophy and style of football. Man Utd fans are hopeful that he is the man to hoist the club up from the murk and make them a powerhouse once again.
After an inauspicious start, Ten Hag recorded four wins on the bounce and claimed the scalps of Arsenal and Liverpool in the process, only losing that run in defeat to Man City. Fast forward a few months and the Dutchman has really changed the mood in the North West, consolidating Man Utd's position in the top four, exacting revenge on Pep Guardiola, reinventing Marcus Rashford as a consistent goal-getter, winning the EFL Cup and reaching the final of the FA Cup.
A win over Bournemouth at the weekend and dominant victory over Chelsea gives assured place for the Red Devils in next year's UCL.
4) Newcastle:
Expected to muscle their way into the traditional 'Big Six', Newcastle are the nouveau riche kids on the block. With pockets deeper than the Pacific, Eddie Howe has the infinite wealth to build a squad capable of pushing up the table and genuinely challenging the current hegemony. The club made its biggest-ever transfer with the Β£60m acquisition of Alexander Isak from Real Sociedad, and the Swede has started to burst into life at the right moment.
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The form book didn't cast a favourable light on Tyneside with a run between January and early March of five winless games β though they bounced back from that emphatically to recently confirm their place in the Champions League for next season. Newcastle finished in Premier League 2023, top 4, confirming their spot in the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2003.
Most Champions League titles won by Football Clubs
Real Madrid are the most successful team in UEFA Champions League history with 15 titles. Here are the football clubs with the most Champions League titles.
Europe has the best and the toughest club competition in the world. The only thing which separates an elite club from a normal club is the Champions League title. Clubs all around Europe dream of winning this competition. Clubs with the most Champions League titles earn more bragging rights than the others. Let's take a look at the top clubs that have won the most number of Champions League titles in the tournament's history.
Champions League Finalists and Winners List since 1956
Top clubs with the most Champions League titles (3 or more)
1. Real Madrid CF (15 UCL titles)
Everyone considers Real Madrid C.F. as the most successful club in world football. This club has achieved great heights both in recent times and in the past. Real Madrid won the first-ever European Cup in 1955-56 which was also the founding year of the competition. Back then it was formally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup. The current format has been around since 1992. Real Madrid has won 15 UEFA Champions League titles which is more than any club in the world.
They won the tournament five consecutive times in the first five seasons of the tournament. Their recent achievement includes a three-peat of winning the UCL under Zinedine Zidane (2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18).
Cristiano Ronaldo was their star performer with the most impact in the competition. He further tops the chart of the most goal scorers and assists providers in the competition as well.
Paolo Maldini lifting the Champions League 2006-07 season.
AC Milan is an Italian giant with a rich history and glories. They produced players like Maldini, Dida, Nesta and many more. They dominated world football in the past few decades, but things have changed drastically since then.
Milan has fallen from the ranks of great clubs in recent times, but their UCL glory is still more than others, just behind Real Madrid. They have beaten the likes of Juventus, Liverpool, and Barcelona to win the Champions League in the past. Milan has won the Champions League 7 times in their history.
Bayern Munich has been the dominant force in Europe for quite a long time. They dominate the Bundesliga and the domestic cup titles, too. Recently, they have been one of the most prominent sides in Europe to deal with. Bayern humiliated Barcelona with an 8-2 defeat in the UCL quarter-finals and won the 2019-20 Champions League, beating PSG comfortably by 1-0.
Robert Lewandowski was their main man in recent years, with the most goals. However, they have consistently produced players like Robben, Franck Ribery, Thomas Muller and others who helped them win the trebles and sextuples.
Bayern Munich's Title winning years
Winning year
Opponent Team
Scoreline
Venue
1973-74
Atletico Madrid
0-4
Brussels
1974-75
Leeds
2-0
Paris
1975-76
St- Etienne
1-0
Glasgow
2000-01
Valencia
1-1 (5-4) Pen
Milan
2012-13
Borussia Dortmund
1-2
London
2019-20
PSG
0-1
Lisbon
All 6 titles of FC Bayern Munich
4. Liverpool FC (6 UCL titles)
Trophy Cabinet of Liverpool including 6 UCL titles. Image - This is Anfield
Liverpool has turned the tables beautifully in recent times. They were a great force in the European competition but suddenly went numb. Liverpool had a rough patch where they went trophyless for many years. With the appointment of Jurgen Klopp as manager, Liverpool slowly redeemed themselves. In the 2017-18 season, they reached the UCL finals but failed to win against Real Madrid.
Next season they came back stronger, from a 3-0 defeat in the first leg to win 4-0 in the second leg and knocked Barcelona out of the UCL semis. Liverpool went on to be the champions defeating Spurs by 2-0 in the all-English final to win their 6th UCL trophy. Their great comeback against Milan in 2005 at Istanbul still gives goosebumps to every football fan.
Liverpool's Title winning years
Winning year
Opponent Team
Scoreline
Venue
1976-77
Monchengladbach
3-1
Rome
1977-78
Club Brugge
1-0
London
1980-81
Real Madrid
1-0
Paris
1983-84
Roma
1-1 (2-4) Pen
Rome
2004-05
AC Milan
3-3 (2-3) Pen
Istanbul
2018-19
Tottenham Hotspur
2-0
Madrid
All 6 titles of Liverpool FC
5. FC Barcelona (5 UCL Titles)
FC Barcelona bagging their 5th UCL title. Image - 90MIN
FC Barcelona are one of the biggest clubs in Europe with a great history in the UCL. They have won the title 5 times, while three of them came in the last decade. Their famous Lamasia - The FC Barcelona academy produced world-class players at the time. Players like Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, Gerard Pique and many more were a part of the academy.
Coach Pep Guardiola conquered the world with some beautiful football. He managed to win both the Treble and Sextuple during his reign. A few years later Luis Enrique guided them to their 5th UCL title and also a treble. That was Barcelona's last high run in the UCL. After that, they have faced some problems and have not been able to continue their dominance in European football.
AFC Ajax has a great history. They are the only team to win the UCL 4 times which is not from the top 5 leagues. Football maestro Johan Cruyff was from this team, he later changed the definition of playing football. Introducing Tiki-taka football to the world, Ajax had a great run in the past. He later influenced Barcelona to play that type of football which brought them huge success in the end.
They last won the title in 1995 when the likes of Van der Sar, and Rijkaard used to play for them. Since then they have reached the UCL semifinal in 2019 upsetting big teams and then lost to the Spurs in the semifinal in the dying minutes. Ajax's run is considered one of the greatest underdogs in the history of the UEFA Champions League.
Ajax's Title winning years
Winning year
Opponent Team
Scoreline
Venue
1970-71
Panathinaikos
2-0
London
1971-72
Internazionale
2-0
Rotterdam
1972-73
Juventus
1-0
Belgrade
1994-95
AC Milan
1-0
Vienna
All 4 titles of AFC Ajax
7. Manchester United (3 UCL Titles)
Manchester United one of the greatest clubs in the world has won three Champions League titles. They looked like the best team in the world during their reign. Players like David Beckham, Ryan Gigs, and Wayne Rooney were part of the golden team when United lifted their 3rd European title. Sir Alex Ferguson, the manager of this team is one of the greatest ever in the history of the sport. He introduced one of the recent footballing greats Cristiano Ronaldo in top-flight football, who was also part of that 2007-08 team.
Manchester United have also won the treble and enlisted themselves in an elite list in World Football. Since then they qualified for two Champions League finals but faced defeat against FC Barcelona.
Internazionale won two of their three trophies back in the 1960s. Since then, they have been having a disappointing year in and year out. Their recent UCL title was in 2009-10 when Jose Mourinho took charge. They were not the favourites in that season, yet they went on to win the UCL.
Jose Mourinho at that time was emerging as one of the best coaches in the world. He played typical defensive football, frustrating his opponents, which created mistakes. They capitalised on those mistakes and went on to win their 3rd Champions League. They defeated the heavyweights Barcelona in the semis and Bayern Munich in the final to clinch their title.
Internazionale's Title winning years
Winning Year
Opponent team
Scoreline
Venue
1963-64
Real Madrid
3-1
Vienna
1964-65
Benfica
1-0
Milan
2009-10
Bayern Munich
0-2
Madrid
All 3 titles of Inter Milan
Clubs with less than three Champions League titles:
Premier League teams to qualify for Champions League every season since 2016
Here are the Premier League teams to qualify for UEFA Champions League every season since 2016. A record six Premier League teams have already qualified for Champions League 2025-26.
The English Premier League, or the Premier League, has been the best football league in Europe for a long now. As per UEFA Club Coefficients, the Premier League is the best football league on the continent, with the best standard of football and competitiveness.
The competitiveness not only makes it tough for teams to finish at the summit of the points table, but the battle for the UEFA Champions League spot also intensifies. This season, Liverpool FC, Arsenal FC, Manchester City, Chelsea FC, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League from the Premier League.
This is the first time six teams from any league have qualified for the Champions League. Not only that, there is also a chance that another team can qualify for the UEFA Champions League next season, depending on Chelsea's performance in the Conference League final this season.
How do teams qualify for the Champions League from a league?
Till the 2022-23 season, every top-four team from the European Leagues used to qualify for the UEFA Champions League. Along with the top four teams, the Europa League winners also qualified for the Champions League next season.
But, from the 2024 season, along with the top four teams and Europa League/Conference League winners, leagues started getting an additional European Performance Spot. EPS is awarded to the league with strong UEFA coefficient performances, which the Premier League earned this season as well.
Premier League teams to qualify for the Champions League every season since 2016
2015-16
In the 2025-16 Champions League season, Chelsea qualified as the champions of the Premier League 2014-15. Manchester City and Arsenal qualified as the second and third finishers of the league.
Meanwhile, Manchester United qualified for the Champions League play-off round as the UEFA Europa League 2014-15 winners.
Leicester City surprised everyone to win the 2015-16 Premier League after a historic season. They entered the Champions League as the champions of England. Arsenal, Spurs and Manchester City qualified as the second to fourth spot finishers.
Chelsea qualified for the Champions League by winning the 2016-17 Premier League. Spurs, who were very close of a title, finished second to qualify for Europe. Manchester City and Liverpool qualified as the third and fourth place finishers.
Meantime, Manchester United, who were sixth in the league qualified after winning the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League.
Manchester City's domination in the Premier League started with winning the 2017-18 season, as they entered the Champions League 2018-19 as the champions of England. Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, and Liverpool were the other teams to qualify for Champions League.
Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur played an all-England final where Liverpool defeated Spurs by 2-0 to win the title.
After winning the Champions League, Liverpool finished second in the Premier League, just one point behind the champions, Manchester City. Chelsea and Spurs qualified as the third and fourth team from Premier League.
Liverpool finally broke City's Premier League domination as they lifted 2019-20 Premier League title with 18 points lead over Manchester City, who finished second. Manchester United and Chelsea were the other teams to qualify for the Champions League.
Manchester City and Chelsea played an all-English Champions League in 2021, where Chelsea won their second UCL title.
Manchester City again won the Premier League title to qualify for Europe, with Manchester United finishing second in the league. Liverpool and Chelsea were the other tequalified as the third and fourth teams from the Premier League.
Liverpool lost the Champions League final against Real Madrid in the 2021-22 season.
City defended the Premier League title in the 2021-22 season and entered the Champions League 2022-23, which they eventually won, beating Inter Milan in the final.
Liverpool, who lost the Premier League race by just one point, qualified alongside Chelsea and Spurs.
City won their third consecutive Premier League title helped them earn the Champions League spot. Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle United qualified for the Champions League 2023-24.
Back-to-back four Premier League titles for City ensured them another go at the Champions League. Arsenal, Liverpool, and Aston Villa were the other teams from Premier League to qualify for the new format Champions Legaue.
Arsenal were the only team from the Premier League to play semi-final that season.
A record six teams qualified for the 2025-26 Champions League season from the Premier League. Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea qualified as the top four teams. The EPS allowed an added spot as Newcastle United qualified as the fifth team.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United 2024-25 UEFA Europa League final: Spurs lift the Europa League 2025 beating United by 1-0; First trophy for Son Heung-Min
Read the Europa League 2025 highlights as Tottenham Hotspur lifted the Europa League 2025 trophy after beating United by 1-0. Son Heung-Min won his first-ever career trophy with Spurs.
Both teams have endured disastrous Premier League campaigns, currently reeling at 16th and 17th respectively, and face the threat of missing out on European football altogether, unless they win this final.
For United coach Ruben Amorim, who replaced Erik ten Hag mid-season, itβs a last shot to salvage a turbulent spell marked by 18 Premier League losses; a club record. Tottenham, meanwhile, havenβt lifted silverware since 2008, and their 21 league defeats this season mark a new low. Coach Ange Postecoglou, in his second year, sees this as a vital chance to finally deliver on Spursβ long-unfulfilled potential.
So, sit back and relax as Koushik Biswas brings you the buildup, LIVE updates and text commentary of the Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United Europa League final match.
From the corner, Vicario got a fingertip and could not get the ball away from the danger position.
Amad, from close range, had the chance to hit the back of the net, but missed the chance.
May 21, 2025, 7:18 PM
15' | Chance for United
Great floated ball from Maguire for Dorgu to go for an acrobatic shot from close range.
Romero deflected it for a corner.
May 21, 2025, 7:15 PM
13' | Successive corners for Spurs
Pressure time for United as Spurs have now won two back-to-back corners. No results for the White and Blue brigade, though.
May 21, 2025, 7:14 PM
11' | Block from Maguire
Chance for Johnson to strike after a mistake by United. But, Onana made the first save, and Harry Maguire stood like a wall to block the rebound ball by Sarr.
May 21, 2025, 7:12 PM
9' | Chance for Spurs
Pedro Porro with a long curling ball. Richarlison was there at the far post, waiting for an easy header. But Mazraoui was there to deflect it for a corner.
May 21, 2025, 7:10 PM
8' | Hojlund vs Bissouma
Both have been one of the players to watch out for in the season so far.
Hojlund tried to run on the left, but as we have seen throughout the season, Bissouma blocked his run with fierce speed.
May 21, 2025, 7:06 PM
5' | Corner for United
From that free-kick Maguire tried to head the ball don and won a corner for United.
May 21, 2025, 7:06 PM
4' | Free-kick for United
United win a free-kick and Luke Shaw takes it.
May 21, 2025, 7:05 PM
3' | Corner for Spurs
Johnson tried to chase a long ball. Luke Shaw cleared it out. Although he did not like the decision, it is a Spurs corner.
May 21, 2025, 7:02 PM
Kick-off!
Here we go!
May 21, 2025, 6:52 PM
Someone will be winning tonight!
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Do you know when was the last time Spurs won a trophy?
Tottenham's last trophy was the 2008 Carling Cup, when they beat Chelsea 2-1 in the final at Wembley. It marked the fourth time that Tottenham were crowned League Cup winners.
Head-to-head stats: Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United
The historic head-to-head sits very much in United's favour.
Both clubs enjoyed periods of success in the 1950s and 1960s, with United's teams under Sir Matt Busby and Tottenham's 1960/61 double winners widely regarded as some of the finest in English football history.
Games played
204
Man United wins
96
Tottenham wins
57
Draws
51
May 21, 2025, 12:28 PM
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May 21, 2025, 12:26 PM
Match Details
Match: Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United LIVE, Europa League final
Manchester United is a club like no other. While this has been a lean period in recent years, Unitedβs record of winning silverware stands up among the very best, and now with the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League, the club are back to lifting trophies.
In case you ever needed reminding of exactly how successful Manchester United have been, we have taken the time to run through every single trophy ever won by the Red Devils. So, let's take a look at the Manchester United trophy cabinet.
United won seven league titles prior to Ferguson's arrival, but the Scotsman managed to end a 26-year wait for the title in 1993. Ferguson proceeded to win the league on 13 occasions, with his constant desire for success helping United to dominate English football.
Liverpool, however, are now just one league title behind United after securing their 19th triumph in the 2019/20 campaign.
UEFA Champions League
Titles:3
Years won:1968, 1999, 2008
Manchester United won the European Cup in 1968 when they beat Benfica 4-1 in the final, with Matt Busby in charge.
In 1999, with Ferguson at the helm, United beat Bayern Munich 2-1 in incredible circumstances. With United trailing 1-0, Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored in stoppage time to secure glory.
Ferguson oversaw another Champions League triumph in 2008, with United prevailing past Chelsea on penalties.
Only Arsenal, who have lifted the famous trophy on 14 occasions, have won the FA Cup more often than Manchester United.
United's most recent FA Cup success came in 2024, when they Manchester City 2-1 a year after losing to their local rivals in the 2023 final.
League Cup
Titles:6
Years won:1992, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2023
United have won the League Cup five times, which is some way short of Liverpool's record of nine.
Most recently, Casemiro scored in the 2022/23 EFL Cup final to help down Newcastle 2-0 at Wembley, giving Erik ten Hag his first trophy in charge of the club and end a six-year drought without a trophy. Prior to that, the last time United won the competition was under Jose Mourinho in 2017 when they beat Southampton 3-2 in the final.
Given their frequent successes in the league and the FA Cup, United have often participated in the Community Shield.
In fact they have won the traditional curtain-raiser 21 times, which is more than any other team has managed in the history of the event.
UEFA Europa League
Titles:1
Years won:2017
United's most recent trophy came in 2017 when they beat Ajax 2-0 in the Europa League final, with Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan scoring.
UEFA Super Cup
Titles:1
Years won:1991
Following their Cup Winners' Cup success, United faced European Cup winners Red Star Belgrade in the European Super Cup final.
Brian McClair scored in a 1-0 win for United.
FIFA Club World Cup
Titles: 1
Years won:2008
The Intercontinental Cup was succeeded by the FIFA Club World Cup, and United won that competition too as they beat LDU Quito of Ecuador 1-0 in the 2008 final, with Wayne Rooney scoring.
Intercontinental Cup
Titles: 1
Years won:1999
The Intercontinental Cup was a tournament contested between the winners of the Champions League and the South American Copa Libertadores.
United won the trophy with a 1-0 win over Palmeiras in 1999, with Roy Keane scoring the only goal of the game.
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Titles:1
Years won:1991
United won their first European trophy for 23 years as they beat Barcelona 2-1 in Rotterdam.
Mark Hughes scored a brace for United, with Ronald Koeman on target for Barcelona.
Football League Division Two
Titles:2
Years won: 1936, 1975
On two occasions United won the second division title as they earned promotion to the top tier. They have remained in the top division since 1975.
Women's FA Cup
Titles: 1
Years won: 2024
Manchester United claimed their first major honour in women's football by winning the Women's FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium. Marc Skinner's side beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 in the final.
Women's Championship
Titles: 1
Years won: 2019
United entered the FA Womenβs Championship with one aim: immediate promotion to the Womenβs Super League. The determination was obvious from day one, with a sensational 12-0 win away to Aston Villa first up, including five goals for Jess Sigsworth.
Stoneyβs team were absolutely flying from there, winning eight and drawing one of the first nine games, with 42 goals scored and just one conceded.
Manchester United vs Athletic Club Bilbao LIVE, Europa League semi-final scores, news and text commentary
Stay updated with the real-time updates, scores, news and text commentary of Manchester United vs Athletic Club Bilbao UEFA Europa League semi-final second leg match.
Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Manchester United vs Athletic Club Bilbao in the Europa League 2024-25 semi-final second leg at the Old Trafford stadium in London.
United are leading by 3-0 after the first leg, and they would be favourites to enter the final. However, Athletic Club Bilbao have everything in their armoury to surprise United at their home.
Knowing United's home record this season, along with their inconsistent performances, we can expect a great fight from Bilbao. So, sit back and relax as Koushik Biswas brings you the buildup, LIVE updates and text commentary of the Manchester United vs Athletic Club Bilbao Europa League semi-final second leg match.
Head-to-head stats: Manchester United vs Athletic Club Bilbao
In the five matches across the competitions between these two teams, Athletic Club Bilbao have won 3 games while United won twice.
Team
Wins
Goals Scored
Athletic Bilbao
3
12
Manchester United
2
10
May 8, 2025, 11:14 AM
Tonight's Venue | Old Trafford
May 8, 2025, 11:11 AM
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May 8, 2025, 11:10 AM
Match Details
Match: Manchester United vs Athletic Club Bilbao LIVE, Europa League semi-final, second leg