Who has qualified for next season's Champions League?

Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United are among 18 clubs to have already qualified for the 2026-27 Champions League.

United became the third English side to book a place in the competition after they secured enough points to ensure they can finish no lower than fifth in the Premier League.

Traditionally, England is awarded four places in the Champions League. But strong performances by English sides in Uefa club competitions this season mean the nation has been given one of two Elite Performance Spots (EPS) for next season, resulting in the top five Premier League clubs qualifying for the Champions League.

Joining them so far are Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Villarreal, Atletico Madrid, Paris St-Germain, Lens, PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord, Galatasaray, Shakhtar Donetsk and Porto.

Inter have secured a top-four finish in Serie A, with Barcelona, Real, Villarreal and Atletico doing the same in La Liga.

Like the Premier League, Spain's La Liga will be awarded an EPS, meaning they will also take five places in next season's Champions League.

Bayern, PSV, Porto and Galatasaray have already won league titles in Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal and Turkey respectively, guaranteeing their places.

Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig have guaranteed themselves second and third respectively in the Bundesliga this season, while PSG and Lens will finish in the top two of Ligue 1.

For winning Ukraine's top-flight, Shakhtar were due to enter in the second round of qualifying. However, with this season's Champions League finalists Arsenal and Atletico Madrid already guaranteed a place in next season's Champions League, a titleholder replacement was required.

Shakhtar are the highest-ranked club in Uefa's club coefficient ranking not to have already qualified for the competition, meaning they will take the spot that was initially reserved for the winner of this season's competition.

A total of 36 teams will compete in the league phase of the Champions League, 29 of which will be decided before the end of this season.

The other seven all come from qualification, taking place in the early months of the 2026-27 campaign.

Galatasaray won the Turkish Super Lig title with a 4-2 win over Antalyaspor

The first two places into next season's Champions League's league phase go to the winners of this season's Champions League and Europa League.

Following that, to determine how many places each nation gets, Uefa uses their association rankings from the five-year period ending two seasons prior to that campaign.

For example, for the 2026-27 season, places are used based on Uefa's rankings between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 seasons.

With England, Italy, Spain and Germany ranked first to fourth respectively, the top four teams in their leagues qualify straight to the league path.

France, ranked in fifth, see the top three teams in Ligue 1 directly qualify. Fourth place will also earn a spot in the third qualifying round of the competition.

Netherlands are ranked sixth and are awarded spots for the top two Eredivisie sides, as well as third place entering the third qualifying round.

Portugal, Belgium, Czech Republic and Turkey, ranked seventh to 10th in order, are given two places each. The league winners from all four countries get a spot in the league phase. The league runners-up in Portugal, Belgium and Czech Republic all get a place in the third qualifying round, while Turkey are given an extra team in the second qualifying round.

Norway, Greece, Austria and Scotland are the nations ranked 11th to 14th. The winners of each league all get a place in the play-off qualifying round, effectively the fourth and final round of qualifying. All four countries also get a second place in the second qualifying round.

Poland, ranked 15th, will see their top two clubs enter in the second qualifying round. All other nations only get one team each, all of which will enter in either of the first two rounds of qualifying.

In qualifying, seven spots are available. Teams are split into the 'champions path' and the 'league path'.

Champions path clubs, league winners from nations outside the top 10 during the qualifying period, will compete for one of five spots.

The other two spots go to league path clubs, a separate qualifying path for clubs from nations given multiple qualifying spots without winning their domestic league.