England and Spain finished in the top two of the 2024/25 association club coefficients and therefore secured next season's European Performance Spots; the two berths have been filled by Newcastle United and Villarreal, respectively.
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What are the European Performance Spots?
As happened last year under the new format of the European club competitions, the European Performance Spots go to the associations with the best collective performance by their clubs at the end of the current season's UEFA men's club competitions (i.e. the association club coefficient from the season just completed, which is based on the total number of club coefficient points obtained by each club from an association, divided by the number of clubs from that association, in accordance with Annex D of the competition regulations).
Those two associations each earn one automatic place in the league phase ("European Performance Spot") for the club ranked next-best in their domestic league behind those clubs that have already qualified directly for the league phase.
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England and Spain finished in the top two of the 2024/25 association club coefficients and therefore each earned a European Performance Spot.
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Which clubs take the European Performance Spots?
Both Spain and England have four automatic league phase spots for the 2025/26 campaign, meaning the teams that finish in the top four in both the Premier League and La Liga standings are assured of places in the league phase.
Newcastle, fifth in the Premier League, will take England's European Performance Spot, while Spain's will go to fifth-placed Villarreal.
European Performance Spots
England: Newcastle United
Spain: Villarreal----This news comes from https://www.uefa.com/ and is NOT for commercial purposes