Napoli, Inter, Atalanta and 13 others already qualified for 2025-26 Champions League

Originally posted on Football Italia | By Peter Young | Last updated May 13, 2025 9:55 AM ET

Atalanta became the latest side to book their spot in the 2025-26 edition of the Champions League with a 2-1 victory over Roma in Serie A on Monday night, which means that La Dea are guaranteed to finish the league season in third place regardless of what happens in their final two games.

There will be four Serie A sides involved in the Champions League next season, down one from the bumper five-team line-up in 2024-25.

Napoli, Inter and Atalanta have already secured their places, while Juventus, Lazio, Roma, Bologna and Fiorentina all have a mathematical chance of claiming the final spot.

There two ‘extra’ Champions League spots will go to teams from the Premier League and LaLiga this season, meaning there will be five Spanish sides involved next season and six from England, given that they will also provide the Europa League winner, which will be either Manchester United or Tottenham.

Every team qualified for 2025-26 Champions League so far

Italy: Napoli, Inter, Atalanta

England: Liverpool

Spain: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid

Germany: Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen

France: PSG, Marseille, Monaco

Netherlands: Ajax, PSV

Czechia: Slavia Prague

Greece: Olympiacos

Who else could qualify for 2025-26 Champions League

With 16 teams already confirmed for next season’s Champions League, there are still 20 league phase slots up for grabs across the various European leagues.

29 of the 36 Champions League league phase positions will come from pre-determined nations. Below is the breakdown of guaranteed Champions League league phase places.

Six teams: Premier League (England)

Five teams: LaLiga (Spain)

Four teams: Serie A (Italy), Bundesliga (Germany)

Three teams: Ligue 1 (France)

Two teams: Eredivisie (Netherlands)

One team: Liga Portugal (Portugal), Pro League (Belgium), Super Lig (Turkey), First League (Czechia), Super League (Greece)

The remaining seven positions will be taken up by teams from the qualifying rounds, which will include the fourth-placed team in France, the third-placed team in the Netherlands, the second-placed teams from Portugal, Belgium, Turkey, Greece and Czechia, plus competitors from a total of 53 European nations, including the likes of Sweden, Scotland, Denmark, Norway, Austria and Serbia.

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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