Arsenal Qualify For Champions League After Six-Year Absence

Arsenal officially secured UEFA Champions League qualification on Wednesday night despite losing 4-1 at Manchester City. Arsenal will enter in the group stage.

Robert Summerscales | Apr 26, 2023

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Arsenal officially secured UEFA Champions League qualification on Wednesday evening despite losing 4-1 at Manchester City.

That is because Brighton & Hove Albion's 3-1 defeat at Nottingham Forest elsewhere on Wednesday made it mathematically impossible for the Gunners to finish below fourth place in the Premier League this season.

Therefore, Mikel Arteta's team are guaranteed a spot in next season's Champions League group stage.

A general view of Arsenal's Emirates Stadium in May 2022 — Arsenal's Emirates Stadium will host UEFA Champions League soccer next season :: IMAGO/Sportimage/Paul Terry

Arsenal have not played in the Champions League since the 2016/17 campaign when they finished top of Group A, ahead of Paris Saint-Germain, but lost 10-2 on aggregate to Bayern Munich in the round of 16.

Man City are also now sure of a place in next season's UCL.

Newcastle and Manchester United are strong favorites to take the other two spots but Liverpool, Tottenham, Brighton and even Aston Villa still have an outside chance of qualifying.

Published Apr 26, 2023

ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.