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England has a 1.1 per cent chance of having five teams in next season's Champions League after a disastrous week for Premier League clubs in Europe.

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Italy have secured an extra Champions League spot and could end up with six teams competing at European football's top table next season



That would occur if Atalanta, who are sixth in Serie A, remain outside of the top five and win the Europa League.

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England has finished in the top two of the coefficient table in six of the last seven seasons but the Premier League currently has their lowest coefficient total since the 2016/17 - and it would have been an even lower but for the introduction of the Europa Conference League in 2021-22.

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Has the Premier League had five CL participants before?

Previously in 2005, when Liverpool won the Champions League but finished outside the top four, the Premier League was granted five potential Champions League berths, with the caveat of having to go through qualifiers.

During the 2015/16 season, Spain became the first association to have five teams in the Champions League group stage after Sevilla lifted the Europa League, despite finishing outside the top four in LaLiga the previous campaign, while Valencia came through the play-off round.

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