European Qualification:

Premier League Pos 1-3: Automatic Qualification for Champions League group stage.
Premier League Pos 4: Entry into Champions League at final qualifying round.
Premier League Pos 5: Automatic Entry into Europa League.
League Cup Winners: Automatic Entry into Europa League. The League Cup Winners this season were Man City who will almost certainly qualify for the Champions League, so therefore this European spot is transferred to the team finishing 6th in the Premier League (not to Sunderland who lost the final).

F.A.Cup Winners: Automatic Entry into the Europa League. if the winners have already qualified for any European spot via any of the above entry levels, then their place goes to the F.A.Cup runners-up. If both finalists have already secured a spot then the final place goes to the team finishing in 7th place in the Premier League.

As others have already stated, the financial fair play rules will not affect qualification for entry into the European competitions for the season 2014/15.

What all of this means from City's point of view is that, providing Arsenal finish anywhere inside the top 6 of this season's Premier League (highly likely, even with their stuttering league form of late), Tigers will be playing Thursday Nights on Channel 5 next season, irrespective of whether they are F.A.Cup winners or runners-up.

Not quite right. The fa cup place enters a round later so if nal came 5th and won the cup they would take the cup space and the other spot would revert to 7th in the league. City have everton last game of the season so cant influence this in a way.

Not sure a Europa league place would be for the best anyway, unless you get to the quarter finals you face playing Eastern Europe teams who are so obscure you have to google them, meanwhile the long away trips and extra mid-week game stretches the squad. Swansea this season and Newcastle the other year have struggled because of it.

Where did you get this from?

Most City fans seem to think that if Arsenal win the cup and finish 5th then they take the European cup spot allocated to the FA cup because it has a higher seeding and the place reserved for finishing 5th goes to the next highest finisher in the league.

Found this on the Premier League website

Should the FA Cup winners, runners-up (if applicable) and the Football League Cup winners already have qualified for Europe, their place goes to the next best placed clubs in the Premier League.

Looks like City would miss out if they lose the final

I could be wrong but that reads to me that City will qualify if they lose the final being the runners-up?

If Arsenal finish 5th and win the cup they will go into the Europa League and City wont.
If Arsenal finish 4th and win the cup then City will be in The Europea League
If City win the cup then they will play in the Europa League

I think it depends where Arsenal finish. 4th or 5th

Im shocked that Allam hasnt had a paddy and tried to get the final moved as playing it in London gives a home advantage to the London Gunners

I honestly have no idea.

City will be in Europe.

They win - Europa League

Arsenal win - they're already in Europe (probably), City as runners-up get their place in the Europa League.


The League Cup is slightly different in that if the winners are already in Europe, their place goes to the next place team in the league, not the runners-up.

Plus Wembley has been home to the Gunners down the years.

Its an outrage i tell tee

Not according to the HDM
"Arsenal are in desperate need of points as they chase Champions League football, a feat that in turn would guarantee the Tigers a Europa League spot through the FA Cup"

He's asked the FA give him Wembley i heared,no other details,just that he wants them to give him it or he won't let City play in the cup final.