Question on Champs league

**Crosby87** · 07/08/2009, 11:16 PM

My question is, whats the deal with the Champions League playin? I never noticed it before!
I always thought the top 4 teams from the Prem were automatically in Champions League, yet I see Arsenal are playing Celtic? So the team that finishes 4th has to play their way in? And if so do they ever lose? I never remember a year where there werent 4 teams in there is why this is strange to me, Ive been watching now for almost 10 years so I just wanted to make sure I understood what the deal was and I feel dumb....Thanks

**Darkglasses** · 07/08/2009, 11:18 PM

Yeap the 4th place Premiership team has to play in the play-off round before entering the group stages. Couldn't tell you when the last time the 4th place team lost though

**Crosby87** · 07/08/2009, 11:21 PM

OK Thanks...never knew that.

**thischarmingman** · 07/08/2009, 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by Darkglasses

Yeap the 4th place Premiership team has to play in the play-off round before entering the group stages. Couldn't tell you when the last time the 4th place team lost though

Villareal 4-2 Everton, August 2005

At no stage have 4 EPL teams gone straight into the CL groups.

Crosby, the main European football site for this sort of info is here, although if you (understandably) can't get your head around it, holidaysong or Schumi will be able to make (somewhat) sense of it!

**dcfcsteve** · 07/08/2009, 11:57 PM

Originally Posted by Crosby87

My question is, whats the deal with the Champions League playin? I never noticed it before!
I always thought the top 4 teams from the Prem were automatically in Champions League, yet I see Arsenal are playing Celtic? So the team that finishes 4th has to play their way in? And if so do they ever lose? I never remember a year where there werent 4 teams in there is why this is strange to me, Ive been watching now for almost 10 years so I just wanted to make sure I understood what the deal was and I feel dumb....Thanks

I think you may have taken a wrong turn somewhere Crosby.

This is a forum for fans of Irish club football.

If you want information on the English game, I suggest you try your nearest barstool.

**brianw82** · 08/08/2009, 12:31 AM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

I think you may have taken a wrong turn somewhere Crosby.

This is a forum for fans of Irish club football.

If you want information on the English game, I suggest you try your nearest barstool.

Or, to be more polite, you could have asked the question in the 'World Football' forum, where there's already a CL thread.

**WexCar** · 08/08/2009, 1:21 AM

Originally Posted by Crosby87

My question is, whats the deal with the Champions League playin? I never noticed it before!
I always thought the top 4 teams from the Prem were automatically in Champions League, yet I see Arsenal are playing Celtic? So the team that finishes 4th has to play their way in? And if so do they ever lose? I never remember a year where there werent 4 teams in there is why this is strange to me, Ive been watching now for almost 10 years so I just wanted to make sure I understood what the deal was and I feel dumb....Thanks

before this year 1st & 2nd qualified automatically and 3rd & 4th went into 3rd qualifying round, this year the top 3 qualify automatically and 4th go into play-off

**SalvadorSanchez** · 09/08/2009, 3:25 AM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

I think you may have taken a wrong turn somewhere Crosby.

This is a forum for fans of Irish club football.

If you want information on the English game, I suggest you try your nearest barstool.

oooooohhhhh (makes handbag sign)