the winner is always granted a place in the CL now. if they dont have it already from the standings, they will get in on the qualifying stages at worst.
the winner is always granted a place in the CL now. if they dont have it already from the standings, they will get in on the qualifying stages at worst.
It always did. If the CL winner finished below the CL places, they would qualify at the expenses of the last team, like in Spain in 2000:
1999–2000 La Liga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The story in 2005 was exceptional in that the FA didn't want Liverpool to qualify in place of Everton in fear of conflicts. Everton had already been barred from Europe in 1985 because of the ban on Liverpool that got extended to all English teams. Merseyside derby would become hot.