If Newcastle win the UEFA Cup...

oojason · Apr 27, 2004

If Newcastle win the UEFA Cup, will they be entered into next season's Champs Lge?

UEFA say that only 4 clubs from each country will be able to participate in th CL - and therefore even if we did finish 4th in the Premiership we may not be in the CL next season (I imagine the 4th placed team gets bumped from it) ...

or does someone know different - (is it a load of crap?) hopefully so

Suss · Apr 27, 2004

I'm pretty sure that the UEFA Cup winner is not given an automatic Champions League spot.

Flying Weasel · Apr 27, 2004

Winning the UEFA Cup do NOT qualify a club for the following season's Champions League.

In fact, winning the UEFA Cup do NOT automatically qualify a club for the following season's UEFA Cup. But according to the Regulations of the UEFA Cup, Article 1.07 (http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19070.pdf ) . . .

1.07 If the UEFA Cup title-holders are not eligible to take part in either of the 2003/04 UEFA Club cmpetitions, the UEFA Administration may, at the request of the association of the club concerned, admit this club to the 2003/04 UEFA Cup. Its participation will not be at the expense of the contigent of its association.
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youllneverwalkalone · Apr 27, 2004

Thank God, because I was thinking that the UEFA winner got an automatic spot too, and as Newcastle kept going on in UEFA, I kept getting more and more scared. Good to hear that they don't automatically qualify though.