Arsenal will go into the Europa League group stages next seasonArsenal will not be in next season's Champions League after losing the Europa League final to Chelsea in Baku. The Gunners will play in next season's Europa League group stages, with Chelsea in the Champions League. The Europa League winners get an automatic Champions League group spot, but Chelsea had already qualified by finishing third in the Premier League. That is because the third-placed team in Ligue 1 - Uefa's fifth highest-ranked league - go straight into the group stages rather than the qualifiers if the Europa League winners qualify for the Champions League through their own league. It means a third consecutive season without Champions League football for Arsenal, who finished fifth in the Premier League.

Source: BBC May 29, 2019 20:48 UTC