Nearly a decade has passed since Premier League clubs last achieved this feat.

The six Premier League representatives—Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Newcastle United, and Tottenham Hotspur—have collectively advanced to the knockout rounds of the 2025/26 Champions League, confirming the dominant power of English football on the European stage this season.

The 2025/26 Champions League season marks a significant milestone for English football as all six clubs have reached the knockout phase. This is the first time since the 2017/18 season that every English club participating in Europe’s premier tournament has progressed beyond the initial stage into the direct elimination rounds.

This season, the six Premier League teams in the knockout stage are Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Newcastle United, and Tottenham Hotspur. This clearly illustrates the strength and squad depth of English clubs, especially as the Champions League format has shifted to a League Phase requiring greater consistency rather than just sporadic bursts of performance.

After this season’s League Phase, the Premier League representatives have all shown impressive form in the Champions League standings. Among the top 8 positions in the League Phase, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea, and Man City rank 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 8th respectively. This highlights the absolute dominance of English clubs in Europe. Newcastle, although placed 12th, has also demonstrated its strength and ambition by thrashing Qarabag with an aggregate score of 9-3 over two legs in the Play-off round.

The last time English football made a similar impact was in the 2017/18 season, when five clubs including Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur all qualified for the Champions League knockout stage. That achievement was seen as a reaffirmation of the Premier League’s top position in Europe, and now a similar scenario is unfolding on an even more impressive scale.

The dominance of English clubs in this season’s Champions League is not only due to financial power but also long-term development strategies, squad depth, and high-level competitive experience. While other leagues like La Liga and Serie A show signs of stagnation, the Premier League is increasingly asserting its supremacy on the continental stage.

With six clubs in the knockout phase, the chances for English football to have representatives in the semi-finals or even the Champions League final are very realistic. If they maintain their current form, the 2025/26 season could become another glorious chapter in English football history at the Champions League.