Regardless of whether MU or Tottenham are crowned, Europa League will welcome the worst champion in history

Regardless of whether MU or Tottenham is crowned, Europa League will welcome the worst champion in history photo 1

If the 2024/25 Europa League final does not take place outside England (Bilbao, Spain), people will think it is a pointless match between two teams lucky to stay in the Premier League thanks to the 3 teams relegated very early.

At the end of round 37 of the 2024/25 Premier League, MU is in 16th place with 39 points and Tottenham is in 17th place with 38 points. They can finish the season in 14th or 15th place, but it is very difficult, they have to win the last match and hope that West Ham and Wolves (with 2 matches left) will lose. Considering the current form, it is unlikely that MU and Tottenham will meet the first condition, because one team has not won in the past 8 matches and the other team has gone through 5 matches with only draws and losses.

So whether United or Tottenham win at San Mames, they will go down in history as the lowest-placed winners in Europa League history. Since the tournament was rebranded in 2009/10, no team ranked lower than 12th has reached the final, let alone won it. Sevilla, who won the competition in 2023, finished 12th at worst, while Fulham, who reached the final (and lost) in 2010, also finished 12th.

Regardless of whether MU or Tottenham is crowned, Europa League will welcome the worst champion in history photo 2

MU and Tottenham are currently ranked 16th and 17th in the Premier League 2024/25.

Expanding to other European competitions, Arsenal in the 1969/70 season finished 12th in the English Premier League and won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. With the same ranking in the Bundesliga, in the 1996/97 season, Schalke became the UEFA Cup champion.

A little further back, Inter finished 13th in Serie A in 1993/94, their lowest position in history, but won the UEFA Cup. The record is held by David Moyes' West Ham in 2022/23. They won the Europa Conference League after finishing 14th in the Premier League.

That said, the chances of United and Tottenham finishing 14th are slim. They are on course to go down in European history as the lowest-ranked champions, and then go on to become the worst-placed team to qualify for the 2025/26 Champions League.

Thanh Hai

Source: https://tienphong.vn/bat-ke-mu-hay-tottenham-dang-quang-europa-league-cung-chao-don-nha-vo-dich-te-nhat-lich-su-post1743855.tpo