Winners of Europe's top soccer leagues this season
Tuesday, 6 June 2023
The 2022-23 season saw some extremely close matches in Europe, with Napoli, winning the Serie A title after 33 years.
In England, Manchester City defended the throne, winning a hat-trick of Premier League title while Barcelona became La Liga champion for the first time since the exit of Lionel Messi.
Germany's Bundesliga scored 971 goals in 306 matches in the season. Daichi Kamada is the top scorer in Bundesliga, with nine goals.
England's Premier League, Manchester City recently secured the English Premier League 2022-23 title. Pep's side chased Mikel Arteta's Arsenal, who led for 248 days to secure their third-consecutive league title. A total of 1084 goals were scored in 380 matches by all 20 sides.
Erling Haaland has played a huge role in Manchester City's success. He officially won his first Golden Boot after finishing top scorer in the Premier League 2022/23. The Norwegian broke the all-time goal-scoring record in a single season to 36, while silver went to Harry Kane with 30.
As the 2022-23 season is over, here's a roundup of exactly what has been decided in the English Premier League, German Bundesliga, Spanish LaLiga, Italian Serie A and French Ligue 1, report agencies.
LaLiga
Title: Barcelona were formally anointed LaLiga champions for the first time in four years when they beat neighbours Espanyol 4-2 in the local derby last month.
Champions League: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad had already sewn up the other places in the top four.
Sevilla won the Europa League (UEL), so Spain will have five teams in Europe's top competition next season, and eight teams overall. Sevilla did not qualify domestically.
Europa League: Villarreal (64) took the place for the league and, as Real Madrid won the Copa del Rey, Real Betis (60) also qualified for the UEL.
Europa Conference League: Osasuna won at home to Girona on the final day, which was enough to secure UECL football ahead of Athletic Club, Girona and Rayo Vallecano.
Serie A
Title: Napoli cantered to their first Scudetto in 33 years when wrapping things up with a 1-1 draw against Udinese on May 04.
Champions League: Lazio, Inter Milan and AC Milan had already secured their places.
Europa League: Atalanta took the place for the league in fifth. As Inter won the Coppa Italia, sixth-placed AS Roma will also play in the UEL.
Fiorentina will be an eighth Italian team in Europe if they beat West Ham United in the Europa Conference League final on June 07, as that earns a place in next season's Europa League.
Europa Conference League: Juventus finished seventh and go into the UECL.
Ligue 1
Title: Paris Saint-Germain fended off Lens and clinched the Ligue 1 title with a game to spare last weekend.
Champions League: Lens took the second automatic group-stage spot. Marseille will enter the UCL in the third qualifying round.
Europa League: Toulouse, who finished 13th, took the first place winning the Coupe de France. Stade Rennais sealed the second place with a 2-1 win at Brest on the final day, overtaking Lille who drew at Troyes.
Europa Conference League: Lille were consigned to Europe's third-tier competition.
Premier League
Title: Manchester City were crowned champions on May 20 when Arsenal lost at Nottingham Forest.
Champions League: Arsenal returned to the Champions League for the first time in 2016-17, while Newcastle United will be in Europe's premier club competition for the first time in 21 years. Manchester United finished third to take a UCL berth.
Europa League: Liverpool took the place allocated to the league. Man City beat Man United 2-1 in the final of the FA Cup, so the UEL place goes to Brighton & Hove Albion -- with the Seagulls securing a first-ever European campaign.
West Ham will also qualify for the UEL if they beat Fiorentina in the final of the UECL.
Europa Conference League: Aston Villa claimed it with a win at home to Brighton last weekend.
Bundesliga
Title: Bayern Munich pipped Borussia Dortmund on goal difference on the final day.
Champions League: RB Leipzig and Union Berlin join Bayern and Dortmund at Europe's top table.
Europa League: SC Freiburg took the Europa League spot allocated to the league. As RB Leipzig won the DFB Pokal final, Bayer Leverkusen will also go into the UEL after finishing sixth.
Europa Conference League: Although they lost the cup final, Eintracht Frankfurt still get the consolation of the UECL in seventh place.