Premier League, Women's Super League, EFL, Scottish football: Ups, downs & European qualification

Manchester City celebrate their latest Premier League title success

BBC Sport outlines the promotion and relegation issues - and the race for European qualification - in England and Scotland for 2023-24.

Premier League

Manchester City are champions for a fourth successive season, the first time this feat has been achieved in the English top flight, after beating West Ham 3-1 on the final day of the season.

City will be joined in next season's Champions League group stage by Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa.

Fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur and FA Cup winners Manchester United will enter the Europa League group stage. Sixth-placed Chelsea take the Europa Conference League place transferred to the league after Liverpool won the Carabao Cup.

The bottom three teams are relegated to the Championship. Sheffield United's relegation was confirmed on 27 April as they lost 5-1 at Newcastle. Burnley joined them on 11 April after losing 2-1 at Tottenham, while Luton Town went down after losing 4-2 to Fulham on the final day.

Women's Super League

Chelsea made sure of the WSL title in manager Emma Hayes' final game in charge

WSL champions Chelsea, who clinched the title with a 6-0 win at Manchester United on the final day of the season, will enter the Champions League second round along with runners-up Manchester City. Third-placed Arsenal will enter in the first round.

Bristol City have been relegated and will make an immediate return to the second tier, with that fate confirmed they were thumped 4-0 by Manchester City on 29 April. They will be replaced by Women's Championship winners Crystal Palace.

Championship

Leicester City are the first team to have won English football's second tier on eight separate occasions

Leicester City clinched an immediate return to the Premier League on 26 April after promotion rivals Leeds lost 4-0 at QPR, and made sure of the title by winning 3-0 at Preston three days later. Ipswich Town earned the second automatic place by beating Huddersfield 2-0 on the final day of the season, and Southampton were promoted after beating Leeds 1-0 in the play-off final on 26 May.

The bottom three teams are relegated to League One. Rotherham United were the first EFL team to be relegated when they lost 1-0 to Plymouth on 5 April, and they were joined on the final day of the season by Huddersfield Town who lost 2-0 at Ipswich and Birmingham City, despite their 1-0 win over Norwich.

League One

Portsmouth clinched promotion - and the title - at Fratton Park with two games to spare

Portsmouth secured automatic promotion to the Championship as champions on 16 April by beating Barnsley 3-2, and were joined by runners-up Derby County who overcame Carlisle 2-0 on the final day of the season. Oxford United earned the third promotion spot by beating Bolton 2-0 in the play-off final on 18 May.

The bottom four teams are relegated to League Two. Carlisle United were relegated on 6 April after losing 2-0 at Northampton. Port Vale joined them after a 2-0 loss at Bolton on 20 April, the same day that Fleetwood Town went down despite beating Leyton Orient 1-0. The fourth relegated team were Cheltenham Town, who lost 2-1 at Stevenage on the final day.

League Two

Stockport celebrated their title win with a flag remembering George Thompson, a teenage Hatters fan who died in 2021

Stockport County clinched automatic promotion to League One by beating Morecambe 2-0 on 13 April, and won the title three days later with a 5-2 win at Notts County.

They will be joined by Wrexham, who made sure of promotion by beating Forest Green 6-0 on 13 April, and Mansfield Town who beat Accrington 2-1 on 16 April. Crawley Town beat Crewe 2-0 in the play-off final on 19 May to take the final promotion spot.

Forest Green Rovers' relegation to the National League was confirmed on 16 April after Colchester beat Grimsby 2-0, and they were joined on the final day of the season by Sutton United who drew 4-4 at Milton Keynes.

National League

Chesterfield were the first team in England or Scotland's major leagues to clinch promotion

Chesterfield secured the title, and automatic promotion back to the EFL after six years away, by beating Boreham Wood 3-0 on 23 March, while Bromley will play in League Two for the first time in their history after beating Solihull Moors on penalties in the play-off final on 5 May.

The bottom four teams are relegated to National League North or South, and will be replaced with the champions and play-off winners of those two divisions.

Oxford City's relegation was confirmed when they lost 2-1 at AFC Fylde on 23 March, and they were joined on 13 April by Dorking Wanderers who drew 1-1 at Rochdale, Kidderminster Harriers who lost 1-0 to Eastleigh, and Boreham Wood who drew 0-0 with Ebbsfleet on the final day of the season.

Tamworth clinched the National League North title on 6 April with a 1-1 draw against Warrington, while Boston United won the play-off final 2-1 against Brackley Town on 4 May.

Yeovil Town made sure of the National League South title by beating Truro 2-0 on 11 April, while Braintree Town beat Worthing 4-3 in the play-off final on 6 May.

Scottish Premiership

Celtic clinched their 12th Scottish title in 13 seasons with a game to spare

Champions Celtic made sure of the title on 15 May by winning 5-0 at Kilmarnock, They will enter the Champions League group stage, with runners-up Rangers entering in the third qualifying round.

With Celtic also winning the Scottish Cup, the Europa League place reserved for the cup winners reverts to the league.

So Hearts will enter the Europa League at the play-off round, with Kilmarnock in the second qualifying round, while St Mirren will enter the Europa Conference League at the second qualifying round.

Bottom club Livingston were relegated to the Scottish Championship on 4 May after losing 4-1 at Motherwell, while 11th-placed Ross County will remain in the top flight after beating Championship side Raith Rovers in the play-off final.

Scottish Championship

A goalless draw in their penultimate game of the season clinched an immediate return to the top flight for Dundee United

Dundee United were promoted to the Scottish Premiership as champions on 26 April after a 0-0 draw at Airdrieonians. They will be the only promoted club after Raith Rovers lost to 11th-placed Premiership side Ross County in the play-off final.

Bottom side Arbroath's relegation to League One was confirmed with a 5-0 thrashing by Ayr United on 13 April. Also relegated are Inverness Caledonian Thistle who were beaten by League One side Hamilton in the two-legged play-off final.

Scottish League One

Falkirk were assured of the title after Hamilton failed to win earlier in the day

Champions Falkirk clinched automatic promotion to the Scottish Championship after rivals Hamilton drew 0-0 with Queen of the South just before they won 7-1 at Montrose on 30 March. Hamilton Academical joined them after beating Championship side Inverness in the play-off final.

Bottom club Edinburgh City were the first team in England or Scotland to be relegated after losing 5-2 to Alloa on 16 March. Ninth-placed Stirling Albion will join them in League Two after losing to Dumbarton in the play-off semi-finals on 11 April.

Scottish League Two

Stenhousemuir's triumph was the first league title in the club's history

Stenhousemuir clinched automatic promotion to League One as champions on 6 March after drawing 0-0 with East Fife. Dumbarton were promoted on 17 May after beating Spartans in the play-off final.

Bottom side Stranraer beat Lowland League winners East Kilbride in the two-legged pyramid play-off final, so there is no relegation from League Two this season.

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