{"id":49871,"date":"2025-05-21T14:33:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T14:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=49871"},"modified":"2025-05-21T14:34:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T14:34:54","slug":"lowest-league-position-a-team-has-won-a-major-european-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/lowest-league-position-a-team-has-won-a-major-european-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is The Lowest League Position A Team Has Won A Major European Trophy From? As Spurs and United Face-Off In Europa League Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Manchester United and Tottenham have both had league seasons they will want to erase &#8211; but the good news for their fans is they both have the chance to redeem themselves by lifting Wednesday&#8217;s Europa League trophy. However, with their poor efforts on the domestic front hitting the headlines &#8211; and the prospect still of glory in Europe &#8211; we look at previous European winners that have tasted glory from low league positions.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>West Ham Were 14th In The League When Then Won The Europa Conference League in 2023<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/manchester-united-fc-vs-tottenham-stats-europa-league-final-2025\/\">Manchester United vs Tottenham stats for the Europa League<\/a> suggest it&#8217;s a hard game to call &#8211; both teams are languishing in the Premier League and really they are lucky one of the three promoted sides (Southampton, Ipswich and Leicester) have struggled this campaign or they&#8217;d had further egg on their face.<\/p>\n<p>United are down in 16th and Spurs 17th as they prepare to face-off in the 2025 Europa League Final on Wednesday night in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>But whichever team does manage to salvage their season <em>(not that they will probably care) &#8211; <\/em>they will also have the unwanted record of being the team to win a European trophy from the lowest league position.<\/p>\n<p>On a plus, West Ham fans will be pleased &#8211; as the London side currently hold his accolade when they won the Europa Conference League in 2022-23.<\/p>\n<p>At the time the Hammers were only 14th in the league, which surpassed Inter&#8217;s 1994 UEFA Cup win when they were 13th in Serie A.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the full list of the top <em>(or bottom)<\/em> five sides that had a hard time in the league, but still managed to reward their fans with a European <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/football\/\">football<\/a> title.<\/p>\n<p>Which also include another English side &#8211; Arsenal, who landed the 1970 Inter-Cities Fair Cup when only 12th in the old English top-flight.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49872 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Insta.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Insta.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Insta-560x410.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Insta-350x256.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What Are The Current League Positions For Tottenham and Manchester United?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>With just one Premier League game remaining for both Tottenham and Manchester United &#8211; it&#8217;s hard to believe the pair are sitting just outside the relegation places.<\/p>\n<p>The good news for them, however, is the three teams below them are already relegated &#8211; but if one of the trio of Southampton, Ipswich or Leicester had performed better this term &#8211; then we&#8217;d be staring at English top-flight heavyweights Spurs or United facing the drop.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see from the table below, Manchester United will head into Wednesday&#8217;s Europa League final in 16th and Tottenham in 17th &#8211; with just a point separating the struggling sides.<\/p>\n<p>They can both improve slightly on this in their final games, which are both on Sunday 25th May, as United host Aston Villa and Spurs entertain Brighton.<\/p>\n<p>The good news for each team though is with their remaining league clash at home &#8211; one of them will be able to showcase the Europa League Trophy there this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>You can see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/how-many-european-titles-have-tottenham-man-utd-won\/\">how many European Cups Spurs and Man Utd have won<\/a> here.<\/p>\n<p>While this will be only the second time United and Tottenham have met in Europe before. The only previous clash came in a 1963-64 Cup Winners&#8217; Cup last 16, which the Red Devils won 4-3 over two-legs, with United legend Matt Busby at the helm.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Man Utd and Spurs Premier League Positions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"su-table su-table-responsive su-table-alternate\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Position <\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Team<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Points<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">16th<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Man Utd<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">17th<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Spurs<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">18th<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Leicester (r)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">19th<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Ipswich (r)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">20th<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Southampton (r)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><em>Note: Table correct as 20th May 2025<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49703 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Europa-League-Final-Top-Scorers-924x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Europa-League-Final-Top-Scorers-924x520.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Europa-League-Final-Top-Scorers-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Europa-League-Final-Top-Scorers-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Europa-League-Final-Top-Scorers-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Europa-League-Final-Top-Scorers.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>Europa League Final 2025 Match Details<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc6Date: Wednesday 21st May 2025<br \/>\n\u231aTime: 8pm GMT<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfdf\ufe0fVenue: San Mam\u00e9s Stadium, Bilbao, Spain<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcfaTV: TNT Sports (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/how-to-watch-tottenham-vs-man-utd-europa-league-final-preview-team-news-lineups-prediction\/\">How to Watch The 2025 Europa League Final<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United and Tottenham have both had league seasons they will want to erase &#8211; but the good news for their fans is they both have the chance to redeem themselves by lifting Wednesday&#8217;s Europa League trophy. 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