Getafe clinch seventh and Europe

Getafe CF ended the 2025-26 La Liga season in seventh place on May 23 after a 1-0 home win over Osasuna, and the final standings posted by LALIGA showed the Madrid club had qualified for Europe. The official Matchday 38 results page listed Getafe’s victory at the Coliseum, while the club’s own website showed Jose Bordalas’ side finished on 51 points from 38 matches. That left Getafe one point ahead of Rayo Vallecano in eighth and behind Celta in sixth. BeIN Sports reported the finish sent Getafe into the UEFA Conference League qualifying rounds for 2026-27. ### How did Getafe seal seventh on the final day? Saturday’s 1-0 result against Osasuna was the decisive piece. LALIGA’s official results page listed Getafe’s win among the final-round matches played on May 23, with the last game of the round, Villarreal against Atletico Madrid, completed on May 24. Getafe’s club website also recorded the Osasuna match as a 1-0 victory in its season log. (laliga.com) Football España reported that Getafe entered the final day controlling its own fate for a Conference League place. The outlet said Luis Milla’s effort, helped by a deflection off Alejandro Catena, decided the match around the hour mark. ### What did the final table show? Getafe’s official club page listed the final standings with Getafe seventh on 51 points after 15 wins, six draws and 17 losses. (laliga.com) The same table showed Rayo Vallecano eighth on 50 points and Valencia ninth on 49. Getafe also finished with 32 goals scored and 38 conceded, according to the club site. BeIN Sports said Getafe qualified for the Conference League play-offs despite ending the season with a negative goal difference of minus six. (football-espana.net) The report also noted that Getafe scored 32 goals in 38 league games. ### Which other results mattered around them? Celta Vigo’s 1-0 win over Sevilla was one of the other key results on May 23. (getafecf.com) BeIN Sports said that outcome secured Celta’s place in the Europa League, while Getafe’s win over Osasuna locked in the next European berth below them. (beinsports.com) LALIGA’s Matchday 38 page showed several other final-day scores around the race for positions, including Rayo Vallecano’s 2-1 win at Alaves and Valencia’s 3-1 win over Barcelona. Those results shaped the final order below Getafe but did not dislodge Bordalas’ side from seventh once Getafe had won. ### Why does seventh matter in Spain this season? (beinsports.com) Seventh place mattered because it carried a European place for 2026-27. BeIN Sports explicitly said Getafe had qualified for the Conference League play-offs, and Football España described the final-day stakes as a race for the Conference League spot. (laliga.com) The club’s finish also marked a return to Europe after several seasons away. Football España said Getafe had secured a return to European competition six years later with the final-day win over Osasuna. ### What comes next for Getafe? The 2026-27 UEFA competition access list will set the exact qualifying-round dates and opponents later in the offseason. (beinsports.com) For now, LALIGA’s final standings and Matchday 38 results pages, along with Getafe’s official club table, are the published record showing Getafe in seventh place and in line for the Conference League qualifying round. (laliga.com) (football-espana.net)