Football Wiki
Register
Advertisement
Football Wiki
Premier League
Premier League
Country England England
Flag of Wales Wales
Confederation UEFA
Founded 20 February 1992
Number of teams 20
Relegation to Championship
Level on pyramid 1
Domestic cup(s) FA Cup
League Cup
UEFA cup(s) Champions League
Europa League
Europa Conference League
Current champions Manchester City (9th title) (2022-23)
TV Sky Sports
BT Sport (live matches)
Sky Sports
BBC (highlights)
Website Official website
Football current event 2023-24

The Premier League is an English professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League (EFL; known as "The Football League" before 2016–17). Welsh clubs that compete in the English football league system can also qualify.

The Premier League is a corporation in which the 20 member clubs act as shareholders. Seasons run from August to May. Teams play 38 matches each (playing each team in the league twice, home and away), totalling 380 matches in the season. Most games are played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons; others during weekday evenings. It is colloquially known as the Premiership and outside the UK it is commonly referred to as the English Premier League (EPL).

The competition formed as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from the Football League, which was originally founded in 1888, and take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal. The deal was worth £1 billion a year domestically as of 2013–14, with BSkyB and BT Group securing the domestic rights to broadcast 116 and 38 games respectively. The league generates €2.2 billion per year in domestic and international television rights. In 2014/15, teams were apportioned revenues of £1.6 billion.

The Premier League is the most-watched football league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643 million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people. In the 2014–15 season, the average Premier League match attendance exceeded 36,000, second highest of any professional football league behind the Bundesliga's 43,500. Most stadium occupancies are near capacity. The Premier League ranks third in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the past five seasons.

While 47 clubs have competed since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, only six have won the title: Manchester United (13), Chelsea (5), Arsenal (3), Manchester City (6), Blackburn Rovers (1), Leicester City (1) and Liverpool (1). The current champions are Manchester City, who won the title in the 2021-22 Premier League.

2023–24 season[]

Twenty clubs are competing in the 2023–24 season – top seventeen from the previous season and three promoted from the Championship.

2023–24
Club
2022–23
Position
First season in
top division
First season in
Premier League
Seasons
in top
division
Seasons
in Premier
League
First season of
current spell in
top division
No. of seasons
of current spell
in Premier League
Top
division
titles
Most
recent top
division title
Arsenal &0000000000000002.0000002nd 1904–05 1992–93 107 32 1919–20 (105 seasons) 32 13 2003–04
Aston Villa &0000000000000007.0000007th 1888–89 1992–93 110 29 2019–20 (5 seasons) 5 7 1980–81
Bournemouth &0000000000000015.00000015th 2015–16 2015–16 7 7 2022–23 (2 seasons) 2 0
Brentford &0000000000000009.0000009th 1935–36 2021–22 8 3 2021–22 (3 seasons) 3 0
Brighton & Hove Albion &0000000000000006.0000006th 1979–80 2017–18 11 7 2017–18 (7 seasons) 7 0
Burnley &0000000000000018.0000001st (EFL) 1888–89 2009–10 60 8 2023–24 (1 season) 1 2 1959–60
Chelsea &0000000000000012.00000012th 1907–08 1992–93 89 32 1989–90 (35 seasons) 32 6 2016–17
Crystal Palace &0000000000000011.00000011th 1969–70 1992–93 24 15 2013–14 (11 seasons) 11 0
Everton &0000000000000017.00000017th 1888–89 1992–93 121 32 1954–55 (70 seasons) 32 9 1986–87
Fulham &0000000000000010.00000010th 1949–50 2001–02 29 17 2022–23 (2 seasons) 2 0
Liverpool &0000000000000005.0000005th 1894–95 1992–93 109 32 1962–63 (62 seasons) 32 19 2019–20
Luton Town &0000000000000020.0000003rd (EFL) 1955–56 2023–24 17 1 2023–24 (1 season) 1 0
Manchester City &0000000000000001.0000001st 1899–1900 1992–93 95 27 2002–03 (22 seasons) 22 9 2022–23
Manchester United &0000000000000003.0000003rd 1892–93 1992–93 99 32 1975–76 (49 seasons) 32 20 2012–13
Newcastle United &0000000000000004.0000004th 1898–99 1993–94 92 29 2017–18 (7 seasons) 7 4 1926–27
Nottingham Forest &0000000000000016.00000016th 1892–93 1992–93 58 7 2022–23 (2 seasons) 2 1 1977–78
Sheffield United &0000000000000019.0000002nd (EFL) 1893–94 1992–93 63 6 2023–24 (1 season) 1 1 1897–98
Tottenham Hotspur &0000000000000008.0000008th 1909–10 1992–93 89 32 1978–79 (46 seasons) 32 2 1960–61
West Ham United &0000000000000014.00000014th 1923–24 1993–94 66 28 2012–13 (12 seasons) 12 0
Wolverhampton Wanderers &0000000000000013.00000013th 1888–89 2003–04 69 10 2018–19 (6 seasons) 6 3 1958–59

Sponsorship[]

From 1993 to 2016, the Premier League had title sponsorship rights sold to two companies; Barclays was the most recent title sponsor, having sponsored the Premier League from 2001 through 2016 (until 2004, the title sponsorship was held through its Barclaycard brand before shifting to its main banking brand in 2004).

Period Sponsor Name
1992–1993 No sponsor FA Premier League
1993–2001 Carling FA Carling Premiership
2001–2004 Barclaycard FA Barclaycard Premiership
2004–2007 Barclays FA Barclays Premiership
2008–2016 Barclays Premier League
2016– No sponsor Premier League

Barclays' deal with the Premier League expired at the end of the 2015–16 season. The FA announced on 4 June 2015 that it would not pursue any further title sponsorship deals for the Premier League, arguing that they wanted to build a "clean" brand for the competition more in line with those of major U.S. sports leagues.

As well as sponsorship for the league itself, the Premier League has a number of official partners and suppliers. The official ball supplier for the league is Nike who have had the contract since the 2000–01 season when they took over from Mitre.

Managers[]

See also List of Premier League managers

Managers in the Premier League are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection and player acquisition. Their influence varies from club-to-club and is related to the ownership of the club and the relationship of the manager with fans. Managers are required to have a UEFA Pro Licence which is the final coaching qualification available, and follows the completion of the UEFA 'B' and 'A' Licences. The UEFA Pro Licence is required by every person who wishes to manage a club in the Premier League on a permanent basis (i.e., more than 12 weeks, the amount of time an unqualified caretaker manager is allowed to take control). Caretaker appointments are managers that fill the gap between a managerial departure and a new appointment. Several caretaker managers have gone on to secure a permanent managerial post after performing well as a caretaker, including Paul Hart at Portsmouth and David Pleat at Tottenham Hotspur.

Arsène Wenger is the longest-serving manager, having been in charge of Arsenal in the Premier League from 1996 to his retirement at the conclusion of the 2017–18 season, and holds the record for most matches managed in the Premier League with 828, all with Arsenal. He broke the record set by Alex Ferguson, who had managed 810 matches with Manchester United from the Premier League's inception to his retirement at the end of the 2012–13 season. Ferguson was in charge of Manchester United from November 1986 until his retirement at the end of the 2012–13 season, meaning he was manager for the last five years of the old Football League First Division and all of the first 21 seasons of the Premier League.

During the 2021-22 season, 10 managers were been sacked: Xisco and Claudio Ranieri of Watford, Steve Bruce of Newcastle, Nuno Espirito Santo of Tottenham, Daniel Farke of Norwich, Dean Smith of Aston Villa, Ole Gunnar Solksjaer of Manchester United, Rafael Benitez of Everton, and Marcelo Bielsa of Leeds.

There have been several studies into the reasoning behind, and effects of, managerial sackings. Most famously, Professor Sue Bridgewater of the University of Liverpool and Dr. Bas ter Weel of the University of Amsterdam, performed two separate studies which helped to explain the statistics behind managerial sackings. Bridgewater's study found clubs generally sack their managers upon dropping below an average of one point per match.

The current managers in the Premier League are:

Current managers
Nat. Manager Club Appointed Time as manager
Flag of Germany Klopp, JurgenJürgen Klopp Liverpool 8 October 2015 8 years, 162 days
Flag of Spain Guardiola, PepPep Guardiola Manchester City 1 July 2016 7 years, 261 days
Flag of Denmark Frank, ThomasThomas Frank Brentford 16 October 2018 5 years, 154 days
Flag of Northern Ireland Rodgers, BrendanBrendan Rodgers Leicester City 26 February 2019 5 years, 21 days
Flag of Spain Arteta, MikelMikel Arteta Arsenal 20 December 2019 4 years, 89 days
Flag of Scotland Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes West Ham United 29 December 2019 4 years, 80 days
Flag of Portugal Silva, MarcoMarco Silva Fulham 1 July 2021 2 years, 261 days
Flag of France Vieira, PatrickPatrick Vieira Crystal Palace 4 July 2021 2 years, 258 days
Flag of Wales Cooper, SteveSteve Cooper Nottingham Forest 21 September 2021 2 years, 179 days
Flag of Italy Conte, AntonioAntonio Conte Tottenham Hotspur 2 November 2021 2 years, 137 days
Flag of England Howe, EddieEddie Howe Newcastle United 8 November 2021 2 years, 131 days
Flag of England Lampard, FrankFrank Lampard Everton 31 January 2022 2 years, 47 days
Flag of United States Marsch, JesseJesse Marsch Leeds United 28 February 2022 2 years, 19 days
Flag of Netherlands ten Hag, ErikErik ten Hag Manchester United 23 May 2022 1 year, 300 days
Flag of England O'Neil, GaryGary O'Neil Bournemouth 30 August 2022 1 year, 201 days
Flag of England Potter, GrahamGraham Potter Chelsea 8 September 2022 1 year, 192 days
Flag of Italy De Zerbi, RobertoRoberto De Zerbi Brighton & Hove Albion 18 September 2022 1 year, 182 days
Flag of Spain Emery, UnaiUnai Emery Aston Villa 1 November 2022 1 year, 138 days
Flag of Wales Jones, NathanNathan Jones Southampton 10 November 2022 1 year, 129 days
Flag of Spain Lopetegui, JulenJulen Lopetegui Wolverhampton Wanderers 14 November 2022 1 year, 125 days

2023–24 Table[]

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Notes
1 Arsenal 28 20 4 4 70 24 +46 64
Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Liverpool 28 19 7 2 65 26 +39 64
3 Manchester City 28 19 6 3 63 28 +35 63
4 Aston Villa 29 17 5 7 60 42 +18 56
5 Tottenham Hotspur 28 16 5 7 59 42 +17 53
Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6 Manchester United 28 15 2 11 39 39 0 47
Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7 West Ham United 29 12 8 9 46 50 −4 44
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 28 11 9 8 50 44 +6 42
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 12 5 11 42 44 −2 41
10 Newcastle United 28 12 4 12 59 48 +11 40
11 Chelsea 27 11 6 10 47 45 +2 39
12 Fulham 29 10 5 14 43 44 −1 35
13 Bournemouth 28 9 8 11 41 52 −11 35
14 Crystal Palace 28 7 8 13 33 48 −15 29
15 Brentford 29 7 5 17 41 54 −13 26
16 Everton 28 8 7 13 29 39 −10 25
17 Luton Town 29 5 7 17 42 60 −18 22
18 Nottingham Forest 29 6 7 16 35 51 −16 21
Relegation to
EFL Championship
19 Burnley 29 4 5 20 29 63 −34 17
20 Sheffield United 28 3 5 20 24 74 −50 14

Updated to games played on 17 March 2024
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

  • Everton were deducted 6 points for breaching the Premier League's Profitability and Sustainability Rules.
  • Nottingham Forest were deducted four points for breaching profitability and sustainability rules.


Champions[]

Season Champions / (Pos next season) Total Points / Wins
92-93 Manchester United (1st) 84 (24)
93-94 Manchester United (2nd) 92 (27)
94-95 Blackburn Rovers (1st) 89 (27)
95-96 Manchester United (3rd) 82 (25)
96-97 Manchester United (4th) 75 (21)
97-98 Arsenal (1st) 78 (23)
98-99 Manchester United (5th) 79 (22)
99-00 Manchester United (6th) 91 (28)
00-01 Manchester United (7th) 80 (24)
01-02 Arsenal (2nd) 87 (26)
02-03 Manchester United (8th) 83 (25)
03-04 Arsenal (3rd) 90 (26)
04-05 Chelsea (1st) 95 (29)
05-06 Chelsea (2nd) 91 (29)
06-07 Manchester United (9th) 89 (28)
07-08 Manchester United (10th) 87 (27)
Season Champions / (Pos next season) Total Points / Wins
08-09 Manchester United (11th) 90 (28)
09-10 Chelsea (3rd) 86 (27)
10-11 Manchester United (12th) 80 (23)
11-12 Manchester City (1st) 89 (28)
12-13 Manchester United (13th) 89 (28)
13-14 Manchester City (2nd) 86 (27)
14-15 Chelsea (4th) 87 (26)
15-16 Leicester City (1st) 81 (23)
16-17 Chelsea (5th) 93 (30)
17-18 Manchester City (3rd) 100 (32)
18-19 Manchester City (4th) 98 (32)
19-20 Liverpool (1st) 99 (32)
20-21 Manchester City (5th) 86 (27)
21-22 Manchester City (6th) 93 (29)
22-23 Manchester City (7th) 89 (28)
23-24 TBD TBD

Top scorers[]

As of 21 March 2021.
Rank Player Years Goals Apps Ratio
1 Flag of England Shearer, AlanAlan Shearer 1992–2006 260 441 0.59
2 Flag of England Rooney, WayneWayne Rooney 2002–2018 208 491 0.42
3 Flag of England Cole, AndyAndy Cole 1992–2008 187 414 0.45
4 Flag of Argentina Aguero, SergioSergio Agüero 2011– 181 271 0.67
5 Flag of England Lampard, FrankFrank Lampard 1995–2015 177 609 0.29
6 Flag of France Henry, ThierryThierry Henry 1999–2007
2012
175 258 0.68
7 Flag of England Fowler, RobbieRobbie Fowler 1993–2009 163 379 0.43
8 Flag of England Defoe, JermainJermain Defoe 2001–2003
2004–2014
2015–2019
162 496 0.33
9 Flag of England Kane, HarryHarry Kane 2012– 160 237 0.68
10 Flag of England Owen, MichaelMichael Owen 1996–2004
2005–2013
150 326 0.46

Italics denotes players still playing professional football,
Bold denotes players still playing in the Premier League.

The Premier League Golden Boot is awarded each season to the top scorer in the division. Former Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer holds the record for most Premier League goals with 260. Twenty-eight players have reached the 100-goal mark. Since the first Premier League season in 1992–93, 23 players from 11 clubs have won or shared the top scorer title. Thierry Henry won his fourth overall scoring title by scoring 27 goals in the 2005–06 season. Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer hold the record for most goals in a season (34) – for Newcastle and Blackburn respectively. Ryan Giggs of Manchester United holds the record for scoring goals in consecutive seasons, having scored in the first 21 seasons of the league. Giggs also holds the record for the most Premier League assists, with 162.

See also[]

External links[]

Premier League 2022–23

Arsenal FC Arsenal · Aston Villa Aston Villa · Bournemouth Bournemouth · Brentford FC badge 2017 Brentford · Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion · Chelsea FC Chelsea · Crystal Palace FC Crystal Palace · Everton FC Everton · Fulham FC Fulham · Leeds United Leeds United · Leicester City FC Leicester City · Liverpool FC Liverpool · Manchester City FC Manchester City · Manchester United FC Manchester United · Newcastle United FC Newcastle United · Nottingham Forest FC Nottingham Forest · Southampton FC Southampton · Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur · West Ham United FC West Ham United · Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League seasons Flag of England
1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–00 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12 · 2012–13 · 2013–14 · 2014–15 · 2015–16 · 2016–17 · 2017–18 · 2018–19 · 2019–20 · 2020–21 · 2021–22 · 2022–23 · 2023–24 · 2024–25 ·
Premier League match days 2022–23

Match day 01 | Match day 02 | Match day 03 | Match day 04 | Match day 05 | Match day 06 | Match day 07 | Match day 08 | Match day 09 | Match day 10 | Match day 11 | Match day 12 | Match day 13 | Match day 14 | Match day 15 | Match day 16 | Match day 17 | Match day 18 | Match day 19 | Match day 20 | Match day 21 | Match day 22 | Match day 23 | Match day 24 | Match day 25 | Match day 26 | Match day 27 | Match day 28 | Match day 29 | Match day 30 | Match day 31 | Match day 32 | Match day 33 | Match day 34 | Match day 35 | Match day 36 | Match day 37 | Match day 38 

2023–24 Premier League stadiums

Anfield · Bramall Lane · Brentford Community Stadium · City of Manchester Stadium · City Ground · Craven Cottage · Dean Court · Emirates Stadium · Falmer Stadium · Goodison Park · Kenilworth Road · London Stadium · Molineux · Old Trafford · St James' Park · Selhurst Park · Stamford Bridge · Tottenham Hotspur Stadium · Turf Moor · Villa Park

Premier League winners

92-93: Manchester United · 93-94: Manchester United · 94-95: Blackburn Rovers · 95-96: Manchester United · 96-97: Manchester United · 97-98: Arsenal · 98-99: Manchester United · 99-00: Manchester United · 00-01: Manchester United · 01-02: Arsenal · 02-03: Manchester United · 03-04: Arsenal · 04-05: Chelsea · 05-06: Chelsea · 06-07: Manchester United · 07-08: Manchester United · 08-09: Manchester United · 09-10: Chelsea · 10-11: Manchester United · 11-12: Manchester City · 12-13: Manchester United · 13-14: Manchester City · 14-15: Chelsea · 15-16: Leicester City · 16-17: Chelsea · 17-18: Manchester City · 18-19: Manchester City · 19-20: Liverpool · 20-21: Manchester City · 21-22: Manchester City · 22-23: Manchester City ·

Football in England
League competitions The FA Cup competitions
Premier League England (B) (C) FA Cup
Football League (Champ, 1, 2) (U-21) (U-20) Football League Cup
National League (Prem, N, S) (U-19) (U-18) FA Community Shield
Northern Premier (Prem, 1N, 1S) (U-17) (U-16) EFL Trophy
Southern League (Prem, 1C, 1S) List of clubs FA Trophy
Isthmian League (Prem, 1N, 1SC) List of stadiums Conference League Cup (Defunt)
(by capacity) FA Vase
List of leagues
Records
Premier League winners

92-93: Manchester United · 93-94: Manchester United · 94-95: Blackburn Rovers · 95-96: Manchester United · 96-97: Manchester United · 97-98: Arsenal · 98-99: Manchester United · 99-00: Manchester United · 00-01: Manchester United · 01-02: Arsenal · 02-03: Manchester United · 03-04: Arsenal · 04-05: Chelsea · 05-06: Chelsea · 06-07: Manchester United · 07-08: Manchester United · 08-09: Manchester United · 09-10: Chelsea · 10-11: Manchester United · 11-12: Manchester City · 12-13: Manchester United · 13-14: Manchester City · 14-15: Chelsea · 15-16: Leicester City · 16-17: Chelsea · 17-18: Manchester City · 18-19: Manchester City · 19-20: Liverpool · 20-21: Manchester City · 21-22: Manchester City · 22-23: Manchester City ·

Premier League Golden Boot winners

1993: Sheringham · 1994: Cole · 1995: Shearer · 1996: Shearer · 1997: Shearer · 1998: Dublin, Owen & Sutton · 1999: Hasselbaink, Owen & Yorke · 2000: Phillips · 2001: Hasselbaink · 2002: Henry · 2003: Van Nistelrooy · 2004: Henry · 2005: Henry · 2006: Henry · 2007: Drogba · 2008: Ronaldo · 2009: Anelka · 2010: Drogba · 2011: Berbatov & Tevez · 2012: Van Persie · 2013: Van Persie · 2014: Suárez · 2015: Agüero · 2016: Kane · 2017: Kane · 2018: Salah · 2019: Aubameyang, Mané & Salah · 2020: Vardy · 2021: Kane · 2022: Salah & Son · 2023: TBD

220px-England crest 2009.svg
Flag of England England
Advertisement