Premier League

The **Premier League**, commonly known as the **English Premier League**, or the **EPL** (formerly called the Barclays Premier League due to sponsorship reasons and before 2007 **the Premiership**) is the top tier of English football. 20 teams compete in the Premier League each season, which is usually played between August and May. Each season, 38 games are played (playing all 19 other teams home and away). For historic reasons, a few clubs from Wales also compete in the English football system.

The competition started in 1992, after 22 clubs from the Football League First Division decided to break away from The Football League (now the EFL). The Premier League has since become the world's most watched sporting league. It is the world's most lucrative football league, with combined club revenues of £1.93 billion ($3.15bn) in 2007–08. It is also ranked first by UEFA's Association Ranking system.

### List

- _ Note: Table lists in alphabetical order._

|Team|Location|Stadium|Capacity||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Arsenal|London|Emirates Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|Aston Villa|Birmingham|Villa Park|style="text-align:center"||
|Bournemouth|Bournemouth|Vitality Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|Brentford|London|Gtech Community Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|Brighton & Hove Albion|Falmer|American Express Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|Burnley|Burnley|Turf Moor|style="text-align:center"||
|Chelsea|London|Stamford Bridge|style="text-align:center"||
|Crystal Palace|London|Selhurst Park|style="text-align:center"||
|Everton|Liverpool|Hill Dickinson Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|Fulham|London|Craven Cottage|style="text-align:center"||
|Leeds United|Leeds|Elland Road|style="text-align:center"||
|Liverpool|Liverpool|Anfield|style="text-align:center"||
|Manchester City|Manchester|Etihad Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|Manchester United|Trafford|Old Trafford|style="text-align:center"||
|Newcastle United|Newcastle upon Tyne|St James' Park|style="text-align:center"||
|Nottingham Forest|West Bridgford|City Ground|style="text-align:center"||
|Sunderland|Sunderland|Stadium of Light|style="text-align:center"||
|Tottenham Hotspur|London|Tottenham Hotspur Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|West Ham United|London|London Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|Wolverhampton Wanderers|Wolverhampton|Molineux Stadium|style="text-align:center"||

## Champions

|Season|Champions|Runner-up|Third place|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1992–93|Manchester United|Aston Villa|Norwich City|
|1993–94|Manchester United|Blackburn Rovers|Newcastle United|
|1994–95|Blackburn Rovers|Manchester United|Nottingham Forest|
|1995–96|Manchester United|Newcastle United|Liverpool|
|1996–97|Manchester United|Newcastle United|Arsenal|
|1997–98|Arsenal|Manchester United|Liverpool|
|1998–99|Manchester United|Arsenal|Chelsea|
|1999–00|Manchester United|Arsenal|Leeds United|
|2000–01|Manchester United|Arsenal|Liverpool|
|2001–02|Arsenal|Liverpool|Manchester United|
|2002–03|Manchester United|Arsenal|Newcastle United|
|2003–04|Arsenal|Chelsea|Manchester United|
|2004–05|Chelsea|Arsenal|Manchester United|
|2005–06|Chelsea|Manchester United|Liverpool|
|2006–07|Manchester United|Chelsea|Liverpool|
|2007–08|Manchester United|Chelsea|Arsenal|
|2008–09|Manchester United|Liverpool|Chelsea|
|2009–10|Chelsea|Manchester United|Arsenal|
|2010–11|Manchester United|Chelsea|Manchester City|
|2011–12|Manchester City|Manchester United|Arsenal|
|2012–13|Manchester United|Manchester City|Chelsea|
|2013–14|Manchester City|Liverpool|Chelsea|
|2014–15|Chelsea|Manchester City|Arsenal|
|2015–16|Leicester City|Arsenal|Tottenham Hotspur|
|2016–17|Chelsea|Tottenham Hotspur|Manchester City|
|2017–18|Manchester City|Manchester United|Tottenham Hotspur|
|2018–19|Manchester City|Liverpool|Chelsea|
|2019–20|Liverpool|Manchester City|Manchester United|
|2020–21|Manchester City|Manchester United|Liverpool|

## Referees

- Stuart Attwell
- Peter Bankes
- Tom Bramall
- John Brooks
- David Coote
- Darren England
- Jarred Gillett
- Tony Harrington
- Simon Hooper
- Rob Jones
- Chris Kavanagh
- Andy Madley
- Andre Marriner
- Michael Oliver
- Craig Pawson
- Michael Salisbury
- Graham Scott
- Anthony Taylor
- Paul Tierney

## Assistant Referees

- Natalie Aspinall
- Simon Bennett
- Gary Beswick
- Lee Betts
- Stuart Burt
- Darren Cann
- Dan Cook
- Neil Davies
- Derek Eaton
- Nick Greenhalgh
- Constantine Hatzidakis
- Adrian Holmes
- Nick Hopton
- Ian Hussin
- Peter Kirkup
- Scott Ledger
- Harry Lennard
- Simon Long
- James Mainwaring
- Sian Massey-Ellis
- Steve Meredith
- Adam Nunn
- Marc Perry
- Dan Robathan
- Mark Scholes
- Eddie Smart
- Wade Smith
- Richard West
- Matthew Wilkes
- Tim Wood

## Dedicated video assistant referee

Mike Dean

## Former referees

Graham Poll
Peter Walton
Mike Riley
Phil Dowd
Mike Jones
Mark Halsey
Uriah Rennie
Mark Clattenburg
Howard Webb
Keith Hackett
David Elleray
Paul Dirkin
Jeff Winter
Dermot Gallagher
Chris Foy
Lee Probert
Neil Swarbrick
Mike Dean
Jon Moss
Lee Mason

## Former video assistant referees

Lee Mason

## Managers

|Nat.|Manager|Club|Appointed|Time as manager|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|||Arsenal|||
|||Aston Villa|||
|||Bournemouth|||
|||Brentford|||
|||Brighton & Hove Albion|||
|||Burnley|||
|||Chelsea|||
|||Crystal Palace|||
|||Everton|||
|||Fulham|||
|||Leeds United|||
|||Liverpool|||
|||Manchester City|||
|||Manchester United|||
|||Newcastle United|||
|||Nottingham Forest|||
|||Sunderland|||
|||Tottenham Hotspur|||
|||West Ham United|||
|||Wolverhampton Wanderers|||

## Related pages

- Football League First Division
- English Football League (EFL)
    - EFL Championship
    - EFL League One
    - EFL League Two

## Infobox (football league)

- **name**: Premier League
- **image**: Premier league text logo.png
- **pixels**: 250px
- **country**: England
- **confed**: UEFA
- **relegation**: EFL Championship
- **levels**: 1
- **teams**: List of Premier League clubs, 20
- **domest cup**: FA Cup
FA Community Shield
- **league cup**: EFL Cup
- **confed cup**: UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Conference League
- **champions**: Liverpool FC (2nd title)
- **season**: 2024–25 Premier League, 2024-25
- **most successful club**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
(13 titles)
- **most appearances**: Gareth Barry (653)
- **top goalscorer**: Alan Shearer (260)
- **tv**: Sky Sports, BT Sport, Prime Video, Amazon ()
Sky Sports, BBC Sport ()
 NBC Sports Network, NBCSN ()

<small>List of Premier League broadcasters, List of international broadcasters</small>
- **website**: [http://www.premierleague.com premierleague.com]
- **current**: 2024–25 Premier League