Premier League 2013-14/import

The 2013–14 Premier League is the 22nd season of the Premier League, the English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on Saturday 17 August 2013, with the season due to conclude on Sunday May 11, 2014. The fixtures were announced on 19 June 2013. The television broadcast rights were given two-to-three weeks later.
This is the first season of the Premier League to use goal-line technology, with The Football Association having announced that Hawk-Eye was to be installed over a period of up to six weeks in the stadia of the 17 teams who avoided relegation and the three teams promoted during the previous season.
==Teams==
A total of 20 teams are contesting the league, including 17 sides from the 2012–13 season and three promoted from the 2012–13 Football League Championship.
On 16 April 2013, Cardiff City earned promotion from the 2012–13 Football League Championship. They returned to the top division after being absent for 51 years. This is the first season that Cardiff City are in the Premier League. This season features both Cardiff City and Swansea City which means that it is the first time the South Wales Derby is featured in the top flight. It is also the first time that two clubs outside of England are featured in the top flight of English football in the same season.
On 4 May 2013, Hull City earned promotion to the Premier League after a brief absence of three seasons. Hull needed to beat Cardiff City on the final day of the season to maintain second place, but a draw was sufficient following Watford's dramatic loss at home to Leeds United.
On 27 May 2013, Crystal Palace claimed the final promotion place, after beating Watford in the Football League Championship play-off final; Kevin Phillips converting a penalty in extra time. Palace are playing in the Premier League for the first time since the 2004–05 season.
The three teams replace Queens Park Rangers, Reading and Wigan Athletic who were all relegated to the Championship in the prior season.
===Stadia and locations===
:Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team 	Stadium 	Capacity
Arsenal 	Emirates Stadium 	
Aston Villa 	Villa Park 	
Cardiff City 	Cardiff City Stadium	
Chelsea 	Stamford Bridge 	
Crystal Palace 	Selhurst Park 	
Everton 	Goodison Park 	
Fulham 	Craven Cottage 	
Hull City 	KC Stadium 	
Liverpool 	Anfield 	
Manchester City 	Etihad Stadium 	
Manchester United 	Old Trafford 	
Newcastle United 	St James' Park 	
Norwich City 	Carrow Road 	
Southampton 	St Mary's Stadium 	
Stoke City 	Britannia Stadium 	
Sunderland 	Stadium of Light 	
Swansea City 	Liberty Stadium 	
Tottenham Hotspur 	White Hart Lane 	
West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns 	
West Ham United 	Boleyn Ground 	
===Personnel and kits===
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team 	Manager1	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
Liverpool	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
* 1 According to current revision of List of English Football League managers
* Additionally, referee kits are now being made by Nike, sponsored by Expedia.com, and Nike has a new match ball, the Incyte Premier League.
===Managerial changes===
Team 	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy 	Position in table	Incoming manager 	Date of appointment
Everton 	 	End of contract 	19 May 2013 	Pre-season 	 	5 June 2013
Stoke City 	 	Mutual consent 	21 May 2013 	Pre-season 	 	30 May 2013
Chelsea 	 	End of contract 	27 May 2013 	Pre-season 	 	3 June 2013
Manchester United 	 	Retired 	1 July 2013 	Pre-season 	 	1 July 2013
Sunderland 	 	Sacked 	22 September 2013	20th 	 	8 October 2013
Crystal Palace 	 	Mutual consent 	23 October 2013 	19th 	 	23 November 2013
Fulham 	 	Sacked 	1 December 2013 	18th 	 	1 December 2013
West Bromwich Albion	 	Sacked 	14 December 2013 	16th 	 	9 January 2014
Tottenham Hotspur 	 	Sacked 	16 December 2013 	7th 	 	23 December 2013
Cardiff City 	 	Sacked 	27 December 2013 	16th 	 	2 January 2014
Swansea City 	 	Sacked 	4 February 2014 	12th 	Garry Monk (interim player-manager)	
Fulham 	 	Sacked 	14 February 2014 	20th 	 	14 February 2014
==League table after Match day 38==
==Results==
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Season statistics==
* First goal: Daniel Sturridge for Liverpool against Stoke City (17 August 2013)
* Fastest goal: 12 seconds (Asmir Begović (GK); Stoke City 1–1 Southampton 2 November 2013)
* Largest winning margin: 7 goals
** Manchester City 7–0 Norwich City (2 November 2013)
* Highest scoring game: 7 goals
** Manchester City 7–0 Norwich City (2 November 2013)
** Sunderland 3–4 Chelsea (4 December 2013)
* Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals
** Manchester City 7–0 Norwich City (2 November 2013)
* Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
** Sunderland 3–4 Chelsea (4 December 2013)
====Top scorers====
Rank	Player 	Club 	Goals
1 	Luis Suárez 	Liverpool 	13
2 	Sergio Agüero 	Manchester City 	11
3 	Daniel Sturridge	Liverpool 	9
4 	Romelu Lukaku 	Everton 	8
4 	Aaron Ramsey 	Arsenal 	8
4 	Loïc Rémy 	Newcastle United 	8
4 	Wayne Rooney 	Manchester United	8
8 	Olivier Giroud 	Arsenal 	7
8 	Robin van Persie	Manchester United	7
8 	Yaya Touré 	Manchester City 	7
====Hat-tricks====
Player	For 	Against 	Result	Date
 	Liverpool	West Bromwich Albion	4–1 	
4 	Liverpool	Norwich City 	5–1 	
4 Player scored 4 goals
===Clean sheets===
====Player====
Rank	Player 	Club 	Clean sheets
1 	Tim Howard 	Everton 	8
2 	Jussi Jääskeläinen	West Ham United 	7
2 	Hugo Lloris 	Tottenham Hotspur	7
4 	Artur Boruc 	Southampton 	6
4 	Wojciech Szczęsny 	Arsenal 	6
6 	Asmir Begović 	Stoke City 	5
6 	Brad Guzan 	Aston Villa 	5
6 	Michel Vorm 	Swansea City 	5
9 	Petr Čech 	Chelsea 	4
9 	Tim Krul 	Newcastle United 	4
9 	David Marshall 	Cardiff City 	4
9 	Simon Mignolet 	Liverpool 	4
9 	John Ruddy 	Norwich City 	4
====Club====
* Most clean sheets: 8
** Everton
* Fewest clean sheets: 2
** Fulham
** Sunderland
===Discipline===
====Player====
*Most yellow cards: 5
**Curtis Davies (Hull City)
**Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle)
**Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal)
**Lucas Leiva (Liverpool) 
**Youssuf Mulumbu (West Bromwich)
**Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich)
**Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
*Most red cards: 1
**Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
**Yannick Bolasie (Crystal Palace)
**Wes Brown (Sunderland)
**Lee Cattermole (Sunderland)
**Kagisho Dikgacoi (Crystal Palace)
**Andrea Dossena (Sunderland)
**Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal)
**Mark Noble (West Ham United)
**John O'Shea (Sunderland)
**Yannick Sagbo (Hull City)
**Steven Taylor (Newcastle United)
**Fernando Torres (Chelsea)
**Michel Vorm (Swansea City)
**Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (Newcastle United)
====Club====
*Most yellow cards: 32
**Stoke City
*Most red cards: 4
**Sunderland
==Awards==
===Monthly awards===
Month 	Manager of the Month	Manager of the Month	Player of the Month	Player of the Month
Month 	Manager 	Club 	Player 	Club
August 	Brendan Rodgers 	Liverpool 	Daniel Sturridge 	Liverpool
September	Arsène Wenger 	Arsenal 	Aaron Ramsey 	Arsenal
October 	Mauricio Pochettino 	Southampton 	Sergio Agüero 	Manchester City
November 	Alan Pardew 	Newcastle United 	Tim Krul 	Newcastle United
December 	Manuel Pellegrini 	Manchester City 	Luis Suárez 	Liverpool
==External links==
Category:2013–14 domestic association football leagues
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Category:2013–14 in English football