List of Premier League seasons

The Premier League is an English league for professional football clubs. It is the country's leading football competition and forms the highest level of the English football league system. The competition began in the 1992–93 season, when the country's top clubs broke away from The Football League, and is regarded as one of the strongest football leagues in the world. As of 2008, sixteen Premier League seasons have been completed, although only four different clubs have been crowned champions. Manchester United have won the league eleven times, Arsenal three times, Chelsea twice, and Blackburn Rovers once. The reigning champions are Manchester United, who won a third consecutive title in the 2008–09 season.
==History==
After several years of discussion over the possibility of a so-called "Super League" being formed by English football's leading clubs, the Premier League came into existence in 1992 when the top clubs broke away from the 104-year old Football League. Manchester United won the first title in the 1992–93 season, the first time the club had won the championship of English football for 26 years. but the club's bid for a third consecutive championship was halted in the 1994–95 season by Blackburn Rovers, who won the title for the first time since 1914.
The record for the most points accumulated in a Premier League season belongs to Chelsea, who accumulated 95 points over 38 games in the 2004–05 season. At the other end of the scale, Derby County accumulated just 11 points in the 2007–08 season, beating Sunderland's record of 15 points. Derby County also hold the record for the fewest goals scored in a season, having scored just 20 goals in 2007–08, while Manchester United hold the record for the most goals scored, with 97 in the 1999–2000 season.
==Seasons==
Season 	Champions 	Champions League qualifiers 	Relegated from the Premier League 	Promoted to the Premier League 	Top scorer 	Top scorer
Season 	Champions 	Champions League qualifiers 	Relegated from the Premier League 	Promoted to the Premier League 	Player 	Goals
1992–93 	Manchester United	- 	Crystal PalaceMiddlesbroughNottingham Forest 	Newcastle UnitedWest Ham UnitedSwindon Town 	Teddy Sheringham (Nottingham Forest / Tottenham Hotspur) 	22
1993–94 	Manchester United	- 	Swindon TownOldham AthleticSheffield United 	Crystal PalaceNottingham ForestLeicester City 	Andy Cole (Newcastle United) 	34
1994–95 	Blackburn Rovers 	- 	Crystal PalaceNorwich CityLeicester CityIpswich Town	MiddlesbroughBolton Wanderers 	Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers) 	34
1995–96 	Manchester United	- 	Manchester CityQueens Park RangersBolton Wanderers 	SunderlandDerby CountyLeicester City 	Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers) 	31
1996–97 	Manchester United	Newcastle United 	Nottingham ForestMiddlesbroughSunderland 	Bolton WanderersBarnsleyCrystal Palace 	Alan Shearer (Newcastle United) 	25
1997–98 	Arsenal 	Manchester United 	Crystal PalaceBarnsleyBolton Wanderers 	Charlton AthleticMiddlesbroughNottingham Forest 	Dion Dublin (Coventry City)Michael Owen (Liverpool)Chris Sutton (Blackburn Rovers) 	18
1998–99 	Manchester United	ArsenalChelsea 	Nottingham ForestBlackburn RoversCharlton Athletic 	SunderlandBradford CityWatford 	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds United)Michael Owen (Liverpool)Dwight Yorke (Manchester United)	18
1999–2000	Manchester United	ArsenalLeeds United 	WimbledonSheffield WednesdayWatford 	Charlton AthleticManchester CityIpswich Town 	Kevin Phillips (Sunderland) 	30
2000–01 	Manchester United	ArsenalLiverpool 	Manchester CityCoventry CityBradford City 	FulhamBlackburn RoversBolton Wanderers 	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea) 	23
2001–02 	Arsenal 	LiverpoolManchester UnitedNewcastle United	Ipswich TownDerby CountyLeicester City 	Manchester CityWest Bromwich AlbionBirmingham City	Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 	24
2002–03 	Manchester United	ArsenalNewcastle UnitedChelsea 	West Ham UnitedWest Bromwich AlbionSunderland 	PortsmouthLeicester CityWolverhampton Wanderers 	Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 	25
2003–04 	Arsenal 	ChelseaManchester UnitedLiverpool 	Leicester CityLeeds UnitedWolverhampton Wanderers 	Norwich CityWest Bromwich AlbionCrystal Palace 	Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 	30
2004–05 	Chelsea 	ArsenalManchester UnitedEverton 	Crystal PalaceNorwich CitySouthampton 	SunderlandWigan AthleticWest Ham United 	Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 	25
2005–06 	Chelsea 	Manchester UnitedLiverpoolArsenal 	Birmingham CityWest Bromwich AlbionSunderland 	ReadingSheffield UnitedWatford 	Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 	27
2006–07 	Manchester United	ChelseaLiverpoolArsenal 	Sheffield UnitedCharlton AthleticWatford 	SunderlandBirmingham CityDerby County 	Didier Drogba (Chelsea) 	20
2007–08 	Manchester United	ChelseaArsenalLiverpool 	ReadingBirmingham CityDerby County 	West Bromwich AlbionStoke CityHull City 	Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) 	31
2008–09 	Manchester United	LiverpoolChelseaArsenal 	MiddlesbroughNewcastle UnitedWest Bromwich Albion 	Wolverhampton WanderersBirmingham CityBurnley 	Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) 	19
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