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.

Current clubs

List
 Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
 Team Location Stadium Capacity ArsenalLondon Emirates StadiumAston VillaBirmingham Villa ParkBournemouthBournemouthVitality StadiumBrentfordLondon Gtech Community StadiumBrighton & Hove AlbionFalmerAmerican Express StadiumBurnleyBurnleyTurf MoorChelseaLondon Stamford BridgeCrystal PalaceLondon Selhurst ParkEvertonLiverpool Hill Dickinson StadiumFulhamLondon Craven CottageLeeds UnitedLeedsElland RoadLiverpoolLiverpool AnfieldManchester CityManchesterEtihad StadiumManchester UnitedTraffordOld TraffordNewcastle UnitedNewcastle upon TyneSt James' ParkNottingham ForestWest BridgfordCity GroundSunderlandSunderlandStadium of LightTottenham HotspurLondon Tottenham Hotspur StadiumWest Ham UnitedLondon London StadiumWolverhampton WanderersWolverhamptonMolineux Stadium

Map

 Champions 
Season  Champions  Runner-up  Third place1992–93Manchester UnitedAston VillaNorwich City1993–94Manchester UnitedBlackburn RoversNewcastle United1994–95Blackburn RoversManchester UnitedNottingham Forest1995–96Manchester UnitedNewcastle UnitedLiverpool1996–97Manchester UnitedNewcastle UnitedArsenal1997–98ArsenalManchester UnitedLiverpool1998–99Manchester UnitedArsenalChelsea1999–00Manchester UnitedArsenalLeeds United2000–01Manchester UnitedArsenalLiverpool2001–02ArsenalLiverpoolManchester United2002–03Manchester UnitedArsenalNewcastle United2003–04ArsenalChelseaManchester United2004–05ChelseaArsenalManchester United2005–06ChelseaManchester UnitedLiverpool2006–07Manchester UnitedChelseaLiverpool2007–08Manchester UnitedChelseaArsenal2008–09Manchester UnitedLiverpoolChelsea2009–10ChelseaManchester UnitedArsenal2010–11Manchester UnitedChelseaManchester City2011–12 Manchester City  Manchester United  Arsenal2012–13Manchester UnitedManchester CityChelsea2013–14Manchester CityLiverpoolChelsea2014–15ChelseaManchester CityArsenal2015–16  Leicester City  Arsenal  Tottenham Hotspur2016–17  Chelsea  Tottenham Hotspur  Manchester City2017–18  Manchester CityManchester UnitedTottenham Hotspur2018–19Manchester CityLiverpoolChelsea2019–20LiverpoolManchester CityManchester United2020–21Manchester CityManchester UnitedLiverpool

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 PollPeter WaltonMike RileyPhil DowdMike JonesMark HalseyUriah RennieMark ClattenburgHoward WebbKeith HackettDavid EllerayPaul DirkinJeff WinterDermot GallagherChris FoyLee ProbertNeil SwarbrickMike DeanJon MossLee Mason

Former video assistant referees

Lee Mason

 Managers 

+ Current managersNat.ManagerClubAppointedTime 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

 References 


Category:1992 establishments in the United Kingdom