2014–15 Premier League

The 2014–15 Premier League is the 23rd season of the Premier League. It is the top English professional league for association football clubs since it started in 1992. The fixtures were announced on 18 June 2014.	
The season started on Saturday 16 August 2014 and will end on Sunday 24 May 2015.

Teams
A total of 20 teams will play in the league. The top 17 sides from the 2013–14 season and the three promoted from the 2013–14 Football League Championship.
On 5 April 2014, Leicester City earned promotion from the 2013–14 Football League Championship after ten-years away from the Premier League.  They became champions after beating Bolton Wanderers on 22 April 2014.  On 21 April 2014, Burnley earned promotion to the Premier League with second place. This followed their win over Wigan Athletic. On 24 May 2014 Queens Park Rangers were the final team to be promoted after winning the 2014 Football League Championship play-off Final. They won 1–0 against Derby County at Wembley Stadium in London. The three teams replace Cardiff City, Fulham and Norwich City, who were all relegated to the Championship at the end of the previous season.

Stadia and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
 Team Stadium Capacity Arsenal Emirates Stadium  Aston Villa Villa Park  Burnley Turf Moor  Chelsea Stamford Bridge  Crystal Palace Selhurst Park  Everton Goodison Park  Hull City KC Stadium  Leicester City King Power Stadium  Liverpool Anfield  Manchester City Etihad Stadium  Manchester United Old Trafford  Newcastle United St James' Park  Queens Park Rangers Loftus 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 are determined by FIFA eligibility rules.

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorfun88AdidasUmbro12BETPumaKing PowerStandard CharteredPumaNikeMade by clubIntuit QuickBooksBetway
 Referee kits are made by Nike and are sponsored by EA Sports. Nike has a new match ball: the Ordem Premier League.

Managerial changes
TeamLeaving managerReson for DepartureDate leftPosition in tableArriving managerDate started West Bromwich Albion  Mutual consent  Pre-season   Tottenham Hotspur  Sacked    Southampton   Signed by Tottenham    Crystal Palace Mutual consent    Crystal Palace Sacked  18th   West Bromwich Albion  Sacked 16th   Newcastle United  Signed by Crystal Palace 10th  26 January 2015 Queens Park Rangers  Resigned 3 February 201519th  

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Diego CostaChelsea272 Sergio AgüeroManchester City143 Charlie AustinQueens Park Rangers134 Alexis SánchezArsenal125 Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur106 Saido BerahinoWest Bromwich Albion9 Wilfried BonySwansea City Papiss CisséNewcastle United Christian EriksenTottenham Hotspur Robin van PersieManchester United

Hat-tricks

 Player  For  Against  Result  Date   Chelsea  Swansea City  4–2   4  Manchester City  Tottenham Hotspur  4–1     Queens Park Rangers  West Bromwich Albion  3–2     Stoke City  Queen's Park Rangers  3–1  

4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets


RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Fraser ForsterSouthampton102 Łukasz FabiańskiSwansea City93 Ben FosterWest Bromwich Albion84 Thibaut CourtoisChelsea7 David de GeaManchester United Brad GuzanAston Villa Joe HartManchester City Simon MingoletLiverpool9 Tim KrulNewcastle United6 Hugo LlorisTottenham Hotspur Costel PantilimonSunderland

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 9
Lee Cattermole (Sunderland)

Most red cards: 2
Paul Konchesky (Leicester City)
Kyle Naughton (Tottenham Hotspur)

Club

Most yellow cards: 58
Sunderland

Most red cards: 5
Aston Villa
Swansea City

Awards

Monthly awards
MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReferenceManagerClubPlayerClubAugust Garry MonkSwansea City Diego CostaChelseaSeptember Ronald KoemanSouthampton Graziano PellèSouthamptonOctober Sam AllardyceWest Ham United Diafra SakhoWest Ham UnitedNovember Alan PardewNewcastle United Sergio AgüeroManchester CityDecember Manuel PellegriniManchester City Charlie AustinQueens Park RangersJanuary Ronald KoemanSouthampton Harry KaneTottenham HotspurFebruary Tony PulisWest Bromwich Albion Harry KaneTottenham HotspurMarch Arsène WengerArsenal Olivier GiroudArsenalApril Nigel PearsonLeicester City Christian BentekeAston Villa

References

Other websites
 Official website 

2014-15
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Category:2015 in association football