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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Corporate_structure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Corporate structure</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Corporate_structure-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Corporate structure subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Corporate_structure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Criticism_of_governance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Criticism_of_governance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Criticism of governance</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Criticism_of_governance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Competition_format" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Competition_format"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Competition format</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Competition_format-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Competition format subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Competition_format-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Competition" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Competition"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Competition</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Competition-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Promotion_and_relegation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Promotion_and_relegation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Promotion and relegation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Promotion_and_relegation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Video_Assistant_Referee" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Video_Assistant_Referee"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Video Assistant Referee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Video_Assistant_Referee-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Clubs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Clubs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Clubs</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Clubs-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Clubs subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Clubs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Champions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Champions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Champions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Champions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2024–25_season" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2024–25_season"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>2024–25 season</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2024–25_season-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Non-English_clubs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Non-English_clubs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Non-English clubs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Non-English_clubs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_competitions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_competitions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>International competitions</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-International_competitions-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle International competitions subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-International_competitions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Qualification_for_European_competitions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Qualification_for_European_competitions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Qualification for European competitions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Qualification_for_European_competitions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Qualification_criteria_for_2024–25" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Qualification_criteria_for_2024–25"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.1</span> <span>Qualification criteria for 2024–25</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Qualification_criteria_for_2024–25-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Previous_seasons" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Previous_seasons"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.2</span> <span>Previous seasons</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Previous_seasons-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Performance_in_international_competition" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Performance_in_international_competition"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Performance in international competition</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Performance_in_international_competition-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sponsorship" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sponsorship"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Sponsorship</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sponsorship-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Finances" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Finances"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Finances</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Finances-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Finances subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Finances-sublist" 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href="#United_Kingdom_and_Ireland"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>United Kingdom and Ireland</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_Kingdom_and_Ireland-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Worldwide" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Worldwide"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Worldwide</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Worldwide-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stadiums" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stadiums"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Stadiums</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stadiums-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Managers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Managers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Managers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Managers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Players"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Players</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Players-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Players subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Appearances" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Appearances"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Appearances</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Appearances-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transfer_regulations_and_foreign_players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transfer_regulations_and_foreign_players"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Transfer regulations and foreign players</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transfer_regulations_and_foreign_players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Top_scorers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Top_scorers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>Top scorers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Top_scorers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Wages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.4</span> <span>Wages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Player_transfer_fees" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Player_transfer_fees"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.5</span> <span>Player transfer fees</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Player_transfer_fees-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Awards</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Awards-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Awards subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Trophy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Trophy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.1</span> <span>Trophy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Trophy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Player_and_manager_awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Player_and_manager_awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2</span> <span>Player and manager awards</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Player_and_manager_awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-20_Seasons_Awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#20_Seasons_Awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.3</span> <span>20 Seasons Awards</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-20_Seasons_Awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" 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hreflang="an" data-title="Premier League (fútbol)" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0ngilt%C9%99r%C9%99_Premyer_Liqas%C4%B1" title="İngiltərə Premyer Liqası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="İngiltərə Premyer Liqası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%B1_%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF%DB%8C" title="اینگیلیس پرمیئر لیگی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="اینگیلیس پرمیئر لیگی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liga_Utama_Inggris" title="Liga Utama Inggris – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Liga Utama Inggris" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97" title="প্রিমিয়ার লিগ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="প্রিমিয়ার লিগ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BC%E2%80%99%D0%B5%D1%80-%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Англійская Прэм’ер-ліга – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Англійская Прэм’ер-ліга" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BC%E2%80%99%D0%B5%D1%80-%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Прэм’ер-Ліга – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Прэм’ер-Ліга" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%88%D0%B0_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Английска висша лига – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Английска висша лига" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premijer_liga_Engleske" title="Premijer liga Engleske – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Premijer liga Engleske" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ny mw-list-item"><a href="https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Nyanja" lang="ny" hreflang="ny" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Chi-Chewa" data-language-local-name="Nyanja" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chi-Chewa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwch_Gynghrair_Lloegr" title="Uwch Gynghrair Lloegr – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Uwch Gynghrair Lloegr" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%AD%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%81_%CE%9B%CE%B9%CE%B3%CE%BA" title="Πρέμιερ Λιγκ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πρέμιερ Λιγκ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.A._Supra_Ligo" title="F.A. Supra Ligo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="F.A. Supra Ligo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="لیگ برتر فوتبال انگلستان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لیگ برتر فوتبال انگلستان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championnat_d%27Angleterre_de_football" title="Championnat d&#039;Angleterre de football – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Championnat d&#039;Angleterre de football" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%ADomhroinn_Shasana" title="Príomhroinn Shasana – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Príomhroinn Shasana" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%A6%AC%EB%AF%B8%EC%96%B4%EB%A6%AC%EA%B7%B8" title="프리미어리그 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="프리미어리그" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%A5%D6%80_%D4%BC%D5%AB%D5%A3%D5%A1_(%D4%B1%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%A1)" title="Պրեմիեր Լիգա (Անգլիա) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պրեմիեր Լիգա (Անգլիա)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%97" title="प्रीमियर लीग – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="प्रीमियर लीग" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/FA_Premier_liga" title="FA Premier liga – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="FA Premier liga" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liga_Utama_Inggris" title="Liga Utama Inggris – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Liga Utama Inggris" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enska_%C3%BArvalsdeildin" title="Enska úrvalsdeildin – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Enska úrvalsdeildin" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%92" title="פרמייר ליג – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פרמייר ליג" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liga_Premier" title="Liga Premier – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Liga Premier" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E2%80%8C_%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%8D%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C" title="ಪ್ರೀಮಿಯರ್‌ ಲೀಗ್‌‌ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಪ್ರೀಮಿಯರ್‌ ಲೀಗ್‌‌" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%92%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%92%E1%83%90" title="ინგლისის პრემიერლიგა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ინგლისის პრემიერლიგა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B" title="Футболдан Англия чемпионаты – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Футболдан Англия чемпионаты" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligi_Kuu_Uingereza_(EPL)" title="Ligi Kuu Uingereza (EPL) – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Ligi Kuu Uingereza (EPL)" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%9E%E0%BA%A3%E0%BA%B5%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%A1%E0%BA%8D%E0%BA%A5%E0%BA%B5%E0%BA%81" title="ພຣີເມຍລີກ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ພຣີເມຍລີກ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglijas_futbola_Premjerl%C4%ABga" title="Anglijas futbola Premjerlīga – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Anglijas futbola Premjerlīga" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8C%D0%B5%D1%80-%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Ингилис Премьер-лига – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Ингилис Премьер-лига" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angol_labdar%C3%BAg%C3%B3-bajnoks%C3%A1g_(els%C5%91_oszt%C3%A1ly)" title="Angol labdarúgó-bajnokság (első osztály) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Angol labdarúgó-bajnokság (első osztály)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97" title="प्रिमियर लिग – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="प्रिमियर लिग" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Премиер лига на Англија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Премиер лига на Англија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BC_%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D" title="പ്രീമിയർ ലീഗ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="പ്രീമിയർ ലീഗ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%97" title="प्रीमियर लीग – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="प्रीमियर लीग" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC" title="بريميير ليج – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بريميير ليج" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B1_%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF" title="پرایمر لیگ – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="پرایمر لیگ" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liga_Perdana_Inggeris" title="Liga Perdana Inggeris – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Liga Perdana Inggeris" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liga_Utamo_Inggirih" title="Liga Utamo Inggirih – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Liga Utamo Inggirih" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8C%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3" title="Английн Премьер лиг – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Английн Премьер лиг" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%95%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%99%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9C%E1%80%AD%E1%80%82%E1%80%BA" title="ပရီးမီးယားလိဂ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ပရီးမီးယားလိဂ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97" title="प्रिमियर लिग – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="प्रिमियर लिग" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%83%9F%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0" title="プレミアリーグ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="プレミアリーグ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angliya_Premyer-ligasi" title="Angliya Premyer-ligasi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Angliya Premyer-ligasi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%B0_%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%97" title="ਪ੍ਰੀਮੀਅਰ ਲੀਗ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਪ੍ਰੀਮੀਅਰ ਲੀਗ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%B1_%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF" title="پریمیئر لیگ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="پریمیئر لیگ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angliya_Premyer_Ligas%C4%B1" title="Angliya Premyer Ligası – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Angliya Premyer Ligası" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8C%D0%B5%D1%80-%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Английская Премьер-лига – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Английская Премьер-лига" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/FA_Premier_League" title="FA Premier League – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="FA Premier League" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C" title="خولی نایابی ئینگلیزی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="خولی نایابی ئینگلیزی" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Премијер лига – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Премијер лига" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englannin_Valioliiga" title="Englannin Valioliiga – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Englannin Valioliiga" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B7%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D" title="இங்கிலீஷ் பிரீமியர் லீக் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="இங்கிலீஷ் பிரீமியர் லீக்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8C%D0%B5%D1%80-%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Англия футбол премьер-лигасы – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Англия футбол премьер-лигасы" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%95%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%99%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%82%83%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9C%E1%80%AD%E1%81%B5%E1%80%BA%E1%82%89" title="ပရီးမီးယႃးလိၵ်ႉ – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="ပရီးမီးယႃးလိၵ်ႉ" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%81" title="พรีเมียร์ลีก – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="พรีเมียร์ลีก" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Premier League" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%27%D1%94%D1%80-%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B0_(%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F)" title="Прем&#039;єр-ліга (Англія) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Прем&#039;єр-ліга (Англія)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%B1_%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF" title="پریمیئر لیگ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="پریمیئر لیگ" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gi%E1%BA%A3i_b%C3%B3ng_%C4%91%C3%A1_Ngo%E1%BA%A1i_h%E1%BA%A1ng_Anh" title="Giải bóng đá Ngoại hạng Anh – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Giải bóng đá Ngoại hạng Anh" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li 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football">Confederation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of teams</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_clubs" title="List of Premier League clubs">20</a> (since <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="1995–96 Premier League">1995–96</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>z 2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Level on pyramid</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">1</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">Relegation</a> to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">EFL 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class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.premierleague.com/">premierleague.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><i>Current: <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Premier_League" title="2024–25 Premier League">2024–25 Premier League</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>English Premier League (EPL)</b> is a professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> <a href="/wiki/Sports_league" title="Sports league">league</a> in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and the highest level of the <a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">English football league system</a>. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion and relegation</a> with the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">English Football League</a> (EFL). Seasons usually run from August to May, with each team playing 38 matches: two against each other team, one home and one away.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Most games are played on weekend afternoons, with occasional weekday evening fixtures.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The competition was founded as the <b>FA Premier League</b> on 20&#160;February 1992, following the decision of <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> (the top-tier league from 1888 until 1992) clubs to break away from the English Football League. However, teams may still be relegated to and promoted from the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">EFL Championship</a>. The Premier League is a corporation managed by a <a href="/wiki/Richard_Masters_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Masters (football)">chief executive</a>, with member clubs acting as shareholders.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Premier League takes advantage of a £5&#160;billion television rights deal, with Sky and <a href="/wiki/BT_Group" title="BT Group">BT Group</a> securing the domestic rights to broadcast 128 and 32 games, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This deal will rise to £6.7&#160;billion for the four seasons from 2025 to 2029.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The league is projected to earn $7.2&#160;billion in overseas TV rights from 2022 to 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Clubs were apportioned central payment revenues of £2.4&#160;billion in <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Premier_League" title="2016–17 Premier League">2016–17</a>, with a further £343&#160;million in <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_parachute_and_solidarity_payments" title="Premier League parachute and solidarity payments">solidarity payments</a> to EFL clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-Premier_League_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Premier_League-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Premier League is the most-watched sports league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643&#160;million homes, with a potential TV audience of 4.7&#160;billion people.<sup id="cite_ref-Worldviews_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Worldviews-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Premier_League" title="2023–24 Premier League">2023–24 season</a>, the average Premier League match attendance was 38,375,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> second to the German <a href="/wiki/Bundesliga" title="Bundesliga">Bundesliga</a>'s 39,512,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> whilst aggregated attendance across all matches was the highest of any association football league at 14,508,981,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and most stadium occupancies are near capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, the Premier League is ranked first in the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_coefficient#Men&#39;s_association_coefficient" title="UEFA coefficient">UEFA coefficient rankings</a> based on performances in European competitions over the past five seasons, ahead of Spain's <a href="/wiki/La_Liga" title="La Liga">La&#160;Liga</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The English top-flight has produced the <a href="/wiki/List_of_European_Cup_and_UEFA_Champions_League_finals#By_nation" title="List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals">second-highest number</a> of <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">European Cup / UEFA Champions League</a> titles, with <a href="/wiki/European_Cup_and_UEFA_Champions_League_records_and_statistics#By_nation" title="European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics">a record six</a> English clubs having won fifteen European championships in total.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_clubs" title="List of Premier League clubs">Fifty-one clubs</a> have competed in the Premier League since its inception in 1992: 49 <a href="/wiki/Football_in_England" title="Football in England">from England</a> and two <a href="/wiki/Football_in_Wales" title="Football in Wales">from Wales</a>. Seven of them have won the title: <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> (13), <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> (8), <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> (5), <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> (3), <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> (1), <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a> (1), and <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> (1).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Manchester City hold the distinction of having won the most successive titles, with four. Only six clubs have played in every season to date: Arsenal, Chelsea, <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a>, Liverpool, Manchester United, and <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_seasons" title="List of Premier League seasons">List of Premier League seasons</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite significant European success in the 1970s and early 1980s, the late 1980s marked a low point for English football. Stadiums were deteriorating, supporters endured poor facilities, <a href="/wiki/Football_hooliganism" title="Football hooliganism">hooliganism</a> was rife, and English clubs had been banned from <a href="/wiki/UEFA_club_competitions" title="UEFA club competitions">European competition</a> for five years following the <a href="/wiki/Heysel_Stadium_disaster" title="Heysel Stadium disaster">Heysel Stadium disaster</a> between the fans of Liverpool Football Club and the fans of <a href="/wiki/Juventus_FC" title="Juventus FC">Juventus</a> in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">Football League First Division</a>, the top level of English football since 1888, was behind leagues such as Italy's <a href="/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</a> and Spain's <a href="/wiki/La_Liga" title="La Liga">La Liga</a> in attendance and revenues, and several top English players had moved abroad.<sup id="cite_ref-premsitehistory_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-premsitehistory-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the turn of the 1990s, the downward trend was starting to reverse. At the <a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">1990 FIFA World Cup</a>, England reached the semi-finals; <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a>, European football's governing body, lifted the five-year ban on English clubs playing in European competitions in 1990, resulting in Manchester United lifting the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup" title="UEFA Cup Winners&#39; Cup">Cup Winners' Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/1991_European_Cup_Winners%27_Cup_final" title="1991 European Cup Winners&#39; Cup final">1991</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Report" title="Taylor Report">Taylor Report</a> on stadium safety standards, which proposed expensive upgrades to create <a href="/wiki/All-seater_stadium" title="All-seater stadium">all-seater</a> stadiums in the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster" title="Hillsborough disaster">Hillsborough disaster</a>; between the fans of Liverpool and the fans of Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, Yorkshire on 15 April 1989, was published in January 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1980s, major English clubs began to transform into business ventures, applying commercial principles to club administration to maximise revenue. <a href="/wiki/Martin_Edwards" title="Martin Edwards">Martin Edwards</a> of <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irving_Scholar" title="Irving Scholar">Irving Scholar</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a>, and <a href="/wiki/David_Dein" title="David Dein">David Dein</a> of <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> were among the leaders in this transformation.<sup id="cite_ref-taylor1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taylor1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The commercial imperative led to the top clubs seeking to increase their power and revenue: the clubs in Division One threatened to break away from the Football League, and in doing so, they managed to increase their voting power and gain a more favourable financial arrangement, taking a 50% share of all television and sponsorship income in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-taylor1_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taylor1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They demanded that television companies should pay more for their coverage of football matches,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and revenue from television grew in importance. The Football League received £6.3&#160;million for a two-year agreement in 1986, but by 1988, in a deal agreed with <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a>, the price rose to £44&#160;million over four years, with the leading clubs taking 75% of the cash.<sup id="cite_ref-taylor_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taylor-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-leicester_tv_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leicester_tv-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to Scholar, who was involved in the negotiations of television deals, each of the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> clubs received only around £25,000 per year from television rights before 1986, this increased to around £50,000 in the 1986 negotiation, then to £600,000 in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The 1988 negotiations were conducted under the threat of ten clubs leaving to form a "super league", but they were eventually persuaded to stay, with the top clubs taking the lion's share of the deal.<sup id="cite_ref-taylor_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taylor-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FLhistory_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FLhistory-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The negotiations also convinced the bigger clubs that, in order to receive enough votes, they needed to take the whole of the First Division with them instead of a smaller "super league".<sup id="cite_ref-king_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-king-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By the beginning of the 1990s, the big clubs again considered breaking away, especially now that they had to fund the cost of stadium upgrades as proposed by the Taylor Report.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1990, the managing director of <a href="/wiki/London_Weekend_Television" title="London Weekend Television">London Weekend Television</a> (LWT), <a href="/wiki/Greg_Dyke" title="Greg Dyke">Greg Dyke</a>, met with the representatives of the <b>"big five"</b> football clubs in England (<a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a>) over a dinner.<sup id="cite_ref-Conn_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conn-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The meeting was to pave the way for a breakaway from <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">The Football League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Dyke believed that it would be more lucrative for LWT if only the larger clubs in the country were featured on national television and wanted to establish whether the clubs would be interested in a larger share of television rights money.<sup id="cite_ref-Rodrigues_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rodrigues-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The five clubs agreed with the suggestion and decided to press ahead with it; however, the league would have no credibility without the backing of <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">The Football Association</a>, and so David Dein of <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> held talks to see whether the FA were receptive to the idea. The FA did not have an amicable relationship with the Football League at the time and considered it a way to weaken the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">Football League</a>'s position.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The FA released a report in June 1991, <i>Blueprint for the Future of Football</i>, that supported the plan for the Premier League, with the FA as the ultimate authority that would oversee the breakaway league.<sup id="cite_ref-king_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-king-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding_and_Manchester_United_dominance_(1990s)"><span id="Founding_and_Manchester_United_dominance_.281990s.29"></span>Founding and Manchester United dominance (1990s)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Founding and Manchester United dominance (1990s)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Foundation_of_the_Premier_League" title="Foundation of the Premier League">Foundation of the Premier League</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;float:right;margin-left:1em"> <caption>1990s, foundations and early Manchester United dominance </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th>Champions</th> <th>Runners-up </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_FA_Premier_League" title="1992–93 FA Premier League">1992–93</a></td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF"><b><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a></b></td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF"><a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_FA_Premier_League" title="1993–94 FA Premier League">1993–94</a></td> <td style="background:#FFFF8D"><b><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a></b></td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF"><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_FA_Premier_League" title="1994–95 FA Premier League">1994–95</a></td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF"><b><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a></b></td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_FA_Premier_League" title="1995–96 FA Premier League">1995–96</a></td> <td style="background:#FFFF8D"><b><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a></b></td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF"><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_FA_Premier_League" title="1996–97 FA Premier League">1996–97</a></td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF"><b><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a></b></td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF"><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_FA_Premier_League" title="1997–98 FA Premier League">1997–98</a></td> <td style="background:#FFFF8D"><b><a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a></b></td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_FA_Premier_League" title="1998–99 FA Premier League">1998–99</a></td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a></b></td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF"><a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFF8D; color:black;">&#160;</span> <a href="/wiki/Double_(association_football)" title="Double (association football)">Double winners</a><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFE34D; color:black;">&#160;</span> <a href="/wiki/Treble_(association_football)" title="Treble (association football)">Treble winners</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>At the close of the 1990–1991 season, a proposal was tabled for the establishment of a new league that would bring more money into the game overall. The Founder Members Agreement, signed on 17 July 1991, by the game's top-flight clubs, established the basic principles for setting up the FA Premier League.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The newly formed top division was to have commercial independence from the Football Association and the Football League, giving the FA Premier League licence to negotiate its own <a href="/wiki/Broadcasting" title="Broadcasting">broadcast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sponsor_(commercial)" title="Sponsor (commercial)">sponsorship</a> agreements. The argument given at the time was that the extra income would allow English clubs to compete with teams across Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-premsitehistory_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-premsitehistory-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although Dyke played a significant role in the creation of the Premier League, he and ITV (of which LWT was part) lost out in the bidding for broadcast rights: <a href="/wiki/BSkyB" class="mw-redirect" title="BSkyB">BSkyB</a> won with a bid of £304&#160;million over five years, with the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> awarded the highlights package broadcast on <i><a href="/wiki/Match_of_the_Day" title="Match of the Day">Match of the Day</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Conn_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conn-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rodrigues_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rodrigues-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a>, and <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a> were the three teams relegated from the old First Division at the end of the 1991–92 season, and did not take part in the inaugural Premier League season. They were replaced by <a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a>, and Blackburn Rovers, promoted from the old Second Division.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The 22 First Division clubs resigned en masse from the Football League in 1992, and on 27 May that year, the FA Premier League was formed as a <a href="/wiki/Private_limited_company_by_shares" class="mw-redirect" title="Private limited company by shares">limited company</a>, working out of an office at the Football Association's then headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_Gate" title="Lancaster Gate">Lancaster Gate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-premsitehistory_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-premsitehistory-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The 22 inaugural members of the new Premier League were:<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_F.C." title="Wimbledon F.C.">Wimbledon</a></li></ul> </div> <p>This meant a break-up of the 104-year-old Football League that had operated until then with four divisions; the Premier League would operate with a single division and the Football League with three. There was no change in competition format; the same number of teams competed in the top flight, and promotion and relegation between the Premier League and the new First Division remained the same as the old First and <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Divisions</a>, with three teams relegated from the league and three promoted.<sup id="cite_ref-FLhistory_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FLhistory-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The league held its first season in <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_FA_Premier_League" title="1992–93 FA Premier League">1992–93</a>. It was composed of 22 clubs for that season (reduced to 20 in the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_FA_Premier_League" title="1995–96 FA Premier League">1995–96 season</a>). The first Premier League goal was scored by <a href="/wiki/Brian_Deane" title="Brian Deane">Brian Deane</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a> in a 2–1 win against Manchester United.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Manchester United won the inaugural edition of the new league, ending a twenty-six year wait to be crowned champions of England. Bolstered by this breakthrough, United immediately became the competition's dominant team, winning seven of the first nine trophies, two League and FA Cup 'doubles' and a European treble, initially under a team of hardened veterans such as <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Robson" title="Bryan Robson">Bryan Robson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bruce" title="Steve Bruce">Steve Bruce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ince" title="Paul Ince">Paul Ince</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hughes" title="Mark Hughes">Mark Hughes</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Cantona" title="Eric Cantona">Eric Cantona</a>, before Cantona, Bruce, and <a href="/wiki/Roy_Keane" title="Roy Keane">Roy Keane</a> led a young, dynamic new team filled with the <a href="/wiki/Fergie%27s_Fledglings" title="Fergie&#39;s Fledglings">Class of 92</a>, a group of young players including <a href="/wiki/David_Beckham" title="David Beckham">David Beckham</a> who came through the Manchester United Academy. </p><p>Between 1993 and 1997, <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> came close to challenging Manchester United's early dominance; Blackburn won the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_FA_Premier_League" title="1994–95 FA Premier League">1994–95 FA Premier League</a> and Newcastle led the title charge over United for much of the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_FA_Premier_League" title="1995–96 FA Premier League">1995–96 season</a>. As the decade closed, <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> replicated Manchester United's dominance by winning the League and FA Cup double in <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_FA_Premier_League" title="1997–98 FA Premier League">1997–98</a>, and together they would form a duopoly over the league between 1997 and 2003. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emergence_of_the_&quot;Big_Four&quot;_(2000s)"><span id="Emergence_of_the_.22Big_Four.22_.282000s.29"></span>Emergence of the "Big Four" (2000s)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Emergence of the &quot;Big Four&quot; (2000s)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;float:right;margin-left:1em"> <caption>Results of the 'Big Four' during the 2000s </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th><abbr title="Arsenal"><a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">ARS</a></abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Chelsea"><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">CHE</a></abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Liverpool"><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">LIV</a></abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Manchester United"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">MUN</a></abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="1999–2000 Premier League">1999–2000</a></td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">5</td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">4</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_FA_Premier_League" title="2000–01 FA Premier League">2000–01</a></td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">6</td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">3</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_FA_Premier_League" title="2001–02 FA Premier League">2001–02</a></td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b></td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">6</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_FA_Premier_League" title="2002–03 FA Premier League">2002–03</a></td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">4</td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">5</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_FA_Premier_League" title="2003–04 FA Premier League">2003–04</a></td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b></td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">4</td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_FA_Premier_League" title="2004–05 FA Premier League">2004–05</a></td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b></td> <td style="background:#E8FFD8">5</td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_FA_Premier_League" title="2005–06 FA Premier League">2005–06</a></td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">4</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b></td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">3</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_FA_Premier_League" title="2006–07 FA Premier League">2006–07</a></td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">4</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">3</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Premier_League" title="2007–08 Premier League">2007–08</a></td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">3</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">4</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Premier_League" title="2008–09 Premier League">2008–09</a></td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">4</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">3</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:3px solid black" class="sortbottom"> <td><b><abbr title="Number of times that each side finished in the top four">Top four</abbr></b></td> <td><b>10</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="5">out of 10 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="5"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFE34D; color:black;">&#160;</span> League champions<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ACE1AF; color:black;">&#160;</span> Champions League group stage<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#D0F0C0; color:black;">&#160;</span> Champions League third qualifying / play-off round<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E8FFD8; color:black;">&#160;</span> Champions League first qualifying round<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#97DEFF; color:black;">&#160;</span> UEFA Cup / Europa League </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The 2000s saw the rise of <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> alongside the "Big 2", followed by Chelsea finally breaking the Arsenal-Man United duopoly by winning the league in <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_FA_Premier_League" title="2004–05 FA Premier League">2004–05</a>. The dominance of the so-called <b>"Big Four"</b> clubs&#160;&#8211;&#32;Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester United<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bestofrest_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bestofrest-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>&#160;&#8211;&#32;saw them finish at the top of the table for most of the decade, thereby guaranteeing qualification for the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a>. Only three other clubs managed to qualify for the competition during this period: <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> (<a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_FA_Premier_League" title="2001–02 FA Premier League">2001–02</a> and <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_FA_Premier_League" title="2002–03 FA Premier League">2002–03</a>), <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a> (<a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_FA_Premier_League" title="2004–05 FA Premier League">2004–05</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a> (<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Premier_League" title="2009–10 Premier League">2009–10</a>) – each occupying the final Champions League spot, with the exception of Newcastle in the 2002–03 season, who finished third. </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_FA_Premier_League" title="2003–04 FA Premier League">2003–04</a> season, Arsenal acquired the nickname "<a href="/wiki/The_Invincibles_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Invincibles (football)">The Invincibles</a>" as they became the first and, to date, only club to complete a Premier League campaign without losing a single game.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2008, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Keegan" title="Kevin Keegan">Kevin Keegan</a> stated that "Big Four" dominance threatened the division: "This league is in danger of becoming one of the most boring but great leagues in the world."<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Premier League chief executive <a href="/wiki/Richard_Scudamore" title="Richard Scudamore">Richard Scudamore</a> said in defence: "There are a lot of different tussles that go on in the Premier League depending on whether you're at the top, in the middle, or at the bottom that make it interesting."<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 2005 and 2012, there was a Premier League representative in seven of the eight <a href="/wiki/List_of_European_Cup_and_UEFA_Champions_League_finals" title="List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals">Champions League finals</a>, with only the "Big Four" clubs reaching that stage. Liverpool (<a href="/wiki/2005_UEFA_Champions_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2005 UEFA Champions League Final">2005</a>), Manchester United (<a href="/wiki/2008_UEFA_Champions_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 UEFA Champions League Final">2008</a>), and Chelsea (<a href="/wiki/2012_UEFA_Champions_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 UEFA Champions League Final">2012</a>) won the competition during this period, with Arsenal (<a href="/wiki/2006_UEFA_Champions_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 UEFA Champions League Final">2006</a>), Liverpool (<a href="/wiki/2007_UEFA_Champions_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 UEFA Champions League Final">2007</a>), Chelsea (<a href="/wiki/2008_UEFA_Champions_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 UEFA Champions League Final">2008</a>), and Manchester United (<a href="/wiki/2009_UEFA_Champions_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 UEFA Champions League Final">2009</a> and <a href="/wiki/2011_UEFA_Champions_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 UEFA Champions League Final">2011</a>) all losing Champions League finals.<sup id="cite_ref-ChampionsFinals_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChampionsFinals-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Leeds United were the only non-"Big Four" side to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League, in the <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2000–01 UEFA Champions League">2000–01 season</a>. There were three Premier League teams in the Champions League semi-finals in <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2006–07 UEFA Champions League">2006–07</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2007–08 UEFA Champions League">2007–08</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2008–09 UEFA Champions League">2008–09</a>, a feat only ever achieved five times (along with <a href="/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</a> in <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2002–03 UEFA Champions League">2002–03</a> and <a href="/wiki/La_Liga" title="La Liga">La Liga</a> in <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_UEFA_Champions_League" title="1999–2000 UEFA Champions League">1999–2000</a>). </p><p>Additionally, between the 1999–2000 and 2009–10 seasons, four Premier League sides reached the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Cup or Europa League</a> finals, with only Liverpool managing to win the competition in <a href="/wiki/2001_UEFA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 UEFA Cup Final">2001</a>. Arsenal (<a href="/wiki/2000_UEFA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 UEFA Cup Final">2000</a>), <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a> (<a href="/wiki/2006_UEFA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 UEFA Cup Final">2006</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a> (<a href="/wiki/2010_UEFA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 UEFA Cup Final">2010</a>) all lost their finals.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the group's dominance was reduced to a degree after this period with the emergence of Manchester City and Tottenham, in terms of all-time Premier League points won, they remain clear by some margin. As of the end of the 2021–22 season – the 30th season of the Premier League – Liverpool, in fourth place in the all-time points table, were over 300 points ahead of the next team, Tottenham Hotspur. They are also the only teams to maintain a winning average of over 50% throughout their entire Premier League tenures.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emergence_of_the_&quot;Big_Six&quot;_(2010s)"><span id="Emergence_of_the_.22Big_Six.22_.282010s.29"></span>Emergence of the "Big Six" (2010s)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Emergence of the &quot;Big Six&quot; (2010s)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;float:right;margin-left:1em;clear:right"> <caption>Results of the 'Big Six' during the 2010s </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th><abbr title="Arsenal"><a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">ARS</a></abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Chelsea"><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">CHE</a></abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Liverpool"><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">LIV</a></abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Manchester City"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">MCI</a></abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Manchester United"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">MUN</a></abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Tottenham Hotspur"><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">TOT</a></abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Premier_League" title="2009–10 Premier League">2009–10</a></td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">3</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b></td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">7</td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">5</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Premier_League" title="2010–11 Premier League">2010–11</a></td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">4</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td>6</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">3</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b></td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Premier_League" title="2011–12 Premier League">2011–12</a></td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">3</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">6</td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">8</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b></td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Premier_League" title="2012–13 Premier League">2012–13</a></td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">4</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">3</td> <td>7</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b></td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Premier_League" title="2013–14 Premier League">2013–14</a></td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">4</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">3</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b></td> <td>7</td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Premier_League" title="2014–15 Premier League">2014–15</a></td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">3</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b></td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">6</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">4</td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Premier_League" title="2015–16 Premier League">2015–16</a></td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">4</td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">5</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Premier_League" title="2016–17 Premier League">2016–17</a></td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">5</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b></td> <td style="background:#D0F0C0">4</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">3</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">6</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Premier_League" title="2017–18 Premier League">2017–18</a></td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">6</td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">5</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">4</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b></td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Premier_League" title="2018–19 Premier League">2018–19</a></td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">5</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">3</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b></td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">6</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">4 </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:3px solid black" class="sortbottom"> <td><b><abbr title="Number of times that each side finished in the top four">Top four</abbr></b></td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td><b><abbr title="Number of times that each side finished in the top six">Top six</abbr></b></td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="7">out of 10 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="7"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFE34D; color:black;">&#160;</span> League champions<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ACE1AF; color:black;">&#160;</span> Champions League group stage<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#D0F0C0; color:black;">&#160;</span> Champions League play-off round<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#97DEFF; color:black;">&#160;</span> Europa League </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The years following 2009 marked a shift from the "Big Four" with <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> breaking into the top four places on a regular basis, turning the "Big Four" into the "<b>Big Six</b>".<sup id="cite_ref-Jolly_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jolly-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Premier_League" title="2009–10 Premier League">2009–10 season</a>, Tottenham finished fourth and became the first new team to finish in the top four since <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a> five years prior.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Criticism of the gap between an elite group of "super clubs" and the majority of the Premier League has continued, nevertheless, due to their increasing ability to spend more than the other Premier League clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> won the title in the <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Premier_League" title="2011–12 Premier League">2011–12 season</a>, becoming the first club outside the "Big Four" to win since <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_FA_Premier_League" title="1994–95 FA Premier League">1994–95 season</a>. That season also saw two of the "Big Four" (Chelsea and Liverpool) finish outside the top four places for the first time since that season.<sup id="cite_ref-Jolly_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jolly-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>With only four UEFA Champions League qualifying places available in the league, greater competition for qualification now exists, albeit from a narrow base of six clubs. In the five seasons following the 2011–12 campaign, <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> both found themselves outside of the top four three times, whilst Chelsea finished 10th in the 2015–16 season. Arsenal finished 5th in <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Premier_League" title="2016–17 Premier League">2016–17</a>, ending their record run of 20 consecutive top-four finishes.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Premier_League" title="2015–16 Premier League">2015–16 season</a>, underdogs <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a> won the Premier League. With 5000/1 odds of winning the league at the beginning of the season, Leicester became the first club outside the "Big Six" to win the Premier League since <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_FA_Premier_League" title="1994–95 FA Premier League">1994–95 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Off the pitch, the "Big Six" wield significant financial power and influence, with these clubs arguing that they should be entitled to a greater share of revenue due to the greater stature of their clubs globally and the attractive football they aim to play.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Objectors argue that the egalitarian revenue structure in the Premier League helps to maintain a competitive league which is vital for its future success.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Premier_League" title="2016–17 Premier League">2016–17</a> <a href="/wiki/Deloitte_Football_Money_League#2016–17" title="Deloitte Football Money League">Deloitte Football Money League</a> report showed the financial disparity between the "Big Six" and the rest of the division. All of the "Big Six" had revenues greater than €350&#160;million, with Manchester United having the largest revenue in the league at €676.3&#160;million. Leicester City was the closest club to the "Big Six" in terms of revenue, recording a figure of €271.1&#160;million for that season – helped by participation in the Champions League. The eighth-largest revenue generator, <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham</a> – who did not play in European competition – had revenues of €213.3&#160;million, less than half of those of the club with the fifth-largest revenue, <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> (€424.2&#160;million).<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A substantial part of the clubs' revenue by then came from television broadcast deals, with the biggest clubs each taking from around £150&#160;million to nearly £200&#160;million in the 2016–17 season from such deals.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Deloitte" title="Deloitte">Deloitte</a>'s 2019 report, all the "Big Six" were in the top ten of the world's richest clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="width:300px"> <caption>Number of top 6 finishes during 2010s </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Club</th> <th>Top 6 finishes </th></tr> <tr> <td>Manchester City</td> <td align="center">10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tottenham Hotspur</td> <td align="center">10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Arsenal</td> <td align="center">10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chelsea</td> <td align="center">9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Manchester United</td> <td align="center">9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Liverpool</td> <td align="center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Everton</td> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Leicester City</td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Newcastle United</td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Southampton</td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Aston Villa</td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manchester_City_dominance_(2020s)"><span id="Manchester_City_dominance_.282020s.29"></span>Manchester City dominance (2020s)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Manchester City dominance (2020s)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;float:right;margin-left:1em;clear:right"> <caption>Results of the 'Big Six' during the 2020s </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th><abbr title="Arsenal"><a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">ARS</a></abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Chelsea"><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">CHE</a></abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Liverpool"><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">LIV</a></abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Manchester City"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">MCI</a></abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Manchester United"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">MUN</a></abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Tottenham Hotspur"><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">TOT</a></abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Premier_League" title="2019–20 Premier League">2019–20</a></td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">8</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">4</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b></td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">3</td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Premier_League" title="2020–21 Premier League">2020–21</a></td> <td>8</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">4</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">3</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b></td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#C39BD3">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Premier_League" title="2021–22 Premier League">2021–22</a></td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">5</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">3</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b></td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">6</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Premier_League" title="2022–23 Premier League">2022–23</a></td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td>12</td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">5</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b></td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">3</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Premier_League" title="2023–24 Premier League">2023–24</a></td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">2</td> <td style="background:#C39BD3">6</td> <td style="background:#ACE1AF">3</td> <td style="background:#FFE34D"><b>1</b></td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">8</td> <td style="background:#97DEFF">5 </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:3px solid black" class="sortbottom"> <td><b><abbr title="Number of times that each side finished in the top four">Top four</abbr></b></td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td><b><abbr title="Number of times that each side finished in the top six">Top six</abbr></b></td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="7">out of 5 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="7"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFE34D; color:black;">&#160;</span> League champions<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ACE1AF; color:black;">&#160;</span> Champions League<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#97DEFF; color:black;">&#160;</span> Europa League <br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C39BD3; color:black;">&#160;</span> Conference League </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>From the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Premier_League" title="2019–20 Premier League">2019–20 season</a>, <a href="/wiki/Video_assistant_referee" title="Video assistant referee">video assistant referees</a> were used in the league.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Premier_League" title="2019–20 Premier League">2019–20 season</a> saw Liverpool win their first Premier League trophy, their first top-flight trophy in 30 years.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Project_Big_Picture" class="mw-redirect" title="Project Big Picture">Project Big Picture</a> was announced in October 2020 that described a plan to reunite the top Premier League clubs with the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">English Football League</a>, proposed by leading Premier League clubs <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It has been criticised by the Premier League leadership and the UK government's <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Culture,_Media_and_Sport" title="Department for Culture, Media and Sport">Department for Culture, Media and Sport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 April 2021, play was stopped during a match between Leicester City and Crystal Palace to allow players <a href="/wiki/Wesley_Fofana_(footballer)" title="Wesley Fofana (footballer)">Wesley Fofana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cheikhou_Kouyat%C3%A9" title="Cheikhou Kouyaté">Cheikhou Kouyaté</a> to break <a href="/wiki/Ramadan_fast" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramadan fast">Ramadan fast</a>. It is believed to be the first time in Premier League history that a game was paused to allow Muslim players to eat and drink after the sun had set in accordance with the rules of the faith.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Premier_League" title="2022–23 Premier League">2022–23 season</a> was the first to take a six-week break between November and December 2022 to allow for the <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">first winter World Cup</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> with a return for the <a href="/wiki/Boxing_Day" title="Boxing Day">Boxing Day</a> fixtures.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Premier League players decided to take the knee at selected "significant moments". They assured to "remain resolutely committed to eradicate racial prejudice".<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> That season was notable for <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Newcastle United">Newcastle United</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton &amp; Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion</a> breaking the traditional "Big Six" as they finished fourth and sixth, respectively, whilst "Big Six" teams <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham</a> and Chelsea finished eighth and twelfth.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, 2015–16 champions Leicester City were relegated, becoming the second league-winning club to suffer relegation since 1992, after <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Premier_League" title="2010–11 Premier League">2011–12 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Premier_League" title="2023–24 Premier League">2023–24 season</a>, Manchester City won the Premier League for the sixth time in seven years to become the first top-flight team to win four consecutive league titles in English football history.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, non-Big Six club <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a> finished fourth and qualified for the <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2024–25 UEFA Champions League">2024–25 UEFA Champions League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="width:300px"> <caption>Number of top 6 finishes during 2020s </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Club</th> <th>Top 6 finishes </th></tr> <tr> <td>Liverpool</td> <td align="center">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Manchester City</td> <td align="center">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Manchester United</td> <td align="center">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chelsea</td> <td align="center">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Arsenal</td> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tottenham Hotspur</td> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Leicester City</td> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Aston Villa</td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Brighton &amp; Hove Albion</td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Newcastle United</td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>West Ham United</td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corporate_structure">Corporate structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Corporate structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Football Association Premier League Ltd (FAPL)<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> is operated as a corporation and is owned by the 20 member clubs. Each club is a <a href="/wiki/Shareholder" title="Shareholder">shareholder</a>, with one vote each on issues such as rule changes and contracts. The clubs select a chairman, chief executive, and board of directors to oversee the daily operations of the league.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Football Association is not directly involved in the day-to-day operations of the Premier League, but has veto power as a special shareholder during the election of the chairman and chief executive and when new rules are adopted by the league.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current chief executive is <a href="/wiki/Richard_Masters_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Masters (football)">Richard Masters</a>, who was appointed in December 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The chair is currently <a href="/wiki/Alison_Brittain" title="Alison Brittain">Alison Brittain</a>, who took over the role in early 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Premier League sends representatives to UEFA's <a href="/wiki/European_Club_Association" title="European Club Association">European Club Association</a>, the number of clubs and the clubs themselves chosen according to <a href="/wiki/UEFA_coefficient" title="UEFA coefficient">UEFA coefficients</a>. For the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Premier_League" title="2023–24 Premier League">2023–24 season</a>, the Premier League has 13 representatives in the Association: Arsenal, Aston Villa, <a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton &amp; Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion</a>, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, and Wolverhampton Wanderers.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The European Club Association is responsible for electing three members to UEFA's Club Competitions Committee, which is involved in the operations of UEFA competitions such as the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">Champions League</a> and <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Europa League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Office holders </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Office </th> <th>No. </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Tenure </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Chief Executive </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rick_Parry" title="Rick Parry">Rick Parry</a> </td> <td>1991–1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Scudamore" title="Richard Scudamore">Richard Scudamore</a> </td> <td>1999–2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>3</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richard_Masters_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Masters (football)">Richard Masters</a></b> </td> <td><b>2019–</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6">Chair </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Quinton_(banker)" title="John Quinton (banker)">Sir John Quinton</a> </td> <td>1991–1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Richards" title="Dave Richards">Dave Richards</a> </td> <td>1999–2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Fry_(business_executive)" title="Anthony Fry (business executive)">Anthony Fry</a> </td> <td>2013–2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Scudamore" title="Richard Scudamore">Richard Scudamore</a> </td> <td>2014–2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Hoffman_(businessman)" title="Gary Hoffman (businessman)">Gary Hoffman</a> </td> <td>2020–2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>6</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Alison_Brittain" title="Alison Brittain">Alison Brittain</a></b> </td> <td><b>2023–</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Criticism_of_governance">Criticism of governance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Criticism of governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Premier League has faced criticism of its <a href="/wiki/Governance" title="Governance">governance</a> due to an alleged lack of <a href="/wiki/Transparency_(behavior)" title="Transparency (behavior)">transparency</a> and <a href="/wiki/Accountability" title="Accountability">accountability</a>. </p><p>Following the Premier League's blocking of the <a href="/wiki/2021_takeover_of_Newcastle_United_F.C." title="2021 takeover of Newcastle United F.C.">attempted takeover of Newcastle United by a PIF-backed consortium</a> through the league's <a href="/wiki/Fit-and-proper-person_test" title="Fit-and-proper-person test">Owners' and Directors' test</a>, many MPs, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Newcastle United">Newcastle United</a> fans and related parties to the deal denounced the Premier League for its perceived lack of transparency and accountability throughout the process.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SkySports3_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SkySports3-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 6 July 2021, consortium member <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Staveley" title="Amanda Staveley">Amanda Staveley</a> of PCP Capital Partners said that "fans surely deserve absolute transparency from the regulators across all their processes – to best ensure that they act responsibly. They (the Premier League) are performing a function like that of a government regulator – but without the same systems for accountability."<sup id="cite_ref-SkySports3_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SkySports3-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 July 2021, <a href="/wiki/Tracey_Crouch" title="Tracey Crouch">Tracey Crouch MP</a> – chair of the fan-led review into the UK's football governance – announced in the review's interim findings that the Premier League had "lost the trust and confidence" of fans. The review also recommended that a new independent regulator be created to oversee matters such as club takeovers.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Premier League chief executive <a href="/wiki/Richard_Masters_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Masters (football)">Richard Masters</a> had earlier spoken out against the implementation of an independent regulator, saying in May 2021, "I don't think that the independent regulator is the answer to the question. I would defend the Premier League's role as regulator of its clubs over the past 30 years."<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competition_format">Competition format</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Competition format"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:33%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>[The Premier League] is very tough and is different. If you compare this league to another league, it's like playing another sport. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">–<a href="/wiki/Antonio_Conte" title="Antonio Conte">Antonio Conte</a>, on the competitiveness of the Premier League.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:33%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>In [The Premier League] you never really know what is going to happen, there is very little between the teams. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">–<a href="/wiki/Luis_Suarez" class="mw-redirect" title="Luis Suarez">Luis Suarez</a><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Competition">Competition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Competition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are 20 clubs in the Premier League. During the course of a season (from August to May) each club plays the others twice (a double <a href="/wiki/Round-robin_tournament" title="Round-robin tournament">round-robin system</a>), once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for 38 games. Teams receive <a href="/wiki/Three_points_for_a_win" title="Three points for a win">three points for a win</a> and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are <a href="/wiki/Group_tournament_ranking_system" title="Group tournament ranking system">ranked</a> by total points, then <a href="/wiki/Goal_difference" title="Goal difference">goal difference</a>, and then goals scored. If still equal, teams are deemed to occupy the same position. If there is a tie for the championship, for relegation, or for qualification to other competitions, the head-to-head record between the tied teams is taken into consideration (points scored in the matches between the teams, followed by away goals in those matches.) If two teams are still tied, a play-off match at a neutral venue decides rank.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Promotion_and_relegation">Promotion and relegation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Promotion and relegation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A system of <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion and relegation</a> exists between the Premier League and the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">EFL Championship</a>. The three lowest placed teams in the Premier League are relegated to the Championship, and the top two teams from the Championship promoted to the Premier League,<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> with an additional team promoted after a series of play-offs involving the third, fourth, fifth and sixth placed clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The number of clubs was reduced from 22 to 20 in <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_FA_Premier_League" title="1994–95 FA Premier League">1995</a>, when four teams were relegated from the league and only two teams promoted.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-evolved_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-evolved-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The top flight had only been expanded to 22 teams at the start of the <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Football_League" title="1991–92 Football League">1991–92 season</a> – the year prior to the formation of the Premier League.<sup id="cite_ref-evolved_94-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-evolved-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 June 2006, <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> requested that all major European leagues, including Italy's <a href="/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</a> and Spain's <a href="/wiki/La_Liga" title="La Liga">La Liga</a>, be reduced to 18 teams by the start of the <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Premier_League" title="2007–08 Premier League">2007–08 season</a>. The Premier League responded by announcing their intention to resist such a reduction.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Ultimately, the 2007–08 season kicked off again with 20 teams.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_Assistant_Referee">Video Assistant Referee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Video Assistant Referee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Video_assistant_referee" title="Video assistant referee">Video assistant referee</a> (VAR), was introduced to the Premier League at the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Premier_League" title="2019–20 Premier League">2019–20 season</a>. It uses technology and officials to assist the <a href="/wiki/Referee_(association_football)" title="Referee (association football)">referee</a> in making decisions on the pitch.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, its use has been met with mixed receptions from fans and pundits, with some praising its accuracy whilst others criticise its impact on the flow of the game and consistency of decision-making. </p><p>The on-field referee still makes the final decision, but VAR can assist the referee in the decision-making process. VAR can only be used for four types of decisions: goals, <a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">penalty</a> decisions, direct <a href="/wiki/Red_card_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Red card (association football)">red card</a> incidents, and cases of mistaken identity. VAR officials review the video footage and communicate with the on-field referee via a headset. The VAR officials are located in a central control room, which is equipped with multiple camera angles and the ability to replay footage at various speeds. </p><p>A study evaluating fan reception of VAR in the Premier League was made by Otto Kolbinger and Melanie Knopp and was done by analysing <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> data.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The researchers used sentiment analysis to measure the overall positive or negative attitudes towards VAR, as well as topic modelling to identify specific issues that fans are discussing related to VAR. The study found that the reception of VAR on Twitter is largely negative, with fans expressing frustration and criticism of the technology's impact on the flow of the game and the inconsistency of decisions. The researchers also identified specific issues, such as handball and offside decisions, that fans are particularly critical of. The study concludes that VAR has not been well received by fans in the Premier League, and that efforts to improve the technology and increase transparency in decision-making are needed to address these concerns. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clubs">Clubs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Clubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_clubs" title="List of Premier League clubs">List of Premier League clubs</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Performance_record_of_clubs_in_the_Premier_League" title="Performance record of clubs in the Premier League">Performance record of clubs in the Premier League</a> and <a href="/wiki/All-time_Premier_League_table" class="mw-redirect" title="All-time Premier League table">All-time Premier League table</a></div> <p>Fifty-one clubs have played in the Premier League from its inception in 1992, up to and including the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Premier_League" title="2023–24 Premier League">2023–24</a> season.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Champions">Champions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_football_champions" title="List of English football champions">List of English football champions</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Club </th> <th>Winners </th> <th><span class="nowrap">Runners-up</span> </th> <th>Winning seasons </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center">13 </td> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="1992–93 Premier League"><span class="nowrap">1992–93</span></a>, <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="1993–94 Premier League"><span class="nowrap">1993–94</span></a>, <a 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href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Premier_League" title="2007–08 Premier League"><span class="nowrap">2007–08</span></a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Premier_League" title="2008–09 Premier League"><span class="nowrap">2008–09</span></a>, <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Premier_League" title="2010–11 Premier League"><span class="nowrap">2010–11</span></a>, <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Premier_League" title="2012–13 Premier League"><span class="nowrap">2012–13</span></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Premier_League" title="2011–12 Premier League"><span class="nowrap">2011–12</span></a>, <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Premier_League" title="2013–14 Premier League"><span class="nowrap">2013–14</span></a>, <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Premier_League" title="2017–18 Premier League"><span 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<td>1923–24</td> <td>1993–94</td> <td>67</td> <td>29</td> <td>2012–13 (13 seasons)</td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a><sup id="cite_ref-fl_103-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fl-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>v 4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001140000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>14th</td> <td>1888–89</td> <td>2003–04</td> <td>70</td> <td>11</td> <td>2018–19 (7 seasons)</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>1958–59 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Luton Town">Luton Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burnley_F.C." title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a> were relegated to the <a 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class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Manchester City"><img alt="Manchester City" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C."><span class="nowrap">Manchester City</span></a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:40.591%;left:50.956%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Manchester United"><img alt="Manchester United" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:16.39%;left:58.838%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Newcastle United"><img alt="Newcastle United" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:48.962%;left:64.195%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Nottingham Forest"><img alt="Nottingham Forest" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:81.507%;left:61.246%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Southampton"><img alt="Southampton" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:54.556%;left:52.796%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Wolverhampton Wanderers"><img alt="Wolverhampton Wanderers" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:4.8%;left:0.571%;font-size:80%"><div class="id" style="left:-1px;top:-1px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="London teams: Arsenal Brentford Chelsea Crystal Palace Fulham Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United"><img alt="London teams: Arsenal Brentford Chelsea Crystal Palace Fulham Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/TransparentPlaceholder.png/1px-TransparentPlaceholder.png" decoding="async" width="1" height="1" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/TransparentPlaceholder.png/2px-TransparentPlaceholder.png 1.5x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="375" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:2px"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Football_in_London" title="Football in London">London</a> teams:</span></b><br /><a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a><br /><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:United_Kingdom_England_adm_location_map.svg" title="File:United Kingdom England adm location map.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Locations of the 2024–25 Premier League clubs</div></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="locmap noviewer noresize thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px"><div style="position:relative;width:300px;border:1px solid lightgray"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greater_London_UK_location_map_2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Greater London Premier League football clubs"><img alt="Greater London Premier League football clubs" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Greater_London_UK_location_map_2.svg/300px-Greater_London_UK_location_map_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Greater_London_UK_location_map_2.svg/450px-Greater_London_UK_location_map_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Greater_London_UK_location_map_2.svg/600px-Greater_London_UK_location_map_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="1140" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:34.615%;left:48.214%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Arsenal"><img alt="Arsenal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/12px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/16px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:49.319%;left:28.447%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Brentford"><img alt="Brentford" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/12px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/16px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:50.709%;left:40.307%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Chelsea"><img alt="Chelsea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/12px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/16px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:68.44%;left:51.537%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Crystal Palace"><img alt="Crystal Palace" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/12px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/16px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C."><span class="nowrap">Crystal Palace</span></a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:52.128%;left:37.057%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Fulham"><img alt="Fulham" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/12px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/16px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:26.085%;left:53.021%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Tottenham Hotspur"><img alt="Tottenham Hotspur" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/12px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/16px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C."><span class="nowrap">Tottenham Hotspur</span></a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:38.593%;left:58.895%;font-size:75%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West Ham United"><img alt="West Ham United" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/12px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/16px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><b><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C."><span class="nowrap">West Ham United</span></a></b></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Greater_London_UK_location_map_2.svg" title="File:Greater London UK location map 2.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Location of clubs around Greater London for the 2024–25 Premier League</div></div></div> <p>&#32; </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-English_clubs">Non-English clubs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Non-English clubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_association_football_clubs_playing_in_the_league_of_another_country" title="List of association football clubs playing in the league of another country">List of association football clubs playing in the league of another country</a></div> <p>In 2011, after <a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a> gained promotion, a Welsh club participated in the Premier League for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The first Premier League match to be played outside England was Swansea City's home match at the <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberty Stadium">Liberty Stadium</a> against <a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a> on 20 August 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The number of Welsh clubs in the Premier League increased to two in 2013–14, as <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City</a> gained promotion,<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but they were relegated after their maiden season.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cardiff were promoted again in <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_EFL_Championship" title="2017–18 EFL Championship">2017–18</a> but the number of Welsh clubs remained the same for the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Premier_League" title="2018–19 Premier League">2018–19 Premier League</a> season, as Swansea City had been relegated from the Premier League in 2017–18.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following Cardiff City's relegation after the 2018–19 season, there are currently no Welsh clubs participating in the Premier League.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because they are members of the <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Wales" title="Football Association of Wales">Football Association of Wales</a> (FAW), the question of whether clubs like <a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea</a> should represent England or Wales in European competitions has caused <a href="/wiki/Football_in_England#Welsh_clubs" title="Football in England">long-running discussions</a> in <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a>. Swansea took one of England's three available places in the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">Europa League</a> in 2013–14 by winning the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Cup">League Cup</a> in 2012–13.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The right of Welsh clubs to take up such English places was in doubt until UEFA clarified the matter in March 2012, allowing them to participate.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Participation in the Premier League by some Scottish or Irish clubs has sometimes been discussed, but without result. The idea came closest to reality in 1998, when <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_F.C." title="Wimbledon F.C.">Wimbledon</a> received Premier League approval to <a href="/wiki/Relocation_of_Wimbledon_F.C._to_Milton_Keynes" title="Relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes">relocate to Dublin, Ireland</a>, but the move was blocked by the <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Ireland" title="Football Association of Ireland">Football Association of Ireland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thewimbledonwehave_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thewimbledonwehave-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mihirbose_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mihirbose-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DublinDonsIndo230198_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DublinDonsIndo230198-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DublinDonsIndo100698_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DublinDonsIndo100698-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Additionally, the media occasionally discusses the idea that Scotland's two biggest teams, <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rangers_F.C." title="Rangers F.C.">Rangers</a>, should or will take part in the Premier League, but nothing has come of these discussions.<sup id="cite_ref-strachan_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-strachan-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_competitions">International competitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: International competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qualification_for_European_competitions">Qualification for European competitions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Qualification for European competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/UEFA_coefficient#Men&#39;s_association_coefficient" title="UEFA coefficient">UEFA coefficient §&#160;Men's association coefficient</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Qualification_criteria_for_2024–25"><span id="Qualification_criteria_for_2024.E2.80.9325"></span>Qualification criteria for 2024–25</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: Qualification criteria for 2024–25"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Champions_League#Association_team_allocation" title="2024–25 UEFA Champions League">2024–25 UEFA Champions League §&#160;Association team allocation</a></div> <p>The top four teams in the Premier League qualify automatically for the subsequent season's <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> league phase. The champions of the Champions League and <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Europa League</a> may earn an additional qualification for the subsequent season's Champions League league phase if did not finish in the top four. If this means six Premier League teams qualify, then the fourth-placed team in the Premier League is instead entered in the Europa League, as any single nation is limited to a maximum of five teams in the Champions League. However, starting from the <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2024–25 UEFA Champions League">2024–25 UEFA Champions League</a> there are additional berths for the two best associations in the previous season's ranking, which may result in a maximum of six teams from one association in the Champions League. </p><p>The fifth-placed team in the Premier League, as well as the winners of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>, qualify for the subsequent season's Europa League league phase, but if the winner of the FA Cup also finishes in the top five places in the Premier League or has won one of UEFA's major tournaments, then this place reverts to the team that finished sixth. The winner of the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">EFL Cup</a> qualifies for the subsequent season's <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Conference_League" title="UEFA Conference League">UEFA Conference League</a>, but if the winner had already qualified for a UEFA competition via their performance in another competition, then this place reverts to the team that finished sixth in the Premier League, or seventh if the FA Cup result had already caused the sixth-placed team to qualify.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The number of places allocated to English clubs in UEFA competitions is dependent upon the position the country holds in the UEFA coefficient rankings, which are calculated based on the performance of teams in UEFA competitions over the previous five years. Currently, England is ranked first, ahead of Spain. </p><p>As of 26 September 2024, the coefficients for are as follows (only <a href="/wiki/Big_Five_(association_football)" title="Big Five (association football)">top five European leagues</a> are shown):<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 97%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Ranking </th> <th rowspan="2">Member association<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(L: League, C: Cup, LC: League Cup)</span> </th> <th colspan="6">Coefficient </th> <th rowspan="2">Teams<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>x 1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="4">Regular places in 2026–27 season<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>x 2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%"> <th>2025 </th> <th>2024 </th> <th data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Movement">Mvmt</abbr> </th> <th>2020–21 </th> <th>2021–22 </th> <th>2022–23 </th> <th>2023–24 </th> <th>2024–25 </th> <th>Total </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2026%E2%80%9327_UEFA_Champions_League" class="mw-redirect" title="2026–27 UEFA Champions League">CL</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2026%E2%80%9327_UEFA_Europa_League" class="mw-redirect" title="2026–27 UEFA Europa League">EL</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2026%E2%80%9327_UEFA_Conference_League" class="mw-redirect" title="2026–27 UEFA Conference League">CO</a> </th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="0" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Disc_Plain_violet.svg/15px-Disc_Plain_violet.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Disc_Plain_violet.svg/23px-Disc_Plain_violet.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Disc_Plain_violet.svg/30px-Disc_Plain_violet.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> – </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">England</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(L, <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">C</a>, <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">LC</a><sup id="cite_ref-lc_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lc-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>x 3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>)</span> </td> <td><b>24.357</b> </td> <td><b>21.000</b> </td> <td><b>23.000</b> </td> <td>17.375 </td> <td>4.857 </td> <td><b>90.589</b> </td> <td align="center">7/7 </td> <td rowspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">4 </td> <td rowspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">2 </td> <td rowspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">1 </td> <td rowspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>2 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="0" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Disc_Plain_violet.svg/15px-Disc_Plain_violet.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Disc_Plain_violet.svg/23px-Disc_Plain_violet.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Disc_Plain_violet.svg/30px-Disc_Plain_violet.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> – </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Italian_Football_Federation" title="Italian Football Federation">Italy</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">L</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coppa_Italia" title="Coppa Italia">C</a>)</span> </td> <td>16.285 </td> <td>15.714 </td> <td>22.357 </td> <td><b>21.000</b> </td> <td>4.875 </td> <td>80.231 </td> <td align="center">8/8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="0" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Disc_Plain_violet.svg/15px-Disc_Plain_violet.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Disc_Plain_violet.svg/23px-Disc_Plain_violet.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Disc_Plain_violet.svg/30px-Disc_Plain_violet.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> – </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Spanish_Football_Federation" title="Royal Spanish Football Federation">Spain</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/La_Liga" title="La Liga">L</a>, <a href="/wiki/Copa_del_Rey" title="Copa del Rey">C</a>)</span> </td> <td>19.500 </td> <td>18.428 </td> <td>16.571 </td> <td>16.062 </td> <td>4.571 </td> <td>75.132 </td> <td align="center">7/7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>4 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="0" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Disc_Plain_violet.svg/15px-Disc_Plain_violet.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Disc_Plain_violet.svg/23px-Disc_Plain_violet.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Disc_Plain_violet.svg/30px-Disc_Plain_violet.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> – </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/German_Football_Association" title="German Football Association">Germany</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Bundesliga" title="Bundesliga">L</a>, <a href="/wiki/DFB-Pokal" title="DFB-Pokal">C</a>)</span> </td> <td>15.214 </td> <td>16.214 </td> <td>17.125 </td> <td><b>19.357</b> </td> <td>5.000 </td> <td>72.910 </td> <td align="center">8/8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>5 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="0" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Disc_Plain_violet.svg/15px-Disc_Plain_violet.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Disc_Plain_violet.svg/23px-Disc_Plain_violet.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Disc_Plain_violet.svg/30px-Disc_Plain_violet.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> – </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/French_Football_Federation" title="French Football Federation">France</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Ligue_1" title="Ligue 1">L</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coupe_de_France" title="Coupe de France">C</a>)</span> </td> <td>7.916 </td> <td>18.416 </td> <td>12.583 </td> <td>16.250 </td> <td>5.214 </td> <td>60.379 </td> <td align="center">6/7 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-121"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-121">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Number of teams still active from association in <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2024–25 UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a>, <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Europa_League" title="2024–25 UEFA Europa League">UEFA Europa League</a> or <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Conference_League" title="2024–25 UEFA Conference League">UEFA Conference League</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-122"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-122">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">European Performance Spots: The two associations with the highest one-year coefficient in the most recent season are awarded an additional berth in the Champions League league phase.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-lc-123"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-lc_123-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The champion of the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">league cup of England</a> is given a place in the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Conference_League" title="UEFA Conference League">UEFA Conference League</a> by special permission from UEFA (replacing the lowest-ranked league team which would have qualified).</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Previous_seasons">Previous seasons</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Previous seasons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An exception to the usual European qualification system happened in 2005, after <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> won the <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2004–05 UEFA Champions League">Champions League the season before</a>, but did not finish in a Champions League qualification place in the <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_FA_Premier_League" title="2004–05 FA Premier League">Premier League</a>. UEFA gave special dispensation for Liverpool to enter the Champions League, giving England five qualifiers.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The governing body subsequently ruled that the defending champions qualify for the competition the following year regardless of their domestic league placing. However, for those leagues with four entrants in the Champions League, this meant that if the Champions League winners finished outside the top four in its domestic league, it would qualify at the expense of the fourth-placed team. At that time, no association could have more than four entrants in the Champions League.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This occurred in 2012, when Chelsea – who had <a href="/wiki/2012_UEFA_Champions_League_final" title="2012 UEFA Champions League final">won the Champions League</a> that summer, but finished sixth in the league – qualified for the <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2012–13 UEFA Champions League">2012–13 Champions League</a> in place of <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a>, who went into the <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_UEFA_Europa_League" title="2012–13 UEFA Europa League">Europa League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>From <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2015–16 UEFA Champions League">2015–16</a>, the Europa League champions qualify for the Champions League, increasing the maximum number of participants per country to five.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This took effect in England in <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Premier_League" title="2016–17 Premier League">2016–17</a>, when Manchester United finished sixth in the Premier League and won the <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_UEFA_Europa_League" title="2016–17 UEFA Europa League">Europa League</a>, giving England five Champions League entrants for <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2017–18 UEFA Champions League">2017–18</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In these instances, any Europa League berth vacated is not handed down to the next-best Premier League finisher outside of a qualifying place. If both Champions League and Europa League winners are of the same association and both finish outside the top four, then the fourth-placed team is transferred to the Europa League. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Performance_in_international_competition">Performance in international competition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: Performance in international competition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/English_football_clubs_in_international_competitions" title="English football clubs in international competitions">English football clubs in international competitions</a></div> <p>With 48 continental trophies won, English clubs are the <a href="/wiki/List_of_UEFA_club_competition_winners#By_country" title="List of UEFA club competition winners">third-most successful</a> in European football, behind Italy (50) and Spain (67). In the top-tier <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_Cup_and_UEFA_Champions_League_records_and_statistics#By_nation" title="European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics">a record</a> six English clubs have won <a href="/wiki/List_of_European_Cup_and_UEFA_Champions_League_finals" title="List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals">a total of 15 titles and lost a further 11 finals</a>, behind Spanish clubs with 20 and 11, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the second-tier <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Europa League</a>, English clubs are <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Cup_and_Europa_League_records_and_statistics#By_nation" title="UEFA Cup and Europa League records and statistics">third</a>, with nine victories and eight losses in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_UEFA_Cup_and_Europa_League_finals" title="List of UEFA Cup and Europa League finals">finals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the former second-tier <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup" title="UEFA Cup Winners&#39; Cup">UEFA Cup Winners' Cup</a>, English teams won a <a href="/wiki/List_of_UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup_finals#By_nation" title="List of UEFA Cup Winners&#39; Cup finals">record</a> eight titles and had a further five finalists.<sup id="cite_ref-venue_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-venue-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the non-<a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> organised <a href="/wiki/Inter-Cities_Fairs_Cup" title="Inter-Cities Fairs Cup">Inter-Cities Fairs Cup</a>, English clubs provided four winners and four runners-up, the second-most behind Spain with six and three, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the newly created third-tier <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Conference_League" title="UEFA Conference League">UEFA Conference League</a>, English clubs have won a joint-record <a href="/wiki/List_of_UEFA_Conference_League_finals" title="List of UEFA Conference League finals">one title</a> so far.<sup id="cite_ref-UECL_133-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UECL-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the former fourth-tier <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup" title="UEFA Intertoto Cup">UEFA Intertoto Cup</a>, England won four titles and had a further final appearance, placing it fifth in the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup#Winners_by_nation" title="UEFA Intertoto Cup">rankings</a>, although English clubs were notorious for treating the tournament with disdain, either sending "B" squads or withdrawing from it altogether.<sup id="cite_ref-UEFA_134-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UEFA-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Risolo_136-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risolo-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the one-off <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Super_Cup" title="UEFA Super Cup">UEFA Super Cup</a>, England has ten winners and ten runners-up, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_UEFA_Super_Cup_matches#By_nation" title="List of UEFA Super Cup matches">second-most</a> behind Spain with 17 and 15, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Similarly to the Intertoto Cup, English teams did not take the former <a href="/wiki/Intercontinental_Cup_(football)" title="Intercontinental Cup (football)">Intercontinental Cup</a> seriously enough, despite its international status of the <i>Club World Championship</i>. They a made a total of six appearances in the one-off competition, winning only one of them, and withdrew a further three times.<sup id="cite_ref-Intercontinental_Club_Cup_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Intercontinental_Club_Cup-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> English clubs have won the <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a>-organised <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Club_World_Cup" title="FIFA Club World Cup">Club World Cup</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_finals#Results_by_nation" title="List of FIFA Club World Cup finals">four times</a>, tied for the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Club_World_Cup_records_and_statistics#By_nation" title="FIFA Club World Cup records and statistics">second-most</a> with Brazil, and behind only Spain, with eight.<sup id="cite_ref-Corinthians_139-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corinthians-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Risolo_136-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risolo-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sponsorship">Sponsorship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: Sponsorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/English_football_sponsorship" title="English football sponsorship">English football sponsorship</a></div> <p>After an inaugural season with no sponsorship, the Premier League was sponsored by <a href="/wiki/Carling_brewery" class="mw-redirect" title="Carling brewery">Carling</a> from 1993 until 2001, during which time it was known as the FA Carling Premiership. In 2001, a new sponsorship deal with <a href="/wiki/Barclaycard" title="Barclaycard">Barclaycard</a> saw the league rebranded the FA Barclaycard Premiership, which was changed to the FA Barclays Premiership in time for the 2004–05 season. </p><p>For the 2007–08 season, the league was rebranded the Barclays Premier League.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Period </th> <th>Sponsor </th> <th>Brand </th></tr> <tr> <td>1992–1993</td> <td>No sponsor</td> <td>FA Premier League </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–2001</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carling" class="mw-redirect" title="Carling">Carling</a></td> <td>FA Carling Premiership<sup id="cite_ref-premsitehistory_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-premsitehistory-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001–2004</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barclaycard" title="Barclaycard">Barclaycard</a></td> <td>FA Barclaycard Premiership<sup id="cite_ref-premsitehistory_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-premsitehistory-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004–2007</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Barclays" title="Barclays">Barclays</a></td> <td>FA Barclays Premiership </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007–2016</td> <td>Barclays Premier League<sup id="cite_ref-premsitehistory_22-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-premsitehistory-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">2016–present</span></td> <td>No sponsor</td> <td>Premier League </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Barclays' deal with the Premier League expired at the end of the 2015–16 season. The organisation announced on 4 June 2015 that it would not pursue any further title sponsorship deals for the Premier League, arguing that they wanted to build a "clean" brand for the competition more in line with those of <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">major U.S. sports leagues</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-espn-notitlesponsor_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-notitlesponsor-143"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nike-Maxim-ball-EPL.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Nike-Maxim-ball-EPL.jpg/170px-Nike-Maxim-ball-EPL.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Nike-Maxim-ball-EPL.jpg/255px-Nike-Maxim-ball-EPL.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Nike-Maxim-ball-EPL.jpg/340px-Nike-Maxim-ball-EPL.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1356" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a> "Maxim" ball used in the Premier League in 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>As well as sponsorship for the league itself, the Premier League has a number of official partners and suppliers.<sup id="cite_ref-partners_144-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-partners-144"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The official ball supplier for the league is <a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a> who have had the contract since the 2000–01 season when they took over from <a href="/wiki/Mitre_Sports_International" title="Mitre Sports International">Mitre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Under its <i>Merlin</i> brand, <a href="/wiki/Topps_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Topps Premier League">Topps</a> held the licence to produce collectables for the Premier League between 1994 and 2019 including stickers (for their <a href="/wiki/Sticker_album" title="Sticker album">sticker album</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Trading_card#Association_football" title="Trading card">trading cards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Topps_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Topps-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Launched in the 2007–08 season, Topps' Match Attax, the official Premier League trading card game, is the best selling boys collectable in the UK, and is also the biggest selling sports trading card game in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-Topps_146-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Topps-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In October 2018, <a href="/wiki/Panini_Group" title="Panini Group">Panini</a> were awarded the licence to produce collectables from the 2019–20 season.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The chocolate company <a href="/wiki/Cadbury" title="Cadbury">Cadbury</a> has been the official snack partner of the Premier League since 2017, and sponsored the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Golden_Boot" title="Premier League Golden Boot">Golden Boot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Golden_Glove" title="Premier League Golden Glove">Golden Glove</a> and <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Playmaker_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Playmaker of the Season">Playmaker of the Season</a> awards from the 2017–18 season to 2019–20 season.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Coca-Cola_Company" title="The Coca-Cola Company">The Coca-Cola Company</a> (under its <a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola_Zero_Sugar" title="Coca-Cola Zero Sugar">Coca-Cola Zero Sugar</a> product line) sponsored these awards during the 2020–21 season with <a href="/wiki/Castrol" title="Castrol">Castrol</a> being the current sponsor as of the 2021–22 season.<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Finances">Finances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=23" title="Edit section: Finances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_football_club_owners#Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="List of English football club owners">List of Premier League football club owners</a></div> <p>The Premier League has the highest revenue of any association football league in the world, with total club revenues of €2.48&#160;billion in 2009–10.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Revenues_153-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Revenues-153"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2013–14, due to improved television revenues and cost controls, the Premier League clubs collectively made a net profit in excess of £78&#160;million, exceeding all other football leagues.<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2010 the Premier League was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Awards_for_Enterprise" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen&#39;s Awards for Enterprise">Queen's Award for Enterprise</a> in the International Trade category for its outstanding contribution to international trade and the value it brings to English football and the United Kingdom's broadcasting industry.<sup id="cite_ref-Enterprise_Award_155-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enterprise_Award-155"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Premier League includes some of the richest football clubs in the world. Deloitte's "<a href="/wiki/Deloitte_Football_Money_League" title="Deloitte Football Money League">Football Money League</a>" listed seven Premier League clubs in the top 20 for the 2009–10 season,<sup id="cite_ref-Deloitte0809_156-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deloitte0809-156"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and all 20 clubs were in the top 40 globally by the end of the 2013–14 season, largely as a result of increased broadcasting revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2019, the league generated around £3.1&#160;billion per year in domestic and international television rights.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Premier League clubs agreed in principle in December 2012, to radical new cost controls. The two proposals consist of a break-even rule and a cap on the amount clubs can increase their wage bill by each season. With the new television deals on the horizon, momentum has been growing to find ways of preventing the majority of the cash going straight to players and agents.<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Central payments for the 2016–17 season amounted to £2,398,515,773 across the 20 clubs, with each team receiving a flat participation fee of £35,301,989 and additional payments for TV broadcasts (£1,016,690 for general UK rights to match highlights, £1,136,083 for each live UK broadcast of their games and £39,090,596 for all overseas rights), commercial rights (a flat fee of £4,759,404) and a notional measure of "merit" which was based upon final league position.<sup id="cite_ref-Premier_League_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Premier_League-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The merit component was a nominal sum of £1,941,609 multiplied by each finishing place, counted from the foot of the table (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Burnley_F.C." title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a> finished 16th in May 2017, five places counting upwards, and received 5 × £1,941,609 = £9,708,045 merit payment).<sup id="cite_ref-Premier_League_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Premier_League-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relegation">Relegation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=24" title="Edit section: Relegation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Premier_League%E2%80%93Football_League_gulf" title="Premier League–Football League gulf">Premier League–Football League gulf</a> and <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Parachute_and_Solidarity_Payments" class="mw-redirect" title="Premier League Parachute and Solidarity Payments">Premier League Parachute and Solidarity Payments</a></div> <p>Since its split with the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">Football League</a>, established clubs in the Premier League have a funding disparity from counterparts in lower leagues. Revenue from television rights between the leagues has played a part in this.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_159-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Promoted teams have found it difficult to avoid relegation in their first Premier League season. One Premier League newcomer has been relegated back to the Football League every season, save the <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_FA_Premier_League" title="2001–02 FA Premier League">2001–02</a>, 2011–12, 2017–18 &amp; 2022–23 seasons. In the <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_FA_Premier_League" title="1997–98 FA Premier League">1997–98</a> and <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Premier_League" title="2023–24 Premier League">2023–24</a> seasons, all three promoted clubs were relegated by the season's end.<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Premier League distributes a portion of its television revenue as "parachute payments" to relegated clubs for adjustment to television revenue loss. The average Premier League team receives £41&#160;million<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> whilst the average <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">Championship</a> club receives £2&#160;million.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_Sport_162-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian_Sport-162"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Starting with the <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Premier_League" title="2013–14 Premier League">2013–14</a> season, these payments are in excess of £60&#160;million over four seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_Sport_163-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_Sport-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Critics maintain that the payments widen the gap between teams that have reached the Premier League and those that have not,<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> leading to the common occurrence of teams "<a href="/wiki/Premier_League%E2%80%93Football_League_gulf" title="Premier League–Football League gulf">bouncing back</a>" soon after their relegation. </p><p>Clubs which have failed to win immediate promotion back to the Premier League have seen financial problems, in some cases <a href="/wiki/Administration_(British_football)" title="Administration (British football)">administration</a> or liquidation. Further relegations down the footballing ladder have occurred for multiple clubs unable to cope with the gap.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media_coverage">Media coverage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=25" title="Edit section: Media coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/English_football_on_television" title="English football on television">English football on television</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_broadcasters" title="List of Premier League broadcasters">List of Premier League broadcasters</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_and_the_foundation_of_the_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcasting and the foundation of the Premier League">Broadcasting and the foundation of the Premier League</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom_and_Ireland">United Kingdom and Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=26" title="Edit section: United Kingdom and Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;float:right;margin-left:1em"> <caption>Matches broadcast in the United Kingdom and Ireland </caption> <tbody><tr style="font-size:85%"> <th>Seasons </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky</a> </th> <th colspan="4">Others </th> <th><abbr title="Total number of games broadcast">Total</abbr> </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:75%"> <td>1992–2001</td> <td>60</td> <td rowspan="3" colspan="4">–</td> <td>60 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:75%"> <td>2001–2004</td> <td>110</td> <td>110 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:75%"> <td>2004–2007</td> <td>138</td> <td>138 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:75%"> <td>2007–2009</td> <td>92</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Setanta_Sports" title="Setanta Sports">Setanta</a></td> <td>46</td> <td rowspan="5" colspan="2">–</td> <td>138 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:75%"> <td>2009–2010</td> <td>92</td> <td><a href="/wiki/TNT_Sports_4" title="TNT Sports 4">ESPN</a></td> <td>46</td> <td>138 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:75%"> <td>2010–2013</td> <td>115</td> <td>ESPN</td> <td>23</td> <td>138 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:75%"> <td>2013–2016</td> <td>116</td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/TNT_Sports_(United_Kingdom)" title="TNT Sports (United Kingdom)">TNT</a><sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>38</td> <td>154 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:75%"> <td>2016–2019</td> <td>126</td> <td>42</td> <td>168 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:75%"> <td>2019–2025</td> <td>128</td> <td>52</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amazon_Video" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon Video">Amazon</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>200 </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hazard_taking_on_Howson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Hazard_taking_on_Howson.jpg/220px-Hazard_taking_on_Howson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Hazard_taking_on_Howson.jpg/330px-Hazard_taking_on_Howson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Hazard_taking_on_Howson.jpg/440px-Hazard_taking_on_Howson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Eden_Hazard" title="Eden Hazard">Eden Hazard</a> in possession of the ball during a 2012 match between <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Television has played a major role in the history of the Premier League. The League's decision to assign broadcasting rights to <a href="/wiki/Sky_UK" title="Sky UK">Sky</a> in 1992 was at the time a radical decision, but one that has paid off. At the time, paid television was an almost untested proposition in the UK market as was charging fans to watch live televised football. However, a combination of Sky's strategy, the quality of Premier League football and the public's appetite for the game has seen the value of the Premier League's TV rights soar.<sup id="cite_ref-leicester_tv_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leicester_tv-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Premier League sells its television rights on a collective basis. This is in contrast to some other European leagues, including La Liga, in which each club sells its rights individually, leading to a much higher share of the total income going to the top few clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The money is divided into three parts:<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> half is divided equally between the clubs; one quarter is awarded on a merit basis based on final league position, the top club getting twenty times as much as the bottom club, and equal steps all the way down the table; the final quarter is paid out as facilities fees for games that are shown on television, with the top clubs generally receiving the largest shares of this. The income from overseas rights is divided equally between the twenty clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Not all Premier League matches are televised in the United Kingdom, as the league upholds the <a href="/wiki/Blackout_(broadcasting)" title="Blackout (broadcasting)">long-standing prohibition</a> on telecasts of any association football match (domestic or otherwise) that kicks off between 2:45&#160;p.m. and 5:15&#160;p.m. on Saturday matchdays.<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_172-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-172"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-guardian-fightback_173-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-fightback-173"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first Sky television rights agreement was worth £304&#160;million over five seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-fgrc_174-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fgrc-174"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The next contract, negotiated to start from the 1997–98 season, rose to £670&#160;million over four seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-fgrc_174-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fgrc-174"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The third contract was a £1.024&#160;billion deal with BSkyB for the three seasons from 2001 to 2004. The league brought in £320&#160;million from the sale of its international rights for the three-year period from 2004 to 2007. It sold the rights itself on a territory-by-territory basis.<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sky's monopoly was broken from August 2006 when <a href="/wiki/Setanta_Sports" title="Setanta Sports">Setanta Sports</a> was awarded rights to show two out of the six packages of matches available. This occurred following an insistence by the <a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a> that exclusive rights should not be sold to one television company. Sky and Setanta paid £1.7&#160;billion, a two-thirds increase which took many commentators by surprise as it had been widely assumed that the value of the rights had levelled off following many years of rapid growth. Setanta also hold rights to a live 3&#160;pm match solely for Irish viewers. The <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> retained the rights to show highlights for the same three seasons (on <i><a href="/wiki/Match_of_the_Day" title="Match of the Day">Match of the Day</a></i>) for £171.6&#160;million, a 63&#160;per&#160;cent increase on the £105&#160;million it paid for the previous three-year period.<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sky and <a href="/wiki/BT_Group" title="BT Group">BT</a> agreed to jointly pay £84.3&#160;million for delayed television rights to 242 games (that is the right to broadcast them in full on television and over the internet) in most cases for a period of 50 hours after 10&#160;p.m. on matchday.<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Overseas television rights fetched £625&#160;million, nearly double the previous contract.<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The total raised from those deals was more than £2.7&#160;billion, giving Premier League clubs an average media income from league games of around £40&#160;million-a-year from 2007 to 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2009-3-14_ManUtd_vs_LFC_Ronaldo_Freekick_Back.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/2009-3-14_ManUtd_vs_LFC_Ronaldo_Freekick_Back.JPG/220px-2009-3-14_ManUtd_vs_LFC_Ronaldo_Freekick_Back.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/2009-3-14_ManUtd_vs_LFC_Ronaldo_Freekick_Back.JPG/330px-2009-3-14_ManUtd_vs_LFC_Ronaldo_Freekick_Back.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/2009-3-14_ManUtd_vs_LFC_Ronaldo_Freekick_Back.JPG/440px-2009-3-14_ManUtd_vs_LFC_Ronaldo_Freekick_Back.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo" title="Cristiano Ronaldo">Cristiano Ronaldo</a> preparing to take a free kick in a 2009 match between <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The TV rights agreement between the Premier League and Sky faced accusations of being a cartel, and a number of court cases arose as a result.<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> An investigation by the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Fair_Trading" title="Office of Fair Trading">Office of Fair Trading</a> in 2002 found BSkyB to be dominant within the pay TV sports market, but concluded that there were insufficient grounds for the claim that BSkyB had abused its dominant position.<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In July 1999 the Premier League's method of selling rights collectively for all member clubs was investigated by the UK Restrictive Practices Court, which concluded that the agreement was not contrary to the public interest.<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The BBC's highlights package on Saturday and Sunday nights, as well as other evenings when fixtures justify, ran until 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Television rights alone for the period 2010 to 2013 were purchased for £1.782&#160;billion.<sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 22 June 2009, due to troubles encountered by Setanta Sports after it failed to meet a final deadline over a £30&#160;million payment to the Premier League, <a href="/wiki/TNT_Sports_4" title="TNT Sports 4">ESPN</a> was awarded two packages of UK rights containing 46 matches that were available for the 2009–10 season as well as a package of 23 matches per season from 2010 to 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 13 June 2012, the Premier League announced that <a href="/wiki/TNT_Sports_(United_Kingdom)" title="TNT Sports (United Kingdom)">BT</a> had been awarded 38 games a season for the 2013–14, 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons at £246&#160;million-a-year. The remaining 116 games were retained by <a href="/wiki/Sky_plc" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky plc">Sky</a>, which paid £760&#160;million-a-year. The total domestic rights raised £3.018&#160;billion, an increase of 70.2% over the 2010–11 to 2012–13 rights.<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The value of the licensing deal rose by another 70.2% in 2015, when Sky and BT paid £5.136&#160;billion to renew their contracts with the Premier League for another three years up to the 2018–19 season.<sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A new rights cycle began in the 2019–20 season, with the domestic package increasing to 200 matches overall; in February 2018, BT were awarded the package of 32 lunchtime fixtures on Saturdays, whilst Sky was awarded four of the seven packages, covering the majority of weekend fixtures (including eight new prime time fixtures on Saturdays), as well as Monday and Friday matches. Two remaining packages of 20 fixtures each were to be sold at a later date, including three rounds of mid-week fixtures and a bank holiday round. As Sky already owned the maximum number of matches it could hold without breaching a 148-match cap, it was speculated that at least one of the new packages could go to a new entrant, such as a streaming service. The five packages sold to BT and Sky were valued at £4.464&#160;billion.<sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In June 2018, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Prime_Video" title="Amazon Prime Video">Amazon Prime Video</a> and BT had acquired the remaining two packages; Amazon acquired rights to 20 matches per-season, covering a mid-week round in December, and all <a href="/wiki/Boxing_Day" title="Boxing Day">Boxing Day</a> fixtures.<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Amazon telecasts are produced in association with <a href="/wiki/Tinopolis" title="Tinopolis">Sunset + Vine</a> and BT Sport.<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the resumption of play in the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Premier_League" title="2019–20 Premier League">2019–20 Premier League</a> due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom</a>, the Premier League announced that all remaining matches would be carried on British television, split primarily across Sky, BT, and Amazon. A large number of these matches were also scheduled for free-to-air broadcasts, with Sky airing 25 on <a href="/wiki/Pick_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pick (TV channel)">Pick</a>, Amazon streaming its four matches on <a href="/wiki/Twitch_(service)" title="Twitch (service)">Twitch</a>, and the BBC – for the first time in league history – carrying four live matches.<sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-192" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-192"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>As matches would continue to be played without spectators upon the start of the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Premier_League" title="2020–21 Premier League">2020–21 Premier League</a>, its clubs voted on 8 September to continue broadcasting all matches through at least September (with the BBC and Amazon each holding one additional match), and "appropriate arrangements" being made for October.<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was later announced that matches not selected for broadcast would be carried on <a href="/wiki/Pay-per-view" title="Pay-per-view">pay-per-view</a> via <a href="/wiki/BT_Sport_Box_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="BT Sport Box Office">BT Sport Box Office</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sky_Box_Office" title="Sky Box Office">Sky Box Office</a> at a cost of £14.95 per-match. The PPV scheme was poorly received; the <a href="/wiki/Football_Supporters%27_Federation" title="Football Supporters&#39; Federation">Football Supporters' Federation</a> felt that the price was too high, and there were concerns that it could encourage piracy. There were calls from supporters to boycott the pay-per-views, and make donations to support charitable causes instead (with Newcastle's "Charity Not PPV" campaign raising £20,000 for a local food bank, and Arsenal fans raising £34,000 for Islington Giving). On 13 November, amid the reintroduction of measures across the UK, the Premier League officially announced that the non-televised matches would be assigned to its main broadcast partners, and again including additional matches for the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Prime" title="Amazon Prime">Amazon Prime</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The next cycle of rights between 2022–23 and 2024–25 season was renewed without tender due to compelling and exceptional circumstances in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, rights remained as they were since the 2019–20 season.<sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> BT Sport was also renamed TNT Sports ahead of the 2023–24 season.<sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-202"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>UK highlights</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Highlights programme </th> <th>Duration </th> <th>Channel </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Match_of_the_Day" title="Match of the Day">Match of the Day</a></i> </td> <td>1992–2001<br /><span class="nowrap">2004–present</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Sport" title="BBC Sport">BBC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Premiership_(TV_programme)" title="The Premiership (TV programme)">The Premiership</a></i> </td> <td>2001–2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ITV_Sport" title="ITV Sport">ITV</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In August 2016, it was announced the BBC would be creating a new magazine-style show for the Premier League entitled <i><a href="/wiki/The_Premier_League_Show" title="The Premier League Show">The Premier League Show</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-203"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Worldwide">Worldwide</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=27" title="Edit section: Worldwide"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_overseas_broadcasters" title="List of Premier League overseas broadcasters">List of Premier League overseas broadcasters</a></div> <p>The Premier League is the most-watched football league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643&#160;million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7&#160;billion people.<sup id="cite_ref-Worldviews_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Worldviews-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Premier League's production arm, <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Productions" title="Premier League Productions">Premier League Productions</a>, is operated by <a href="/wiki/IMG_(company)" title="IMG (company)">IMG Productions</a> and produces content for its international television partners.<sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-204"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Premier League is the most widely distributed sports programme in Asia.<sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-205"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a>, the matches are broadcast live on <a href="/wiki/Star_Sports_(Indian_TV_network)" title="Star Sports (Indian TV network)">STAR Sports</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_206-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-206"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/MENA" class="mw-redirect" title="MENA">MENA</a> region, <a href="/wiki/BeIN_Sports_(Middle_East_TV_channel)" title="BeIN Sports (Middle East TV channel)">BeIN Sports</a> holds exclusive rights to the Premier League.<sup id="cite_ref-207" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-207"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In China, the broadcast rights were awarded to iQiyi, Migu and CCTV that began in the 2021–22 season.<sup id="cite_ref-208" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-208"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-209" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-209"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-210" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-210"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/SCTV_(TV_network)" title="SCTV (TV network)">SCTV</a> broadcast the matches for Indonesia, and <a href="/wiki/Astro_(television)" class="mw-redirect" title="Astro (television)">Astro</a> for Malaysia. In Australia, <a href="/wiki/Optus" title="Optus">Optus</a> telecommunications holds exclusive rights to the Premier League, providing live broadcasts and online access (<a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports" title="Fox Sports">Fox Sports</a> formerly held rights).<sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-211"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of the 2022–23 season, Canadian media rights to the Premier League are owned by <a href="/wiki/FuboTV" title="FuboTV">FuboTV</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-212" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-212"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> after having been jointly owned by <a href="/wiki/Sportsnet" title="Sportsnet">Sportsnet</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Sports_Network" title="The Sports Network">TSN</a>, and most recently <a href="/wiki/DAZN" title="DAZN">DAZN</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-213" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-213"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Premier League is <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_on_NBC" title="Premier League on NBC">broadcast in the United States</a> by <a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports" title="NBC Sports">NBC Sports</a>, a division of Sky parent <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-214" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-214"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Acquiring the rights to the Premier League in 2013 (replacing <a href="/wiki/Fox_Soccer" title="Fox Soccer">Fox Soccer</a> and <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>), NBC Sports has been widely praised for its coverage.<sup id="cite_ref-Sports_Media_Watch_215-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sports_Media_Watch-215"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-216" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-216"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-217" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-217"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> NBC Sports reached a six-year extension with the Premier League in 2015 to broadcast the league until the end of the 2021–22 season in a deal valued at $1&#160;billion (£640&#160;million).<sup id="cite_ref-218" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-218"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-U.S.Value_219-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-U.S.Value-219"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In November 2021, NBC reached another six-year extension through 2028 in a deal valued at $2.76&#160;billion (£2&#160;billion).<sup id="cite_ref-220" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-220"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-221" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-221"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Premier League is broadcast by <a href="/wiki/SuperSport_(South_African_broadcaster)" title="SuperSport (South African broadcaster)">SuperSport</a> across <a href="/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa" title="Sub-Saharan Africa">sub-Saharan Africa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-222" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-222"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Broadcasters to <a href="/wiki/Continental_Europe" title="Continental Europe">continental Europe</a> until 2025 include <a href="/wiki/Canal%2B_(French_TV_channel)" title="Canal+ (French TV channel)">Canal+</a> for France,<sup id="cite_ref-223" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-223"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sport_(Germany)" title="Sky Sport (Germany)">Sky Sport Germany</a> for Germany and Austria,<sup id="cite_ref-224" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-224"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Match_TV" title="Match TV">Match TV</a> for Russia,<sup id="cite_ref-225" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-225"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sport_(Italy)" title="Sky Sport (Italy)">Sky Sport Italy</a> for Italy,<sup id="cite_ref-ITA_226-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITA-226"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Eleven_Sports_(Portuguese_TV_network)" title="Eleven Sports (Portuguese TV network)">Eleven Sports</a> for Portugal,<sup id="cite_ref-227" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-227"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/DAZN" title="DAZN">DAZN</a> for Spain,<sup id="cite_ref-228" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-228"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/BeIN_Sports_(Turkish_TV_channel)" title="BeIN Sports (Turkish TV channel)">beIN Sports Turkey</a> to Turkey,<sup id="cite_ref-229" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-229"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>220<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Digi_Sport_(Romania)" title="Digi Sport (Romania)">Digi Sport</a> for Romania,<sup id="cite_ref-230" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-230"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Nordic_Entertainment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Nordic Entertainment Group">NENT</a> to Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark and Norway),<sup id="cite_ref-231" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-231"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Poland and the Netherlands.<sup id="cite_ref-232" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-232"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>223<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In South America, <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Latin_America" class="mw-redirect" title="ESPN Latin America">ESPN</a> covers much of the continent,<sup id="cite_ref-233" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-233"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> with coverage in Brazil shared between <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Brasil" class="mw-redirect" title="ESPN Brasil">ESPN Brasil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_(Brazil)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox Sports (Brazil)">Fox Sports</a> (later rebranded as <b>ESPN4)</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-234" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-234"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-235" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-235"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Paramount+ broadcasts the league in Central America.<sup id="cite_ref-236" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-236"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stadiums">Stadiums</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=28" title="Edit section: Stadiums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_stadiums" title="List of Premier League stadiums">List of Premier League stadiums</a></div> <p>As of the 2023–24 season, Premier League football has been played in 61 stadiums since the formation of the division.<sup id="cite_ref-237" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-237"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster" title="Hillsborough disaster">Hillsborough disaster</a> in 1989 and the subsequent <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Report" title="Taylor Report">Taylor Report</a> saw a recommendation that standing terraces should be abolished. As a result, all stadiums in the Premier League are <a href="/wiki/All-seater" class="mw-redirect" title="All-seater">all-seater</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-238" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-238"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-239" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-239"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Since the formation of the Premier League, football grounds in England have seen constant improvements to capacity and facilities, with some clubs moving to new-build stadiums.<sup id="cite_ref-Matchmood_240-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Matchmood-240"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Eleven stadiums that have seen Premier League football have now been demolished. The stadiums for the 2023–24 season show a large disparity in capacity. For example, <a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford" title="Old Trafford">Old Trafford</a>, the home of <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a>, has a capacity of 74,031 whilst <a href="/wiki/Dean_Court" title="Dean Court">Dean Court</a>, the home of <a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a>, has a capacity of 11,307. The combined total capacity of the Premier League in the 2023–24 season is 787,002 with an average capacity of 39,350. </p><p>Stadium attendances are a significant source of regular income for Premier League clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-241" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-241"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For the 2022–23 season, average attendances across the league clubs were 40,235 for Premier League matches with an aggregate attendance of 15,289,340.<sup id="cite_ref-2022/23_Attendance_242-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022/23_Attendance-242"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This represents an increase of 19,109 from the average attendance of 21,126 recorded in the Premier League's first season (1992–93).<sup id="cite_ref-243" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-243"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, during the 1992–93 season, the capacities of most stadiums were reduced as clubs replaced terraces with seats in order to meet the <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Report" title="Taylor Report">Taylor Report</a>'s 1994–95 deadline for <a href="/wiki/All-seater_stadium" title="All-seater stadium">all-seater stadiums</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-244" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-244"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-245" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-245"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The 2022–23 season also set a competition record for total attendance with more than 15&#160;million spectators, with average attendance also reaching record levels, surpassing the previous record of 39,989 set in the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Premier_League" title="2021–22 Premier League">2021–22 season</a>, which in turn broke over 70 years old record set in <a href="/wiki/1948%E2%80%9349_Football_League" title="1948–49 Football League">1948–49 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-246" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-246"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2024 it was reported that the government is planning to grant the independent regulator authority to stop Premier League clubs from selling their stadiums to affiliated or third-party companies.<sup id="cite_ref-247" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-247"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Managers">Managers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=29" title="Edit section: Managers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:33%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>I have never known this level before. Of course, there are managers in Germany, Italy, and Spain, but in the Premier League, these are the best managers, the elite managers. The quality, the preparation. The level is so high. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style=""><a href="/wiki/Pep_Guardiola" title="Pep Guardiola">Pep Guardiola</a>, on the quality of managers of Premier League teams.<sup id="cite_ref-248" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-248"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_managers" title="List of Premier League managers">List of Premier League managers</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Manager_(association_football)" title="Manager (association football)">Managers</a> in the Premier League are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection and player acquisition. Their influence varies from club-to-club and is related to the ownership of the club and the relationship of the manager with fans.<sup id="cite_ref-249" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-249"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>240<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Managers are required to have a <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Pro_Licence" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA Pro Licence">UEFA Pro Licence</a> which is the final coaching qualification available, and follows the completion of the <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> 'B' and 'A' Licences.<sup id="cite_ref-licences_250-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-licences-250"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The UEFA Pro Licence is required by every person who wishes to manage a club in the Premier League on a permanent basis (<i>i.e.</i>, more than 12 weeks, the amount of time an unqualified <a href="/wiki/Caretaker_manager" title="Caretaker manager">caretaker manager</a> is allowed to take control).<sup id="cite_ref-251" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-251"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Caretaker appointments are managers that fill the gap between a managerial departure and a new appointment. Several caretaker managers have gone on to secure a permanent managerial post after performing well as a caretaker, including <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hart" title="Paul Hart">Paul Hart</a> at <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Pleat" title="David Pleat">David Pleat</a> at <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ole_Gunnar_Solskj%C3%A6r" title="Ole Gunnar Solskjær">Ole Gunnar Solskjær</a> at <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ars%C3%A8ne_Wenger" title="Arsène Wenger">Arsène Wenger</a> is the longest-serving manager, having been in charge of <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> in the Premier League from 1996 to his departure at the conclusion of the 2017–18 season, and holds the record for most matches managed in the Premier League with 828, all with Arsenal. He broke the record set by <a href="/wiki/Alex_Ferguson" title="Alex Ferguson">Alex Ferguson</a>, who had managed 810 matches with Manchester United from the Premier League's inception to his retirement at the end of the 2012–13 season. Ferguson was in charge of Manchester United from November 1986 until his retirement at the end of the 2012–13 season, meaning he was manager for the last five years of the old Football League First Division and all of the first 21 seasons of the Premier League.<sup id="cite_ref-252" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-252"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>243<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Notably, since its creation the Premier League has never been won by an English manager. </p><p>There have been several studies into the reasoning behind, and effects of, managerial sackings. Most famously, Sue Bridgewater of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Liverpool" title="University of Liverpool">University of Liverpool</a> and Bas ter Weel of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Amsterdam" title="University of Amsterdam">University of Amsterdam</a>, performed two separate studies which helped to explain the statistics behind managerial sackings. Bridgewater's study found clubs generally sack their managers upon dropping below an average of one point per match.<sup id="cite_ref-253" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-253"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>244<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arsene_Wenger_JHayes_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Arsene Wenger, the longest-serving manager in Premier League history" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Arsene_Wenger_JHayes_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Arsene_Wenger_JHayes_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Arsene_Wenger_JHayes_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Arsene_Wenger_JHayes_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Arsene_Wenger_JHayes_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Arsene_Wenger_JHayes_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="2399" /></a><figcaption>Former Arsenal manager <a href="/wiki/Ars%C3%A8ne_Wenger" title="Arsène Wenger">Arsène Wenger</a> is the longest-serving manager in Premier League history.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Current Premier League managers </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Manager </th> <th scope="col">Nationality </th> <th scope="col">Club </th> <th scope="col">Appointed </th> <th scope="col">Time as manager </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Guardiola, Pep"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pep_Guardiola" title="Pep Guardiola">Pep Guardiola</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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data-sort-value="7002144000000000000♠"></span>144&#160;days </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Amorim, Ruben"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ruben_Amorim" title="Ruben Amorim">Ruben Amorim</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span>&#160;</span>Portugal</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-11-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">11 November 2024</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001110000000000000♠"></span>11&#160;days </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=30" title="Edit section: Players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_records_and_statistics#Player_records" title="Premier League records and statistics">Premier League records and statistics §&#160;Player records</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_winning_players" title="List of Premier League winning players">List of Premier League winning players</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Appearances">Appearances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=31" title="Edit section: Appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gareth_Barry_2014_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Gareth_Barry_2014_2.jpg/170px-Gareth_Barry_2014_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Gareth_Barry_2014_2.jpg/255px-Gareth_Barry_2014_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Gareth_Barry_2014_2.jpg/340px-Gareth_Barry_2014_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="760" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Barry" title="Gareth Barry">Gareth Barry</a> is the most capped player in Premier League history with 653 appearances.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_footballers_with_500_or_more_Premier_League_appearances" title="List of footballers with 500 or more Premier League appearances">List of footballers with 500 or more Premier League appearances</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:right"> <caption>Most appearances </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Player</th> <th><abbr title="Appearances">Apps</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Barry" title="Gareth Barry">Gareth Barry</a>&#160;<span style="font-size:90%;">(<abbr title="England">ENG</abbr>)</span> </td> <td>653 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <i><b><a href="/wiki/James_Milner" title="James Milner">James Milner</a></b></i> (ENG) </td> <td>637 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs">Ryan Giggs</a>&#160;<span style="font-size:90%;">(<abbr title="Wales">WAL</abbr>)</span> </td> <td>632 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lampard" title="Frank Lampard">Frank Lampard</a>&#160;<span style="font-size:90%;">(<abbr title="England">ENG</abbr>)</span> </td> <td>609 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/David_James_(footballer,_born_1970)" title="David James (footballer, born 1970)">David James</a>&#160;<span style="font-size:90%;">(<abbr title="England">ENG</abbr>)</span> </td> <td>572 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="font-size:90%;">(<abbr title="England">ENG</abbr>)</span> </td> <td>516 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Mark_Schwarzer" title="Mark Schwarzer">Mark Schwarzer</a>&#160;<span style="font-size:90%;">(<abbr title="Australia">AUS</abbr>)</span> </td> <td>514 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Carragher" title="Jamie Carragher">Jamie Carragher</a>&#160;<span style="font-size:90%;">(<abbr title="England">ENG</abbr>)</span> </td> <td>508 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Phil_Neville" title="Phil Neville">Phil Neville</a>&#160;<span style="font-size:90%;">(<abbr title="England">ENG</abbr>)</span> </td> <td>505 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <dl><dd><i>As of 17 August 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-blstats_254-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blstats-254"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>245<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Italicised</i> players still playing professional football.<br /><b>Bolded</b> players still playing in Premier League.</span></dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transfer_regulations_and_foreign_players">Transfer regulations and foreign players</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=32" title="Edit section: Transfer regulations and foreign players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_Premier_League_players" title="List of foreign Premier League players">List of foreign Premier League players</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_Premier_League_goalscorers" title="List of foreign Premier League goalscorers">List of foreign Premier League goalscorers</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Transfer_(association_football)" title="Transfer (association football)">Player transfers</a> may only take place within <a href="/wiki/Transfer_window" title="Transfer window">transfer windows</a> set by the Football Association. The two transfer windows run from the last day of the season to 31 August and from 31 December to 31 January. Player registrations cannot be exchanged outside these windows except under specific licence from the FA, usually on an emergency basis.<sup id="cite_ref-255" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-255"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>246<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Premier_League" title="2010–11 Premier League">2010–11 season</a>, the Premier League introduced new rules mandating that each club must register a maximum 25-man squad of players aged over 21, with the squad list only allowed to be changed in transfer windows or in exceptional circumstances.<sup id="cite_ref-PLHomeGrownPlayerRules16Jul2010_256-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PLHomeGrownPlayerRules16Jul2010-256"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>247<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC27July2010NewRules_257-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC27July2010NewRules-257"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>248<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This was to enable the "home grown" rule to be enacted, whereby the Premier League would also from 2010 require at least eight members of the named 25-man squad to be "home-grown players".<sup id="cite_ref-PLHomeGrownPlayerRules16Jul2010_256-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PLHomeGrownPlayerRules16Jul2010-256"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>247<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the inception of the Premier League in <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_FA_Premier_League" title="1992–93 FA Premier League">1992–93</a>, just 11 players named in the starting line-ups for the first round of matches hailed from outside of the United Kingdom or Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-258" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-258"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_FA_Premier_League" title="2000–01 FA Premier League">2000–01</a>, the number of foreign players participating in the Premier League was 36% of the total. In the <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_FA_Premier_League" title="2004–05 FA Premier League">2004–05</a> season, the figure had increased to 45%. On 26 December 1999, Chelsea became the first Premier League side to field an entirely foreign starting line-up,<sup id="cite_ref-259" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-259"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>250<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and on 14 February 2005, Arsenal were the first to name a completely foreign 16-man squad for a match.<sup id="cite_ref-260" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-260"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>251<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By 2009, under 40% of the players in the Premier League were English.<sup id="cite_ref-261" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-261"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>252<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By February 2020, 117 different nationalities had played in the Premier League, and 101 nationalities had scored in the competition.<sup id="cite_ref-262" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-262"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1999, in response to concerns that clubs were increasingly passing over young English players in favour of foreign players, the <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a> tightened its rules for granting work permits to players from countries outside of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-263" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-263"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>254<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A non-EU player applying for the permit must have played for his country in at least 75&#160;per&#160;cent of its competitive 'A' team matches for which he was available for selection during the previous two years, and his country must have averaged at least 70th place in the official FIFA world rankings over the previous two years. If a player does not meet those criteria, the club wishing to sign him may appeal.<sup id="cite_ref-HOworkpermits_264-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOworkpermits-264"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>255<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the implementation of <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a> in January 2021, new regulations were introduced which require all foreign players to obtain a Governing Body Endorsement (GBE) in order to play football in the United Kingdom, regardless of EU status.<sup id="cite_ref-265" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-265"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>256<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_scorers">Top scorers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=33" title="Edit section: Top scorers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_footballers_with_100_or_more_Premier_League_goals" title="List of footballers with 100 or more Premier League goals">List of footballers with 100 or more Premier League goals</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_top_Premier_League_goal_scorers_by_season" title="List of top Premier League goal scorers by season">List of top Premier League goal scorers by season</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Golden_Boot" title="Premier League Golden Boot">Premier League Golden Boot</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alan_Shearer_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Alan_Shearer_2008.jpg/170px-Alan_Shearer_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Alan_Shearer_2008.jpg/255px-Alan_Shearer_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Alan_Shearer_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="267" data-file-height="371" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alan_Shearer" title="Alan Shearer">Alan Shearer</a> is the top scorer in Premier League history with 260 goals.</figcaption></figure> <dl><dd><i>As of 3 November 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-266" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-266"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>257<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th width="20">Rank </th> <th width="175">Player </th> <th width="140">Years </th> <th width="55">Goals </th> <th width="55">Apps </th> <th width="55">Ratio </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <span data-sort-value="Shearer, Alan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Shearer" title="Alan Shearer">Alan Shearer</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1992–2006</td> <td>260</td> <td>441</td> <td>0.59 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <i><span data-sort-value="Kane, Harry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Kane" title="Harry Kane">Harry Kane</a></span></span></span></i> </td> <td>2012–2023</td> <td>213</td> <td>320</td> <td>0.67 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <span data-sort-value="Rooney, Wayne"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Rooney" title="Wayne Rooney">Wayne Rooney</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2002–2018</td> <td>208</td> <td>491</td> <td>0.42 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <span data-sort-value="Cole, Andy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Andy_Cole" title="Andy Cole">Andy Cole</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1992–2008</td> <td>187</td> <td>414</td> <td>0.45 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina"><img alt="Argentina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <span data-sort-value="Aguero, Sergio"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sergio_Ag%C3%BCero" title="Sergio Agüero">Sergio Agüero</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2011–2021</td> <td>184</td> <td>275</td> <td>0.67 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <span data-sort-value="Lampard, Frank"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lampard" title="Frank Lampard">Frank Lampard</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1995–2015</td> <td>177</td> <td>609</td> <td>0.29 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span data-sort-value="Henry, Thierry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Thierry_Henry" title="Thierry Henry">Thierry Henry</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1999–2007<br />2012</td> <td>175</td> <td>258</td> <td>0.68 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt"><img alt="Egypt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/35px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/45px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <i><b><span data-sort-value="Salah, Mohamed"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Salah" title="Mohamed Salah">Mohamed Salah</a></span></span></span></b></i> </td> <td>2014–2015<br />2017–</td> <td>164</td> <td>273</td> <td>0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <span data-sort-value="Fowler, Robbie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Fowler" title="Robbie Fowler">Robbie Fowler</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>1993–2007<br />2008</td> <td>163</td> <td>379</td> <td>0.43 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <span data-sort-value="Defoe, Jermain"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jermain_Defoe" title="Jermain Defoe">Jermain Defoe</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>2001–2003<br />2004–2014<br />2015–2019</td> <td>162</td> <td>496</td> <td>0.33 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Italics</i> denotes players still playing professional football,<br /><b>Bold</b> denotes players still playing in the Premier League.</span> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thierry_Henry_(51649035951)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Thierry_Henry_%2851649035951%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Thierry_Henry_%2851649035951%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Thierry_Henry_%2851649035951%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/255px-Thierry_Henry_%2851649035951%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Thierry_Henry_%2851649035951%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/340px-Thierry_Henry_%2851649035951%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="963" data-file-height="1285" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Thierry_Henry" title="Thierry Henry">Thierry Henry</a> won a record four <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Golden_Boot" title="Premier League Golden Boot">Premier League Golden Boot</a> awards.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Golden_Boot" title="Premier League Golden Boot">Premier League Golden Boot</a> is awarded each season to the top scorer in the division. Former Blackburn Rovers and <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> striker <a href="/wiki/Alan_Shearer" title="Alan Shearer">Alan Shearer</a> holds the record for most Premier League goals with 260.<sup id="cite_ref-267" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-267"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>258<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_players_with_100_or_more_goals" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Premier League players with 100 or more goals">Thirty-three players</a> have reached the 100-goal mark.<sup id="cite_ref-268" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-268"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>259<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Since the first Premier League season in 1992–93, 23 players from 11 clubs have won or shared the top scorer title.<sup id="cite_ref-269" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-269"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>260<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Thierry_Henry" title="Thierry Henry">Thierry Henry</a> won his fourth overall scoring title by scoring 27 goals in the 2005–06 season. <a href="/wiki/Erling_Haaland" title="Erling Haaland">Erling Haaland</a> holds the record for most goals in a Premier League season (38 matches) with 36 goals as of 15 May 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-270" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-270"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>261<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs">Ryan Giggs</a> of Manchester United holds the record for scoring goals in consecutive seasons, having scored in the first 21 seasons of the league.<sup id="cite_ref-271" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-271"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>262<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Giggs also holds the record for the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_records_and_statistics#Assists" title="Premier League records and statistics">most Premier League assists</a>, with 162.<sup id="cite_ref-272" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-272"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>263<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wages">Wages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=34" title="Edit section: Wages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is no team or individual salary cap in the Premier League. As a result of the increasingly lucrative television deals, player wages rose sharply following the formation of the Premier League, when the average player wage was £75,000 per year.<sup id="cite_ref-273" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-273"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>264<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the 2018–19 season the average annual salary stood at £2.99&#160;million. </p><p>The total salary bill for the 20 Premier League clubs in the 2018–19 season was £1.62&#160;billion; this compares to £1.05&#160;billion in <a href="/wiki/La_Liga" title="La Liga">La Liga</a>, £0.83&#160;billion in <a href="/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</a>, £0.72&#160;billion in <a href="/wiki/Bundesliga" title="Bundesliga">Bundesliga</a>, and £0.54&#160;billion in <a href="/wiki/Ligue_1" title="Ligue 1">Ligue 1</a>. The club with the highest average wage is <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> at £6.5&#160;million. This is smaller than the club with the highest wage bill in Spain (<a href="/wiki/FC_Barcelona" title="FC Barcelona">Barcelona</a> £10.5&#160;million) and Italy (<a href="/wiki/Juventus_FC" title="Juventus FC">Juventus</a> £6.7&#160;million), but higher than in Germany (<a href="/wiki/FC_Bayern_Munich" title="FC Bayern Munich">Bayern Munich</a> £6.4&#160;million) and France (<a href="/wiki/Paris_Saint-Germain_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Paris Saint-Germain F.C.">Paris Saint-Germain</a> £6.1&#160;million). For the 2018–19 season, the ratio of the wages of the highest-paid team to lowest-paid in the Premier League is 6.82 to 1. This is much lower than in <a href="/wiki/La_Liga" title="La Liga">La Liga</a> (19.1 to 1), <a href="/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</a> (16 to 1), <a href="/wiki/Bundesliga" title="Bundesliga">Bundesliga</a> (20.5 to 1), and <a href="/wiki/Ligue_1" title="Ligue 1">Ligue 1</a> (26.6 to 1). Because of the lower differential between team wage bills in the Premier League, it is often regarded as being more competitive than other top European leagues.<sup id="cite_ref-274" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-274"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>265<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Player_transfer_fees">Player transfer fees</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=35" title="Edit section: Player transfer fees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Progression_of_the_British_football_transfer_fee_record" title="Progression of the British football transfer fee record">Progression of the British football transfer fee record</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_association_football_transfers" title="List of most expensive association football transfers">List of most expensive association football transfers</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Progression_of_British_football_transfer_fee_record" class="mw-redirect" title="Progression of British football transfer fee record">record transfer fee</a> for a Premier League player has risen steadily over the lifetime of the competition. Before the start of the first Premier League season, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Shearer" title="Alan Shearer">Alan Shearer</a> became the first British player to command a transfer fee of more than £3&#160;million.<sup id="cite_ref-OSMtransfers_275-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OSMtransfers-275"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>266<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The record has increased steadily and <a href="/wiki/Enzo_Fern%C3%A1ndez" title="Enzo Fernández">Enzo Fernández</a> is now the most expensive transfer fee paid by a Premier League club at £106.8&#160;million, whilst <a href="/wiki/Philippe_Coutinho" title="Philippe Coutinho">Philippe Coutinho</a> is the biggest transfer involving a Premier League club at £105&#160;million. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Top transfer fees paid by Premier League clubs </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Rank </th> <th scope="col">Player </th> <th scope="col">Fee (<a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£&#160;million</a>) </th> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2">Transfer </th> <th scope="col">Reference(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Enzo_Fern%C3%A1ndez" title="Enzo Fernández">Enzo Fernández</a>&#160;<span style="font-size:90%;">(<abbr title="Argentina">ARG</abbr>)</span> </td> <td>£106.8 </td> <td>2023 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Football_Federation" title="Portuguese Football Federation"><img alt="Portugal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/S.L._Benfica" title="S.L. Benfica">Benfica</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-276" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-276"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>267<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-307"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>291<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Virgil_van_Dijk" title="Virgil van Dijk">Virgil van Dijk</a>&#160;<span style="font-size:90%;">(<abbr title="Netherlands">NED</abbr>)</span> </td> <td>£75 </td> <td>2018 </td> <td align="left"><span 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mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trophy">Trophy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=37" title="Edit section: Trophy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Premiership_trophy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f0/Premiership_trophy.jpg/170px-Premiership_trophy.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="324" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Premiership_trophy.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="228" data-file-height="435" /></a><figcaption>The Premier League trophy</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GoldInvinciblesTrophy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/GoldInvinciblesTrophy.jpg/170px-GoldInvinciblesTrophy.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/GoldInvinciblesTrophy.jpg/255px-GoldInvinciblesTrophy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/GoldInvinciblesTrophy.jpg/340px-GoldInvinciblesTrophy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>The gold Premier League trophy awarded to <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> for winning the <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="2003–04 Premier League">2003–04</a> title without defeat</figcaption></figure> <p>The Premier League maintains two trophies – the genuine trophy (held by the reigning champions) and a spare replica. Two trophies are held for the purpose of making the award within minutes of the title being secured, in the event that on the final day of the season two clubs are still within reach of winning the League.<sup id="cite_ref-309" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-309"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>293<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the rare event that more than two clubs are vying for the title on the final day of the season, a replica won by a previous club is used.<sup id="cite_ref-310" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-310"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>294<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current Premier League trophy was created by Royal Jewellers Garrard &amp; Co/Asprey of London and was designed in house at Garrard &amp; Co by Trevor Brown and Paul Marsden. It consists of a trophy with a golden crown and a <a href="/wiki/Malachite" title="Malachite">malachite</a> plinth base. 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In 2004, a special gold version of the trophy was commissioned to commemorate Arsenal winning the title <a href="/wiki/The_Invincibles_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Invincibles (football)">without a single defeat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-314" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-314"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>298<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Player_and_manager_awards">Player and manager awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=38" title="Edit section: Player and manager awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to the winner's trophy and the individual <a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_winning_players" title="List of Premier League winning players">winner's medals</a> awarded to players who win the title, the Premier League also issues other awards throughout the season. </p><p>A man-of-the-match award is awarded to the player who has the greatest impact in an individual match. </p><p>Monthly awards are also given for the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Manager_of_the_Month" title="Premier League Manager of the Month">Manager of the Month</a>, <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Player_of_the_Month" title="Premier League Player of the Month">Player of the Month</a> and <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Goal_of_the_Month" title="Premier League Goal of the Month">Goal of the Month</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-315" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-315"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>299<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These are also issued annually for <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Manager_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Manager of the Season">Manager of the Season</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-316" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-316"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>300<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Player_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Player of the Season">Player of the Season</a><sup id="cite_ref-poty2010_317-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poty2010-317"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>301<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Goal_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Goal of the Season">Goal of the Season</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Young_Player_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Young Player of the Season">Young Player of the Season</a> award is given to the most outstanding U-23 player starting from the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Premier_League" title="2019–20 Premier League">2019–20 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-318" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-318"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>302<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Golden_Boot" title="Premier League Golden Boot">Golden Boot</a> award is given to the top goalscorer of every season, the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Playmaker_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Playmaker of the Season">Playmaker of the Season</a> award is given to the player who makes the most assists of every season,<sup id="cite_ref-319" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-319"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>303<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Golden_Glove" title="Premier League Golden Glove">Golden Glove</a> award is given to the goalkeeper with the most clean sheets at the end of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-320" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-320"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>304<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting with the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Premier_League" title="2021–22 Premier League">2021–22 season</a>, four new awards are given. The <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Save_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Save of the Season">Save of the Season</a> is awarded to the goalkeeper deemed to have made the most impressive save.<sup id="cite_ref-321" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-321"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>305<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Game_Changer_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Game Changer of the Season">Game Changer of the Season</a> is earned by the player with the single most game-changing performance over the course of the campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-322" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-322"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>306<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Most_Powerful_Goal" title="Premier League Most Powerful Goal">Most Powerful Goal</a> is given to the player whose goal-scoring shot had the highest average velocity from the time it was struck to the time it crossed the goal line, and the Most Improbable Comeback award is meant for the team that, based on calculations performed by <a href="/wiki/Oracle_Corporation" title="Oracle Corporation">Oracle Corporation</a>, goes behind and overcomes a deficit to win their respective match.<sup id="cite_ref-323" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-323"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>307<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Premier_League" title="2017–18 Premier League">2017–18 season</a>, players receive a milestone award for 100 appearances and every century there after and also players who score 50 goals and multiples thereof. Each player to reach these milestones is to receive a presentation box from the Premier League containing a special medallion and a plaque commemorating their achievement.<sup id="cite_ref-324" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-324"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>308<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20_Seasons_Awards">20 Seasons Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_League&amp;action=edit&amp;section=39" title="Edit section: 20 Seasons Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_20_Seasons_Awards" title="Premier League 20 Seasons Awards">Premier League 20 Seasons Awards</a> and <a 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Ferguson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_20_Seasons_Awards#Best_Player" title="Premier League 20 Seasons Awards">Best Player</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs">Ryan Giggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_20_Seasons_Awards#Other_statistical_recognitions" title="Premier League 20 Seasons Awards">Most Appearances</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Barry" title="Gareth Barry">Gareth Barry</a> (652)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_20_Seasons_Awards#Other_statistical_recognitions" title="Premier League 20 Seasons Awards">Top Goalscorer</a>: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Shearer" title="Alan Shearer">Alan Shearer</a> (260)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_20_Seasons_Awards#Other_statistical_recognitions" title="Premier League 20 Seasons Awards">Most Clean Sheets</a>: <a href="/wiki/David_James_(footballer,_born_1970)" title="David James (footballer, born 1970)">David James</a> (173)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_20_Seasons_Awards#Other_statistical_recognitions" title="Premier League 20 Seasons Awards">500 Club</a>: <a href="/wiki/Steven_Gerrard" title="Steven Gerrard">Steven Gerrard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Carragher" title="Jamie Carragher">Jamie Carragher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Barry" title="Gareth Barry">Gareth Barry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs">Ryan Giggs</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_James_(footballer,_born_1970)" title="David James (footballer, born 1970)">David James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Speed" title="Gary Speed">Gary Speed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lampard" title="Frank Lampard">Frank Lampard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emile_Heskey" title="Emile Heskey">Emile Heskey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sol_Campbell" title="Sol Campbell">Sol Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_20_Seasons_Awards#Best_Goal" title="Premier League 20 Seasons Awards">Best Goal</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Rooney" title="Wayne Rooney">Wayne Rooney</a>, 12 February 2011, <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> vs <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_20_Seasons_Awards#Best_Save" title="Premier League 20 Seasons Awards">Best Save</a>: <a href="/wiki/Craig_Gordon" title="Craig Gordon">Craig Gordon</a>, 18 December 2010, <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a> vs <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_20_Seasons_Awards#Best_Team" title="Premier League 20 Seasons Awards">Best Team</a>: <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Arsenal_F.C._season" title="2003–04 Arsenal F.C. season">Arsenal 2003–04</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Premier League">2009–10</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Premier_League" title="2010–11 Premier League">2010–11</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Premier_League" title="2011–12 Premier League">2011–12</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Premier_League" title="2012–13 Premier League">2012–13</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Premier_League" title="2013–14 Premier League">2013–14</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Premier_League" title="2014–15 Premier League">2014–15</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Premier_League" title="2015–16 Premier League">2015–16</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Premier_League" title="2016–17 Premier League">2016–17</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Premier_League" title="2017–18 Premier League">2017–18</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Premier_League" title="2018–19 Premier League">2018–19</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Premier_League" title="2019–20 Premier League">2019–20</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Premier_League" title="2020–21 Premier League">2020–21</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Premier_League" title="2021–22 Premier League">2021–22</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Premier_League" title="2022–23 Premier League">2022–23</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Premier_League" title="2023–24 Premier League">2023–24</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Premier_League" title="2024–25 Premier League">2024–25</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_clubs" title="List of Premier League clubs">Clubs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Premier_League" title="2024–25 Premier League">2024–25</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton &amp; Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barnsley_F.C." title="Barnsley F.C.">Barnsley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bradford_City_A.F.C." title="Bradford City A.F.C.">Bradford City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Burnley_F.C." title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C.">Watford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_F.C." title="Wimbledon F.C.">Wimbledon</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(defunct)</span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Competition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_clubs" title="List of Premier League clubs">Teams</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_football_champions#Premier_League_(1992–present)" title="List of English football champions">winners</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Performance_record_of_clubs_in_the_Premier_League" title="Performance record of clubs in the Premier League">performance record</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Players</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_Premier_League_players" title="List of foreign Premier League players">foreign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_Premier_League_goalscorers" title="List of foreign Premier League goalscorers">foreign scorers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_winning_players" title="List of Premier League winning players">winners</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_managers" title="List of Premier League managers">Managers</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Premier_League_and_English_Football_League_managers" title="List of current Premier League and English Football League managers">current</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_stadiums" title="List of Premier League stadiums">Stadiums</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Foundation_of_the_Premier_League" title="Foundation of the Premier League">Founding</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_broadcasters" title="List of Premier League broadcasters">Broadcasters</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_overseas_broadcasters" title="List of Premier League overseas broadcasters">overseas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_on_United_States_television" title="Premier League on United States television">in the U.S.</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Productions" title="Premier League Productions">Productions</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Select_Group" title="Select Group">Referees</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Statistics<br />and awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_records_and_statistics" title="Premier League records and statistics">Records</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_records_and_statistics#All-time_Premier_League_table" title="Premier League records and statistics">All-time table</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_hat-tricks" title="List of Premier League hat-tricks">Hat-tricks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-scoring_Premier_League_matches" title="List of highest-scoring Premier League matches">Highest scores</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Golden_Boot" title="Premier League Golden Boot">Golden Boot</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Golden_Glove" title="Premier League Golden Glove">Golden Glove</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Manager_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Manager of the Season">Manager of the Season</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Player_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Player of the Season">Player of the Season</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Young_Player_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Young Player of the Season">Young Player of the Season</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Playmaker_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Playmaker of the Season">Playmaker of the Season</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Goal_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Goal of the Season">Goal of the Season</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Save_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Save of the Season">Save of the Season</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Game_Changer_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Game Changer of the Season">Game Changer of the Season</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Most_Powerful_Goal" title="Premier League Most Powerful Goal">Most Powerful Goal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Manager_of_the_Month" title="Premier League Manager of the Month">Manager of the Month</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Player_of_the_Month" title="Premier League Player of the Month">Player of the Month</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Goal_of_the_Month" title="Premier League Goal of the Month">Goal of the Month</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Save_of_the_Month" title="Premier League Save of the Month">Save of the Month</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_footballers_with_100_or_more_Premier_League_goals" title="List of footballers with 100 or more Premier League goals">Players with 100+ goals</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_footballers_with_500_or_more_Premier_League_appearances" title="List of footballers with 500 or more Premier League appearances">Players with 500+ appearances</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_top_Premier_League_goal_scorers_by_season" title="List of top Premier League goal scorers by season">Top scorers by season</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_goalkeepers_with_100_or_more_Premier_League_clean_sheets" title="List of goalkeepers with 100 or more Premier League clean sheets">Goalkeepers with 100+ clean sheets</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_goalkeepers_who_have_scored_in_the_Premier_League" title="List of goalkeepers who have scored in the Premier League">Goalkeepers who have scored a goal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_10_Seasons_Awards" title="Premier League 10 Seasons Awards">10 Seasons Awards</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_20_Seasons_Awards" title="Premier League 20 Seasons Awards">20 Seasons Awards</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Hall_of_Fame" title="Premier League Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Finances</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">Richest clubs:</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Deloitte_Football_Money_League" title="Deloitte Football Money League">Deloitte list</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Forbes_list_of_the_most_valuable_football_clubs" title="Forbes list of the most valuable football clubs">Forbes list</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_owners_of_English_football_clubs#Premier_League" title="List of owners of English football clubs">Team owners</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Progression_of_the_British_football_transfer_fee_record" title="Progression of the British football transfer fee record">Transfer records</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Game_39" title="Game 39">Game 39</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League%E2%80%93Football_League_gulf" title="Premier League–Football League gulf">Premier League–Football League gulf</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_parachute_and_solidarity_payments" title="Premier League parachute and solidarity payments">Parachute and solidarity payments</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated<br />competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Premier_League" title="Fantasy Premier League">Fantasy Premier League</a></span></li> 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team">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_B_team" title="England national football B team">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_C_team" title="England national football C team">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England_national_under-21_football_team" title="England national under-21 football team">U-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England_national_under-20_football_team" title="England national under-20 football team">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England_national_under-19_football_team" title="England national under-19 football team">U-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England_national_under-18_football_team" title="England national under-18 football team">U-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England_national_under-17_football_team" title="England national under-17 football team">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England_national_under-16_football_team" title="England national under-16 football team">U-16</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">League competitions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 1</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Premier League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Levels 2–4</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">English Football League</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">EFL Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">EFL League One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">EFL League Two</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Levels 5–6</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_League_(English_football)" title="National League (English football)">National League</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_League_(division)" title="National League (division)">National League (division)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_League_South" title="National League South">National League South</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Levels 7–8</th><td 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