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Premier League

The , often referred to as the English Premier League or the EPL outside , is the top level of the English . Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion Premier League and relegation with the (EFL). Seasons run from August to May with each team playing 38 matches (playing all 19 other teams both home and away).[1] Most games are played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

The competition was founded as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from the Football League, founded in 1888, and take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal.[2] The deal was worth around £1 billion a year domestically as Founded 20 February 1992 of 2013–14, with Sky and BT Group securing the domestic rights to broadcast 116 and 38 games Country England respectively.[3] The league is a corporation in which the member clubs act as shareholders, and generates Confederation UEFA €2.2 billion per year in domestic and international television rights.[4] Clubs were apportioned central payment revenues of £2.4 billion in 2016–17, with a further £343 million in solidarity payments to English of teams 20 [5] Football League (EFL) clubs. Level on pyramid 1

The Premier League is the most-watched league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to Relegation to EFL Championship 643 million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people.[6][7] For the 2018–19 average Domestic cup(s) FA Cup Premier League match attendance was at 38,181,[8] second to the 's 43,500,[9] while aggregated FA Community Shield [10] attendance across all matches is the highest of any league at 14,508,981. Most occupancies are (s) EFL Cup near capacity.[11] The Premier League ranks second in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the past five seasons as of 2019, only behind 's La International cup(s) UEFA Champions Liga.[12] League UEFA Europa League Forty-nine clubs have competed since the inception of the Premier League in 1992: forty-seven English and Current champions City (4th two Welsh clubs. Six of them have won the title: Manchester United (13), Chelsea (5), Manchester City (4), title) Arsenal (3), Rovers (1), and City (1). The record of most points in a Premier League season is 100, set by Manchester City in 2017–18. (2018–19) Most championships Manchester United (13 titles) Contents Most appearances (653) Top goalscorer (260) History Origins TV partners , BT , Foundation Amazon (live matches) "Top Four" dominance (2000s) Sky Sports, BBC Sport Emergence of the "Big Six" (2010s) (highlights) Development List of international broadcasters Corporate structure Website premierleague.com (htt Competition format p://www.premierleague. Competition com) 2019–20 Premier League Clubs Champions Wins by club 2019–20 season Maps Other clubs Non-English clubs Scotland and International competitions Qualification for European competitions Qualification criteria for 2020–21 Previous seasons Performance in international competition Sponsorship Finances Media coverage and Ireland Worldwide Widening gap with lower leagues Managers Players Appearances Foreign players and transfer regulations Player wages Player transfer fees Top scorers Awards Trophy Player and manager awards 20 Seasons Awards See also References External links

History

Origins

Despite significant European success in the 1970s and early 1980s, the late 1980s marked a low point for English football. Stadiums were crumbling, supporters endured poor facilities, hooliganism was rife, and English clubs were banned from European competition for five years following the in 1985.[13] The Football League First Division, the top level of English football since 1888, was behind leagues such as Italy's and Spain's in attendances and revenues, and several top English players had moved abroad.[14]

By the turn of the the downward trend was starting to reverse. At the 1990 FIFA World Cup, England reached the semi-finals; UEFA, 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 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1991. The on stadium safety standards, which proposed expensive upgrades to create all-seater stadiums in the aftermath of the , was published in January 1990.[15]

In the 1980s, major English clubs had begun to transform into business ventures, applying commercial principles to club administration to maximise revenue. of Manchester United, Irving Scholar of Hotspur, and of Arsenal were among the leaders in this transformation.[16] 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 so doing they managed to increase their voting power and gain more favourable financial arrangement, taking a 50% share of all television and sponsorship income in 1986.[16] They demanded that television companies should pay more for their coverage of football matches,[17] and revenue from television grew in importance. The Football League received £6.3 million for a two-year agreement in 1986, but by 1988, in a deal agreed with ITV, the price rose to £44 million over four years with the leading clubs taking 75% of the cash.[18][19] According to Scholar who was involved in the negotiations of television deals, each of the First Division 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.[20] The 1988 negotiations were conducted under the threat of ten clubs leaving to form a "", but they were eventually persuaded to stay with the top clubs taking the lion's share of the deal.[18][21][22] The negotiations also convinced the bigger clubs that in order to receive enough votes, they needed to take the whole of First Division with them instead of a smaller "super league".[23] By the beginning of the 1990s, the big clubs again considered breaking away, especially that they had to fund the cost of stadium upgrade as proposed by the Taylor Report.[24]

Foundation

In 1990, the managing director of Weekend Television (LWT), , met with the representatives of the "big five" football clubs in England (Manchester United, , Tottenham, Everton and Arsenal) over a dinner.[25] The meeting was to pave the way for a break away from The Football League.[26] 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.[27] 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 The and so David Dein of Arsenal held talks to see whether the FA were receptive to the idea. The FA did not enjoy an amicable relationship with the Football League at the time and considered it as a way to weaken the Football League's position.[28] The FA released a report in June 1991, Blueprint for the Future of Football, that supported the plan for Premier League with FA the ultimate authority that would oversee the breakaway league.[23]

At the close of the 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.[29] The newly formed top division would have commercial independence from and the Football League, giving the FA Premier League licence to negotiate its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements. The argument given at the time was that the extra income would allow English clubs to compete with teams across .[14] Although Dyke played a significant role in the creation of the Premier League, Dyke and ITV would lose out in the bidding for broadcast rights as BSkyB won with a bid of £304 million over five years with the BBC awarded the highlights package broadcast on .[25][27]

In 1992, the First Division clubs resigned from the Football League en masse and on 27 May 1992 the FA Premier League was formed as a limited company working out of an office at the Football Association's then headquarters in Lancaster Gate.[14] 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 Second Divisions with three teams relegated from the league and three promoted.[22]

The league held its first season in 1992–93. It was composed of 22 clubs for that season. The first Premier League goal was scored by of United in a 2–1 win against Manchester United.[30] The 22 inaugural members of the new Premier League were Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, City, Crystal Palace, Everton, Ipswich Town, United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, , City, Forest, Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, , Tottenham Hotspur, and Wimbledon.[31] Town, Notts County, and West Ham United 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.[32] "Top Four" dominance (2000s) Results of the 'Big Four' during the 2000s One significant feature of the Premier League in the mid-2000s was the dominance of the so-called Season ARS CHE LIV MUN "Top Four" clubs: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United.[33][34] During this decade, they dominated the top four spots, which came with UEFA Champions League qualification, taking all top- 2000–01 2 6 3 1 four places in 5 out of 6 seasons from 2003–04 to 2008–09 inclusive, while every season during the 2001–02 1 6 2 3 2000s saw the "Big Four" always qualifying for European competition. Following the 2003–04 2002–03 2 4 5 1 season, Arsenal acquired the nickname "The Invincibles" as they became the first club to complete a Premier League campaign without losing a single game, the only time it has ever happened in the 2003–04 1 2 4 3 [35][36] Premier League. 2004–05 2 1 5 3 During the 2000s, only four sides outside the "Top Four" managed to qualify for the Champions 2005–06 4 1 3 2 League: Leeds United (1999–2000), Newcastle United (2001–02 and 2002–03), Everton (2004–05) 2006–07 4 2 3 1 and Tottenham Hotspur (2009–10) – each occupying the final Champions League spot, with the exception of Newcastle in the 2002–03 season, who finished third. 2007–08 3 2 4 1 2008–09 4 3 2 1 In May 2008 stated that "Top Four" dominance threatened the division, "This league is in danger of becoming one of the most boring but great leagues in the world."[37] Premier League 2009–10 3 1 7 2 chief executive said in defence: "There are a lot of different tussles that go on in Top four 10 8 7 10 the Premier League depending on whether you're at the top, in the middle or at the bottom that make it interesting."[38] out of 10 League champions Between 2005 and 2012, there was a Premier League representative in seven of the eight Champions Champions League group stage League finals, with only "Top Four" clubs reaching that stage. Liverpool (2005), Manchester United Champions League third qualifying / play-off round (2008) and Chelsea (2012) won the competition during this period, with Arsenal (2006), Liverpool Champions League first qualifying round UEFA Cup / Europa League (2007), Chelsea (2008) and Manchester United (2009 and 2011) all losing Champions League finals.[39] Leeds United were the only non-"Top Four" side to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League, in the 2000–01 season.

Additionally, between the 1999–2000 and 2009–10 seasons, four Premier League sides reached UEFA Cup or Europa League finals, with only Liverpool managing to win the competition in 2001. Arsenal (2000), Middlesbrough (2006) and Fulham (2010) all lost their finals.[40]

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 2018–19 season – the 27th season of the Premier League – Liverpool, in fourth place in the all-time points table, were over 250 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.[41]

Emergence of the "Big Six" (2010s)

The years following 2009 marked a shift in the structure of the "Top Four" with Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City both breaking into the top four places on a regular basis, turning the "Top Four" into the "Big Six".[42] In the 2009–10 season, Tottenham finished fourth and became the first team to break the top four since Everton five years prior.[43] 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.[44] Manchester City won the title in the 2011–12 season, becoming the first club outside the "Big Four" to win since Blackburn Rovers in the 1994–95 season. 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.[42]

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. If the teams are level Results of the 'Big Six' during the 2010s on points and , play off for UEFA Champions League spots will be played in neutral Season ARS CHE LIV MCI MUN TOT ground. In the following five seasons after the 2011–12 campaign, Manchester United and Liverpool both found themselves outside of the top four three times while Chelsea finished 10th in the 2015–16 2010–11 4 2 6 3 1 5 season. Arsenal finished 5th in 2016–17, ending their record run of 20 consecutive top-four 2011–12 3 6 8 1 2 4 finishes.[45] 2012–13 4 3 7 2 1 5 In the 2015–16 season, the top four was breached by a non-Big Six side for the first time since Everton 2013–14 4 3 2 1 7 6 in 2005. Leicester City were the surprise winners of the league, qualifying for the Champions League 2014–15 3 1 6 2 4 5 as a result.[46] 2015–16 2 10 8 4 5 3 Off the pitch, the "Big Six" wield significant financial power and influence, with these clubs arguing 2016–17 5 1 4 3 6 2 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.[47] Objectors argue that the egalitarian revenue 2017–18 6 5 4 1 2 3 structure in the Premier League helps to maintain a competitive league which is vital for its future 2018–19 5 3 2 1 6 4 success.[48] Top four 6 6 4 9 5 5 The 2016–17 Football Money League report showed the financial disparity between the "Big Top six 9 8 6 9 8 9 Six" and the rest of the division. All of the "Big Six" had revenues greater than €350 million, with Manchester United having the largest revenue in the league at €676.3 million. Leicester City was the out of 9 closest club to the "Big Six" in terms of revenue, recording a figure of €271.1 million for that season – League champions helped by participation in the Champions League. The eighth largest revenue generator West Ham, Champions League group stage who didn't play in European competition, had revenues of €213.3 million, nearly half of the club with Champions League play-off round the fifth largest revenue, Liverpool (€424.2 million).[49] A substantial part of the clubs' revenue by Europa League then came from television broadcast deals, with the biggest clubs each taking from around £150 million to nearly £200 million in the 2016–17 season from such deals.[50] In Deloitte's 2019 report, all of the "Big Six" were in the top ten of the world's richest clubs.[51]

Development The number of clubs was reduced to 20, down from 22, in 1995 when four teams were relegated from the league and only two teams promoted.[52][53] The top flight had only been expanded to 22 teams at the start of the 1991–92 season – the year prior to the formation of the Premier League.[53]

On 8 June 2006, FIFA requested that all major , including Italy's Serie A and Spain's La Liga, be reduced to 18 teams by the start of the 2007– 08 season. The Premier League responded by announcing their intention to resist such a reduction.[54] Ultimately, the 2007–08 season kicked off again with 20 teams.[55]

The league changed its name from the FA Premier League to simply the Premier League in 2007.[56]

From the 2019-20 season, video assistant referees were used in the league.[57]

Corporate structure

The Football Association Premier League Ltd (FAPL)[58][59][60] is operated as a corporation and is owned by the 20 member clubs. Each club is a shareholder, with one vote each on issues such as rule changes and contracts. The clubs elect a chairman, chief executive, and board of directors to oversee the daily operations of the league.[61] 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.[62]

The current chairman is Sir , who was appointed in April 1999, and the chief executive is Richard Scudamore, appointed in November 1999.[63] The former chairman and chief executive, John Quinton and Peter Leaver, were forced to resign in March 1999 after awarding consultancy contracts to former Sky executives Sam Chisholm and David Chance.[64] was the league's first chief executive.[65] On 13 November 2018, Susanna Dinnage was announced as Scudamore's successor due to start in early 2019.[66]

The Premier League sends representatives to UEFA's European Club Association, the number of clubs and the clubs themselves chosen according to UEFA coefficients. For the 2012–13 season the Premier League has 10 representatives in the Association: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur.[67] 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 Champions League and UEFA Europa League.[68]

Competition format

Competition

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 round-robin system), once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents', for 38 games. Teams receive and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference, 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, a play-off match at a neutral venue decides rank.[69]

Promotion and relegation

A system of promotion and relegation exists between the Premier League and the EFL Championship. 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,[70] with an additional team promoted after a series of play-offs involving the third, fourth, fifth and sixth placed clubs.[71] The Premier League had 22 teams when it began in 1992, but this was reduced to the present 20-team format in 1995.[53]

Clubs

49 clubs have played in the Premier League from its inception in 1992, up to and including the 2018–19 season.[72]

Champions

No. Season No. Season Champion No. Season Champion 1 1992–93 Manchester United 11 2002–03 Manchester United 21 2012–13 Manchester United 2 1993–94 Manchester United 12 2003–04 Arsenal 22 2013–14 Manchester City 3 1994–95 Blackburn Rovers 13 2004–05 Chelsea 23 2014–15 Chelsea 4 1995–96 Manchester United 14 2005–06 Chelsea 24 2015–16 Leicester City 5 1996–97 Manchester United 15 2006–07 Manchester United 25 2016–17 Chelsea 6 1997–98 Arsenal 16 2007–08 Manchester United 26 2017–18 Manchester City 7 1998–99 Manchester United 17 2008–09 Manchester United 27 2018–19 Manchester City 8 1999–2000 Manchester United 18 2009–10 Chelsea 9 2000–01 Manchester United 19 2010–11 Manchester United 10 2001–02 Arsenal 20 2011–12 Manchester City

Wins by club Club Wins Winning years Manchester United 13 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13 Chelsea 5 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2016–17 Manchester City 4 2011–12, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19 Arsenal 3 1997–98, 2001–02, 2003–04 Blackburn Rovers 1 1994–95 Leicester City 1 2015–16

2019–20 season

The following 20 clubs are competing in the Premier League during the 2019–20 season.

Seasons Seasons First season of Top Most Position First season in First season in Club in top in Premier current spell in division recent top in 2018–19 top division Premier League division League top division titles division title

Arsenala, b 5th 1904–05 1992–93 103 28 1919–20 13 2003–04

Aston Villaa, c 5th in the Championship 1888–89 1992–93 106 25 2019–20 7 1980–81

Bournemouthb 14th 2015–16 2015–16 5 5 2015–16 0 –

Brighton & Hove Albionb 17th 1979–80 2017–18 7 3 2017–18 0 –

Burnleyc 15th 1888–89 2009–10 57 6 2016–17 2 1959–60

Chelseaa, b 3rd 1907–08 1992–93 85 28 1989–90 6 2016–17

Crystal Palacea 12th 1969–70 1992–93 20 11 2013–14 0 –

Evertona, b, c 8th 1888–89 1992–93 117 28 1954–55 9 1986–87 Leicester City 9th 1908–09 1994–95 51 14 2014–15 1 2015–16

Liverpoola, b 2nd 1894–95 1992–93 105 28 1962–63 18 1989–90

Manchester Citya 1st 1899–1900 1992–93 91 23 2002–03 6 2018–19

Manchester Uniteda, b 6th 1892–93 1992–93 95 28 1975–76 20 2012–13 Newcastle United 13th 1898–99 1993–94 88 25 2017–18 4 1926–27

Norwich Citya 1st in the Championship 1972–73 1992–93 27 9 2019–20 0 –

Sheffield Uniteda 2nd in the Championship 1893–94 1992–93 61 4 2019–20 1 1897–98

Southamptona 16th 1966–67 1992–93 43 21 2012–13 0 –

Tottenham Hotspura, b 4th 1909–10 1992–93 85 28 1978–79 2 1960–61 11th 1982–83 1999–2000 13 7 2015–16 0 – West Ham United 10th 1923–24 1993–94 62 24 2012–13 0 –

Wolverhampton Wanderersc 7th 1888–89 2003–04 65 6 2018–19 3 1958–59

Cardiff City, Fulham, and Town were relegated to the EFL Championship for the 2019–20 season, while Norwich City, Sheffield United and Aston Villa, as winners, runners-up and play-off final winners respectively, were promoted from the 2018–19 EFL Championship season. and Brighton and Hove Albion are the only clubs to have remained in the Premier League since their first promotion, having been in 5 and 3 seasons (out of 28) respectively. a: Founding member of the Premier League b: Never been relegated from Premier League c: One of the original 12 Football League teams

Maps

London teams Arsenal Chelsea Tottenham Hotspur Crystal Palace Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal West Ham United West Ham United

Newcastle United Chelsea

Crystal Palace

Burnley Greater London Premier League football clubs

Manchester Everton City Sheffield United Liverpool Man- chester United

Leicester City Wanderers Norwich City

Aston Villa

Watford London

Southampton Brighton & Bournemouth Hove Albion

Location of clubs for the 2019–20 Premier League season

Other clubs

The following clubs are not competing in the Premier League during the 2019–20 season, but have previously competed in the Premier League for at least one season. First season Most recent Seasons First season Seasons Top Last top Current Position in season in in Club in in top division division League in 2018–19 Premier Premier Premier top division division titles title League League League Championship 2nd in League One 1997–98 1997–98 1997–98 1 1 0 n/a City Championship 17th 1894–95 2002–03 2010–11 57 7 0 n/a

Blackburn Roversa, b Championship 15th 1888–89 1992–93 2011–12 72 18 3 1994–95 Blackpool League One 10th 1930–31 2010–11 2010–11 28 1 0 n/a 23rd in the Bolton Wanderersb League One 1888–89 1995–96 2011–12 61 13 0 n/ Bradford City League Two 24th in League One 1908–09 1999–2000 2000–01 12 2 0 n/a 18th in the Premier Cityc Championship 1921–22 2013–14 2018–19 17 2 0 n/a League Charlton Athletic Championship 3rd in League One 1936–37 1998–99 2006–07 27 8 0 n/a

Coventry Citya League One 8th 1967–68 1992–93 2000–01 34 9 0 n/a

Derby Countyb Championship 6th 1888–89 1996–97 2007–08 65 7 2 1974–75 19th in the Premier Fulham Championship 1949–50 2001–02 2018–19 26 14 0 n/a League 20th in the Premier Huddersfield Town Championship 1920–21 2017–18 2018–19 33 2 3 1925–26 League Hull City Championship 13th 2008–09 2008–09 2016–17 5 5 0 n/a 24th in the Ipswich Towna League One 1961–62 1992–93 2001–02 26 5 1 1961–62 Championship

Leeds Uniteda Championship 3rd 1924–25 1992–93 2003–04 50 12 3 1991–92

Middlesbrougha Championship 7th 1902–03 1992–93 2016–17 62 15 0 n/a

Nottingham Foresta Championship 9th 1892–93 1992–93 1998–99 56 5 1 1977–78

Oldham Athletica League Two 14th 1910–11 1992–93 1993–94 12 2 0 n/a League One 4th 1927–28 2003–04 2009–10 33 7 2 1949–50 Queens Park Championship 19th 1968–69 1992–93 2014–15 23 7 0 n/a Rangersa Reading Championship 20th 2006–07 2006–07 2012–13 3 3 0 n/a Sheffield Championship 12th 1892–93 1992–93 1999–2000 66 8 4 1929–30 Wednesdaya

Stoke Cityb Championship 16th 1888–89 2008–09 2017–18 63 10 0 n/a League One 5th 1890–91 1995–96 2016–17 87 13 6 1935–36

Swansea Cityc Championship 10th 1981–82 2011–12 2017–18 9 7 0 n/a Town League Two 13th 1993–94 1993–94 1993–94 1 1 0 n/a Championship 4th 1888–89 2002–03 2017–18 79 12 1 1919–20 Albionb Athletic Championship 18th 2005–06 2005–06 2012–13 8 8 0 n/a

Wimbledona Defunct Defunct (2003–04) 1892–93 1992–93 1999–2000 14 8 0 n/a a: Founding member of the Premier League b: One of the original 12 Football League teams c: Club based in Wales

Non-English clubs

Wales

In 2011, a Welsh club participated in the Premier League for the first time after City gained promotion.[73][74] The first Premier League match to be played outside England was Swansea City's home match at the against Wigan Athletic on 20 August 2011.[75] The number of Welsh clubs in the Premier League increased to two in 2013–14, as Cardiff City gained promotion,[76] but they were relegated after their maiden season.[77] Cardiff were promoted again in 2017–18 but the number of Welsh clubs remained the same for the 2018–19 Premier League season as Swansea City were relegated from the Premier League in 2017–18.[78] Following Cardiff City's relegation in 2018–19 there are currently no Welsh clubs participating in the Premier League.[79]

Because they are members of the Football Association of Wales (FAW), the question of whether clubs like Swansea should represent England or Wales in European competitions has caused long-running discussions in UEFA. Swansea took one of England's three available places in the Europa League in 2013–14 by winning the League Cup in 2012–13.[80] 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.[81]

Scotland and Ireland 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 Wimbledon received Premier League approval to relocate to Dublin, Ireland, but the move was blocked by the Football Association of Ireland.[82][83][84][85] Additionally, the media occasionally discusses the idea that Scotland's two biggest teams, Celtic and Rangers, should or will take part in the Premier League, but nothing has come of these discussions.[86]

International competitions

Qualification for European competitions

Qualification criteria for 2020–21

The top four teams in the Premier League qualify for the subsequent season's UEFA Champions League group stage. The winners of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League also qualify for the subsequent season's UEFA Champions League group stage. If this means six Premier League teams qualify, then the fourth-placed team in the Premier League instead plays in the UEFA Europa League, as any single nation is limited to a maximum of 5 teams.

The fifth-placed team in the Premier League, as well as the winner of the FA Cup, qualifies for the subsequent season's UEFA Europa League group stage, but if the winner also finished in the top five places in the Premier League or has won one of UEFA's major , then this place reverts to the team that finished sixth. The winner of the EFL Cup qualifies for the subsequent season's UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, but if the winner 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 already caused the sixth-placed team to qualify.[87]

The number of places allocated to English clubs in UEFA competitions is dependent upon the position a country holds in the UEFA country coefficients, which are calculated based upon the performance of teams in UEFA competitions in the previous five years. Currently the ranking of England (and de facto the Premier League) is 2nd behind Spain.

Extracted from the 2019 ranking of nations by their UEFA coefficient[88] Places in UEFA Champions Rank Rank 2014– 2015– 2016– 2017– 2018– Places in Europa League Change League Coefficient League 2019 2018 15 16 17 18 19 GS PO Q3 Q2 Q1 PQ GS PO Q3 Q2 Q1 PQ

1 1 = Spain 20.214 23.928 20.142 19.714 19.571 103.569 4 — — — — — 2 — — 1 — —

2 2 = 13.571 14.250 14.928 20.071 22.642 85.462 4 — — — — — 2 — — 1 — — England

3 3 = Italy 19.000 11.500 14.250 17.333 12.642 74.725 4 — — — — — 2 — — 1 — —

4 4 = 15.857 16.428 14.571 9.857 15.214 71.927 4 — — — — — 2 — — 1 — — Germany

5 5 = 10.916 11.083 14.416 11.500 10.583 58.498 2 — 1 — — — 2 — — 1 — —

6 6 = Russia 9.666 11.500 9.200 12.600 7.583 50.549 2 — 1 — — — 1 — 1 1 — —

7 7 = 9.083 10.500 8.083 9.666 10.900 48.232 1 — 1 — — — 1 — 1 1 — —

8 8 = Ukraine 10.000 9.800 5.500 8.000 7.800 39.900 1 — 1 — — — 1 — 1 1 — —

9 9 = Belgium 9.600 7.400 12.500 2.600 5.600 38.900 1 — 1 — — — 1 — 1 1 — —

10 10 = Turkey 6.000 6.600 9.700 6.800 5.500 34.600 1 — — 1 — — 1 — 1 1 — —

Previous seasons

An exception to the usual European qualification system happened in 2005, after Liverpool won the Champions League the year before, but did not finish in a Champions League qualification place in the Premier League that season. UEFA gave special dispensation for Liverpool to enter the Champions League, giving England five qualifiers.[89] UEFA 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 winner finished outside the top four in its domestic league, it would qualify at the expense of the fourth-placed team in the league. At that time, no association could have more than four entrants in the Champions League.[90] This occurred in 2012, when Chelsea – who had won the Champions League that summer, but finished sixth in the league – qualified for the Champions League in place of Tottenham Hotspur, who went into the Europa League.[91]

From 2015–16, the Europa League winners qualify for the Champions League, increasing the maximum number of participants per country to five.[92] This took effect in England in 2016–17, when Manchester United finished sixth in the Premier League and won the Europa League, giving England five Champions League entrants for 2017–18.[93] In these instances, any Europa League berth vacated will not be handed down to the next-best Premier League finisher outside a qualifying place and so the association's Europa League entrants for the following season will be reduced. If it happens that both Champions League and Europa League winners are of the same association and both finish outside the top four, then the fourth-placed team will be transferred to the Europa League.

Performance in international competition

Between the 1992–93 and the 2018–19 seasons, Premier League clubs won the UEFA Champions League five times (and had seven runners-up), behind Spain's La Liga with eleven wins, level with Italy's Serie A, and ahead of, among others, Germany's Bundesliga with three wins.[39] The FIFA Club World Cup (originally called the FIFA Club World Championship) has been won twice by a Premier (Manchester United in 2008 and Liverpool in 2019),[94] with two runners-up (Liverpool in 2005 and Chelsea in 2012),[95][96] behind Spain's La Liga with seven wins,[97] Brazil's Brasileirão with four wins,[95][96][98][99] and tied with Italy's Serie A with two wins.[100][101]

Sponsorship From 1993 to 2016, the Premier League had title sponsorship rights sold to two companies, which were and Bank PLC; Barclays was the most recent title sponsor, having sponsored the Premier League from 2001 until 2016 (until 2004, the title sponsorship was held through its Barclaycard brand before shifting to its main banking brand in 2004).[102]

Period Sponsor Brand 1992–1993 No sponsor FA Premier League

1993–2001 Carling FA Carling Premiership[14]

2001–2004 Barclaycard FA Barclaycard Premiership[14] 2004–2007 FA Barclays Premiership Barclays 2007–2016 Barclays Premier League[14][103] 2016– No sponsor Premier League

Barclays' deal with the Premier League expired at the end of the 2015–16 season. The FA 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 major U.S. sports leagues.[104]

As well as sponsorship for the league itself, the Premier League has a number of official partners and suppliers.[105] The official ball supplier for the league is Nike who have had the contract since the 2000–01 season when they took over from Mitre.[106] Under its Merlin brand, held the licence to produce collectables for the Premier League between 1994 and 2019 including stickers (for their sticker album) and trading cards.[107] Launched in the 2007–08 season, Topps’ Match Attax, the official Premier League game, is the best selling boys collectable in the UK, and is also the biggest selling sports trading card game in the world.[107][108] In October 2018, Panini were awarded the licence to produce collectables from the 2019–20 season.[109] Since 2017, the chocolate company is the official snack partner of the Premier League, and sponsors the Premier League Golden Boot and Premier League Golden Glove awards.[110]

Finances

The Premier League has the highest revenue of any football league in the world, with total club revenues of €2.48 billion in 2009–10.[111][112] In 2013–14, due to improved television revenues and cost controls, the Premier League had net profits in excess of £78 million, exceeding all other football leagues.[113] In 2010 the Premier League was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise 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.[114]

The Premier League includes some of the richest football clubs in the world. Deloitte's "Football Money League" listed seven Premier League clubs in the top 20 for the 2009–10 season,[115] 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.[116] From 2013, the league generates €2.2 billion per year in domestic and international television rights.[4]

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 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.[117]

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.[5] 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., finished 16th in May 2017, five places counting upwards, and received 5 × £1,941,609 = £9,708,045 merit payment).[5]

Media coverage

United Kingdom and Ireland

Television has played a major role in the history of the Premier League. The League's decision to assign Matches broadcast in the United Kingdom and broadcasting rights to BSkyB in 1992 was at the time a radical decision, but one that has paid off. At the time Ireland pay television was an almost untested proposition in the UK market, as was charging fans to watch live televised Seasons Sky Others Total football. However, a combination of Sky's strategy, the quality of Premier League football and the public's 1992–1997 60 60 [19] appetite for the game has seen the value of the Premier League's TV rights soar. 1997–2001 60 60 – 2001–2004 110 110

The Premier League sells its television rights on a collective basis. This is in contrast to some other European 2004–2007 138 138

Leagues, including La Liga, in which each club sells its rights individually, leading to a much higher share of the 2007–2009 96 Setanta 42 138 [118] [119] total income going to the top few clubs. The money is divided into three parts: half is divided equally 2009–2010 96 ESPN 42 138 between the clubs; one quarter is awarded on a merit basis based on final league position, the top club getting 2010–2013 115 ESPN 23 – 138 twenty times as much as the bottom club, and equal steps all the way down the table; the final quarter is paid out 2013–2016 116 38 154 as facilities fees for games that are shown on television, with the top clubs generally receiving the largest shares 2016–2019 126 BT 42 168 of this. The income from overseas rights is divided equally between the twenty clubs.[120] 2019–2022 128 52 Amazon 20 200 The first Sky television rights agreement was worth £304 million over five seasons.[121] The next contract, negotiated to start from the 1997–98 season, rose to £670 million over four seasons.[121] The third contract was a £1.024 billion deal with BSkyB for the three seasons from 2001 to 2002 to 2003–04. The league brought in £320 million from the sale of its international rights for the three-year period from 2004 to 2005 to 2006–07. It sold the rights itself on a territory-by-territory basis.[122] Sky's was broken from August 2006 when was awarded rights to show two out of the six packages of matches available. This occurred following an insistence by the that exclusive rights should not be sold to one television company. Sky and Setanta paid £1.7 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 pm match solely for Irish viewers. The BBC has retained the rights to show highlights for the same three seasons (on Match of the Day) for £171.6 million, a 63 per cent increase on the £105 million it paid for the previous three-year period.[123] Sky and BT have agreed to jointly pay £84.3 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 pm on matchday.[124] Overseas television rights fetched £625 million, nearly double the previous contract.[125] The total raised from these deals is more than £2.7 billion, giving Premier League clubs an average media income from league games of around £40 million-a-year from 2007 to 2010.[126]

The TV rights agreement between the Premier League and Sky has faced accusations of being a cartel, and a number of court cases have arisen as a result.[127] An investigation by the Office of Fair Trading 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 in possession of the [128] had abused its dominant position. In July 1999 the Premier League's method of selling rights collectively for all ball during a 2012 match between member clubs was investigated by the UK Restrictive Practices Court, who concluded that the agreement was not Chelsea and Norwich City contrary to the public interest.[129]

The BBC's highlights package on Saturday and Sunday nights, as well as other evenings when fixtures justify, will run until 2016.[130] Television rights alone for the period 2010 to 2013 have been purchased for £1.782 billion.[131] On 22 June 2009, due to troubles encountered by Setanta Sports after it failed to meet a final deadline over a £30 million payment to the Premier League, ESPN 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 2011 to 2012–13.[132] On 13 June 2012, the Premier League announced that BT had been awarded 38 games a season for the 2013–14 through 2015–16 seasons at £246 million-a-year. The remaining 116 games were retained by Sky who paid £760 million-a-year. The total domestic rights have raised £3.018 billion, an increase of 70.2% over the 2010–11 to 2012–13 rights.[133] The value of the licensing deal rose by another 70.2% in 2015, when Sky and BT paid £5.136 billion to renew their contracts preparing to take a with the Premier League for another three years up to the 2018–19 season.[134] free kick in a 2009 match between Manchester United and Liverpool UK highlights

Highlights programme Duration Channel Match of the Day 1992–2001, 2004–present BBC The Premiership 2001–2004 ITV

In August 2016, it was announced the BBC would be creating a new magazine-style show for the Premier League entitled .[135]

In June 2018, it was announced that Amazon Video would televise 20 games per season in a three-year deal beginning in the 2019–20 season.[136] The telecasts will be produced by a partnership of Sunset + Vine and BT Sport.[137]

Worldwide

The Premier League is the most-watched football league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643 million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people,.[6] The Premier League's production arm, Premier League Productions, is operated by IMG Productions and produces all content for its international television partners.[138]

The Premier League is particularly popular in Asia, where it is the most widely distributed sports programme.[139] In Australia, Optus telecommunications holds exclusive rights to the Premier League, providing live broadcasts and online access ( formerly held rights).[140] In India, the matches are broadcast live on STAR Sports. In China, the broadcast rights were awarded to Super Sports in a six-year agreement that began in the 2013–14 season.[141] As of the 2019–20 season, Canadian broadcast rights to the Premier League are owned by DAZN, after having been jointly owned by and TSN from 2013–14.[142]

The Premier League is broadcast in the through NBC Sports.[143] Premier League viewership has increased rapidly, with NBC and NBCSN averaging a record 479,000 viewers in the 2014–15 season, up 118% from 2012–13 when coverage still aired on and ESPN/ESPN2 (220,000 viewers),[144] and NBC Sports has been widely praised for its coverage.[144][145][146] NBC Sports reached a six-year extension with the Premier League in 2015 to broadcast the league through the 2021–22 season in a deal valued at $1 billion (£640 million).[147][148]

Between the 1998–99 season and the 2012–13 season, RTÉ broadcast highlights on Premier and occasionally Premier Soccer Sunday. Between the 2004–05 season and the 2006–07 season, RTÉ broadcast a live match on 15 Saturday afternoons with each match being called Premiership Live.

The Premier League is broadcast by SuperSport across sub-Saharan Africa.

Widening gap with lower leagues

There has been an increasing gulf between the Premier League and the Football League. Since its split with the Football League, many established clubs in the Premier League have managed to distance themselves from their counterparts in lower leagues. Owing in large part to the disparity in revenue from television rights between the leagues,[149] many newly promoted teams have found it difficult to avoid relegation in their first season in the Premier League. In every season except 2001–02, 2011–12 and 2017–18, at least one Premier League newcomer has been relegated back to the Football League. In 1997–98, all three promoted clubs were relegated at the end of the season.[150]

The Premier League distributes a portion of its television revenue to clubs that are relegated from the league in the form of "parachute payments". Starting with the 2013–14 season, these payments are in excess of £60 million over four seasons.[151] Though designed to help teams adjust to the loss of television revenues (the average Premier League team receives £41 million[152] while the average Football League Championship club receives £2 million),[153] critics maintain that the payments actually widen the gap between teams that have reached the Premier League and those that have not,[154] leading to the common occurrence of teams "bouncing back" soon after their relegation. For some clubs who have failed to win immediate promotion back to the Premier League, financial problems, including in some cases administration or even liquidation have followed. Further relegations down the footballing ladder have ensued for several clubs unable to cope with the gap.[155][156]

Stadiums As of the 2017–18 season, Premier League football has been played in 58 stadiums since the formation of the division.[157] The Hillsborough disaster in 1989 and the subsequent Taylor Report saw a recommendation that standing terraces should be abolished. As a result, all stadiums in the Premier League are all- seater.[158][159] 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.[160] Nine stadiums that have seen Premier League football have now been demolished. The stadiums for the 2017–18 season show a large disparity in capacity. For example, , the temporary home of Tottenham Hotspur, has a capacity of 90,000 while , the home of Bournemouth, has a capacity of 11,360.[161][162] The combined total capacity of the Premier League in the 2017–18 season is 806,033 with an average capacity of 40,302.[161]

Stadium attendances are a significant source of regular income for Premier League clubs.[163] For the 2016–17 season, average attendances across the league clubs were 35,838 for Premier League matches with an aggregate attendance of 13,618,596.[164] This represents an increase of 14,712 from the average attendance of 21,126 recorded in the Premier League's first season (1992–93).[165] However, during the 1992–93 season, the capacities of most stadiums were reduced as clubs replaced terraces with seats in order to meet the Taylor Report's 1994–95 deadline for all-seater stadiums.[166][167] The Premier League's record average attendance of 36,144 was set during the 2007–08 season.[168] This record was then beaten in the 2013–14 season recording an average attendance of 36,695 with an attendance of just under 14 million, the highest average in England's top flight since 1950.[169]

Managers

Managers 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.[170] Managers are required to have a UEFA Pro Licence which is the final coaching qualification available, and follows the completion of the UEFA 'B' and 'A' Licences.[171] The UEFA Pro Licence is required by every person who wishes to manage a club in the Premier League on a permanent basis (i.e., more than 12 weeks, the amount of time an unqualified is allowed to take control).[172] 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 at Portsmouth and at Tottenham Hotspur.

Arsène Wenger is the longest-serving manager, having been in charge of Arsenal in the Premier League from 1996 to his retirement 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 , 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.[173]

During the 2019–20 season, 6 managers have been sacked as of 28 December: and Quique Sánchez Flores of Watford, of Tottenham Hotspur, Unai Emery of Arsenal, of Everton and of West Ham United.

There have been several studies into the reasoning behind, and effects of, managerial sackings. Most famously, Professor Sue Bridgewater of the and Dr. Bas ter Weel of the University of Amsterdam, 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.[174]

Winning managers Manager Club(s) Wins Winning years 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, Alex Ferguson Manchester United 13 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13

Arsène Wenger Arsenal 1997–98, 2001–02, 2003–04 3 José Mourinho Chelsea 2004–05, 2005–06, 2014–15

Pep Guardiola Manchester City 2 2017–18, 2018–19

Kenny Dalglish Blackburn Rovers 1994–95

Carlo Ancelotti Chelsea 2009–10 Former Manchester United Manchester City 2011–12 manager Sir Alex Ferguson 1 was the longest serving and Manuel Pellegrini Manchester City 2013–14 most successful manager in Leicester City 2015–16 Premier League history.

Antonio Conte Chelsea 2016–17 Current managers Nat. Name Club Appointed Time as manager

Eddie Howe Bournemouth 12 October 2012 7 years, 210 days

Sean Dyche Burnley 30 October 2012 7 years, 192 days

Jürgen Klopp Liverpool 8 October 2015 4 years, 214 days

Chris Wilder Sheffield United 12 May 2016 3 years, 363 days

Pep Guardiola Manchester City 1 July 2016 3 years, 313 days

Daniel Farke Norwich City 25 May 2017 2 years, 350 days

Nuno Espírito Santo Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 May 2017 2 years, 344 days

Roy Hodgson Crystal Palace 12 September 2017 2 years, 240 days

Dean Smith Aston Villa 10 October 2018 1 year, 212 days

Ralph Hasenhüttl Southampton 5 December 2018 1 year, 156 days

Ole Gunnar Solskjær Manchester United 19 December 2018 1 year, 142 days

Brendan Rodgers Leicester City 26 February 2019 1 year, 73 days

Graham Potter Brighton & Hove Albion 20 May 2019 355 days

Frank Lampard Chelsea 4 July 2019 310 days

Steve Bruce Newcastle United 17 July 2019 297 days

José Mourinho Tottenham Hotspur 20 November 2019 171 days

Nigel Pearson Watford 6 December 2019 155 days

Mikel Arteta Arsenal 20 December 2019 141 days

Carlo Ancelotti Everton 21 December 2019 140 days

David Moyes West Ham United 29 December 2019 132 days

Players

Appearances

Most appearances Foreign players and transfer regulations Rank Player Apps At the inception of the Premier League in 1992–93, just 11 players named in the starting line-ups for the first 1 Gareth Barry 653 [176] round of matches hailed from outside of the United Kingdom or Ireland. By 2000–01, the number of 2 632 foreign players participating in the Premier League was 36% of the total. In the 2004–05 season, the figure had increased to 45%. On 26 December 1999, Chelsea became the first Premier League side to field an entirely 3 609 [177] foreign starting line-up, and on 14 February 2005, Arsenal were the first to name a completely foreign 16- 4 David James 572 man squad for a match.[178] By 2009, under 40% of the players in the Premier League were English.[179] By 5 535 February 2020, 117 different nationalities had played in the Premier League, and 101 nationalities had scored in the competition.[180] 6 534 In response to concerns that clubs were increasingly passing over young English players in favour of foreign 7 516 players, in 1999, the tightened its rules for granting work permits to players from countries 8 514 outside of the .[181] A non-EU player applying for the permit must have played for his country 9 508 in at least 75 per 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 10 505 over the previous two years. If a player does not meet those criteria, the club wishing to sign him may [182] appeal. As of 9 March 2020.[175] Italicised players still playing professional football. Players may only be transferred during transfer windows that are set by the Football Association. The two Bolded players still playing in Premier League. 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.[183] As of the 2010–11 season, 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.[184][185] 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".[184]

Player wages

There is no team or individual 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.[186] In the 2018–19 season the average annual salary stood at £2.99 million.

The total salary bill for the 20 Premier League clubs in the 2018–19 was £1.62bn, this compares to £1.05bn in La Liga, £0.83bn in Serie A, £0.72bn in Bundesliga, and £0.54bn in . The club with the highest average wages is Manchester United at £6.5m. This is smaller than the club with the highest wage bill in Spain (Barcelona £10.5m), and Italy (Juventus £6.7m), but higher than in Germany (Bayern Munich £6.4m), and France (Paris St Germain 6.1m). 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 La Liga (19.1 to 1), Serie A (16 to 1), Bundesliga (20.5 to 1), and Ligue 1 (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.[187]

Average Salary By Club in the 2018–19 season

Rank Club Av. salary Rank Club Av. salary Rank Club Av. salary Rank Club Av. salary Manchester 6 Tottenham £3,515,778 11 Southampton £2,669,333 16 Brighton £1,695,040 1 £6,534,654 United 7 Everton £3,252,690 12 Bournemouth £1,989,520 17 Newcastle £1,650,133 Manchester 2 £5,993,000 City 8 West Ham £3,189,333 13 Watford £1,775,172 18 Burnley £1,603,197 Crystal 14 Wolves £1,757,600 19 Huddersfield £1,238,000 3 Chelsea £5,020,004 9 £2,757,000 Palace 4 Liverpool £4,862,963 15 Fulham £1,727,440 20 Cardiff £957,471 10 Leicester £2,710,710 5 Arsenal £4,853,130

Player transfer fees

The record transfer fee for a Premier League player has risen steadily over the lifetime of the competition. Prior to the start of the first Premier League season Alan Shearer became the first British player to command a transfer fee of more than £3 million.[188] The record has increased steadily and is now the most expensive transfer involving a Premier League club at £106 million. The highest transfer fee paid by a Premier League club is £89 million for .

Top transfer fees paid by Premier League clubs Rank Player Fee (min.) Year Transfer Reference

1 Paul Pogba £89m[a] 2016 Juventus Manchester United [189][190][191][192]

2 £80m 2019 Leicester City Manchester United [193][194]

Romelu Lukaku £75m[b] 2017 Everton Manchester United [195][196][197][198] 3 £75m 2018 Southampton Liverpool [199]

5 Nicolas Pépé £72m 2019 Lille Arsenal [200]

6 £71.6m 2018 Chelsea [201]

7 Rodri £63m 2019 Atlético Madrid Manchester City [202]

8 £60m 2018 Leicester City Manchester City [203]

9 Ángel Di María £59.7m 2014 Real Madrid Manchester United [204][205]

Álvaro Morata £58m[c] 2017 Real Madrid Chelsea [206][207] 10 £58m 2019 Chelsea [208]

a. plus another €5 million in additional bonuses. b. plus £15 million in bonuses. c. plus another £12 million in bonuses.

Top transfer fees received by Premier League clubs Rank Player Fee (min.) Year Transfer Reference

1 Philippe Coutinho £106m[a] 2018 Liverpool Barcelona [209]

2 Eden Hazard £89m 2019 Chelsea Real Madrid [210]

3 £86m 2013 Tottenham Hotspur Real Madrid [211][212][213][214]

Cristiano Ronaldo £80m 2009 Manchester United Real Madrid [215][216][217] 4 Harry Maguire £80m 2019 Leicester City Manchester United see "paid" table

Romelu Lukaku £75m 2017 Everton Manchester United see "paid" table

6 Luis Suárez £75m 2014 Liverpool Barcelona [218][219]

Virgil van Dijk £75m 2018 Southampton Liverpool see "paid" table

9 Romelu Lukaku £74m 2019 Manchester United Inter [220]

10 Riyad Mahrez £60m 2018 Leicester City Manchester City see "paid" table

a. plus reported €40 million bonuses

Top scorers

As of 9 March 2020.[221] Rank Name Years Goals Apps Ratio

1 Alan Shearer 1992–2006 260 441 0.59

2 2002–2018 208 491 0.42

3 1992–2008 187 414 0.45

4 Sergio Agüero 2011– 180 261 0.69

5 Frank Lampard 1995–2015 177 609 0.29

6 1999–2007, 2012 175 258 0.68

7 1993–2009 163 379 0.43

2001–2003, 2004–2014, 8 162 496 0.33 2015–2019 Alan Shearer is the top 9 1996–2004, 2005–13 150 326 0.46 scorer in Premier League history. 10 1992–2005 149 351 0.42

Italics denotes players still playing professional football, Bold denotes players still playing in the Premier League.

The Golden Boot is awarded to the top Premier League scorer at the end of each season. Former Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer holds the record for most Premier League goals with 260.[222] Twenty-eight players have reached the 100-goal mark.[223] Since the first Premier League season in 1992–93, 14 players from 10 clubs have won or shared the top scorers title.[224] Thierry Henry won his fourth overall scoring title by scoring 27 goals in the 2005–06 season. Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer hold the record for most goals in a season (34) – for Newcastle and Blackburn respectively.[225] Ryan Giggs of Manchester United holds the record for scoring goals in consecutive seasons, having scored in the first 21 seasons of the league.[226]

Awards

Trophy

The Premier League maintains two trophies – the genuine trophy (held by the reigning champions) and a spare replica. Two trophies are held in the event that two clubs could win the League on the final day of the season.[227] In the rare event that more than two clubs are vying for the title on the final day of the season – then a replica won by a previous club is used.[228]

The current Premier League trophy was created by Royal Jewellers Asprey of London. It consists of a trophy with a golden crown and a malachite plinth base. The plinth weighs 33 pounds (15 kg) and the trophy weighs 22 pounds (10.0 kg).[229] The trophy and plinth are 76 cm (30 in) tall, 43 cm (17 in) wide and 25 cm (9.8 in) deep.[230]

Its main body is solid sterling silver and silver gilt, while its plinth is made of malachite, a semi- precious stone. The plinth has a silver band around its circumference, upon which the names of the title-winning clubs are listed. Malachite's green colour is also representative of the green The gold Premier League field of play.[230] The design of the trophy is based on the heraldry of Three Lions that is trophy awarded to Arsenal associated with English football. Two of the lions are found above the handles on either side of for winning the 2003–04 title the trophy – the third is symbolised by the captain of the title-winning team as he raises the without defeat trophy, and its gold crown, above his head at the end of the season.[231] The ribbons that drape The Premier League trophy the handles are presented in the team colours of the league champions that year. In 2004, a special gold version of the trophy was commissioned to commemorate Arsenal winning the title without a single defeat.[232]

Player and manager awards

In addition to the winner's trophy and the individual winner's medals awarded to players who win the title, the Premier League also issues other awards throughout the season.

A man of the match award is awarded to the player who has the greatest impact in an individual match.

Monthly awards are also given for the Manager of the Month, Player of the Month and Goal of the Month.[233] These are also issued annually for Manager of the Season,[234] Player of the Season.[235] and Goal of the Season.

The Golden Boot award is given to the top goalscorer of every season, The of the Season award is given to the player who make the most assists of every season[236] and the Golden Glove award is given to the goalkeeper with the most clean sheets at the end of the season.[237]

From the 2017–18 season, players also 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 will receive a presentation box from the Premier League containing a special medallion and a plaque commemorating their achievement.[238]

20 Seasons Awards

In 2012, the Premier League celebrated its second decade by holding the 20 Seasons Awards:[239]

Fantasy Team of the 20 Seasons Panel Choice: , , , , , Cristiano Ronaldo, , , Ryan Giggs, Thierry Henry, Alan Shearer Public Vote: Peter Schmeichel, Gary Neville, Tony Adams, Nemanja Vidić, Ashley Cole, Cristiano Ronaldo, , Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Thierry Henry, Alan Shearer Best Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson 500 Club: Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher, Gareth Barry, Ryan Best Player: Ryan Giggs Giggs, David James, Gary Speed, Frank Lampard, Emile Heskey Most Appearances: Gareth Barry (652) and Top Goalscorer: Alan Shearer (260) Best Goal: Wayne Rooney, 12 February 2011, Manchester United vs Manchester City Most Clean Sheets: David James (173) Best Save: , 18 December 2010, Sunderland vs Bolton Wanderers Best Team: Arsenal 2003–04

See also

List of English football champions List of English Football League managers Football records in England

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External links

Official website (http://www.premierleague.com/) (in English, Indonesian, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, and Chinese) Premier League (https://curlie.org/Sports/Soccer/UEFA/England/Premier_League/) at Curlie

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