The Premier League is an English professional league for
men's association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football
competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League (EFL; known as "The Football League"
before 2016–17). Welsh clubs that compete in the English football league system
can also qualify. So this are some interesting facts you should know;
1. Seasons run from August
to May
2. Teams play 38 matches
each (playing each team in the league twice, home and away), totalling 380
matches in the season
3. It is colloquially known
as the Premiership and outside the UK it is commonly
referred to as the English
Premier League (EPL).
4. The competition formed
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, which
was founded in 1888
5. The league generates
€2.2 billion per year in domestic and international television rights In
2014/15, teams were apportioned revenues of £1.6 billion.
6. The Premier League is
the most-watched sports league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to
643 million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people.
7. The
Premier League ranks third in the UEFA
coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions
over the past five seasons.
8. While 47 clubs have competed since the inception of the Premier League in
1992, only six have won the title: Manchester United (13), Chelsea (6), Arsenal (3), Manchester City (2), Blackburn Rovers (1) and Leicester City (1).
9. The three lowest placed
teams are relegated into the EFL
Championship, and the top
two teams from the Championship, together with the winner of play-offs involving the third to sixth placed
Championship clubs, are promoted in their place.
10. the top
four teams in the Premier League qualify for the UEFA Champions League, with the top three teams directly entering
the group stage and The fourth-placed team enters the Champions League at the
play-off round for non-champions and must win a two-legged
knockout tie in order to enter the group stage.
11. The team placed fifth
in the Premier League automatically qualifies for the UEFA Europa League, and the sixth and seventh-placed teams can also qualify,
depending on the winners of the two domestic cup competitions i.e. the FA
Cup and the Capital One Cup (League Cup). Two Europa League places are reserved for the
winners of each tournament; if the winner of either the FA Cup or League Cup
qualifies for the Champions League, then that place will go to the next-best
placed finisher in the Premier League.
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