2009–10 Premier League

Premier League 2009-10
Season information
Winners	Chelsea
Relegated	Burnley Hull City Portsmouth
Domestic cup winners
FA Cup	Chelsea
Carling Cup	Manchester United
Community Shield	Chelsea
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Chelsea Manchester United Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur
Europa League	Manchester City Aston Villa Liverpool Fulham
Season statistics
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1053
Average	2.77
Top goalscorer	Didier Drogba (29)
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The 2009–10 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. A total of 20 teams competed in the league, with Chelsea unseating the three-time defending champions Manchester United, scoring a then Premier League record 103 goals in the process. The season began on 15 August 2009 and concluded on 9 May 2010. Prior to each opening week match, a minute's applause was held in memory of Sir Bobby Robson. Nike provided a new match ball – the T90 Ascente – for this season. Barclays sponsored the league.

Promotion and relegation

Start of season

Teams promoted from The Championship 2008-09

• Wolverhampton Wanderers (Champions)
• Birmingham City (Runners-up)
• Burnley (Playoff winners)

End of season

Teams relegated to The Championship 2010-11

• Burnley
• Hull City
• Portsmouth

Final league table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Chelsea (C) (Q)	38	27	5	6	103	32	+71	86	Champions League Group stage
2	Manchester United (Q)	38	27	4	7	86	28	+58	85
3	Arsenal (Q)	38	23	6	9	83	41	+42	75
4	Tottenham Hotspur (Q)	38	21	7	10	67	41	+26	70	Champions League Play-off round
5	Manchester City (Q)	38	18	13	7	73	45	+28	67	Europa League Play-off round
6	Aston Villa (Q)	38	17	13	8	52	39	+13	64
7	Liverpool (Q)	38	18	9	11	61	35	+26	63	Europa League Third qualifying round
8	Everton	38	16	13	9	60	49	+11	61
9	Birmingham City	38	13	11	14	38	47	-9	50
10	Blackburn Rovers	38	13	11	14	41	55	-14	50
11	Stoke City	38	11	14	13	34	48	-14	47
12	Fulham	38	12	10	16	39	46	-7	46
13	Sunderland	38	11	11	16	48	56	-8	44
14	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	9	19	42	67	-25	39
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	9	11	18	32	56	-24	38
16	Wigan Athletic	38	9	9	20	37	79	-42	36
17	West Ham United	38	8	11	19	47	66	-19	35
18	Burnley (R)	38	8	6	24	42	82	-40	30	Relegation to The Championship
19	Hull City (R)	38	6	12	20	34	75	-41	30
20	Portsmouth (R)	38	7	7	24	34	66	-32	19*

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored.
^* Portsmouth were given a nine point deduction for entering administration
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Premier League 2009-10 Winners
Chelsea 3rd Premier League title 4th English title

Top goalscorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Didier Drogba	29	Chelsea
Wayne Rooney	26	Manchester United
Darren Bent	24	Sunderland
Carlos Tévez	23	Manchester City
Frank Lampard	22	Chelsea
Jermain Defoe	18	Tottenham Hotspur
Fernando Torres		Liverpool
Cesc Fàbregas	15	Arsenal
Emmanuel Adebayor	14	Manchester City
Louis Saha	13	Everton
Gabriel Agbonlahor		Aston Villa

External links

• 2009-10 Premier League Season at RSSSF

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