Premier League 2014–15 | ||
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Season information | ||
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Winners | Chelsea 4th Premier League title 5th English title | |
Relegated | Hull City Burnley Queens Park Rangers | |
Domestic cup winners | ||
FA Cup | Arsenal | |
Capital One Cup | Chelsea | |
Community Shield | Arsenal | |
Continental cup qualifiers | ||
Champions League | Chelsea Manchester City Arsenal Manchester United | |
Europa League | Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool Southampton West Ham United | |
Season statistics | ||
Matches played | 380 | |
Goals scored | 975 | |
Average | (2.57 per match) | |
Top goalscorer | Sergio Agüero (26 goals) | |
Biggest home win | Southampton 8–0 Sunderland (18 October 2014) | |
Biggest away win | Swansea City 0–5 Chelsea (17 January 2015) | |
Highest scoring | Everton 3–6 Chelsea (30 August 2014) | |
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2015–16 →
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The 2014–15 Premier League will be the 23rd season of the Premier League, the English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The fixtures were announced on 18 June 2014. The season will start on Saturday 16 August 2014 and will conclude on Sunday 24 May 2015.
Teams[]
A total of 20 teams will contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2013–14 season and three promoted from the 2013–14 Football League Championship. On 5 April 2014, Leicester City earned promotion from the 2013–14 Football League Championship after a ten-year absence from the Premier League. They were crowned champions after beating Bolton Wanderers on 22 April 2014. On 21 April 2014, Burnley earned promotion to the Premier League with second place following their win over Wigan Athletic. On 24 May 2014 Queens Park Rangers were the final team to be promoted after winning the 2014 Football League Championship play-off Final, 1-0 against Derby County at Wembley Stadium in London. The three teams replace Cardiff City, Fulham and Norwich City, who were all relegated to the Championship at the end of the previous season.
Manchester City came into the season as defending champions of the 2013–14 season. Leicester City, Burnley and Queens Park Rangers entered as the three promoted teams.
Stadia and locations[]
- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team | Stadium | Capacity |
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Arsenal | Emirates Stadium | 60,338 |
Aston Villa | Villa Park | 42,682 |
Burnley | Turf Moor | 22,546 |
Chelsea | Stamford Bridge | 41,798 |
Crystal Palace | Selhurst Park | 26,255 |
Everton | Goodison Park | 39,571 |
Hull City | KC Stadium | 25,400 |
Leicester City | King Power Stadium | 32,262 |
Liverpool | Anfield | 45,276 |
Manchester City | Etihad Stadium | 47,405 |
Manchester United | Old Trafford | 75,731 |
Newcastle United | St. James' Park | 52,405 |
Queens Park Rangers | Loftus Road | 18,360 |
Southampton | St. Mary's Stadium | 32,589 |
Stoke City | Britannia Stadium | 27,740 |
Sunderland | Stadium of Light | 48,707 |
Swansea City | Liberty Stadium | 20,750 |
Tottenham Hotspur | White Hart Lane | 36,284 |
West Bromwich Albion | The Hawthorns | 26,445 |
West Ham United | Boleyn Ground | 35,016 |
Personnel and kits[]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team | Manager1 | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Arsenal | ![]() |
Puma | Emirates |
Aston Villa | ![]() |
Macron | dafabet |
Burnley | ![]() |
Puma | fun88 |
Chelsea | ![]() |
Adidas | Samsung |
Crystal Palace | ![]() |
Macron | Neteller |
Everton | ![]() |
Umbro | Chang |
Hull City | ![]() |
Umbro | 12BET |
Leicester City | ![]() |
Puma | King Power |
Liverpool | ![]() |
Warrior | Standard Chartered |
Manchester City | ![]() |
Nike | Etihad Airways |
Manchester United | ![]() |
Nike | Chevrolet |
Newcastle United | ![]() |
Puma | Wonga |
Queens Park Rangers | ![]() |
Nike | AirAsia |
Southampton | ![]() |
Made by club | Veho |
Stoke City | ![]() |
Warrior | Bet365 |
Sunderland | ![]() |
Adidas | BFS Group |
Swansea City | ![]() |
Adidas | GWFX |
Tottenham Hotspur | ![]() |
Under Armour | AIA |
West Bromwich Albion | ![]() |
Adidas | Intuit QuickBooks |
West Ham United | ![]() |
Adidas | Alpari |
- 1 According to current revision of List of English Football League managers
- Additionally, referee kits are now being made by Nike, sponsored by EA Sports, and Nike has a new match ball, the Ordem Premier League.
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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West Bromwich Albion | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 12 May 2014 | Pre-season | ![]() |
14 June 2014 |
Tottenham Hotspur | ![]() |
Sacked | 13 May 2014 | ![]() |
27 May 2014 | |
Southampton | ![]() |
Signed by Tottenham | 27 May 2014 | ![]() |
16 June 2014 | |
Crystal Palace | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 14 August 2014 | ![]() |
27 August 2014 | |
Crystal Palace | ![]() |
Sacked | 27 December 2014 | 18th | ![]() |
2 January 2015 |
West Bromwich Albion | ![]() |
29 December 2014 | 16th | ![]() |
1 January 2015 | |
Newcastle United | ![]() |
Signed by Crystal Palace | 2 January 2015 | 10th | ![]() |
26 January 2015 |
Queens Park Rangers | ![]() |
Resigned | 3 February 2015 | 19th | ![]() |
12 February 2015 |
Aston Villa | ![]() |
Sacked | 11 February 2015 | 18th | ![]() |
14 February 2015 |
Sunderland | ![]() |
Sacked | 16 March 2015 | 17th | ![]() |
17 March 2015 |
Results[]
Current League Table[]
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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1 | Chelsea | 38 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 73 | 32 | +41 | 87 | |
2 | Manchester City | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 83 | 38 | +45 | 79 | |
3 | Arsenal | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 71 | 36 | +35 | 75 | |
4 | Manchester United | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 70 | |
5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 64 | |
6 | Liverpool | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 62 | |
7 | Southampton | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 60 | |
8 | Swansea City | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 56 | |
9 | Stoke City | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 54 | |
10 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 48 | |
11 | Everton | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 47 | |
12 | West Ham United | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 47 | |
13 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 44 | |
20 | Leicester City | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 41 | |
12 | Newcastle United | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 40 | 63 | −23 | 39 | |
16 | Sunderland | 38 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 38 | |
17 | Aston Villa | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 57 | −26 | 38 | |
15 | Hull City | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 35 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
18 | Burnley | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 33 | |
20 | Queens Park Rangers | 38 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 42 | 73 | −31 | 30 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament
Result table[]
Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BUR | CHE | CRY | EVE | HUL | LEI | LIV | MNC | MNU | NEW | QPR | SOT | STK | SUN | SWA | TOT | WBA | WHU |
Arsenal | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | |
Aston Villa | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
Burnley | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | |
Chelsea | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
Crystal Palace | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | |
Everton | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–6 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
Hull City | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
Leicester City | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
Liverpool | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
Manchester City | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
Manchester United | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
Newcastle United | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
Queens Park Rangers | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | |
Southampton | 2–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 8–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
Stoke City | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
Sunderland | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
Swansea City | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
Tottenham Hotspur | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
West Bromwich Albion | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |
West Ham United | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Source: Barclays Premier League football scores & results
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Season statistics[]
Scoring[]
Top scorers[]
- As of matches played on 24 May 2015.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Manchester City | 26 |
2 | ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur | 21 |
3 | ![]() |
Chelsea | 20 |
4 | ![]() |
Queens Park Rangers | 18 |
5 | ![]() |
Arsenal | 16 |
6 | ![]() |
West Bromwich Albion | 14 |
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Arsenal | ||
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Chelsea | ||
9 | ![]() |
Aston Villa | 13 |
10 | ![]() |
Southampton | 12 |
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Manchester United | ||
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Manchester City |
Hat-tricks[]
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Chelsea | Swansea City | 4–2 | 13 September 2014 |
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Manchester City | Tottenham Hotspur | 4–1 | 18 October 2014 |
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Queens Park Rangers | West Bromwich Albion | 3–2 | 20 December 2014 |
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Stoke City | Queens Park Rangers | 3–1 | 31 January 2015 |
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Tottenham Hotspur | Leicester City | 4–3 | 21 March 2015 |
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Aston Villa | Queens Park Rangers | 3–3 | 7 April 2015 |
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Crystal Palace | Sunderland | 4–1 | 11 April 2015 |
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Manchester City | Queens Park Rangers | 6–0 | 10 May 2015 |
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Southampton | Aston Villa | 6–1 | 16 May 2015 |
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Arsenal | West Bromwich Albion | 4–1 | 24 May 2015 |
4 Player scored 4 goals.
Clean sheets[]
- As of matches played on 24 May 2015.
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | ![]() |
Manchester City | 14 |
2 | ![]() |
Swansea City | 13 |
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Southampton | ||
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Liverpool | ||
5 | ![]() |
Chelsea | 12 |
6 | ![]() |
West Bromwich Albion | 11 |
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Sunderland | ||
8 | ![]() |
Manchester United | 10 |
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Burnley | ||
10 | ![]() |
Aston Villa | 9 |
Discipline[]
- As of matches played on 24 May 2015.
Player[]
- Most yellow cards: 14
- Lee Cattermole (Sunderland)
- Most red cards: 2
- Tom Huddlestone (Hull City)
- Paul Konchesky (Leicester City)
- Kyle Naughton (Tottenham Hotspur)
- Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle United)
- Mike Williamson (Newcastle United)
Club[]
- Most yellow cards: 94
- Sunderland
- Most red cards: 7
- Aston Villa
- Newcastle United
Awards[]
Monthly awards[]
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
August | ![]() |
Swansea City | ![]() |
Chelsea |
September | ![]() |
Southampton | ![]() |
Southampton |
October | ![]() |
West Ham United | ![]() |
West Ham United |
November | ![]() |
Newcastle United | ![]() |
Manchester City |
December | ![]() |
Manchester City | ![]() |
Queens Park Rangers |
January | ![]() |
Southampton | ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur |
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