2023–24 Premier League

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Premier League 2023–24
Season information
Dates	11 August 2023–19 May 2024
Winners	Manchester City
Relegated	Luton Town Burnley Sheffield United
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Arsenal Manchester City Liverpool Aston Villa
Europa League	Tottenham Hotspur
Europa Conference League	Chelsea
Season statistics
Matches played	370
Goals scored	1,209
Average	(3.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Erling Haaland (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Chelsea 6–0 Everton (15 April 2024)
Biggest away win	Sheffield Utd 0–8 Newcastle Utd (24 September 2023)
Highest scoring	Sheffield Utd 0–8 Newcastle Utd (24 September 2023) Chelsea 4–4 Manchester City (12 November 2023) Newcastle Utd 4–4 Luton Town (3 February 2024)
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The 2023–24 Premier League was the 32nd season of the Premier League, and the 125th season of top-flight English football overall. The fixtures were announced on Thursday 15 June 2023 at 09:00 BST. Manchester City are the three-time defending champions, and will have a chance to become the first English football club to win four titles in a row.

This season is the third to feature a winter break, with every team having a two-week break from all competitions sometime between 2 January and 30 January 2024. The summer transfer window lasted between 14 June and 1 September 2023. The Premier League's winter transfer window was opened between 1 January and 1 February 2024.

Summary

For only the third time in Premier League history (after Middlesbrough in 1996–97 and Portsmouth in 2009–10), a Premier League team were deducted points; on 17 November 2023, Everton had 10 points deducted from their total for a breach of the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules (PSR). The deduction was the biggest to be handed out in Premier League history and was subject to appeal. On 26 February 2024, following their appeal, it was announced that the deduction had been reduced to six points. On 8 April 2024, the club were deducted two additional points for further PSR breaches, which the club initially appealed, but later withdrew. In total, the club have been deducted eight points this season.

On 30 September 2023, in the game between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, Premier League's video assistant referee (VAR), Darren England, failed to intervene on a decision that disallowed Luis Díaz's legitimate goal. Liverpool lost the game 2–1 and PGMOL admitted the offside ruling as a "significant human error". It was revealed that England and the assistant VAR, Dan Cook, took an eight-hour long flight back from the UAE a day before. A group of PGMOL officials were in UAE to take charge of a match between Sharjah and Al-Ain. It led to questions over PGMOL's decision of allowing the leading match officials to take lucrative assignments in the UAE Pro League although the Emirates owns the Premier League club, Manchester City.

On 5 December 2023, Sheffield United became the first club to sack their manager, dismissing Paul Heckingbottom after their 5–0 defeat to fellow newly-promoted side Burnley. He was replaced by Chris Wilder, marking his return to the club since the 2020–21 season. At that time, Sheffield United were bottom of the league, having amassed only five points in 14 games.

On 16 December 2023, the match between Bournemouth and Luton Town was abandoned after 65 minutes with the score level at 1–1 as Luton captain Tom Lockyer suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed on the pitch. Play was initially suspended, with the referee taking both sets of players off, midway through the second half, whilst medical personnel tended to Lockyer. He was eventually stretchered off, and taken to hospital, where it was later announced that he was responsive, and in a stable condition. The game was replayed on 13 March 2024, with Luton taking a 3–0 lead at half-time, before Bournemouth fought back in the second half to win 4–3, in what was praised as one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the league.

On 19 December 2023, Nottingham Forest became the second club to sack their manager, dismissing Steve Cooper after Forest had won one game from 13 league games played. His last game in charge was a 2–0 home defeat to Tottenham Hotspur. He was replaced by former Wolverhampton Wanderers and Spurs coach Nuno Espírito Santo, whose first game in charge was a 3–2 home loss to Bournemouth, extending the club’s winless run to seven games. In his second game, Nuno ended Nottingham Forest's winless run with a 3–1 away win at Newcastle United, with Chris Wood scoring a hat-trick against his old club, having left in the January transfer window of the 2022–23 season.

On 26 January 2024, Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp announced his intention to step down as manager at the end of the season after more than eight years in charge.

On 19 February 2024, Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson resigned from his role. Palace had lost ten of their previous 16 games and were 16th in the table, five points above the relegation zone. Hodgson, who had been taken ill at a team training session on 15 February, was replaced by former Eintracht Frankfurt manager Oliver Glasner.

On 18 March 2024, Nottingham Forest became the fourth ever Premier League club to receive a points deduction, as they were deducted four points for a breach of the Premier League's profitability and sustainability rules. The club submitted an appeal on 26 March, but on 7 May their appeal was rejected.

On 27 April 2024, Sheffield United became the first team relegated to the Championship after a 5–1 away defeat at Newcastle United. The defeat left the Blades 10 points adrift of safety with three matches left to play. On 4 May 2024, they also became the first side to concede 100 goals in a 38 game Premier League season, equalling the record of Swindon Town overall, who also conceded 100 goals in the 1993–94 season, consisting of 42 games. On 11 May, they would break the record, conceding a 101st goal in a 1–0 defeat to Everton.

On 6 May 2024, West Ham United announced that manager David Moyes would leave the club at the end of the season when his contract expires, and that his successor had not yet been appointed.

On 11 May 2024, Burnley became the second team to be relegated, following a 2–1 away defeat to Tottenham Hotspur. The defeat left them five points adrift of safety with one match left to play. Luton Town also lost to 3–1 away to West Ham United on the same day, which left them three points adrift of safety with one match left to play, a result which whilst not mathematically confirming relegation, would require a 13 goal swing to catch 17th place Nottingham Forest.

Developments

The new stoppage time rule takes place in the league this year. In an effort to improve clamping down on time-wasting and to improve the accuracy of time added on, stoppage times will be longer across matches. The new rule will account for stoppages due to injuries, goal celebrations, yellow and red cards, and VAR reviews. Additionally, there will be yellow/red card offences for dissent and time wasting, which contributed to a large increase in yellow and red cards this season.

Teams

20 teams compete in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams are Burnley, Sheffield United and Luton Town, who will return to the top flight after respective absences of one, two and thirty-one years. This will also be Luton Town's first season in the Premier League. With their promotion, Luton Town will become the first team to have been promoted from non-league to the top flight during the Premier League era. They will replace Leicester City, Leeds United and Southampton, who will be relegated to the Championship after respective spells of nine, three and eleven years in the top flight.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2022-23 season.

To Premier League Promoted from Championship Burnley Sheffield United Luton Town

From Premier League Relegated to Championship Southampton Leeds United Leicester City

Stadiums and locations

Main article: 2023–24 Premier League stadiums

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Bournemouth	Bournemouth	Dean Court	11,307
Arsenal	London (Holloway)	Emirates Stadium	60,704
Aston Villa	Birmingham (Aston)	Villa Park	42,657
Brentford	London (Brentford)	Brentford Community Stadium	17,250
Brighton & Hove Albion	Falmer	Falmer Stadium	31,800
Burnley	Burnley	Turf Moor	21,944
Chelsea	London (Fulham)	Stamford Bridge	40,343
Crystal Palace	London (Selhurst)	Selhurst Park	25,486
Everton	Liverpool (Walton)	Goodison Park	39,572
Fulham	London (Fulham)	Craven Cottage	22,384
Liverpool	Liverpool (Anfield)	Anfield	53,394
Luton Town	Luton	Kenilworth Road	10,356
Manchester City	Manchester (Bradford)	City of Manchester Stadium	53,400
Manchester United	Manchester (Stretford)	Old Trafford	74,310
Newcastle United	Newcastle upon Tyne	St. James' Park	52,305
Nottingham Forest	Nottingham	City Ground	30,332
Sheffield United	Sheffield	Bramall Lane	31,884
Tottenham Hotspur	London (Tottenham)	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	62,850
West Ham United	London (Stratford)	London Stadium	62,500
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	Molineux Stadium	31,750

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
Arsenal	Mikel Arteta	Martin Ødegaard	Adidas	Emirates	Visit Rwanda
Aston Villa	Unai Emery	John McGinn	Castore	BK8	Trade Nation
Bournemouth	Andoni Iraola	Neto	Umbro	Dafabet	DeWalt
Brentford	Thomas Frank	Christian Nørgaard	Umbro	Hollywoodbets	Safetyculture
Brighton & Hove Albion	Roberto De Zerbi	Lewis Dunk	Nike	American Express	SnickersUK.com
Burnley	Vincent Kompany	Jack Cork	Umbro	W88	TBA
Chelsea	Mauricio Pochettino	César Azpilicueta	Nike	Three	WhaleFin
Crystal Palace	Roy Hodgson	Joel Ward	Macron	Cinch	Kaiyun Sports
Everton	Sean Dyche	Séamus Coleman	Hummel	Stake.com	BOXT
Fulham	Marco Silva	Tom Cairney	Adidas	W88	World Mobile
Liverpool	Jürgen Klopp	Jordan Henderson	Nike	Standard Chartered	Expedia
Luton Town	Rob Edwards	Tom Lockyer	Umbro	Utilita (Home) Star Platforms (Away) Ryebridge (Third)	Toureen Group (Home) Utilita (Away & Third)
Manchester City	Pep Guardiola	TBA	Puma	Etihad Airways	OKX
Manchester United	Erik ten Hag	Bruno Fernandes	Adidas	TeamViewer	DXC Technology
Newcastle United	Eddie Howe	Kieran Trippier	Castore	Sela	noon.com
Nottingham Forest	Nuno Espírito Santo	Joe Worrall	Macron	UNHCR	None
Sheffield United	Chris Wilder	Billy Sharp	Erreà	Randox
Tottenham Hotspur	Ange Postecoglou	Hugo Lloris	Nike	AIA	Cinch
West Ham United	David Moyes	Declan Rice	Umbro	Betway	JD Sports
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Gary O'Neil	Rúben Neves	Castore	AstroPay	12BET

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Chelsea	Frank Lampard	End of interim spell	28 May 2023	Pre-season	Mauricio Pochettino	29 May 2023
Tottenham Hotspur	Ryan Mason				Ange Postecoglou
Bournemouth	Gary O'Neil	Sacked	19 June 2023		Andoni Iraola	19 June 2023
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Julen Lopetegui	Mutual consent	8 August 2023		Gary O'Neil	9 August 2023
Sheffield United	Paul Heckingbottom	Sacked	5 December 2023	20th	Chris Wilder	5 December 2023
Nottingham Forest	Steve Cooper		19 December 2023	17th	Nuno Espírito Santo	20 December 2023
Crystal Palace	Roy Hodgson	Resigned	19 February 2024	16th	Oliver Glasner	19 February 2024

Managers

Current Premier League managers

Manager	Nationality	Club	Appointed	Time as manager
Klopp, JurgenJürgen Klopp	Germany	Liverpool	02015-10-08-8 October 2015	9 years, 197 days
Guardiola, PepPep Guardiola	Spain	Manchester City	02016-07-01-1 July 2016	8 years, 296 days
Frank, ThomasThomas Frank	Denmark	Brentford	02018-10-16-16 October 2018	6 years, 189 days
Arteta, MikelMikel Arteta	Spain	Arsenal	02019-12-20-20 December 2019	5 years, 124 days
Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes	Scotland	West Ham United	02019-12-29-29 December 2019	5 years, 115 days
Silva, MarcoMarco Silva	Portugal	Fulham	02021-07-01-1 July 2021	3 years, 296 days
Howe, EddieEddie Howe	England	Newcastle United	02021-11-08-8 November 2021	3 years, 166 days
ten Hag, ErikErik ten Hag	Netherlands	Manchester United	02022-05-23-23 May 2022	2 years, 335 days
Kompany, VincentVincent Kompany	Belgium	Burnley	02022-06-14-14 June 2022	2 years, 313 days
De Zerbi, RobertoRoberto De Zerbi	Italy	Brighton & Hove Albion	02022-09-18-18 September 2022	2 years, 217 days
Emery, UnaiUnai Emery	Spain	Aston Villa	02022-11-01-1 November 2022	2 years, 173 days
Edwards, RobRob Edwards	Wales	Luton Town	02022-11-17-17 November 2022	2 years, 157 days
Dyche, SeanSean Dyche	England	Everton	02023-01-30-30 January 2023	2 years, 83 days
Hodgson, RoyRoy Hodgson	England	Crystal Palace	02023-03-21-21 March 2023	2 years, 33 days
Pochettino, MauricioMauricio Pochettino	Argentina	Chelsea	02023-05-28-28 May 2023	1 year, 330 days
Postecoglou, AngeAnge Postecoglou	Australia	Tottenham Hotspur	02023-06-06-6 June 2023	1 year, 321 days
Iraola, AndoniAndoni Iraola	Spain	Bournemouth	02023-06-19-19 June 2023	1 year, 308 days
O'Neil, GaryGary O'Neil	England	Wolverhampton Wanderers	02023-08-09-9 August 2023	1 year, 257 days
Wilder, ChrisChris Wilder	England	Sheffield United	02023-12-05-5 December 2023	1 year, 139 days
Santo, Nuno EspíritoNuno Espírito Santo	Portugal	Nottingham Forest	02023-12-19-19 December 2023	1 year, 124 days

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
2	Manchester City  (C)	38	28	7	3	94	33	+61	91	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
1	Arsenal	38	28	5	5	91	29	+62	89
3	Liverpool	38	24	10	4	86	41	+45	82
4	Aston Villa	38	20	8	10	76	61	+15	68
5	Tottenham	38	20	6	12	74	61	+13	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Chelsea	38	18	9	11	77	63	+14	63	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7	Newcastle Utd	38	18	6	14	85	62	+23	60
8	Manchester Utd	38	18	6	14	57	58	−1	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
9	West Ham Utd	38	14	10	14	60	74	−14	52
10	Crystal Palace	38	13	10	15	57	58	−1	49
11	Brighton	38	12	12	14	55	62	−7	48
12	Bournemouth	38	13	9	16	54	67	−13	48
13	Fulham	38	13	8	17	55	61	−6	47
14	Wolves	38	13	7	18	49	63	−14	46
15	Everton	38	13	9	16	40	51	−11	40
16	Brentford	38	10	9	19	56	65	−9	39
17	Nottm Forest	38	9	9	20	49	67	−18	32
18	Luton Town  (R)	38	6	8	24	52	85	−33	26	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Burnley  (R)	38	5	9	24	41	78	−37	24
20	Sheffield Utd  (R)	38	3	7	28	35	104	−69	16

Source: Premier League
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

• Everton were deducted eight points for breaching profitability and sustainability rules. They were originally deducted 10 points but this was reduced to six after an appeal. The club were then deducted an additional two points for further PSR breaches.
• Nottingham Forest were deducted 4 points for breaching profitability and sustainability rules. The club appealed the decision but were unsuccessful.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AVL	BOU	BRE	BHA	BUR	CHE	CRY	EVE	FUL	LIV	LUT	MCI	MUN	NEW	NFO	SHU	TOT	WHU	WOL
Arsenal	—	0–2		2–1	2–0	3–1	5–0	5–0		2–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	4–1	2–1	5–0	2–2	0–2	2–1
Aston Villa	1–0	—	3–1	3–3	6–1	3–2		3–1	4–0	3–1		3–1	1–0	1–2	1–3	4–2	1–1	0–4	4–1	2–0
Bournemouth	0–4	2–2	—			2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–4	4–3	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–2
Brentford	0–1	1–2	2–2	—	0–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	a	1–4	3–1	1–3	1–1		3–2	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–4
Brighton & Hove Albion	0–3		3–1	2–1	—	1–1		4–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–1			3–1	1–0	1–1	4–2	1–3	0–0
Burnley	0–5	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–1	—	1–4	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–3	0–1			5–0	2–5	1–2	1–1
Chelsea	2–2	0–1		0–2	3–2	2–2	—	2–1	6–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	4–4	4–3	3–2	0–1	2–0	a		2–4
Crystal Palace	0–1		0–2	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–3	—	2–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–4			0–0	3–2	1–2	5–2	3–2
Everton	0–1	0–0	3–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	—	0–1	a	1–2	1–3	0–3	3–0	2–0		2–2	1–3	0–1
Fulham	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–3	3–0	0–2	0–2		0–0	—	1–3	1–0		0–1	0–1	5–0	3–1	3–0	5–0	3–2
Liverpool	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	0–1	2–0	4–3	—	4–1	1–1	0–0	4–2	3–0	3–1		3–1
Luton Town	3–4	2–3	2–1	1–5	4–0	1–2	2–3	2–1			1–1	—	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–2	1–1
Manchester City	0–0	4–1	6–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	5–1	1–1	5–1	—	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–3
Manchester United	a	3–2	0–3	2–1	1–3		2–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–3	—		3–2		2–2	3–0	1–0
Newcastle United	1–0	5–1	2–2	1–0		2–0	4–1	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–2		2–3	1–0	—	1–3		4–0	4–3	3–0
Nottingham Forest	1–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	2–3	1–1		1–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–2		2–1	2–3	—	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–2
Sheffield United	0–6	0–5	1–3	1–0	0–5	1–4	2–2	0–1	2–2	3–3	0–2	2–3	1–2	1–2	0–8		—		2–2	2–1
Tottenham Hotspur	a	1–2	3–1	3–2	2–1		1–4	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1		2–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	—	1–2	1–2
West Ham United	0–6	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–2			1–3	2–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	—	3–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	1–1		0–2	1–4	1–0	2–1		3–0	2–1	1–3		2–1	3–4	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2024. Source: Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

As of 24 September 2023

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Erling Haaland	Manchester City	8
2	Son Heung-min	Tottenham Hotspur	5
3	Jarrod Bowen	West Ham United	4
	Odsonne Édouard	Crystal Palace
	Evan Ferguson	Brighton & Hove Albion
	Bryan Mbeumo	Brentford
	Callum Wilson	Newcastle United
8	9 players		3

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Son Heung-min	Tottenham Hotspur	Burnley	5–2 (A)	2 September 2023
Erling Haaland	Manchester City	Fulham	5–1 (H)
Evan Ferguson	Brighton & Hove Albion	Newcastle United	3–1 (H)

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	James Maddison	Tottenham Hotspur	4
	Pedro Neto	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool
4	Julián Álvarez	Manchester City	3
	Pervis Estupiñán	Brighton & Hove Albion
	Phil Foden	Manchester City
	Jean-Philippe Mateta	Crystal Palace
	Kaoru Mitoma	Brighton & Hove Albion
	Kieran Trippier	Newcastle United
	James Ward-Prowse	West Ham United

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Ederson	Manchester City	3
	Bernd Leno	Fulham
3	Sam Johnstone	Crystal Palace	2
	Emiliano Martínez	Aston Villa
	André Onana	Manchester United
	Nick Pope	Newcastle United
	Robert Sánchez	Chelsea
	Guglielmo Vicario	Tottenham Hotspur
9	7 players		1

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 5
  • Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea)

• Most red cards: 1
  • 14 players

Club

• Most yellow cards: 21
  • Nottingham Forest
  • Tottenham Hotspur

• Fewest yellow cards: 8
  • Luton Town
  • Manchester City

• Most red cards: 2
  • Burnley
  • Fulham
  • Liverpool
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers

• Fewest red cards: 0
  • 10 teams

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goal of the Month		Save of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
August	Ange Postecoglou	Tottenham Hotspur	James Maddison	Tottenham Hotspur	Kaoru Mitoma	Brighton & Hove Albion	Alisson	Liverpool
September			Son Heung-min		Bruno Fernandes	Manchester United	Robert Sánchez	Chelsea
October			Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	Saman Ghoddos	Brentford	Alphonse Areola	West Ham United
November	Erik ten Hag	Manchester United	Harry Maguire	Manchester United	Alejandro Garnacho	Manchester United	Thomas Kaminski	Luton Town
December	Unai Emery	Aston Villa	Dominic Solanke	Bournemouth	Alexis Mac Allister	Liverpool	Wes Foderingham	Sheffield United
January	Jürgen Klopp	Liverpool	Diogo Jota	Liverpool	Oscar Bobb	Manchester City	Jordan Pickford	Everton
February	Mikel Arteta	Arsenal	Rasmus Højlund	Manchester United	Kobbie Mainoo	Manchester United	Mark Flekken	Brentford
March	Andoni Iraola	Bournemouth	Rodrigo Muniz	Fulham	Marcus Rashford		Matz Sels	Nottingham Forest
April	Sean Dyche	Everton	Cole Palmer	Chelsea	Cole Palmer	Chelsea	André Onana	Manchester United

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Premier League Manager of the Season	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City
Premier League Player of the Season	Phil Foden
Premier League Young Player of the Season	Cole Palmer	Chelsea
Premier League Goal of the Season	Alejandro Garnacho	Manchester United
Premier League Save of the Season	Thomas Kaminski	Luton Town
FWA Footballer of the Year	Phil Foden	Manchester City

See also

• 2023 Premier League Summer Series
• 2023–24 Premier League referees
• 2023–24 Premier League stadiums
• 2023–24 Premier League Friendly Matches
• 2023–24 Premier League awards
• 2023–24 Premier League Squads
• 2023–24 Premier League Statistics
• 2023–24 Premier League goals
• Premier League transfers summer 2023
• 2023–24 Premier League Christmas Schedule
• Premier League transfers winter 2024
• 2023–24 Premier League Title Race
• 2023–24 Premier League Relegation Battle

External links

• Official website