Premier League 2008-09

Premier League 2008-09
Season information
Winners	Manchester United
Relegated	Newcastle United Middlesbrough West Bromwich Albion
Domestic cup winners
FA Cup	Chelsea
Carling Cup	Manchester United
FA Community Shield	Manchester United
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Manchester United Liverpool Chelsea Arsenal
Europa League	Everton Aston Villa Fulham
Season statistics
Matches played	380
Goals scored	942
Average	(2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nicolas Anelka (19)
Biggest home win	Man City 6-0 Portsmouth
Biggest away win	Hull City 0-5 Wigan Middlesbrough 0-5 Chelsea West Brom 0-5 Man Utd
Highest scoring	Arsenal 4-4 Tottenham Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal (8 goals)
Previous season	Next season
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Promotion and relegation

Start of season

Teams promoted from The Championship 2007-08

• West Bromwich Albion (Champions)
• Stoke City (Runners-up)
• Hull City (Playoff winners)

End of season

Teams relegated to The Championship 2009-10

• Reading
• Birmingham City
• Derby County

Final league table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Manchester United (C) (Q)	38	28	6	4	68	24	+44	90	Champions League Group stage
2	Liverpool (Q)	38	25	11	2	77	27	+50	86
3	Chelsea (Q)	38	25	8	5	68	24	+44	83
4	Arsenal (Q)	38	20	12	6	68	37	+31	72	Champions League Play-off round
5	Everton (Q)	38	17	12	9	55	37	+18	63	Europa League Play-off round
6	Aston Villa (Q)	38	17	11	10	54	48	+6	62
7	Fulham (Q)	38	14	11	13	39	34	+5	53	Europa League Third qualifying round
8	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	9	15	45	45	0	51
9	West Ham United	38	14	9	15	42	45	-3	51
10	Manchester City	38	15	5	18	58	50	+8	50
11	Wigan Athletic	37	12	9	17	34	45	-11	45
12	Stoke City	38	12	9	17	38	55	-17	45
13	Bolton Wanderers	37	11	8	19	41	53	-1	41
14	Portsmouth	38	10	11	17	38	57	-19	41
15	Blackburn Rovers	38	10	11	17	40	60	-20	41
16	Sunderland	38	9	9	20	34	54	-20	36
17	Hull City	38	8	11	19	39	64	-25	35
18	Newcastle United (R)	38	7	13	18	40	59	-19	34	Relegation to The Championship
19	Middlesbrough (R)	38	7	11	20	28	57	-29	32
20	West Bromwich Albion (R)	38	8	8	22	36	67	-31	32

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored.
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 2008-09 Winners
Manchester United 11th Premier League title 18th English title

Top goalscorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Nicolas Anelka	19	Chelsea
Cristiano Ronaldo	18	Manchester United
Steven Gerrard	16	Liverpool
Robinho	14	Manchester City
Fernando Torres		Liverpool
Gabriel Agbonlahor	12	Aston Villa
Darren Bent		Tottenham Hotspur
Kevin Davies		Bolton Wanderers
Dirk Kuyt		Liverpool
Frank Lampard		Chelsea
Wayne Rooney		Manchester United

External links

• 2008-09 Premier League Season at RSSSF