Founded in 1992, the Premier League is the top tier of the English football pyramid and has grown into football's biggest domestic competition.
Dates & Schedule
The Premier League runs from late summer time in England until late spring the following calendar year.
The 2026/27 Premier League season got underway on 21th August, with the final round of fixtures set to take place on 30th May 2026.
Teams & Stadiums
Reduced from 22 to 20 ahead of the 1995/96 season, the Premier League still has 20 teams to this day.
The biggest stadium remains Old Trafford with a capacity of 74,244, though a number of teams have started to catch up in recent years, with Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham and all boasting 60,000+ seater stadiums.
The smallest stadium in the Premier League is Bournemouth's Vitality Stadium, holding just 11,307.
Team | Stadium | Capacity |
Arsenal | Emirates Stadium | 60,704 |
Aston Villa | Villa Park | 43,205 |
Bournemouth | Dean Court | 11,307 |
Brentford | Brentford Community Stadium | 17,250 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | Falmer Stadium | 31,876 |
Chelsea | Stamford Bridge | 40,044 |
Coventry City | Coventry Building Society Arena | 32,609 |
Crystal Palace | Selhurst Park | 25,194 |
Everton | Hill Dickinson Stadium | 52,769 |
Fulham | Craven Cottage | 27,782 |
Hull City | MKM Stadium | 24,983 |
Ipswich Town | Portman Road | 30,056 |
Leeds United | Elland Road | 37,645 |
Liverpool | Anfield | 61,276 |
Manchester City | City of Manchester Stadium | 61,470 |
Manchester United | Old Trafford | 74,244 |
Newcastle United | St James' Park | 52,264 |
Nottingham Forest | City Ground | 31,042 |
Sunderland | Stadium of Light | 48,095 |
Tottenham Hotspur | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium | 62,850 |
Rivalries
One thing that makes the Premier League the spectacle it is is its fiercely contested rivalries up and down the country. The perennial Merseyside, Manchester and North London derbies are always highlights on the calendar, while the incendiary Tyne-Wear derby returned to the schedule for the 2025/26 season.
Take a look at the biggest rivalries in the Premier League:
- Arsenal v Chelsea
- Arsenal v Manchester United
- Arsenal v Tottenham
- Brighton v Crystal Palace
- Chelsea v Tottenham
- Chelsea v West Ham
- Everton v Liverpool
- Leeds v Manchester United
- Liverpool v Manchester United
- Manchester City v Manchester United
- Newcastle v Sunderland
Format
Since its inception, the Premier League has operated a straightforward home-and-away format, with each team playing everyone twice. Unlike some other domestic competitions, there are no play-offs. The team at the top of the table after 38 games are crowned champions, and the bottom three teams are relegated.
There have been changed to European places in recent years. With the creation of a new European competition and expansion to the existing ones, the top four teams are guaranteed a place in the UEFA Champions League league phase, though with strong representatives around Europe, fifth place will typically be good enough to also reach the UEFA Champions League.
Two Europa League places are assigned to the next two highest finishers (unless the FA Cup winners finish outside of those places, in which case they will take one Europa League spot) with the next highest finishers qualifying for the UEFA Conference League.
Previous Winners
Manchester United still hold the record for the most titles with 13, though rivals Manchester City closed the gap under Pep Guardiola.
Arsenal are the current Premier League champion; the Gunners claimed the title in the 2025/26 season for the first time in over two decades.
Premier League Previous Winners
Records
Throughout its history there have been a number of impressive records set within the Premier League, some which may never be beaten.
Manchester City remain the only team in Premier League history to record 100 points in a season, while Arsenal remain the only team to complete a Premier League season without losing a game.
Premier League Records: Most goals, most games, most titles
Transfer Record
Manchester United broke the British transfer record in 1995 with the signing of Andy Cole from Newcastle. The Red Devils would break the British transfer record six times in the Premier League era with Ruud van Nistelrooy, Juan Sebastian Veron, Rio Ferdinand, Angel Di Maria and Paul Pogba.
Jack Grealish became the first £100m player in the Premier League following his move to Manchester City from Aston Villa, with Enzo Fernandez breaking the record himself the following season.
Liverpool smashed the transfer record with the signing of Florian Wirtz in the summer of 2025, breaking the record again later that window with the addition of Alexander Isak.
Manchester City signed Enzo Fernandez for £125m in the 2026/27 summer transfer window, levelling Isak's record-breaking free.
