Premier League

Premier League

Founded	20 February 1992; 32 years ago (1992-02-20)
Country	England
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	20
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	EFL Championship
Domestic cup(s)	FA Cup FA Community Shield
League cup(s)	EFL Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa Confrence League
Current champions	Manchester City (7th title) (2022–23)
Most championships	Manchester United (13 titles)
Most appearances	Gareth Barry (653)
Top goalscorer	Alan Shearer (260)
TV partners	Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon (live matches) Sky Sports, BBC Sport (highlights) NBCSN (USA only) List of international broadcasters
Website	premierleague.com
Current: 2024–25 Premier League

The Premier League, commonly known as the English Premier League, or the EPL (formerly called the Barclays Premier League due to sponsorship reasons and before 2007 the Premiership) is the top tier of English football. 20 teams compete in the Premier League each season, which is usually played between August and May. Each season, 38 games are played (playing all 19 other teams home and away). For historic reasons, a few clubs from Wales also compete in the English football system.

The competition started in 1992, after 22 clubs from the Football League First Division decided to break away from The Football League (now the EFL). The Premier League has since become the world's most watched sporting league.^[1] It is the world's most lucrative football league, with combined club revenues of £1.93 billion ($3.15bn) in 2007–08.^[2] It is also ranked second by UEFA's Association Ranking, behind La Liga.

1. ↑ Campbell, Dennis (6 January 2002). "United (versus Liverpool) Nations". The Observer. Retrieved 8 August 2006.
2. ↑ "Premier League revenues near £2bn". BBC. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.