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The Premier League is a society in which the member clubs act as shareholders. The seasons go from August to May, with each team playing 38 games (playing at home and away). Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays in the afternoon. The Premier League has introduced 47 English clubs and two Welsh clubs since its inception, making it a cross-border league.

The competition was formed by the FA Premier League on February 20, 1992, following the decision of the clubs of the first division of football to separate from the Football League, founded in 1888, and enjoy a lucrative television right. The agreement was worth one billion pounds per year in 2013-2014, with BSkyB and BT Group obtaining national rights to broadcast 116 and 38 games respectively. The league generates 2.2 billion euros per year in national and international television rights. In 2014-2015, the teams received £ 1.6 billion in revenue, which sharply increased to £ 2.4 billion in 2016-17.

The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643 million homes and a potential audience of 4,700 million people. During the 2014-2015 season, the average number of Premier League matches was more than 36,000, the second highest total of all professional football leagues behind the 43,500 Bundesliga. The majority of stadium occupations are close to capacity. The Premier League is in second place in UEFA league coefficients according to performances in European competitions in the last five seasons, starting in 2018.

Forty-nine clubs have met since the Premier League was established in 1992. Six of them have won the title: Manchester United (13), Chelsea (5), Arsenal (3), Manchester City (3), and Blackburn. Rovers (1) and Leicester City (1). After the 2003-2004 season, Arsenal earned the nickname "The Invincible", becoming and being the only club to complete a Premier League campaign without losing a single game. The record for most points in a season is 100 for Manchester City in 2017-18.

History

Despite an important European success in the 1970s and early 1980s, the 1980s marked a low point for English football. Stadiums collapsed, fans suffered poor facilities, vandalism was widespread and English clubs were expelled from European competition for five years after the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985. The first division of English football since 1888 as the Serie To Italian and the Spanish League in assistance and income and several great English players had moved abroad.

At the end of the 1990s, the downward trend began to reverse: in the 1990 World Cup, England had reached the semifinals; UEFA, the governing body of European football, lifted the five-year ban imposed on English clubs participating in European competitions in 1990. Manchester United won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1991 and the Taylor report on stadium safety standards. The creation of fully equipped stadiums after the Hillsborough disaster was published in January of the same year.

In the decade of 1980, the main English clubs began to become commercial companies, applying the commercial principles to the administration of the club. Martin Edwards of Manchester United, Irving Scholar of Tottenham Hotspur and David Dein of Arsenal were among the leaders in this transformation. It gave more power to the best clubs. By threatening to split, the clubs in Division 1 have managed to increase their voting power. They took 50% of all television revenue and sponsorship in 1986. Television revenues also gained importance: the Football League received 6.3 million pounds for a two-year contract in 1986, but in 1988, the price rose to £ 44. million in four years, with the main clubs taking 75% of the cash. The 1988 negotiations were carried out under the threat of leaving ten clubs to form a "super league", but finally they were persuaded to stay with the best clubs to take most of the deal. As the stadiums improved and attendance and match revenues increased, the best teams in the country considered leaving the Football League to take advantage of the influx of money into the sport.

Foundation

See also: Premier League Foundation

In 1990, the CEO of London Weekend Television (LWT), Greg Dyke, met with representatives of the "big five" English football clubs (Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham, Everton, and Arsenal) at a dinner. The meeting was supposed to pave the way for a break with the Football League. Dyke thought it would be more lucrative for LWT if only the country's top clubs appeared on national television and wanted to see if clubs would be interested in more television rights. The five clubs decided it was a good idea and decided to move on. however, the league would not have credibility without the support of the Football Association and David Dein, of Arsenal, spoke with the club about whether the federation was receptive to this idea. The FA did not have a friendly relationship with the Football League at that time and considered it a way to weaken the position of the Football League.

At the end of the 1991 season, a proposal was presented for the creation of a new league that would bring more money for the game. The agreement of the founding members signed on July 17, 1991, by the most prominent game clubs, establishes the basic principles for the creation of the FA Premier League. The new newly formed upper division would have commercial independence from the Football Association and the Football League, which would allow the FA Premier League to negotiate its own broadcasting and sponsorship agreements. The argument advanced at that time was that the extra income would allow English clubs to compete with teams across Europe. Although Dyke played an important role in the creation of the Premier League, Dyke and ITV lost in the transmission rights auction, with BSkyB earning £ 304 million for five years. the day.

In 1992, the first division clubs have renounced the Football League en masse and on May 27, 1992, the FA Premier League was formed as a corporation at the headquarters of the Football Association in Lancaster Gate. This meant a break in the 104-year-old soccer league that had operated with four divisions so far; the Premier League would operate with one division and the Football League with three. There were no changes in the competition format. the same number of teams participated in the highest flight and the rise and fall between the Premier League and the new First Division are the same as the previous and second division with three teams relegated in the league and three promoted.

The league celebrated its first season in 1992-93. It consisted of 22 clubs for this season. The first goal of the Premier League was scored by Brian Deane of Sheffield United in a 2-1 victory against Manchester United. The 22 opening members of the new Premier League were Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Everton, Ipswich Town, Manchester United, Norwich City, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Nottingham Forest. Oldham Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur and Wimbledon. Luton Town, Notts County, and West Ham United were the three relegated teams of the former First Division at the end of the 1991-92 season and have not participated in the first season of the Premier League.

An important feature of the Premier League in the mid-2000s was the dominance of the four main clubs: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. In the course of this decade, they dominated the first four places, with the classification for the UEFA Champions League, occupying the first four places in five of six seasons, from 2003 to 2004 to 2008-2009 inclusive. Big Four "In 2003-04, Arsenal came to win the championship without losing a single game, still qualifies for European competition, the only time he played in the Premier League.

In the 2000s, only four teams outside the Top Four managed to qualify for the Champions League: Leeds United (1999-2000), Newcastle United (2001-2002 and 2002-03), Everton (2004-2005) and Tottenham Hotspur. (2009-10): each in the last place of the Champions League, with the exception of Newcastle in the 2002-03 season, who finished third.

In May of 2008, Kevin Keegan declared that the predominance of the "Four principals" threatened division. "This league is likely to become one of the most boring but important leagues in the world." Premier League boss Richard Scudamore said in defense: "Many fights happen in the Premier League, depending on whether you are in the superior, central or inferior, which makes things interesting ".

Between 2005 and 2012, there was a representative of the Premier League in seven of the eight Champions League finals, and only the "four best" clubs reached this stage. Liverpool (2005), Manchester United (2008) and Chelsea (2012) won the competition during this period, Arsenal (2006), Liverpool (2007), Chelsea (2008) and Manchester United (2009 and 2011). Leeds United was the only non-Top 4 team to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League in the 2000-2001 season.

In addition, between the 1999-2000 and 2009-10 seasons, four Premier League teams reached the UEFA Cup or Europa League finals, and only Liverpool won the competition in 2001. Arsenal (2000), Middlesbrough (2006)) and Fulham (2010) lost their finals.

The emergence of the "Big Six" (2010)

The years after 2009 marked a turning point in the structure of the "Top 4", with Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City among the first four, transforming Big Four into Big Six. During the 2009-2010 season, Tottenham finished fourth and became the first team to break the top four since Everton five years ago. However, criticism of the gap between an elite group of "super clubs" and most of the Premier League continued due to its growing ability to spend more than other clubs in the Premier League. Since the continued presence of Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur at the top of the table, no team has won consecutive titles in the Premier League. In addition, the Premier League is the only high-level national league in the UEFA countries in which no club has managed to defend its championship in the decade of 2010. Manchester City won the title during the 2011 -2012 season, becoming the first club outside the "Big Four" to win from Blackburn Rovers in 1994-1995. This season has also seen two of the "Big Four" (Chelsea and Liverpool) finish out of the first four places for the first time since this season.

With only four qualifying places for the UEFA Champions League in the league, there is now a bigger competition for qualification, from a restricted base of six clubs. In the following five seasons, after the 2011-12 campaign, Manchester United and Liverpool scored three times, while Chelsea finished tenth in 2015-16. Arsenal finished fifth in 2016-17, finishing his record of 20 consecutive finals.

During the 2015-2016 season, the four best teams were defeated by a team other than the Big Six for the first time since Everton in 2005. Leicester City was the big winner of the league, qualifying for the Champions League.

Outside the field, the "Big Six" exert a financial influence and power, with these clubs arguing that they should be entitled to a greater share in revenues due to the overall stature of their clubs and the attractive football they have. Wanting to play Objectors argue that the equal revenue structure of the Premier League helps maintain a competitive league vital to its future success.

The Deloitte Football Money League 2016-2011 report showed the financial disparity between the "Big Six" and the rest of the division. All the "Big Six" had sales of more than 350 million euros, with Manchester United with the highest turnover in the league with 676.3 million euros. Leicester City was the closest "Big Six" club in terms of revenue, with a turnover of 271.1 million euros, thanks to the participation in the Champions League. The eighth largest producer of revenue, West Ham, who did not participate in the European competition, achieved a turnover of 213.3 million euros, almost half of the turnover, with Liverpool (424.2 million euros).

Development

See also: List of seasons of the Premier League

The number of clubs was reduced to 20, from 22 in 1995, when four teams were relegated and only two teams were promoted. The first division was extended to 22 teams at the beginning of the 1991/92 season, one year before the formation of the Premier League.

On June 8, 2006, FIFA convened all major European leagues, including the Italian Serie A and the Spanish League, to be reduced to 18 teams at the start of the 2007-2008 season. The Premier League reacted by announcing its intention to resist such a reduction. In the end, the 2007-2008 season resumed with 20 teams.

The league changed its name from FA Premier League to only Premier League in 2007.

Company structure

The Premier League Football Federation (FAPL) operates as a company and belongs to the 20 member clubs. Each club is a shareholder, with one vote each on issues such as changes in rules and contracts. Clubs elect a president, general manager and board of directors to oversee the day-to-day operations of the league. The Football Association is not directly involved in the daily operations of the Premier League but has the right of veto as a special shareholder in the election of the President and CEO and when new rules are introduced. They are adopted by the league.

The current President is Sir Dave Richards, appointed in April 1999, and its Executive Director, Richard Scudamore, appointed in November 1999. Former President and Chief Executive Officer John Quinton and Peter Leaver were forced to resign in March 1999. Consulting with former Sky executives Sam Chisholm and David Chance. Rick Parry was the first general manager of the league.

The Premier League sends representatives to the European Club Association of UEFA, the number of clubs and clubs themselves based on UEFA coefficients. For the 2012-2013 season, the Premier League has 10 representatives in the Association: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur. The Association of European Clubs is responsible for electing three members of the UEFA Club Competition Committee, which participates in UEFA competition operations such as the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

Competition format

In the Premier League, there are 20 clubs. During a season (from August to May), each club plays both times (a double round-robin system), once in its stadium and once in its opponent, during 38 games. No points are awarded for a loss. The teams are classified by total points, then by a difference of goals, then the goals are scored. If they are still equal, it is considered that the teams occupy the same position. If there is a tie for the championship, for the relegation or for the qualification in other competitions, a jump-off in a neutral place decides the rank. The three teams with the lowest ranking are relegated to the EFL championship, and the two best teams in the league, as well as the winner of the playoffs between the third and sixth of the championship, are promoted in their place.

Qualification for European competitions

After qualifying for the 2009-2010 season for the UEFA Champions League, the four best teams in the Premier League qualify for the UEFA Champions League, and the first three teams enter directly into the group stage. Previously, only the two best teams qualified automatically. The fourth qualified team enters the Champions League in the playoffs for non-champions and must win a draw with eight elimination matches to enter the group stage.

The team that ranked fifth in the Premier League qualifies automatically for the UEFA Europa League, and teams ranked in sixth and seventh places can also qualify, according to the winners of the two national competitions, namely FA Cup and EFL Cup. Two places in the Europa League are reserved for the winners of each tournament; If the winner of the FA Cup or the EFL Cup qualifies for the Champions League, this place will go to the player best placed in the Premier League.

An exception to the usual European ranking system came in 2005, after Liverpool won the Champions League the previous year, but did not finish in a Premier League Champions League qualifying place this season. UEFA granted a special exemption to Liverpool to enter the Champions League, giving England five titles. Subsequently, UEFA decided that the defending champions would qualify for the competition the following year, regardless of their national league standings. However, for leagues with four competitors in the Champions League, this meant that if the winner of the Champions League finished outside the top four of their national championship, it would qualify at the expense of the team that ranked fourth in the league. At that time, no association could have more than four competitors in the Champions League. That happened in 2012, when Chelsea, who had won the Champions League this summer, but finished sixth in the championship, qualified for the Champions League instead of Tottenham Hotspur, who joined the Europa League.66

As of the 2015-2016 season, the Europa League champion automatically qualifies for the Champions League next season, and the maximum number of Champions League seats for the same association has increased to five. A partnership with four places in the Champions League, like the FA, will win the fifth place only if a club of this association that does not qualify for the Champions League through its league wins the Champions League or Europa League.

In 2007, the Premier League became the European league-best classified according to the performance of English teams in European competitions over a period of five years. That broke the eight-year rule of the Spanish league, La Liga.68

Between the 1992-1993 and 2017-2018 seasons, Premier League clubs have won the UEFA Champions League four times (and six other finalists), behind La Liga de España with eleven victories and Italy with five victories. Ahead, among others, the German Bundesliga with three wins. The FIFA Club World Cup (originally called the FIFA Club World Championship) was once won by a Premier League club (Manchester United in 2008), 69 with two others (Liverpool in 2005, Chelsea in 2012) and 7071 League with six wins, 72 Brazil Brasileirão with four wins, 70717374 and Serie A of Italy with two wins.

Promotion and descent

There are a promotion and descent system between the Premier League and the EFL Championship. The three worst ranked teams in the Premier League are relegated to the league, and the two best teams in the league are promoted to the Premier League, 77 with an extra team promoted after a playoff series involving the third, fourth and third clubs. Fifth and classified in the sixth position78. The Premier League had 22 teams at the beginning in 1992 but was reduced to the current format of 20 teams in 1995.

Non-English clubs

See also: List of association football clubs playing in the league of another country

Welsh

In 2011, a Wales club participated for the first time in the Premier League after the promotion of Swansea City8081. The Swansea City match at Liberty Stadium against Wigan Athletic on August 20, 2011, was the first Premier League game played outside of England. The number of Welsh clubs in the Premier League increased to two for the first time in 2013-14, while Cardiff City was promoted 84, but was relegated after their first season.85 Cardiff was promoted again in 2017-18 but the number of Welsh clubs will remain the same as the city of Swansea was relegated to the Premier League in the same season.

Because they are members of the Welsh Football Association (FAW), the question of whether clubs like Swansea should represent England or Wales in European competitions has provoked long discussions within UEFA. Swansea won one of three places in England in the Europa League in 2013-2014 by winning the League Cup in 2012-2013. The right of Welsh clubs to keep those places in English was uncertain until UEFA clarified the problem in March 2012, which allowed them to participate.

Scotland and Ireland

The participation in the Premier League of some Scottish or Irish clubs has sometimes been discussed but to no avail. In 1998, Wimbledon obtained the approval of the Premier League to move to Dublin, Ireland, but the Federation of Soccer of Ireland blocked that decision88889901. In addition, the media sometimes discuss the idea that the two most important teams in Scotland, Celtic, and Rangers, participate or not in the Premier League, but nothing emerged from these discussions.

A match of 2012 between Chelsea and Norwich City.

Television has played an important role in the history of the Premier League. The League's decision to grant broadcast rights to BSkyB in 1992 was a radical decision at that time, but it paid off. At that time, pay television was an almost unexplored proposition in the UK market, as was the fact that fans were asked to watch football live on television. However, the combination of Sky's strategy, the quality of Premier League football and the appetite of the public for games of chance have increased the value of television rights in the Premier League.

The Premier League sells its television rights collectively. This contrasts with other European leagues, including La Liga, in which each club sells their rights individually, which leads to a much larger share of the total revenue to the few major clubs. The money is divided into three parts 106: half is divided equally between the clubs; a quarter is awarded on the basis of merit, according to the final ranking, with the highest performing club with twenty times more points than the lower club, and the same rungs along the table; the last quarter is paid as installation fees for games broadcast on television, the main clubs usually receive the largest shares. Income from rights abroad is divided equally among the twenty clubs107.

The first satellite television rights contract had a value of £ 304 million in five seasons108. The next contract, negotiated for the 1997-1998 season, amounted to £ 670 million in four seasons108. BSkyB for the three seasons from 2001 to 2002 to 2003-2004. The league raised £ 320 million from the sale of its international rights during the three-year period from 2004 to 2005 to 2006-2007. He himself sold the rights on a territorial basis109. Sky's monopoly broke down in August 2006, when Setanta Sports won the right to show two of the six available packages. This occurred as a result of the European Commission's insistence that exclusive rights should not be sold to a single television company. Sky and Setanta paid GBP 1.7 billion, a two-thirds increase that surprised many commentators, as it was widely accepted that the value of rights had stabilized after several years of rapid growth. Setanta also owns the rights for a live match at 3:00 p.m. only for Irish viewers. The BBC retained the rights to broadcast the last three seasons (in the match of the day) by 171.6 million pounds, an increase of 63% over the 105 million pounds paid in the last three years. 110 Sky and BT have agreed to jointly pay GBP 84.3 million for the television rights of 242 games (ie the right to broadcast them completely on television and on the Internet) in most countries. case during a period of 50 hours after 22 hours.111 The tolls reached £ 625 million, almost double the previous contract122. The total of these contracts is over £ 2.7 billion, which allows Premier League clubs to earn around £ 40 million per year between 2007 and 2010.113

Cristiano Ronaldo is preparing to launch a free kick in a 2009 match between Manchester United and Liverpool.

The television rights agreement between the Premier League and Sky has been accused of being a cartel and a series of demands have been filed.114 An investigation by the Office of Fair Trading in 2002 revealed that BSkyB dominated pay TV but concluded that there were not enough reasons to claim that BSkyB had abused its dominant position.115 In July 1999, the United Kingdom Restrictive Practices Court investigated the collective sale of rights. for all member clubs.

The BBC flagship shows on Saturdays and Sundays at night, as well as other nights where meetings are justified will continue until 2016.117 Television rights alone for the period 2010-2013 were bought for £ 1.782 billion.118 22 June 2009 by Setanta Sports after failing a final payment period of £ 30 million in the Premier League, ESPN received two packages of British rights, including 46 matches available for the 2009-2010 season, as well as a package of 23 games per 2010-2011 season to 2012-2013.119 On June 13, 2012, the Premier League announced that BT had won 38 games per season for the 2013-2014 seasons to 2015-2016, or £ 246 million per year. The remaining 116 games were retained by Sky, who paid £ 760 million a year. The total national rates were £ 3.018 billion, an increase of 70.2% over the tariffs from 2010-2011 to 2012-2013. The value of the license agreement has increased by 70.2% in 2015 when Sky and BT renew their contracts with the Premier League for an additional three years until the 2018-2019 season.

Highlights in the United Kingdom

Between the 1998-1999 season and the 2012-2013 season, RTÉ broadcast the best moments of Saturday and the Premier Soccer Sunday. Between the 2004-2005 season and the 2006-2007 season, RTÉ broadcast a live match on Saturday afternoon, with each game called Premiership Live.

In August 2016, it was announced that the BBC would create a new magazine-style program for the Premier League entitled The Premier League Show.1

Worldwide

The Premier League is the most watched football league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643 million homes and a potential audience of 4,700 million people. The production division of the Premier League, Premier League Productions, is operated by IMG Productions and produces all the content for its international TV partners.

In Australia, Optus Telecommunications owns exclusive rights to the Premier League, which provides live broadcasts and online access (Fox Sports previously occupied the rights). In India, matches are broadcast live on STAR Sports. In China, broadcast rights were awarded to Super Sports as part of a six-year agreement that began in 2013-2014 from the 2013-2014 season, Canada's broadcast rights to the Premier League are carried out jointly by Sportsnet and TSN. with the two rival networks with rights of 190 games per season.

The first league is broadcast in the US by NBC Sports.128 the number of television viewers of the Premier League has increased rapidly, NBC and NBCSN record a record high of 479,000 viewers during the 2014-2015 season, an increase of 118% Soccer and ESPN / ESPN2 (220,000 viewers ), and NBC Sports were widely praised for their coverage. $ 1 billion (£ 640 million) .

Widening the gap with the lower leagues

See also: Premier League - Football League Golf and Premier League Parachute and Solidarity Packages

There has been a growing gap between the Premier League and the Football League. Since its division with the Football League, many clubs established in the Premier League have managed to stand out from their counterparts in the lower leagues. Largely because of the disparity in television rights revenues among the leagues, many newly promoted teams struggled to avoid relegation in their first Premier League season. In each season, except in 2001-2002, 2011-2012 and 2017-2018, at least one newcomer to the Premier League has been relegated to the Football League. In 1997-98, the three promoted clubs were relegated at the end of the season.

The Premier League distributes part of its television revenue to clubs that are excluded from the league in the form of "parachute payments". As of the 2013-2014 season, these payments exceed £ 60 million in four seasons. Although it is designed to help teams adapt to the loss of television revenue, the average Premier League team receives 55 million livres clubs receives 2 million pounds), critics claim that the payments actually widen the gap between the teams that have joined the Premier League and those that do not yet have leading to a rebound of teams shortly after their decline. For some clubs that could not win an immediate promotion to the Premier League, financial problems followed, which in some cases included administration or even liquidation. New relegations to the classification have taken place for several clubs that can not cope with the gap.

Stadiums

Main article: List of stadiums of the Premier League

As of the 2017-2018 season, Premier League football has been played in 58 stadiums since the creation of the division. The Hillsborough disaster in 1989 and the Taylor report that followed led to the elimination of permanent terraces; Since the formation of the Premier League, soccer fields in England have been constantly improving their capabilities and facilities, with some clubs moving to newly built stadiums. Nine stadiums have seen that Premier League football has already been demolished. The stages for the 2017-2018 season show a wide disparity capacity: the Wembley Stadium, temporary headquarters of Tottenham Hotspur, has a capacity of 90 000 people with Dean Court, the seat of Bournemouth, with a capacity of 11 360. units. The Premier League of the 2017-2018 season is 806,033 with an average capacity of 40,302.

Stadium attendance is a significant source of regular income for Premier League clubs. For the 2016-2017 season, the average attendance of clubs in the league was 35,838 for Premier League matches with a participation total of 13,618,596. of 21,126 entered the first season of the league (1992-93). However, during the 1992-93 season, the capacity of most of the stadiums was reduced, with the clubs replacing terraces with seats to meet the date limit. 1994-1995 of the Taylor report. stadium seating record attendance of 36,144 in the Premier League was established during the 2007-08 season. This record was defeated in 2013-2014 with an average attendance of 36,695 people with just under 14 million viewers. average in England at the highest level since 1950.

When the Premier League was created in 1992-93, only eleven players named in the starting lineup for the first round of matches came from outside the United Kingdom or Ireland. In 2000-01, the number of foreign players who participated in the Premier League was 36 percent of the total. Between 2004 and 2005, this figure increased to 45%. On December 26, 1999, Chelsea became the first team in the Premier League to play in a totally foreign formation163. On February 14, 2005, Arsenal was the first to name a team of 16 totally foreign players. 40% of the players in the Premier League were English.

In 1999, in response to the fear that clubs would replace more and more young English players in favor of foreign players, the Ministry of the Interior has adjusted its rules to grant work permits to players from countries outside the European Union. the license must have played for his country in at least 75% of the matches of his competitive "A" team for which he was available during the previous two years and his country must have obtained at least 70th place in the official world of FIFA. classifications in the two previous years. If a player does not meet these criteria, the club that wishes to sign can appeal.

Players can only be transferred during the transfer periods defined by the Football Association. The two transfer windows are executed from the last day of the season until August 31 and from December 31 to January 31. Player records cannot be exchanged outside of these windows, except under a specific FA license, usually in an emergency168. As of the 2010-11 season, the Premier League has introduced new rules that require each club to register players over the age of 21, whose membership list can only be changed in the transfer windows or exceptional circumstances. This should allow the adoption of the "house rule" according to which the league would require at least 25 players named team consisting of "local players"

Player's salary and transfer fees

See also: British football transfer registration progress and list of the most expensive football transfers in the association.

There is no salary limit per team or individual in the Premier League. Due to the increasingly lucrative television transactions, players' salaries increased considerably after the Premier League was created, while the average salary of the players was £ 75,000 per year. other soccer leagues around the world and the average annual salary was £ 2.6 million.

The record transfer fee for a Premier League player increased steadily throughout the duration of the competition. Before the start of the first season in the Premier League, Alan Shearer became the first British player to receive transfer fees of more than 3 million pounds. The record has steadily increased and Philippe Coutinho is now the most expensive transfer with a club in the Premier League. The highest transfer price paid by a Premier League club is £ 89 million for Paul Pogba.

Trophy

The Premier League gold trophy awarded to Arsenal for winning the 2003-2004 title without the defeat.

The Premier League maintains two trophies: the real trophy (in the hands of the defending champions) and a spare replica. Two trophies are organized in case two clubs can win the league on the last day of the season.218 In the rare case where more than two clubs compete for the title on the last day of the season, a replica won by a club Previous is used.

The current Premier League trophy was created by Royal Jewelers Asprey of London. It consists of a trophy with a gold crown and a malachite base. The base weighs 15 kg and the trophy weighs 10.0 kg. The trophy and pedestal are 76 cm (30 inches) high, 43 cm (17 inches) wide and 25 cm (9.8 inches) deep. 

Its main body is solid silver and vermeil, while its base is malachite, a semiprecious stone. The base has a band of silver around its circumference, in which the names of the winning clubs are inscribed. The green color of the malachite is also representative of the green playground. The design of the trophy is based on the heraldry of the Three Lions associated with English football. Two of the lions are at the top of the handles on each side of the trophy: the third is symbolized by the captain of the winning team while lifting the trophy and its golden crown on its head at the top. end of the season. The tapes that cover the handles are presented with the colors of the league's team of champions that year.

In 2004, a special gold version of the trophy was commissioned to commemorate Arsenal winning the title without a single defeat.

Summary

Founded on February 20, 1992; 26 years ago

Country: England (19 teams) Other teams from Wales (1 team)

Confederation: UEFA

Number of teams: 20

The level in the pyramid: 1

Descent to: EFL Championship

Domestic cup: FA Cup

FA Community: Coat of Arms

League Cup (s): EFL Cup

International cup (s): UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League

Most appearances: Gareth Barry (653)

Top scorer: Alan Shearer (260 goals)

Website: premierleague.com

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