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The2014–15 Premier League (known as theBarclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season of thePremier League , the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992, and the 116th season of top-flight English football overall. The fixtures were announced on 18 June 2014.[ 5] The season started on 16 August 2014 and concluded on 24 May 2015.[ 6]
Manchester City came into the season as defending champions of the2013–14 season .Leicester City ,Burnley andQueens Park Rangers entered as the three promoted teams.
On 3 May 2015,Chelsea won the title with three games to spare after a 1–0 home win overCrystal Palace .[ 7] It was their first league title since 2010, their fourth Premier League title and their fifth English league title overall.[ 8] Holders Manchester City eventually finished second, after a short drop to fourth a few weeks before the final match.[ 9]
Burnley were the first team to be relegated despite beatingHull City 1–0, whileQueens Park Rangers suffered the same fate after a 6–0 demolition by Manchester City the next day.[ 10] [ 11] Hull City were the third and final team to be relegated afterNewcastle United beatWest Ham United 2–0.[ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] They drew 0–0 againstManchester United on the final day of the season.[ 16]
Manchester City'sSergio Agüero won the Golden Boot with 26 goals, with his teammateJoe Hart clinching a record fourth Golden Glove, having kept 14 clean sheets.[ 17] [ 18] Eden Hazard andJosé Mourinho were named as Player and Manager of the Season respectively.[ 19]
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from theChampionship . The promoted teams wereLeicester City ,Burnley [ 20] andQueens Park Rangers , returning to the top flight after respective absences of ten years, four years and one year. They replacedNorwich City ,Fulham andCardiff City , who were relegated to theChampionship after their respective top-flight spells of three years, thirteen years and one year.
Stadiums and locations [ edit ] Locations of the 2014–15 Premier League teams
Greater London Premier League football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity[ 21] Arsenal London (Holloway ) Emirates Stadium 60,272 Aston Villa Birmingham Villa Park 42,682 Burnley Burnley Turf Moor 21,401 Chelsea London(Fulham ) Stamford Bridge 41,798 Crystal Palace London(Selhurst ) Selhurst Park 25,747 Everton Liverpool (Walton ) Goodison Park 39,571 Hull City Kingston upon Hull KC Stadium 25,400 Leicester City Leicester King Power Stadium 32,312 Liverpool Liverpool(Anfield ) Anfield 45,276 Manchester City Manchester (Bradford ) City of Manchester Stadium 46,708 Manchester United Manchester(Old Trafford ) Old Trafford 75,635 Newcastle United Newcastle upon Tyne St James' Park 52,405 Queens Park Rangers London(Shepherd's Bush ) Loftus Road 18,000 Southampton Southampton St Mary's Stadium 32,505 Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent Britannia Stadium 27,740 Sunderland Sunderland Stadium of Light 48,707 Swansea City Swansea Liberty Stadium 20,827 Tottenham Hotspur London(Tottenham ) White Hart Lane 36,284 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns 26,445 West Ham United London(Upton Park ) Boleyn Ground 35,245
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Additionally, referee kits are made by Nike, sponsored byEA Sports , and Nike has a new match ball, the Ordem Premier League. Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
[ 81] (C) Champions;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
On 3 May 2015, Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 1–0 to secure the Premier League title with three games to play.PFA Player of the Year winnerEden Hazard scored the winning goal near the end of the first half, heading in the rebound of his own penalty kick. The win left Chelsea 16 points ahead of Arsenal, which had five games remaining.[ 82] Chelsea were atop the standings the entire year, having got off to a good start.[ 82] [ 83] For Chelsea, it was the fourth title in the last eleven years, but first in the last six seasons. It was the fifth title in the club's 110-year history. "We showed absolutely everything since day one, everything football demands from a team," said managerJosé Mourinho . "We had fantastic attacking football, we had fantastic domination ... we defended amazingly well."[ 82] It was Mourinho's 22nd career title. He won titles at Chelsea in 2005 and 2006, before being forced out by ownerRoman Abramovich , and returning in 2013.Diego Costa led Chelsea with 20 goals.[ 82]
4 Player scored 4 goals
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Most yellow cards:14 [ 94] Most red cards:2 [ 94] Most yellow cards:94 [ 95] Most red cards:7 [ 95] Aston Villa Newcastle United # Football club Home games Average attendance[ 107] 1 Manchester United 19 75,335 2 Arsenal FC 19 59,992 3 Newcastle United 19 50,359 4 Manchester City 19 45,365 5 Liverpool FC 19 44,659 6 Sunderland AFC 19 43,157 7 Chelsea FC 19 41,546 8 Everton FC 19 38,406 9 Tottenham Hotspur 19 35,728 10 West Ham United 19 34,871 11 Aston Villa 19 34,133 12 Leicester City 19 31,693 13 Southampton FC 19 30,652 14 Stoke City 19 27,081 15 West Bromwich Albion 19 25,064 16 Crystal Palace 19 24,421 17 Hull City 19 23,557 18 Swansea City 19 20,555 19 Burnley FC 19 19,131 20 Queens Park Rangers 19 17,809
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