The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier League is a corporation in which the 20 member clubs act as shareholders. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 38 matches each, totalling 380 matches in the season. Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays, with a few games played during weekday evenings. It was known as the Premiership from 1993 to 2007. It is currently sponsored by Barclays Bank and therefore officially known as the Barclays Premier League.
The competition formed as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from The Football League, which was originally founded in 1888, and take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal. The Premier League has since become the world's most watched association football league.[1] It is the world's most lucrative football league in terms of revenue, with combined club revenues of over £2 billion in 2008–09.[2] It is ranked first in the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five years, ahead of the Spanish La Liga and German Bundesliga.[3] It is the number two football league in terms of average attendance behind the German Bundesliga.
Since 1888, a total of 23 clubs have been crowned champions of the English football system. Of the 45 clubs to have competed since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, four have won the title: Manchester United (12 titles) Arsenal (3), Chelsea (3) and Blackburn Rovers (1). The current champions are Manchester
Tuesday 31 January 2012
19:45 Swansea v Chelsea Liberty Stadium
19:45 Tottenham v Wigan White Hart Lane
19:45 Wolves v Liverpool Molineux Stadium
20:00 Everton v Man City Goodison Park
20:00 Man Utd v Stoke Old Trafford
Wednesday 1 February 2012
19:45 Aston Villa v QPR Villa Park
20:00 Blackburn v Newcastle Ewood Park
20:00 Bolton v Arsenal Reebok Stadium
20:00 Fulham v West Brom Craven Cottage
20:00 Sunderland v Norwich Stadium of Light
Saturday 4 February 2012
13:00 Arsenal v Blackburn Emirates Stadium
15:00 Norwich v Bolton Carrow Road
15:00 QPR v Wolves Loftus Road Stadium
15:00 Stoke v Sunderland Britannia Stadium
15:00 West Brom v Swansea The Hawthorns
15:00 Wigan v Everton The DW Stadium
17:30 Man City v Fulham Etihad Stadium
Sunday 5 February 2012
13:30 Newcastle v Aston Villa Sports Direct Arena
16:00 Chelsea v Man Utd Stamford Bridge
Monday 6 February 2012
20:00 Liverpool v Tottenham Anfield
Tuesday 7 February 2012
19:45 Sheffield Wed v Blackpool Hillsborough
19:45 Southampton v Millwall St. Mary's Stadium
Saturday 11 February 2012
12:45 Man Utd v Liverpool Old Trafford
15:00 Blackburn v QPR Ewood Park
15:00 Bolton v Wigan Reebok Stadium
15:00 Everton v Chelsea Goodison Park
15:00 Fulham v Stoke Craven Cottage
15:00 Sunderland v Arsenal Stadium of Light
15:00 Swansea v Norwich Liberty Stadium
17:30 Tottenham v Newcastle White Hart Lane
Sunday 12 February 2012
13:30 Wolves v West Brom Molineux Stadium
16:00 Aston Villa v Man City Villa Park
Tuesday 14 February 2012
17:00 Rubin Kazan v Olympiacos Luzhniki Stadium
17:30 Braga v Besiktas Estadio AXA
Tuesday 14 February 2012
19:45 Bayer Leverkusen v Barcelona BayArena
Wednesday 15 February 2012
17:00 Zenit St Petersburg v Benfica Petrovski Stadium
19:45 AC Milan v Arsenal San Siro
Thursday 16 February 2012
17:00 Lokomotiv Moscow v Athletic Bilbao Lokomotiv Stadium
18:00 Ajax v Man Utd Amsterdam Arena
20:05 FC Porto v Man City Estadio do Dragao
20:05 Stoke v Valencia Britannia Stadium
Tuesday 21 February 2012
17:00 CSKA Moscow v Real Madrid Luzhniki Stadium
19:45 Napoli v Chelsea San Paolo
Wednesday 22 February 2012
17:00 Man City v FC Porto Etihad Stadium
Wednesday 22 February 2012
19:45 Basle v Bayern Munich St Jakob Park
Thursday 23 February 2012
18:00 Athletic Bilbao v Lokomotiv Moscow San Mames
20:05 FC Metalist Kharkiv v SV Red Bull Salzburg Metalist Stadium
20:05 Man Utd v Ajax Old Trafford
Saturday 25 February 2012
15:00 Chelsea v Bolton Stamford Bridge
15:00 Newcastle v Wolves Sports Direct Arena
15:00 QPR v Fulham Loftus Road Stadium
15:00 West Brom v Sunderland The Hawthorns
15:00 Wigan v Aston Villa The DW Stadium
17:30 Man City v Blackburn Etihad Stadium
Sunday 26 February 2012
13:30 Arsenal v Tottenham Emirates Stadium
13:30 Norwich v Man Utd Carrow Road
15:00 Stoke v Swansea Britannia Stadium
Saturday 3 March 2012
12:45 Liverpool v Arsenal Anfield
15:00 Blackburn v Aston Villa Ewood Park
15:00 Man City v Bolton City of Manchester Stadium
15:00 QPR v Everton Loftus Road Stadium
15:00 Stoke v Norwich Britannia Stadium
15:00 West Brom v Chelsea The Hawthorns
15:00 Wigan v Swansea The DW Stadium
Sunday 4 March 2012
12:00 Newcastle v Sunderland Sports Direct Arena
14:05 Fulham v Wolves Craven Cottage
16:10 Tottenham v Man Utd White Hart Lane
Tuesday 6 March 2012
19:45 Benfica v Zenit St Petersburg Estadio da Luz
19:45 Arsenal v AC Milan Emirates Stadium
Wednesday 7 March 2012
19:45 Barcelona v Bayer Leverkusen Camp Nou
Thursday 8 March 2012
20:05 Lazio/Atletico Madrid v Braga/Besiktas
Saturday 10 March 2012
12:45 Bolton v QPR Reebok Stadium
15:00 Aston Villa v Fulham Villa Park
15:00 Chelsea v Stoke Stamford Bridge
15:00 Man Utd v West Brom Old Trafford
15:00 Sunderland v Liverpool Stadium of Light
15:00 Swansea v Man City Liberty Stadium
15:00 Wolves v Blackburn Molineux Stadium
17:30 Everton v Tottenham Goodison Park
Sunday 11 March 2012
16:00 Norwich v Wigan Carrow Road
Monday 12 March 2012
20:00 Arsenal v Newcastle Emirates Stadium
Tuesday 13 March 2012
19:45 Inter Milan v Marseille Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Wednesday 14 March 2012
19:45 Real Madrid v CSKA Moscow Santiago Bernabeu
19:45 Chelsea v Napoli Stamford Bridge
Thursday 15 March 2012
20:05 Ajax/Man Utd v Lokomotiv M/Athletic Bilbao
Saturday 17 March 2012
15:00 Blackburn v Sunderland Ewood Park
15:00 Everton v Arsenal Goodison Park
15:00 Fulham v Swansea Craven Cottage
15:00 Newcastle v Norwich St James' Park
15:00 QPR v Liverpool Loftus Road Stadium
15:00 Tottenham v Stoke White Hart Lane
15:00 Wigan v West Brom The DW Stadium
Sunday 18 March 2012
13:30 Wolves v Man Utd Molineux Stadium
16:00 Aston Villa v Bolton Villa Park
Monday 19 March 2012
20:00 Man City v Chelsea Etihad Stadium
Saturday 24 March 2012
12:45 Chelsea v Tottenham Stamford Bridge
15:00 Arsenal v Aston Villa Emirates Stadium
15:00 Bolton v Blackburn Reebok Stadium
15:00 Liverpool v Wigan Anfield
15:00 Norwich v Wolves Carrow Road
15:00 Sunderland v QPR Stadium of Light
15:00 Swansea v Everton Liberty Stadium
17:30 Stoke v Man City Britannia Stadium
Sunday 25 March 2012
16:00 West Brom v Newcastle The Hawthorns
Monday 26 March 2012
20:00 Man Utd v Fulham Old Trafford
Saturday 31 March 2012
15:00 Aston Villa v Chelsea Villa Park
15:00 Everton v West Brom Goodison Park
15:00 Fulham v Norwich Craven Cottage
15:00 Man City v Sunderland City of Manchester Stadium
15:00 QPR v Arsenal Loftus Road Stadium
15:00 Wigan v Stoke The DW Stadium
15:00 Wolves v Bolton Molineux Stadium
Sunday 1 April 2012
13:30 Newcastle v Liverpool Sports Direct Arena
16:00 Tottenham v Swansea White Hart Lane
Monday 2 April 2012
20:00 Blackburn v Man Utd Ewood Park
Saturday 7 April 2012
15:00 Arsenal v Man City Emirates Stadium
15:00 Bolton v Fulham Reebok Stadium
15:00 Chelsea v Wigan Stamford Bridge
15:00 Liverpool v Aston Villa Anfield
15:00 Man Utd v QPR Old Trafford
15:00 Norwich v Everton Carrow Road
15:00 Stoke v Wolves Britannia Stadium
15:00 Sunderland v Tottenham Stadium of Light
15:00 Swansea v Newcastle Liberty Stadium
15:00 West Brom v Blackburn The Hawthorns
Monday 9 April 2012
15:00 Aston Villa v Stoke Villa Park
15:00 Blackburn v Liverpool Ewood Park
15:00 Everton v Sunderland Goodison Park
15:00 Fulham v Chelsea Craven Cottage
15:00 Man City v West Brom City of Manchester Stadium
15:00 Newcastle v Bolton St James' Park
15:00 QPR v Swansea Loftus Road Stadium
15:00 Tottenham v Norwich White Hart Lane
15:00 Wigan v Man Utd The DW Stadium
15:00 Wolves v Arsenal Molineux Stadium
Saturday 14 April 2012
12:45 Liverpool v Fulham Anfield
15:00 Arsenal v Wigan Emirates Stadium
15:00 Bolton v Tottenham Reebok Stadium
15:00 Chelsea v Newcastle Stamford Bridge
15:00 Man Utd v Aston Villa Old Trafford
15:00 Norwich v Man City Carrow Road
15:00 Stoke v Everton Britannia Stadium
15:00 Sunderland v Wolves Stadium of Light
15:00 Swansea v Blackburn Liberty Stadium
15:00 West Brom v QPR The Hawthorns
Saturday 21 April 2012
15:00 Arsenal v Chelsea Emirates Stadium
15:00 Aston Villa v Sunderland Villa Park
15:00 Blackburn v Norwich Ewood Park
15:00 Bolton v Swansea Reebok Stadium
15:00 Fulham v Wigan Craven Cottage
15:00 Liverpool v West Brom Anfield
15:00 Man Utd v Everton Old Trafford
15:00 Newcastle v Stoke St James' Park
15:00 QPR v Tottenham Loftus Road Stadium
15:00 Wolves v Man City Molineux Stadium
Saturday 28 April 2012
15:00 Chelsea v QPR Stamford Bridge
15:00 Everton v Fulham Goodison Park
15:00 Man City v Man Utd City of Manchester Stadium
15:00 Norwich v Liverpool Carrow Road
15:00 Stoke v Arsenal Britannia Stadium
15:00 Sunderland v Bolton Stadium of Light
15:00 Swansea v Wolves Liberty Stadium
15:00 Tottenham v Blackburn White Hart Lane
15:00 West Brom v Aston Villa The Hawthorns
15:00 Wigan v Newcastle The DW Stadium
Saturday 5 May 2012
15:00 Arsenal v Norwich Emirates Stadium
15:00 Aston Villa v Tottenham Villa Park
15:00 Blackburn v Wigan Ewood Park
15:00 Bolton v West Brom Reebok Stadium
15:00 Fulham v Sunderland Craven Cottage
15:00 Liverpool v Chelsea Anfield
15:00 Man Utd v Swansea Old Trafford
15:00 Newcastle v Man City St James' Park
15:00 QPR v Stoke Loftus Road Stadium
15:00 Wolves v Everton Molineux Stadium
Sunday 13 May 2012
15:00 Chelsea v Blackburn Stamford Bridge
15:00 Everton v Newcastle Goodison Park
15:00 Man City v QPR City of Manchester Stadium
15:00 Norwich v Aston Villa Carrow Road
15:00 Stoke v Bolton Britannia Stadium
15:00 Sunderland v Man Utd Stadium of Light
15:00 Swansea v Liverpool Liberty Stadium
15:00 Tottenham v Fulham White Hart Lane
15:00 West Brom v Arsenal The Hawthorns
15:00 Wigan v Wolves The DW Stadium