2014–15 Premier League facts for kids

The 2014–15 Premier League is the 23rd season of the Premier League. It is the top English professional league for association football clubs since it started in 1992. The fixtures were announced on 18 June 2014. The season started on Saturday 16 August 2014 and will end on Sunday 24 May 2015.

Teams

A total of 20 teams will play in the league. The top 17 sides from the 2013–14 season and the three promoted from the 2013–14 Football League Championship. On 5 April 2014, Leicester City earned promotion from the 2013–14 Football League Championship after ten-years away from the Premier League. They became champions after beating Bolton Wanderers on 22 April 2014. On 21 April 2014, Burnley earned promotion to the Premier League with second place. This followed their win over Wigan Athletic. On 24 May 2014 Queens Park Rangers were the final team to be promoted after winning the 2014 Football League Championship play-off Final. They won 1–0 against Derby County at Wembley Stadium in London. The three teams replace Cardiff City, Fulham and Norwich City, who were all relegated to the Championship at the end of the previous season.

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Arsenal	Emirates Stadium	0.60,338
Aston Villa	Villa Park	0.42,682
Burnley	Turf Moor	0.22,546
Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	0.41,798
Crystal Palace	Selhurst Park	0.26,255
Everton	Goodison Park	0.39,571
Hull City	KC Stadium	0.25,400
Leicester City	King Power Stadium	0.32,262
Liverpool	Anfield	0.45,276
Manchester City	Etihad Stadium	0.47,405
Manchester United	Old Trafford	0.75,731
Newcastle United	St James' Park	0.52,405
Queens Park Rangers	Loftus Road	0.18,360
Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	0.32,589
Stoke City	Britannia Stadium	0.27,740
Sunderland	Stadium of Light	0.48,707
Swansea City	Liberty Stadium	0.20,750
Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	0.36,284
West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns	0.26,445
West Ham United	Boleyn Ground	0.35,016

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags are determined by FIFA eligibility rules.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Arsenal	Wenger, Arsene Arsène Wenger	Arteta, Mikel Mikel Arteta	Puma	Emirates
Aston Villa	Sherwood, Tim Tim Sherwood	Delph, Fabian Fabian Delph	Macron	dafabet
Burnley	Dyche, Sean Sean Dyche	Shackell, Jason Jason Shackell	Puma	fun88
Chelsea	Mourinho, Jose José Mourinho	Terry, John John Terry	Adidas	Samsung
Crystal Palace	Pardew, Alan Alan Pardew	Jedinak, Mile Mile Jedinak	Macron	Neteller
Everton	Martinez, Roberto Roberto Martínez	Jagielka, Phil Phil Jagielka	Umbro	Chang
Hull City	Bruce, Steve Steve Bruce	Davies, Curtis Curtis Davies	Umbro	12BET
Leicester City	Pearson, Nigel Nigel Pearson	Morgan, Wes Wes Morgan	Puma	King Power
Liverpool	Rodgers, Brendan Brendan Rodgers	Gerrard, Steven Steven Gerrard	Warrior	Standard Chartered
Manchester City	Pellegrini, Manuel Manuel Pellegrini	Kompany, Vincent Vincent Kompany	Nike	Etihad Airways
Manchester United	van Gaal, Louis Louis van Gaal	Rooney, Wayne Wayne Rooney	Nike	Chevrolet
Newcastle United	Carver, John John Carver	Coloccini, Fabricio Fabricio Coloccini	Puma	Wonga
Queens Park Rangers	Ramsey, Chris Chris Ramsey	Hill, Clint Clint Hill	Nike	AirAsia
Southampton	Koeman, Ronald Ronald Koeman	Fonte, José José Fonte	Made by club	Veho
Stoke City	Hughes, Mark Mark Hughes	Shawcross, Ryan Ryan Shawcross	Warrior	Bet365
Sunderland	Advocaat, Dick Dick Advocaat	Oshea, John John O'Shea	Adidas	BFS Group
Swansea City	Monk, Garry Garry Monk	Willams, Ashley Ashley Williams	Adidas	GWFX
Tottenham Hotspur	Pochettino, Mauricio Mauricio Pochettino	Kaboul, Younès Younès Kaboul	Under Armour	AIA
West Bromwich Albion	Pulis, Tony Tony Pulis	Fletcher, Darren Darren Fletcher	Adidas	Intuit QuickBooks
West Ham United	Allardyce, Sam Sam Allardyce	Nolan, Kevin Kevin Nolan	Adidas	Betway

• Referee kits are made by Nike and are sponsored by EA Sports. Nike has a new match ball: the Ordem Premier League.

Managerial changes

Team	Leaving manager	Reson for Departure	Date left	Position in table	Arriving manager	Date started
West Bromwich Albion	Mel, Pepe Pepe Mel	Mutual consent	2014051212 May 2014	Pre-season	Irvine, Alan Alan Irvine	2014061414 June 2014
Tottenham Hotspur	Sherwood, Tim Tim Sherwood	Sacked	2014051313 May 2014		Pochettino, Mauricio Mauricio Pochettino	2014052727 May 2014
Southampton	Pochettino, Mauricio Mauricio Pochettino	Signed by Tottenham	2014052727 May 2014		Koeman, Ronald Ronald Koeman	2014061616 June 2014
Crystal Palace	Pulis, Tony Tony Pulis	Mutual consent	2014081414 August 2014		Warnock, Neil Neil Warnock	2014082727 August 2014
Crystal Palace	Warnock, Neil Neil Warnock	Sacked	2014122727 December 2014	18th	Pardew, Alan Alan Pardew	201501022 January 2015
West Bromwich Albion	Irvine, Alan Alan Irvine	Sacked	2014122929 December 2014	16th	Pulis, Tony Tony Pulis	201501011 January 2015
Newcastle United	Pardew, Alan Alan Pardew	Signed by Crystal Palace	201501022 January 2015	10th	Carver, John John Carver	26 January 2015
Queens Park Rangers	Redknapp, Harry Harry Redknapp	Resigned	3 February 2015	19th

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of matches played on 1 February 2015.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Diego Costa	Chelsea	27
2	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	14
3	Charlie Austin	Queens Park Rangers	13
4	Alexis Sánchez	Arsenal	12
5	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	10
6	Saido Berahino	West Bromwich Albion	9
	Wilfried Bony	Swansea City
	Papiss Cissé	Newcastle United
	Christian Eriksen	Tottenham Hotspur
	Robin van Persie	Manchester United

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Costa, DiegoDiego Costa	Chelsea	Swansea City	4–2	13 September 2014
Agüero, SergioSergio Agüero4	Manchester City	Tottenham Hotspur	4–1	18 October 2014
Austin, CharlieCharlie Austin	Queens Park Rangers	West Bromwich Albion	3–2	20 December 2014
Walters, JonathanJonathan Walters	Stoke City	Queen's Park Rangers	3–1	31 January 2015

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 1 February 2015.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Fraser Forster	Southampton	10
2	Łukasz Fabiański	Swansea City	9
3	Ben Foster	West Bromwich Albion	8
4	Thibaut Courtois	Chelsea	7
	David de Gea	Manchester United
	Brad Guzan	Aston Villa
	Joe Hart	Manchester City
	Simon Mingolet	Liverpool
9	Tim Krul	Newcastle United	6
	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham Hotspur
	Costel Pantilimon	Sunderland

Discipline

As of matches played on 1 February 2015.

Player

• Most yellow cards: 9
  • Lee Cattermole (Sunderland)

• Most red cards: 2
  • Paul Konchesky (Leicester City)
  • Kyle Naughton (Tottenham Hotspur)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 58
  • Sunderland

• Most red cards: 5
  • Aston Villa
  • Swansea City

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Reference
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Garry Monk	Swansea City	Diego Costa	Chelsea
September	Ronald Koeman	Southampton	Graziano Pellè	Southampton
October	Sam Allardyce	West Ham United	Diafra Sakho	West Ham United
November	Alan Pardew	Newcastle United	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City
December	Manuel Pellegrini	Manchester City	Charlie Austin	Queens Park Rangers
January	Ronald Koeman	Southampton	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur
February	Tony Pulis	West Bromwich Albion	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur
March	Arsène Wenger	Arsenal	Olivier Giroud	Arsenal
April	Nigel Pearson	Leicester City	Christian Benteke	Aston Villa