2014–15 Premier League facts for kids

The 2014–15 Premier League was the 23rd season of England's top football league, the Premier League. It's where the best professional football clubs in England play against each other. This exciting season kicked off on August 16, 2014, and wrapped up on May 24, 2015. The schedule for all the matches was announced on June 18, 2014.

Teams in the 2014–15 Premier League

A total of 20 teams competed in this league season. This included the 17 teams that stayed in the Premier League from the 2013–14 season. Plus, three new teams joined after being promoted from the 2013–14 Football League Championship, which is the league below the Premier League.

On April 5, 2014, Leicester City was the first team to earn promotion. They returned to the Premier League after ten years! They even became champions of the Championship on April 22, 2014, after beating Bolton Wanderers.

Then, on April 21, 2014, Burnley also got promoted by finishing second in the Championship. This happened after their win against Wigan Athletic.

The final team to join the Premier League was Queens Park Rangers. They won the 2014 Football League Championship play-off Final on May 24, 2014. They beat Derby County 1–0 at Wembley Stadium in London.

These three new teams took the places of Cardiff City, Fulham, and Norwich City. Those teams were moved down to the Championship at the end of the previous season.

Home Stadiums and Locations

Each Premier League team has its own home stadium where they play their matches. Here is a list of the teams, their stadiums, and how many fans each stadium can hold. The table is listed in alphabetical order by team name.

Team Staff and Uniforms

This table shows the manager, captain, and the companies that made the uniforms and sponsored the shirts for each team during the season. The flags show where the person is from, based on FIFA rules.

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

• Referee uniforms were made by Nike and sponsored by EA Sports. Nike also provided a new match ball called the Ordem Premier League.

Changes in Team Managers

During a football season, sometimes teams change their managers. This table shows when managers left their teams and when new ones arrived.

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

Season Statistics and Records

Scoring Goals

Top Goal Scorers

Here are the players who scored the most goals during the 2014–15 Premier League season.

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

Players Scoring Hat-tricks

A hat-trick is when one player scores three goals in a single match. Here are the players who achieved hat-tricks in this season.

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 This player scored 4 goals in the match.

Goalkeeper Clean Sheets

A "clean sheet" is when a goalkeeper plays a full match without letting the other team score any goals. Here are the goalkeepers with the most clean sheets.

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

Player and Club Discipline

This section looks at how many yellow and red cards were given out during the season.

Player Cards

• The player with the most yellow cards was: 9
  • Lee Cattermole (Sunderland)

• The players with the most red cards were: 2
  • Paul Konchesky (Leicester City)
  • Kyle Naughton (Tottenham Hotspur)

Team Cards

• The team with the most yellow cards was: 58
  • Sunderland

• The teams with the most red cards were: 5
  • Aston Villa
  • Swansea City

Awards for the Season

Monthly Awards

Each month, the Premier League gives out awards for the best manager and best player. Here are the winners for the 2014–15 season.

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

See also

In Spanish: Premier League 2014-15 para niños