2014–15 Premier League


The 2014–15 Premier League was the 23rd season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The fixtures were announced on 18 June 2014.
The season started on 16 August 2014 and concluded on 24 May 2015.
Manchester City came into the season as defending champions of the 2013–14 season. Leicester City, Burnley and Queens 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 over Crystal Palace. It was their first league title since 2010, their fourth Premier League title and their fifth English league title overall. Holders Manchester City eventually finished second, after a short drop to fourth a few weeks before the final match.
Burnley were the first team to be relegated despite beating Hull City 1–0, while Queens Park Rangers suffered the same fate after a 6–0 demolition by Manchester City the next day. Hull City were the third and final team to be relegated after a draw against Manchester United on the final day of the season.
Manchester City's Sergio Agüero won the Golden Boot with 26 goals, with his teammate Joe Hart clinching a record fourth Golden Glove, having kept 14 clean sheets. Eden Hazard and José Mourinho were named as Player and Manager of the Season respectively.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams were Leicester City, Burnley and Queens Park Rangers, returning to the top flight after respective absences of ten years, four years and one year. They replaced Norwich City, Fulham and Cardiff City, ending their respective top-flight spells of three years, thirteen years and one year.

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
ArsenalLondon Emirates Stadium
Aston VillaBirminghamVilla Park
BurnleyBurnleyTurf Moor
ChelseaLondon Stamford Bridge
Crystal PalaceLondon Selhurst Park
EvertonLiverpool Goodison Park
Hull CityKingston upon HullKC Stadium
Leicester CityLeicesterKing Power Stadium
LiverpoolLiverpool Anfield
Manchester CityManchesterCity of Manchester Stadium
Manchester UnitedOld TraffordOld Trafford
Newcastle UnitedNewcastle upon TyneSt James' Park
Queens Park RangersLondon Loftus Road
SouthamptonSouthamptonSt Mary's Stadium
Stoke CityStoke-on-TrentBritannia Stadium
SunderlandSunderlandStadium of Light
Swansea CitySwanseaLiberty Stadium
Tottenham HotspurLondon White Hart Lane
West Bromwich AlbionWest BromwichThe Hawthorns
West Ham UnitedLondon Boleyn Ground

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
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12BET
PumaKing Power
Puma
Nike
Made by club
Intuit QuickBooks
Betway

League table

Results

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 winner Eden 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. Chelsea were atop the standings the entire year, having got off to a good start. 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 manager José Mourinho. "We had fantastic attacking football, we had fantastic domination... we defended amazingly well." It was Mourinho's 22nd career title. He won titles at Chelsea in 2005 and 2006, before being forced out by owner Roman Abramovich, and returning in 2013. Diego Costa led Chelsea with 20 goals.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
ChelseaSwansea City4–213 09 2014
4Manchester CityTottenham Hotspur4–118 10 2014
Queens Park RangersWest Bromwich Albion3–220 12 2014
Stoke CityQueens Park Rangers3–131 01 2015
Tottenham HotspurLeicester City4–321 03 2015
Aston VillaQueens Park Rangers3–37 04 2015
Crystal PalaceSunderland4–111 04 2015
Manchester CityQueens Park Rangers6–010 05 2015
SouthamptonAston Villa6–116 05 2015
ArsenalWest Bromwich Albion4–124 05 2015

4 Player scored 4 goals.

Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Cesc FàbregasChelsea18
2 Santi CazorlaArsenal11
3 Chris BruntWest Bromwich Albion10
3 Ángel Di MaríaManchester United10
3 Gylfi SigurdssonSwansea City10
6 Leighton BainesEverton9
6 Eden HazardChelsea9
6 Jordan HendersonLiverpool9
9 Sergio AgüeroManchester City8
9 OscarChelsea8
9 Stewart DowningWest Ham United8
9 Jesús NavasManchester City8
9 Matt PhillipsQueens Park Rangers8
9 Alexis SánchezArsenal8
9 Jamie VardyLeicester City8

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean
sheets
1 Joe HartManchester City14
2 Łukasz FabiańskiSwansea City13
2 Fraser ForsterSouthampton13
2 Simon MignoletLiverpool13
5 Thibaut CourtoisChelsea12
6 Ben FosterWest Bromwich Albion11
6 Costel PantilimonSunderland11
8 David de GeaManchester United10
8 Tom HeatonBurnley10
10 Brad GuzanAston Villa9

Discipline

Player

Monthly awards

Annual awards