2024–25 Premier League
Football season in England
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The 2024–25 Premier League was the 33rd season of the Premier League and the 126th season of top-flight English football overall. Manchester City entered the season as four-time defending champions, but were dethroned by Liverpool, who emerged as Premier League winners with four games to spare, equalling Manchester United's record of 20 English league titles.
2nd Premier League title
20th English title
Ipswich Town
Southampton
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16 August 2024 – 25 May 2025 |
| Champions | Liverpool 2nd Premier League title 20th English title |
| Relegated | Leicester City Ipswich Town Southampton |
| Champions League | Liverpool Arsenal Manchester City Chelsea Newcastle United Tottenham Hotspur (as Europa League winners) |
| Europa League | Aston Villa Nottingham Forest |
| Conference League | Crystal Palace (as FA Cup winners) |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 1,115 (2.93 per match) |
| Average goals/game | 2.93 |
| Best Player | Mohamed Salah |
| Top goalscorer | Mohamed Salah (29 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper | David Raya Matz Sels (13 clean sheets each) |
| Biggest home win | Nottingham Forest 7–0 Brighton & Hove Albion (1 February 2025) |
| Biggest away win | Ipswich Town 0–6 Manchester City (19 January 2025) |
| Highest scoring | Tottenham Hotspur 3–6 Liverpool (22 December 2024) |
| Longest winning run | 6 matches Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Longest unbeaten run | 26 matches Liverpool |
| Longest winless run | 14 matches Southampton |
| Longest losing run | 8 matches Leicester City |
| Highest attendance | 73,839 Manchester United 2–0 Aston Villa (25 May 2025) |
| Lowest attendance | 11,129 Bournemouth 0–0 Crystal Palace (26 December 2024) |
| Total attendance | 15,360,627 |
| Average attendance | 40,423 |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
The fixtures were released on 18 June 2024, consisting of 33 weekend rounds, four midweek rounds, and one Bank Holiday matchweek.[1]
The summer transfer window opened on 14 June 2024 and closed at 23:00 BST on 30 August 2024. The winter window opened on 1 January 2025 and closed at 23:00 GMT on 3 February 2025.[2] This was also the last season the Nike sponsor match ball for the top flight was used; Puma became the official ball supplier of the top flight starting from the 2025–26 season.[3]
Summary
The first managerial departure of the season came on 28 October 2024, when Manchester United sacked Erik ten Hag following a 2–1 defeat to West Ham United. The club sat in 14th place after nine games, having already recorded their fourth defeat of the season.[4] Ruben Amorim was announced as his successor on 1 November and officially took charge on 11 November.[5]
The second managerial departure occurred on 24 November, when Leicester City sacked Steve Cooper following a 2–1 home loss to Chelsea. The club sat in 16th place at the time and one point above the relegation zone, having already suffered their sixth loss of the season and having managed only two wins from 12 games.[6] On 29 November, Leicester City announced the appointment of Ruud van Nistelrooy on a three-year contract.[7]
Wolverhampton Wanderers dismissed head coach Gary O'Neil on 15 December after a 2–1 home defeat to Ipswich Town. It was their 11th loss in 16 games; the club was 19th in the table, four points from safety, with only two wins.[8] He was replaced by Vitor Pereira. On the same day, bottom side Southampton sacked Russell Martin immediately after a 5–0 home defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.[9] He was replaced by Ivan Jurić.
On 8 January 2025, West Ham United sacked Julen Lopetegui with the club sitting in 14th place. His final match in charge was a 4–1 away defeat to Manchester City. Graham Potter was confirmed as his replacement on 9 January.[10] On the same day, Everton sacked Sean Dyche just hours before their FA Cup match. His last match was a 1–0 away defeat to Bournemouth, with the club sitting in 16th place.[11] On 11 January, David Moyes was confirmed as his replacement, returning to the club 12 years after leaving in 2013 to replace the retiring Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.[12]
Southampton became the first team relegated to the EFL Championship on 6 April, after just one year in the top flight, following a 3–1 defeat away to Tottenham Hotspur. With only 10 points from 31 games, they became the first team in Premier League history to go down with seven matches left to play, breaking the record shared by Derby County in 2007–08, Huddersfield Town in 2018–19 and Sheffield United in 2020–21, who were all relegated with six matches remaining.[13] The next day, the club announced that Ivan Jurić had left his role as manager after just 108 days in charge, having won only two games during his spell (one in the Premier League and one in the FA Cup). Simon Rusk took over as interim until the end of the season with Southampton midfielder Adam Lallana becoming Rusk's assistant.[14]
Leicester City became the second team to be relegated on 20 April after a 1–0 defeat at home to Liverpool, which extended their record for most consecutive goalless home matches, making them the first club in top-flight history to fail to score in nine consecutive home matches.[15] Six days later, Ipswich Town joined them to become the third and final team relegated, after a 3–0 loss to Newcastle United, meaning that for the second season in a row, all three promoted teams went straight back down. It was only the third time in English top flight history in which this has happened, the first being in 1997–98. This also marked the first time in the Premier League era that all three relegated teams had been confirmed with more than four games to play, breaking the record of more than two games remaining, set in the 2020–21 season.[16][17]
On 27 April, Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur 5–1 at Anfield to secure their second Premier League title with four games remaining, tying the record for total English league titles of 20 with rivals Manchester United.[18]
On 18 May, and after 133 years, Goodison Park hosted its final Everton game, with the club moving to their new home (the Hill Dickinson Stadium), from the 2025–26 season. Everton eased to a 2–0 win over Southampton with Iliman Ndiaye scoring both goals, sealing his place in history as the last goalscorer at the stadium.[19] From the 2025–26 season, Goodison Park became the permanent home for Everton Women's team and the largest dedicated women's football stadium in England.[20]
On 25 May, Liverpool were presented with the Premier League trophy after a 1–1 draw with Crystal Palace on the final day of the season.[21]
Developments
The two-week winter break, in effect since the 2019–20 season, was scrapped starting this season in favour of longer intervals between matches being added for the holiday period between Christmas and New Year's Day, with no matches held on Christmas Eve.[22][23]
This season was the first to use semi-automated offside technology, as Premier League clubs unanimously agreed to its introduction. The technology was planned to be introduced after one of the autumn international breaks,[24] but was delayed to further test the technology. It was tested in the FA Cup fifth round onwards,[25] after which the Premier League confirmed that the technology would be used in Matchweek 32, on 12 April 2025. The Etihad Stadium was the first to officially use the technology, during Manchester City's match against Crystal Palace.[26][27]
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, Ipswich Town and Southampton. Leicester City and Southampton returned after one-year absences, while Ipswich Town returned after a twenty-two-year absence. They replaced Luton Town, Burnley and Sheffield United, who were all relegated to the Championship after just one season in the top flight, the first time since the 1997–98 season that all three promoted teams were relegated after just one season.[17]
Stadiums and locations
- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
For the 2024–25 season, the combined stadium capacity of the 20 Premier League clubs was 816,170, with an average of 40,809. At the end of the campaign, the league recorded the highest average match attendance of any association football league in the world, at 40,421 per game.[29][30]
Personnel and kits
- Notes
- Mario Lemina was club captain at Wolverhampton Wanderers until 13 December 2024, when he was stripped of the role following an incident in the previous match against West Ham United.[103][104]
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton & Hove Albion |  Roberto De Zerbi[108] |
Mutual consent | 19 May 2024 | Pre-season |  Fabian Hürzeler[109] |
15 June 2024 |
| Liverpool | Jürgen Klopp[110][111] |
Resigned |  Arne Slot[112] |
1 June 2024 | ||
| West Ham United |  David Moyes[113] |
End of contract |  Julen Lopetegui[114] |
1 July 2024 | ||
| Chelsea |  Mauricio Pochettino[115] |
Mutual consent | 21 May 2024 | Enzo Maresca[116] |
3 June 2024 | |
| Leicester City | Enzo Maresca[117] |
Signed by Chelsea | 3 June 2024 |  Steve Cooper[118] |
20 June 2024 | |
| Manchester United | Erik ten Hag[4] |
Sacked | 28 October 2024 | 14th | Ruud van Nistelrooy (interim)[4] |
28 October 2024 |
| Ruud van Nistelrooy[5] |
End of interim spell | 11 November 2024 | 13th |  Ruben Amorim[5] |
11 November 2024 | |
| Leicester City | Steve Cooper[119] |
Sacked | 24 November 2024 | 16th |  Ben Dawson (interim)[119] |
24 November 2024 |
| Ben Dawson[120] |
End of interim spell | 1 December 2024 | Ruud van Nistelrooy[7] |
1 December 2024 | ||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | Gary O'Neil[121] |
Sacked | 15 December 2024 | 19th | Vítor Pereira[122] |
19 December 2024 |
| Southampton | Russell Martin[123] |
20th | Simon Rusk (interim)[123] |
15 December 2024 | ||
| Simon Rusk[124] |
End of interim spell | 22 December 2024 |  Ivan Jurić[124] |
22 December 2024 | ||
| West Ham United | Julen Lopetegui[125] |
Sacked | 8 January 2025 | 14th | Graham Potter[126] |
9 January 2025 |
| Everton | Sean Dyche[127] |
9 January 2025 | 16th | Leighton Baines (interim)[127] | ||
| Leighton Baines[12] |
End of interim spell | 11 January 2025 | David Moyes[12] |
11 January 2025 | ||
| Southampton | Ivan Jurić[128] |
Mutual consent | 7 April 2025 | 20th | Simon Rusk (interim)[128] |
7 April 2025 |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool (C) | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 86 | 41 | +45 | 84 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase[a] |
| 2 | Arsenal | 38 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 69 | 34 | +35 | 74 | |
| 3 | Manchester City | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 71 | |
| 4 | Chelsea | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 69 | |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 68 | 47 | +21 | 66 | |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League league phase[b] |
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 65 | |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 66 | 59 | +7 | 61 | |
| 9 | Bournemouth | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 56 | |
| 10 | Brentford | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 66 | 57 | +9 | 56 | |
| 11 | Fulham | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 54 | |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 53 | Qualification for the Conference League play-off round[c] |
| 13 | Everton | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 48 | |
| 14 | West Ham United | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 43 | |
| 15 | Manchester United | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 42 | |
| 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 54 | 69 | −15 | 42 | |
| 17 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 64 | 65 | −1 | 38 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase[d] |
| 18 | Leicester City (R) | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 33 | 80 | −47 | 25 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 19 | Ipswich Town (R) | 38 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 36 | 82 | −46 | 22 | |
| 20 | Southampton (R) | 38 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 86 | −60 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs[28]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- The Premier League gained an additional Champions League place as a result of England gaining one of the two European Performance Spots (EPS) awarded to the two associations with the highest UEFA coefficient points in 2024–25.
- Initially, Crystal Palace qualified for the Europa League league phase as the 2024–25 FA Cup winners. However, due to multi-club ownership rules, they were not permitted to enter the Europa League and entered the Conference League play-off round instead, with 7th-placed Nottingham Forest taking their place in the Europa League.[129] Crystal Palace appealed the decision but this was ultimately rejected.[130]
- Since the winners of the 2024–25 EFL Cup, Newcastle United, qualified for the Champions League via league position, the spot reserved for the EFL Cup winners (Conference League play-off round) was initially passed to the 7th-placed team (Nottingham Forest). However due to multi-club ownership rules, the winners of the FA Cup, Crystal Palace, were not permitted to enter the Europa League and entered the Conference League play-off round instead, with Nottingham Forest taking their place in the Europa League.[129] Crystal Palace appealed the decision but this was ultimately rejected.[130]
- Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the Champions League league phase as the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League winners.
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
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| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[132] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mohamed Salah |
Liverpool | 29 |
| 2 |  Alexander Isak |
Newcastle United | 23 |
| 3 |  Erling Haaland |
Manchester City | 22 |
| 4 |  Bryan Mbeumo |
Brentford | 20 |
 Chris Wood |
Nottingham Forest | ||
| 6 |  Yoane Wissa |
Brentford | 19 |
| 7 | Ollie Watkins |
Aston Villa | 16 |
| 8 |  Matheus Cunha |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 15 |
| Cole Palmer |
Chelsea | ||
| 10 | Jørgen Strand Larsen |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 |
 Jean-Philippe Mateta |
Crystal Palace |
Hat-tricks
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| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erling Haaland |
Manchester City | Ipswich Town | 4–1 (H)[133] | 24 August 2024 |
| Noni Madueke |
Chelsea | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6–2 (A)[134] | 25 August 2024 |
| Erling Haaland |
Manchester City | West Ham United | 3–1 (A)[135] | 31 August 2024 |
| Cole Palmer4 |
Chelsea | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4–2 (H)[136] | 28 September 2024 |
| Kevin Schade |
Brentford | Leicester City | 4–1 (H)[137] | 30 November 2024 |
| Justin Kluivert |
Bournemouth | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4–2 (A)[138] | |
| Alexander Isak |
Newcastle United | Ipswich Town | 4–0 (A)[139] | 21 December 2024 |
 Amad Diallo |
Manchester United | Southampton | 3–1 (H)[140] | 16 January 2025 |
| Justin Kluivert |
Bournemouth | Newcastle United |
4–1 (A)[141] | 18 January 2025 |
 Dango Ouattara |
Nottingham Forest | 5–0 (H)[142] | 25 January 2025 | |
| Chris Wood |
Nottingham Forest | Brighton & Hove Albion | 7–0 (H)[143] | 1 February 2025 |
| Omar Marmoush |
Manchester City | Newcastle United | 4–0 (H)[144] | 15 February 2025 |
- Note: 4 – player scored 4 goals
Clean sheets
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| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[145] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Raya |
Arsenal | 13 |
 Matz Sels |
Nottingham Forest | ||
| 3 | Jordan Pickford |
Everton | 12 |
| 4 | Dean Henderson |
Crystal Palace | 11 |
| 5 | Ederson |
Manchester City | 10 |
| Robert Sánchez |
Chelsea | ||
| 7 | Alisson |
Liverpool | 9 |
| André Onana |
Manchester United | ||
| 9 | Kepa Arrizabalaga |
Bournemouth | 8 |
| Emiliano Martínez |
Aston Villa | ||
| Nick Pope |
Newcastle United |
Discipline
Player
- Most yellow cards: 12[146]
Liam Delap (Ipswich Town)- Flynn Downes (Southampton)
Saša Lukić (Fulham)
- Most red cards: 2[147]
Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)- Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal)
- Jack Stephens (Southampton)
Club
- Most yellow cards: 99[148]
- Chelsea
- Fewest yellow cards: 57[148]
- Manchester City
- Most red cards: 6[149]
- Arsenal
- Fewest red cards: 0[149]
- Leicester City
Awards
Monthly awards
Annual awards
| Award | Winner | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Premier League Manager of the Season[186] | Arne Slot |
Liverpool |
| Premier League Player of the Season[131] | Mohamed Salah | |
| Premier League Young Player of the Season[187] | Ryan Gravenberch | |
| Premier League Goal of the Season[188] | Omar Marmoush |
Manchester City |
| Premier League Most Powerful Goal[189] | Alexander Isak |
Newcastle United |
| Premier League Save of the Season[190] | Emiliano Martínez |
Aston Villa |
| PFA Players' Player of the Year[191] | Mohamed Salah |
Liverpool |
| PFA Young Player of the Year[192] | Morgan Rogers |
Aston Villa |
| FWA Footballer of the Year[193] | Mohamed Salah |
Liverpool |
| PFA Team of the Year[194] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest) | |||||||||||
| Defenders | William Saliba (Arsenal) |
Gabriel (Arsenal) |
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) |
 Milos Kerkez(Bournemouth) | ||||||||
| Midfielders | Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) |
Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) |
Declan Rice (Arsenal) | |||||||||
| Forwards | Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) |
Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) |
Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) | |||||||||