The 2014–15 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992, and the 116th season of top-flight English football overall. 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 on 9 May 2015 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 Newcastle United beat West Ham United 2–0. They drew 0–0 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.
An independent commission later found that Manchester City breached Premier League financial rules during this season, part of a pattern of breaches spanning 2009-2018.
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, who were relegated to the Championship after their respective top-flight spells of three years, thirteen years and one year.
Stadiums and locations
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityArsenalLondon Emirates StadiumAston VillaBirminghamVilla ParkBurnleyBurnleyTurf MoorChelseaLondon Stamford BridgeCrystal PalaceLondon Selhurst ParkEvertonLiverpool Goodison ParkHull CityKingston upon HullKC StadiumLeicester CityLeicesterKing Power StadiumLiverpoolLiverpool AnfieldManchester CityManchester City of Manchester StadiumManchester UnitedManchester Old TraffordNewcastle UnitedNewcastle upon TyneSt James' ParkQueens Park RangersLondon Loftus RoadSouthamptonSouthamptonSt Mary's StadiumStoke CityStoke-on-TrentBritannia StadiumSunderlandSunderlandStadium of LightSwansea CitySwanseaLiberty StadiumTottenham HotspurLondon White Hart LaneWest Bromwich AlbionWest BromwichThe HawthornsWest 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 sponsorFUN8812BETPumaKing PowerPumaNikeMade by clubIntuit QuickBooksBetway
West Ham United's shirt sponsor was Alpari until 6 February 2015 after the company was placed into administration in January 2015.
Additionally, referee kits are made by Nike, sponsored by EA Sports, and Nike has a new match ball, the Ordem Premier League.
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyLeague positionIncoming managerDate of appointmentWest Bromwich AlbionMutual consent12 May 2014Pre-season14 June 2014Tottenham HotspurSacked13 May 201427 May 2014SouthamptonSigned by Tottenham27 May 201416 June 2014Crystal PalaceMutual consent14 August 201427 August 2014Sacked27 December 201418th2 January 2015West Bromwich Albion29 December 201416th1 January 2015Newcastle UnitedSigned by Crystal Palace2 January 201510th26 January 2015Queens Park RangersResigned3 February 201519th12 February 2015Aston VillaSacked11 February 201518th14 February 2015Sunderland16 March 201517th17 March 2015
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 RankPlayerClubGoals1 Sergio AgüeroManchester City262 Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur213 Diego CostaChelsea204 Charlie AustinQueens Park Rangers185 Alexis SánchezArsenal166 Saido BerahinoWest Bromwich Albion14 Olivier GiroudArsenal Eden HazardChelsea9 Christian BentekeAston Villa1310 Graziano PellèSouthampton12 Wayne RooneyManchester United David SilvaManchester City
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Chelsea Swansea City 4–2 4 Manchester City Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 Queens Park Rangers West Bromwich Albion 3–2 Stoke City Queens Park Rangers 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur Leicester City 4–3 Aston Villa Queens Park Rangers 3–3 Crystal Palace Sunderland 4–1 Manchester City Queens Park Rangers 6–0 Southampton Aston Villa 6–1 Arsenal West Bromwich Albion 4–1
4 Player scored 4 goals
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Joe HartManchester City142 Łukasz FabiańskiSwansea City13 Fraser ForsterSouthampton Simon MignoletLiverpool5 Thibaut CourtoisChelsea126 Ben FosterWest Bromwich Albion11 Costel PantilimonSunderland8 David de GeaManchester United10 Tom HeatonBurnley10 Brad GuzanAston Villa9
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 14 Lee Cattermole (Sunderland) Most red cards: 2 Tom Huddlestone (Hull City) Paul Konchesky (Leicester City) Kyle Naughton (Tottenham Hotspur) Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle United) Mike Williamson (Newcastle United)
Club Most yellow cards: 94 Sunderland Most red cards: 7 Aston Villa Newcastle United
Awards Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReferenceManagerClubPlayerClubAugust Garry MonkSwansea City Diego CostaChelseaSeptember Ronald KoemanSouthampton Graziano PellèSouthamptonOctober Sam AllardyceWest Ham United Diafra SakhoWest Ham UnitedNovember Alan PardewNewcastle United Sergio AgüeroManchester CityDecember Manuel PellegriniManchester City Charlie AustinQueens Park RangersJanuary Ronald KoemanSouthampton Harry KaneTottenham HotspurFebruary Tony PulisWest Bromwich AlbionMarch Arsène WengerArsenal Olivier GiroudArsenalApril Nigel PearsonLeicester City Christian BentekeAston Villa
Annual awards Award Winner Club Premier League Manager of the Season José Mourinho Chelsea Premier League Player of the Season Eden Hazard Chelsea PFA Players' Player of the Year Eden Hazard Chelsea PFA Young Player of the Year Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur FWA Footballer of the Year Eden Hazard Chelsea
PFA Team of the Year Goalkeeper David de Gea (Manchester United) Defence Branislav Ivanović (Chelsea) John Terry (Chelsea) Gary Cahill (Chelsea) Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) Midfield Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) Nemanja Matić (Chelsea) Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) Eden Hazard (Chelsea) Attack Diego Costa (Chelsea) Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
Attendances
References
External links
Official website League and cup results for all the 2014/15 Premier Division clubs at footballsite