Premier League, 2023 (2022-23)

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  • The 2022-23 Premier League was the 31st season in the competition's history.
  • With their fifth title in the last six seasons, Manchester City won a seventh Premier League title as they became England's league champions for the ninth time. They became the second club to win three consecutive Premier League titles after Manchester United (1999 to 2001 and 2007 to 2009).
  • An extended mid-season break from the weekend of 12-13 November to 26 December was required due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup being played in Qatar.
  • Games due to be played on the weekend of 10-12 September were postponed as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
  • The total attendance at the 380 games was 15,301,460: an average of 40,267 (a 1.76% increase on 2021-22). This was the first time in the history of England's top division had an average attendance of over 40,000.
  • This was the fourth season that the Premier League had featured the use of video assistant referees (VAR).
  • This was the first season that teams were allowed to make five substitutions in a game, rather than three. Additional substitutions could be made under the concussion protocol.
  • Arsenal were the only serious challenger to Manchester City's title success with the rejuvenated Gunners spending a total of 248 days as the league leaders; a new record for the most days at the top of the table without becoming the champions in the history of the top division.
  • In Erik ten Hag's first campaign at Old Trafford, as well as winning the League Cup and reaching the FA Cup Final, Manchester United returned to the UEFA Champions League with a third-place finish.
  • Saudi-backed Newcastle United claimed the fourth qualifying place and would return to the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2003-04.
  • Liverpool and Brighton & Hove Albion qualified for the UEFA Europa League; the Seagulls would now compete in European competition for the first time in their history.
  • By winning the UEFA Europa Conference League, their first major trophy since 1980, West Ham United also qualified for the coming season's UEFA Europa League.
  • After a strong second half of the campaign under new manager Unai Emery, Aston Villa qualified for the UEFA Europa Conference League.
  • Under the new ownership of the American Todd Boely / Clearlake Capital consortium, and despite spending over £600million on new players, Chelsea finished in their lowest league position since 1993-94.
  • With a competition record of signing 21 players in the season, Nottingham Forest survived on their return to the division for the first time since 1999.
  • Along with Fulham and AFC Bournemouth, all three newly-promoted teams avoided relegation for the first time since 2017-18.
  • With Southampton's return to the League Championship already confirmed, Everton, Leeds United and Leicester City still harboured the threat of relegation at kick-off on the final day.
  • Everton prevailed to extend their stay in the top division to a 70th season. Leeds United's return to the top flight lasted three seasons while Leicester City became the second former Premier League champions to be relegated after Blackburn Rovers (1998-99 and 2011-12).
  • Having led Manchester City to become only the second English club to achieve the treble, Pep Guardiola was named League Managers' Association Manager of the Year for a third time and the Premier League's Manager of the Season for a fourth time.
  • With a competition record of 36 goals, City's Erling Haaland was voted the Premier League's Player and Young Player of the Season. In his sensational first season in England, the Golden Boot award winner swept the board by also winning the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year award, the PFA Player and Young Player of the Year awards.