The 2016-17 Premier League was the 25th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 13 August 2016 and concluded on 21 May 2017. Fixtures for the 2016-17 season were announced on 15 June 2016.
Chelsea won their fifth Premier League title, and sixth English title, with two matches to spare following a 1-0 away win over West Bromwich Albion on 12 May.
The defending champions were Leicester City, who finished 12th, thereby setting a new record for the worst Premier League title defence; the record had previously been held by Chelsea, who had finished 10th in 2015-16 after winning the title in 2014-15.
Burnley, Middlesbrough and Hull City entered as the three promoted teams from the 2015-16 Football League Championship.
Video 2016-17 Premier League
Overview
Premier League rebranding
On 9 February 2016, the Premier League announced a rebrand; beginning with the 2016-17 season, the competition was known simply as the Premier League, without any sponsor's name attached. As part of the rebranding, a new logo was introduced.
Ticket prices
From the beginning of the 2016-17 season, ticket prices for away fans were capped at £30 per ticket.
Maps 2016-17 Premier League
Teams
Twenty teams competed in the league - the top seventeen teams from the previous season, as well as the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams were Burnley, Middlesbrough and play-off winners Hull City, who replaced Aston Villa, Norwich City and Newcastle United.
Stadia and locations
West Ham United played for the first time at the London Stadium, formerly known as the Olympic Stadium. Although having a capacity of 60,010, for the first Premier League game this was limited to 57,000 due to safety fears following persistent standing by fans at West Ham's Europa League game played in early August.
Stoke City announced that from the 2016-17 season the Britannia Stadium would be renamed to the bet365 Stadium.
Tottenham Hotspur played at White Hart Lane with a reduced capacity, due to the north east corner of the stadium being dismantled to help facilitate building works for their new stadium being built adjacently.
- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Personnel and kits
- 1 According to current revision of List of current Premier League and English Football League managers.
- 2 Per Mertesacker is the official captain of Arsenal, but due to his season long injury, Laurent Koscielny filled in as captain for Arsenal.
- Additionally, referee kits are made by Nike, sponsored by EA Sports, and Nike has a new match ball, the Ordem Premier League.
Managerial changes
League table
Results
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
- Note
4 Player scored 4 goals; (H) - Home ; (A) - Away
Top assists
Clean sheets
Discipline
Player
- Most yellow cards: 14
- José Holebas (Watford)
- Most red cards: 2
- Miguel Britos (Watford)
- Fernandinho (Manchester City)
- Granit Xhaka (Arsenal)
Club
- Most yellow cards: 84
- Watford
- Most red cards: 5
- Hull City
- Watford
- West Ham United
Awards
Monthly awards
Annual awards
References
External links
- Official website
Source of article : Wikipedia