2016-17 Barclays Premier League,the 25th Season is due to start on Saturday August 13,2016

The 2016–17 Premier League is due to start on 13 August 2016, running to 21 May 2017

The Premier League is one of the most viewed football competition which usually broadcast in 212 territories which is approximately 643 million houses watched by 4.7 billion TV audience. 

Till now, almost 47 clubs have competed here since the beginning where only six of them won this prestigious title. 

Manchester United is the most successful club among them by claiming 13 titles. Chelsea is standing on 2nd in position with 4ttrophies. 

The other are Manchester City twice, Blackburn Rovers once and Leicester City won the title once. The current trophy holder is Leicester City.

Barclays Premier League Standing table 2015-16

Teams	GP	W	D	L	F	A	GD	P
#1 Leicester City	38	23	12	3	68	36	+32	81
#2 Arsenal	38	20	11	7	65	36	+29	71
#3 Tottenham Hotspur	38	19	13	6	69	35	+34	70
#4 Manchester City	38	19	9	10	71	41	+30	66
#5 Manchester United	38	19	9	10	49	35	+14	66
#6 Southampton	38	18	9	11	59	41	+18	63
#7 West Ham United	38	16	14	8	65	51	+14	62
#8 Liverpool	38	16	12	10	63	50	+13	60
#9 Stoke City	38	14	9	15	41	55	-14	51
#10 Chelsea	38	12	14	12	59	53	+6	50
#11 Everton	38	11	14	13	59	55	+4	47
#12 Swansea City	38	12	11	15	42	52	-10	47
#13 Watford	38	12	9	17	40	50	-10	45
#14 West Bromwich Albion	38	10	13	15	34	48	-14	43
#15 Crystal Palace	38	11	9	18	39	51	-12	42
#16 AFC Bournemouth	38	11	9	18	45	67	-22	42
#17 Sunderland	38	9	12	17	48	62	-14	39
#18 Newcastle United	38	9	10	19	44	65	-21	37
#19 Norwich City	38	9	7	22	39	67	-28	34
#20 Aston Villa	38	3	8	27	27	76	-49	17

 

Participating Teams

Twenty teams will compete in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season, as well as three teams promoted - Burnley,Middlesbrough and Hull City

The three promoted clubs replace - New Castle United,Norwich City and Aston Villa

The 20 Teams are

1. AFC Bournemouth
2. Arsenal
3. Burnley
4. Chelsea
5. Crystal Palace
6. Everton
7. Hull City
8. Leicester City - Defending Champions
9. Liverpool
10. Manchester City
11. Manchester United
12. Middlesbrough
13. Sothampton
14. Stoke City
15. Sunderland
16. Swansea City
17. Tottenham Hotspur
18. Watford
19. West Bromwich Albion(WBA)
20. West Ham United

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