2013–14 Premier League

Season summary

The 380 fixtures for the 2013–14 Premier League season were announced on 19 June 2013. The television broadcast rights were given two-to-three weeks later. The season started on Saturday 17 August 2013, and concluded on Sunday 11 May 2014. During the 2013–14 season, the Premier League used goal-line technology for the first time.

During the 2013–14 season, first place changed hands 25 times, compared to just four times during the 2012–13 season. That represented the most lead changes since the 2001–02 season – which had 29, the most ever. The championship was not decided until the final day of play for just the seventh time in league history. Manchester City won the league with a 2–0 victory over West Ham United on the final day, finishing with 86 points. In total, Manchester City led the league just 14 days throughout the season en route to their second championship in the last three seasons. The club scored 102 goals, one short of the record, while also conceding the second fewest goals in the league.

With two weeks to go, Liverpool looked on course to win the championship before they had a loss and a draw in two of their final three games. The team ended up in second place with 84 points. Chelsea came third, while perennial power and 2013 champions Manchester United had a disappointing season under new manager David Moyes (who was sacked in April) and finished seventh. Southampton's eighth-place finish and Everton's 72 points were club records.

Sunderland became only the second team in the Premier League era to avoid relegation having been bottom of the table on Christmas Day. began with a draw away at eventual champions Manchester City, followed by a run of four wins, including remarkable away victories at Chelsea and Manchester United. Their 2–0 victory over West Bromwich Albion on 7 May confirmed their top flight status for next season. Four days earlier, Cardiff City and Fulham were both relegated to the Football League Championship, after losses away at Newcastle and Stoke City, respectively. On the final day of the season, Norwich were relegated after losing to Arsenal.

Two teams (Manchester City and Liverpool) scored more than 100 goals for the first time in Premier League history. The feat had only once been achieved before – by Chelsea in 2009–10. Luis Suárez won the golden boot for most goals with 31, ahead of teammate Daniel Sturridge who came second with 21 goals. Wojciech Szczęsny of Arsenal and Petr Čech of Chelsea led the league with 16 clean sheets each. In a game against Southampton, Asmir Begović became just the fifth goalkeeper in league history to score. Begovic's goal was also the fastest of the season, occurring just 12 seconds into the game. Mile Jedinak had the most tackles with 133. Chelsea manager José Mourinho lost a home game for the first time in his Premier League career, losing to Sunderland and ending a run of 77-straight home games unbeaten, stretching over two stints as Chelsea manager.

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 Cardiff City, Hull City and Crystal Palace, returning to the top flight after absences of fifty-one, three and eight years respectively. This was also Cardiff City's first season in the Premier League. They replaced Wigan Athletic, Reading and Queens Park Rangers, who were relegated to the Championship after spending eight, one and two years in the top flight respectively.

Stadiums and locations

Arsenal

Chelsea

Crystal Palace

Fulham

Tottenham Hotspur

West Ham United

:Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

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.

• Additionally, referee kits are now being made by Nike, sponsored by EA Sports, and Nike has a new match ball, the Incyte Premier League.

Managerial changes

A record 10 managers left their position mid-season during the 2013–14 campaign.

League table

Results

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal: Daniel Sturridge for Liverpool against Stoke City (37th minute, 13:22 BST) (17 August 2013)
• Fastest goal: 12 seconds (Asmir Begović (GK); Stoke City 1–1 Southampton 2 November 2013)
• Largest winning margin: 7 goals
  • Manchester City 7–0 Norwich City (2 November 2013)
• Highest scoring game: 9 goals
  • Manchester City 6–3 Arsenal (14 December 2013)
  • Cardiff City 3–6 Liverpool (22 March 2014)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals
  • Manchester City 7–0 Norwich City (2 November 2013)
• Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
  • Sunderland 3–4 Chelsea (4 December 2013)
  • Manchester City 6–3 Arsenal (14 December 2013)
  • Stoke City 3–5 Liverpool (12 January 2014)
  • Aston Villa 4–3 West Bromwich Albion (29 January 2014)
  • Liverpool 4–3 Swansea City (23 February 2014)
  • Cardiff City 3–6 Liverpool (22 March 2014)

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Premier League hat-tricks

4 Player scored four goals

Clean sheets

Player

Club

• Most clean sheets: 18
  • Chelsea
• Fewest clean sheets: 5
  • Fulham

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 11
  • ARG Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City)
• Most red cards: 3
  • ENG Wes Brown (Sunderland)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 78
  • Aston Villa
• Most red cards: 7
  • Sunderland

Awards

Monthly awards

Annual awards

Premier League Manager of the season

Tony Pulis won the Premier League Manager of the Season award.

Premier League Player of the season

The Premier League Player of the Season was awarded to Luis Suárez.

PFA Players' Player of the Year

The PFA Players' Player of the Year was awarded to Luis Suárez. The other nominees were; Steven Gerrard, Eden Hazard, Adam Lallana, Daniel Sturridge and Yaya Touré.

PFA Team of the Year

PFA Young Player of the Year

The PFA Young Player of the Year was also awarded to Eden Hazard.

FWA Footballer of the Year

The FWA Footballer of the Year was also awarded to Luis Suárez.

Premier League Golden Glove

The Premier League Golden Glove award was won by Petr Čech of Chelsea and Wojciech Szczęsny of Arsenal.

Premier League Fair Play League

The Premier League Fair Play League was topped by Liverpool.

Average attendances

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