Today marks 25 days of the most sophisticated football competition in world history,a thrilling sensation for the fans of English Premier League since August 15 1992.
The Premier League is an English professional league for men’s association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country’s primary football competition.
Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League (EFL; known as “The Football League” before 2016–17).
Welsh clubs that compete in the English football league system can also qualify.
The competition formed as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from the Football League, which was founded in 1888, and take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal.
The deal was worth £1 billion a year domestically as of 2013–14, with BSkyB and BT Group securing the domestic rights to broadcast 116 and 38 games respectively.
The league generates €2.2 billion per year in domestic and international television rights.In 2014-15, teams were apportioned revenues of £1,600 million,rising sharply to £2,400 million in 2016-17.
The Premier League is the most-watched sports league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643 million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people.
While 49 clubs have competed since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, only six have won the title: Manchester United (13), Chelsea (5), Arsenal (3), Manchester City (2), Blackburn Rovers (1) and Leicester City (1). The current champions are Chelsea, who secured the 2016–17 title in early May 2017.
The Premier League remains to be the most competitive league in Europe and the top four positions are the most coveted spots with an assurance of participating in the UEFA Champions League.