The 2024–25 Premier League will be the 33rd season of the Premier League and the 126th season of top-flightEnglish football overall.
The fixtures were released on Tuesday 18 June at 09:00 BST, consisting of 33 weekend rounds, four midweek rounds, and one Bank Holiday matchweek. The two-week winter break, in effect since the 2019–20 season, was scrapped starting this season in favor of a longer summer break for the players. Longer intervals between matches were added for the holiday period between Christmas and New Year's Day, with no matches held on Christmas Eve.[1][2][3]
The summer transfer window opened on Friday 14 June 2024 and will close at 23:00 BST on Friday 30 August 2024. Meanwhile, the winter window will open on Wednesday 1 January 2025 and will close at 23:00 on Monday 3 February 2025.[4]
This season will be the first to use semi-automated offside technology, as Premier League clubs unanimously agreed to its introduction. The technology will be ready to be introduced after one of the autumn international breaks.[5]
Twenty teams will compete in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams are Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton. Leicester City and Southampton will return after one year absences, while Ipswich Town will return after a twenty-two year absence. They will replace Luton Town, Burnley and Sheffield United, who were all relegated to the Championship after just one year in the top flight, making this the first time since the 1997–98 season that all three promoted teams were relegated after just one season. This will also be the first season since 2015–16 that the league does not feature a team from Yorkshire.[6]
First match(es) will be played: 16 August 2024. Source: Premier League Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs[95]
First match(es) will be played: 16 August 2024. Source: Premier League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.