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List of English football champions Football League First Division (1888–1992) Premier League (1992–present) Leicester City celebrate winning the 2015–16 Premier League Country England Founded 1888 Number of teams 24 winners Current champions Manchester City (2023–24) Most successful club Manchester United (20 championships) The English football champions are the winners of the top ...
Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann kept ten consecutive clean sheets in the run-in to Arsenal's first UEFA Champions League final and the defence went 995 minutes until conceding a goal. [99] Arsenal were also the first British side to defeat Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund away from home, and both Milanese teams: Internazionale and Milan at the San Siro .
Arsenal added more league and cup doubles in 1998 and 2002, [44] and in 2004 became the first club in Premier League history to win the title without a single defeat. [45] The side, nicknamed " The Invincibles " remained unbeaten for 49 games, before losing to Manchester United in October 2004. [ 46 ]
Arsenal won the League Cup in 1986–87, the Football League Centenary Trophy in 1988, two League title wins in 1988–89 and 1990–91, the FA Cup and League Cup double in 1992–93 and a second European trophy, the Cup Winners' Cup, in 1993–94. However, Graham's reputation was tarnished when it was revealed that he had taken kickbacks for ...
Both ended with 89 points, but Manchester City won the title with a superior goal difference, the first and only time that goal difference has decided the Premier League title. [3] Earliest title win with the most games remaining: 7 games, Liverpool [4] [note 1] Undefeated title win: Arsenal [5]
This would be Manchester United's last football league title before the birth of the Premier League, in their only time outside the top division since the end of the Second World War. Tottenham Hotspur also spent a season in the Second Division; similarly to Manchester United, it is the only time they have been outside the top flight since 1950.
[102] [103] They finished in fifth in the Premier League that year, and qualified for next season's UEFA Europa League. [104] By the 2022–23 season, Arsenal returned to the Champions League by coming second to Manchester City, setting a record for most time spent on top of the table without actually winning the league, ending on 84 points. [105]
Known as the FA Premier League Asia Cup from 2003 to 2007, [43] and the Barclays Asia Trophy from 2007 until 2015. [44] PLSS Premier League Summer Series. [45] A friendly competition held for the first time in 2023, involving Premier League sides invited to compete in the United States. [46] Winners of each competition are referenced above.