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On 9 February 2016, the Premier League announced a rebrand; beginning with the 2016–17 season, the competition was known simply as the Premier League, without any sponsor's name attached. As part of the rebranding, a new logo was introduced.
After several successive escapes from relegation, Sunderland's resilience finally collapsed and they dropped into the Championship after a decade, spending virtually the entire season rooted to the bottom of the table, as David Moyes being the first manager to spend a full season in charge of the Black Cats since 2011 ultimately amounted to ...
Chelsea (six) won the majority of their titles in the 21st century (between 2005 and 2017). [citation needed] Manchester City became the first men's team to win the league title in four consecutive seasons in 2024. [13] 24 clubs have won the top level title in English football. All figures are correct as of the end of the 2023–24 season.
On 14 August 2016, Michael Hector joined German side Eintracht Frankfurt on a season-long loan. [47] On 15 August 2016, goalkeeper Jamal Blackman joined League Two side Wycombe Wanderers on loan until 3 January 2017, [ 48 ] while Isaiah Brown joined Rotherham United on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season. [ 49 ]
The 2016–17 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 25th season in the Premier League and 39th successive season in the top division of the English football league system. Along with the Premier League, the club competed in the FA Cup , League Cup , the Champions League , and the Europa League .
The record number of points accumulated by a team is 100 by Manchester City, who won the Premier League in 2017–18. Norwich City have been relegated the most times (6) while Derby County accumulated the lowest ever points total with 11 in the 2007–08 season.
The 2016–17 season was Manchester United's 25th season in the Premier League, and their 42nd consecutive season in the top-flight of English football.Following the departure of Louis van Gaal at the end of the previous season, the club signed former Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid manager José Mourinho on a three-year contract, with the option of a further year.
The English Football League play-offs for the 2016–17 season (referred to as the Sky Bet Play-Offs for sponsorship reasons) were held in May 2017 with all finals being staged at Wembley Stadium in London. The play-offs begin in each league with two semi-finals which are played over two legs.