Premier League

English men's association top football league
Organization association_football_league Q9448
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Summary

Premier League is an association football league[1]. It ranks in the top 0.13% of association football league entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (80,579 views/month, #1 of 786).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Instance of: professional sports league[4], private company limited by shares[5]
  • Item operated: premierleague.com[6]
  • Follows: Football League First Division[7]
  • Part of: English football league system[8]
  • Commons category: FA Premier League[9]
  • Has part(s): 1992–93 FA Premier League[10], 1993–94 FA Premier League[11], 1994–95 FA Premier League[12], 1995–96 FA Premier League[13], 1996–97 FA Premier League[14], 1997–98 FA Premier League[15], 1998–99 FA Premier League[16], 1999–2000 FA Premier League[17], 2000–01 FA Premier League[18], 2001–02 FA Premier League[19], 2002–03 FA Premier League[20], 2003–04 FA Premier League[21], 2004–05 FA Premier League[22], 2005–06 FA Premier League[23]
  • Inception: February 20, 1992[24]
  • Sport: association football[25]
  • Organizer: Premier League[26]
  • Significant event: foundation of the Premier League[27]
  • Official website: https://www.premierleague.com/[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Premier League[29]
  • Number of participants: 20[30]
  • Number of matches played/races/starts: 380[31]
  • Topic has template: Template:Premier League[32], Template:Premier League player[33]
  • Native label: Premier League[34]
  • Owner of: Football DataCo[35]
  • Different from: Premier League Snooker[36], Premiership Rugby[37], Canadian Premier League[38]
  • Competition class: men's association football[39]
  • Event interval: 1[40]
  • League level below: EFL Championship[41]
  • Operating area: England[42], Wales[43]

Why It Matters

Premier League has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dagens nyheter topic id → premier-league
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Dagens nyheter topic id: premier-league, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/22882286|Premier League (#22882286)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/488|DN topic"
  2. 11w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Transfermarkt competition id → GB1
    P14470 → Concepts/Barclays_Premier_League
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Concepts/Barclays_Premier_League, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  3. 12w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Premier League Snooker, Premiership Rugby, Canadian Premier League
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: Canadian Premier League"
  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3daBHi
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 16w ago · Cetateanul Rosu · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → 1992–93 FA Premier League, 1993–94 FA Premier League, 1994–95 FA Premier League +32
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Has part(s): 2025–26 Premier League"
  6. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0448895-FA-Premier-League
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0448895-FA-Premier-League, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259660|batch #259660]]"
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