The F.A English premier league (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership in the UK and the Barclays English Premier League or just simply The EPL internationally) is a league competition for football clubs located at the top of the English football league system (above The Football League), making it England's primary football competition. It is the world's most watched sporting league and most lucrative football league, followed by over a billion people.

The FA Premier League was formed in 1992 (and branded as "The Premiership" in the United Kingdom from the 1993-94 season) from the top division of The Football League, and is currently contested by twenty clubs. In a total of fourteen seasons, the title has been won by only four teams: Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea and Manchester United. Of these, the most successful is Manchester United, who have won the title nine times and only team to have won the title three consecutive times. The current Premier League champions are Manchester United.

The league held its first season in 1992–93 and was originally composed of twenty-two clubs. The first ever Premiership goal was scored by Brian Deane against Manchester United in a 2-1 win for Sheffield United. Due to insistence by FIFA, the international governing body of football, that domestic leagues reduce the number of games clubs played, the number of clubs was reduced to twenty in 1995 when four teams were relegated from the league and only two teams were promoted. On 8 June 2006, FIFA requested that all major European leagues, including Italy's Serie A and Spain's La Liga be reduced to eighteen teams by the start of the 2007-08 season. The Premier League responded by announcing their intention to resist such a reduction.

The Premier League is operated as a corporation that is owned by the 20 member clubs. Each club is considered a shareholder with one vote each on such issues as rule changes and contracts. The clubs elect a Chairman, Chief Executive, and Board of Directors to oversee the daily operations of the league. The Football Association is not directly involved in the day-to-day operations of the Premier League, but has veto power as a special shareholder during the election of the Chairman and Chief Executive and when new rules are adopted by the league.

The Premier League sends representatives to UEFA's European Club Forum, the number of clubs and the clubs themselves chosen according to UEFA coefficients. The European Club Forum is responsible for electing three members to UEFA's Club Competitions Committee, which is involved in the operations of UEFA competitions such as the Champions League and UEFA Cup.

Since 1993, the FA Premier League has been sponsored. The sponsor has been able to determine the league's sponsorship name. So far, all sponsors have referred to the competition as the 'Premiership'. The list below details who the sponsors have been and what they called the competition:

English premier league winners:

1992-93 Manchester United FC with 84 points

1993-94 Manchester United FC with 92 points

1994-95 Blackburn Rovers FC with 89 points

1995-96 Manchester United FC with 82 points

1996-97 Manchester United FC with 75 points

1997-98 Arsenal FC with 78 points

1998-99 Manchester United FC with 79 points

1999-00 Manchester United FC with 91 points

2000-01 Manchester United FC with 80 points

2001-02 Arsenal FC with 87 points

2002-03 Manchester United FC with 83 points

2003-04 Arsenal FC with 90 points

2004-05 Chelsea FC with 95 points

2005-06 Chelsea FC with 91 points

2006-07 Manchester United FC with 89 points

2007-08 Manchester United FC with 87 points