The 2010–11 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) will be the nineteenth season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The season will commence on 14 August 2010.^[1]

Chelsea will be the defending champions.

Teams

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A total of twenty teams will contest the league, including seventeen sides from the 2009–10 season and three promoted teams from the 2009–10 Football League Championship. Only one team have yet to be confirmed as members of the league. The berth will be filled by the winners of the Championship playoff Final to be contested by Blackpool and Cardiff City on 22 May 2010.

Hull City, Burnley and Portsmouth were relegated from 2009–10 Premier League after finishing the season in the bottom three places of the league table. From the three teams relegated, Portsmouth had the longest tenure as a Premier League member as the club completed a seven-year stay at the highest level of English football. In comparison, Hull City and Burnley had to return to the Championship after two and one years, respectively.

2009–10 Football League Championship champions Newcastle United and runners-up West Bromwich Albion secured direct promotion to the Premier League. Both teams will make their immediate return to the highest English football league after being relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season.

West Midlands' Big Four

This will be the first time since 1983–84 that all four major West Midlands clubs — West Bromwich Albion, Aston Villa, Birmingham City and Wolverhampton Wanderers — will all have been in the top division at the same time.^[2] It will also be the first time that the Black Country Derby will be contested in the Premier League.

Team summaries

Stadia

• ¹ Correct as of end of 2009–10 Premier League season

Playoff Finalists

^x - Will be expanded to 16,000 for the 2010-11 season.

Personnel and Kits

Team	Manager1	Captain2	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
Arsenal	Arsène Wenger	Cesc Fabregas	Nike	Fly Emirates
Aston Villa	Martin O'Neill	Stiliyan Petrov	Nike	TBD
Birmingham City	Alex McLeish	Stephen Carr	Xtep	F&C Investments
Blackburn Rovers	Sam Allardyce	Ryan Nelsen	Umbro	Crown Paints
Bolton Wanderers	Owen Coyle	Kevin Davies	Reebok	188BET
Chelsea	Carlo Ancelotti	John Terry	adidas	Samsung
Everton	David Moyes	Phil Neville	le coq sportif	Chang Beer
Fulham	Roy Hodgson	Danny Murphy	Nike	LG Electronics
Liverpool	Rafael Benítez	Steven Gerrard	adidas	Standard Chartered Bank
Manchester City	Roberto Mancini	Kolo Touré	Umbro	Etihad Airways
Manchester United	Sir Alex Ferguson	Gary Neville	Nike	Aon
Newcastle United	Chris Hughton	Kevin Nolan	Puma	Northern Rock
Stoke City	Tony Pulis	Abdoulaye Faye	adidas	Britannia Building Society
Sunderland	Steve Bruce	Lorik Cana	Umbro	Tombola
Tottenham Hotspur	Harry Redknapp	Ledley King	Puma	TBD
West Bromwich Albion	Roberto Di Matteo	Scott Carson	Umbro	TBD
West Ham United	TBC	Matthew Upson	Macron	SBOBET
Wigan Athletic	Roberto Martínez	Mario Melchiot	Nike	188BET
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Mick McCarthy	Karl Henry	BURRDA	Sportingbet

Playoff Finalists

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
Blackpool	Ian Holloway	Jason Euell	Carbrini	Carbrini
Cardiff City	Dave Jones	Mark Hudson	Puma	SBOBET

• ¹ According to current revision of List of English Football League managers
• ² Correct as of end of 2009–10 Premier League season

Nike will also produce a new match ball, named the T90 TRACER, and will be electric blue, black and white during the autumn and spring. A high visibility version will be released for the winter.^[3]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
West Ham United	Gianfranco Zola	Sacked	11 May 2010	Pre-season			Pre-season

League table

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Positions by round

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