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The 2022–23 Premier League was the 31st season of the Premier League, and the 124th season of top-flight English football overall. Manchester City were the two-time defending champions, having won both the 2020–21 and 2021–22 season.

Arsenal won the League in a huge final day battle. With Manchester City and Manchester United only a few points behind on the final day. After a poor start to the season Liverpool eventually went on to finish 4th in the league. Securing a spot in the 2023-2024 UEFA Champions League. Tottenham Hotspur finished closely behind in 5th and Newcastle finished in 6th, achieving European football for the first time in years, after the Saudi takeover of the club in the previous season. Meanwhile Fulham, who were in the EFL Championship last season, had a extremely successful season, finishing 7th and qualified for the UEFA Europa Conference League. Brighton and Brentford also had successful season's finishing in 8th and 9th respectively. While Chelsea, who finished 3rd in the previous season and won the 2021 UEFA Champions League had the worst season in years under newly appointed manager Graham Potter, finishing in 10th. Bournemouth, Southampton and Leeds United were relegated to the EFL Championship while Burnley, Sheffield United and Blackburn Rovers were promoted to the Premier League.

In other competitions Serie A side Napoli won the 2023 UEFA Champions League Final against Manchester City. With Manchester United winning against another Serie A side Roma, 3-1 in the 2023 UEFA Europa League Final. United also won the 2023 Carabao Cup Final 2-0 against Newcastle. While Manchester City won the 2023 FA Cup Final 7-6 in a Penalty shootout (after being at 2-2 a.e.t.) against Manchester United in a Manchester Derby final.

Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford won Player of the Year, scoring 31 goals, after an extremely successful run after the 2022 World Cup. While Manchester City’s Erling Haaland scored 41 goals, breaking the Premier League scoring record in a single season. While Fulham’s goalkeeper Bernd Leno won the Golden Glove. Manchester United, Arsenal and Fulham’s managers Erik Ten Hag, Mikel Arteta and Marco Silva were nominated as the Premier Leagues Manager of the Year. With Ten Hag winning the award. Additionally in terms of positions, Erling Haaland won Attacker of the Year, Casemiro won Midfielder of the Year and Kieran Trippier won Defender of the Year.

Season Overview
The season began in August 2022, with Manchester United having their worst 2 starting games in a season ever under new manager Erik Ten Hag. While previous season’s Premier League and Champions League runners-up Liverpool did not win any of their first 3 games under manager Jurgen Klopp. While Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal reported there best start to a season.

In September, Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel was sacked and Brighton manager Graham Potter was brought into the club for the remainder of the season. He would go on to have the worst season at the club in almost two decades. Manchester United began to have better results under Ten Hag, however in November 2022 star striker Cristiano Ronaldo left the club after disagreements with the manager. At the time this was viewed as a huge mistake but many pundits praise this as the reason for Manchester United winning the league, only losing 3 games in the entire season after his departure.

In November, the season was put on a month and a half-hold in order for the 2022 World Cup to be held. Several players came back from the World Cup either much improved or worse then before. With it having a major impact. Manchester United star Marcus Rashford saw the biggest improvement, with him going on to score the most goals in Europe following the tournament. While other players such as Aleksandar Mitrovic, Virgil Van Dijk, Gabriel Jesus, Phil Foden, Mason Mount, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Miguel Almiron notably not performing as well following it. Other players such as Bukayo Saka, Lisandro Martinez, Jack Grealish and Tim Ream showing much improvement.

Arsenal remained league front-runners throughout early 2023. With Manchester United briefly entering the title race after a 2-1 win over rivals Manchester City in the Manchester Derby. Winning the 2023 EFL Cup against Newcastle also boosted the side, but a humiliating loss 7-0 loss (their biggest loss in history) against arch rivals Liverpool put a definite end to the run. In March 2023, Tottenham sacked manager Antonio Conte, while Fulham were handed a huge ban after inappropriate conduct in a FA Cup match against United. With star player Mitrovic banned for the remainder of the season with manager Marco Silva banned for 3 games.

League table
Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2023. Source: Premier League

Top scorers

 * As of 1 March 2023