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The top tier in English football today is the Premier League, replacing the Football League First Division for the 1992–93 inaugural season. Since the 1888–89 season, the first year of top flight football, three players have scored over 300 goals with a further 25 players scoring over 200 goals.
Goals scored: 1,246 (3.28 per match) Top goalscorer: Erling Haaland (27 goals) Best goalkeeper: David Raya (16 clean sheets) Biggest home win: Chelsea 6–0 Everton (15 April 2024) Biggest away win: Sheffield United 0–8 Newcastle United (24 September 2023) Highest scoring: Sheffield United 0–8 Newcastle United (24 September 2023) Chelsea 4 ...
2024–25: Dates: 16 August 2024 – 25 May 2025: Matches played: 159: Goals scored: 480 (3.02 per match) Top goalscorer: Erling Haaland Mohamed Salah (13 goals each) Biggest home win: Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Everton (24 August 2024) Manchester United 4–0 Everton (1 December 2024) Everton 4–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (4 December 2024 ...
Players in bold are still active at international level. Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation. Rank is a count of the 211 FIFA nations. Thirteen nations (Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Brunei, Bulgaria, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Faroe Islands, Puerto Rico, Romania, Scotland, South Sudan, United States and U.S. Virgin Islands) have a pair of players tied for national l
At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition and is contested by 20 clubs. The competition was formed in February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from The Football League , in order to take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal.
The top goalscorer in the Premier League's inaugural season was Teddy Sheringham, who scored one goal for Nottingham Forest before his early-season transfer followed by 21 for Tottenham Hotspur for a total of 22. [2]
With three goals, Harry Kane was the joint top scorer at the tournament and shared the golden boot with five other players. [91] Whilst the FA were willing to extend his contract further, Southgate announced his resignation as England manager on 16 July 2024, saying that it was "time for change, and for a new chapter". [92]
Kane passed Wayne Rooney's record of 53 goals, which had stood for 8 years, with his 54th goal on 23 March 2023, in a 2–1 away win over Italy in a European Championship qualifier. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] England's highest scorer in World Cup finals matches is Gary Lineker , with ten goals, [ 8 ] and the highest scorers in European Championship finals ...