Since the inception of the Premier League, England's highest level of association football annual league tournament, 61 football stadiums have been used to host matches. The inaugural round of Premier League matches took place on 15 August 1992 with eleven clubs hosting the opening fixtures.[1] Following the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989, the Taylor Report recommended the abolition of standing terraces by the start of the 1994–95 season, to be replaced by all-seater stadiums.[2] However, following Fulham's promotion from Division 1 in the 2000–01 season, terraces returned temporarily to the Premier League as The Football Association allowed the club extra time to complete renovations.[3] The club were forced to play at Loftus Road after inadequate progress was made in converting Craven Cottage, but they returned to their home ground after building work was completed in time for the 2004–05 season.[4]
Burnley's Turf Moor stadium became the 50th Premier League stadium when it hosted Burnley's first ever home Premier League fixture, against champions Manchester United, on 19 August 2009.[5][6] The most recent venue to become a Premier League host is Kenilworth Road, which hosted its first Premier League fixture on 1 September 2023. Liverpool hold the record for most different Premier League stadiums won at, having won at least once at 59 of the 61 grounds at which they've played.[7]
Stadiums
Stadiums listed in bold indicate that they are the home grounds of teams participating in the 2024–25 Premier League season, while those stadiums listed in italics have now been demolished.
† For closed or demolished grounds, capacity is taken at closure.
^Wembley Stadium is not a football club home ground. However, Tottenham Hotspur played their designated home matches at Wembley throughout the 2017–18 season and most of 2018–19 while their new stadium was under construction.
^Inglis, The Football Grounds of Great Britain, p128
^The City of Manchester Stadium, currently known for sponsorship reasons as Etihad Stadium, hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2002, but has only been in use as a football stadium since 2003.
^Inglis, The Football Grounds of Great Britain, p168
^London Stadium opened in 2011 as the Olympic Stadium, and served as the primary stadium for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, but did not become a football stadium until 2016.