Editing Premier League (section)

==Sponsorship==
{{see also|English football sponsorship}}
After an inaugural season with no sponsorship, the Premier League was sponsored by [[Carling brewery|Carling]] from 1993 until 2001, during which time it was known as the FA Carling Premiership. In 2001, a new sponsorship deal with [[Barclaycard]] saw the league rebranded the FA Barclaycard Premiership, which was changed to the FA Barclays Premiership in time for the 2004–05 season.

For the 2007–08 season, the league was rebranded the Barclays Premier League.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.premierleague.com/staticFiles/22/65/0,,12306~91426,00.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304205428/http://www.premierleague.com/staticFiles/22/65/0%2C%2C12306~91426%2C00.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2009 |title=Premier League and Barclays Announce Competition Name Change |publisher=Premier League |access-date=22 November 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=27 September 2006 |title=Barclays nets Premier League deal |website=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5384750.stm |url-status=live |access-date=7 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422001743/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5384750.stm |archive-date=22 April 2009}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:center"
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!Period
!Sponsor
!Brand
|-
|1992–1993||No sponsor ||FA Premier League
|-
|1993–2001|| [[Carling]] ||FA Carling Premiership<ref name="premsitehistory"/>
|-
|2001–2004||[[Barclaycard]] ||FA Barclaycard Premiership<ref name="premsitehistory"/>
|-
|2004–2007||rowspan=2| [[Barclays]] ||FA Barclays Premiership
|-
|2007–2016|| Barclays Premier League<ref name="premsitehistory"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Barclays renews Premier sponsorship |url=http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~1835324,00.html |publisher=Premier League |date=23 October 2009 |access-date=23 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025105502/http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0%2C%2C12306~1835324%2C00.html |archive-date=25 October 2009 }}</ref>
|-
|{{nowrap|2016–present}}|| No sponsor ||Premier League
|}

Barclays' deal with the Premier League expired at the end of the 2015–16 season. The organisation announced on 4 June 2015 that it would not pursue any further title sponsorship deals for the Premier League, arguing that they wanted to build a "clean" brand for the competition more in line with those of [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major U.S. sports leagues]].<ref name=espn-notitlesponsor>{{cite news |title=Premier League closes door on title sponsorship from 2016 to 2017 season |url=http://www.espnfc.com/barclays-premier-league/story/2479193/premier-league-closes-door-on-sponsorship-from-2016-17 |access-date=7 June 2015 |publisher=ESPN FC |agency=Press Association |archive-date=8 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808203319/http://www.espnfc.com/barclays-premier-league/story/2479193/premier-league-closes-door-on-sponsorship-from-2016-17 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Nike-Maxim-ball-EPL.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] "Maxim" ball used in the Premier League in 2012]]
As well as sponsorship for the league itself, the Premier League has a number of official partners and suppliers.<ref name="partners">{{cite web |title=Partners |url=http://www.premierleague.com/page/Partners/0,,12306,00.html |publisher=Premier League |access-date=7 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813084618/http://www.premierleague.com/page/Partners/0%2C%2C12306%2C00.html |archive-date=13 August 2010 }}</ref> The official ball supplier for the league is [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] who have had the contract since the 2000–01 season when they took over from [[Mitre Sports International|Mitre]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Jonathan |last=Northcroft |title=The Premier League's goal rush |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/article6860188.ece |newspaper=The Sunday Times |date=4 October 2009 |access-date=7 September 2010 |archive-date=18 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918065228/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/article6860188.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref> Under its ''Merlin'' brand, [[Topps Premier League|Topps]] held the licence to produce collectables for the Premier League between 1994 and 2019 including stickers (for their [[sticker album]]) and [[Trading card#Association football|trading cards]].<ref name="Topps" /> Launched in the 2007–08 season, Topps' Match Attax, the official Premier League trading card game, is the best selling boys collectable in the UK, and is also the biggest selling sports trading card game in the world.<ref name="Topps">{{cite news |title=Topps |url=https://www.premierleague.com/partners/topps |access-date=5 October 2018 |agency=Premier League.com |archive-date=6 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006075157/https://www.premierleague.com/partners/topps |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Impressive sales figures show Topps Match Attax to be an immediate hit |url=https://www.talkingretail.com/products-news/impressive-sales-figures-show-topps-match-attax-to-be-an-immediate-hit-22-10-2009/ |access-date=6 October 2018 |agency=Talking Retail.com |archive-date=6 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006114652/https://www.talkingretail.com/products-news/impressive-sales-figures-show-topps-match-attax-to-be-an-immediate-hit-22-10-2009/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2018, [[Panini Group|Panini]] were awarded the licence to produce collectables from the 2019–20 season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Panini lands worldwide Premier League card, sticker exclusive starting in 2019–20 |url=https://www.beckett.com/news/panini-lands-premier-league-exclusive/ |access-date=29 September 2019 |agency=Beckett News}}</ref> The chocolate company [[Cadbury]] has been the official snack partner of the Premier League since 2017, and sponsored the [[Premier League Golden Boot|Golden Boot]], [[Premier League Golden Glove|Golden Glove]] and [[Premier League Playmaker of the Season|Playmaker of the Season]] awards from the 2017–18 season to 2019–20 season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cadbury and Premier League enter partnership |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/317045 |date=24 January 2017 |publisher=Premier League |access-date=5 June 2019 |archive-date=5 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605073606/https://www.premierleague.com/news/317045 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="player award">{{cite news |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/667152 |publisher=Premier League |date=18 April 2018 |access-date=16 May 2018 |title=New Premier League player award announced |archive-date=18 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418111124/https://www.premierleague.com/news/667152 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[The Coca-Cola Company]] (under its [[Coca-Cola Zero Sugar]] product line) sponsored these awards during the 2020–21 season with [[Castrol]] being the current sponsor as of the 2021–22 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Premier League announces partnership with Castrol |url=http://www.premierleague.com/news/2366066 |access-date=22 March 2023 |website=Premier League |date=24 November 2021 |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322220709/https://www.premierleague.com/news/2366066 |url-status=live }}</ref>