This article describes the FA Premier League 1993-94 season.

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From the start of the 1993-1994 season, the FA Premier League would be sponsored by Carling Breweries - an association which would last for eight years.

New members of the division were Newcastle United, West Ham United and Swindon Town. Newcastle had been relegated from the old First Division in 1989 and West Ham United had been relegated the season before the start of the Premier League. Swindon, meanwhile, had never played top division football before. They had won the old First Division playoffs in 1990 but were later denied promotion because of financial irregularities.

Football Competitions

Manchester United led the 1993-94 Premier League virtually all season long, eventually finishing as champions seven points ahead of runners-up Blackburn Rovers. In third place came Newcastle United, whose 22-year-old striker Andy Cole was the Premiership's leading scorer with 34 goals in 40 games, with a total of 41 goals in all competitions. He was credited with the Young Player of the Year Award. In fourth place came Arsenal, who achieved success in European competition with a 1-0 win over Roma in the Cup Winners' Cup final.

PFA Player of the Year Award went to Eric Cantona, who scored 25 goals in all competitions (including 2 penalties against Chelsea in the F.A Cup final) to secure Manchester United's Premiership/F.A Cup double. Football Writers Player of the Year Award went to Blackburn's 31-goal striker Alan Shearer.

Just before the start of the season, Roy Keane became the most expensive footballer signed by an English football team. The 22-year-old Irish midfielder left relegated Nottingham Forest and was transferred to Manchester United for £3.75million, playing a key role in their double success.

During the 1993-94 season, many players were transferred between Premiership clubs for seven-figure (£1million plus) fees. They included David White (Manchester City to Leeds United), David Rocastle (Leeds United to Manchester City), Roy Wegerle (Blackburn Rovers to Coventry City) and Tim Flowers (Southampton to Blackburn Rovers). At £2.5million, Flowers became the most expensive goalkeeper in English football.

The season also brought many managerial changes. Before the season started, Glenn Hoddle left newly promoted Swindon Town to replace David Webb as manager of Chelsea. Osvaldo Ardiles left Division Two playoff winners West Bromwich Albion to take charge of Tottenham Hotspur, where he had to spells as a player during the 1980s, as replacement for joint coaches Raymond Clemence and Douglas Livermore .

During the season, Liverpool dismissed Graeme Souness and replaced him with long serving coach Roy Evans. Southampton axed Ian Branfoot and appointed the Exeter City manager Alan Ball as his replacement. Howard Kendall resigned as Everton manager for the second time, and was replaced by Norwich City's Mike Walker - who in turn was replaced by player-coach John Deehan . Four games into the season, Manchester City sacked player-manager Peter Reid and appointed Oxford United's Brian Horton .

Aston Villa won the League Cup with a 3-1 win over Manchester United, who would otherwise have completed a unique domestic treble. However, the previous season's Premiership runners-up suffered a dip in league form and finished 10th in the final table.

Swindon Town managed just five league wins all season and were relegated in bottom place having conceded 100 league goals in just 42 games. Oldham Athletic, who had survived on goal difference the previous season, were relegated on the final day of the season after failing to win at Norwich City. The final relegation place went to Sheffield United, whose four-year tenancy in the top flight was ended by a 3-2 defeat at Chelsea. Ipswich Town occupied the place above the relegation zone.

The Division One promotion places at the end of 1993-94 season were decided by Crystal Palace (champions), Nottingham Forest (runners-up) and Leicester City (playoff winners).