Fantasy Premier League

Fantasy Premier League (also known as FPL) is the largest fantasy football game with over 11.5 million players in 2023.[1] It was created by ISM (International Sports Multimedia)[2] and is owned & operated by the Premier League.

Fantasy Premier League was introduced in 2002[3] for the 2002-03 Premier League season. It was launched along with the Premier League website in 2002.[4] In its first season it had 76.2 thousand players with 1st place winning a VIP trip to a Premier League match of their choice.[5]

Fantasy Winners (02/03-22/23)
  • Graeme Haddow. Wee Wullie Winkie FC. 1,940 points (2002/03)
  • Muir O Connor. The lonely 11. 2,151 points (2003/04)
  • Andy Tomlins. Palace Excile. 2,253 points (2004/05)
  • Tommy Wilson. Blue Bridge Brigade. 2,326 points (2005/06)
  • Mike Dolan. Divers & Cheats XI. 2,268 points (2006/07)
  • John Frisina. FRISK UTD. 2,466 points (2007/08)
  • Sir Moult. MOULTANIC. 2,264 points (2008/09)
  • Jon Reeson. Westfield Irons. 2,668 points (2009/10)
  • Chris McGurn. Morons FC. 2,372 points (2010/11)
  • Sam Pater. SamCity. 2,414 points (2011/12)
  • Matt Martyniak. Divine Mercy. 2,472 points (2012/13)
  • Tom Fenley. Captain Suarez!. 2,634 points (2013/14)*
  • Simon March. Atletico Marchid. 2,470 points (2014/15)
  • Dimitri Nicolaou. Dimitris gavles. 2,458 points (2015/16)
  • Ben Crabtree. FC Crab Dogg. 2,564 points (2016/17)
  • Yusuf Sheikh. Yusuf's Team. 2,512 points (2017/18)
  • Adam Levy. #TheyAreUs. 2,659 points (2018/19)
  • Joshua Bull. #TheBullDozzers. 2,557 points (2019/20)**
  • Michael Coone. Teddy Bears Utd. 2,680 (2020/21)
  • Jamie Pigott. Futbol is Life. 2,844 points (2021/22)
  • Ali Jahangirov. FPL Gunz. 2,776 (2022/23)

*won by 1 point over Borna Gamulin. **wasn't announced champion at the time as Aleksandar Antonov won with 2,572, but after making a racist comment about Raheem Sterling.

References
  1. "How Many Play FPL?". allaboutfpl.com.
  2. "The Online Era: The History of Fantasy Football". fpltips.com.
  3. "The FPL Era: The History of Fantasy Football". fpltips.com.
  4. "Fantasy Premier League (Info)". fantasy.premierleague.com (Web Archive).
  5. "Fantasy Premier League (Prizes)". fantasy.premierleague.com (Web Archive).


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