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In 2004 it was re-branded as the Football League Championship before it was renamed the EFL Championship in 2016. The current champions of the league are Leicester City . They are also the most successful club in second tier, winning the title on eight occasions.
List of English football champions Football League First Division (1888–1992) Premier League (1992–present) Leicester City celebrate winning the 2015–16 Premier League Country England Founded 1888 Number of teams 24 winners Current champions Manchester City (2023–24) Most successful club Manchester United (20 championships) The English football champions are the winners of the top ...
The winning club of this division each season receives the EFL Championship trophy, which was the previous trophy awarded to the winners of the English top-flight prior to the launch of the Premier League. As with other divisions of professional English football, Welsh clubs can be part of this division, thus making it a cross-border league.
The winner of the final receives the eponymous EFL Cup. The EFL Cup is a knockout cup competition in English football organised by and named after the English Football League (EFL). [1] The competition was established in 1960 and is considered to be the second-most important domestic cup competition for English football clubs, after the FA Cup. [2]
The Football League rebranded itself as the English Football League prior to the 2016–17 season, with its top level becoming the EFL Championship at that time. Liverpool were the most frequent winners of the First Division when it was the top flight of English football, winning it a total of 18 times.
Champions Runners-up Play-off winners Relegated to League One Relegated from Premier League Promoted from League One Top goal scorers Club Pts Club Pts Club Player Goals 1992–93: Newcastle United: 96 West Ham United: 88 Swindon Town: Brentford Cambridge United Bristol Rovers: Crystal Palace Middlesbrough Nottingham Forest: Stoke City Bolton ...
EFL League Two (2016–present) Country: England: Founded: 1958 Number of teams: 24 (2023–24 season) Current champions: Stockport County (2023–24) Most successful club: Chesterfield (4 championships)
EFL Championship teams confirmed to be playing in the 2024–25 EFL Championship season are indicated in bold. If the longest spell is the current spell, this is indicated in bold, and if the highest finish is that of the most recent season, this is also in bold. A total of 57 teams have played in the Championship.