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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 ...
Liverpool won the Champions League for the fifth time, an English record, on penalties, after drawing 3–3 with A.C. Milan in Istanbul. Chelsea won the Premier League title setting a new Premier League record for fewest goals conceded (15) and most points attained (95).
Year published by club Club Season 2024–25 Notes 1 1861 [4]: Crystal Palace [5]: Premier League: The club previously published a foundation date of 1905, however they released research in 2020 suggesting an 1861 date, stating that they were "staking a claim to be recognised as the world's oldest league club in existence still playing professional football."
Twenty four different football clubs have been crowned English champions since the league began in 1888. [15] Some clubs have enjoyed regular success with others not so fortunate. In 2020, Liverpool ended a 30-year wait to become league champions again, however this is nowhere near the longest wait in history to once again be the English ...
Simon Weaver (pictured in 2007) has managed Harrogate Town since 2009, though much of this time was spent outside the English Football League until 2020.. There are 92 association football teams in the top four divisions of English football, all of which have a manager (sometimes given the title of head coach) unless the position is currently vacant or a caretaker manager is in place.
Oldest first-team player: Billy Meredith – 46 years, 281 days (against Derby County, First Division, 7 May 1921) [7] Oldest post-Second World War player: Edwin van der Sar – 40 years, 211 days (against Barcelona, UEFA Champions League, 28 May 2011) [8]
The victory in the 2017 UEFA Champions League final against Juventus made Real Madrid the first team ever to defend their title in the Champions League era, and the first to win consecutive titles in the competition since Milan in 1989 and 1990, when the tournament was known as the European Cup. Real Madrid's title was its 12th, extending its ...
The winner of the Champions League automatically qualifies for the following year's Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup, the FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. [7] [8] Spanish clubs have the most victories (20 wins), followed by England (15 wins), Italy (12 wins), Germany (8 wins), Netherlands (6 wins) and Portugal (4 wins ...