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The English football champions are the winners of the top-level league in English men's football, which since the 1992–93 season has been called the Premier League. Following the codification of professional football by the Football Association in 1885, [ 1 ] the Football League was established in 1888, after meetings initiated by Aston Villa ...
In 1992, with the departure of the then First Division clubs to become the Premier League, the second tier became known as the First Division. 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 ...
On 16 March 2010, npower were announced as the new title sponsors of the Football League, and from the start of the 2010–11 Football League season until the end of the 2012–13 season, the Football League Championship was known as the Npower Championship. [15] Crystal Palace became the second Championship club to enter administration in 2010 ...
The 2022–23 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 7th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 31st season under its current league division format. The season started on 29 July 2022 and ended on 8 May 2023.
This article lists seasons played in the second tier of English football from 1992–93, when the old Football League First Division was replaced by the Premier League as the top-level. Football League Division One was renamed the Football League Championship from 2004–05.
to league Promotion from league Relegation to league Relegation from league Years Most recent finish Highest finish Aston Villa: Birmingham: 3: 1: 3: 1971–72: 2018–19: 2015–16: Never Relegated: 2016–2019: 4th Premier League: 4th: Barnsley: Barnsley: 13: 3: 8: 2018–19: Never Promoted: Never Relegated: 2021–22: 2006–2014 2016–2018 ...
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from its foundation until 1992, when the top 22 clubs split from it to form the Premier League.
As with the end to the previous season, the season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in games being played behind closed doors.However, on 19 September 2020, two matches in the division, between Norwich City and Preston North End at Carrow Road, and between Middlesbrough and Bournemouth at The Riverside Stadium, were held in front of 1,000 spectators, as part of EFL pilots.