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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. [1]
The EFL Championship is the second most-watched second-tier domestic sports league in the World, behind the German 2. Bundesliga (29,081), with an average of 23,048 spectators per game in the 2023–24 season. The Championship is the fifth most watched league in Europe. [28]
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.
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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.
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 ...
The Premier League and the English Football League (EFL) are the only fully professional football leagues in England. The Premier League is the top tier, and consists of 20 clubs at the top of the English football league system , while the remaining 72 clubs are split into three 24 team divisions of the EFL: the Championship , League One and ...
The First Division was renamed the Football League Championship prior to the start of the 2004–05 season, as part of a league-wide rebrand. 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.