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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 Current champions Manchester City (2023–24) Most successful club Manchester United (20 championships) The English football champions are the winners of the top-level league ...
The name First Division was adopted in 1892, when The Football League gained a second division. The First Division remained the highest division of the English football league system until 1992, when the Premier League was founded. Manchester United have won the most top division titles, with 20. [4]
This article concerns football records in England.Unless otherwise stated, records are taken from the Football League or Premier League.Where a different record exists for the top flight (Football League First Division 1888–1992, and Premier League 1992–present), this is also given.
At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition and is contested by 20 clubs. The competition was formed in February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from The Football League , in order to take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal.
Leicester City (8 championships) A national second tier of English league football was established in 1892–93 , at the demise of Football Alliance , as the Second Division . 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.
The name First Division was adopted in 1892, when The Football League gained a second division. The First Division remained the highest division of the English league system until 1992, when the Premier League was founded. Manchester United have won the most top division titles overall, with 20. [4]
With 48 continental trophies won, English clubs are the third-most successful in European football, behind Italy (50) and Spain (67). In the top-tier UEFA Champions League, a record six English clubs have won a total of 15 titles and lost a further 11 finals, behind Spanish clubs with 20 and 11, respectively. [120]
The Premier League is an association football league that serves as the top tier of the English football league system. The league was founded in 1992 when the clubs of the First Division decided to break away from the Football League, [1] as a commercially independent entity that negotiated its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements. [2]