English League Championship

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Name
English League Championship

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Established
2004 (20 years old)

First Recorded Event
1892-09-03

Current Season
2024-2025

Level Below
English League 1

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Soccer

Location
England

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - ESPN [2018-2021]

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22 Nov	Plymouth	-	Watford	8:00pm
23 Nov	Blackburn	-	Portsmouth	3:00pm
23 Nov	Bristol City	-	Burnley	12:30pm
23 Nov	Coventry	-	Sheffield Un	12:30pm
23 Nov	Luton	-	Hull	3:00pm
23 Nov	Millwall	-	Sunderland	3:00pm
23 Nov	Oxford Utd	-	Middlesbroug	3:00pm
23 Nov	Preston	-	Derby	3:00pm
23 Nov	QPR	-	Stoke	3:00pm
23 Nov	Sheffield We	-	Cardiff	12:30pm
Results
10 Nov	Sheffield Un	1 - 0	Sheffield We
10 Nov	Hull	1 - 2	West Brom
10 Nov	Burnley	1 - 0	Swansea
09 Nov	Sunderland	2 - 2	Coventry
09 Nov	Stoke	1 - 1	Millwall
09 Nov	Portsmouth	3 - 1	Preston
09 Nov	Norwich	0 - 2	Bristol City
09 Nov	Middlesbroug	5 - 1	Luton
09 Nov	Leeds	2 - 0	QPR
09 Nov	Derby	1 - 1	Plymouth

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The Football League Championship (often referred to as the Championship for short, or the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League. Each year, the top finishing teams in the Championship are promoted to the Premier League, and the lowest finishing teams are relegated.

The Football League Championship, which was introduced for the 2004–05 season, was previously known as the Football League First Division (1992–2004), and before that was known as Division Two (1892–1992). The winners of the Championship receive the Football League Championship trophy, the same trophy as the old First Division champions were handed prior to the Premier League's inception in 1992.

The Championship is the wealthiest non-top flight football division in the world and the seventh richest division in Europe. The average match attendance for the 2011–12 season was 17,738, which also makes it the most-watched secondary league in the world.

In the 2013–14 season, Leicester City were the division champions, Burnley were the runners up. At present (2014–15 season), Ipswich Town hold the longest tenure in the Championship, last being out of the division in the 2001–02 season when they were relegated from the Premier League.

Seasons

2024-2025	2023-2024	2022-2023	2021-2022
2020-2021	2019-2020	2018-2019	2017-2018
2016-2017	2015-2016	2014-2015	2013-2014
2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010
2008-2009	2007-2008	2006-2007	2005-2006
2004-2005	2003-2004	2002-2003	2001-2002
2000-2001	1999-2000	1998-1999	1997-1998
1996-1997	1995-1996	1994-1995	1993-1994
1992-1993	1991-1992	1990-1991	1989-1990
1988-1989	1987-1988	1986-1987	1985-1986
1984-1985	1983-1984	1982-1983	1981-1982
1980-1981	1979-1980	1978-1979	1977-1978
1976-1977	1975-1976	1974-1975	1973-1974
1972-1973	1971-1972	1970-1971	1969-1970
1968-1969	1967-1968	1966-1967	1965-1966
1964-1965	1963-1964	1962-1963	1961-1962
1960-1961	1959-1960	1958-1959	1957-1958
1956-1957	1955-1956	1954-1955	1953-1954
1952-1953	1951-1952	1950-1951	1949-1950
1948-1949	1947-1948	1946-1947	1938-1939
1937-1938	1936-1937	1935-1936	1934-1935
1933-1934	1932-1933	1931-1932	1930-1931
1929-1930	1928-1929	1927-1928	1926-1927
1925-1926	1924-1925	1923-1924	1922-1923
1921-1922	1920-1921	1919-1920	1914-1915
1913-1914	1912-1913	1911-1912	1910-1911
1909-1910	1908-1909	1907-1908	1906-1907
1905-1906	1904-1905	1903-1904	1902-1903
1901-1902	1900-1901	1899-1900	1898-1899
1897-1898	1896-1897	1895-1896	1894-1895
1893-1894	1892-1893

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Teams

Blackburn	Bristol City	Burnley	Cardiff
Coventry	Derby	Hull	Leeds
Luton	Middlesbrough	Millwall	Norwich
Oxford Utd	Plymouth	Portsmouth	Preston
QPR	Sheffield United	Sheffield Weds	Stoke
Sunderland	Swansea	Watford	West Brom