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English League Championship

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Established
2004 (22 years old)

First Recorded Event
1892-09-03

Current Season
2025-2026

Current Round


Level Above
English Premier League

Level Below
English League 1

Sport
Soccer

Location
England

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - ESPN [2018-2021]

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		Results
23 May 26	Hull CityHull City	-	SouthamptSouthampton
23 May 26	Hull CityHull City	1 - 0	MiddlesbrMiddlesbrough
12 May 26	SouthamptSouthampton	2 - 1	MiddlesbrMiddlesbrough
11 May 26	MillwallMillwall	0 - 2	Hull CityHull City
09 May 26	MiddlesbrMiddlesbrough	0 - 0	SouthamptSouthampton
08 May 26	Hull CityHull City	0 - 0	MillwallMillwall
02 May 26	Preston NPreston North End	1 - 3	SouthamptSouthampton
02 May 26	PortsmoutPortsmouth	1 - 1	BirminghaBirmingham City
02 May 26	Swansea CSwansea City	3 - 1	Charlton Charlton Athletic
02 May 26	Bristol CBristol City	2 - 0	Stoke CitStoke City

Description

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

Teams

Birmingham City		Blackburn Rovers		Bolton Wanderers
Bristol City		Burnley		Cardiff City
Charlton Athletic		Derby County		Lincoln City
Middlesbrough		Millwall		Norwich City
Portsmouth		Preston North End		Queens Park Range
Sheffield United		Southampton		Stoke City
Swansea City		Watford		West Bromwich Alb
West Ham United		Wolverhampton Wan		Wrexham

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Last 5 winners
Coventry City (2025-2026)
Leeds (2024-2025)
Leicester (2023-2024)
Burnley (2022-2023)
Fulham (2021-2022)

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