Football League Championship

The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the FA Premier League.

History

The Football League Championship was introduced for the 2004-2005 season. It replaced the Football League First Division.

Related Topics:
2004-2005 - Football League First Division

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In 2004-05, the Football League Championship had a total attendence of 9.8 million, which was the fourth highest total attendence for a European football division, behind the FA Premier League (12.88m), Spain's Primera división (11.57m) and Germany's Bundesliga (10.92m), but beating Italy's Serie A (9.77m) and France's Ligue 1 (8.17m).http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4748403.stmhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-1712938,00.htmlhttp://www.thefa.com/TheFA/NewsFromTheFA/Postings/2005/08/Features_ChampionshipSuccess.htm; the Championship has 24 clubs compared to 20 clubs in both Serie A and Ligue 1.

Related Topics:
2004-05 - M - Spain - Primera división - Germany - Bundesliga - Italy - Serie A - France - Ligue 1

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