The English Football Championship (referred to as the "British Championship") ranks second in the English football league system, second only to the English Football Super League. After the end of the season, the top two teams will advance directly to the Premier League, 3-6 teams will take part in play-offs to win another promotion place, and the last 3 teams will be relegated to the third place in the English Football League.
The tournament was established in the 2004-05 season to replace the previous English first division. The first championship was won by Sunderland Football Club.
In the first season, the champion attracted 9.88 million fans to watch the game, ranking fourth among the most popular football leagues in Europe, just behind the English Premier League (12.88 million), the Spanish Football League (11570,000) and the German Football League (10.92 million).
League system:
The Premier League Champions League consists of 24 teams, and adopts the double round robin system (each team plays against other teams at home and away twice). The calculation method of single game points is: the winner gets 3 points, the loser gets 0 points, and the two sides are tied 1 point. At the end of the season, ranking according to accumulated points.
If two or more teams have the same points, the ranking will be decided by the goal difference between teams first, and the goal difference will rank first; If the goal difference is the same, it is determined by the number of goals; If the points, goal difference and the number of goals between two or more teams are the same, the two teams are tied.
The top two teams in the Champions League directly advanced to the Premier League, while the other four teams ranked third to sixth upgraded to the play-offs, third to sixth, fourth to fifth, using the home and away two-round elimination system. After the draw, which team will be the first home.
The two winning teams will compete for the championship in another neutral position (usually at Wembley Stadium in London), and the winner will advance to the Premier League. In addition, the three teams at the bottom of the Champions League will be relegated to the first division of English football.