The World's Original League Football Competition

The EFL (English Football League) is the largest single body of professional clubs in European football and is responsible for administering and regulating the EFL, EFL Cup and Checkatrade Trophy, as well as reserve and youth football.

Formed in 1888 by its twelve founder members, the EFL is the world's original league football competition and is the template for leagues the world over.  It has 72 member clubs, each of which embodies the unique heritage, pride and passion of the communities they represent.

The EFL is comprised of three divisions - the Championship, League One and League Two - with 24 teams in each division.  Each season there are 1,656 regular season matches (552 per division) with 15 end-of-season Play-Off Matches, including three finals at Wembley.  The competition was established in 1888 and is the world's original league football competition.  Attendances across the EFL were over 16 million last season, making it the most attended sporting competition in the UK.  The Championship itself is the fourth most watched division in Europe.  Total cumulative domestic TV audience for all three divisions was over 34.9 million with coverage of the 15/16 season broadcast to over 167 territories globally.

1983- 84 to 1985-86     Canon League

           1986-87               Today League

1987-88 to 1992-93     Barclays League

1993-94 to 1995-96     Endsleigh League

1996-97 to 2003-04     Nationalwide Football League

2004-05 to 2009-10     Coca-Cola Football League

2010-11 to 2012-13     Npower Football League

2013-14 to present      Sky Bet Football League

www.efl.com