England - Championship
The Football League Championship (often referred to as the Championship for short, or the npower 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 Premier League.The Football League Championship was introduced for the 2004–05 season, having been previously known as the Football League First Division. According to Deloitte, in the 2004–05 season it was the wealthiest non-top flight football division in the world, and the sixth richest division in Europe.The winners of the Football League Championship receive the Football League Championship trophy which is the same trophy as the old First Division champions were handed prior to the Premier League’s inception in the 1992–93 season.
