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Intresting Facts about The English Premier League


The Premier League is an English professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League (EFL; known as "The Football League" before 2016–17). Welsh clubs that compete in the English football league system can also qualify. So this are some interesting facts you should know;
1. Seasons run from August to May
2. Teams play 38 matches each (playing each team in the league twice, home and away), totalling 380 matches in the season
3. It is colloquially known as the Premiership and outside the UK it is commonly referred to as the English Premier League (EPL).
4. The competition formed as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from the Football League, which was founded in 1888
5. The league generates €2.2 billion per year in domestic and international television rights In 2014/15, teams were apportioned revenues of £1.6 billion.
6. The Premier League is the most-watched sports league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643 million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people.
7. The Premier League ranks third in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the past five seasons.
8. While 47 clubs have competed since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, only six have won the title: Manchester United (13), Chelsea (6), Arsenal (3), Manchester City (2), Blackburn Rovers (1) and Leicester City (1).
9. The three lowest placed teams are relegated into the EFL Championship, and the top two teams from the Championship, together with the winner of play-offs involving the third to sixth placed Championship clubs, are promoted in their place.
10. the top four teams in the Premier League qualify for the UEFA Champions League, with the top three teams directly entering the group stage and The fourth-placed team enters the Champions League at the play-off round for non-champions and must win a two-legged knockout tie in order to enter the group stage.

11. The team placed fifth in the Premier League automatically qualifies for the UEFA Europa League, and the sixth and seventh-placed teams can also qualify, depending on the winners of the two domestic cup competitions i.e. the FA Cup and the Capital One Cup (League Cup). Two Europa League places are reserved for the winners of each tournament; if the winner of either the FA Cup or League Cup qualifies for the Champions League, then that place will go to the next-best placed finisher in the Premier League.

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