Premiership (the state of being a
premier
Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier.
A premier will normally be a head of governm ...
) may refer to:
* The post of
premier
Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier.
A premier will normally be a head of governm ...
or
prime minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
, who is the head of government in many parliamentary systems
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Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
, the highest-level football league competition in England (previously branded officially as the Premiership between 1993 and 2007)
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Scottish Premiership
The Scottish Premiership, known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottish ...
, the highest level football league competition in Scotland
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The Principality Premiership, the highest-level domestic rugby union competition (but secondary to the multinational Pro14) in Wales
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Cymru Premier, the highest level football league competition in Wales
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NIFL Premiership
The NIFL Premiership, known as the Danske Bank Premiership for sponsorship purposes, and colloquially as the Irish League or Irish Premiership, is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Northe ...
, the highest-level football league competition in Northern Ireland
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Premiership Rugby
Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition. The Premiership has consisted of thirteen clubs since 2021, and is the ...
, known for sponsorship reasons as the Gallagher Premiership, the highest-level rugby union competition in England. "Premiership Rugby" is also the name of the company that operates the league.
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NRL Premiership, the highest level rugby league competition in Australasia
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Scottish Premiership (rugby union)
The Scottish Premiership (referred to as the Tennents Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is an amateur league competition for Scottish rugby union clubs. First held in 1973, it is the top division of the Scottish League Championship. The most ...
, the top amateur-level rugby union competition in Scotland (but below the multinational Pro14 and the semi-professional Super 6)
* The
Rugby League Premiership
The Rugby League Premiership was a competition for British rugby league clubs, which operated between 1973 and 1995. As the Super League Premiership the competition continued to operate until 1997.
History
From 1909 until 1973 (except for the p ...
, a title that was available to English rugby league clubs from 1974 to 1997
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Premier Soccer Saturday
''Premier Soccer Saturday'' (formerly ''The Premiership'') was the principal weekly club association football programme on RTÉ television.
In June 2013, RTÉ Sport confirmed that due to cost-cutting initiatives to save the station up to €1. ...
'', RTÉ
* The Mitre 10 Premiership, the top-tier competition within the
Mitre 10 Cup in New Zealand rugby union
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The Premiership'', ITV's flagship football programme from 2001 to 2004
* In the
A-League
A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...
of Australian soccer, the "premiership" is won by the team finishing first on the league table after the regular season
* the title given to the Australian rules football team that won the title during a particular year via the
AFL Grand Final
See also
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Minor premiership, the standard Australian term for what the A-League calls the "premiership"
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