A national second tier of English league football was established in 1892–93, at the demise of

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, as the

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. In 1992, with the departure of the then First Division clubs to become the

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, the second tier became known as the First Division. In 2004 it was re-branded as the Football League Championship before it was renamed the EFL Championship in 2016.

Football League Second Division (1893–1992)

* Team marked with an asterisk (*) was not promoted

Football League First Division (1992–2004)

Football League Championship/EFL Championship (2004 onwards)

Number of titles overall

Clubs in bold are competing in the

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References

* {{Football League Championship Football League Second Division EFL Championship EFL winners