FA Premier league

It was created in the 1992 as the Premiership and replaced the old First Division.

Teams There are 20 teams in the FA Premier League. At the start of each season, the bottom three teams of last season are relegated into Division 1 and the top two teams from Division 1, together with the winner of a series of play-offs between the 3rd-6th teams of Division 1, are promoted into the FA Premier League. These are the teams for the 2003/04 season:

• Arsenal F.C.
• Aston Villa F.C.
• Birmingham City F.C.
• Blackburn Rovers F.C.[?]
• Bolton Wanderers F.C.[?]
• Charlton Athletic F.C.
• Chelsea F.C.
• Everton F.C.
• Fulham F.C.
• Leeds United F.C.
• Leicester City F.C.[?]
• Liverpool F.C.
• Manchester City F.C.
• Manchester United F.C.
• Middlesbrough F.C.[?]
• Newcastle United F.C.
• Portsmouth F.C.
• Southampton F.C.
• Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
• Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

The figure in brackets is the number of English league championships won, including pre-1992 Division 1 titles.

External Links

• Official FA Premier League site (http://www.premierleague.com/)
• The FA (http://www.thefa.com/)

See also: First Division, Second Division[?], Third Division[?]