The English Football League Championship

Better known as the Championship or The Coca Cola Championship due to their sponsor- Coca Cola(BRRRRR!!!). It is the second highest ranking league in English Football and sixth richest league in Europe. The winner of The Championship will gain a place in the Premier League along with the 2nd placed team and the winner of the Championship play-off(teams from 3rd to 6th places).

There are a total of 24 teams in The Championship.
Here are the list of teams in the Championship for the 2009/10 season(by ranking as of 2nd May 2010):

1. Newcastle United(promoted to the Premier League)
   
2. West Bromwich Albion(promoted to the Premier League)
3. Nottingham Forest
4. Cardiff City
5. Leicester City
6. Blackpool
7. Swansea City
8. Middlesbrough
9. Sheffield United
10. Bristol City
11. Reading
12. Doncaster
13. Queens Park Rangers
14. Ipswich Town
15. Preston
16. Coventry City
17. Derby County
18. Barnsley
19. Watford
20. Scunthorpe
21. Crystal Palace
22. Sheffield Wednesday
23. Plymouth Argyle(relegated to League One)
    
24. Peterborough(relegated to League One)

THE COCA COLA CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY(held by players of Wolverhampton Wanderers after winning the Championship)
Picture: Andy Keogh(right), Stephen Ward(left)

Remember The Football League? Well, The Championship is part of it along with League One and Two. Although The Championship is the sixth richest league in Europe, teams still cannot qualify for European Cups as teams must be at the country's top-flight league(e.g. The Premier League).

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