English Football League

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football league system sports organization

The English Football League is a professional league competition featuring multiple tiers of association football clubs in England and parts of Wales, sitting below the Premier League in the English football pyramid.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
English Football League canonical 246
The Football League 73
Football League 13

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf football league system ⓘ
sports organization ⓘ
abbreviation EFL ⓘ
broadcastPartner Sky Sports ⓘ
confederation UEFA ⓘ
country England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
formerName English Football League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Football League
founded 1888 ⓘ
founder William McGregor ⓘ
governingBody English Football League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: English Football League Board
hasCupTieEntry FA Cup ⓘ
hasDivision EFL Championship ⓘ
EFL League One ⓘ
EFL League Two ⓘ
hasPlayoffs yes ⓘ
headquartersCountry England ⓘ
headquartersLocation Preston ⓘ
historicalSignificance oldest professional football league competition in the world ⓘ
language English ⓘ
levelInPyramid 2 ⓘ
3 ⓘ
4 ⓘ
memberOf European Professional Football Leagues ⓘ
numberOfDivisions 3 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 72 ⓘ
organizesCompetition EFL Cup ⓘ
EFL Trophy ⓘ
originalName English Football League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Football League
originalNumberOfClubs 12 ⓘ
partOf English football league system ⓘ
playoffsFor final promotion place in each division ⓘ
pointsForDraw 1 ⓘ
pointsForLoss 0 ⓘ
pointsForWin 3 ⓘ
positionInSystem below Premier League ⓘ
promotionTo Premier League ⓘ
rebrandedAs English Football League in 2016 ⓘ
regionServed England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
relegationTo National League ⓘ
seasonFormat home and away round-robin ⓘ
seasonPeriod August to May ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ
teamsPerDivision 24 ⓘ
tierCoverage second to fourth tiers of English football ⓘ
typeOfLeague closed league with promotion and relegation ⓘ
website https://www.efl.com/ ⓘ

Referenced by (362)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cambridge United F.C. → league → English Football League ⓘ
Cambridge United F.C. → competesIn → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Football League competitions
Premier League → replaced → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football League First Division
Premier League → relegationTo → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: EFL Championship
Ardwick A.F.C. → leagueParticipation → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football League Second Division
Ardwick A.F.C. → association → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Football League
Manchester derby → leagueContext → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Football League First Division
Brendan Rogers → managedLeague → English Football League ⓘ
subject surface form: Brendan Rodgers
this entity surface form: EFL Championship
Liverpool F.C. → formerLeague → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football League First Division
EFL Cup → organisedBy → English Football League ⓘ
EFL Cup → governingBody → English Football League ⓘ
George Best → playedIn → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: English First Division
Maine Road → hostedCompetition → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football League First Division
Arsenal F.C. → previousLeague → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football League First Division
English football league system → includes → English Football League ⓘ
English football league system → organisedBy → English Football League ⓘ
Peterborough United F.C. → league → English Football League ⓘ
Colchester United F.C. → league → English Football League ⓘ
Crystal Palace F.C. → formerLeague → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football League First Division
Fulham F.C. → governingBody → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Football League (historical)
Doncaster Rovers F.C. → league → English Football League ⓘ
Notts County F.C. → association → English Football League ⓘ
Sheffield Wednesday F.C. → league → English Football League ⓘ
West Bromwich Albion F.C. → formerLeague → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football League First Division
West Bromwich Albion F.C. → wonCompetition → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football League First Division
Derby County F.C. → league → English Football League ⓘ
Derby County F.C. → hasPlayedIn → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football League First Division
English Football League → governingBody → English Football League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Football League Board
English Football League → formerName → English Football League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Football League
English Football League → originalName → English Football League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Football League
The U's → league → English Football League ⓘ
subject surface form: Cambridge United F.C.
EFL Trophy → organiser → English Football League ⓘ
EFL Trophy → governingBody → English Football League ⓘ
EFL Trophy → currentNameAdoptedBy → English Football League ⓘ
FA Trophy → excludes → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Football League clubs
LMA Manager of the Decade → associatedCompetition → English Football League ⓘ
Salford City F.C. → governingBodyLeague → English Football League ⓘ
Football Alliance → mergedInto → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Football League
Aston Villa → previousLeague → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Football League First Division
Aston Villa → foundingMemberOf → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Football League
Tim Cahill → leaguePlayedIn → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Football League First Division
Bradley Wright-Phillips → leagueParticipatedIn → English Football League ⓘ
LMA Manager of the Year → relatedOrganization → English Football League ⓘ
Anton Rodgers → leagueParticipatedIn → English Football League ⓘ
Reading F.C. → league → English Football League ⓘ
Reading F.C. → association → English Football League ⓘ
English First Division 1951–52 → organizer → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Football League
English First Division 1951–52 → partOf → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Football League
English First Division 1956–57 → organiser → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Football League
English First Division 1966–67 → organisedBy → English Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Football League