THE HISTORY AND WINNERS OF THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE(EPL)
Countries          England
Confederation       UEFA
Founded          20 February 1992
Number of teams      20
Relegation to       Football League Championship
Level on pyramid       Level 1
Domestic cup(s)      FA Cup, League Cup
International cup(s)    Champions League, Europa League
Current champions    Manchester United (2008–09)
Most championships    Manchester United (11)
Website          PremierLeague.  com


HISTORY
The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs.   At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition.   Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League.   The Premier League is a corporation in which the 20 member clubs act as shareholders.   Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 38 games each totaling 380 games in the season.   It is sponsored by Barclays Bank and therefore officially known as the Barclays Premier League.
The competition formed as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from The Football League, which was originally founded in 1888, and take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal.   The Premier League has since become the world's most watched sporting league.   It is the world's most lucrative football league, with combined club revenues of £1.  93 billion ($3.  15bn) in 2007–08.   It is also ranked first in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five years, ahead of Spain's La Liga and Italy's Serie A
A total of 43 clubs have competed in the Premier League, but only four have won the title: Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Arsenal, and Chelsea.   The current champions are Manchester United, who won their eleventh Premier League title in the 2008–09 seasons, the most of any Premier League team and their eighteenth top division title, drawing level with Liverpool.

English Premier League Champions

1993 Manchester United
1994 Manchester United
1995 Blackburn Rovers
1996 Manchester United
1997 Manchester United
1998 Arsenal
1999 Manchester United
2000 Manchester United
2001 Manchester United
2002 Arsenal
2003 Manchester United
2004 Arsenal
2005 Chelsea
2006 Chelsea
2007 Manchester United
2008 Manchester United
2009 Manchester United

Total English Premier League Titles:

11 Manchester United
3 Arsenal
2 Chelsea
1 Blackburn Rovers

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