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The '''FA Premier League''' is a professional [[Association football|football league]] in England which is organised by the [[Football Association]] (the FA) and is the top tier of the country's football league pyramid system. It currently (2019) consists of twenty clubs. At the end of each season, the top four teams qualify for next season's [[UEFA Champions League]] and the bottom three teams are relegated to the [[Football League Championship]] (second tier) to be replaced by three promoted teams. The league was formed by the FA in 1992 with the clubs in [[Football League Division One]], which was until then the top tier. The new league competed for the first time in the 1992–93 season.


The '''English Premiership''' is a professional [[Association Football|Football league]] which consists of twenty English teams. Formed in 1992 by the top tier of English clubs as a breakway of the traditional Football League first division, the Premiership has seen sixteenth full seasons in total, and is currently starting its seventeenth.
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==Origins==
 
The decision to break away from the original Football League was made so as to increase TV revenues for the clubs at the expense of the League. As the game has become more commercial (A movement which took pace in the early 1990s, but moved rapidly in the 21st century) the issue of TV rights and subsequent income has become an important issue for clubs and a major source of finance for all involved.
 
==Premiership Champions by Season==
 
*1992-93 [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
*1993-94 Manchester United
*1994-95 [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
*1995-96 Manchester United
*1996-97 Manchester United
*1997-98 [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
*1998-99 Manchester United
*1999-00 Manchester United
*2000-01 Manchester United
*2001-02 Arsenal
*2002-03 Manchester United
*2003-04 Arsenal
*2004-05 [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
*2005-06 Chelsea
*2006-07 Manchester United<ref>[http://www.thefootballpremiership.co.uk/premiership_history.htm History of the Premier League]</ref>
 
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The FA Premier League is a professional football league in England which is organised by the Football Association (the FA) and is the top tier of the country's football league pyramid system. It currently (2019) consists of twenty clubs. At the end of each season, the top four teams qualify for next season's UEFA Champions League and the bottom three teams are relegated to the Football League Championship (second tier) to be replaced by three promoted teams. The league was formed by the FA in 1992 with the clubs in Football League Division One, which was until then the top tier. The new league competed for the first time in the 1992–93 season.

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