Promotion and relegation
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Promotion and relegation is used by sports leagues as a process where teams can move up and down among divisions in a league system, based on their performance over a season. Leagues that use promotio
SV Darmstadt 98 fans celebrated promotion to the German Bundesliga in 2015.
... while Preston North End fans mourned relegation to English League One in 2011.
Södertälje SK-Leksands IF during a 2007 Kvalserien game
Premier League
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The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and
Promotion and relegation
…accepted for promotion from the division below. Such variations usually cause a "knock-on" effect through the lower divisions. For example, in 1995 the Premier League voted to reduce its numbers by two and achieved the desired change by relegating four teams instead of the usual three, whilst allowing only two…
Eden Hazard in possession of the ball during a 2012 match between Chelsea and Norwich City
Cristiano Ronaldo preparing to take a free kick in a 2009 match between Manchester United and Liverpool
Former Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger is the longest-serving manager in Premier League history.
James Milner holds the record for most appearances in the Premier League.