ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE FRONT OF SHIRT SPONSORS 2022/23

The Premier League, which was founded in February of 1992, is the top level of English Football. It contains 20 teams with each team playing each other twice in a season (38 games a season.) It operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League, where 3 teams get promoted to the Premier League and 3 teams get relegated from the league at the end of every season.

The Top 4 teams qualify for the UEFA Champions League while 5th and 6th qualify for the UEFA Europa league, depending on qualification games. The league runs from August to May with most games being played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons but some games being played on Monday and Friday evenings. It is the most watched sports league in the world broadcasting out to 212 territories to 643 million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people. In the 2018-2019 season the match attendance was the 2nd highest across Europe with 38,181.

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ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP FRONT OF SHIRT SPONSORS 2022/23

The English Football League Championship often known as the Championship or Sky Bet Championship is the second highest overall league in England after the Premier league. The league contains 24 teams with each team playing each other twice (46 games a season). Similarly to the Premier League it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League.

The top 2 teams each year gain automatic promotion to the Premier League, while 3rd to 6th enter a playoff tournament with the winner also gaining promotion to the Premier League. The bottom 3 teams get relegated to League One. The Championship is the wealthiest non-topflight football division in the world and the ninth richest division in Europe. With an average match attendance for the 2018–19 season of 20,181, the Championship had the highest per-match attendance of any secondary league in the world, with only nine top-flight leagues known to have higher attendance figures.

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LA LIGA FRONT OF SHIRT SPONSORS 2022/23

The La Liga, founded in 1929, is the top level of the Spanish football league system. The league contains 20 teams with the bottom 3 teams being relegated and with the top 6 teams usually qualifying for one of the big European competitions.

Each team plays each other twice with many games being broadcasted on TV. According to UEFA's league coefficient rankings, La Liga has been the top league in Europe in each of the seven years from 2013 to 2019. The League is one of the most popular sports leagues in the world with an average match attendance of 26,933 for the 2018-2019 season. It is also the 6th wealthiest professional sports league by revenue in the world.

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SERIE A FRONT OF SHIRT SPONSORS 2022/23

The Serie A or Serie A TIM is the top level of the Italian football league System. The Italian league operated as a round robin tournament for over 90 years but now operates as a standard promotion and relegation with the Serie B. The league contains 20 teams playing each twice and the bottom 3 getting relegated while the top 5 teams and a cup winner head into European competitions.

Serie A is regarded as one of the best football leagues in the world and it is often depicted as the most tactical and defensively sound national league. Serie A was the world's second-strongest national league in 2014 according to IFFHS. Serie A is ranked fourth among European leagues according to UEFA's league coefficient. Serie A is one of the most decorative football leagues in the world with 42 out of 100 of the greatest players in history, chosen by FourFourTwo magazine in 2017, playing in the Serie A at some stage of their career.

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BUNDESLIGA FRONT OF SHIRT SPONSORS 2022/23

The Bundesliga founded in 1963 is the top level of the German football league system. The League contains 18 teams operating on a promotion and relegation system with the 2. Bundesliga. The season runs from August to May with most games being played on Saturdays and Sundays.

The Bundesliga is the number one football league in the world in terms of average attendance. Out of all sports, its average of 45,134 fans per game during the 2011–12 season was the second highest of any sports league in the world after the American National Football League. The league also has a huge presence on TV broadcasting out to more than 200 countries.

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SPL FRONT OF SHIRT SPONSORS 2022/23

The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) is the national men's association football league in Scotland. The league was formed in June 2013 following a merger between the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League.

The SPFL operates the top four levels of the Scottish football league system, which work on a promotion and relegation system. The team that wins the league has a chance of qualifying for the UEFA Champions league depending on results from qualifying games while 2nd– 4th have to go through qualifying games to get into the UEFA Europa league. The League receives good broadcasting coverage and has arrangements with Sky Sports and BT Sport.

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LIGUE 1 FRONT OF SHIRT SPONSORS 2022/23

The Ligue 1 or Ligue 1 Uber Eats is the top level of the French football league system. The league contains 20 teams and operates on a promotion and relegation system with the lower league, Ligue 2. The season runs from August to May with each team playing each other twice in a season.

As of 2018, Ligue 1 is one of the top national leagues, outranked fifth in Europe by Spain's La Liga, England's Premier League, Germany's Bundesliga and Italy's Serie A. The League is a cross border competition with foreign based club AS Monaco taking place and winning the league multiple times.

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MLS LEAGUE FRONT OF SHIRT SPONSORS 2022/23

The Major League Soccer or MLS for short, founded in 1993, is the highest level of football in the USA and Canada. The league contains 26 teams with 3 teams from Canada. It is also hoping to expand to 30 teams by the 2023 season.

The league does not use the traditional promotion and relegation system and instead the league is divided into western and eastern conferences where each team plays 34 games. The team with the highest points is awarded the supporters’ shield. The top 14 teams then compete in the playoffs where one team will win the MLS Cup. The MLS has an average attendance of over 20,000 per game, this is the 3rd highest average attendance of any professional sport league in the US and was also the 7th highest attended professional football league worldwide by 2013.

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LEAGUE OF IRELAND FRONT OF SHIRT SPONSORS 2022

The League of Ireland or SSE Airtricity League is the highest level of Football within the Republic of Ireland. The SSE Airtricity League operates with a promotion and relegation system with the League of Ireland First Division. The League contains 10 teams with the top 4 teams going into European qualifying games and the team in last getting automatically relegated while the team in 2nd last has a playoff game against a team from the lower league, First Division. Each team plays each other 4 times in a season (36 games a season per team). The league is TV partners with RTE, EIR Sport, Premier Sports and Free Sports. Recent success in Europe from Dundalk FC has brought more attention to the league in recent years.

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NIFL FRONT OF SHIRT SPONSORS 2022/23

The Northern Ireland Football League (NIFL), sometimes known as the Irish League, is the national football league of Northern Ireland. The league contains 12 teams and operates on a promotion and relegation where the team in first gets put into the qualifying rounds for the champions league while the teams that place 2nd- 6th go into a playoff for the final spots. The team that finishes 12 gets relegated while 7th-11th go into a relegation playoff. The league has a TV partnership with BBC NI and Sky Sports.

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FA WOMENS SUPER LEAGUE FRONT OF SHIRT SPONSORS 2022/23

The Football Association Women's Super League (FA WSL), and currently known as the Barclays FA Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest league of women's football in England. Established in 2010, it is run by the Football Association and currently features 12 fully professional teams.

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