The winners, runners-up and 3rd placed teams in the English Premier League automatically qualify for the UEFA Champions League, with the 4th placed team entering the qualifying stage of the competition. The team finishing 5th is entered into the UEFA Europa League, with 6th and 7th positions also possible to qualify, depending on winners and runners-up in the English domestic cups. The teams finishing in the bottom three places will be relegated to the English Championship.
Participating teams:
The 20 clubs currently competing in the 2010–11 English Premier League are:
Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Blackpool, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham, Wigan Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Recent history:
The current champions are Manchester United, who won the 2010-11 English Premier League title, 9 points ahead of Chelsea in 2nd place.
Manchester United are also the most successful club in the English Premier League, with 12 titles since it began in 1992.
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