1888年,英格蘭成立了世界上第一個足球聯賽,即英格蘭足球聯賽(English Football League),由12支球隊參加。這標誌著足球俱樂部賽事的正式開始,並為足球運動的發展奠定了基礎。隨著足球的全球擴展,各國紛紛成立自己的聯賽和賽事,足球俱樂部賽事逐漸成為全球性的盛事。
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in England from its foundation until 1992, when the top 22 clubs split from it to form the Premier League.
The EFL is divided into the Championship, League One and League Two, with 24 clubs in each division, 72 in total, with promotion and relegation between them; the top Championship division clubs change places with the lowest-placed clubs in the Premier League, and the bottom clubs of League Two with the top clubs of the National League. Currently four of the EFL clubs are from Wales – Cardiff City, Swansea City, Wrexham and Newport County – the rest of the 72 are located in England. ()
2. 歐洲賽事 歐洲賽事是歐洲地區最高水平的足球俱樂部賽事,吸引了來自不同國家的頂級球隊參加。其中最重要的是歐洲冠軍聯賽(UEFA Champions League),這是由歐洲足球協會聯盟(UEFA)主辦的頂尖賽事。
The UEFA European Football Championship,[1] less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition is contested by UEFA members’ senior men’s national teams, determining the continental champion of Europe. It is the second-most watched football tournament in the world after the FIFA World Cup. The Euro 2012 final was watched by a global audience of around 300 million.[2]
The competition has been held every four years since 1960, except for 2020, when it was postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, but kept the name Euro 2020. Scheduled to be in the even-numbered year between FIFA World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations’ Cup, changing to the current name in 1968. Since 1996, the individual events have been branded as “UEFA Euro [year]”. ()