It is the first-division football league in England and the name Premier League was used in 1992. The league consists of 20 teams, sponsored by Barclays Bank, and is therefore called the Barclays Premier League. The league starts in August and ends in a month May, and each team plays 38 matches, for a total of 380 matches per season, most matches are played on Saturdays and Sundays, but a few games are played during midweek evenings. Until 1992, the highest division in English football was the First Division; Since then, the English Premier League has become the highest. The English Premier League competition was formed on February 20, 1992, after the first-class clubs decided to separate from the First Division, which was founded in 1888; In order to take advantage of profitable deals of rights TV broadcast. Since then, the English Premier League has become the most watched league in the world, and it is also the most profitable football league; With club revenues combined amounted to $ 1.93 billion in the 2007-08 season, and it is also the first place in the federation ranking. European Football Leagues in terms of performance in the European Championships during the past five years, outperforming the Spanish League and the Italian League.