CLUBS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN RELEGATED IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL NIGERIA: Enugu Rangers and Heartland F.C. GHANA: Dominated by Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak EGYPT:Al-Ahly, Zamalek ENGLAND: If we considering it from the very beginning of the premier league in 1888, no club has not been relegted. But in a mor worthy term, Arsenal is the only club tht has not been relegated since 1919.Everton joined in 1954 and have never been relegated since then.In the modern day Premier league,Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Tottenham, join Arsenal and Everton to make the seven that have been part of all the past 21 Premier League seasons. FRANCE: Professional football was introduced in France only in 1930 and oficially implemented in 1932. No club that was in the top flight during the inagural season made it until now (82 years) without suffering one relegation at least. PSG are the longest serving team in the top flight. SPAIN: The La Liga was formed in 1929, and since then, three clubs have been in the top flight consecutively. The obvious choices, Real Madrid and Barcelona, are obviously two, and Athletic Bilbao, who have seen some close calls in recent years, are the third. Getafe, making it to the top flight for the first time in 2004, haven’t been relegated as well. BUNDES LIGA: The Bungesliga’s first season was in 1963-1964, and HAMBURG are the only team of that top flight to remain there until this day. Bayern Munich, for example, only joined in 1965, only not facing relegation since. Bayer Leverkusen haven’t been relegated since making it to the Bundesliga for the first time in 1979, and Wolfsburg have been in the top flight since 1997. SERIE A: The Serie A was formed in 1929 (From 1898 to 1922 the competition was organised into regional groups, and since then, Inter are the only team to spend all 84 years in the top flight. Juventus were famously relegated in 2006 due to the Calciopoli scandal, the only time in team history they played in Serie B. AC Milan did play one season in the second division, in 1982-1983, coming back after one year. PORTUGAL: In Portugal, three teams, the easiest to guess, have been in the top flight since the start: Sporting, Porto and Benfica. SCOTLAND: In Scotland, Celtic are the only team to spend its entire time since 1890 in the top flight. Aberdeen joined the top flight in 1905, and have avoided two relegations on a technicality since, the last of which in 2000. TURKEY: In Turkey, the Milli Lig was formed in 1959, and four clubs have been there since the beginning: The Istanbul big three of Galatasaray, Besiktas and Fenerbahce, joined by Trabzonspor.
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