EFL League Championship (eller The Championship) er den næstbedste række i engelsk fodbold. Det er samtidig den højst rangerede af de tre divisioner i The Football League.https://www.efl.com/
Football League Championship har deltagelse af 24 hold, der hver sæson spiller en dobbeltturnering alle-mod-alle. Hver sæson spiller holdene om tre oprykningspladser til Premier League. De to bedstplacerede hold i divisionen rykker direkte op, mens holderne, der slutter som nr. 3–6 spiller om den sidste oprykningplads. De tre lavest placerede hold i divisionen rykker direkte ned i Football League One.
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Nuværende hold 2025–26 KlubSidste sæsons placeringLokationStadionKapacitetBirmingham City1. i League One (oprykket)BirminghamSt. Andrew's29.409 Blackburn Rovers7.BlackburnEwood Park31.367Bristol City6.BristolAshton Gate26.462Charlton Athletic4. i League One (oprykket via play-offs)London (Charlton)The Valley26.875Coventry City5.CoventryCoventry Building Society Arena32.609Derby County19.DerbyPride Park Stadium33.597Hull City21.Kingston upon HullMKM Stadium25.586Ipswich Town19. i Premier League (nedrykket)IpswichPortman Road30.056Leicester City18. i Premier League (nedrykket)LeicesterKing Power Stadium32.259Middlesbrough10.MiddlesbroughRiverside Stadium34.742Millwall8.London (South Bermondsey)The Den20.146Norwich City13.NorwichCarrow Road27.359Oxford United17.OxfordKassam Stadium12.500Portsmouth16.PortsmouthFratton Park20.899Preston North End20.PrestonDeepdale23.404Queens Park Rangers15.London (Shepherd's Bush)Loftus Road18.439Sheffield United3.SheffieldBramall Lane32.050Sheffield Wednesday12.Hillsborough Stadium39.732Southampton20. i Premier League (nedrykket)SouthamptonSt. Mary's Stadium32.384Stoke City18.Stoke-on-Trentbet365 Stadium30.089Swansea City11.SwanseaLiberty Stadium21.088Watford14.WatfordVicarage Road22.200West Bromwich Albion9.West BromwichThe Hawthorns26.850Wrexham2. i League One (oprykket)WrexhamRacecourse Ground13.341
Resultater
League vindere, finalister og play-off finalister SæsonVinderFinalistPlay-off vinderResultatPlay-off finalist1999-00Charlton 1Manchester CityIpswich Town 1 (3.)4-2Barnsley 1 (4.)2000-01Fulham 90BlackburnBolton 1 (3.)3-0Preston North End 75 (4.)2001-02Manchester City 1West Bromwich Albion 91Birmingham City 1 (5.)5-3 (efs)Norwich City 1 (6.)2002-03Portsmouth 1Leicester City 1Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (5.)2-1Reading 77 (4.)2003-04Norwich City 97West Bromwich Albion 92Crystal Palace 72 (6.)1-0West Ham United 1 (4.)2004–05Sunderland 94Wigan Athletic 87West Ham United 73 (6.)1–0Preston North End 76 (5.)2005–06Reading 106Sheffield United 90Watford 81 (3.)3–0Leeds United 78 (5.)2006–07Sunderland 88Birmingham City 86Derby County 84 (3.)1–0West Bromwich Albion 76 (4.)2007–08West Bromwich Albion 81Stoke City 79Hull City 75 (3.)1–0Bristol City 74 (4.)2008–09Wolverhampton Wanderers 90Birmingham City 83Burnley 76 (5.)1–0Sheffield United 80 (3.)2009–10Newcastle United 102West Bromwich Albion 93Blackpool 70 (6.)3–2Cardiff City 76 (4.)2010–11Queens Park Rangers 88Norwich City1 84Swansea City 80 (3.)4–2Reading 78 (5.)2011–12Reading 89Southampton 88West Ham United 86 (3.)2–1Blackpool 75 (5.)2012–13Cardiff City 87Hull City 79Crystal Palace 73 (5.)1–0 (efs.)Watford 77 (3.)2013–14Leicester City 102Burnley2 93Queens Park Rangers 80 (4.)1–0Derby County 85 (3.)2014–15Bournemouth 90Watford 89Norwich City 86 (3.)2–0Middlesbrough 85 (4.)2015–16Burnley 93Middlesbrough 89Hull City 83 (4.)1–0Sheffield Wednesday 74 (6.)2016–17Newcastle United 94Brighton & Hove Albion2 93Huddersfield Town 81 (5.)0–0 (4–3 str.)Reading 85 (3.)2017–18Wolverhampton Wanderers 99Cardiff City 90Fulham 88 (3rd)1–0Aston Villa 83 (4.)2018–19Norwich City 94Sheffield United 89Aston Villa 76 (5.)2–1Derby County 74 (6.)2019–20Leeds United 93West Bromwich Albion 94Fulham 81 (4.)2–1 (efs.)Brentford 81 (3rd)2020–21Norwich City 98Watford 91Brentford 87 (3.)2–0Swansea City 80 (4.)2021–22Fulham 91Bournemouth 88Nottingham Forest 80 (4.)1–0Huddersfield Town 82 (3.)2022–23Burnley 101Sheffield United 91Luton Town 80 (3.)1–1 (6–5 str.)Coventry City 70 (5.)2023–24Leicester City 97Ipswich Town 96Southampton 87 (4.)1–0Leeds United 90 (3.)2024–25Leeds United 100Burnley 100Sunderland 76 (4.)2–1Sheffield United 90 (3.)
Nedrykkede hold (fra Championship til League One) SæsonKlub (Points)1999-00Walsall (1), Port Vale (1), Swindon (1)2000-01Huddersfield Town (44), Queens Park Rangers (1), Tranmere (1)2001-02Crewe Alexandra (41), Barnsley (37), Stockport County (1)2002-03Sheffield Wednesday (46), Brighton & Hove Albion (37), grimsby (1)2003-04Walsall (2), Bradford (1), Milton Keynes Dons (38)2004–05Gillingham (50), Nottingham Forest (44), Rotherham United (29)2005–06Crewe Alexandra (42), Millwall (40), Brighton & Hove Albion (38)2006–07Southend United (42), Luton Town (40), Leeds United (36)2007–08Leicester City (52), Scunthorpe United (46), Colchester United (38)2008–09Norwich City (46), Southampton (45), Charlton Athletic (39)2009–10Sheffield Wednesday (47), Plymouth Argyle (41), Peterborough United (34)2010–11Preston North End (42), Sheffield United (42), Scunthorpe United (42)2011–12Portsmouth (40), Coventry City (40), Doncaster Rovers (36)2012–13Peterborough United (54), Wolverhampton Wanderers (51), Bristol City (41)2013–14Doncaster Rovers (44), Barnsley (38), Yeovil Town (37)2014–15Millwall (41), Wigan Athletic (39), Blackpool (26)2015–16Charlton Athletic (40), Milton Keynes Dons (39), Bolton Wanderers (30)2016–17Blackburn Rovers (51), Wigan Athletic (42), Rotherham United (23)2017–18Barnsley (39), Burton Albion (41), Sunderland (37)2018–19Rotherham United (40), Bolton Wanderers (32), Ipswich Town (31)2019–20Charlton Athletic (48), Wigan Athletic (47), Hull City (45)2020–21Wycombe Wanderers (43), Rotherham United (42), Sheffield Wednesday (41)2021–22Peterborough United (37), Derby County (34), Barnsley (40)2022–23Reading (44), Blackpool (44), Wigan Athletic (42)2023–24Birmingham City (50), Huddersfield Town (45), Rotherham United (27)2024–25Luton Town (49), Plymouth Argyle (46), Cardiff City (44)
Nedrykkede hold (fra Premier League til Championship) SæsonKlub (Points)1999-00Milton Keynes Dons (1), Sheffield Wednesday (1), Watford (28)2000-01Manchester City (1), Coventry (1), Bradford (1)2001-02Ipswich (1), Derby County (10), Leicester City (32)2002-03West Ham United (32), West Bromwich Albion (29), Sunderland (14)2003-04Leicester City (33), Leeds United (30), Wolverhampton Wanderers (24)2004–05Crystal Palace (33), Norwich City (33), Southampton (32)2005–06Birmingham City (34), West Bromwich Albion (30), Sunderland (15)2006–07Sheffield United (38), Charlton Athletic (34), Watford (29)2007–08Reading (36), Birmingham City (35), Derby County (11)2008–09Newcastle United (34), Middlesbrough (32), West Bromwich Albion (31)2009–10Burnley (30), Hull City (30), Portsmouth (19)2010–11Birmingham City (39), Blackpool (39), West Ham United (33)2011–12Bolton Wanderers (36), Blackburn Rovers (31), Wolverhampton Wanderers (25)2012–13Wigan Athletic (36), Reading (28), Queens Park Rangers (25)2013–14Norwich City (33), Fulham (32), Cardiff City (30)2014–15Hull City (35), Burnley (33), Queens Park Rangers (30)2015–16Newcastle United (37), Norwich City (34), Aston Villa (17)2016–17Hull City (34), Middlesbrough (28), Sunderland (16)2017–18Swansea City (33), Stoke City (33), West Bromwich Albion (32)2018–19Cardiff City (34), Fulham (26), Huddersfield Town (32)2019–20Bournemouth (34), Watford (34), Norwich City (21)2020–21Fulham (28), West Bromwich Albion (33), Sheffield United (23)2021–22Burnley (35), Watford (23), Norwich City (22)2022–23Leicester City (34), Leeds United (31) Southampton (25)2023–24Luton Town (26), Burnley (24), Sheffield United (16)2024–25Leicester City (25), Ipswich Town (22) Southampton (12)
Oprykkede hold (fra League One til Championship) SæsonKlub (Points)1999-00Preston North End (88), Burnley (1), Wigan Athletic (Play-off vinder) (85)2000-01Millwall (84), Rotherham United (85), Walsall (Play-off vinder) (1)2001-02Brighton & Hove Albion (93), Reading (1), Stoke City (Play-off vinder) (1)2002-03Wigan Athletic (86), Crewe (1), Cardiff (Play-off vinder) (1)2003-04Plymouth Argyle (100), Plymouth Argyle (1), Brighton & Hove Albion (Play-off vinder) (94)2004–05Luton Town (98), Hull City (86), Sheffield Wednesday (Play-off vinder) (72)2005–06Southend United (82), Colchester United (79), Barnsley (Play-off vinder) (72)2006–07Scunthorpe United (91), Bristol City (85), Blackpool (Play-off vinder) (83)2007–08Swansea City (91), Nottingham Forest (82), Doncaster Rovers (Play-off vinder) (80)2008–09Leicester City (96), Peterborough United (89), Scunthorpe United (Play-off vinder) (76)2009–10Norwich City (95), Leeds United (86), Millwall (Play-off vinder) (85)2010–11Brighton & Hove Albion (95), Southampton (92), Peterborough United (Play-off vinder) (79)2011–12Charlton Athletic (101), Sheffield Wednesday (93), Huddersfield Town (Play-off vinder) (81)2012–13Doncaster Rovers (84), Bournemouth (83), Yeovil Town (Play-off vinder) (77)2013–14Wolverhampton Wanderers (103), Brentford (94), Rotherham United (Play-off vinder) (86)2014–15Bristol City (99), Milton Keynes Dons (91), Preston North End (Play-off vinder) (89)2015–16Wigan Athletic (87), Burton Albion (85), Barnsley (Play-off vinder) (74)2016–17Sheffield United (100), Bolton Wanderers (87), Millwall (Play-off vinder) (73)2017–18Wigan Athletic (98), Blackburn Rovers (96), Rotherham United (Play-off vinder) (79)2018–19Luton Town (94), Barnsley (91), Charlton Athletic (Play-off vinder) (88)2019–20Coventry City (88.71), Rotherham United (77.94), Wycombe Wanderers (Play-off vinder) (76.35)2020–21Hull City (89), Peterborough United (87), Blackpool (Play-off vinder) (80)2021–22Wigan Athletic (92), Rotherham United (90), Sunderland (Play-off vinder) (84)2022–23Plymouth Argyle (101), Ipswich Town (98), Sheffield Wednesday (Play-off vinder) (96)2023–24Portsmouth (97), Derby County (92), Oxford United (Play-off vinder) (77)2024–25Birmingham City (111), Wrexham A.F.C (92), Charlton Athletic (Play-off vinder) (84)
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