EFL League Championship

"The Championship" omdirigeres hertil. For tennisturneringen The Championships, se Wimbledon Championships.

Football League Championship (eller The Championship) er den næstbedste række i . Det er samtidig den højst rangerede af de tre divisioner i The Football League.

Football League Championship
Land(e)	England Wales
Konføderation	UEFA
Etableret	1892; 131 år siden (1892) 2004; 20 år siden (2004) 1892–1992: Division Two 1992–2004: Division One
Første sæson
Antal hold	24
Niveauer på pyramide	Nr. 2
Oprykning til	Premier League (3 hold)
Nedrykning til	Football League One (3 hold)
Pokalturnering	FA Cup
Ligapokalturnering	Football League Cup
International turnering	UEFA Europa League (via FA Cup) UEFA Conference League (via EFL Cup)
Nuværende mestre	Leicester City (8. titel) ()
Flest mesterskaber	Leicester City (8. titler)
Tv-partnere	Channel 5
Hjemmeside	www.football-league.co.uk

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.

For et bedre overblik i de engelske ligaer se: Ligasystemet i engelsk fodbold

Nuværende hold 2024–25

Klub	Sidste sæsons placering	Lokation	Stadion	Kapacitet
Blackburn Rovers	19.	Blackburn	Ewood Park	31,367
Bristol City	11.	Bristol	Ashton Gate	27,000
Burnley	19. i Premier League (nedrykket)	Burnley	Turf Moor	21,944
Cardiff City	12.	Cardiff	Cardiff City Stadium	33,280
Coventry City	9.	Coventry	Coventry Building Society Arena	32,609
Hull City	7.	Kingston upon Hull	MKM Stadium	25,586
Leeds United	3.	Leeds	Elland Road	37,608
Luton Town	18. i Premier League (nedrykket)	Luton	Kenilworth Road	12,000
Middlesbrough	8.	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	34,742
Millwall	13.	London ()	The Den	20,146
Norwich City	6.	Norwich	Carrow Road	27,359
Oxford United	5. i League One (oprykket via play-offs)	Oxford		12,500
Plymouth Argyle	21.	Plymouth	Home Park	17,900
Portsmouth	1. i League One (oprykket)	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	20,899
Preston North End	10.	Preston	Deepdale	23,404
Queens Park Rangers	18.	London ()	Loftus Road	18,439
Sheffield United	20. i Premier League (nedrykket)	Sheffield	Bramall Lane	32,050
Sheffield Wednesday	20.		Hillsborough Stadium	39,732
Stoke City	17.	Stoke-on-Trent	bet365 Stadium	30,089
Sunderland	16.	Sunderland	Stadium of Light	49,000
Swansea City	14.	Swansea	Liberty Stadium	21,088
Watford	15.	Watford	Vicarage Road	22,200
West Bromwich Albion	5.	West Bromwich	The Hawthorns	26,850

Blackburn Rovers

Bristol City

Burnley

Cardiff City

Coventry City

Derby County

Hull City

Leeds
United

Luton Town

Middlesbrough

Millwall

Norwich City

Oxford United

Plymouth Argyle

Portsmouth

Preston North End

QPR

Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday

Stoke City

Sunderland

Swansea City

Watford

West Bromwich
Albion

Lokation af 2024–25 EFL Championship holdene

Watford

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Lokation af EFL Championship holdene omkring Greater London

Resultater

League vindere, finalister og play-off finalister

Sæson	Vinder	Finalist	Play-off vinder	Resultat	Play-off finalist
2004–05	Sunderland 94	Wigan Athletic 87	West Ham United 73 (6.)	1–0	Preston North End 75 (5.)
2005–06	Reading 106	Sheffield United 90	Watford 81 (3.)	3–0	Leeds United 78 (5.)
2006–07	Sunderland 88	Birmingham City 86	Derby County 84 (3.)	1–0	West Bromwich Albion 76 (4.)
	West Bromwich Albion 81	Stoke City 79	Hull City 75 (3.)	1–0	Bristol City 74 (4.)
	Wolverhampton Wanderers 90	Birmingham City 83	Burnley 76 (5.)	1–0	Sheffield United 80 (3.)
	Newcastle United 102	West Bromwich Albion 91	Blackpool 70 (6.)	3–2	Cardiff City 76 (4.)
	Queens Park Rangers 88	Norwich City^1 84	Swansea City 80 (3.)	4–2	Reading 77 (5.)
	Reading 89	Southampton 88	West Ham United 86 (3.)	2–1	Blackpool 75 (5.)
	Cardiff City 87	Hull City 79	Crystal Palace 72 (5.)	1–0 (efs.)	Watford 77 (3.)
	Leicester City 102	Burnley^2 93	Queens Park Rangers 80 (4.)	1–0	Derby County 85 (3.)
	Bournemouth 90	Watford 89	Norwich City 86 (3.)	2–0	Middlesbrough 85 (4.)
	Burnley 93	Middlesbrough 89	Hull City 83 (4.)	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday 74 (6.)
	Newcastle United 94	Brighton & Hove Albion^2 93	Huddersfield Town 81 (5.)	0–0 (4–3 str.)	Reading 85 (3.)
	Wolverhampton Wanderers 99	Cardiff City 90	Fulham 88 (3rd)	1–0	Aston Villa 83 (4.)
	Norwich City 94	Sheffield United 89	Aston Villa 76 (5.)	2–1	Derby County 74 (6.)
	Leeds United 93	West Bromwich Albion 83	Fulham 81 (4.)	2–1 (efs.)	Brentford 81 (3rd)
	Norwich City 97	Watford 91	Brentford 87 (3.)	2–0	Swansea City 80 (4.)
	Fulham 90	Bournemouth 88	Nottingham Forest 80 (4.)	1–0	Huddersfield Town 82 (3.)
	Burnley 101	Sheffield United 91	Luton Town 80 (3.)	1–1 (6–5 str.)	Coventry City 70 (5.)
	Leicester City 97	Ipswich Town 96	Southampton 87 (4.)	1–0	Leeds United 90 (3.)

Nedrykkede hold (fra Championship til League One)

Sæson	Klub (Points)
	Gillingham (50), Nottingham Forest (44), Rotherham United (29)
	Crewe Alexandra (42), Millwall (40), Brighton & Hove Albion (38)
	Southend United (42), Luton Town (40), Leeds United (36)
	Leicester City (52), Scunthorpe United (46), Colchester United (38)
	Norwich City (46), Southampton (45), Charlton Athletic (39)
	Sheffield Wednesday (47), Plymouth Argyle (41), Peterborough United (34)
	Preston North End (42), Sheffield United (42), Scunthorpe United (42)
2011–12	Portsmouth (40), Coventry City (40), Doncaster Rovers (36)
	Peterborough United (54), Wolverhampton Wanderers (51), Bristol City (41)
	Doncaster Rovers (44), Barnsley (39), Yeovil Town (37)
	Millwall (41), Wigan Athletic (39), Blackpool (26)
	Charlton Athletic (40), Milton Keynes Dons (39), Bolton Wanderers (30)
	Blackburn Rovers (51), Wigan Athletic (42), Rotherham United (23)
	Barnsley (41), Burton Albion (41), Sunderland (37)
	Rotherham United (40), Bolton Wanderers (32), Ipswich Town (31)
	Charlton Athletic (48), Wigan Athletic (47), Hull City (45)
	Wycombe Wanderers (43), Rotherham United (42), Sheffield Wednesday (41)
	Peterborough United (37), Derby County (34), Barnsley (30)
	Reading (44), Blackpool (44), Wigan Athletic (42)
	Birmingham City (50), Huddersfield Town (45), Rotherham United (27)

Nedrykkede hold (fra Premier League til Championship)

Sæson	Klub (Points)
	Crystal Palace (33), Norwich City (33), Southampton (32)
	Birmingham City (34), West Bromwich Albion (30), Sunderland (15)
	Sheffield United (38), Charlton Athletic (34), Watford (29)
	Reading (36), Birmingham City (35), Derby County (11)
	Newcastle United (34), Middlesbrough (32), West Bromwich Albion (32)
	Burnley (30), Hull City (30), Portsmouth (19)
	Birmingham City (39), Blackpool (39), West Ham United (33)
2011–12	Bolton Wanderers (36), Blackburn Rovers (31), Wolverhampton Wanderers (25)
	Wigan Athletic (36), Reading (28), Queens Park Rangers (25)
	Norwich City (33), Fulham (32), Cardiff City (30)
	Hull City (35), Burnley (33), Queens Park Rangers (30)
	Newcastle United (37), Norwich City (34), Aston Villa (17)
	Hull City (34), Middlesbrough (28), Sunderland (24)
	Swansea City (33), Stoke City (33), West Bromwich Albion (31)
	Cardiff City (34), Fulham (26), Huddersfield Town (16)
	Bournemouth (34), Watford (34), Norwich City (21)
	Fulham (28), (26), Sheffield United (23)
	Burnley (35), Watford (23), Norwich City (22)
	Leicester City (34), Leeds United (31) Southampton (25)
	Luton Town (26), Burnley (24), Sheffield United (16)

Oprykkede hold (fra League One til Championship)

Sæson	Klub (Points)
	Luton Town (98), Hull City (86), Sheffield Wednesday (Play-off vinder) (72)
	Southend United (82), Colchester United (79), Barnsley (Play-off vinder) (72)
	Scunthorpe United (91), Bristol City (85), Blackpool (Play-off vinder) (83)
	Swansea City (91), Nottingham Forest (82), Doncaster Rovers (Play-off vinder) (80)
	Leicester City (96), Peterborough United (89), Scunthorpe United (Play-off vinder) (76)
	Norwich City (95), Leeds United (86), Millwall (Play-off vinder) (85)
	Brighton & Hove Albion (95), Southampton (92), Peterborough United (Play-off vinder) (79)
2011–12	Charlton Athletic (101), Sheffield Wednesday (93), Huddersfield Town (Play-off vinder) (81)
	Doncaster Rovers (84), Bournemouth (83), Yeovil Town (Play-off vinder) (77)
	Wolverhampton Wanderers (103), Brentford (94), Rotherham United (Play-off vinder) (86)
	Bristol City (99), Milton Keynes Dons (91), Preston North End (Play-off vinder) (89)
	Wigan Athletic (87), Burton Albion (85), Barnsley (Play-off vinder) (74)
	Sheffield United (100), Bolton Wanderers (87), Millwall (Play-off vinder) (73)
	Wigan Athletic (98), Blackburn Rovers (96), Rotherham United (Play-off vinder) (79)
	Luton Town (94), Barnsley (91), Charlton Athletic (Play-off vinder) (88)
	Coventry City (88.71), Rotherham United (77.94), Wycombe Wanderers (Play-off vinder) (76.35)
	Hull City (89), Peterborough United (87), Blackpool (Play-off vinder) (80)
	Wigan Athletic (92), Rotherham United (90), Sunderland (Play-off vinder) (84)
	Plymouth Argyle (101), Ipswich Town (98), Sheffield Wednesday (Play-off vinder) (96)
	Portsmouth (97), Derby County (92), Oxford United (Play-off vinder) (77)

Vindere gennem tiden

Football League Second Division (1893–1992)

Sæson	Vinder
(1892-93)	Birmingham City
(1893-94)	Liverpool F.C.
(1894-95)	Bury F.C.
(1895-96)	Liverpool F.C.
(1896-97)	Notts County
(1897-98)	Burnley F.C.
(1898-99)	Manchester City
(1899-1900)	Sheffield Wednesday
(1900-01)	Grimsby Town
(1901-02)	West Bromwich Albion
(1902-03)	Manchester City F.C.
(1903-04)	Preston North End
(1904-05)	Liverpool F.C.
(1905-06)	Bristol City
(1906-07)	Nottingham Forest
(1907-08)	Oldham Athletic
(1908-09)	Bolton Wanderers
(1909-10)	Manchester City F.C.
(1910-11)	West Bromwich Albion
(1911-12)	Derby County
(1912-13)	Preston North End
(1913-14)	Notts County
(1914-15)	Derby County
1915-19	Ingen fodbold pga. 1. verdenskrig
	Tottenham Hotspur
	Birmingham City F.C.
	Nottingham Forest
	Notts County
	Leeds United
	Leicester City
	Sheffield Wednesday
	Middlesbrough
	Manchester City F.C.
	Middlesbrough
	Blackpool
	Everton
	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	Stoke City
	Grimsby Town
	Brentford
	Manchester United
	Leicester City
	Aston Villa
	Blackburn Rovers
1939-46	Ingen fodbold pga. 2. verdenskrig
	Manchester City F.C.
	Birmingham City F.C.
	Fulham F.C.
	Tottenham Hotspur
	Preston North End
	Sheffield Wednesday
	Sheffield United
	Leicester City
	Birmingham City F.C.
	Sheffield Wednesday
	Leicester City
	West Ham United
	Sheffield Wednesday
	Aston Villa
	Ipswich Town
	Liverpool F.C.
	Stoke City
	Leeds United
	Newcastle United
	Manchester City F.C.
	Coventry City
	Ipswich Town
	Derby County
	Huddersfield Town
	Leicester City
	Norwich City
	Burnley F.C.
	Middlesbrough
	Manchester United
	Sunderland
	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	Bolton Wanderers
	Crystal Palace
	Leicester City
	West Ham United
	Luton Town
	Queens Park Rangers
	Chelsea
	Oxford United
	Norwich City
	Derby County
	Millwall
	Chelsea
	Leeds United
	Oldham Athletic
	Ipswich Town

Football League First Division (1992-2004)

Sæson	Vinder
	Newcastle United
	Crystal Palace
	Middlesbrough
	Sunderland A.F.C.
	Bolton Wanderers
	Nottingham Forest
	Sunderland A.F.C.
	Charlton Athletic
	Fulham F.C.
	Manchester City F.C.
	Portsmouth F.C.
	Norwich City

Football League Championship (2004-)

Sæson	Vinder
2004-05	Sunderland A.F.C.
2005-06	Reading FC
2006-07	Sunderland A.F.C.
2007-08	West Bromwich Albion
2008-09	Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
2009-10	Newcastle United F.C.
	Queens Park Rangers F.C.
2011-12	Reading F.C.
	Cardiff City F.C.
	Leicester City F.C.
	A.F.C. Bournemouth
	Burnley F.C.
	Newcastle United F.C.
	Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
	Norwich City
	Leeds United
	Norwich City
	Fulham F.C.
	Burnley F.C.
	Leicester City F.C.

Topscorere

Sæson	Topscorere	Klubber	Mål
		Wigan Athletic	24
	Marlon King	Watford	21
		Colchester United	23
	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	Plymouth Argyle Wolverhampton Wanderers	23
		Wolverhampton Wanderers	25
		Cardiff City	20
		Bristol City
		Watford	24
2011–12	Rickie Lambert	Southampton	27
		Crystal Palace	30
		Leeds United	28
		Ipswich Town	27
		Brentford Burnley	25
		Leeds United	27
		Derby County	21
	Teemu Pukki	Norwich City	29
	Aleksandar Mitrović	Fulham	26
	Ivan Toney	Brentford	31
	Aleksandar Mitrović	Fulham	43
		Middlesbrough	28
		Blackburn Rovers	27

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