EFL League Championship

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.^[1]

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

Football League Championship
Land(e)	England Wales
Konføderation	UEFA
Etableret	1892; 132 år siden (1892) 2004; 20 år siden (2004) 1892–1992: Division Two 1992–2004: Division One
Første sæson	2004-05
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	Leeds United (5. titel) (2024-25)
Flest mesterskaber	Leicester City (8. titler)
Tv-partnere	Sky Sports Channel 5
Hjemmeside	https://www.efl.com/
Football League Championship 2025-26

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 2025–26

Klub	Sidste sæsons placering	Lokation	Stadion	Kapacitet
Birmingham City	1. i League One (oprykket)	Birmingham	St. Andrew's	29.409
Blackburn Rovers	7.	Blackburn	Ewood Park	31.367
Bristol City	6.	Bristol	Ashton Gate	26.462
Charlton Athletic	4. i League One (oprykket via play-offs)	London (Charlton)	The Valley	26.875
Coventry City	5.	Coventry	Coventry Building Society Arena	32.609
Derby County	19.	Derby	Pride Park Stadium	33.597
Hull City	21.	Kingston upon Hull	MKM Stadium	25.586
Ipswich Town	19. i Premier League (nedrykket)	Ipswich	Portman Road	30.056
Leicester City	18. i Premier League (nedrykket)	Leicester	King Power Stadium	32.259
Middlesbrough	10.	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	34.742
Millwall	8.	London (South Bermondsey)	The Den	20.146
Norwich City	13.	Norwich	Carrow Road	27.359
Oxford United	17.	Oxford	Kassam Stadium	12.500
Portsmouth	16.	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	20.899
Preston North End	20.	Preston	Deepdale	23.404
Queens Park Rangers	15.	London (Shepherd's Bush)	Loftus Road	18.439
Sheffield United	3.	Sheffield	Bramall Lane	32.050
Sheffield Wednesday	12.		Hillsborough Stadium	39.732
Southampton	20. i Premier League (nedrykket)	Southampton	St. Mary's Stadium	32.384
Stoke City	18.	Stoke-on-Trent	bet365 Stadium	30.089
Swansea City	11.	Swansea	Liberty Stadium	21.088
Watford	14.	Watford	Vicarage Road	22.200
West Bromwich Albion	9.	West Bromwich	The Hawthorns	26.850
Wrexham	2. i League One (oprykket)	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	13.341

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Charlton Athletic

Lokation af EFL Championship holdene omkring Greater London

Birmingham City

Blackburn Rovers

Bristol City

Coventry City

Derby County

Hull City

Middlesbrough

Norwich City

Oxford United

Portsmouth

Preston North End

Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday

Stoke City

Swansea City

West Bromwich Albion

Wrexham

Southampton

Leicester City

Ipswich
Town

London

Watford

Lokation af 2025–26 EFL Championship holdene

Resultater

League vindere, finalister og play-off finalister

Sæson	Vinder	Finalist	Play-off vinder	Resultat	Play-off finalist
1999-00	Charlton 1	Manchester City	Ipswich Town 1 (3.)	4-2	Barnsley 1 (4.)
2000-01	Fulham 90	Blackburn	Bolton 1 (3.)	3-0	Preston North End 75 (4.)
2001-02	Manchester City 1	West Bromwich Albion 91	Birmingham City 1 (5.)	5-3 (efs)	Norwich City 1 (6.)
2002-03	Portsmouth 1	Leicester City 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (5.)	2-1	Reading 77 (4.)
2003-04	Norwich City 97	West Bromwich Albion 92	Crystal Palace 72 (6.)	1-0	West Ham United 1 (4.)
2004–05	Sunderland 94	Wigan Athletic 87	West Ham United 73 (6.)	1–0	Preston North End 76 (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.)
2007–08	West Bromwich Albion 81	Stoke City 79	Hull City 75 (3.)	1–0	Bristol City 74 (4.)
2008–09	Wolverhampton Wanderers 90	Birmingham City 83	Burnley 76 (5.)	1–0	Sheffield United 80 (3.)
2009–10	Newcastle United 102	West Bromwich Albion 93	Blackpool 70 (6.)	3–2	Cardiff City 76 (4.)
2010–11	Queens Park Rangers 88	Norwich City1 84	Swansea City 80 (3.)	4–2	Reading 78 (5.)
2011–12	Reading 89	Southampton 88	West Ham United 86 (3.)	2–1	Blackpool 75 (5.)
2012–13	Cardiff City 87	Hull City 79	Crystal Palace 73 (5.)	1–0 (efs.)	Watford 77 (3.)
2013–14	Leicester City 102	Burnley2 93	Queens Park Rangers 80 (4.)	1–0	Derby County 85 (3.)
2014–15	Bournemouth 90	Watford 89	Norwich City 86 (3.)	2–0	Middlesbrough 85 (4.)
2015–16	Burnley 93	Middlesbrough 89	Hull City 83 (4.)	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday 74 (6.)
2016–17	Newcastle United 94	Brighton & Hove Albion2 93	Huddersfield Town 81 (5.)	0–0 (4–3 str.)	Reading 85 (3.)
2017–18	Wolverhampton Wanderers 99	Cardiff City 90	Fulham 88 (3rd)	1–0	Aston Villa 83 (4.)
2018–19	Norwich City 94	Sheffield United 89	Aston Villa 76 (5.)	2–1	Derby County 74 (6.)
2019–20	Leeds United 93	West Bromwich Albion 94	Fulham 81 (4.)	2–1 (efs.)	Brentford 81 (3rd)
2020–21	Norwich City 98	Watford 91	Brentford 87 (3.)	2–0	Swansea City 80 (4.)
2021–22	Fulham 91	Bournemouth 88	Nottingham Forest 80 (4.)	1–0	Huddersfield Town 82 (3.)
2022–23	Burnley 101	Sheffield United 91	Luton Town 80 (3.)	1–1 (6–5 str.)	Coventry City 70 (5.)
2023–24	Leicester City 97	Ipswich Town 96	Southampton 87 (4.)	1–0	Leeds United 90 (3.)
2024–25	Leeds United 100	Burnley 100	Sunderland 76 (4.)	2–1	Sheffield United 90 (3.)

Nedrykkede hold (fra Championship til League One)

Sæson	Klub (Points)
1999-00	Walsall (1), Port Vale (1), Swindon (1)
2000-01	Huddersfield Town (44), Queens Park Rangers (1), Tranmere (1)
2001-02	Crewe Alexandra (41), Barnsley (37), Stockport County (1)
2002-03	Sheffield Wednesday (46), Brighton & Hove Albion (37), grimsby (1)
2003-04	Walsall (2), Bradford (1), Milton Keynes Dons (38)
2004–05	Gillingham (50), Nottingham Forest (44), Rotherham United (29)
2005–06	Crewe Alexandra (42), Millwall (40), Brighton & Hove Albion (38)
2006–07	Southend United (42), Luton Town (40), Leeds United (36)
2007–08	Leicester City (52), Scunthorpe United (46), Colchester United (38)
2008–09	Norwich City (46), Southampton (45), Charlton Athletic (39)
2009–10	Sheffield Wednesday (47), Plymouth Argyle (41), Peterborough United (34)
2010–11	Preston North End (42), Sheffield United (42), Scunthorpe United (42)
2011–12	Portsmouth (40), Coventry City (40), Doncaster Rovers (36)
2012–13	Peterborough United (54), Wolverhampton Wanderers (51), Bristol City (41)
2013–14	Doncaster Rovers (44), Barnsley (38), Yeovil Town (37)
2014–15	Millwall (41), Wigan Athletic (39), Blackpool (26)
2015–16	Charlton Athletic (40), Milton Keynes Dons (39), Bolton Wanderers (30)
2016–17	Blackburn Rovers (51), Wigan Athletic (42), Rotherham United (23)
2017–18	Barnsley (39), Burton Albion (41), Sunderland (37)
2018–19	Rotherham United (40), Bolton Wanderers (32), Ipswich Town (31)
2019–20	Charlton Athletic (48), Wigan Athletic (47), Hull City (45)
2020–21	Wycombe Wanderers (43), Rotherham United (42), Sheffield Wednesday (41)
2021–22	Peterborough United (37), Derby County (34), Barnsley (40)
2022–23	Reading (44), Blackpool (44), Wigan Athletic (42)
2023–24	Birmingham City (50), Huddersfield Town (45), Rotherham United (27)
2024–25	Luton Town (49), Plymouth Argyle (46), Cardiff City (44)

Nedrykkede hold (fra Premier League til Championship)

Sæson	Klub (Points)
1999-00	Milton Keynes Dons (1), Sheffield Wednesday (1), Watford (28)
2000-01	Manchester City (1), Coventry (1), Bradford (1)
2001-02	Ipswich (1), Derby County (10), Leicester City (32)
2002-03	West Ham United (32), West Bromwich Albion (29), Sunderland (14)
2003-04	Leicester City (33), Leeds United (30), Wolverhampton Wanderers (24)
2004–05	Crystal Palace (33), Norwich City (33), Southampton (32)
2005–06	Birmingham City (34), West Bromwich Albion (30), Sunderland (15)
2006–07	Sheffield United (38), Charlton Athletic (34), Watford (29)
2007–08	Reading (36), Birmingham City (35), Derby County (11)
2008–09	Newcastle United (34), Middlesbrough (32), West Bromwich Albion (31)
2009–10	Burnley (30), Hull City (30), Portsmouth (19)
2010–11	Birmingham City (39), Blackpool (39), West Ham United (33)
2011–12	Bolton Wanderers (36), Blackburn Rovers (31), Wolverhampton Wanderers (25)
2012–13	Wigan Athletic (36), Reading (28), Queens Park Rangers (25)
2013–14	Norwich City (33), Fulham (32), Cardiff City (30)
2014–15	Hull City (35), Burnley (33), Queens Park Rangers (30)
2015–16	Newcastle United (37), Norwich City (34), Aston Villa (17)
2016–17	Hull City (34), Middlesbrough (28), Sunderland (16)
2017–18	Swansea City (33), Stoke City (33), West Bromwich Albion (32)
2018–19	Cardiff City (34), Fulham (26), Huddersfield Town (32)
2019–20	Bournemouth (34), Watford (34), Norwich City (21)
2020–21	Fulham (28), West Bromwich Albion (33), Sheffield United (23)
2021–22	Burnley (35), Watford (23), Norwich City (22)
2022–23	Leicester City (34), Leeds United (31) Southampton (25)
2023–24	Luton Town (26), Burnley (24), Sheffield United (16)
2024–25	Leicester City (25), Ipswich Town (22) Southampton (12)

Oprykkede hold (fra League One til Championship)

Sæson	Klub (Points)
1999-00	Preston North End (88), Burnley (1), Wigan Athletic (Play-off vinder) (85)
2000-01	Millwall (84), Rotherham United (85), Walsall (Play-off vinder) (1)
2001-02	Brighton & Hove Albion (93), Reading (1), Stoke City (Play-off vinder) (1)
2002-03	Wigan Athletic (86), Crewe (1), Cardiff (Play-off vinder) (1)
2003-04	Plymouth Argyle (100), Plymouth Argyle (1), Brighton & Hove Albion (Play-off vinder) (94)
2004–05	Luton Town (98), Hull City (86), Sheffield Wednesday (Play-off vinder) (72)
2005–06	Southend United (82), Colchester United (79), Barnsley (Play-off vinder) (72)
2006–07	Scunthorpe United (91), Bristol City (85), Blackpool (Play-off vinder) (83)
2007–08	Swansea City (91), Nottingham Forest (82), Doncaster Rovers (Play-off vinder) (80)
2008–09	Leicester City (96), Peterborough United (89), Scunthorpe United (Play-off vinder) (76)
2009–10	Norwich City (95), Leeds United (86), Millwall (Play-off vinder) (85)
2010–11	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)
2012–13	Doncaster Rovers (84), Bournemouth (83), Yeovil Town (Play-off vinder) (77)
2013–14	Wolverhampton Wanderers (103), Brentford (94), Rotherham United (Play-off vinder) (86)
2014–15	Bristol City (99), Milton Keynes Dons (91), Preston North End (Play-off vinder) (89)
2015–16	Wigan Athletic (87), Burton Albion (85), Barnsley (Play-off vinder) (74)
2016–17	Sheffield United (100), Bolton Wanderers (87), Millwall (Play-off vinder) (73)
2017–18	Wigan Athletic (98), Blackburn Rovers (96), Rotherham United (Play-off vinder) (79)
2018–19	Luton Town (94), Barnsley (91), Charlton Athletic (Play-off vinder) (88)
2019–20	Coventry City (88.71), Rotherham United (77.94), Wycombe Wanderers (Play-off vinder) (76.35)
2020–21	Hull City (89), Peterborough United (87), Blackpool (Play-off vinder) (80)
2021–22	Wigan Athletic (92), Rotherham United (90), Sunderland (Play-off vinder) (84)
2022–23	Plymouth Argyle (101), Ipswich Town (98), Sheffield Wednesday (Play-off vinder) (96)
2023–24	Portsmouth (97), Derby County (92), Oxford United (Play-off vinder) (77)
2024–25	Birmingham City (111), Wrexham A.F.C (92), Charlton Athletic (Play-off vinder) (84)

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. (2)
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 (2)
1903-04	Preston North End
1904-05	Liverpool F.C. (3)
1905-06	Bristol City
1906-07	Nottingham Forest
1907-08	Oldham Athletic
1908-09	Bolton Wanderers
1909-10	Manchester City (3)
1910-11	West Bromwich Albion (2)
1911-12	Derby County
1912-13	Preston North End (2)
1913-14	Notts County (2)
1914-15	Derby County (2)
1915-19	Ingen fodbold pga. 1. verdenskrig
1919-20	Tottenham Hotspur
1920-21	Birmingham City (2)
1921-22	Nottingham Forest (2)
1922-23	Notts County (3)
1923-24	Leeds United
1924-25	Leicester City
1925-26	Sheffield Wednesday (2)
1926-27	Middlesbrough
1927-28	Manchester City (3)
1928-29	Middlesbrough (2)
1929-30	Blackpool
1930-31	Everton
1931-32	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1932-33	Stoke City
1933-34	Grimsby Town (2)
1934-35	Brentford
1935-36	Manchester United
1936-37	Leicester City (2)
1937-38	Aston Villa
1938-39	Blackburn Rovers
1939-46	Ingen fodbold pga. 2. verdenskrig
1946-47	Manchester City (4)
1947-48	Birmingham City (3)
1948-49	Fulham F.C.
1949-50	Tottenham Hotspur (2)
1950-51	Preston North End (3)
1951-52	Sheffield Wednesday (3)
1952-53	Sheffield United
1953-54	Leicester City (3)
1954-55	Birmingham City (4)
1955-56	Sheffield Wednesday (4)
1956-57	Leicester City (4)
1957-58	West Ham United
1958-59	Sheffield Wednesday (5)
1959-60	Aston Villa
1960-61	Ipswich Town
1961-62	Liverpool F.C. (4)
1962-63	Stoke City (2)
1963-64	Leeds United (2)
1964-65	Newcastle United
1965-66	Manchester City (5)
1966-67	Coventry City
1967-68	Ipswich Town (2)
1968-69	Derby County (3)
1969-70	Huddersfield Town
1970-71	Leicester City (5)
1971-72	Norwich City
1972-73	Burnley F.C. (2)
1973-74	Middlesbrough (3)
1974-75	Manchester United (2)
1975-76	Sunderland
1976-77	Wolverhampton Wanderers (2)
1977-78	Bolton Wanderers
1978-79	Crystal Palace
1979-80	Leicester City (6)
1980-81	West Ham United (2)
1981-82	Luton Town
1982-83	Queens Park Rangers
1983-84	Chelsea
1984-85	Oxford United
1985-86	Norwich City (2)
1986-87	Derby County (4)
1987-88	Millwall
1988-89	Chelsea (2)
1989-90	Leeds United (3)
1990-91	Oldham Athletic (2)
1991-92	Ipswich Town (3)

Football League First Division (1992-2004)

Sæson	Vinder
1992-93	Newcastle United (2)
1993-94	Crystal Palace (2)
1994-95	Middlesbrough (4)
1995-96	Sunderland (2)
1996-97	Bolton Wanderers (2)
1997-98	Nottingham Forest (3)
1998-99	Sunderland (3)
1999-2000	Charlton Athletic
2000-01	Fulham (2)
2001-02	Manchester City (6)
2002-03	Portsmouth F.C.
2003-04	Norwich City (3)

Football League Championship (2004-2016)

Sæson	Vinder
2004-05	Sunderland (4)
2005-06	Reading FC
2006-07	Sunderland (5)
2007-08	West Bromwich Albion (3)
2008-09	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3)
2009-10	Newcastle United (3)
2010-11	Queens Park Rangers (2)
2011-12	Reading F.C. (2)
2012-13	Cardiff City F.C.
2013–14	Leicester City F.C. (7)
2014–15	A.F.C. Bournemouth
2015–16	Burnley F.C. (3)

EFL Championship (2016-)

2016–17	Newcastle United (4)
2017–18	Wolverhampton Wanderers (4)
2018–19	Norwich City (4)
2019–20	Leeds United (4)
2020–21	Norwich City (4)
2021–22	Fulham F.C. (3)
2022–23	Burnley F.C. (4)
2023–24	Leicester City F.C. (8)
2024–25	Leeds United (5)

Topscorere

Sæson	Topscorere	Klubber	Mål
2004–05	Nathan Ellington	Wigan Athletic	24
2005–06	Marlon King	Watford	21
2006–07	Jamie Cureton	Colchester United	23
2007–08	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	Plymouth Argyle Wolverhampton Wanderers	23
2008–09		Wolverhampton Wanderers	25
2009–10	Peter Whittingham	Cardiff City	20
	Nicky Maynard	Bristol City
2010–11	Danny Graham	Watford	24
2011–12	Rickie Lambert	Southampton	27
2012–13	Glenn Murray	Crystal Palace	30
2013–14	Ross McCormack	Leeds United	28
2014–15	Daryl Murphy	Ipswich Town	27
2015–16	Andre Gray	Brentford Burnley	25
2016–17	Chris Wood	Leeds United	27
2017–18	Matěj Vydra	Derby County	21
2018–19	Teemu Pukki	Norwich City	29
2019–20	Aleksandar Mitrović	Fulham	26
2020–21	Ivan Toney	Brentford	31
2021–22	Aleksandar Mitrović	Fulham	43
2022–23	Chuba Akpom	Middlesbrough	28
2023–24	Sammie Szmodics	Blackburn Rovers	27
2024–25	Joël Piroe	Leeds United	19