2013–14 Football League Championship

The 2013–14 Football League Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the Football League Championship under its current title, the twenty-first season under its current league division format and marked the 125th anniversary of the Football League's inaugural season. The season started on 3 August 2013 and finished on 3 May 2014, with all matches on the final day kicking off simultaneously.^[4]

Football League Championship

Season	2013–14
Champions	Leicester City 1st Championship title 7th 2nd tier title
Promoted	Leicester City Burnley Queens Park Rangers
Relegated	Doncaster Rovers Barnsley Yeovil Town
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,434 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	28 goals Ross McCormack (Leeds United)
Biggest home win	Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers[1] Sheffield Wednesday 6–0 Leeds United
Biggest away win	Barnsley 0–4 Wigan Athletic[1] Millwall 1–5 Derby County Barnsley 1–5 Watford Leeds United 1–5 Bolton Wanderers
Highest scoring	Derby County 4–4 Ipswich Town[1] Leicester City 5–3 Bolton Wanderers Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers
Longest winning run	9 games[2] Leicester City
Longest unbeaten run	21 games[2] Leicester City
Longest winless run	17 games[2] Blackpool
Longest losing run	5 games[2] Birmingham City Leeds United
Highest attendance	33,432[3] Leeds United vs Brighton
Lowest attendance	4,463[2] Yeovil Town vs Millwall
Average attendance	16,555[2]
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams changed divisions after the 2012–13 season.^[5]

To Championship

Promoted from League One

• AFC Bournemouth
• Doncaster Rovers
• Yeovil Town

Relegated from Premier League

• Queens Park Rangers
• Reading
• Wigan Athletic

From Championship

Relegated to League One

• Bristol City
• Peterborough United
• Wolverhampton Wanderers

Promoted to Premier League

• Cardiff City
• Hull City
• Crystal Palace

Rule changes

Changes to the Championship's financial fair play system allow clubs:^[6]

• Acceptable losses of £3 million during the 2013–14 season (down from £4 million during the 2012–13 season)
• Acceptable shareholder equity investment of £5 million during the 2013–14 season (down from £6 million during the 2012–13 season).
• Sanctions for exceeding the allowances take effect from the set of accounts relating to the 2013–14 season which are due to be submitted on 1 December 2014.

Teams

Of the 24 participating teams, eighteen remain following the 2012–13 Football League Championship. They are joined by three teams promoted from the 2012–13 Football League One and three relegated from the 2012–13 Premier League.

On 20 April 2013, Bournemouth were promoted to the Championship after Brentford's 1–1 draw with Hartlepool. A week later, Doncaster were promoted as champions of League One after scoring a late goal against Brentford. This pushed Bournemouth down to second place. On 19 May, Yeovil Town won promotion by beating Brentford in the 2013 Football League One play-off final.

On 28 April 2013, Queens Park Rangers and Reading were both relegated from the Premier League after a goalless draw against each other. On 14 May, Wigan Athletic were relegated from the Premier League after a 4–1 defeat at Arsenal.

Team overview

Barnsley

Birmingham City

Blackburn

Blackpool

Bolton

Bournemouth

Brighton & Hove Albion

Burnley

Charlton Athletic

Derby County

Doncaster

Huddersfield

Ipswich Town

Leeds United

Leicester City

Middlesbrough

Millwall

Nottingham Forest

QPR

Reading

Sheffield Wednesday

Watford

Wigan Athletic

Yeovil

Locations of teams in the 2013–14 Football League Championship

Stadium and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Barnsley	Barnsley	Oakwell	23,009
Birmingham City	Birmingham	St Andrew's	30,016
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	Ewood Park	31,154
Blackpool	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	17,338
Bolton Wanderers	Horwich	Reebok Stadium	28,100
Bournemouth	Bournemouth	Dean Court	11,364
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton	Falmer Stadium	30,750
Burnley	Burnley	Turf Moor	22,546
Charlton Athletic	London (Charlton)	The Valley	27,111
Derby County	Derby	Pride Park	33,597
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	Keepmoat Stadium	15,231
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	John Smith's Stadium	24,500
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Portman Road	30,311
Leeds United	Leeds	Elland Road	39,460
Leicester City	Leicester	King Power Stadium	32,262
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	34,742
Millwall	London (South Bermondsey)	The Den	20,146
Nottingham Forest	Nottingham	City Ground	30,576
Queens Park Rangers	London (White City)	Loftus Road	18,360
Reading	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,224
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	Hillsborough	39,812
Watford	Watford	Vicarage Road	17,477
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	DW Stadium	25,133
Yeovil Town	Yeovil	Huish Park	9,565

Source: Football Ground Guide.^[7]

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager1	Chairman	Team captain	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsor
Barnsley	Danny Wilson	Maurice Watkins	Bobby Hassell	Nike[8]	C.K. Beckett[8]
Birmingham City	Lee Clark	Peter Pannu	Paul Robinson	Diadora[9]	Nicolites[10]
Blackburn Rovers	Gary Bowyer	Vacant	Grant Hanley[11]	Nike[12]	RFS[13]
Blackpool	Barry Ferguson (interim)	Karl Oyston	Ángel Martínez	Erreà[14]	Wonga[15]
Bolton Wanderers	Dougie Freedman	Phil Gartside	Zat Knight	adidas[16]	FibrLec[17]
Bournemouth	Eddie Howe	Eddie Mitchell Maxim Demin	Tommy Elphick	Fila[18]	Energy Consulting[18]
Brighton & Hove Albion	Óscar García	Tony Bloom	Gordon Greer	Erreà[19]	American Express[19]
Burnley	Sean Dyche	Mike Garlick John Banaszkiewicz	Jason Shackell	Puma[20]	Premier Range[21]
Charlton Athletic	José Riga	Richard Murray	Johnnie Jackson	Nike[22]	Andrews Air-conditioning [citation needed]
Derby County	Steve McClaren	Andrew Appleby	Shaun Barker	Kappa[23]	buymobiles.net[24]
Doncaster Rovers	Paul Dickov	Vacant	Rob Jones	Just Sport[25]	One Call Insurance[26]
Huddersfield Town	Mark Robins	Dean Hoyle	Peter Clarke	Puma	Rekorderlig Cider (H)[27] RadianB (A) Cavonia (3rd)
Ipswich Town	Mick McCarthy	Marcus Evans	Carlos Edwards	Mitre[28]	Marcus Evans [citation needed]
Leeds United	Brian McDermott	Salah Nooruddin	Ross McCormack	Macron[29]	Enterprise Insurance (front) Help Link Direct (back)[29]
Leicester City	Nigel Pearson	Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha	Wes Morgan	Puma[30]	King Power (front) Amazing Thailand (back) [citation needed]
Middlesbrough	Aitor Karanka	Steve Gibson	Jonathan Woodgate	adidas[31]	Ramsdens[32]
Millwall	Ian Holloway	John Berylson	Paul Robinson	Macron[33]	Prostate Cancer UK[34]
Nottingham Forest	Gary Brazil (caretaker)	Fawaz Al-Hasawi	Chris Cohen	adidas[35]	Fawaz International Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Company[36]
Queens Park Rangers	Harry Redknapp	Tony Fernandes	Clint Hill	Lotto	AirAsia[37]
Reading	Nigel Adkins	Sir John Madejski	Jobi McAnuff	Puma [citation needed]	Waitrose (front)[38] Marussia F1 (rear)[39][40]
Sheffield Wednesday	Stuart Gray	Milan Mandarić	Anthony Gardner	Puma[41]	Front Home: WANdisco Bartercard (front away) GCI Com (back)[42]
Watford	Giuseppe Sannino	Gino Pozzo	Manuel Almunia	Puma[43]	138.com (front)[43] Football Manager (back)[43]
Wigan Athletic	Uwe Rösler	Dave Whelan	Gary Caldwell	MiFit [citation needed]	12BET [citation needed]
Yeovil Town	Gary Johnson	John Fry	Jamie McAllister	Sondico[44]	W+S Recycling[44]

• ¹ According to current revision of List of English Football League managers

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Doncaster Rovers	Brian Flynn	End of contract	3 May 2013[45]	Pre-season	Paul Dickov	20 May 2013[46]
Millwall	Kenny Jackett	Resigned	7 May 2013[47]		Steve Lomas	6 June 2013[48]
Wigan Athletic	Roberto Martínez	Signed by Everton	3 June 2013[49]		Owen Coyle	14 June 2013[50]
Brighton & Hove Albion	Gus Poyet	Sacked	23 June 2013[51]		Óscar García	26 June 2013[52]
Derby County	Nigel Clough		28 September 2013[53]	14th	Steve McClaren	30 September 2013[54]
Middlesbrough	Tony Mowbray		21 October 2013[55]	16th	Aitor Karanka	13 November 2013[56]
Barnsley	David Flitcroft		30 November 2013[57]	24th	Danny Wilson	17 December 2013[58]
Sheffield Wednesday	Dave Jones		1 December 2013[59]	23rd	Stuart Gray	25 January 2014[60]
Wigan Athletic	Owen Coyle		2 December 2013[61]	14th	Uwe Rösler	7 December 2013[62]
Watford	Gianfranco Zola	Resigned	16 December 2013[63]	13th	Giuseppe Sannino	18 December 2013[64]
Millwall	Steve Lomas	Sacked	26 December 2013[65]	20th	Ian Holloway	6 January 2014[66]
Blackpool	Paul Ince		21 January 2014[67]	14th	Barry Ferguson	4 March 2014[68]
Charlton Athletic	Chris Powell		11 March 2014[69]	24th	José Riga	11 March 2014[69]
Nottingham Forest	Billy Davies		24 March 2014[70]	7th	Stuart Pearce	1 July 2014[71]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Leicester City (C, P)	46	31	9	6	83	43	+40	102	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Burnley (P)	46	26	15	5	72	37	+35	93
3	Derby County	46	25	10	11	84	52	+32	85	Qualification for Championship play-offs
4	Queens Park Rangers (O, P)	46	23	11	12	60	44	+16	80
5	Wigan Athletic	46	21	10	15	61	48	+13	73
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	19	15	12	55	40	+15	72
7	Reading	46	19	14	13	70	56	+14	71
8	Blackburn Rovers	46	18	16	12	70	62	+8	70
9	Ipswich Town	46	18	14	14	60	54	+6	68
10	Bournemouth	46	18	12	16	67	66	+1	66
11	Nottingham Forest	46	16	17	13	67	64	+3	65
12	Middlesbrough	46	16	16	14	62	50	+12	64
13	Watford	46	15	15	16	74	64	+10	60
14	Bolton Wanderers	46	14	17	15	59	60	−1	59
15	Leeds United	46	16	9	21	59	67	−8	57
16	Sheffield Wednesday	46	13	14	19	63	65	−2	53
17	Huddersfield Town	46	14	11	21	58	65	−7	53
18	Charlton Athletic	46	13	12	21	41	61	−20	51
19	Millwall	46	11	15	20	46	74	−28	48
20	Blackpool	46	11	13	22	38	66	−28	46
21	Birmingham City	46	11	11	24	58	74	−16	44
22	Doncaster Rovers (R)	46	11	11	24	39	70	−31	44	Relegation to Football League One
23	Barnsley (R)	46	9	12	25	44	77	−33	39
24	Yeovil Town (R)	46	8	13	25	44	75	−31	37

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

See also: 2014 Football League play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	3	Derby County	2	4	6
	6	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	2
								3	Derby County	0
								4	QPR	1
	4	QPR (a.e.t.)	0	2	2
	5	Wigan	0	1	1

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BLB	BLP	BOL	BOU	B&HA	BUR	CHA	DER	DON	HUD	IPS	LEE	LEI	MID	MIL	NOT	QPR	REA	SHW	WAT	WIG	YEO
Barnsley		0–3	2–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–3	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–5	0–4	1–1
Birmingham City	1–1		2–4	1–1	1–2	2–4	0–1	3–3	0–1	3–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–2	4–0	0–0	0–2	1–2	4–1	0–1	0–1	0–2
Blackburn Rovers	5–2	2–3		2–0	4–1	0–1	3–3	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	4–3	0–0
Blackpool	1–0	1–2	2–2		0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–2
Bolton Wanderers	1–0	2–2	4–0	1–0		2–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1
Bournemouth	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–2		1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	5–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	0–1	0–0	5–2	4–1	2–1	3–1	2–4	1–1	1–0	3–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–1		2–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0
Burnley	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0		3–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0
Charlton Athletic	1–2	0–2	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–3		0–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–4	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–2
Derby County	2–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	3–0		3–1	3–1	4–4	3–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	5–0	1–0	1–3	3–0	4–2	0–1	3–2
Doncaster Rovers	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–3	1–2	0–1	1–3	0–2	3–0	0–2		2–0	0–3	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–1
Huddersfield Town	5–0	1–3	2–4	1–1	0–1	5–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0		0–2	3–2	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–3	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	5–1
Ipswich Town	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1		1–2	1–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–1
Leeds United	0–0	4–0	1–2	2–0	1–5	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	5–1	1–1		0–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–4	1–1	3–3	2–0	2–0
Leicester City	2–1	3–2	2–1	3–1	5–3	2–1	1–4	1–1	3–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–0		2–0	3–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–1
Middlesbrough	3–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–2		1–2	1–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	4–1
Millwall	1–0	2–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–5	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–3	0–2		2–2	2–2	0–3	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–1
Nottingham Forest	3–2	1–0	4–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	1–2		2–0	2–3	3–3	4–2	1–4	3–1
Queens Park Rangers	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–3	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	5–2		1–3	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0
Reading	1–3	2–0	0–1	5–1	7–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		0–2	3–3	1–2	1–1
Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	4–1	3–3	2–0	1–3	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–3	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	6–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	3–0	5–2		1–4	0–3	1–1
Watford	3–0	1–0	3–3	4–0	0–1	6–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–4	3–1	3–0	0–3	1–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1		1–0	0–3
Wigan Athletic	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	3–2	3–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1		3–3
Yeovil Town	1–4	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–3	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–4	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. Source: http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/ResultsSearch/0,,10794~201300007,00.html
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers As of 12 May 2014. Rank Player Club Goals[72] 1 Ross McCormack Leeds United 28 2 Jordan Rhodes Blackburn Rovers 25 3 Troy Deeney Watford 24 4 Danny Ings Burnley 22 Lewis Grabban AFC Bournemouth Chris Martin1 Derby County 7 David Nugent Leicester City 20 Sam Vokes Burnley 9 Charlie Austin1 Queens Park Rangers 19 10 Craig Bryson Derby County 16 Jamie Vardy Leicester City - includes 2 goals in the play-offs

Penalties As of 12 May 2014. Rank Player Club Scored 1 David Nugent Leicester City 9 2 Lewis Grabban AFC Bournemouth 7 3 Troy Deeney Watford 6 4 Chris Martin1 Derby County 5 Charlie Austin1 Queens Park Rangers 6 Chris O'Grady Barnsley 4 Jordan Rhodes Blackburn Rovers Sam Vokes Burnley - includes 1 penalty in the play-offs

Hat-tricks

As of 3 May 2014.

#.	Player	Club	Against	Score	Date
1	Troy Deeney	Watford	AFC Bournemouth	6–1[73]	10 August 2013
2	James Vaughan	Huddersfield Town	AFC Bournemouth	5–1[74]	24 August 2013
3	Craig Bryson	Derby County	Millwall	1–5[75]	14 September 2013
4	Jesse Lingard4	Birmingham City	Sheffield Wednesday	4–1[76]	21 September 2013
5	Ross McCormack4	Leeds United	Charlton Athletic	2–4[77]	9 November 2013
6	Chris Martin	Derby County	Blackpool	5–1[78]	7 December 2013
7	Adam Le Fondre	Reading	Bolton Wanderers	7–1[79]	18 January 2014
8	Adam Le Fondre	Reading	Blackpool	5–1[80]	28 January 2014
9	Ross McCormack	Leeds United	Huddersfield Town	5–1[81]	1 February 2014
10	Yann Kermorgant	AFC Bournemouth	Doncaster Rovers	5–0[82]	1 March 2014
11	Jordan Rhodes	Blackburn Rovers	Huddersfield Town	2–4[83]	15 March 2014
12	Craig Bryson	Derby County	Nottingham Forest	5–0[84]	22 March 2014
13	Rudy Gestede	Blackburn Rovers	Birmingham City	2–4[85]	21 April 2014
14	Marvin Sordell	Charlton Athletic	Sheffield Wednesday	2–3[86]	21 April 2014
15	Danny Ward	Huddersfield Town	Watford	1–4[87]	3 May 2014
16	Callum Harriott	Charlton Athletic	Blackpool	0–3[88]	3 May 2014

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Scoring

• First goal: Danny Ings for Burnley against Bolton Wanderers (3 August 2013)^[89]
• Fastest goal: 15 seconds, David Goodwillie for Blackpool against Derby County (8 April 2014)
• Widest winning margin: 6 goals
  • Sheffield Wednesday 6–0 Leeds United (11 January 2014)
  • Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers (18 January 2014)
• Highest scoring game: 8 goals
  • Derby County 4–4 Ipswich Town (1 October 2013)
  • Leicester City 5–3 Bolton Wanderers (29 December 2013)
  • Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers (18 January 2014)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals
  • Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers (18 January 2014)
• Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
  • Leicester City 5–3 Bolton Wanderers (29 December 2013)
  • Blackburn Rovers 4–3 Wigan Athletic (3 May 2014)

Abandoned games

• Charlton Athletic 1–3 Doncaster Rovers (24 August 2013)^[90]
  ~ Charlton Athletic 2–0 Doncaster Rovers (Replay)^[91]
• Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Wigan Athletic (18 December 2013)^[92]
  ~ Sheffield Wednesday 0–3 Wigan Athletic (Replay)^[93]

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Reference
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Paul Ince	Blackpool	James Vaughan	Huddersfield Town	[94]
September	Sean Dyche	Burnley	David McGoldrick	Ipswich Town
October	Sean Dyche	Burnley	Danny Ings	Burnley	[95]
November	Óscar Garcia	Brighton & Hove Albion	Ross McCormack	Leeds United	[96]
December	Steve McClaren	Derby County	Danny Drinkwater	Leicester City	[97]
January	Nigel Pearson	Leicester City	Adam Le Fondre	Reading	[98]
February	Uwe Rösler	Wigan Athletic	Sam Vokes	Burnley
March	Nigel Pearson	Leicester City	Ravel Morrison	Queens Park Rangers
April	Sean Dyche	Burnley	Rudy Gestede	Blackburn Rovers

Transfers

Main articles: List of English football transfers summer 2013 and List of English football transfers winter 2013–14