2016–17 English Football League

The 2016–17 English Football League was the 118th season of the English Football League. It began on 6 August 2016 and concluded with the Championship promotion play-off final at Wembley Stadium on 29 May 2017.^[1] The EFL is contested through three divisions. The divisions are the Championship, League One and League Two. The winner of the Championship, Newcastle United, and runner-up Brighton & Hove Albion were automatically promoted to the Premier League and they were joined by the winner of the Championship playoff, Huddersfield Town. The bottom two teams in League Two, Hartlepool United and Leyton Orient, were relegated to the National League.

English Football League

Season	2016–17
Champions	Newcastle United
Promoted	Newcastle United Brighton & Hove Albion Huddersfield Town
Relegated	Hartlepool United Leyton Orient
New Clubs in League	Cheltenham Town Grimsby Town
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

It was the league's first season after rebranding from the Football League to the English Football League.^[2]

Promotion and relegation following 2015-16 season

From the Premier League Relegated to the Championship Newcastle United Norwich City Aston Villa From the Championship Promoted to the Premier League Burnley Middlesbrough Hull City Relegated to League One Charlton Athletic Milton Keynes Dons Bolton Wanderers

From League One Promoted to the Championship Wigan Athletic Burton Albion Barnsley Relegated to League Two Doncaster Rovers Blackpool Colchester United Crewe Alexandra

From League Two Promoted to League One Northampton Town Oxford United Bristol Rovers AFC Wimbledon Relegated to the National League Dagenham & Redbridge York City From the National League Promoted to League Two Cheltenham Town Grimsby Town

Championship

This section is transcluded from 2016–17 EFL Championship. (edit | history)

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Newcastle United (C, P)	46	29	7	10	85	40	+45	94	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Brighton & Hove Albion (P)	46	28	9	9	74	40	+34	93
3	Reading	46	26	7	13	68	64	+4	85	Qualification for the Championship play-offs[a]
4	Sheffield Wednesday	46	24	9	13	60	45	+15	81
5	Huddersfield Town (O, P)	46	25	6	15	56	58	−2	81
6	Fulham	46	22	14	10	85	57	+28	80
7	Leeds United	46	22	9	15	61	47	+14	75
8	Norwich City	46	20	10	16	85	69	+16	70
9	Derby County	46	18	13	15	54	50	+4	67
10	Brentford	46	18	10	18	75	65	+10	64
11	Preston North End	46	16	14	16	64	63	+1	62
12	Cardiff City	46	17	11	18	60	61	−1	62
13	Aston Villa	46	16	14	16	47	48	−1	62
14	Barnsley	46	15	13	18	64	67	−3	58
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	16	10	20	54	58	−4	58
16	Ipswich Town	46	13	16	17	48	58	−10	55
17	Bristol City	46	15	9	22	60	66	−6	54
18	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	8	23	52	66	−14	53
19	Birmingham City	46	13	14	19	45	64	−19	53
20	Burton Albion	46	13	13	20	49	63	−14	52
21	Nottingham Forest	46	14	9	23	62	72	−10	51
22	Blackburn Rovers (R)	46	12	15	19	53	65	−12	51	Relegation to EFL League One
23	Wigan Athletic (R)	46	10	12	24	40	57	−17	42
24	Rotherham United (R)	46	5	8	33	40	98	−58	23

Source: English Football League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Play-offs

See also: 2017 English Football League play-offs

	Semi-finals							Final
	3	Reading	1	1	2
	6	Fulham	1	0	1
								3	Reading	0 (3)
								5	Huddersfield Town	0 (4)
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	0	1	1 (3)
	5	Huddersfield Town	0	1	1 (4)

The four teams that finished from third to sixth played off, with the winning team, Huddersfield Town, gaining the final promotion spot to the Premier League.

In the play-off semi-finals the third-placed team played the sixth-placed team and the fourth-placed team played the fifth-placed team. The team that finished in the higher league position played away in the first leg and played at home in the second leg. If the aggregate score was level after both legs, then extra time was played. If the scores were still level, a penalty shoot-out decided the winner. The away goals rule does not apply in the playoffs.

The winners from the two semi-finals played at Wembley Stadium in the play-off final. The game is known as the richest game in football as the winning club is guaranteed significantly increased television rights payments estimated to be in the order of £170M.^[3][4]

Results

Home \ Away	AST	BAR	BIR	BLB	BRE	B&HA	BRI	BRT	CAR	DER	FUL	HUD	IPS	LEE	NEW	NWC	NOT	PNE	QPR	REA	ROT	SHW	WIG	WOL
Aston Villa		1–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–3	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–1
Barnsley	1–1		2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	2–1	2–5	0–0	3–2	1–2	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–3
Birmingham City	1–1	0–3		1–0	1–3	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	0–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–4	0–1	4–2	2–1	0–1	1–3
Blackburn Rovers	1–0	0–2	1–1		3–2	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–4	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–3	4–2	0–1	1–0	1–1
Brentford	3–0	0–2	1–2	1–3		3–3	2–0	2–1	2–2	4–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	5–0	3–1	4–1	4–2	1–1	0–0	1–2
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–2		0–1	4–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	5–0	3–0	2–2	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–0
Bristol City	3–1	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–2		0–0	2–3	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–3	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–1
Burton Albion	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–5	0–1	1–2		2–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–4	2–1	3–1	0–2	2–1
Cardiff City	1–0	3–4	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0		0–2	2–2	3–2	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	5–0	1–1	0–1	2–1
Derby County	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–3	0–0	3–4		4–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	2–0	0–0	3–1
Fulham	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–4	1–1	2–2	2–2		5–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–2	3–1	1–2	5–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–3
Huddersfield Town	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–3	1–0	1–4		2–0	2–1	1–3	3–0	2–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–0
Ipswich Town	0–0	4–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	0–2	0–1		1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–2	0–1	3–0	0–0
Leeds United	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0		0–2	3–3	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–1
Newcastle United	2–0	3–0	4–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–2	3–0	1–1		4–3	3–1	4–1	2–2	4–1	4–0	0–1	2–1	0–2
Norwich City	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	5–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–2	3–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	2–3	2–2		5–1	0–1	4–0	7–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	3–1
Nottingham Forest	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–3	3–0	1–0	4–3	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–2		1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–2	4–3	0–2
Preston North End	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	4–2	2–0	5–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–4	1–2	1–3	1–1		2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0
Queens Park Rangers	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	0–6	2–1	2–0	0–2		1–1	5–1	1–2	2–1	1–2
Reading	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–1	3–2	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–1		2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1
Rotherham United	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	1–0	0–1		0–2	3–2	2–2
Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–1	5–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–0		2–1	0–0
Wigan Athletic	0–2	3–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	3–2	0–1		2–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	0–4	1–2	0–0	3–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	3–1	2–3	4–4	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–1

Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League One

This section is transcluded from 2016–17 EFL League One. (edit | history)

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Sheffield United (C, P)	46	30	10	6	92	47	+45	100	Promotion to the EFL Championship
2	Bolton Wanderers (P)	46	25	11	10	68	36	+32	86
3	Scunthorpe United	46	24	10	12	80	54	+26	82	Qualification for the League One play-offs[a]
4	Fleetwood Town	46	23	13	10	64	43	+21	82
5	Bradford City	46	20	19	7	62	43	+19	79
6	Millwall (O, P)	46	20	13	13	66	57	+9	73
7	Southend United	46	20	12	14	70	53	+17	72
8	Oxford United	46	20	9	17	65	52	+13	69
9	Rochdale	46	19	12	15	71	62	+9	69
10	Bristol Rovers	46	18	12	16	68	70	−2	66
11	Peterborough United	46	17	11	18	62	62	0	62
12	Milton Keynes Dons	46	16	13	17	60	58	+2	61
13	Charlton Athletic	46	14	18	14	60	53	+7	60
14	Walsall	46	14	16	16	51	58	−7	58
15	AFC Wimbledon	46	13	18	15	52	55	−3	57
16	Northampton Town	46	14	11	21	60	73	−13	53
17	Oldham Athletic	46	12	17	17	31	44	−13	53
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	12	21	46	63	−17	51
19	Bury	46	13	11	22	61	73	−12	50
20	Gillingham	46	12	14	20	59	79	−20	50
21	Port Vale (R)	46	12	13	21	45	70	−25	49	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	Swindon Town (R)	46	11	11	24	44	66	−22	44
23	Coventry City (R)	46	9	12	25	37	68	−31	39
24	Chesterfield (R)	46	9	10	27	43	78	−35	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
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

Play-offs

See also: 2017 English Football League play-offs

	Semi-finals							Final
	3	Scunthorpe United	0	2	2
	6	Millwall	0	3	3
								6	Millwall	1
								5	Bradford City	0
	4	Fleetwood Town	0	0	0
	5	Bradford City	1	0	1

Results

Home \ Away	WIM	BOL	BRA	BRR	BRY	CHA	CHF	COV	FLE	GIL	MIL	MKD	NOR	OLD	OXF	PET	PTV	ROC	SCU	SHU	SHR	STD	SWI	WAL
AFC Wimbledon		1–2	2–3	0–1	5–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	3–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–0
Bolton Wanderers	1–1		0–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	3–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	4–1
Bradford City	3–0	2–2		1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	4–0	0–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0
Bristol Rovers	2–0	1–2	1–1		4–2	1–5	2–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	3–4	0–0	5–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1
Bury	1–2	0–2	0–2	3–0		2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–3	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–3	5–1	4–1	0–1	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–4	1–0	3–3
Charlton Athletic	1–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	0–1		1–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–1
Chesterfield	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–2	1–2		1–0	0–1	3–3	1–3	0–0	3–1	0–1	0–4	3–3	1–0	1–3	0–3	1–4	1–1	0–4	3–1	2–0
Coventry City	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0		0–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–3	1–0
Fleetwood Town	0–0	2–4	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–0		2–1	1–0	1–4	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–1
Gillingham	2–2	0–4	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–3		1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1
Millwall	0–0	0–2	1–1	4–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1		2–1	3–0	3–0	0–3	1–0	2–0	2–3	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0
Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–3	1–3	0–1	2–3	1–0	0–1	3–2	2–2		5–3	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–3	2–1	0–3	3–2	1–1
Northampton Town	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–3	3–2	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	3–2		1–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–2	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–0
Oldham Athletic	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–0		2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–2	0–2	0–0
Oxford United	1–3	2–4	1–0	0–2	5–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–3	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1		2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–0
Peterborough United	0–1	1–0	0–1	4–2	3–1	2–0	5–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	5–1	0–4	3–0	1–1	1–2		2–2	3–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–4	2–2	1–1
Port Vale	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–3	2–2	2–2	0–3		1–0	3–1	0–3	2–1	2–0	3–2	0–1
Rochdale	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–3	3–0	2–0	2–1	4–1	3–3	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–4	2–3	3–0		3–2	3–3	2–1	3–0	4–0	4–0
Scunthorpe United	1–2	1–0	3–2	3–1	3–2	0–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	5–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–1		2–2	0–1	4–0	4–1	0–0
Sheffield United	4–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–1		2–1	0–3	4–0	0–1
Shrewsbury Town	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–3	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–3	1–2	0–1	2–4	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–3		1–0	1–1	1–1
Southend United	3–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–3	3–1	1–2	2–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–4	1–1		1–1	3–2
Swindon Town	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–4	1–1	0–0		0–2
Walsall	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–3	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–4	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–4	4–1	3–2	0–0	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2017. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League Two

This section is transcluded from 2016–17 EFL League Two. (edit | history)

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Portsmouth (C, P)	46	26	9	11	79	40	+39	87	Promotion to EFL League One
2	Plymouth Argyle (P)	46	26	9	11	71	46	+25	87
3	Doncaster Rovers (P)	46	25	10	11	85	55	+30	85
4	Luton Town	46	20	17	9	70	43	+27	77	Qualification for League Two play-offs[a]
5	Exeter City	46	21	8	17	75	56	+19	71
6	Carlisle United	46	18	17	11	69	68	+1	71
7	Blackpool (O, P)	46	18	16	12	69	46	+23	70
8	Colchester United	46	19	12	15	67	57	+10	69
9	Wycombe Wanderers	46	19	12	15	58	53	+5	69
10	Stevenage	46	20	7	19	67	63	+4	67
11	Cambridge United	46	19	9	18	58	50	+8	66
12	Mansfield Town	46	17	15	14	54	50	+4	66
13	Accrington Stanley	46	17	14	15	59	56	+3	65
14	Grimsby Town	46	17	11	18	59	63	−4	62
15	Barnet	46	14	15	17	57	64	−7	57
16	Notts County	46	16	8	22	54	76	−22	56
17	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	13	19	58	67	−9	55
18	Morecambe	46	14	10	22	53	73	−20	52
19	Crawley Town	46	13	12	21	53	71	−18	51
20	Yeovil Town	46	11	17	18	49	64	−15	50
21	Cheltenham Town	46	12	14	20	49	69	−20	50
22	Newport County	46	12	12	22	51	73	−22	48
23	Hartlepool United (R)	46	11	13	22	54	75	−21	46	Relegation to the National League
24	Leyton Orient (R)	46	10	6	30	47	87	−40	36

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. 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
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One

Play-offs

See also: 2017 English Football League play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	4	Luton Town	2	3	5
	7	Blackpool	3	3	6
								7	Blackpool	2
								5	Exeter City	1
	5	Exeter City	3	3	6
	6	Carlisle United	3	2	5

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	BAR	BLP	CAM	CRL	CHL	COL	CRA	CRE	DON	EXE	GRI	HAR	LEY	LUT	MAN	MOR	NPC	NTC	PLY	POR	STE	WYC	YEO
Accrington Stanley		1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–2	3–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	5–0	1–4	1–1	2–3	1–3	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–1
Barnet	2–0		1–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–3	1–4	3–1	3–2	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–2
Blackpool	0–0	2–2		1–1	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	4–2	2–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	3–1	4–1	4–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–2
Cambridge United	2–1	1–1	0–0		2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–3	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–3	1–3	1–2	3–2	4–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–0
Carlisle United	1–1	1–1	1–4	0–3		1–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	3–2	1–3	3–2	2–2	0–0	5–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–1
Cheltenham Town	3–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–0		0–3	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0
Colchester United	1–2	2–1	3–2	2–0	4–1	2–0		2–3	4–0	1–1	2–3	3–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–4	4–0	1–0	2–0
Crawley Town	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–3	0–0	1–1		0–3	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–0
Crewe Alexandra	0–1	4–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–2		2–1	2–0	5–0	3–3	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–1
Doncaster Rovers	2–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1		1–3	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	4–1
Exeter City	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–3	3–0	3–0	0–1	4–0	1–3		0–0	1–2	4–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	4–2	3–3
Grimsby Town	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–5	0–3		0–3	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	5–2	1–2	4–2
Hartlepool United	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–5	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	3–1	0–1		1–3	1–1	0–0	3–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1
Leyton Orient	1–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–3	3–2	0–2	1–4	0–1	0–3	2–1		1–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–3	0–2	0–1	3–0	0–2	0–1
Luton Town	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–2		1–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	4–1	1–1
Mansfield Town	4–4	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	4–0	2–0	1–1		0–1	2–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–0
Morecambe	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	1–2	1–1	2–3	0–0	1–5	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–3		0–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–3
Newport County	1–0	2–2	1–3	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–4	0–0	3–1	0–4	1–1	2–3	1–1		2–1	1–3	2–3	0–2	0–1	1–0
Notts County	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–3	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–3		1–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–0
Plymouth Argyle	0–1	0–2	0–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	0–3	1–1	2–3	0–3	2–0	1–0	6–1	0–1		2–2	4–2	3–3	4–1
Portsmouth	2–0	5–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	6–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	4–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1		1–2	4–2	3–1
Stevenage	0–3	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–4	2–1	1–2	3–4	0–2	2–0	6–1	4–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	3–0	1–2	3–0		3–0	2–2
Wycombe Wanderers	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	3–3	0–2	1–2	5–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0		1–1
Yeovil Town	1–1	0–1	0–3	1–1	0–2	4–2	2–1	5–0	3–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–4	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table at time of departure	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Position in table at time of appointment
Stevenage	Teddy Sheringham	Sacked	1 February 2016[5]	2015–16 season	Darren Sarll	8 May 2016[6]	Pre-season
Barnsley	Lee Johnson	Signed by Bristol City	6 February 2016[7]		Paul Heckingbottom	15 June 2016[8]
Walsall	Sean O'Driscoll	Sacked	6 March 2016[9]		Jon Whitney	1 June 2016[10]
Nottingham Forest	Dougie Freedman		13 March 2016[11]		Philippe Montanier	26 June 2016[12]
Bolton Wanderers	Neil Lennon	Mutual Consent	15 March 2016[13]		Phil Parkinson	10 June 2016[14]
Aston Villa	Rémi Garde		29 March 2016[15]	2015–16 Premier League season	Roberto Di Matteo	2 June 2016[16]
Leyton Orient	Kevin Nolan	Removed From Managerial Role	12 April 2016[17]	2015–16 season	Andy Hessenthaler	3 June 2016[18]
Peterborough United	Graham Westley	Sacked	23 April 2016[19]		Grant McCann	16 May 2016[20]
Blackburn Rovers	Paul Lambert	Mutual consent	7 May 2016[21]	Pre-season	Owen Coyle	2 June 2016[22]
Cardiff City	Russell Slade	Promoted to head of football	7 May 2016[23]		Paul Trollope	18 May 2016[24]
Charlton Athletic	José Riga	Resigned	7 May 2016[25]		Russell Slade	6 June 2016[26]
Notts County	Mark Cooper	End of contract	7 May 2016[27]		John Sheridan	27 May 2016[28]
Sheffield United	Nigel Adkins	Sacked	12 May 2016[29]		Chris Wilder	12 May 2016[29]
Northampton Town	Chris Wilder	Signed by Sheffield United	12 May 2016[29]		Rob Page	19 May 2016[30]
Blackpool	Neil McDonald	Mutual Consent	18 May 2016[31]		Gary Bowyer	1 June 2016[32]
Rotherham United	Neil Warnock	End of contract	18 May 2016[33]		Alan Stubbs	1 June 2016[34]
Port Vale	Rob Page	Signed by Northampton Town	19 May 2016[30]		Bruno Ribeiro	20 June 2016[35]
Reading	Brian McDermott	Sacked	27 May 2016[36]		Jaap Stam	13 June 2016[37]
Oldham Athletic	John Sheridan	Signed by Notts County	27 May 2016[28]		Steve Robinson	9 July 2016[38]
Derby County	Darren Wassall	Reappointed Academy Director	27 May 2016[39]		Nigel Pearson	27 May 2016[39]
Leeds United	Steve Evans	Sacked	31 May 2016[40]		Garry Monk	2 June 2016[41]
Bradford City	Phil Parkinson	Signed by Bolton Wanderers	10 June 2016[14]		Stuart McCall	20 June 2016[42]
Fleetwood Town	Steven Pressley	Resigned	26 July 2016[43]		Uwe Rösler	30 July 2016[44]
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Kenny Jackett	Sacked	29 July 2016[45]		Walter Zenga	30 July 2016[46]
Leyton Orient	Andy Hessenthaler		26 September 2016[47]	14th	Alberto Cavasin	2 October 2016[48]	17th
Newport County	Warren Feeney		28 September 2016[49]	24th	Graham Westley	7 October 2016[50]	24th
Coventry City	Tony Mowbray	Resigned	29 September 2016[51]	24th	Russell Slade	21 December 2016[52]	23rd
Aston Villa	Roberto Di Matteo	Sacked	3 October 2016[53]	19th	Steve Bruce	12 October 2016[54]	19th
Cardiff City	Paul Trollope		4 October 2016[55]	23rd	Neil Warnock	5 October 2016[56]	23rd
Shrewsbury Town	Micky Mellon	Signed by Tranmere Rovers	6 October 2016[57]	22nd	Paul Hurst	24 October 2016[58]	24th
Derby County	Nigel Pearson	Mutual Consent	8 October 2016[59]	20th	Steve McClaren	12 October 2016[60]	20th
Rotherham United	Alan Stubbs	Sacked	19 October 2016[61]	24th	Kenny Jackett	21 October 2016[62]	24th
Milton Keynes Dons	Karl Robinson	Mutual Consent	23 October 2016[63]	19th	Robbie Neilson	2 December 2016[64]	19th
Grimsby Town	Paul Hurst	Signed by Shrewsbury Town	24 October 2016[58]	8th	Marcus Bignot	7 November 2016[65]	8th
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Walter Zenga	Sacked	25 October 2016[66]	18th	Paul Lambert	5 November 2016[67]	19th
Wigan Athletic	Gary Caldwell		25 October 2016[68]	23rd	Warren Joyce	2 November 2016[69]	22nd
Queens Park Rangers	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink		5 November 2016[70]	17th	Ian Holloway	11 November 2016[71]	17th
Mansfield Town	Adam Murray	Resigned	14 November 2016[72]	18th	Steve Evans	16 November 2016[73]	18th
Charlton Athletic	Russell Slade	Sacked	14 November 2016[74]	15th	Karl Robinson	24 November 2016[75]	11th
Bury	David Flitcroft		16 November 2016[76]	16th	Chris Brass	15 December 2016[77]	20th
Leyton Orient	Alberto Cavasin		23 November 2016[78]	22nd	Andy Edwards	23 November 2016[78]	22nd
Rotherham United	Kenny Jackett	Resigned	28 November 2016[79]	24th	Paul Warne	5 April 2017[80]	24th
Barnet	Martin Allen	Signed by Eastleigh	1 December 2016[81]	8th	Kevin Nugent	15 February 2017[82]	11th
Birmingham City	Gary Rowett	Sacked	14 December 2016[83]	7th	Gianfranco Zola	14 December 2016[84]	7th
Port Vale	Bruno Ribeiro	Resigned	26 December 2016[85]	17th	Michael Brown	3 May 2017[86]	2017–18 season
Notts County	John Sheridan	Sacked	2 January 2017[87]	22nd	Kevin Nolan	12 January 2017[88]	22nd
Gillingham	Justin Edinburgh		2 January 2017[89]	17th	Adrian Pennock	4 January 2017[90]	17th
Chesterfield	Danny Wilson		8 January 2017[91]	22nd	Gary Caldwell	17 January 2017[92]	22nd
Crewe Alexandra	Steve Davis		8 January 2017[93]	18th	David Artell	8 January 2017[93]	18th
Northampton Town	Rob Page		9 January 2017[94]	16th	Justin Edinburgh	13 January 2017[95]	16th
Oldham Athletic	Steve Robinson		12 January 2017[96]	24th	John Sheridan	12 January 2017[96]	24th
Nottingham Forest	Philippe Montanier		14 January 2017[97]	20th	Mark Warburton	14 March 2017[98]	19th
Hartlepool United	Craig Hignett	Mutual Consent	15 January 2017[99]	19th	Dave Jones	18 January 2017[100]	19th
Leyton Orient	Andy Edwards	Resigned	29 January 2017[101]	23rd	Daniel Webb	29 January 2017[101]	23rd
Bury	Chris Brass	Replaced	15 February 2017[102]	21st	Lee Clark	15 February 2017[102]	21st
Blackburn Rovers	Owen Coyle	Mutual Consent	21 February 2017[103]	23rd	Tony Mowbray	22 February 2017[104]	23rd
Coventry City	Russell Slade	Sacked	5 March 2017[105]	24th	Mark Robins	6 March 2017[106]	24th
Newport County	Graham Westley		9 March 2017[107]	24th	Michael Flynn	9 May 2017[108]	2017–18 season
Norwich City	Alex Neil		10 March 2017[109]	8th	Daniel Farke	25 May 2017[110]	2017–18 season
Derby County	Steve McClaren		12 March 2017[111]	10th	Gary Rowett	14 March 2017[112]	10th
Wigan Athletic	Warren Joyce		13 March 2017[113]	23rd	Graham Barrow	13 March 2017[113]	23rd
Leyton Orient	Daniel Webb	Resigned	30 March 2017[114]	24th	Omer Riza	30 March 2017[114]	24th
Grimsby Town	Marcus Bignot	Sacked	10 April 2017[115]	14th	Russell Slade	12 April 2017[116]	14th
Barnet	Kevin Nugent		15 April 2017[117]	16th	Rossi Eames	19 May 2017[118]	2017–18 season
Birmingham City	Gianfranco Zola	Resigned	17 April 2017[119]	20th	Harry Redknapp	18 April 2017[120]	20th
Hartlepool United	Dave Jones	Sacked	24 April 2017[121]	23rd	Craig Harrison	26 May 2017[122]	2017–18 season
Leyton Orient	Omer Riza		10 July 2017[123]	24th	Steve Davis	10 July 2017[123]	2017–18 season