List of EFL Championship seasons

This article lists seasons played in the second tier of English football from 1992–93, when the old Football League First Division was replaced by the Premier League as the top-level. Football League Division One was renamed the Football League Championship from 2004–05.

Seasons

Season Champions Runners-up Play-off winners Relegated to League One Relegated from Premier League Promoted from League One Top goal scorers
Club Pts Club Pts Club Player Goals
1992–93 Newcastle United 96 West Ham United 88 Swindon Town Brentford
Cambridge United
Bristol Rovers
Crystal Palace
Middlesbrough
Nottingham Forest
Stoke City
Bolton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion
Guy Whittingham
(Portsmouth)
42
1993–94 Crystal Palace 90 Nottingham Forest 83 Leicester City Birmingham City
Oxford United
Peterborough United
Sheffield United
Oldham Athletic
Swindon Town
Reading
Port Vale
Burnley
John McGinlay
(Bolton Wanderers)
25
1994–95 Middlesbrough 82 Reading[a] 78 Bolton Wanderers Swindon Town
Burnley
Bristol City
Notts County
Crystal Palace
Norwich City
Leicester City
Ipswich Town
Birmingham City
Huddersfield Town
John Aldridge
(Tranmere Rovers)
24
1995–96 Sunderland 83 Derby County 79 Leicester City Millwall
Watford
Luton Town
Manchester City
Queens Park Rangers
Bolton Wanderers
Swindon Town
Oxford United
Bradford City
John Aldridge
(Tranmere Rovers)
27
1996–97 Bolton Wanderers 98 Barnsley 80 Crystal Palace Grimsby Town
Oldham Athletic
Southend United
Sunderland
Middlesbrough
Nottingham Forest
Bury
Stockport County
Crewe Alexandra
John McGinlay
(Bolton Wanderers)
27
1997–98 Nottingham Forest 94 Middlesbrough 91 Charlton Athletic Manchester City
Stoke City
Reading
Bolton Wanderers
Barnsley
Crystal Palace
Watford
Bristol City
Grimsby Town
Pierre van Hooijdonk
(Nottingham Forest)
Kevin Phillips
(Sunderland)
29
1998–99 Sunderland 105 Bradford City 87 Watford Bury
Oxford United
Bristol City
Charlton Athletic
Blackburn Rovers
Nottingham Forest
Fulham
Walsall
Manchester City
Lee Hughes
(West Bromwich Albion)
31
1999–2000 Charlton Athletic 91 Manchester City 89 Ipswich Town Walsall
Port Vale
Swindon Town
Wimbledon
Sheffield Wednesday
Watford
Preston North End
Burnley
Gillingham
Andy Hunt
(Charlton Athletic)
24
2000–01 Fulham 101 Blackburn Rovers 91 Bolton Wanderers Huddersfield Town
Queens Park Rangers
Tranmere Rovers
Manchester City
Coventry City
Bradford City
Millwall
Rotherham United
Walsall
Louis Saha
(Fulham)
27
2001–02 Manchester City 99 West Bromwich Albion 89 Birmingham City Crewe Alexandra
Barnsley
Stockport County
Ipswich Town
Derby County
Leicester City
Brighton & Hove Albion
Reading
Stoke City
Shaun Goater
(Manchester City)
28
2002–03 Portsmouth 98 Leicester City 92 Wolverhampton Wanderers Sheffield Wednesday
Brighton & Hove Albion
Grimsby Town
West Ham United
West Bromwich Albion
Sunderland
Wigan Athletic
Crewe Alexandra
Cardiff City
Svetoslav Todorov
(Portsmouth)
26
2003–04 Norwich City 94 West Bromwich Albion 86 Crystal Palace Walsall
Bradford City
Wimbledon
Leicester City
Leeds United
Wolves
Plymouth Argyle
Queens Park Rangers
Brighton & Hove Albion
Andrew Johnson
(Crystal Palace)
27
Football League Championship
2004–05 Sunderland 94 Wigan Athletic 87 West Ham United Gillingham
Nottingham Forest
Rotherham United
Crystal Palace
Norwich City
Southampton
Luton Town
Hull City
Sheffield Wednesday
Nathan Ellington
(Wigan Athletic)
24
2005–06 Reading 106 Sheffield United 90 Watford Crewe Alexandra
Millwall
Brighton & Hove Albion
Birmingham City
West Bromwich Albion
Sunderland
Southend United
Colchester United
Barnsley
Marlon King
(Watford)
21
2006–07 Sunderland 88 Birmingham City 86 Derby County Southend United
Luton Town
Leeds United
Sheffield United
Charlton Athletic
Watford
Scunthorpe United
Bristol City
Blackpool
Jamie Cureton
(Colchester United)
23
2007–08 West Bromwich Albion 81 Stoke City 79 Hull City Leicester City
Scunthorpe United
Colchester United
Reading
Birmingham City
Derby County
Swansea City
Nottingham Forest
Doncaster Rovers
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
(Plymouth Argyle/Wolverhampton Wanderers)
23
2008–09 Wolverhampton Wanderers 90 Birmingham City 83 Burnley Norwich City
Southampton
Charlton Athletic
Newcastle United
Middlesbrough
West Bromwich Albion
Leicester City
Peterborough United
Scunthorpe United
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
(Wolverhampton Wanderers)
25
2009–10 Newcastle United 102 West Bromwich Albion 91 Blackpool Sheffield Wednesday
Plymouth Argyle
Peterborough United
Hull City
Burnley
Portsmouth
Norwich City
Leeds United
Millwall
Nicky Maynard
(Bristol City)
Peter Whittingham
(Cardiff City)
20
2010–11 Queens Park Rangers 88 Norwich City 84 Swansea City Preston North End
Scunthorpe United
Sheffield United
Birmingham City
Blackpool
West Ham United
Brighton & Hove Albion
Southampton
Peterborough United
Danny Graham
(Watford)
24
2011–12 Reading 89 Southampton 88 West Ham United Portsmouth
Coventry City
Doncaster Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Blackburn Rovers
Wolves
Charlton Athletic
Sheffield Wednesday
Huddersfield Town
Rickie Lambert 27
2012–13 Cardiff City 87 Hull City 79 Crystal Palace Peterborough United
Wolves
Bristol City
Reading
Queens Park Rangers
Wigan Athletic
Bournemouth
Doncaster Rovers
Yeovil Town
Glenn Murray
(Crystal Palace)
30
2013–14 Leicester City 102 Burnley 93 Queens Park Rangers Yeovil Town
Barnsley
Doncaster Rovers
Cardiff City
Fulham
Norwich City
Wolves
Brentford
Rotherham United
Ross McCormack
(Leeds United)
28
2014–15 AFC Bournemouth 90 Watford 89 Norwich City Millwall
Wigan Athletic
Blackpool
Hull City
Burnley
Queens Park Rangers
Bristol City
Milton Keynes Dons
Preston North End
Daryl Murphy
(Ipswich Town)
27
2015–16 Burnley 93 Middlesbrough 89 Hull City Charlton Athletic
Milton Keynes Dons
Bolton Wanderers
Newcastle United
Norwich City
Aston Villa
Wigan Athletic
Burton Albion
Barnsley
Andre Gray
(Burnley)
25
2016–17 Newcastle United 94 Brighton & Hove Albion 93 Huddersfield Town Blackburn Rovers
Wigan Athletic
Rotherham United
Hull City
Middlesbrough
Sunderland
Sheffield United
Bolton Wanderers
Millwall
Chris Wood
(Leeds United)
27
2017–18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 99 Cardiff City 90 Fulham Barnsley
Burton Albion
Sunderland
Swansea City
Stoke City
West Bromwich Albion
Wigan Athletic
Blackburn Rovers
Rotherham United
Matěj Vydra
(Derby County)
21
2018–19 Norwich City 94 Sheffield United 89 Aston Villa Rotherham United
Bolton Wanderers
Ipswich Town
Cardiff City
Fulham
Huddersfield Town
Luton Town
Barnsley
Charlton Athletic
Teemu Pukki
(Norwich City)
29
2019–20 Leeds United 93 West Bromwich Albion 83 Fulham Charlton Athletic
Wigan Athletic
Hull City
Watford
Bournemouth
Norwich City
Coventry City
Rotherham United
Wycombe Wanderers
Aleksandar Mitrović
(Fulham)
Ollie Watkins
(Brentford)
26
2020–21 Norwich City 97 Watford 91 Brentford Wycombe Wanderers
Rotherham United
Sheffield Wednesday
Fulham
West Bromwich Albion
Sheffield United
Hull City
Peterborough United
Blackpool
Ivan Toney
(Brentford)
31
2021–22 Fulham 90 Bournemouth 88 Nottingham Forest Peterborough United
Derby County
Barnsley
Burnley
Watford
Norwich City
Wigan Athletic
Rotherham United
Sunderland
Aleksandar Mitrović
(Fulham)
43
2022–23 Burnley 101 Sheffield United 91 Luton Town Reading
Blackpool
Wigan Athletic
Leicester City
Leeds United
Southampton
Plymouth Argyle
Ipswich Town
Sheffield Wednesday
Chuba Akpom
(Middlesbrough)
28

Notes

  1. ^ During the 1994–95 season the Premier League was to be reduced to twenty teams from twenty-two, so there were four relegation places in the Premier League and in Division One and only two promotion places in Division One and Division Two, therefore the runners-up didn't earn automatic promotion.

References

  • "English League Leading Goalscorers".
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