EFL Championship 2018/19

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EFL Championship 2018/19
Climbers Norwich City
Sheffield United
Aston Villa
Relegation ↑ Leeds United
West Bromwich Albion
Aston Villa
Derby County
Relegated Rotherham United
Bolton Wanderers
Ipswich Town
Teams 24
Games 552 + 5 play-off games
 (of which 552 played)
Gates 1,471  (ø 2.66 per game)
spectator 11,119,564  (ø 20,144 per game)
Top scorer FinlandFinland Teemu Pukki (Norwich City), 29 goals
← EFL Championship 2017/18
↑ Premier League 2018/19

The EFL Championship 2018/19 was the 15th season of the English EFL Championship and at the same time the 27th season of the top division of the English Football League - after the introduction of the Premier League - as only the second highest English league. The season began on August 3, 2018 with Reading FC's game against Derby County and ended on May 27, 2019 with the final of the promotion play-offs.

Teams

A total of 24 teams played in the English second division, including 18 from the 2017/18 season . As a climber from the EFL League One 2017/18 came Wigan Athletic , the Blackburn Rovers and Rotherham United to do so. The three relegated teams from the Premier League 2017/18 completed the field: Swansea City , Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion . Wolverhampton Wanderers , Cardiff City and Fulham FC were no longer represented as promoted to the Premier League 2018/19 and Barnsley FC , Burton Albion and AFC Sunderland as relegated to EFL League One 2018/19 .

Clubs in the EFL Championship 2018/19
society city Stadion capacity
Aston Villa Birmingham Villa Park 42,640
Birmingham City Birmingham St. Andrew's Stadium 30.009
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park 31,367
Bolton Wanderers Bolton University of Bolton Stadium 28,723
Brentford FC Brentford , London Griffin Park 12,763
Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate Stadium 27,699
Derby County Derby iPro Stadium 33,597
Hull City Kingston upon Hull KCOM Stadium 25,404
Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,311
Leeds United Leeds Elland Road 39,460
Middlesbrough FC Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 35,100
Millwall FC Bermondsey , London The Den 20,146
Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 27,244
Nottingham Forest Nottingham City Ground 24,357
Preston North End Preston Deepdale 23,408
Queens Park Rangers Shepherd's Bush , London Loftus Road 19,148
Reading FC Reading Madejski Stadium 24,161
Rotherham United Rotherham New York Stadium 12,021
Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,702
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Hillsborough Stadium 39,812
Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent Britannia Stadium 30,089
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns 26,850
Wigan Athletic Wigan DW Stadium 25,138
Swansea City Swansea , Wales Liberty Stadium 20,909

table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Norwich City  46  27  13  6th 093:570 +36 94
 2. Sheffield United  46  26th  11  9 078:410 +37 89
 3. Leeds United  46  25th  8th  13 073:500 +23 83
 4th West Bromwich Albion (A)  46  23  11  12 087:620 +25 80
 5. Aston Villa  46  20th  16  10 082:610 +21 76
 6th Derby County  46  20th  14th  12 069:540 +15 74
 7th Middlesbrough FC  46  20th  13  13 049:410  +8 73
 8th. Bristol City  46  19th  13  14th 059:530  +6 70
 9. Nottingham Forest  46  17th  15th  14th 061:540  +7 66
10. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea City (A)  46  18th  11  17th 065:620  +3 65
11. Brentford FC  46  17th  13  16 073:590 +14 64
12. Sheffield Wednesday  46  16  16  14th 060:620  −2 64
13. Hull City  46  17th  11  18th 066:680  −2 62
14th Preston North End  46  16  13  17th 067:670  ± 0 61
15th Blackburn Rovers (N)  46  16  12  18th 064:690  −5 60
16. Stoke City (A)  46  11  22nd  13 043:500  −7 55
17th Birmingham City 1  46  14th  19th  13 064:580  +6 52
18th Wigan Athletic (N)  46  13  13  20th 051:640 −13 52
19th Queens Park Rangers  46  14th  9  23 053:710 −18 51
20th Reading FC  46  10  17th  19th 049:660 −17 47
21st Millwall FC  46  10  14th  22nd 048:640 −16 44
22nd Rotherham United (N)  46  8th  16  22nd 052:830 −31 40
23. Bolton Wanderers  46  8th  8th  30th 029:780 −49 32
24. Ipswich Town  46  5  16  25th 036:770 −41 31
Stand: Final stand

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Promoted to the Premier League 2019/20
  • Participation in the play-off games for promotion
  • Relegated to the EFL League One 2019/20
    • (A) Relegated from the Premier League 2017/18
    (N) Newcomers from the EFL League One 2017/18
    1 Birmingham City were deducted nine points in March 2019 for violating the league's profitability and sustainability regulations.

    Play-off games

    The play-off games were played out after the regular season by means of semi-finals and finals. The two semi-finals took place on May 11th, the second leg on May 14th and 15th. The final took place on May 27, 2019. The winner rose to the Premier League 2019/20 .

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) final
                         
    3  Leeds United 1 2 3    
    6th  Derby County 0 4th 4th  
    6th  Derby County 1
      5  Aston Villa 2
    4th  West Bromwich Albion 1 1 2 (3)
    5  Aston Villa 2 0 2 (4) i. E.  

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ EFL statement: Birmingham City , efl.com, accessed on March 23, 2019 (English)