Football League Championship 2004/05

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Football League Championship 2004/05
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master Sunderland AFC
Climbers Sunderland AFC, Wigan Athletic , West Ham United (as play-off winners)
Relegated Gillingham FC , Nottingham Forest , Rotherham United
Teams 24
Games 552 + 5 play-off games
Gates 1 351  (ø 2.43 per game)
Top scorer Nathan Ellington ( Wigan Athletic )
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The Football League Championship 2004/05 was the first season of the English Football League Championship and also the 13th season of the top division of the Football League - after the introduction of the Premier League - as only the second highest English league. It started on August 7, 2004 and ended on May 30, 2005.

The championship was won by AFC Sunderland , which also secured participation in the 2005/06 Premier League season . Behind runner-up Wigan Athletic , West Ham United also rose as a playoff winner in the Premier League. In the Football League One relegated had the Gillingham FC , Nottingham Forest and Rotherham United .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Sunderland AFC  46  29  7th  10 076:410 +35 94
 2. Wigan Athletic  46  25th  12  9 079:350 +44 87
 3. Ipswich Town  46  24  13  9 085:560 +29 85
 4th Derby County  46  22nd  10  14th 071:600 +11 76
 5. Preston North End  46  21st  12  13 067:580  +9 75
 6th West Ham United  46  21st  10  15th 066:560 +10 73
 7th Reading FC  46  19th  13  14th 051:440  +7 70
 8th. Sheffield United  46  18th  13  15th 057:560  +1 67
 9. Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)  46  15th  21st  10 072:590 +13 66
10. Millwall FC  46  18th  12  16 051:450  +6 66
11. Queens Park Rangers (N)  46  17th  11  18th 054:580  −4 62
12. Stoke City  46  17th  10  19th 036:380  −2 61
13. Burnley FC  46  15th  15th  16 038:390  −1 60
14th Leeds United (A)  46  14th  18th  14th 049:520  −3 60
15th Leicester City (A)  46  12  21st  13 049:460  +3 57
16. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City  46  13  15th  18th 048:510  −3 54
17th Plymouth Argyle (N)  46  14th  11  21st 052:640 −12 53
18th Watford FC  46  12  16  18th 052:590  −7 52
19th Coventry City  46  13  13  20th 061:730 −12 52
20th Brighton & Hove Albion (N)  46  13  12  21st 040:650 −25 51
21st Crewe Alexandra  46  12  14th  20th 066:860 −20 50
22nd Gillingham FC  46  12  14th  20th 045:660 −21 50
23. Nottingham Forest  46  9  17th  20th 042:660 −24 44
24. Rotherham United  46  5  14th  27 035:690 −34 29

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

  • Second division champions and promoted to the Premier League in 2005/06
  • Promoted to the Premier League in 2005/06
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Premier League
  • Play-off winners and promoted to Premier League in 2005/06
  • Relegation to Football League One in 2005/06
    • (A) Relegated from the Premier League in 2003/04
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Second Division 2003/04

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    BRI BUR CAR COV CRE OF THE GIL IPS LEE LEI Mil NOF PLY PNE QPR REA RED SHU STO SUN WAT WHU TIG WOL
    Brighton & Hove Albion 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 3 2: 3 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 1-0 0-0 0: 2 1-0 2: 3 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 2: 4 0: 1
    Burnley FC 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 3-0 0: 2 1: 2 0: 2 0: 1 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2 0: 2 3: 1 0: 1 1-0 1: 1
    Cardiff City 2-0 2-0 2: 1 1: 1 0: 2 3: 1 0: 1 0-0 0-0 0: 1 3-0 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 0: 1 0: 2 0: 3 4: 1 0: 2 1: 1
    Coventry City 2: 1 0: 2 1: 1 0: 1 6: 2 2: 2 1: 2 1: 2 1: 1 0: 1 2-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 2 3: 2 0-0 1: 2 0-0 2-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 2 2: 2
    Crewe Alexandra 3: 1 1: 1 2: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4: 1 2: 2 2: 2 2: 2 2: 1 1: 1 3-0 1: 2 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 2: 3 0: 2 0: 1 3-0 2: 3 1: 3 1: 4
    Derby County 3-0 1: 1 0: 1 2: 2 2: 4 2-0 3: 2 2-0 1: 2 0: 3 3-0 1-0 3: 1 0-0 2: 1 3: 2 0: 1 3: 1 0: 2 2: 2 1: 1 1: 1 3: 3
    Gillingham FC 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 3: 1 1: 1 0: 2 0-0 2: 1 0: 2 0-0 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 0: 1 0-0 3: 1 1: 3 2: 1 0: 4 0-0 0: 1 2: 1 1-0
    Ipswich Town 1-0 1: 1 3: 1 3: 2 5: 1 3: 2 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 2-0 6-0 3: 2 3-0 0: 2 1: 1 4: 3 5: 1 1-0 2: 2 1: 2 0: 2 2: 1 2: 1
    Leeds United 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 3-0 0: 2 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 6: 1 3: 1 0-0 0: 4 0-0 0: 1 2: 2 2: 1 0: 2 1: 1
    Leicester City 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 3-0 1: 1 1-0 2-0 2: 2 2-0 3: 1 0: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 0: 2 0: 1 3: 2 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 0-0 0: 2 1: 1
    Millwall FC 2-0 0-0 2: 2 1: 1 4: 3 3: 1 2: 1 3: 1 1: 1 2-0 1-0 3-0 2: 1 0-0 1-0 1: 2 1: 2 0: 1 2-0 0: 2 1-0 0: 2 1: 2
    Nottingham Forest 0: 1 1-0 0-0 1: 4 2: 2 2: 2 2: 2 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 0: 3 2-0 2: 1 1-0 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 1-0
    Plymouth Argyle 5: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 3-0 0: 2 2: 1 1: 2 0: 1 0-0 0-0 3: 2 0: 2 2: 1 2: 2 1: 1 3-0 0-0 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2
    Preston North End 3-0 1-0 3-0 3: 2 1-0 3-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 4 1: 1 1: 1 3: 2 1: 1 2: 1 3-0 2-0 0: 1 3-0 3: 2 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2
    Queens Park Rangers 0-0 3-0 1-0 4: 1 1: 2 0: 2 1: 1 2: 4 1: 1 3: 2 1: 1 2: 1 3: 2 1: 2 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 1: 3 3: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1
    Reading FC 3: 2 0-0 2: 1 1: 2 4-0 0: 1 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 2: 1 1-0 0-0 3: 1 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 3: 1 1: 1 1: 2
    Rotherham United 0: 1 0-0 2: 2 1: 2 2: 3 1: 3 1: 3 0: 2 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 0-0 0: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 2: 2 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 2: 2 0: 2 1: 2
    Sheffield United 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 4-0 0: 1 0-0 0: 2 2-0 2-0 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3: 2 0: 1 1-0 0-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 0: 2 3: 3
    Stoke City 2-0 0: 1 1: 3 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 3: 2 0: 1 3: 2 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0: 1 0: 1 1: 2 2-0 0: 1 0: 1 0: 1 0: 1 2: 1
    Sunderland AFC 2-0 2: 1 2: 1 1-0 3: 1 0-0 1: 1 2-0 2: 3 2: 1 1-0 2-0 5: 1 3: 1 2: 2 1: 2 4: 1 1-0 1-0 4: 2 0: 2 1: 1 3: 1
    Watford FC 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 2: 3 3: 1 2: 2 2-0 2: 2 1: 2 2: 2 1-0 0: 2 3: 1 0: 2 3-0 0: 1 0-0 0-0 0: 1 1: 1 1: 2 0-0 1: 1
    West Ham United 0: 1 1-0 1-0 3-0 1: 1 1: 2 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 2 1: 1 3: 2 5-0 1: 2 2: 1 1-0 1-0 0: 2 2-0 1: 2 3: 2 1: 3 1-0
    Wigan Athletic 3-0 0-0 2: 1 4: 1 4: 1 1: 2 2-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 2-0 1: 1 0: 2 5-0 0-0 3: 1 2-0 4-0 0: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1: 2 2-0
    Wolverhampton Wanderers 1: 1 2-0 2: 3 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 2: 2 2-0 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2 2: 1 4: 1 2-0 4: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 4: 2 3: 3

    Play-off games

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Finals at the Millennium Stadium
                         
    6th  West Ham United 2 2 4th    
    3  Ipswich Town 2 0 2  
    6th  West Ham United 1
      4th  Preston North End 0
    5  Preston North End 2 0 2
    4th  Derby County 0 0 0  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Nathan Ellington Wigan Athletic 24
    2 GrenadaGrenada Jason Roberts Wigan Athletic 21st
    3 EnglandEngland Teddy Sheringham West Ham United 20th
    4th EnglandEngland Darren Bent Ipswich Town 19th
    = EnglandEngland Paul Furlong Queens Park Rangers =
    = FinlandFinland Shefki Kuqi Ipswich Town =
    = EnglandEngland Dave Kitson Reading FC =
    = ScotlandScotland Kenny Miller Wolverhampton Wanderers =
    9 EnglandEngland Dean Ashton Crewe Alexandra 17th
    = EnglandEngland Marlon Harewood West Ham United =

    Awards during the season

    month Trainer of the month Player of the month
    August 2004 EnglandEngland Paul Jewell (Wigan Athletic)
    September 2004 EnglandEngland Ian Holloway (Queens Park Rangers)
    October 2004 EnglandEngland Paul Jewell (Wigan Athletic) Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Kevin Horlock (Ipswich Town)
    November 2004 EnglandEngland Joe Royle (Ipswich Town) EnglandEngland Robbie Blake (Burnley FC)
    December 2004 EnglandEngland Neil Warnock (Sheffield United) EnglandEngland Dean Ashton (Crewe Alexandra)
    January 2005 EnglandEngland Lennie Lawrence (Cardiff City)
    February 2005 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Tony Pulis (Stoke City)
    March 2005 IrelandIreland Mick McCarthy (Sunderland AFC)
    April 2005 EnglandEngland Micky Adams (Coventry City)

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ Cross table of the English Football League Championship 2004/2005 (Fussballdaten.de)