Football League Championship 2008/09

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Football League Championship 2008/09
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master Wolverhampton Wanderers
Climbers Wolverhampton Wanderers, Birmingham City , Burnley FC (as play-off winners)
Relegated Norwich City , Southampton FC , Charlton Athletic
Teams 24
Games 552 + 5 play-off games
Gates 1,350  (ø 2.45 per game)
Top scorer Sylvan Ebanks-Blake ( Wolverhampton Wanderers )
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The Football League Championship 2008/09 was the fifth season of the English Football League Championship and also the 17th 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 9, 2008 and ended on May 25, 2009.

The championship won the Wolverhampton Wanderers , which also secured participation in the 2009/10 Premier League season . Behind runners-up and co-promoted Birmingham City , Burnley FC secured promotion to the Premier League after successful play-off victories against Reading FC and Sheffield United . In the Football League One relegated had to Norwich City , the Southampton FC and Charlton Athletic .

societies

society city Stadion capacity
Barnsley FC Barnsley Oakwell Stadium 23.009
Birmingham City Birmingham St. Andrew's Stadium 30.009
Blackpool FC Blackpool Bloomfield Road 09,788
Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate 21,497
Burnley FC Burnley Turf Moor 22,546
Cardiff City Cardiff Ninian Park 22.008
Charlton Athletic London The Valley 27.111
Coventry City Coventry Ricoh Arena 32,609
Crystal Palace London Selhurst Park 26,309
Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,597
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 15,231
Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,311
society city Stadion capacity
Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 26,034
Nottingham Forest Nottingham City Ground 30.602
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Home Park 19,500
Preston North End Preston Deepdale 24,500
Reading FC Reading Madejski Stadium 24,161
Queens Park Rangers London Loftus Road 19,128
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe Glanford Park 09,183
Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,609
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Hillsborough Stadium 39,814
Swansea City Swansea Liberty Stadium 20,532
Watford FC Watford Vicarage Road 19,920
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Molineux Stadium 28,525

Closing table

Team photo of the Wolverhampton Wanderers as second division champions 2008/09.
Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Wolverhampton Wanderers  46  27  9  10 080:520 +28 90
 2. Birmingham City (A)  46  23  14th  9 054:370 +17 83
 3. Sheffield United  46  22nd  14th  10 064:390 +25 80
 4th Reading FC (A)  46  21st  14th  11 072:400 +32 77
 5. Burnley FC  46  21st  13  12 072:600 +12 76
 6th Preston North End  46  21st  11  14th 066:540 +12 74
 7th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City  46  19th  17th  10 065:530 +12 74
 8th. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea City (N)  46  16  20th  10 063:500 +13 68
 9. Ipswich Town  46  17th  15th  14th 062:530  +9 66
10. Bristol City  46  15th  16  15th 054:540  ± 0 61
11. Queens Park Rangers  46  15th  16  15th 042:440  −2 61
12. Sheffield Wednesday  46  16  13  17th 051:580  −7 61
13. Watford FC  46  16  10  20th 068:720  −4 58
14th Doncaster Rovers (N)  46  17th  7th  22nd 042:530 −11 58
15th Crystal Palace 1  46  15th  12  19th 052:550  −3 57
16. Blackpool FC  46  13  17th  16 047:580 −11 56
17th Coventry City  46  13  15th  18th 047:580 −11 54
18th Derby County (A)  46  14th  12  20th 055:670 −12 54
19th Nottingham Forest (N)  46  13  14th  19th 050:650 −15 53
20th Barnsley FC  46  13  13  20th 045:580 −13 52
21st Plymouth Argyle  46  13  12  21st 044:570 −13 51
22nd Norwich City  46  12  10  24 057:700 −13 46
23. Southampton FC 2  46  10  15th  21st 046:690 −23 45
24. Charlton Athletic  46  8th  15th  23 052:740 −22 39

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

1 Crystal Palace received a 1-point deduction, since the club on May 3, 2009 against Sheffield United had used the loan player Rui Fonte, who was only given a player license until April 30, 2009.
2 Southampton FC received a 10-point deduction for the 2008/09 season due to the violation of bankruptcy requirements. Since the club was relegated even without this penalty, the deduction will be carried over into the subsequent 2009/10 season.
  • Second division champions and promoted to the Premier League in 2009/10
  • Promoted to the Premier League in 2009/10
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Premier League
  • Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Premier League in 2009/10
  • Relegation to Football League One in 2009/10
    • (A) Relegated from the Premier League 2007/08
    (N) Newcomer from Football League One 2007/08

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    2008/09 BAR BIR BPL BRC BLY CDC CHA COV CRY OF THE DON IPS NWC NTF PLY PNE QPR REA SHU SHW SOT SWA WAT WOL
    Barnsley FC 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 3: 2 0: 1 0-0 1: 2 3: 1 2-0 4: 1 1: 2 0-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1: 2 2: 1 0: 1 1: 3 2: 1 1: 1
    Birmingham City 2-0 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 3: 2 0: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 1: 3 1-0 3: 1 1-0 0-0 3: 2 2-0
    Blackpool FC 1-0 2-0 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 2: 2 3: 2 2: 3 0: 1 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 1: 3 0: 3 2: 2 1: 3 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 2: 2
    Bristol City 2-0 1: 2 0-0 1: 2 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 1-0 1: 1 4: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 2: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 4 0-0 1: 1 2-0 0-0 1: 1 2: 2
    Burnley FC 1: 2 1: 1 2-0 4-0 2: 2 2: 1 1: 1 4: 2 3-0 0-0 0: 3 2-0 5-0 0-0 3: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 2: 4 3: 2 0: 2 3: 2 1-0
    Cardiff City 3: 1 1: 2 2-0 0-0 3: 1 2-0 2: 1 2: 1 4: 1 3-0 0: 3 2: 2 2-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 2: 2 0: 3 2-0 2: 1 2: 2 2: 1 1: 2
    Charlton Athletic 1: 3 0-0 2: 2 0: 2 1: 1 2: 2 1: 2 1-0 2: 2 1: 2 2: 1 4: 2 0: 2 2-0 0-0 2: 2 4: 2 2: 5 1: 2 0-0 2-0 2: 3 1: 3
    Coventry City 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 0: 3 1: 3 0: 2 0-0 0: 2 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 2-0 2: 2 0: 1 0-0 1-0 0-0 1: 2 2-0 4: 1 1: 1 2: 3 2: 1
    Crystal Palace 3-0 0-0 0: 1 4: 2 0-0 0: 2 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 4 3: 1 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1: 1 3-0 2-0 0-0 0: 1
    Derby County 0-0 1: 1 4: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 1: 2 0: 1 0: 1 3: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 2 0: 2 0: 2 2: 1 3-0 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 2: 3
    Doncaster Rovers 0: 1 0: 2 0-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 2-0 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 0-0 1-0 0: 2 2-0 0: 1 0: 2 1-0 0: 2 0-0 1: 2 0: 1
    Ipswich Town 3-0 0: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 3 3: 2 2: 1 0-0 1: 2 2-0 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 0: 3 2: 2 0-0 0: 2
    Norwich City 4-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2-0 1-0 1: 2 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 2-0 2: 3 1-0 2: 2 0: 1 0: 2 1-0 0: 1 2: 2 2: 3 2-0 5: 2
    Nottingham Forest 1-0 1: 1 0-0 3: 2 1: 2 0: 1 0-0 1-0 0: 2 1: 3 2: 4 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 2: 1 2: 2 0-0 0: 1 2: 1 3: 1 1: 1 3: 2 0: 1
    Plymouth Argyle 1: 2 0: 1 1: 2 0: 2 1: 2 2: 1 2: 2 4-0 1: 3 0: 3 0: 3 1: 3 1: 2 1-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 2: 2 4-0 2-0 0: 1 2: 1 2: 2
    Preston North End 2: 1 1-0 0: 1 2-0 2: 1 6-0 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 2-0 1-0 3: 2 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 2: 3 0: 2 2-0 1: 3
    Queens Park Rangers 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 0: 2 2-0 1: 3 0: 1 2: 1 0-0 3: 2 0-0 0-0 3: 2 4: 1 1-0 0-0 1-0
    Reading FC 0-0 1: 2 1-0 0: 2 3: 1 1: 1 2: 2 3: 1 4: 2 3-0 2: 1 0: 1 2-0 0: 1 2-0 0-0 0-0 0: 1 6-0 1: 2 4-0 4-0 1-0
    Sheffield United 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 3-0 2: 3 0-0 3: 1 1: 1 2: 2 4: 2 0: 1 2-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 3-0 0: 2 1: 2 0-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 3
    Sheffield Wednesday 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 4: 1 1-0 4: 1 0: 1 2-0 0: 1 1-0 0-0 3: 2 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 1-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0: 1
    Southampton FC 0-0 1: 2 0: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 2: 3 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 2: 2 2-0 0: 2 0-0 3: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2 0: 3 1: 2
    Swansea City 2: 2 2: 3 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 1: 1 0-0 1: 3 1: 1 3: 1 3-0 2: 1 3: 1 1-0 4: 1 0-0 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 3-0 3: 1 3: 1
    Watford FC 1: 1 0: 1 3: 4 2: 4 3-0 2: 2 1-0 2: 1 2-0 3: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 2 0: 2 2: 2 2: 2 2-0 2: 3
    Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 1: 1 2-0 2-0 2-0 2: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 1-0 0-0 3: 3 5: 1 0: 1 1: 3 1-0 0: 3 1: 1 4: 1 3-0 2: 1 3: 1

    Play-off games

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Final at Wembley Stadium
                         
    6th  Preston North End 1 0 1    
    3  Sheffield United 1 1 2  
    3  Sheffield United 0
      5  Burnley FC 1
    5  Burnley FC 1 2 3
    4th  Reading FC 0 0 0  
    pairing Sheffield United Sheffield United - Burnley FCBurnley FC
    Result 0: 1 (0: 1)
    date May 25, 2009
    Stadion Wembley Stadium , London
    spectator 80,518
    referee Mike Dean (?)
    Gates 0: 1 Wade Elliott (13th)
    Sheffield United Paddy Kenny - Greg Halford , Chris Morgan , Matthew Kilgallon , Kyle Naughton , Kyle Walker - Nick Montgomery , Brian Howard (82nd Arturo Lupoli ), Stephen Quinn (85th Lee Hendrie ) - David Cotterill (58th Jamie Ward ), Craig Beattie
    Coach: Kevin Blackwell
    Burnley FC Brian Jensen - Graham Alexander , Christian Kalvenes , Michael Duff - Clarke Carlisle , Wade Elliott , Chris McCann (27th Johannes Gudjonsson ) - Martin Paterson , Robert Blake (69th Chris Eagles ), Steven Thompson (73rd Jay Rodriguez )
    Trainer: Owen Coyle
    References Yellow-red cards Jamie Ward (80th) - no

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Wolverhampton Wanderers 25th
    2 ScotlandScotland Ross McCormack Cardiff City 21st
    = Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Jason Scotland Swansea City =
    4th IrelandIreland Kevin Doyle Reading FC 18th
    5 EnglandEngland Tommy Smith Watford FC 16
    6th EnglandEngland Rob Hulse Derby County 14th
    = ScotlandScotland Chris Iwelumo Wolverhampton Wanderers =
    = EnglandEngland Marcus Tudgay Sheffield Wednesday =
    = EnglandEngland Kevin Phillips Birmingham City =

    Awards during the season

    month Trainer of the month Player of the month
    August 2008 IrelandIreland Mick McCarthy (Wolverhampton Wanderers) EnglandEngland Richard Chaplow (Preston North End)
    September 2008 IrelandIreland Owen Coyle (Burnley FC) IrelandIreland Kevin Doyle (Reading FC)
    October 2008 EnglandEngland Dave Jones (Cardiff City) EnglandEngland Rob Hulse (Derby County)
    November 2008 IrelandIreland Mick McCarthy (Wolverhampton Wanderers) ScotlandScotland Chris Iwelumo (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
    December 2008 EnglandEngland Steve Coppell (Reading FC) IrelandIreland Stephen Hunt (Reading FC)
    January 2009 SpainSpain Roberto Martínez (Swansea City) WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Joe Ledley (Cardiff City)
    February 2009 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Chris Coleman (Coventry City) Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Jason Scotland (Swansea City)
    March 2009 EnglandEngland Kevin Blackwell (Sheffield United) EnglandEngland Robbie Blake (Burnley FC)
    April 2009 ScotlandScotland Alan Irvine (Preston North End) EnglandEngland Kyle Naughton (Sheffield United)

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ 2008/09 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 15, 2018 .