EFL League Two

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EFL League Two
EFL League Two Wordmark.svgTemplate: Infobox football competition / maintenance / logo format
Full name Sky Bet League Two
abbreviation League Two
Association The Football Association
First edition 2004/05
hierarchy 4th league
Teams 24 teams
master Swindon Town
Record champions Chesterfield & Swindon Town FC (2 titles)
Current season 2019/20
Website efl.com
EFL League One (III)

The EFL League Two (until 2016 Football League Two , other names: League Two (short form) or Sky Bet League Two (official sponsor name)) is the fourth highest division in English football after the Premier League , the Football League Championship and the Football League One . It is the third highest division within the English Football League (EFL) . In contrast to most other countries, this division is still a professional league.

structure

In EFL League Two, 24 teams play in a simple round with a return leg. Every win is rewarded with three points and every draw with one point. At the end of a season, the three top-ranked clubs in the final table are promoted directly to EFL League One. In addition, a fourth promoted player is determined who has completed the playing time between fourth and seventh position and wins two play-off rounds. In the play-offs, the fourth against the seventh and the fifth against the sixth placed play in a return game, with the weaker team having home rights in the first game. The two winners then play the fourth climber, who is determined in a playoff in London-Wembley. The four promoted players will be replaced by the four relegated teams from EFL League One, who have occupied the last four places in the final table in their league. Similarly, the last two teams in EFL League Two are relegated to the Conference National below and are replaced by the first-placed plus the play-off winner of the clubs between second and fifth from this league. The relegated officially lose their status as a professional team, since the EFL League Two is the lowest professional league.

The position within the league is determined according to the following criteria: points scored, goal difference, goals scored, mini-table of two or more teams taking into account the aforementioned criteria, play-off game (s).

history

The Football League Two was introduced at the beginning of the 2004/05 season, replacing the Third Division , which was the fourth highest division in England between 1992 and 2004.

After the organizer of the Football League changed its name to English Football League (EFL) in 2016 , the name of Football League Two was also changed to EFL League Two .

Teams in the 2020/21 season

EFL League Two winner

season master Runner-up Third place Playoff winner Top scorer
2004/05 Yeovil Town Scunthorpe United Swansea City Southend United Phil Jevons (Yeovil Town) (27)
2005/06 Carlisle United Northampton Town Leyton Orient Cheltenham Town Karl Hawley (Carlisle United) and Rickie Lambert ( Rochdale AFC ) (22)
2006/07 Walsall FC Hartlepool United Swindon Town Bristol Rovers Richard Barker (Hartlepool United) and Izale McLeod ( Milton Keynes Dons ) (21)
2007/08 Milton Keynes Dons Peterborough United Hereford United Stockport County Aaron McLean (Peterborough United) (29)
2008/09 Brentford FC Exeter City Wycombe Wanderers Gillingham FC Grant Holt ( Shrewsbury Town ) and Jack Lester ( Chesterfield FC ) (20)
2009/10 Notts County Bournemouth AFC Rochdale AFC Dagenham & Redbridge Lee Hughes (Notts County) (30)
2010/11 Chesterfield FC Bury FC Wycombe Wanderers Stevenage FC Clayton Donaldson (Crewe Alexandra) (28)
2011/12 Swindon Town Shrewsbury Town Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Adebayo Akinfenwa (Northampton Town), Lewis Grabban (Rotherham United), Izale McLeod (Barnet FC) and Jack Midson (Wimbledon AFC) (18)
2012/13 Gillingham FC Rotherham United Port Vale Bradford City Tom Pope (Port Vale) (31)
2013/14 Chesterfield FC Scunthorpe United Rochdale AFC Fleetwood Town Sam Winnall (Scunthorpe United) (23)
2014/15 Burton Albion Shrewsbury Town Bury FC Southend United Matt Tubbs (Wimbledon AFC and Portsmouth FC) (21)
2015/16 Northampton Town Oxford United Bristol Rovers AFC Wimbledon Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) (27)
2016/17 Portsmouth FC Plymouth Argyle Doncaster Rovers Blackpool FC John Akinde (FC Barnet) and John Marquis (Doncaster Rovers) (26)
2017/18 Accrington Stanley Luton Town Wycombe Wanderers Coventry City Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) (25)
2018/19 Lincoln City Bury FC Milton Keynes Dons Tranmere Rovers James Norwood (Tranmere Rovers) (29)
2019/20 Swindon Town Crewe Alexandra Plymouth Argyle Northampton Town Eoin Doyle (Swindon Town) (25)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Goodbye Football League, hello English Football League: rebranding announced In: The Guardian from November 12, 2015 (accessed July 14, 2020)