Football League Championship

The Football League Championship ( other names: The Championship (short form) or npower Football League Championship ( the official sponsor name) ) since the 2004/ 05 season, the second- highest division in English football after the Premier League. It has the First Division replaced. Within the Football League is the top division.

Structure

In the Football League Championship play 24 teams in a single round with back and leg. Every victory is rewarded with three points and each draw a dot. At the end of a season, the two top-ranked teams of the final table to rise directly to the Premier League. In addition, a third climber is determined who has completed the playing time between the third and sixth position and two play-off rounds wins. In the play-offs play each of the third against the sixth-placed and the fourth - to fifth-placed in a return match, wherein the respective weaker team in the first game has home advantage. The two winners then playing the third climber from (because of the new building of Wembley Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in 2005 and 2006 ) in a final at Wembley Stadium. The three climbers are replaced by the three relegated from the Premier League, have spent the last three slots are occupied in their league at the final table. Similarly, rise the last three teams in the Football League Championship to the third tier, the Football League One, from and be replaced by three climbers from this league on the same principle. The position within the league is determined by the following criteria: points scored, goal difference, goals scored, mini table of two or more teams taking into account the above-mentioned criteria, play-off game (s).

Teams in the 2013/14 season

  • Barnsley FC
  • Birmingham City
  • Blackburn Rovers
  • Blackpool FC
  • Bolton Wanderers
  • AFC Bournemouth
  • Brighton & Hove Albion
  • Burnley FC
  • Charlton Athletic
  • Derby County
  • Doncaster Rovers
  • Huddersfield Town
  • Ipswich Town
  • Leeds United
  • Leicester City
  • Middlesbrough FC
  • Millwall FC
  • Nottingham Forest
  • Queens Park Rangers
  • Reading FC
  • Sheffield Wednesday
  • Watford FC
  • Wigan Athletic
  • Yeovil Town

Winner of the Football League Championship

Relegated from Football League Championship

This table shows the three relegated from the Football League Championship in the season. In parentheses is the number of points achieved.

2004–05 Football League Championship Cardiff City F.C. Sunderland A.F.C. Reading F.C. Football League First Division Birmingham City F.C. Blackburn Rovers F.C. Bolton Wanderers F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Derby County F.C. Doncaster Rovers F.C. Huddersfield Town F.C. Ipswich Town F.C. Leicester City F.C. Middlesbrough F.C. Millwall F.C. Nottingham Forest F.C. Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Watford F.C. Wigan Athletic F.C. Yeovil Town F.C. West Ham United F.C. Nathan Ellington 2005–06 Football League Championship Sheffield United F.C. Marlon King 2006–07 Football League Championship 2007–08 Football League Championship Hull City A.F.C. 2008–09 Football League Championship Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 2009–10 Football League Championship Newcastle United F.C. Nicky Maynard Peter Whittingham 2010–11 Football League Championship Swansea City A.F.C. 2011–12 Football League Championship Southampton F.C. Rickie Lambert 2012–13 Football League Championship Glenn Murray Crewe Alexandra F.C. Southend United F.C. Scunthorpe United F.C. Colchester United F.C. Plymouth Argyle F.C. Preston North End F.C. Portsmouth F.C. Coventry City F.C. Bristol City F.C. Football League Second Division 1997–98 Football League First Division 2002–03 Football League First Division 2003–04 Football League First Division 2013–14 Football League Championship Azerbaijan First Division First League of the Republika Srpska Bulgarian B Professional Football Group Esiliiga Liga Leumit Serie B Kazakhstan First Division Druga HNL 1 Lyga Luxembourg Division of Honour Montenegrin Second League Eerste Divisie Adeccoligaen I liga (Poland) Scottish Championship Superettan Serbian First League Ukrainian First League DDR-Liga Soviet First League
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