2018–19 EFL Championship

EFL Championship
Season2018–19
Dates3 August 2018 –
5 May 2019
ChampionsNorwich City
1st Championship title
4th 2nd tier title
PromotedNorwich City
Sheffield United
Aston Villa
RelegatedRotherham United
Bolton Wanderers
Ipswich Town
Matches552
Goals1,473 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorerTeemu Pukki
(Norwich City)
(29 goals)
Biggest home winWest Bromwich Albion 7–1 Queens Park Rangers
(18 August 2018)
Biggest away winSheffield Wednesday 0–4 Norwich City
(3 October 2018)
Rotherham United 0–4 West Bromwich Albion
(22 December 2018)
Bolton Wanderers 0–4 Norwich City
(16 February 2019)
Highest scoringAston Villa 5–5 Nottingham Forest
(28 November 2018)
Longest winning run10 matches
Aston Villa
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
Norwich City
Longest winless run14 matches
Bolton Wanderers
Longest losing run7 matches
Queens Park Rangers
Highest attendance41,696
Aston Villa 1–2 Norwich City
(5 May 2019)
Lowest attendance8,018
Rotherham United 2–2 Queens Park Rangers
(27 November 2018)
Total attendance10,840,765
Average attendance20,075

The 2018–19 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the EFL Championship under its current name, and the twenty-seventh season under its current league structure. Norwich City were crowned champions on the final day, following a 2–1 win over Aston Villa.

Team changes

The following teams had changed division after the 2017–18 season.

To Championship

Promoted from League One

Relegated from Premier League

From Championship

Promoted to Premier League

Relegated to League One

Stadiums

2018–19 EFL Championship is located in England
London
West Midlands
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Bristol City
Derby County
Hull City
Ipswich Town
Leeds United
Middlesbrough
Norwich City
Nottingham Forest
Preston North End
Reading
Rotherham United
Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday
Stoke City
Swansea City
Wigan Athletic
London teamsBrentfordMillwallQueens Park Rangers
West Midlands teamsAston VillaBirmingham CityWest Bromwich Albion
Locations of the 2018–19 Football League Championship teams
NorthWest Championship football clubs
2018–19 EFL Championship is located in West Midlands county
Aston Villa
Birmingham City
West Bromwich Albion
West Midlands Championship football clubs
2018–19 EFL Championship is located in Greater London
Brentford
Millwall
Queens Park Rangers
London Championship football clubs


Team Location Stadium Capacity
Aston VillaBirmingham (Aston) Villa Park42,790
Birmingham CityBirmingham (Bordesley) St Andrew's30,015
Blackburn RoversBlackburn Ewood Park31,367
Bolton WanderersBolton University of Bolton Stadium28,723
BrentfordLondon (Brentford) Griffin Park12,300
Bristol CityBristol Ashton Gate27,000
Derby CountyDerby Pride Park Stadium33,600
Hull CityKingston upon Hull KCOM Stadium25,586
Ipswich TownIpswich Portman Road30,300
Leeds UnitedLeeds Elland Road37,890
MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough Riverside Stadium34,000
MillwallLondon (South Bermondsey) The Den20,146
Norwich CityNorwich Carrow Road27,244
Nottingham ForestWest Bridgford City Ground30,445
Preston North EndPreston Deepdale23,408
Queens Park RangersLondon (White City) Loftus Road18,439
ReadingReading Madejski Stadium24,161
Rotherham UnitedRotherham New York Stadium12,021
Sheffield UnitedSheffield (Highfield) Bramall Lane32,702
Sheffield WednesdaySheffield (Owlerton) Hillsborough Stadium39,752
Stoke CityStoke-on-Trent Bet365 Stadium30,089
Swansea CitySwansea Liberty Stadium21,088
West Bromwich AlbionWest Bromwich The Hawthorns26,850
Wigan AthleticWigan DW Stadium25,133

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Aston Villa England Dean Smith Wales James Chester Luke Sport 32Red
Birmingham City England Garry Monk England Michael Morrison Adidas 888sport
Blackburn Rovers England Tony Mowbray Scotland Charlie Mulgrew Umbro 10bet
Bolton Wanderers England Phil Parkinson England David Wheater Macron Betfred
Brentford Denmark Thomas Frank Saint Kitts and Nevis Romaine Sawyers Adidas LeoVegas
Bristol City England Lee Johnson Australia Bailey Wright Avon Dunder
Derby County England Frank Lampard England Curtis Davies Umbro 32Red
Hull City England Nigel Adkins Norway Markus Henriksen Umbro SportPesa
Ipswich Town Scotland Paul Lambert England Luke Chambers Adidas Magical Vegas
Leeds United Argentina Marcelo Bielsa Scotland Liam Cooper Kappa 32Red
Middlesbrough Wales Tony Pulis England George Friend Hummel 32Red
Millwall England Neil Harris Wales Steve Morison Macron TW Drainage
Norwich City Germany Daniel Farke Scotland Grant Hanley Erreà LeoVegas
Nottingham Forest Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill England Ben Watson Macron BetBright
Preston North End Scotland Alex Neil England Tom Clarke Nike 32Red
Queens Park Rangers England John Eustace (caretaker) Germany Toni Leistner Erreà Royal Panda
Reading Portugal José Gomes Republic of Ireland Paul McShane Puma Carabao
Rotherham United England Paul Warne England Richard Wood Puma Hodge Clemco
Sheffield United England Chris Wilder England Billy Sharp Adidas Ramsdens Currency
Sheffield Wednesday England Steve Bruce England Tom Lees Elev8 Chansiri
Stoke City Wales Nathan Jones England Ryan Shawcross Macron bet365
Swansea City England Graham Potter Netherlands Leroy Fer Joma Bet UK
West Bromwich Albion England James Shan (caretaker) Northern Ireland Chris Brunt Puma Ideal Boilers
Wigan Athletic England Paul Cook Egypt Sam Morsy Puma DW Sports Fitness

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ipswich Town England Bryan Klug[citation needed] End of caretaker spell 6 May 2018 Pre-season England Paul Hurst 30 May 2018
Queens Park Rangers England Ian Holloway Mutual consent 10 May 2018 England Steve McClaren 18 May 2018
Swansea City Portugal Carlos Carvalhal End of contract 18 May 2018 England Graham Potter 11 June 2018
Stoke City Scotland Paul Lambert Resigned England Gary Rowett 22 May 2018
Derby County England Gary Rowett Signed by Stoke City 22 May 2018 England Frank Lampard 31 May 2018
Leeds United England Paul Heckingbottom Sacked 1 June 2018 Argentina Marcelo Bielsa 15 June 2018
Aston Villa England Steve Bruce 3 October 2018 12th England Dean Smith 10 October 2018
Brentford England Dean Smith Signed by Aston Villa 10 October 2018 7th Denmark Thomas Frank 16 October 2018
Ipswich Town England Paul Hurst Sacked 25 October 2018 24th Scotland Paul Lambert 27 October 2018
Reading England Paul Clement 6 December 2018 21st Portugal José Gomes 22 December 2018
Sheffield Wednesday Netherlands Jos Luhukay 21 December 2018 18th England Steve Bruce 2 January 2019
Stoke City England Gary Rowett 8 January 2019 14th Wales Nathan Jones 9 January 2019
Nottingham Forest Spain Aitor Karanka Mutual consent 11 January 2019 7th Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill 14 January 2019
West Bromwich Albion Jamaica Darren Moore Sacked 9 March 2019 4th Croatia Slaven Bilić 13 June 2019
Queens Park Rangers England Steve McClaren 1 April 2019 17th England Mark Warburton 8 May 2019

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Norwich City (C, P) 46 27 13 6 93 57 +36 94 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Sheffield United (P) 46 26 11 9 78 41 +37 89
3 Leeds United 46 25 8 13 73 50 +23 83 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 West Bromwich Albion 46 23 11 12 87 62 +25 80
5 Aston Villa (O, P) 46 20 16 10 82 61 +21 76
6 Derby County 46 20 14 12 69 54 +15 74
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 13 13 49 41 +8 73
8 Bristol City 46 19 13 14 59 53 +6 70
9 Nottingham Forest 46 17 15 14 61 54 +7 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 11 17 65 62 +3 65
11 Brentford 46 17 13 16 73 59 +14 64
12 Sheffield Wednesday 46 16 16 14 60 62 −2 64
13 Hull City 46 17 11 18 66 68 −2 62
14 Preston North End 46 16 13 17 67 67 0 61
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 16 12 18 64 69 −5 60
16 Stoke City 46 11 22 13 45 52 −7 55
17 Birmingham City 46 14 19 13 64 58 +6 52
18 Wigan Athletic 46 13 13 20 51 64 −13 52
19 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 9 23 53 71 −18 51
20 Reading 46 10 17 19 49 66 −17 47
21 Millwall 46 10 14 22 48 64 −16 44
22 Rotherham United (R) 46 8 16 22 52 83 −31 40 Relegation to EFL League One
23 Bolton Wanderers (R) 46 8 8 30 29 78 −49 32
24 Ipswich Town (R) 46 5 16 25 36 77 −41 31
Source: Sky Sports Archived 25 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.
  2. 1 2 Brentford were awarded a 1–0 win over Bolton due to Bolton's inability to hold the fixture.
  3. ↑ Birmingham City were deducted 9 points for failure to comply with the EFL profitability and sustainability rules.

Play-offs

Semi-finals Final
        
3 Leeds United 1 2 3
6 Derby County 0 4 4
6 Derby County 1
5 Aston Villa 2
4 West Bromwich Albion 1 1 2 (3)
5 Aston Villa 2 0 2 (4)

Results

Home \ Away AST BIR BLB BOL BRE BRI DER HUL IPS LEE MID MIL NOR NOT PNE QPR REA ROT SHU SHW STO SWA WBA WIG
Aston Villa — 4–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 2–3 3–0 1–0 1–2 5–5 3–3 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–3 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–2 3–2
Birmingham City 0–1 — 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 3–3 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
Blackburn Rovers 1–1 2–2 — 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 4–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 3–0
Bolton Wanderers 0–2 1–0 0–1 — 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–4 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–1
Brentford 1–0 1–1 5–2 1–0 — 0–1 3–3 5–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–2 5–1 2–3 2–0 3–1 2–3 0–1 2–0
Bristol City 1–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 1–1 — 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–2 2–2
Derby County 0–3 3–1 0–0 4–0 3–1 1–1 — 2–0 2–0 1–4 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 6–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1
Hull City 1–3 2–0 0–1 6–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 — 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 0–3 3–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 2–1
Ipswich Town 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 — 3–2 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–0
Leeds United 1–1 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 — 0–0 3–2 1–3 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–2
Middlesbrough 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 — 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0
Millwall 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 — 1–3 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–1
Norwich City 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 3–2 3–4 3–2 3–0 0–3 1–0 4–3 — 3–3 2–0 4–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–4 1–0
Nottingham Forest 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–2 3–0 2–2 1–2 — 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–1
Preston North End 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–2 4–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 4–0 0–2 1–1 3–2 3–1 0–0 — 1–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 3–3 2–2 1–1 2–3 4–0
Queens Park Rangers 1–0 3–4 1–2 1–2 3–2 0–3 1–1 2–3 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–4 — 0–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–0 4–0 2–3 1–0
Reading 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 3–0 2–2 0–3 0–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 — 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–4 0–0 3–2
Rotherham United 1–2 1–3 3–2 1–1 2–4 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 — 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–4 1–1
Sheffield United 4–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 4–0 2–0 — 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 4–2
Sheffield Wednesday 1–3 1–1 4–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–4 3–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 — 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–0
Stoke City 1–1 0–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 — 1–0 0–1 0–3
Swansea City 0–1 3–3 3–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–3 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–4 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–3 1–0 2–1 3–1 — 1–2 2–2
West Bromwich Albion 2–2 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–2 1–4 3–2 1–1 4–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 2–2 4–1 7–1 4–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 — 2–0
Wigan Athletic 3–0 0–3 3–1 5–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–3 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 —
Source: EFL Official Website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Finland Teemu Pukki Norwich City 29
2 England Tammy Abraham Aston Villa 25
France Neal Maupay Brentford
4 England Dwight Gayle West Bromwich Albion 23
England Billy Sharp Sheffield United
6 Scotland Che Adams Birmingham City 22
England Jarrod Bowen Hull City
Scotland Oli McBurnie Swansea City
England Jay Rodriguez West Bromwich Albion
10 England Lewis Grabban Nottingham Forest 16

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
England Lukas Jutkiewicz Birmingham City Rotherham United 3–1 (H) 6 October 2018
England Billy Sharp Sheffield United Wigan Athletic 4–2 (H) 27 October 2018
Scotland Che Adams Birmingham City Hull City 3–3 (H) 10 November 2018
England Tammy Abraham Aston Villa Nottingham Forest 5–5 (H) 28 November 2018
England Danny Graham Blackburn Rovers Sheffield Wednesday 4–2 (H) 1 December 2018
England Dwight Gayle West Bromwich Albion Rotherham United 0–4 (A) 22 December 2018
England Billy Sharp Sheffield United Aston Villa 3–3 (A) 8 February 2019
Scotland Che Adams Birmingham City Queens Park Rangers 3–4 (A) 9 February 2019
Algeria Saïd Benrahma Brentford Hull City 5–1 (H) 23 February 2019
England Martyn Waghorn Derby County Rotherham United 6–1 (H) 30 March 2019
Austria Andreas Weimann Bristol City Sheffield United 2–3 (A) 30 March 2019
England Mason Mount Derby County Bolton Wanderers 4–0 (H) 13 April 2019
England Dwight Gayle West Bromwich Albion Preston North End 4–1 (H) 13 April 2019
  1. ↑ Player scored 4 goals

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Manager Club Player Club
August Argentina Marcelo Bielsa Leeds United Jamaica Kemar Roofe Leeds United
September Jamaica Darren Moore West Bromwich Albion England Dwight Gayle West Bromwich Albion
October England Steve McClaren Queens Park Rangers England Lukas Jutkiewicz Birmingham City
November Germany Daniel Farke Norwich City England Tammy Abraham Aston Villa
December England Nigel Adkins Hull City England Jarrod Bowen Hull City
January England Tony Mowbray Blackburn Rovers England Adam Armstrong Blackburn Rovers
February England Chris Wilder Sheffield United Scotland Ché Adams Birmingham City
March England Dean Smith Aston Villa Nigeria Semi Ajayi Rotherham United
April England Chris Wilder Sheffield United England Dwight Gayle West Bromwich Albion

Attendances

Source:

No.ClubAverageChangeHighestLowest
1Aston Villa36,02712.2%41,69627,331
2Leeds United34,0338.0%37,00427,729
3Nottingham Forest28,14414.0%29,53025,753
4Derby County26,850-1.2%32,05523,580
5Sheffield United26,177-2.5%30,26123,400
6Norwich City26,0140.2%27,04024,642
7Stoke City25,200-13.9%28,58622,078
8Sheffield Wednesday24,429-6.0%31,63020,861
9West Bromwich Albion24,148-1.5%26,54820,282
10Middlesbrough23,217-9.1%30,88121,016
11Birmingham City22,4836.8%26,63119,795
12Bristol City21,0800.6%25,55618,411
13Swansea City18,737-9.1%20,86017,197
14Ipswich Town17,7659.2%25,69013,612
15Reading14,991-10.0%17,45811,271
16Bolton Wanderers14,636-7.9%17,81112,195
17Blackburn Rovers14,55013.4%21,57711,818
18Preston North End14,1602.8%19,91210,849
19Queens Park Rangers13,866-0.4%17,60910,854
20Millwall13,6362.0%17,19511,190
21Hull City12,165-22.1%14,11610,191
22Wigan Athletic11,66327.4%15,6558,848
23Brentford10,2570.2%12,2258,903
24Rotherham United9,88016.0%11,7368,018

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