2014 Football League Championship play-off Final

2014 Football League Championship play-off final

Derby County Queens Park Rangers 0 1
Event	2013–14 Football League Championship
Date	24 May 2014
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Player of the Match	Robert Green
Referee	Lee Mason
Attendance	87,348
Weather	Partly sunny / 15 °C (59 °F)
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The 2014 Football League Championship play-off final was a football match which was contested by Derby County and Queens Park Rangers on Saturday 24 May 2014 at Wembley Stadium. The winner, Queens Park Rangers, became the third and final team to be promoted from Football League Championship to the Premier League for the 2014–15 season.

The Championship play-off final is the most lucrative one-off fixture in sport and Queens Park Rangers will earn a minimum of £134 million as a result of winning this game.

Route to the final

Main article: 2013–14 Football League Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Derby County	46	25	10	11	84	52	+32	85
4	Queens Park Rangers	46	23	11	12	60	44	+16	80
5	Wigan Athletic	46	21	10	15	61	48	+13	73
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	19	15	12	55	40	+15	72

Semi-finals

Main article: 2014 Football League play-offs

First leg

8 May 2014 19:45 BST	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	Derby County	Amex Stadium, Falmer Attendance: 27,118 Referee: Roger East
	Lingard  18'	BBC Report	Martin  29' (pen.) Kuszczak  45+2' (o.g.)

9 May 2014 19:45 BST	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	DW Stadium, Wigan Attendance: 14,560 Referee: Mike Jones
		BBC Report

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Second leg

11 May 2014 17:15 BST	Derby County	4–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	iPro Stadium, Derby Attendance: 32,602 Referee: Craig Pawson
	Hughes  34' Martin  56' Thorne  76' Hendrick  87'	BBC Report	LuaLua  89'

Derby County won 6–2 on aggregate.

12 May 2014 19:45 BST	Queens Park Rangers	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Wigan Athletic	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 17,061 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Austin  73' (pen.), 96'	BBC Report	Perch  9'

Queens Park Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.

Match

Details

24 May 2014 15:00 BST	Derby County	0–1	Queens Park Rangers	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 87,348 Referee: Lee Mason
		BBC Report	Zamora  90'

Derby County

Queens Park Rangers

GK 1 Lee Grant RB 33 Andre Wisdom CB 6 Richard Keogh CB 25 Jake Buxton LB 3 Craig Forsyth CM 8 Jeff Hendrick CM 34 George Thorne CM 19 Will Hughes 68' RF 11 Johnny Russell 67' LF 9 Chris Martin CF 10 Jamie Ward 90+2' Substitutes: GK 26 Adam Legzdins DF 27 Zak Whitbread MF 4 Craig Bryson 68' MF 14 John Eustace FW 18 Conor Sammon FW 32 Simon Dawkins 67' FW 35 Patrick Bamford 90+2' Manager: Steve McClaren

GK 1 Robert Green RB 2 Danny Simpson CB 15 Nedum Onuoha CB 5 Richard Dunne LB 6 Clint Hill 67' RM 14 Kevin Doyle 57' CM 17 Joey Barton CM 36 Gary O'Neil  60' LM 23 Junior Hoilett FW 9 Charlie Austin FW 19 Niko Kranjčar 33' Substitutes: GK 26 Brian Murphy DF 3 Armand Traoré 33' DF 13 Yun Suk-young DF 18 Aaron Hughes MF 4 Ravel Morrison MF 20 Karl Henry 67' FW 25 Bobby Zamora 90+1' 57' Manager: Harry Redknapp

Man of the Match: Robert Green Assistant referees: Darren England John Brooks Fourth official: Jonathan Moss

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

	Derby County	Queens Park Rangers
Total shots	16	11
Shots on target	5	1
Ball possession	68%	32%
Corner kicks	14	1
Fouls committed	11	10
Yellow cards	0	1
Red cards	0	1

Source:

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