2016 Football League Championship play-off Final

2016 Football League Championship play-off final

Hull City Sheffield Wednesday 1 0
Event	2015–16 Football League Championship
Date	28 May 2016
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Robert Madley
← 2015

The 2016 Football League Championship play-off Final was a football match contested between Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City. The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 28 May 2016 at 17:00. The winner Hull City was promoted to the Premier League. Success in the final is estimated to be worth up to £170 million to the winning team.

Teams

Team	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Hull City	2008
Sheffield Wednesday	None (debut)

Route to the final

Main article: 2015–16 Football League Championship

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Hull City				Round	Sheffield Wednesday
Opponent	Agg	1st leg	2nd leg	Championship	Opponent	Agg	1st leg	2nd leg
Championship 4th-placed team Pos Team Pld Pts 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 89 4 Hull City 46 83 5 Derby County 46 78 6 Sheffield Wednesday 46 74 Full results list				Final standings	Championship 6th-placed team Pos Team Pld Pts 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 89 4 Hull City 46 83 5 Derby County 46 78 6 Sheffield Wednesday 46 74 Full results list
Derby County	3–2	3–0 (A)	0–2 (H)	Semi-finals	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–1	2–0 (A)	1–1 (H)

Tickets

Hull City were allocated 38,956 tickets for the final with prices ranging from £36 to £98. They failed to sell their full allocation of tickets and due to supporter segregation, the seats remained unsold.

Match

28 May 2016 17:00	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Hull City	Wembley Stadium, London Referee: Robert Madley
	Diamé  72'	Report

Hull City

Sheffield Wednesday

GK 16 Eldin Jakupović RB 2 Moses Odubajo CB 21 Michael Dawson (c) 10' CB 6 Curtis Davies LB 26 Andrew Robertson CM 14 Jake Livermore CM 8 Tom Huddlestone RW 27 Ahmed Elmohamady LW 10 Robert Snodgrass 82' AM 17 Mohamed Diamé 89' CF 9 Abel Hernández 85' Substitutes: GK 30 Dušan Kuciak DF 4 Alex Bruce DF 12 Harry Maguire 89' MF 7 David Meyler 85' MF 11 Sam Clucas 82' MF 15 Shaun Maloney FW 19 Chuba Akpom Manager: Steve Bruce

GK 1 Keiren Westwood RB 32 Jack Hunt CB 15 Tom Lees CB 5 Glenn Loovens (c) LB 36 Daniel Pudil 86' RM 33 Ross Wallace 63' CM 20 Kieran Lee CM 4 Sam Hutchinson 76' LM 41 Barry Bannan RS 45 Fernando Forestieri LS 14 Gary Hooper Substitutes: GK 28 Joe Wildsmith DF 23 Vincent Sasso MF 7 Marco Matias MF 17 Jérémy Hélan 63' MF 21 Álex López FW 9 Atdhe Nuhiu 76' FW 18 Lucas João 86' Head Coach: Carlos Carvalhal

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.