2017 Football League play-offs

Football League play-offs 2016–17
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The Football League play-offs for the 2016–17 season will be held in May 2017 with all finals being staged at Wembley Stadium in London.

The play-offs begin at the semi-final stage with all semi-finals being played over two legs, contested by the teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League Championship and League One and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th-placed teams in the League Two table. The winners of the semi-finals then advance to the finals, with the winner of the final gaining promotion for the following season.

Background

The Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places.

Championship

Main article: 2016–17 Football League Championship

Championship Semi-finals

Final league position - Championship
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Reading	46	26	7	13	68	64	+4	85
4	Sheffield Wednesday	46	24	9	13	60	45	+15	81
5	Huddersfield Town	46	25	6	15	56	58	-2	81
6	Fulham	46	22	14	10	85	57	+28	80

First leg

13 May 2017 17:30 BST	Fulham	1–1	Reading	Craven Cottage, London Attendance: 23,717 Referee: Stuart Attwell
	Malone 54' McDonald 56' Cairney  65'	Report	Swift 40' Kermorgant 42' Obita  53' McShane  80'

14 May 2017 12:00 BST	Huddersfield Town	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield Attendance: 20,357 Referee: Paul Tierney
	Smith 28'	Report	Wallace 34' Hunt 61' Jones 74' Reach 90'

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Second leg

16 May 2017 19:45 BST	Reading	1–0	Fulham	Madejski Stadium, Reading Attendance: 22,044 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Kermorgant  49' (pen.) 51' Moore 52'	Report	McDonald 38' Johansen 58' Malone 65'

Reading won 2–1 on aggregate.

17 May 2017 19:45 BST	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Huddersfield Town	Hillsborough, Sheffield Attendance: 32,625 Referee: Andre Marriner
	Hutchinson 24' Fletcher  51' Bannan 86'	Report	Hogg 44' Lees  73' (og) Hefele 63'
		Penalties
	Hutchinson Bannan Lee Hunt	3–4	Löwe Hefele Wells Mooy Payne

Huddersfield won 4–3 on penalties

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Championship Final

Main article: 2017 EFL Championship play-off Final

29 May 2017 15:00	Huddersfield Town	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Reading	Wembley Stadium, London Referee: Neil Swarbrick
		Report
		Penalties
	Löwe Hefele Wells Mooy Schindler	4–3	Kermorgant Williams Kelly Moore Obita

League One

Main article: 2016–17 Football League One

League One Semi-finals

Final league position - League One
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Scunthorpe United	46	24	10	12	80	54	+26	82
4	Fleetwood Town	46	23	13	10	64	43	+21	82
5	Bradford City	46	20	19	7	62	43	+19	79
6	Millwall	46	20	13	13	66	57	+9	73

Semi-finals

First leg

4 May 2017 19:45 BST	Millwall	0–0	Scunthorpe United	The Den, London Attendance: Andy Madley Referee: 12,568
	Morison 42' Ferguson 69' Craig 87'	Report	Toney 24' Wallace 64'

4 May 2017 19:45 BST	Bradford City	1–0	Fleetwood Town	Northern Commercials Stadium, Bradford Attendance: 15,696 Referee: Oliver Langford
	McArdle  77'	Report	Schwabl 23'

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Second leg

7 May 2017 18:30 BST	Scunthorpe United	2–3	Millwall	Glanford Park, Scunthorpe Attendance: 7,190 Referee: Chris Kavanagh
	Toney  19' Dawson 35'  81' Ness 51' Bishop 88'	Report	Abdou 39' Williams 41' Morison  45', 58' Gregory  52'

Millwall won 3–2 on aggregate.

7 May 2017 18:30 BST	Fleetwood Town	0–0	Bradford City	Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood Attendance: 5,076 Referee: David Coote
		Report

Bradford won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Final

Main article: 2017 EFL League One play-off Final

20 May 2017 15:00 BST	Bradford City	0–1	Millwall	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 53,320 Referee: Simon Hooper
	Meredith 76'	Report	O'Brien 58' Morison  85'

League Two

Main article: 2016–17 Football League Two

League Two Semi-finals

Final league position - League Two
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Luton Town	46	20	17	9	70	43	+27	77
5	Exeter City	46	21	8	17	75	56	+19	71
6	Carlisle United	46	18	17	11	69	68	+1	71
7	Blackpool	46	18	16	12	69	46	+23	70

Semi-finals

First leg

14 May 2017 18:30 BST	Blackpool	3–2	Luton Town	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool Attendance: 3,882 Referee: Nigel Miller
	Cullen  19', 47', 67' (pen.)	Report	Potts  26' Vassell  28'

14 May 2017 18:30 BST	Carlisle United	3–3	Exeter City	Brunton Park, Carlisle Attendance: 9,708 Referee: David Webb
	Moore-Taylor  32' (o.g.) O'Sullivan  71' Miller  73'	Report	Grant  15' Harley  45+1' Wheeler  56'

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Second leg

18 May 2017 19:45 BST	Luton Town	3–2	Blackpool	Kenilworth Road, Luton Attendance: 10,032 Referee: Darren Deadman
	Mellor  36' (o.g.) Cuthbert  45' Hylton  57' (pen.)	Report	Delfouneso  22' Gnanduillet  76' Moore  90+5' (o.g.)

Blackpool won 6–5 on aggregate.

18 May 2017 19:45 BST	Exeter City	2–1	Carlisle United	St James Park, Exeter Attendance: 7,450 Referee: Dean Whitestone
	Watkins  10', 79' Stacey  90+5'	Report	Kennedy  81' O'Sullivan  90'

Exeter City won 6–5 on aggregate.

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Final

Main article: 2017 EFL League Two play-off Final

28 May 2017 15:00 BST	Blackpool	2–1	Exeter City	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 23,380 Referee: Darren England
	Potts  3' Cullen  64'	Report	Wheeler  40'