2018–19 EFL League One

League One 2018–19
Season information
Winners	Luton Town
Promoted	Luton Town Barnsley Charlton Athletic
Relegated	Plymouth Argyle Walsall Scunthorpe United Bradford City
Season statistics
Matches played	417
Goals scored	1,096
Average	(2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	James Collins (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Doncaster 5-0 Rochdale (1 January 2019)
Biggest away win	Scunthorpe 0–5 Fleetwood (22 August 2018)
Highest scoring	Scunthorpe 5–3 Charlton (02 October 2018)
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The 2018–19 EFL League One was the 15th season of the Football League One under its current title and the 26th season under its current league division format. Fixtures were released on 21 June 2018 and the opening round of matches was played on 4 August 2018. The league season ended on 4 May 2019.

The summer transfer window closed five days after the start of the season, on 9 August 2018, following a vote by all 72 clubs in the Football League. However, clubs were able to make loan signings until 31 August. The video assistant referee system will also be used in the play-offs semi-finals and final for the first time.

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season.

To League One Promoted from League Two Accrington Stanley Luton Town Wycombe Wanderers Coventry City Relegated from The Championship Sunderland Burton Albion Barnsley

From League One Promoted to The Championship Wigan Athletic Blackburn Rovers Rotherham United Relegated to League Two Bury Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic

Stadia

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Accrington Stanley	Accrington	Crown Ground	5,057
AFC Wimbledon	London	Kingsmeadow	4,850
Barnsley	Barnsley	Oakwell	23,287
Blackpool	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	17,338
Bradford City	Bradford	Valley Parade	25,136
Bristol Rovers	Bristol	Memorial Stadium	12,300
Burton Albion	Burton upon Trent	Pirelli Stadium	6,912
Charlton Athletic	London	The Valley	27,111
Coventry City	Coventry	Ricoh Arena	32,609
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	Keepmoat Stadium	15,231
Fleetwood Town	Fleetwood	Highbury Stadium	5,311
Gillingham	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium	11,582
Luton Town	Luton	Kenilworth Road	10,356
Oxford United	Oxford	Kassam Stadium	12,500
Peterborough United	Peterborough	London Road	14,084
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	17,441
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	21,178
Rochdale	Rochdale	Spotland Stadium	10,500
Scunthorpe United	Scunthorpe	Glanford Park	9,088
Shrewsbury Town	Shrewsbury	New Meadow	9,875
Southend United	Southend-on-Sea	Roots Hall	12,392
Sunderland	Sunderland	Stadium of Light	48,707
Walsall	Walsall	Bescot Stadium	11,300
Wycombe Wanderers	High Wycombe	Adams Park	9,535

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager1	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Accrington Stanley	John Coleman	Séamus Conneely	Adidas	Wham
AFC Wimbledon	Neal Ardley	Darius Charles	Puma	Sports Interactive
Barnsley	Daniel Stendel	TBA	Puma	C.K. Beckett
Blackpool	Gary Bowyer	Andy Taylor	Erreà	tp.
Bradford City	Vacant	Romain Vincelot	Avec Sport	JCT600
Bristol Rovers	Darrell Clarke	Tom Lockyer	Macron	Thorntons Travel (Home), Powersystems UK Ltd (Away)
Burton Albion	Clough, NigelNigel Clough	Jake Buxton	TAG	TBC
Charlton Athletic	Vacant	TBA	Hummel	BETDAQ
Coventry City	Mark Robins	Michael Doyle	Nike	Midrepro
Doncaster Rovers	Vacant	James Coppinger	FBT	Virgin Trains East Coast
Fleetwood Town	Joey Barton	Nathan Pond	Hummel	bet365
Gillingham	Steve Lovell	TBA	GFC Leisure	Medway Council
Luton Town	Nathan Jones	TBA	Puma	Indigo Residential (Home), Star Platforms (Away), Northern Gas & Power (3rd)
Oxford United	Karl Robinson	Curtis Nelson	Puma	TBC
Peterborough United	Steve Evans	Jack Baldwin	Nike	Mick George
Plymouth Argyle	Derek Adams	Gary Sawyer	Puma	Ginsters
Portsmouth	Kenny Jackett	Brett Pitman	Nike	University of Portsmouth
Rochdale	Keith Hill	Callum Camps	Erreà	Crown Oil Ltd
Scunthorpe United	Nick Daws	Rory McArdle	FBT	British Steel
Shrewsbury Town	John Askey	Mat Sadler	Erreà	The Energy Check
Southend United	Chris Powell	Anton Ferdinand	Nike	The Amy May Trust
Sunderland	Jack Ross	Lee Cattermole	Adidas	Dafabet
Walsall	Dean Keates	Adam Chambers	Erreà	betway
Wycombe Wanderers	Gareth Ainsworth	Adam El-Abd	O'Neills	TBC (home), Utilita (away)

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Barnsley	José Morais	Sacked	6 May 2018	Pre-season	Daniel Stendel	6 June 2018
Bradford City	Simon Grayson	End of contract	8 May 2018		Michael Collins	18 June 2018
Fleetwood Town	John Sheridan		2 June 2018		Joey Barton	2 June 2018
Sunderland	Robbie Stockdale	End of caretaker spell	25 May 2018		Jack Ross	25 May 2018
Shrewsbury Town	Paul Hurst	Signed by Ipswich Town	30 May 2018		John Askey	1 June 2018
Doncaster Rovers	Darren Ferguson	Resigned	4 June 2018		Grant McCann	27 June 2018
Blackpool	Gary Bowyer		6 August 2018	12th	Terry McPhillips	6 August 2018
Scunthorpe United	Nick Daws	Sacked	24 August 2018	18th	Stuart McCall	27 August 2018
Bradford City	Michael Collins		3 September 2018	17th	David Hopkin	4 September 2018
AFC Wimbledon	Neal Ardley	Mutual consent	12 November 2018	23rd	Wally Downes	4 December 2018
Shrewsbury Town	John Askey	Sacked		18th	Sam Ricketts	3 December 2018
Bristol Rovers	Darrell Clarke	Mutual consent	13 December 2018	21st	Graham Coughlan	6 January 2019
Luton Town	Nathan Jones	Signed by Stoke City	9 January 2019	2nd	Mick Harford	10 January 2019
Peterborough United	Steve Evans	Sacked	26 January 2019	6th	Darren Ferguson	26 January 2019
Bradford City	David Hopkin	Resigned	25 February 2019	23rd	Gary Bowyer	4 March 2019
Rochdale	Keith Hill	Sacked	4 March 2019	22nd	Brian Barry-Murphy	4 March 2019
Scunthorpe United	Stuart McCall		24 March 2019	18th	Andy Dawson	24 March 2019
Southend United	Chris Powell		26 March 2019	20th	Kevin Bond	2 April 2019
Walsall	Dean Keates	Sacked	6 April 2019	22nd

League Table

2018–19 Football League One table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Luton Town  (C) (P)	46	27	13	6	90	42	+48	94	Promotion to the Championship
2	Barnsley  (P)	46	26	13	7	80	39	+41	91
3	Charlton Athletic  (P) (O)	46	26	10	10	73	40	+33	88	Qualification to the League One play-offs
4	Portsmouth	46	25	13	8	83	51	+32	88
5	Sunderland	46	22	19	5	80	47	+33	85
6	Doncaster Rovers	46	20	13	13	76	58	+18	73
7	Peterborough United	46	20	12	14	71	62	+9	72
8	Coventry City	46	18	11	17	54	54	0	65
9	Burton Albion	46	17	12	17	66	57	+9	63
10	Blackpool	46	15	17	14	50	52	−2	62
11	Fleetwood Town	46	16	13	17	58	52	+6	61
12	Oxford United	46	15	15	16	58	64	−6	60
13	Gillingham	46	15	10	21	61	72	−11	55
14	Accrington Stanley	46	14	13	19	51	67	−16	55
15	Bristol Rovers	46	13	15	18	47	50	−3	54
16	Rochdale	46	15	9	22	54	87	−33	54
17	Wycombe Wanderers	46	14	11	21	55	67	−12	53
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	16	18	51	59	−8	52
19	Southend United	46	14	8	24	55	68	−13	50
20	AFC Wimbledon	46	13	11	22	42	63	−21	50
21	Plymouth Argyle  (R)	46	13	11	22	56	80	−24	50	Relegation to League Two
22	Walsall  (R)	46	12	11	23	49	71	−22	47
23	Scunthorpe United  (R)	46	12	10	24	53	83	−30	46
24	Bradford City  (R)	46	11	8	27	49	77	−28	41

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Play-offs

See also: 2019 English Football League play-offs

		Semi-finals				Final
	3	Charlton Athletic	2 2 (3) P
	6	Doncaster Rovers	1 3 (3)
							Charlton Athletic	2
							Sunderland	1
	4	Portsmouth	0 0 (0)
	5	Sunderland	1 0 (1)

First leg

11 May 2019 19:30 BST	Sunderland	1–0	Portsmouth	Stadium of Light, Sunderland Attendance: 26,610 Referee: Andy Woolmer
	Maguire  62' Ozturk  67'	Report

12 May 2019 12:15 BST	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Charlton Athletic	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster Attendance: 11,140 Referee: Oliver Langford
	Blair  87'	Report	Taylor  32' Aribo  34'

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Second leg

16 May 2019 19:45 BST	Portsmouth	0–0	Sunderland	Fratton Park, Portsmouth Attendance: 18,077 Referee: Peter Bankes
		Report

Sunderland 1–0 Portsmouth on aggregate.

17 May 2019 19:45 BST	Charlton Athletic	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Doncaster Rovers	The Valley, London Attendance: 25,428 Referee: Gavin Ward
	Krystian Bielik  2' Darren Pratley  101'	Report	Tommy Rowe  11' Andy Butler  88' John Marquis  100'
		Penalties
	Solly Cullen Taylor Aribo Sarr	4–3	Whiteman Sadlier Crawford Marquis Rowe

Aggregate score 3–3. Charlton Athletic won 4–3 on penalties..

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League One Final

Main article: 2019 EFL League One play-off Final

26 May 2019 15:00 BST	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Sunderland	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 76,155 Referee: Andrew Madley
	Purrington  35' Bauer  90+4'	Report	Sarr  5' (o.g.)

Top scorers

As of 4 May 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	James Collins	Luton Town	25
2	John Marquis	Doncaster Rovers	21
	Lyle Taylor	Charlton Athletic
	Tom Eaves	Gillingham
5	Ian Henderson	Rochdale	20
6	Freddie Ladapo	Plymouth Argyle	18
7	Ched Evans	Fleetwood Town	17
	Kieffer Moore	Barnsley
9	Jonson Clarke-Harris	Coventry City/Bristol Rovers	16
	Cauley Woodrow	Barnsley
	Jamal Lowe	Portsmouth

See also

• 2018-19 EFL League One: Match day 36