2020 English Football League play-offs

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Football League play-offs 2019–20
Season information
Winners	Championship: League One: League Two: Northampton Town
Season statistics
← 2019	→

The English Football League play-offs for the 2019–20 season will be held in June and July 2020 with all finals played at Wembley Stadium in London. The play-offs will begin in each league with two semi-finals played over two legs. The teams who finish in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Championship and League One and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th-placed teams in League Two are set to compete. The winners of the semi-finals advance to the finals, with the winners gaining promotion for the following season.

The away goals rule does not apply in the playoff semi-finals.

Background

The English 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. The fixtures are determined by final league position – in the Championship and League One this is 3rd v 6th and 4th v 5th, while in League Two it is 4th v 7th and 5th v 6th.

Championship

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Championship

Championship semi-finals

First leg

	5th-placed Championship team	v	4th-placed Championship team	Attendance: 0

	6th-placed Championship team	v	3rd-placed Championship team	Attendance: 0

Second leg

	4th-placed Championship team	v	5th-placed Championship team	Attendance: 0

	3rd-placed Championship team	v	6th-placed Championship team	Attendance: 0

Championship Final

Main article: 2020 EFL Championship play-off Final

		–		Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 0
		[ Report]

League One

Main article: 2019–20 EFL League One

After suspending play due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, EFL League One clubs voted to curtail the season, and using points per game (PPG) to decide the final standings.

Final league position – League One
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
3	Wycombe Wanderers	34	17	8	9	45	40	+5	59	1.74
4	Oxford United	35	17	9	9	61	37	+24	60	1.71
5	Portsmouth	35	17	9	9	53	36	+17	60	1.71
6	Fleetwood Town	35	16	12	7	51	38	+13	60	1.71

Semi finals

Final

Portsmouth

1 1 2

Oxford United

1 1 2p

Oxford United

Wycombe Wanderers

Wycombe Wanderers

4 2 6

Fleetwood Town

1 2 3

League One semi-finals

First leg

3 July 2020 17:30 BST	Portsmouth	1–1	Oxford United	Fratton Park, Portsmouth Attendance: 0 Referee: Gavin Ward
	Curtis  32'	Report	Browne  43'

3 July 2020 19:30 BST	Fleetwood Town	1–4	Wycombe Wanderers	Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood Attendance: 0 Referee: Tony Harrington
	Evans  4' (pen.)	Report	Ofoborh  2' Cairns  6' (o.g.) Wheeler  45+3' Samuel  57'

Second leg

6 July 2020 17:00 BST	Oxford United	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Portsmouth	Kassam Stadium, Oxford Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren England
	Harrison  45+3' (o.g.)	Report	Harness  38'
		Penalties
	Woodburn Forde Taylor Mousinho Brannagan	5–4	Marquis Evans Brown McGeehan Hawkins

Oxford United won 5–4 on penalties, 2-2 on aggregate.

6 July 2020 19:30 BST	Wycombe Wanderers	2–2	Fleetwood Town	Adams Park, High Wycombe Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Bond
	Onyedinma  47', 90+4'	Report	Andrew  23' Evans  60' (pen.)

Wycombe Wanderers won 6–3 on aggregate.

League One Final

Main article: 2020 EFL League One play-off Final

13 July 2020 19:30 BST	Oxford United	–	Wycombe Wanderers	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 0
		[ Report]

League Two

Main article: 2019–20 EFL League Two

After suspending play due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, EFL League Two clubs voted to curtail the season, and using points per game (PPG) to decide the final standings.

Final league position – League Two
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
4	Cheltenham Town	36	17	13	6	52	27	+25	64	1.78
5	Exeter City	37	18	11	8	53	43	+10	65	1.76
6	Colchester United	37	15	13	9	52	37	+15	58	1.57
7	Northampton Town	37	17	7	13	54	40	+14	58	1.57

		Semi-finals				Final
	4	Cheltenham Town	2 0 (2)
	7	Northampton Town	0 3 (3)
						7	Northampton Town	4
						5	Exeter City	0
	5	Exeter City	0 3 (3)
	6	Colchester United	1 1 (2)

League Two semi-finals

First leg

18 June 2020 17:15 BST	Colchester United	1–0	Exeter City	Colchester Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 0 Referee: Josh Smith (England)
	Bramall  81'	Report

18 June 2020 19:45 BST	Northampton Town	0–2	Cheltenham Town	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Edwards (England)
		Report	Raglan  26' Thomas  86'

Second leg

22 June 2020 17:15 BST	Exeter City	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Colchester United	St James Park, Exeter Attendance: 0 Referee: Charles Breakspear (England)
	Martin  10' Richardson  58' Bowman  111'	Report	Senior  78'

Exeter City won 3–2 on aggregate.

22 June 2020 20:00 BST	Cheltenham Town	0–3	Northampton Town	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham Attendance: 0 Referee: Leigh Doughty (England)
		Report	Oliver  9' Morton  57', 77'

Northampton Town won 3–2 on aggregate.

League Two Final

Main article: 2020 EFL League Two play-off Final

29 June 2020 19:30 BST	Exeter City	0–4	Northampton Town	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Salisbury
		Report	Watson  11' Morton  31' Hoskins  80' Williams  89'