EFL Championship 2019–20 | ||
Season information | ||
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Dates | 2 August 2019 – 22 July 2020 | |
Promoted | Leeds United West Bromwich Albion Fulham | |
Relegated | Charlton Athletic Hull City Wigan Athletic (subject to appeal) | |
Season statistics | ||
Matches played | 552 | |
Goals scored | 1,457 | |
Average | (2.46 per match) | |
Top goalscorer | Aleksandar Mitrović (26 goals) | |
Biggest home win | Wigan Athletic 8–0 Hull City (14 July 2020) | |
Biggest away win | Sheffield Weds 0–5 Blackburn (18 January 2020) Luton Town 0–5 Reading (4 July 2020) | |
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2020–21 →
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The 2019–20 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 16th season of Football League Championship under its current title and the 27th season under its current league division format.
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic[]
The season was halted, following a decision on 13 March 2020 to suspend the league after a number of players and other club staff became ill due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial suspension was until 4 April, which was then extended until 30 April. On 13 May, following a meeting, the clubs decided to continue with the season with plans for players to return to training on 25 May.
In May, 1014 tests were carried out across all of the English Football League and funded by the clubs. Two people from Hull City returned positive results. Later in May, Elliott Bennett of Blackburn Rovers tested positive for the virus as did two unnamed players from Fulham. In further tests, Jayden Stockley of Preston North End tested positive as did one unnamed person from both Cardiff City and Middlesbrough. On 31 May, the EFL stated plans to restart the league on 20 June, with the play-off final being scheduled for around 30 July, subject to safety requirement and government approval being met.
On 7 June, two Championship clubs reported one person each to have tested positive of coronavirus, during the latest round of testing. A total of 1,179 people were tested in the duration of four days and those tested positive were required to self-isolate, as per EFL guidelines. On 8 June, the first round of fixtures was released. The first set of fixtures following the restart was scheduled for 20 June with the first fixture being Fulham against Brentford with a 12:30pm kick-off. In a further round of testing on 8 June, Stoke City manager Michael O'Neill tested positive for the virus having tested negative in five previous rounds of testing. A practice game between Stoke and Manchester United was called off at short notice with the Stoke players already in United's Carrington training ground.
Team changes[]
The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.
To Championship[]Promoted from League One Relegated from Premier League |
From Championship[]Promoted to Premier League Relegated to League One |
Stadiums[]
Personnel and sponsoring[]
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Sponsor |
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Barnsley | Gerhard Struber | Mike-Steven Bähre | Puma | C.K. Beckett |
Birmingham City | Pep Clotet1 | Harlee Dean | Adidas | BoyleSports |
Blackburn Rovers | Tony Mowbray | Elliott Bennett | Umbro | 10Bet |
Brentford | Thomas Frank | Pontus Jansson | Umbro | EcoWorld |
Bristol City | Lee Johnson | Bailey Wright | Bristol Sport | Dunder |
Cardiff City | Neil Harris | Sean Morrison | Adidas | Tourism Malaysia |
Charlton Athletic | Lee Bowyer | Chris Solly | Hummel | Children with Cancer UK |
Derby County | Phillip Cocu | Curtis Davies2 | Umbro | 32Red |
Fulham | Scott Parker | Tom Cairney | Adidas | Dafabet |
Huddersfield Town | Danny Cowley | Christopher Schindler | Umbro | Paddy Power (unbranded) |
Hull City | Grant McCann | Eric Lichaj | Umbro | SportPesa |
Leeds United | Marcelo Bielsa | Liam Cooper | Kappa | 32Red |
Luton Town | Graeme Jones | Alan Sheehan | Puma | Indigo Residential (home), Star Platforms (away), Northern Gas & Power (third) |
Middlesbrough | Jonathan Woodgate | George Friend | Hummel | 32Red |
Millwall | Gary Rowett | Alex Pearce | Macron | Huski Chocolate |
Nottingham Forest | Sabri Lamouchi | Michael Dawson | Macron | Football Index |
Preston North End | Alex Neil | Tom Clarke | Nike | 32Red |
Queens Park Rangers | Mark Warburton | Grant Hall | Errea | Royal Panda |
Reading | Mark Bowen | Liam Moore | Macron | Casumo |
Sheffield Wednesday | Garry Monk | Tom Lees | Elev8 | Chansiri |
Stoke City | Michael O'Neill | Ryan Shawcross | Macron | bet365 |
Swansea City | Steve Cooper | Matt Grimes | Joma | YOBET, Swansea University (back- of-shirt & training kit sponsor) |
West Bromwich Albion | Slaven Bilić | Chris Brunt | Puma | Ideal Boilers |
Wigan Athletic | Paul Cook | Sam Morsy | Puma | KB88 |
- 1 Pep Clotet was initially appointed as caretaker manager, then Birmingham City made the appointment permanent on 4 December 2019.
- 2 Derby County captain was Richard Keogh until his contract was terminated on 30 October 2019.
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Luton Town | Mick Harford | End of caretaker spell | 4 May 2019 | Pre-season | Graeme Jones | 7 May 2019 |
Queens Park Rangers | John Eustace | 5 May 2019 | Mark Warburton | 8 May 2019 | ||
West Bromwich Albion | James Shan | 14 May 2019 | Slaven Bilić | 13 June 2019 | ||
Middlesbrough | Tony Pulis | End of contract | 17 May 2019 | Jonathan Woodgate | 14 June 2019 | |
Swansea City | Graham Potter | Signed by Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 May 2019 | Steve Cooper | 13 June 2019 | |
Hull City | Nigel Adkins | End of contract | 8 June 2019 | Grant McCann | 21 June 2019 | |
Birmingham City | Garry Monk | Sacked | 18 June 2019 | Pep Clotet | 20 June 2019 | |
Nottingham Forest | Martin O'Neill | 28 June 2019 | Sabri Lamouchi | 28 June 2019 | ||
Derby County | Frank Lampard | Signed by Chelsea | 4 July 2019 | Phillip Cocu | 5 July 2019 | |
Sheffield Wednesday | Steve Bruce | Resigned | 15 July 2019 | Garry Monk | 6 September 2019 | |
Huddersfield Town | Jan Siewert | Sacked | 16 August 2019 | 20th | Danny Cowley | 9 September 2019 |
Millwall | Neil Harris | Resigned | 3 October 2019 | 18th | Gary Rowett | 21 October 2019 |
Barnsley | Daniel Stendel | Sacked | 8 October 2019 | 23rd | Gerhard Struber | 20 November 2019 |
Reading | José Manuel Gomes | 9 October 2019 | 22nd | Mark Bowen | 14 October 2019 | |
Stoke City | Nathan Jones | 1 November 2019 | 24th | Michael O'Neill | 8 November 2019 | |
Cardiff City | Neil Warnock | Mutual consent | 11 November 2019 | 14th | Neil Harris | 16 November 2019 |
Luton Town | Graeme Jones | 24 April 2020 | 23rd | Nathan Jones | 28 May 2020 | |
Middlesbrough | Jonathan Woodgate | Sacked | 23 June 2020 | 21st | Neil Warnock | 23 June 2020 |
Bristol City | Lee Johnson | 4 July 2020 | 12th | |||
Birmingham City | Pep Clotet | Mutual consent | 8 July 2020 | 17th | Aitor Karanka | 31 July 2020 |
Huddersfield Town | Danny Cowley | Sacked | 19 July 2020 | 18th | Carlos Corberán | 23 July 2020 |
League table[]
Pos |
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Leeds United (C) (P) | 46 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 77 | 35 | +42 | 93 | Promotion to the Premier League |
2 | West Bromwich Albion
(P) |
46 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 77 | 45 | +32 | 83 | |
3 | Brentford | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 80 | 38 | +42 | 81 | Qualification to the Championship Play-offs |
4 | Fulham (P) | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 81 | |
5 | Cardiff City | 46 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 68 | 58 | +10 | 73 | |
6 | Swansea City | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 70 | |
7 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 70 | |
8 | Millwall | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 68 | |
9 | Preston North End | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 66 | |
10 | Derby County | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 62 | 64 | −2 | 64 | |
11 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 66 | 63 | +3 | 63 | |
12 | Bristol City | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 60 | 65 | −5 | 63 | |
13 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 67 | 76 | −9 | 58 | |
14 | Reading | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 59 | 58 | +1 | 56 | |
15 | Stoke City | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 62 | 68 | −6 | 56 | |
16 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 56 | |
17 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 53 | |
18 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 52 | 70 | −18 | 51 | |
19 | Luton Town | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 54 | 82 | −28 | 51 | |
20 | Birmingham City | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 54 | 75 | −21 | 50 | |
21 | Barnsley | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 49 | 69 | −20 | 49 | |
22 | Charlton Athletic (R) | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 48 | Relegation to League One |
23 | Wigan Athletic (R) | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 47 | |
24 | Hull City (R) | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 57 | 87 | −30 | 45 |
Source: EFL.com
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[]
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
Brentford | 0 3 3 | ||||||||||||
Swansea City | 1 1 2 | ||||||||||||
Brentford | 1 | ||||||||||||
Fulham | 2 | ||||||||||||
Fulham | 2 1 3 | ||||||||||||
Cardiff City | 0 2 2 |
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