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EFL Championship
2019–20
Football League Championship
Season information
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)
 ← 2018–19
2020–21 → 

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[]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Barnsley Barnsley Oakwell 23,287
Birmingham City Birmingham St Andrew's 30,015
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park 31,367
Brentford London (Brentford) Griffin Park 12,300
Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate 27,000
Cardiff City Cardiff Cardiff City Stadium 33,316
Charlton Athletic London (Charlton) The Valley 27,111
Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,600
Fulham London (Fulham) Craven Cottage 25,700
Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Kirklees Stadium 24,500
Hull City Kingston upon Hull KCOM Stadium 25,400
Leeds United Leeds Elland Road 37,890
Luton Town Luton Kenilworth Road 10,336
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 34,000
Millwall London (South Bermondsey) The Den 20,146
Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground 30,445
Preston North End Preston Deepdale 23,408
Queens Park Rangers London (White City) Loftus Road 18,439
Reading Reading Madejski Stadium 24,161
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Hillsborough Stadium 39,752
Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent bet365 Stadium 30,089
Swansea City Swansea Liberty Stadium 21,088
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns 26,850
Wigan Athletic Wigan DW Stadium 25,133

Personnel and sponsoring[]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Barnsley Flag of Austria Gerhard Struber Flag of Germany Mike-Steven Bähre Puma C.K. Beckett
Birmingham City Flag of Spain Pep Clotet1 Flag of England Harlee Dean Adidas BoyleSports
Blackburn Rovers Flag of England Tony Mowbray Flag of England Elliott Bennett Umbro 10Bet
Brentford Flag of Denmark Thomas Frank Flag of Sweden Pontus Jansson Umbro EcoWorld
Bristol City Flag of England Johnson, LeeLee Johnson Flag of Australia Bailey Wright Bristol Sport Dunder
Cardiff City Flag of England Neil Harris Flag of England Morrison, SeanSean Morrison Adidas Tourism Malaysia
Charlton Athletic Flag of England Bowyer, LeeLee Bowyer Flag of England Chris Solly Hummel Children with Cancer UK
Derby County Flag of Netherlands Phillip Cocu Flag of England Curtis Davies2 Umbro 32Red
Fulham Flag of England Scott Parker Flag of Scotland Tom Cairney Adidas Dafabet
Huddersfield Town Flag of England Danny Cowley Flag of Germany Christopher Schindler Umbro Paddy Power (unbranded)
Hull City Flag of Northern Ireland Grant McCann Flag of United States Eric Lichaj Umbro SportPesa
Leeds United Flag of Argentina Marcelo Bielsa Flag of Scotland Liam Cooper Kappa 32Red
Luton Town Flag of England Graeme Jones Flag of Republic Ireland Alan Sheehan Puma Indigo Residential (home), Star Platforms (away),
Northern Gas & Power (third)
Middlesbrough Flag of England Jonathan Woodgate Flag of England George Friend Hummel 32Red
Millwall Flag of England Gary Rowett Flag of Republic Ireland Alex Pearce Macron Huski Chocolate
Nottingham Forest Flag of France Sabri Lamouchi Flag of England Michael Dawson Macron Football Index
Preston North End Flag of Scotland Alex Neil Flag of England Tom Clarke Nike 32Red
Queens Park Rangers Flag of England Mark Warburton Flag of England Grant Hall Errea Royal Panda
Reading Flag of Wales Mark Bowen Flag of England Liam Moore Macron Casumo
Sheffield Wednesday Flag of England Monk, GarryGarry Monk Flag of England Tom Lees Elev8 Chansiri
Stoke City Flag of Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill Flag of England Ryan Shawcross Macron bet365
Swansea City Flag of Wales Steve Cooper Flag of England Matt Grimes Joma YOBET, Swansea University (back-
of-shirt & training kit sponsor)
West Bromwich Albion Flag of Croatia Slaven Bilić Flag of Northern Ireland Chris Brunt Puma Ideal Boilers
Wigan Athletic Flag of England Paul Cook Flag of Egypt 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
Luton Town Flag of England Mick Harford End of caretaker spell 4 May 2019 Pre-season Flag of England Graeme Jones 7 May 2019
Queens Park Rangers Flag of England John Eustace 5 May 2019 Flag of England Mark Warburton 8 May 2019
West Bromwich Albion Flag of England James Shan 14 May 2019 Flag of Croatia Slaven Bilić 13 June 2019
Middlesbrough Flag of Wales Tony Pulis End of contract 17 May 2019 Flag of England Jonathan Woodgate 14 June 2019
Swansea City Flag of England Graham Potter Signed by Brighton & Hove Albion 20 May 2019 Flag of Wales Steve Cooper 13 June 2019
Hull City Flag of England Nigel Adkins End of contract 8 June 2019 Flag of Northern Ireland Grant McCann 21 June 2019
Birmingham City Flag of England Garry Monk Sacked 18 June 2019 Flag of Spain Pep Clotet 20 June 2019
Nottingham Forest Flag of Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill 28 June 2019 Flag of France Sabri Lamouchi 28 June 2019
Derby County Flag of England Frank Lampard Signed by Chelsea 4 July 2019 Flag of Netherlands Phillip Cocu 5 July 2019
Sheffield Wednesday Flag of England Steve Bruce Resigned 15 July 2019 Flag of England Garry Monk 6 September 2019
Huddersfield Town Flag of Germany Jan Siewert Sacked 16 August 2019 20th Flag of England Danny Cowley 9 September 2019
Millwall Flag of England Neil Harris Resigned 3 October 2019 18th Flag of England Gary Rowett 21 October 2019
Barnsley Flag of Germany Daniel Stendel Sacked 8 October 2019 23rd Flag of Austria Gerhard Struber 20 November 2019
Reading Flag of Portugal José Manuel Gomes 9 October 2019 22nd Flag of Wales Mark Bowen 14 October 2019
Stoke City Flag of England Nathan Jones 1 November 2019 24th Flag of Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill 8 November 2019
Cardiff City Flag of England Neil Warnock Mutual consent 11 November 2019 14th Flag of England Neil Harris 16 November 2019
Luton Town Flag of England Graeme Jones 24 April 2020 23rd Flag of Wales Nathan Jones 28 May 2020
Middlesbrough Flag of England Jonathan Woodgate Sacked 23 June 2020 21st Flag of England Neil Warnock 23 June 2020
Bristol City Flag of England Lee Johnson 4 July 2020 12th
Birmingham City Flag of Spain Pep Clotet Mutual consent 8 July 2020 17th Flag of Spain Aitor Karanka 31 July 2020
Huddersfield Town Flag of England Danny Cowley Sacked 19 July 2020 18th Flag of Spain Carlos Corberán 23 July 2020

League table[]

Pos
Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
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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