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EFL Championship
Season2018–19
Matches played26
Goals scored80 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorerJay Rodriguez
(4 goals)
Biggest home winWest Bromwich Albion 7-1 Queens Park Rangers
(18 August 2018)
Biggest away winDerby County 1–4 Leeds United
(11 August 2018)
Highest scoringWest Bromwich Albion 7-1 Queens Park Rangers
(18 August 2018)
Highest attendance34,126
Leeds United 3–1 Stoke City
(5 August 2018)
Lowest attendance10,297
Brentford 5–1 Rotherham United
(4 August 2018)
Average attendance19,872
2019–20 →

The 2018–19 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the third season of the EFL Championship under its current name, and the twenty-seventh season under its current league structure.

Team changes

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

Stadiums

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Locations of the 2018–19 Football League Championship teams
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London Championship football clubs
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West Midlands Championship football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity[1]
Aston Villa Birmingham (Aston) Villa Park 42,790
Birmingham City Birmingham (Bordesley) St Andrew's 30,015
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park 31,367
Bolton Wanderers Bolton University of Bolton Stadium 28,723
Brentford London (Brentford) Griffin Park 12,300
Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate 27,000
Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,600
Hull City Kingston upon Hull KCOM Stadium 25,400
Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,300
Leeds United Leeds Elland Road 37,890
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 34,742
Millwall London (South Bermondsey) The Den 20,146
Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 27,244
Nottingham Forest Nottingham 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
Rotherham United Rotherham New York Stadium 12,021
Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,702
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 Manager1 Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Aston Villa England Steve Bruce Wales James Chester Luke Sports 32Red
Birmingham City England Garry Monk England Michael Morrison Adidas[2] 888sport[3]
Blackburn Rovers England Tony Mowbray Scotland Charlie Mulgrew Umbro 10Bet[4]
Bolton Wanderers England Phil Parkinson England David Wheater Macron Betfred
Brentford England Dean Smith Adidas LeoVegas[5]
Bristol City England Lee Johnson Australia Bailey Wright Bristol Sport (mfg by Vision Outsourcing) Dunder[6]
Derby County England Frank Lampard England Curtis Davies[7] Umbro[8] 32Red
Hull City England Nigel Adkins Norway Markus Henriksen Umbro SportPesa
Ipswich Town England Paul Hurst England Luke Chambers Adidas Magical Vegas[9]
Leeds United Argentina Marcelo Bielsa Scotland Liam Cooper Kappa[10] 32Red[11]
Middlesbrough Wales Tony Pulis England Grant Leadbitter Hummel 32Red
Millwall England Neil Harris Wales Steve Morison Macron TW Drainage
Norwich City Germany Daniel Farke Scotland Grant Hanley Erreà LeoVegas[12]
Nottingham Forest Spain Aitor Karanka England Ben Watson[13] Macron BetBright[14]
Preston North End Scotland Alex Neil England Tom Clarke Nike 32Red
Queens Park Rangers England Steve McClaren Germany Toni Leistner Erreà[15] Royal Panda[16]
Reading England Paul Clement Republic of Ireland Paul McShane Puma[17] Carabao[18]
Rotherham United England Paul Warne England Richard Wood Puma Hodge Clemco[19]
Sheffield United England Chris Wilder England Billy Sharp Adidas Ramsdens Currency
Sheffield Wednesday Netherlands Jos Luhukay England Tom Lees Elev8 Chansiri
Stoke City England Gary Rowett England Ryan Shawcross Macron bet365
Swansea City England Graham Potter Netherlands Leroy Fer Joma[20] Bet UK[21]
West Bromwich Albion Jamaica Darren Moore Northern Ireland Chris Brunt Puma[22] Ideal Boilers
Wigan Athletic England Paul Cook Egypt Sam Morsy Puma DW Sports Fitness

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ipswich Town England Bryan Klug End of caretaker spell[citation needed] 6 May 2018 Pre-season England Paul Hurst[23] 30 May 2018
Queens Park Rangers England Ian Holloway Sacked[24] 10 May 2018 England Steve McClaren[25] 18 May 2018
Swansea City Portugal Carlos Carvalhal End of contract[26] 18 May 2018 England Graham Potter[27] 11 June 2018
Stoke City Scotland Paul Lambert Resigned[28] England Gary Rowett[29] 22 May 2018
Derby County England Gary Rowett Signed by Stoke City[30] 22 May 2018 England Frank Lampard[31] 31 May 2018
Leeds United England Paul Heckingbottom Sacked[32] 1 June 2018 Argentina Marcelo Bielsa[33][34] 15 June 2018

League table

Template:2018–19 EFL Championship table

Results

Home \ Away AST BIR BLB BOL BRE BRI DER HUL IPS LEE MID MIL NOR NOT PNE QPR REA ROT SHU SHW STO SWA WBA WIG
Aston Villa — a a 3–2
Birmingham City a — 2–2 0–0
Blackburn Rovers — 0–0
Bolton Wanderers — 2–2
Brentford — a 5–1 2–0
Bristol City — 0–2 1–1
Derby County — 1–4 a
Hull City 1–3 0–1 —
Ipswich Town 1–1 2–2 — a
Leeds United — a 2–0 3–1
Middlesbrough 1–0 — 3–0
Millwall 2–1 a 2–2 —
Norwich City a — 3–4
Nottingham Forest a — 1–0 1–1
Preston North End — 1–0 2–2
Queens Park Rangers a — 1–2
Reading 0–1 1–2 —
Rotherham United 1–0 —
Sheffield United 2–1 — a 1–2
Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 a —
Stoke City 1–1 —
Swansea City 1–0 —
West Bromwich Albion a 1–2 7–1 —
Wigan Athletic 2–2 3–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2018. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Top scorers

As of 20 August 2018[35]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Jay Rodriguez West Bromwich Albion 4
2 France Neal Maupay Brentford 3
England Nick Powell Wigan Athletic
Scotland Matt Phillips West Bromwich Albion
England Ollie Watkins Brentford
England Kemar Roofe Leeds United
Denmark Martin Braithwaite Middlesbrough
8 Germany Onel Hernández Norwich City 2
Wales Hal Robson-Kanu West Bromwich Albion
Poland Mateusz Klich Leeds United
England Lee Gregory Millwall
Netherlands Yanic Wildschut Bolton Wanderers
Algeria Hillal Soudani Nottingham Forest
England Billy Sharp Sheffield United
England Bradley Dack Blackburn Rovers
Democratic Republic of the Congo Benik Afobe Stoke City
Austria Andreas Weimann Bristol City
Wales Tom Lawrence Derby County
Italy Fernando Forestieri Sheffield Wednesday
England Michael Jacobs Wigan Athletic
Northern Ireland Josh Magennis Bolton Wanderers
Scotland Jordan Rhodes Norwich City
England Harvey Barnes West Bromwich Albion
Democratic Republic of the Congo Britt Assombalonga Middlesbrough

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