2018–19 EFL Championship
Appearance
(Redirected from 2018-2019 EFL Championship)
Season | 2018–19 |
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Dates | 3 August 2018 – 5 May 2019 |
Champions | Norwich City 1st Championship title 4th 2nd tier title |
Promoted | Norwich City Sheffield United Aston Villa |
Relegated | Rotherham United Bolton Wanderers Ipswich Town |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,473 (2.67 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) (29 goals) |
Biggest home win | West Bromwich Albion 7–1 Queens Park Rangers (18 August 2018) |
Biggest away win | Sheffield Wednesday 0–4 Norwich City (3 October 2018) Rotherham United 0–4 West Bromwich Albion (22 December 2018) Bolton Wanderers 0–4 Norwich City (16 February 2019) |
Highest scoring | Aston Villa 5–5 Nottingham Forest (28 November 2018) |
Longest winning run | 10 matches[1] Aston Villa |
Longest unbeaten run | 14 matches[1] Norwich City |
Longest winless run | 14 matches[1] Bolton Wanderers |
Longest losing run | 7
matches[1] Queens Park Rangers |
Highest attendance | 41,696 Aston Villa 1–2 Norwich City (5 May 2019)[1] |
Lowest attendance | 8,018 Rotherham United 2–2 QPR (27 November 2018)[1] |
Total attendance | 10,840,765[1] |
Average attendance | 20,075[1] |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
The 2018–19 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the EFL Championship under its current name, and the twenty-seventh season under its current league structure. Norwich City were crowned champions on the final day, following a 2–1 win over Aston Villa.[2]
Team changes
[edit]The following teams had changed division after the 2017–18 season.
Stadiums
[edit]London Championship football clubs
West Midlands Championship football clubs
Personnel and sponsoring
[edit]Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Ipswich Town | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 6 May 2018 | Pre-season | ![]() |
30 May 2018 |
Queens Park Rangers | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 10 May 2018 | ![]() |
18 May 2018 | |
Swansea City | ![]() |
End of contract | 18 May 2018 | ![]() |
11 June 2018 | |
Stoke City | ![]() |
Resigned | ![]() |
22 May 2018 | ||
Derby County | ![]() |
Signed by Stoke City | 22 May 2018 | ![]() |
31 May 2018 | |
Leeds United | ![]() |
Sacked | 1 June 2018 | ![]() |
15 June 2018 | |
Aston Villa | ![]() |
3 October 2018 | 12th | ![]() |
10 October 2018 | |
Brentford | ![]() |
Signed by Aston Villa | 10 October 2018 | 7th | ![]() |
16 October 2018 |
Ipswich Town | ![]() |
Sacked | 25 October 2018 | 24th | ![]() |
27 October 2018 |
Reading | ![]() |
6 December 2018 | 21st | ![]() |
22 December 2018 | |
Sheffield Wednesday | ![]() |
21 December 2018 | 18th | ![]() |
2 January 2019 | |
Stoke City | ![]() |
8 January 2019 | 14th | ![]() |
9 January 2019 | |
Nottingham Forest | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 11 January 2019 | 7th | ![]() |
14 January 2019 |
West Bromwich Albion | ![]() |
Sacked | 9 March 2019 | 4th | ![]() |
13 June 2019 |
Queens Park Rangers | ![]() |
1 April 2019 | 17th | ![]() |
8 May 2019 |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Norwich City (C, P) | 46 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 93 | 57 | +36 | 94 | Promotion to the Premier League |
2 | Sheffield United (P) | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 78 | 41 | +37 | 89 | |
3 | Leeds United | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 73 | 50 | +23 | 83 | Qualification for Championship play-offs[a] |
4 | West Bromwich Albion | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 87 | 62 | +25 | 80 | |
5 | Aston Villa (O, P) | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 82 | 61 | +21 | 76 | |
6 | Derby County | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 74 | |
7 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 73 | |
8 | Bristol City | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 70 | |
9 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 61 | 54 | +7 | 66 | |
10 | Swansea City | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 65 | 62 | +3 | 65 | |
11 | Brentford | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 73 | 59 | +14 | 64[b] | |
12 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 64 | |
13 | Hull City | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 66 | 68 | −2 | 62 | |
14 | Preston North End | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 61 | |
15 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 64 | 69 | −5 | 60 | |
16 | Stoke City | 46 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 55 | |
17 | Birmingham City | 46 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 64 | 58 | +6 | 52[c] | |
18 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 51 | 64 | −13 | 52 | |
19 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 53 | 71 | −18 | 51 | |
20 | Reading | 46 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 49 | 66 | −17 | 47 | |
21 | Millwall | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 44 | |
22 | Rotherham United (R) | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 52 | 83 | −31 | 40 | Relegation to EFL League One |
23 | Bolton Wanderers (R) | 46 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 78 | −49 | 32[b] | |
24 | Ipswich Town (R) | 46 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 36 | 77 | −41 | 31 |
Source: Sky Sports Archived 25 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results[58]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results[58]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Play-offs
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
3 | Leeds United | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
6 | Derby County | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
6 | Derby County | 1 | |||||||||
5 | Aston Villa | 2 | |||||||||
4 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 1 | 2 (3) | |||||||
5 | Aston Villa | 2 | 0 | 2 (4) |
Results
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals[60] |
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1 | ![]() |
Norwich City | 29 |
2 | ![]() |
Aston Villa | 25 |
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Brentford | ||
4 | ![]() |
West Bromwich Albion | 23 |
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Sheffield United | ||
6 | ![]() |
Birmingham City | 22 |
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Hull City | ||
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Swansea City | ||
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West Bromwich Albion | ||
10 | ![]() |
Nottingham Forest | 16 |
Hat-tricks
[edit]Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Birmingham City | Rotherham United | 3–1 (H) | 6 October 2018 | [61] |
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Sheffield United | Wigan Athletic | 4–2 (H) | 27 October 2018 | [62] |
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Birmingham City | Hull City | 3–3 (H) | 10 November 2018 | [63] |
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Aston Villa | Nottingham Forest | 5–5 (H)[a] | 28 November 2018 | [64] |
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Blackburn Rovers | Sheffield Wednesday | 4–2 (H) | 1 December 2018 | [65] |
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West Bromwich Albion | Rotherham United | 0–4 (A) | 22 December 2018 | [66] |
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Sheffield United | Aston Villa | 3–3 (A) | 8 February 2019 | [67] |
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Birmingham City | Queens Park Rangers | 3–4 (A) | 9 February 2019 | [68] |
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Brentford | Hull City | 5–1 (H) | 23 February 2019 | [69] |
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Derby County | Rotherham United | 6–1 (H) | 30 March 2019 | [70] |
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Bristol City | Sheffield United | 2–3 (A) | 30 March 2019 | [71] |
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Derby County | Bolton Wanderers | 4–0 (H) | 13 April 2019 | [72] |
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West Bromwich Albion | Preston North End | 4–1 (H) | 13 April 2019 | [73] |
- ^ Player scored 4 goals
Monthly awards
[edit]Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | ![]() |
Leeds United | ![]() |
Leeds United | [74][75] |
September | ![]() |
West Bromwich Albion | ![]() |
West Bromwich Albion | [76][77] |
October | ![]() |
Queens Park Rangers | ![]() |
Birmingham City | [78][79] |
November | ![]() |
Norwich City | ![]() |
Aston Villa | [80][81] |
December | ![]() |
Hull City | ![]() |
Hull City | [82][83] |
January | ![]() |
Blackburn Rovers | ![]() |
Blackburn Rovers | [84] |
February | ![]() |
Sheffield United | ![]() |
Birmingham City | [85] |
March | ![]() |
Aston Villa | ![]() |
Rotherham United | [86] |
April | ![]() |
Sheffield United | ![]() |
West Bromwich Albion | [87] |
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