2018–19 EFL League One
Season | 2018–19 |
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Dates | 4 August 2018 – 4 May 2019 |
Champions | Luton Town (2nd divisional title). |
Promoted | Luton Town Barnsley Charlton Athletic |
Relegated | Plymouth Argyle Walsall Scunthorpe United Bradford City |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,462 (2.65 per match) |
Top goalscorer | James Collins (25 goals) |
Biggest home win | Doncaster Rovers 5–0 Rochdale (1 January 2019) |
Biggest away win | Scunthorpe United 0–5 Fleetwood Town (22 August 2018) |
Highest scoring | Sunderland 4–5 Coventry City (13 April 2019) |
Longest winning run | 7 matches[1] Luton Portsmouth |
Longest unbeaten run | 28 matches[1] Luton |
Longest winless run | 15 matches[1] Southend United |
Longest losing run | 8 matches[1] AFC Wimbledon |
Highest attendance | 46,039 Sunderland 1–0 Bradford City (26 December 2018)[1] |
Lowest attendance | 1,732 Accrington Stanley 2–1 AFC Wimbledon (22 September 2018)[1] |
Total attendance | 4,812,867[1] |
Average attendance | 8,184[1] |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
The 2018–19 EFL League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of the Football League One under its current title and the 26th season under its current league division format. Fixtures were released on 21 June 2018 and the opening round of matches was played on 4 August 2018.[2][3] The league season ended on 4 May 2019.[4][5]
The summer transfer window closed five days after the start of the season, on 9 August 2018, following a vote by all 72 clubs in the Football League. However, clubs were able to make loan signings until 31 August.[6]
Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season:
To League One
Promoted from League Two
Relegated from Championship
From League One
Promoted to Championship
Relegated to League Two
Teams
*reduced for that season as club work on ground
Personnel and sponsoring
- 1 According to current revision of List of current Premier League and English Football League managers.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Barnsley | José Morais | Sacked | 6 May 2018 | Pre-season | Daniel Stendel | 6 June 2018 |
Bradford City | Simon Grayson | End of contract | 8 May 2018 | Michael Collins | 18 June 2018 | |
Fleetwood Town | John Sheridan | 2 June 2018 | Joey Barton | 2 June 2018 | ||
Sunderland | Robbie Stockdale | End of caretaker spell | 25 May 2018 | Jack Ross | 25 May 2018 | |
Shrewsbury Town | Paul Hurst | Signed by Ipswich Town | 30 May 2018 | John Askey | 1 June 2018 | |
Doncaster Rovers | Darren Ferguson | Resigned | 4 June 2018 | Grant McCann | 27 June 2018 | |
Blackpool | Gary Bowyer | 6 August 2018 | 12th | Terry McPhillips | 6 August 2018 | |
Scunthorpe United | Nick Daws | Sacked | 24 August 2018 | 18th | Stuart McCall | 27 August 2018 |
Bradford City | Michael Collins | 3 September 2018 | 17th | David Hopkin | 4 September 2018 | |
AFC Wimbledon | Neal Ardley | Mutual consent | 12 November 2018 | 23rd | Wally Downes | 4 December 2018 |
Shrewsbury Town | John Askey | Sacked | 18th | Sam Ricketts | 3 December 2018 | |
Bristol Rovers | Darrell Clarke | Mutual consent | 13 December 2018 | 21st | Graham Coughlan | 6 January 2019 |
Luton Town | Nathan Jones | Signed by Stoke City | 9 January 2019 | 2nd | Mick Harford | 10 January 2019 |
Peterborough United | Steve Evans | Sacked | 26 January 2019 | 6th | Darren Ferguson | 26 January 2019 |
Bradford City | David Hopkin | Resigned | 25 February 2019 | 23rd | Gary Bowyer | 4 March 2019 |
Rochdale | Keith Hill | Sacked | 4 March 2019 | 22nd | Brian Barry-Murphy | 4 March 2019 |
Scunthorpe United | Stuart McCall | 24 March 2019 | 18th | Andy Dawson | 24 March 2019 | |
Southend United | Chris Powell | 26 March 2019 | 20th | Kevin Bond | 2 April 2019 | |
Walsall | Dean Keates | 6 April 2019 | 22nd | Martin O'Connor | 8 April 2019 | |
Gillingham | Steve Lovell | 26 April 2019 | 13th | Mark Patterson | 26 April 2019 | |
Plymouth Argyle | Derek Adams | 28 April 2019 | 21st | Kevin Nancekivell | 28 April 2019 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Luton Town (C, P) | 46 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 90 | 42 | +48 | 94 | Promotion to the EFL Championship |
2 | Barnsley (P) | 46 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 80 | 39 | +41 | 91 | |
3 | Charlton Athletic (O, P) | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 73 | 40 | +33 | 88 | Qualification for League One play-offs[a] |
4 | Portsmouth | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 83 | 51 | +32 | 88 | |
5 | Sunderland | 46 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 80 | 47 | +33 | 85 | |
6 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 76 | 58 | +18 | 73 | |
7 | Peterborough United | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 71 | 62 | +9 | 72 | |
8 | Coventry City | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 65 | |
9 | Burton Albion | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 66 | 57 | +9 | 63 | |
10 | Blackpool | 46 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 62 | |
11 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 61 | |
12 | Oxford United | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 60 | |
13 | Gillingham | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 61 | 72 | −11 | 55 | |
14 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 51 | 67 | −16 | 55 | |
15 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 54 | |
16 | Rochdale | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 54 | 87 | −33 | 54 | |
17 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 55 | 67 | −12 | 53 | |
18 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 52 | |
19 | Southend United | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 55 | 68 | −13 | 50 | |
20 | Wimbledon | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 50 | |
21 | Plymouth Argyle (R) | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 56 | 80 | −24 | 50 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
22 | Walsall (R) | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 49 | 71 | −22 | 47 | |
23 | Scunthorpe United (R) | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 53 | 83 | −30 | 46 | |
24 | Bradford City (R) | 46 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 49 | 77 | −28 | 41 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results [14]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.
Play-offs
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
3 | Charlton Athletic (p) | 2 | |||||||
6 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 | |||||||
3 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | |||||||
5 | Sunderland | 1 | |||||||
4 | Portsmouth | 0 | |||||||
5 | Sunderland | 1 |
Results
Top scorers
- As of 4 May 2019[15]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | James Collins | Luton Town | 25 |
2 | John Marquis | Doncaster Rovers | 21 |
Lyle Taylor | Charlton Athletic | ||
Tom Eaves | Gillingham | ||
5 | Ian Henderson | Rochdale | 20 |
6 | Freddie Ladapo | Plymouth Argyle | 18 |
7 | Ched Evans | Fleetwood Town | 17 |
Kieffer Moore | Barnsley | ||
9 | Jonson Clarke-Harris | Coventry City/Bristol Rovers | 16 |
Cauley Woodrow | Barnsley | ||
Jamal Lowe | Portsmouth |
Hat-tricks
Note
(H) = Home; (A) = Away
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- ^ "Rochdale 0 Barnsley 4: Moore grabs Tykes hat-trick to maintain unbeaten start". The Yorkshire Post. 21 August 2018.
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