List of EFL Championship clubs

The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Football League Championship at any time since its formation in 2004 to the current season. Football League Championship teams confirmed to be playing in the 2020–21 EFL Championship season are indicated in bold. If the longest spell is the current spell, this is indicated in bold, and if the highest finish is that of the most recent season, this is also in bold. A total of 56 teams have played in the Championship.

All statistics here refer to time in the Football League Championship only, with the exception of 'Most recent finish' which refers to all levels of play, and 'Last promotion' which refers to the club's last promotion from the third tier of English football.

Club	Town or city	Total seasons	Total spells	Longest spell	Promotion to league	Promotion from league	Relegation to league	Relegation from league	Years	Most recent finish	Highest finish
Aston Villa	Birmingham	3	1	3	1971–72	2018–19	2015–16	Never Relegated	2016–2019	17th Premier League	4th
Barnsley	Barnsley	12	3	8	2018–19	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2017–18	2006–2014 2016–2018 2019–	21st	14th
Birmingham City	Birmingham	12	3	10	1994–95	2008–09	2010–11	Never Relegated	2006–2007 2008–2009 2011–	20th	2nd
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	8	2	5	2017–18	Never Promoted	2011–12	2016–17	2012–2017 2018–	11th	8th
Blackpool	Blackpool	7	2	4	2006–07	2009–10	2010–11	2014–15	2007–2010 2011–2015	13th League One	5th
Bolton Wanderers	Bolton	6	2	4	2016–17	Never Promoted	2011–12	2018–19	2012–2016 2017–2019	23rd (relegated) League One	7th
Bournemouth	Bournemouth	3	2	2	2012–13	2014–15	2019–20	Never Relegated	2013–2015 2020–	18th (relegated) Premier League	1st
Brentford	London	6	1	6	2013–14	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	Never Relegated	2014–	3rd	3rd
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton	7	2	6	2010–11	2016–17	Never Relegated	2005–06	2002–2005 2011–2017	15th Premier League	2nd
Bristol City	Bristol	12	2	6	2014–15	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2012–13	2007–2013 2015–	12th	4th
Burnley	Burnley	10	3	4	1993–94	2015–16	2014–15	Never Relegated	1993–2009 2010–2014 2015–2016	10th Premier League	1st
Burton Albion	Burton	2	1	2	2015–16	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2017–18	2016–2018	12th League One	20th
Cardiff City	Cardiff	15	3	9	2002–03	2017–18	2018–19	Never Relegated	2003–2013 2014–2018 2019–	5th	1st
Charlton Athletic	London	7	3	4	2018–19	Never Promoted	2006–07	2019–20	2007–2009 2012–2016 2019–2020	22nd (relegated)	9th
Colchester United	Colchester	2	1	2	2005–06	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2007–08	2006–2008	6th League Two	10th
Coventry City	Coventry	9	2	8	2019–20	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2011–12	2001–2012 2020–	1st (promoted) League One	8th
Crewe Alexandra	Crewe	2	1	2	2002–03	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2005–06	2003–2006	2nd (promoted) League Two	18th
Crystal Palace	London	8	1	8	1978–79	2012–13	2004–05	Never Relegated	2005–2013	14th Premier League	5th
Derby County	Derby	16	2	13	1986–87	2006–07	2007–08	Never Relegated	2002–2007 2008–	10th	3rd
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	5	2	4	2012–13	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2013–14	2008–2012 2013–2014	9th League One	12th
Fulham	London	5	2	4	1998–99	2019–20	2018–19	Never Relegated	2014–2018 2019–2020	4th (promoted)	3rd
Gillingham	Gillingham	1	1	1	1999–2000	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2004–05	2000–2005	10th League One	22nd
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	7	2	5	2011–12	2016–17	2018–19	Never Relegated	2012–2017 2019–	18th	5th
Hull City	Hull	10	4	3	2004–05	2015–16	2016–17	2019–20	2005–2008 2010–2013 2015–2016 2017–2020	24th (relegated)	2nd
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	15	1	15	1957–58	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2018–19	2003–2019	11th League One	3rd
Leeds United	Leeds	13	2	10	2009–10	2019–20	Never Relegated	2006–07	2004–2007 2010–2020	1st (promoted)	1st
Leicester City	Leicester	9	2	5	2008–09	2013–14	Never Relegated	2007–08	2004–2008 2009–2014	5th Premier League	1st
Luton Town	Luton	4	2	2	2018–19	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2006–07	2005–2007 2019–	19th	10th
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	11	2	6	1986–87	2015–16	2016–17	Never Relegated	2009–2016 2017–	17th	2nd
Millwall	London	11	3	5	2016–17	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2014–15	2001–2006 2010–2015 2017–	8th	8th
Milton Keynes Dons	Milton Keynes	1	1	1	2014–15	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2015–16	2015–2016	19th League One	23rd
Newcastle United	Newcastle	2	2	1	Never Promoted	2016–17	2015–16	Never Relegated	2009–2010 2016–2017	13th Premier League	1st
Norwich City	Norwich	10	5	5	2009–10	2018–19	2019–20	2008–09	2005–2009 2010–2011 2014–2015 2016–2019 2020–	20th (relegated) Premier League	1st
Nottingham Forest	Nottingham	14	2	13	2007–08	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2004–05	2004–2005 2008–	7th	3rd
Peterborough United	Peterborough	3	2	2	2010–11	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2012–13	2009–2010 2011–2013	7th League One	18th
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	6	1	6	2003–04	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2009–10	2004–2010	3rd (promoted) League Two	10th
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	2	1	2	1982–83	Never Promoted	2009–10	2011–12	2010–2012	5th League One	16th
Preston North End	Preston	13	2	7	2014–15	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2010–11	2000–2011 2015–	9th	4th
Queens Park Rangers	London	14	3	7	2003–04	2013–14	2014–15	Never Relegated	2004–2011 2013–2014 2015–	13th	1st
Reading	Reading	14	3	8	1985–86	2011–12	2008–09	Never Relegated	1985–2007 2009–2012 2013–	14th	1st
Rotherham United	Rotherham	6	4	3	2019–20	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2018–19	2002–2005 2014–2017 2018–2019 2020–	2nd (promoted) League One	21st
Scunthorpe United	Scunthorpe	3	2	2	2008–09	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2010–11	2007–2008 2009–2011	20th League Two	20th
Sheffield United	Sheffield	8	3	3	2016–17	2018–19	2006–07	2010–11	1994–2006 2007–2011 2017–2019	9th Premier League	2nd
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	14	2	9	2011–12	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2009–10	2005–2010 2012–	16th	4th
Southampton	Southampton	5	2	4	2010–11	2011–12	2004–05	2008–09	2005–2009 2011–2012	11th Premier League	2nd
Southend United	Southend-on-Sea	1	1	1	2005–06	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2006–07	2006–2007	22nd (relegated) League One	22nd
Stoke City	Stoke	7	2	4	2001–02	2007–08	2017–18	Never Relegated	2002–2008 2018–	15th	2nd
Sunderland	Sunderland	3	3	1	1987–88	2006–07	2016–17	2017–18	2003–2005 2006–2007 2017–2018	8th League One	1st
Swansea City	Swansea	6	2	3	2007–08	2010–11	2017–18	Never Relegated	2008–2011 2018–	6th	3rd
Watford	Watford	11	3	8	1997–98	2014–15	2019–20	Never Relegated	2000–2006 2007–2015 2020–	19th (relegated) Premier League	1st
West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	5	3	2	1992–93	2019–20	2017–18	Never Relegated	2006–2008 2009–2010 2018–2020	2nd (promoted)	1st
West Ham United	London	2	2	1	Never Promoted	2011–12	2010–11	Never Relegated	2003–2005 2011–2012	16th Premier League	3rd
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	6	4	2	2017–18	2004–05	2012–13	2019–20	2003–2005 2013–2015 2016–2017 2018–2020	23rd (relegated)	2nd
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	10	3	5	2013–14	2017–18	2011–12	2012–13	2003–2009 2012–2013 2014–2018	7th Premier League	1st
Wycombe Wanderers	High Wycombe	1	1	1	2019–20	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	Never Relegated	2020–	3rd (promoted) League One
Yeovil Town	Yeovil	1	1	1	2012–13	Never Promoted	Never Relegated	2013–14	2013–2014	4th National League	24th

Overview of clubs by season

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted via play-offs

Relegated

Club	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21
Aston Villa													13	4	5
Barnsley			20	18	20	18	17	21	21	23			14	22		21
Birmingham City			2		2			4	12	21	10	10	19	19	17	20
Blackburn Rovers									17	8	9	15	22		15	11
Blackpool				19	16	6		5	15	20	24
Bolton Wanderers									7	14	18	24		21	23
Bournemouth										10	1
Brentford											5	9	10	9	11	3
Brighton & Hove Albion	20	24						10	4	6	20	3	2
Bristol City				4	10	10	15	20	24			18	17	11	8	12
Burnley	13	17	15	13	5		8	13	11	2		1
Burton Albion													20	23
Cardiff City	16	11	13	12	7	4	4	6	1		11	8	12	2		5
Charlton Athletic				11	24				9	18	12	22				22
Colchester United			10	24
Coventry City	19	8	17	21	17	19	18	23
Crewe Alexandra	21	22
Crystal Palace		6	12	5	15	21	20	17	5
Derby County	4	20	3		18	14	19	12	10	3	8	5	9	6	6	10
Doncaster Rovers					14	12	21	24		22
Fulham											17	20	6	3		4
Gillingham	22
Huddersfield Town									19	17	16	19	5			18
Hull City		18	21	3			11	8	2			4		18	13	24
Ipswich Town	3	15	14	8	9	15	13	15	14	9	6	7	16	12	24
Leeds United	14	5	24				7	14	13	15	15	13	7	13	3	1
Leicester City	15	16	19	22		5	10	9	6	1
Luton Town		10	23													19
Middlesbrough						11	12	7	16	12	4	2		5	7	17
Millwall	10	23					9	16	20	19	22			8	21	8
Milton Keynes Dons												23
Newcastle United						1							1
Norwich City		9	16	17	22		2				3		8	14	1
Nottingham Forest	23				19	3	6	19	8	11	14	16	21	17	9	7
Peterborough United						24		18	22
Plymouth Argyle	17	14	11	10	21	23
Portsmouth							16	22
Preston North End	5	4	7	15	6	17	22					11	11	7	14	9
Queens Park Rangers	11	21	18	14	11	13	1			4		12	18	16	19	13
Reading	7	1			4	9	5	1		7	19	17	3	20	20	14
Rotherham United	24										21	21	24		22
Scunthorpe United				23		20	24
Sheffield United	8	2		9	3	8	23							10	2
Sheffield Wednesday		19	9	16	12	22			18	16	13	6	4	15	12	16
Southampton		12	6	20	23			2
Southend United			22
Stoke City	12	13	8	2											16	15
Sunderland	1		1											24
Swansea City					8	7	3								10	6
Watford	18	3		6	13	16	14	11	3	13	2
West Bromwich Albion			4	1		2									4	2
West Ham United	6							3
Wigan Athletic	2									5	23		23		18	23
Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	7	5	7	1				23		7	14	15	1
Wycombe Wanderers
Yeovil Town										24
Club	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21

See also

• List of Premier League clubs