EFL Championship

EFL Championship

Confederation	UEFA
Nummer o teams	24
Promotion tae	Premier League
Relegation tae	League One
Domestic cup(s)	FA Cup, League Cup
Current champions	AFC Bournemouth (2015–15)
Maist championships	Sunderland an Reading (2 titles)
TV partners	Sky Sports
2015–16 Football League Championship

The English Football League Championship (aften referred tae as The Championship for short, or the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship raisons) is the heichest diveesion o the English Football League an seicont-heichest diveesion oweraw in the Inglis fitbaw league seestem efter the Premier League.

The Football League Championship wis introducit for the 2004–05 saison, haein been previously kent as the Football League First Division. Accordin tae Deloitte, in the 2004–05 saison it wis the walthiest nan-top flicht fitbaw diveesion in the warld, an the saxt richest diveesion in Europe.

The winners o the Football League Championship receive the Football League Championship trophy which is the same trophy as the auld First Division Champions (nou the Premier League) wur haundit prior tae the Premier League's inception in the 1992/1993 season.

Current members

Lunnon

West Midlands

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton Wanderers

Bristol City

Derby County

Hull City

Ipswich Town

Leeds United

Middlesbrough

Norwich City

Nottingham Forest

Preston North End

Reading

Rotherham United

Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday

Stoke City

Swansea City

Wigan Athletic

Lunnon teams
Brentford
Millwall
Queens Park Rangers

Wast Midlands teams
Aston Villa
Birmingham City
West Bromwich Albion

Locations of the 2018–19 Football League Championship teams

Brentford

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Greater Lunnon Championship fitbaw clubs

Aston Villa

Birmingham City

West Bromwich Albion

Wast Midlands Championship football clubs

The follaein 24 clubs are competin in the Championship in the 2018–19 saison.

Club	Feenishin poseetion last season	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aston Villa	7000400000000000000♠4t	Birmingham	Villa Park	42,785
Birmingham City	7001190000000000000♠19t	Birmingham	St Andrew's	30,016
Blackburn Rovers	7001230000000000000♠2nt in League One (promotit)	Blackburn	Ewood Park	31,367
Bolton Wanderers	7001210000000000000♠21st	Bolton	Macron Stadium	28,723
Brentford	7000900000000000000♠9th	Lunnon (Brentford)	Griffin Park	12,763
Bristol City	7001110000000000000♠11t	Bristol	Ashton Gate	27,000
Derby County	7000600000000000000♠6t	Derby	Pride Park Stadium	33,597
Hull City	7001180000000000000♠18t	Kingston upon Hull	KCOM Stadium	25,404
Ipswich Town	7001120000000000000♠12t	Ipswich	Portman Road	30,300
Leeds United	7001130000000000000♠13t	Leeds	Elland Road	37,900
Middlesbrough	7000500000000000000♠5t	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	34,742
Millwall	7000800000000000000♠8t	Lunnon (South Bermondsey)	The Den	20,146
Norwich City	7001140000000000000♠14t	Norwich	Carrow Road	27,220
Nottingham Forest	7001170000000000000♠17t	Nottingham	City Ground	30,576
Preston North End	7000700000000000000♠7t	Preston	Deepdale	23,408
Queens Park Rangers	7001160000000000000♠16t	Lunnon (Shepherd's Bush)	Loftus Road	18,360
Reading	7001200000000000000♠20th	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,200
Rotherham United	7001240000000000000♠4t in League One (promotit via play-affs)	Rotherham	New York Stadium	12,021
Sheffield United	7001100000000000000♠10t	Sheffield	Bramall Lane	32,702
Sheffield Wednesday	7001150000000000000♠15t	Sheffield	Hillsborough	34,854
Stoke City	7000200000000000000♠19t in Premier League (relegatit)	Stoke-on-Trent	bet365 Stadium	30,089
Swansea City	7000100000000000000♠18t in Premier League (relegatit)	Swansea	Liberty Stadium	21,088
West Bromwich Albion	7000300000000000000♠20t in Premier League (relegatit)	West Bromwich	The Hawthorns	26,850
Wigan Athletic	7001220000000000000♠1st in League One (promotit)	Wigan	DW Stadium	25,133