2013–14 Football League Championship
The 2013–14 Football League Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the Football League Championship under its current title, the twenty-first season under its current league division format and marked the 125th anniversary of the Football League's inaugural season. The season started on 3 August 2013 and finished on 3 May 2014, with all matches on the final day kicking off simultaneously.[4]
Season | 2013–14 |
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Champions | Leicester City (7th divisional title) |
Promoted | Leicester City Burnley Queens Park Rangers |
Relegated | Doncaster Rovers Barnsley Yeovil Town |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,434 (2.6 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 28 goals Ross McCormack (Leeds United) |
Biggest home win | Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers[1] Sheffield Wednesday 6–0 Leeds United |
Biggest away win | Barnsley 0–4 Wigan Athletic[1] Millwall 1–5 Derby County Barnsley 1–5 Watford Leeds United 1–5 Bolton Wanderers |
Highest scoring | Derby County 4–4 Ipswich Town[1] Leicester City 5–3 Bolton Wanderers Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers |
Longest winning run | 9 games[2] Leicester City |
Longest unbeaten run | 21 games[2] Leicester City |
Longest winless run | 17 games[2] Blackpool |
Longest losing run | 5 games[2] Birmingham City Leeds United |
Highest attendance | 33,432[3] Leeds United vs Brighton |
Lowest attendance | 4,463[2] Yeovil Town vs Millwall |
Average attendance | 16,555[2] |
← 2012–13 2014–15 → |
Changes from last season
Team changes
The following teams changed divisions after the 2012–13 season.[5]
Rule changes
Changes to the Championship's financial fair play system allow clubs:[6]
- Acceptable losses of £3 million during the 2013–14 season (down from £4 million during the 2012–13 season)
- Acceptable shareholder equity investment of £5 million during the 2013–14 season (down from £6 million during the 2012–13 season).
- Sanctions for exceeding the allowances take effect from the set of accounts relating to the 2013–14 season which are due to be submitted on 1 December 2014.
Teams
Of the 24 participating teams, eighteen remain following the 2012–13 Football League Championship. They are joined by three teams promoted from the 2012–13 Football League One and three relegated from the 2012–13 Premier League.
On 20 April 2013, Bournemouth were promoted to the Championship after Brentford's 1–1 draw with Hartlepool. A week later, Doncaster were promoted as champions of League One after scoring a late goal against Brentford. This pushed Bournemouth down to second place. On 19 May, Yeovil Town won promotion by beating Brentford in the 2013 Football League One play-off final.
On 28 April 2013, Queens Park Rangers and Reading were both relegated from the Premier League after a goalless draw against each other. On 14 May, Wigan Athletic were relegated from the Premier League after a 4–1 defeat at Arsenal.
Team overview
Stadium and locations
Source: Football Ground Guide.[7]
Personnel and sponsoring
- 1 According to current revision of List of 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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Doncaster Rovers | Brian Flynn | End of contract | 3 May 2013[45] | Pre-season | Paul Dickov | 20 May 2013[46] |
Millwall | Kenny Jackett | Resigned | 7 May 2013[47] | Steve Lomas | 6 June 2013[48] | |
Wigan Athletic | Roberto Martínez | Signed by Everton | 3 June 2013[49] | Owen Coyle | 14 June 2013[50] | |
Brighton & Hove Albion | Gus Poyet | Sacked | 23 June 2013[51] | Óscar García | 26 June 2013[52] | |
Derby County | Nigel Clough | 28 September 2013[53] | 14th | Steve McClaren | 30 September 2013[54] | |
Middlesbrough | Tony Mowbray | 21 October 2013[55] | 16th | Aitor Karanka | 13 November 2013[56] | |
Barnsley | David Flitcroft | 30 November 2013[57] | 24th | Danny Wilson | 17 December 2013[58] | |
Sheffield Wednesday | Dave Jones | 1 December 2013[59] | 23rd | Stuart Gray | 25 January 2014[60] | |
Wigan Athletic | Owen Coyle | 2 December 2013[61] | 14th | Uwe Rösler | 7 December 2013[62] | |
Watford | Gianfranco Zola | Resigned | 16 December 2013[63] | 13th | Giuseppe Sannino | 18 December 2013[64] |
Millwall | Steve Lomas | Sacked | 26 December 2013[65] | 20th | Ian Holloway | 6 January 2014[66] |
Blackpool | Paul Ince | 21 January 2014[67] | 14th | Barry Ferguson | 4 March 2014[68] | |
Charlton Athletic | Chris Powell | 11 March 2014[69] | 24th | José Riga | 11 March 2014[69] | |
Nottingham Forest | Billy Davies | 24 March 2014[70] | 7th | Stuart Pearce | 1 July 2014[71] |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Leicester City (C, P) | 46 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 83 | 43 | +40 | 102 | Promotion to the Premier League |
2 | Burnley (P) | 46 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 93 | |
3 | Derby County | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 84 | 52 | +32 | 85 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
4 | Queens Park Rangers (O, P) | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 80 | |
5 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 73 | |
6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 72 | |
7 | Reading | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 71 | |
8 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 70 | 62 | +8 | 70 | |
9 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 68 | |
10 | Bournemouth | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 67 | 66 | +1 | 66 | |
11 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 65 | |
12 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 64 | |
13 | Watford | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 74 | 64 | +10 | 60 | |
14 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 59 | 60 | −1 | 59 | |
15 | Leeds United | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 59 | 67 | −8 | 57 | |
16 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 63 | 65 | −2 | 53 | |
17 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 58 | 65 | −7 | 53 | |
18 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 51 | |
19 | Millwall | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 46 | 74 | −28 | 48 | |
20 | Blackpool | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 38 | 66 | −28 | 46 | |
21 | Birmingham City | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 58 | 74 | −16 | 44 | |
22 | Doncaster Rovers (R) | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 39 | 70 | −31 | 44 | Relegation to Football League One |
23 | Barnsley (R) | 46 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 44 | 77 | −33 | 39 | |
24 | Yeovil Town (R) | 46 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 44 | 75 | −31 | 37 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Play-offs
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||
3 | Derby County | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||
6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
3 | Derby County | 0 | |||||||||
4 | QPR | 1 | |||||||||
4 | QPR (a.e.t.) | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
5 | Wigan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
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Penalties
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Hat-tricks
- As of 3 May 2014.
#. | Player | Club | Against | Score | Date |
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1 | Troy Deeney | Watford | AFC Bournemouth | 6–1[73] | 10 August 2013 |
2 | James Vaughan | Huddersfield Town | AFC Bournemouth | 5–1[74] | 24 August 2013 |
3 | Craig Bryson | Derby County | Millwall | 1–5[75] | 14 September 2013 |
4 | Jesse Lingard4 | Birmingham City | Sheffield Wednesday | 4–1[76] | 21 September 2013 |
5 | Ross McCormack4 | Leeds United | Charlton Athletic | 2–4[77] | 9 November 2013 |
6 | Chris Martin | Derby County | Blackpool | 5–1[78] | 7 December 2013 |
7 | Adam Le Fondre | Reading | Bolton Wanderers | 7–1[79] | 18 January 2014 |
8 | Adam Le Fondre | Reading | Blackpool | 5–1[80] | 28 January 2014 |
9 | Ross McCormack | Leeds United | Huddersfield Town | 5–1[81] | 1 February 2014 |
10 | Yann Kermorgant | AFC Bournemouth | Doncaster Rovers | 5–0[82] | 1 March 2014 |
11 | Jordan Rhodes | Blackburn Rovers | Huddersfield Town | 2–4[83] | 15 March 2014 |
12 | Craig Bryson | Derby County | Nottingham Forest | 5–0[84] | 22 March 2014 |
13 | Rudy Gestede | Blackburn Rovers | Birmingham City | 2–4[85] | 21 April 2014 |
14 | Marvin Sordell | Charlton Athletic | Sheffield Wednesday | 2–3[86] | 21 April 2014 |
15 | Danny Ward | Huddersfield Town | Watford | 1–4[87] | 3 May 2014 |
16 | Callum Harriott | Charlton Athletic | Blackpool | 0–3[88] | 3 May 2014 |
- 4 Player scored 4 goals
Scoring
- First goal: Danny Ings for Burnley against Bolton Wanderers (3 August 2013)[89]
- Fastest goal: 15 seconds, David Goodwillie for Blackpool against Derby County (8 April 2014)
- Widest winning margin: 6 goals
- Sheffield Wednesday 6–0 Leeds United (11 January 2014)
- Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers (18 January 2014)
- Highest scoring game: 8 goals
- Derby County 4–4 Ipswich Town (1 October 2013)
- Leicester City 5–3 Bolton Wanderers (29 December 2013)
- Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers (18 January 2014)
- Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals
- Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers (18 January 2014)
- Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
- Leicester City 5–3 Bolton Wanderers (29 December 2013)
- Blackburn Rovers 4–3 Wigan Athletic (3 May 2014)
Monthly awards
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | Paul Ince | Blackpool | James Vaughan | Huddersfield Town | [94] |
September | Sean Dyche | Burnley | David McGoldrick | Ipswich Town | |
October | Sean Dyche | Burnley | Danny Ings | Burnley | [95] |
November | Óscar Garcia | Brighton & Hove Albion | Ross McCormack | Leeds United | [96] |
December | Steve McClaren | Derby County | Danny Drinkwater | Leicester City | [97] |
January | Nigel Pearson | Leicester City | Adam Le Fondre | Reading | [98] |
February | Uwe Rösler | Wigan Athletic | Sam Vokes | Burnley | |
March | Nigel Pearson | Leicester City | Ravel Morrison | Queens Park Rangers | |
April | Sean Dyche | Burnley | Rudy Gestede | Blackburn Rovers |
Transfers
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