2018–19 EFL Championship
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]
Season | 2018–19 |
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Dates | 3 August 2018 – 5 May 2019 |
Champions | Norwich City |
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 → |
Team changes
The following teams had changed division after the 2017–18 season.
To Championship
Promoted from League One
Relegated from Premier League
From Championship
Promoted to Premier League
Relegated to League One
Stadiums
Personnel and sponsoring
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Ipswich Town | Bryan Klug | End of caretaker spell | 6 May 2018 | Pre-season | Paul Hurst[27] | 30 May 2018 |
Queens Park Rangers | Ian Holloway[28] | Mutual consent | 10 May 2018 | Steve McClaren[29] | 18 May 2018 | |
Swansea City | Carlos Carvalhal[30] | End of contract | 18 May 2018 | Graham Potter[31] | 11 June 2018 | |
Stoke City | Paul Lambert[32] | Resigned | Gary Rowett[33] | 22 May 2018 | ||
Derby County | Gary Rowett[34] | Signed by Stoke City | 22 May 2018 | Frank Lampard[35] | 31 May 2018 | |
Leeds United | Paul Heckingbottom[36] | Sacked | 1 June 2018 | Marcelo Bielsa[37][38] | 15 June 2018 | |
Aston Villa | Steve Bruce[39] | 3 October 2018 | 12th | Dean Smith[40] | 10 October 2018 | |
Brentford | Dean Smith[40] | Signed by Aston Villa | 10 October 2018 | 7th | Thomas Frank[41] | 16 October 2018 |
Ipswich Town | Paul Hurst[42] | Sacked | 25 October 2018 | 24th | Paul Lambert[43] | 27 October 2018 |
Reading | Paul Clement[44] | 6 December 2018 | 21st | José Gomes[45] | 22 December 2018 | |
Sheffield Wednesday | Jos Luhukay[46] | 21 December 2018 | 18th | Steve Bruce | 2 January 2019 | |
Stoke City | Gary Rowett[47][48] | 8 January 2019 | 14th | Nathan Jones[49] | 9 January 2019 | |
Nottingham Forest | Aitor Karanka[50] | Mutual consent | 11 January 2019 | 7th | Martin O'Neill[51] | 14 January 2019 |
West Bromwich Albion | Darren Moore[52] | Sacked | 9 March 2019 | 4th | Slaven Bilić[53] | 13 June 2019 |
Queens Park Rangers | Steve McClaren[54] | 1 April 2019 | 17th | Mark Warburton[55] | 8 May 2019 | |
League table
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[lower-alpha 1] |
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[lower-alpha 2] | |
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[lower-alpha 3] | |
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[lower-alpha 4] | |
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[lower-alpha 3] | |
24 | Ipswich Town (R) | 46 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 36 | 77 | −41 | 31 |
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results[59]
(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[59]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.
- Aston Villa were promoted to the Premier League after beating Derby County in the play-off final.[56]
- Brentford were awarded a 1–0 win over Bolton due to Bolton's inability to hold the fixture.[58]
- Birmingham City were deducted 9 points for failure to comply with the EFL profitability and sustainability rules.[57]
Play-offs
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
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[61] |
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1 | Teemu Pukki | Norwich City | 29 |
2 | Tammy Abraham | Aston Villa | 25 |
Neal Maupay | Brentford | ||
4 | Dwight Gayle | West Bromwich Albion | 23 |
Billy Sharp | Sheffield United | ||
6 | Che Adams | Birmingham City | 22 |
Jarrod Bowen | Hull City | ||
Oli McBurnie | Swansea City | ||
Jay Rodriguez | West Bromwich Albion | ||
10 | Lewis Grabban | Nottingham Forest | 16 |
Hat-tricks
- Player scored 4 goals
Monthly awards
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | Marcelo Bielsa | Leeds United | Kemar Roofe | Leeds United | [75][76] |
September | Darren Moore | West Bromwich Albion | Dwight Gayle | West Bromwich Albion | [77][78] |
October | Steve McClaren | Queens Park Rangers | Lukas Jutkiewicz | Birmingham City | [79][80] |
November | Daniel Farke | Norwich City | Tammy Abraham | Aston Villa | [81][82] |
December | Nigel Adkins | Hull City | Jarrod Bowen | Hull City | [83][84] |
January | Tony Mowbray | Blackburn Rovers | Adam Armstrong | Blackburn Rovers | [85] |
February | Chris Wilder | Sheffield United | Ché Adams | Birmingham City | [86] |
March | Dean Smith | Aston Villa | Semi Ajayi | Rotherham United | [87] |
April | Chris Wilder | Sheffield United | Dwight Gayle | West Bromwich Albion | [88] |
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