Season | 2017–18 |
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Champions | Wolverhampton Wanderers 2nd Championship title 4th 2nd tier title |
Promoted | Wolverhampton Wanderers Cardiff City Fulham |
Relegated | Barnsley Burton Albion Sunderland |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,409 (2.55 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Matěj Vydra (Derby County) (21 goals) |
Biggest home win | Fulham 6–0 Burton Albion (20 January 2018) |
Biggest away win | Burton Albion 0–5 Hull City (10 April 2018) |
Highest scoring | Bristol City 5–5 Hull City (21 April 2018) |
Longest winning run | 8 matches Cardiff City |
Longest unbeaten run | 23 matches Fulham |
Longest winless run | 16 matches Sunderland |
Longest losing run | 8 matches Bolton Wanderers |
Highest attendance | 41,745 Aston Villa 1–1 Derby County (28 April 2018) |
Lowest attendance | 2,750 Burton Albion 1–3 Reading (30 January 2018) |
Total attendance | 11,314,143 |
Average attendance | 20,496 |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → |
The 2017–18 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the EFL Championship under its current name, and the twenty-sixth season under its current league structure.
This season notably saw Sunderland become the first English team to be relegated in successive seasons from the top division to the third tier since the champions Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2012 and 2013, and only the third team to do so since the top division was relaunched as the Premier League in 1992.
The following teams had changed division since the 2016–17 season.
Promoted from League One
Relegated from Premier League
Relegated to League One
Promoted to Premier League
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Norwich City | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 7 May 2017 | Pre-season | ![]() |
25 May 2017 |
Middlesbrough | ![]() |
21 May 2017 | ![]() |
9 June 2017 | ||
Sunderland | ![]() |
Resigned | 22 May 2017 | ![]() |
29 June 2017 | |
Leeds United | ![]() |
25 May 2017 | ![]() |
15 June 2017 | ||
Hull City | ![]() |
25 May 2017 | ![]() |
9 June 2017 | ||
Wolverhampton Wanderers | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 30 May 2017 | ![]() |
31 May 2017 | |
Preston North End | ![]() |
Signed by Sunderland | 29 June 2017 | ![]() |
4 July 2017 | |
Birmingham City | ![]() |
Sacked | 16 September 2017 | 23rd | ![]() |
29 September 2017 |
Sunderland | ![]() |
31 October 2017 | 22nd | ![]() |
17 November 2017 | |
Hull City | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 3 December 2017 | 20th | ![]() |
7 December 2017 |
Middlesbrough | ![]() |
Sacked | 23 December 2017 | 9th | ![]() |
26 December 2017 |
Sheffield Wednesday | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 24 December 2017 | 15th | ![]() |
5 January 2018 |
Nottingham Forest | ![]() |
Sacked | 31 December 2017 | 14th | ![]() |
8 January 2018 |
Leeds United | ![]() |
4 February 2018 | 10th | ![]() |
6 February 2018 | |
Barnsley | ![]() |
Signed by Leeds United | 6 February 2018 | 21st | ![]() |
16 February 2018 |
Birmingham City | ![]() |
Sacked | 3 March 2018 | 22nd | ![]() |
4 March 2018 |
Reading | ![]() |
21 March 2018 | 18th | ![]() |
23 March 2018 | |
Ipswich Town | ![]() |
Resigned | 10 April 2018 | 12th | ![]() |
30 May 2018 |
Sunderland | ![]() |
Sacked | 29 April 2018 | 24th | ![]() |
25 May 2018 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (C, P) | 46 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 82 | 39 | +43 | 99 | Promotion to the Premier League |
2 | Cardiff City (P) | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 90 | |
3 | Fulham (O, P) | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 79 | 46 | +33 | 88 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
4 | Aston Villa | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 72 | 42 | +30 | 83 | |
5 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 76 | |
6 | Derby County | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 70 | 48 | +22 | 75 | |
7 | Preston North End | 46 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 73 | |
8 | Millwall | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 72 | |
9 | Brentford | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 62 | 52 | +10 | 69 | |
10 | Sheffield United | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 62 | 55 | +7 | 69 | |
11 | Bristol City | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 67 | 58 | +9 | 67 | |
12 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 60 | |
13 | Leeds United | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 60 | |
14 | Norwich City | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 60 | |
15 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 59 | 60 | −1 | 57 | |
16 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 58 | 70 | −12 | 56 | |
17 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 51 | 65 | −14 | 53 | |
18 | Hull City | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 70 | 70 | 0 | 49 | |
19 | Birmingham City | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 38 | 68 | −30 | 46 | |
20 | Reading | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 48 | 70 | −22 | 44 | |
21 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 74 | −35 | 43 | |
22 | Barnsley (R) | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 72 | −24 | 41 | Relegation to EFL League One |
23 | Burton Albion (R) | 46 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 81 | −43 | 41 | |
24 | Sunderland (R) | 46 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 52 | 80 | −28 | 37 |
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
3 | Fulham | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
6 | Derby County | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
3 | Fulham | 1 | |||||||||
4 | Aston Villa | 0 | |||||||||
4 | Aston Villa | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
5 | Middlesbrough | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Home \ Away | AST | BAR | BIR | BOL | BRE | BRI | BRT | CAR | DER | FUL | HUL | IPS | LEE | MID | MIL | NOR | NOT | PNE | QPR | REA | SHU | SHW | SUN | WOL |
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Aston Villa | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
Barnsley | 0–3 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
Birmingham City | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
Bolton Wanderers | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 |
Brentford | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 |
Bristol City | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–5 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
Burton Albion | 0–4 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 |
Cardiff City | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
Derby County | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
Fulham | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
Hull City | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
Ipswich Town | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 0–1 |
Leeds United | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
Middlesbrough | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Millwall | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
Norwich City | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
Nottingham Forest | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
Preston North End | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
Queens Park Rangers | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–5 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
Reading | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
Sheffield United | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–5 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
Sheffield Wednesday | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 |
Sunderland | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 3–0 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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Derby County | 21 |
2 | ![]() |
Sunderland/Aston Villa | 20 |
3 | ![]() |
Bristol City | 19 |
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Sheffield United | ||
5 | ![]() |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 |
6 | ![]() |
Ipswich Town | 16 |
7 | ![]() |
Fulham | 15 |
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Middlesbrough | ||
9 | ![]() |
Norwich City | 14 |
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Aston Villa | ||
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Hull City |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Hull City | Burton Albion | 4–1 (H) | 12 August 2017 |
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Aston Villa | Norwich City | 4–2 (H) | 19 August 2017 |
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Nottingham Forest | Hull City | 3–2 (A) | 28 October 2017 |
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Sheffield United | Hull City | 4–1 (H) | 4 November 2017 |
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Fulham | Sheffield United | 5–4 (A) | 21 November 2017 |
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Sheffield United | Fulham | 4–5 (H) | 21 November 2017 |
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Derby County | Middlesbrough | 3–0 (A) | 25 November 2017 |
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Leeds United | Queens Park Rangers | 3–1 (A) | 9 December 2017 |
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Middlesbrough | Leeds United | 3–0 (H) | 2 March 2018 |
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Bristol City | Sheffield Wednesday | 4–0 (H) | 3 March 2018 |
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Norwich City | Hull City | 3–4 (A) | 10 March 2018 |
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Sheffield Wednesday | Norwich City | 5–1 (H) | 6 May 2018 |
4 Player scored 4 goals
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference | ||
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Cardiff City | ![]() |
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Bristol City | ![]() |
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November | ![]() |
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Fulham |
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Average | Minimum | Maximum | Percentage Full |
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Aston Villa | Villa Park | 42,790 | 32,097 | 26,631 | 41,745 | 75% |
Barnsley | Oakwell | 23,009 | 13,704 | 10,920 | 17,163 | 60% |
Birmingham City | St Andrew's | 30,015 | 21,042 | 18,301 | 27,608 | 70% |
Bolton Wanderers | Macron Stadium | 28,723 | 15,887 | 13,113 | 21,097 | 55% |
Brentford | Griffin Park | 12,300 | 10,234 | 7,957 | 12,367 | 83% |
Bristol City | Ashton Gate | 27,000 | 20,953 | 17,203 | 25,540 | 78% |
Burton Albion | Pirelli Stadium | 6,912 | 4,645 | 2,750 | 6,535 | 67% |
Cardiff City | Cardiff City Stadium | 33,300 | 20,164 | 15,951 | 32,478 | 61% |
Derby County | Pride Park Stadium | 33,600 | 27,175 | 23,296 | 31,196 | 81% |
Fulham | Craven Cottage | 25,700 | 19,896 | 15,792 | 24,547 | 77% |
Hull City | KCOM Stadium | 25,404 | 15,622 | 13,524 | 18,026 | 61% |
Ipswich Town | Portman Road | 30,300 | 16,271 | 13,061 | 24,928 | 54% |
Leeds United | Elland Road | 37,890 | 31,521 | 26,434 | 35,377 | 83% |
Middlesbrough | Riverside Stadium | 34,742 | 25,544 | 22,848 | 29,443 | 74% |
Millwall | The Den | 20,146 | 13,368 | 9,817 | 17,617 | 66% |
Norwich City | Carrow Road | 27,220 | 25,785 | 21,167 | 27,100 | 95% |
Nottingham Forest | City Ground | 30,445 | 24,680 | 20,596 | 29,106 | 81% |
Preston North End | Deepdale | 23,408 | 13,774 | 10,796 | 18,570 | 59% |
Queens Park Rangers | Loftus Road | 18,439 | 13,928 | 11,488 | 16,934 | 76% |
Reading | Madejski Stadium | 24,161 | 16,656 | 6,769 | 21,771 | 69% |
Sheffield United | Bramall Lane | 32,702 | 26,854 | 24,409 | 31,120 | 82% |
Sheffield Wednesday | Hillsborough | 39,752 | 25,995 | 22,733 | 32,839 | 65% |
Sunderland | Stadium of Light | 49,000 | 27,635 | 24,894 | 31,237 | 56% |
Wolverhampton | Molineux | 31,700 | 28,298 | 23,045 | 30,239 | 89% |
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