Football League Championship  2008/09

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 27 9 10 80 51 +29 90 ▲Champions
2nd  Birmingham City 46 23 14 9 54 37 +17 83 ▲Promoted
3rd  Sheffield United 46 22 14 10 64 39 +25 80 ♦Playoffs
4th  Reading 46 21 14 11 72 40 +32 77 ♦Playoffs
5th  Burnley 46 21 13 11 72 60 +12 76 ▲PO Winners
6th  Preston North End 46 21 11 14 67 55 +12 74 ♦Playoffs
7th  Cardiff City 46 19 17 10 65 53 +12 74 -
8th  Swansea City 46 16 20 10 63 50 +13 68 -
9th  Ipswich Town 46 17 15 14 62 53 +9 66 -
10th  Bristol City 46 15 16 15 54 54 0 61 -
11th  Queens Park Rangers 46 15 16 15 42 44 -3 61 -
12th  Sheffield Wednesday 46 16 13 17 51 58 -7 61 -
13th  Watford 46 16 10 20 68 72 -4 58 -
14th  Doncaster Rovers 46 17 7 22 42 53 -11 58 -
15th  Crystal Palace 46 15 12 19 52 55 -3 56 *Deducted 1 Point
16th  Blackpool 46 13 17 16 47 58 -11 56 -
17th  Coventry City 46 13 15 18 47 58 -11 54 -
18th  Derby County 46 14 12 20 55 67 -12 54 -
19th  Nottingham Forest 46 13 14 19 50 65 -15 53 -
20th  Barnsley 46 13 13 20 45 58 -13 52 -
21st  Plymouth Argyle 46 13 12 21 44 57 -13 51 -
22nd  Norwich City 46 12 10 24 57 70 -13 46 ▼Relegated
23rd  Southampton 46 10 15 21 46 69 -23 45 ▼Relegated
24th  Charlton Athletic 46 8 15 23 52 74 -22 39

▼Relegated

 

Football League Championship Playoffs

Date Home Score Away

Semi Finals 1st Leg

Sat May 9 Burnley 1-0 Reading
Fri May 8 Preston North End 1-1 Sheffield United

Semi Finals 2nd Leg

Tue May 12 Reading 0-2 Burnley
Burnley won 3-0 on aggregate
Mon May 11 Sheffield United 1-0 Preston North End
Sheffield United won 2-1 on aggregate

Final

Mon May 25 Burnley 1-0 Sheffield United

 

End of Season Notes

 * Crystal Palace were Deducted 1 Point for playing an ineligible player on the last game of the season
 ▼Newcastle United were Relegated from the Premier League
 ▼Middlesbrough were Relegated from the Premier League
 ▼West Bromwich Albion were Relegated from the Premier League
 ▲Wolverhampton Wanderers were Promoted to the Premier League
 ▲Birmingham City were Promoted to the Premier League
  ♦ Sheffield United Qualified for Playoffs
  ♦ Reading Qualified for Playoffs
  ♦ Burnley Qualified for Playoffs
  ♦ Crystal Palace Qualified for Playoffs
 ▲Burnley were Promoted to the Premier League via the Playoffs
 ▼Norwich City were Relegated to League 1
 ▼Southampton were Relegated to League 1
 ▼Charlton Athletic were Relegated to League 1
 ▲Leicester City were Promoted from League 1
 ▲Peterborough United were Promoted from League 1
 ▲Scunthorpe United were Promoted from League 1 via the Playoffs