English Football League Championship  2025/26

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st   Coventry City 46 28 11 7 97 45 +52 95 ▲Champions
2nd   Ipswich Town 46 23 15 8 80 47 +33 84 ▲Runners Up
3rd   Millwall 46 24 11 11 64 49 +15 83 Playoffs
4th   Southampton 46 22 14 10 82 56 +26 80 Playoffs
5th   Middlesbrough 46 22 14 10 72 47 +25 80 Playoffs
6th   Hull City 46 21 10 15 70 66 +4 73 ▲PO Winners
7th   Wrexham 46 19 14 13 69 65 +4 71 -
8th   Derby County 46 20 9 17 67 59 +8 69 -
9th   Norwich City 46 19 8 19 63 56 +7 65 -
10th   Birmingham City 46 17 13 16 57 56 +1 64 -
11th   Swansea City 46 18 10 18 57 59 -2 64 -
12th   Bristol City 46 17 11 18 59 59 0 62 -
13th   Sheffield United 46 18 6 22 66 66 0 60 -
14th   Preston North End 46 15 15 16 55 62 -7 60 -
15th   Queens Park Rangers 46 16 10 20 61 73 -12 58 -
16th   Watford 46 14 15 17 53 65 -12 57 -
17th   Stoke City 46 15 10 21 51 56 -5 55 -
18th   Portsmouth 46 14 13 19 49 64 -15 55 -
19th   Charlton Athletic 46 13 14 19 44 58 -14 53 -
20th   Blackburn Rovers 46 13 13 20 42 56 -14 52 -
21st   West Bromwich Albion 46 13 14 19 48 58 -10  51* *-2 Points
22nd   Oxford United 46 11 14 21 45 59 -14 47 Relegated
23rd   Leicester City 46 12 16 18 58 68 -10  46* Relegated
24th   Sheffield Wednesday 46 2 12 32 29 89 -60 0* Relegated

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English Football League Championship Playoffs

Date Home Score Away

Semi Finals 1st Leg

08/05/2026 Hull City 0-0 Millwall
09/05/2026 Middlesbrough 0-0 Southampton

Semi Finals 2nd Leg

11/05/2026 Millwall 0-2 Hull City
Hull City Won 2-0 on aggregate
12/05/2026 Southampton 2-1 Middlesbrough
Southampton Won 2-1 on aggregate after Extra Time but later were expelled due to League breaches

Final - Wembley Stadium

23/05/2026 Hull City 1-0 Middlesbrough

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End of Season Notes

 * West Bromwich Albion were Deducted 2 Points for breach of PSR Rules
 * Leicester City were Deducted 6 Points for breach of PSR Rules
 * Sheffield Wednesday were Deducted 18 Points for entering administration and failing to meet payment obilgations
 ▼West Ham United were Relegated from the Premier League
 ▼Burnley were Relegated from the Premier League
 ▼Wolverhampton Wanderers were Relegated from the Premier League
 ▲Coventry City were Promoted to the Premier League
 ▲Ipswich Town were Promoted to the Premier League
  ♦Millwall Qualified for the Playoffs
  ♦Southampton Qualified for the Playoffs
  ♦Middlesbrough Qualified for the Playoffs
  ♦Hull City Qualified for the Playoffs
 ♦▲Hull City were Promoted to the Premier League via the Playoffs
 ▼Oxford United were Relegated to English Football League One
 ▼Leicester City were Relegated to English Football League One
 ▼Sheffield Wednesday were Relegated to English Football League One
 ▲Lincoln City were Promoted from English Football League One
 ▲Cardiff City were Promoted from English Football League One
 ♦▲Bolton Wanderers were Promoted from English Football League One via the Playoffs