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2017–18 EFL Championship

January 01, 1970

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.

EFL Championship
Season2017–18
ChampionsWolverhampton Wanderers
2nd Championship title
4th 2nd tier title
PromotedWolverhampton Wanderers
Cardiff City
Fulham
RelegatedBarnsley
Burton Albion
Sunderland
Matches played552
Goals scored1,409 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorerMatěj Vydra
(Derby County)
(21 goals)
Biggest home winFulham 6–0 Burton Albion
(20 January 2018)
Biggest away winBurton Albion 0–5 Hull City
(10 April 2018)
Highest scoringBristol City 5–5 Hull City
(21 April 2018)
Longest winning run8 matches
Cardiff City
Longest unbeaten run23 matches
Fulham
Longest winless run16 matches
Sunderland
Longest losing run8 matches
Bolton Wanderers
Highest attendance41,745[1]
Aston Villa 1–1 Derby County
(28 April 2018)
Lowest attendance2,750[1]
Burton Albion 1–3 Reading
(30 January 2018)
Total attendance11,314,143[1]
Average attendance20,496[1]

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.

Team changes edit

The following teams had changed division since the 2016–17 season.

To Championship edit

Promoted from League One

Relegated from Premier League

From Championship edit

Relegated to League One

Promoted to Premier League

Stadiums edit

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Locations of the 2017–18 Football League Championship teams
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Greater London Championship football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity[2]
Aston Villa Birmingham Villa Park 42,790
Barnsley Barnsley Oakwell 23,009
Birmingham City Birmingham St Andrew's 30,015
Bolton Wanderers Bolton Macron Stadium 28,723
Brentford London (Brentford) Griffin Park 12,300
Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate 27,000
Burton Albion Burton upon Trent Pirelli Stadium 6,912
Cardiff City Cardiff Cardiff City Stadium 33,300
Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,600
Fulham London (Fulham) Craven Cottage 25,700
Hull City Kingston upon Hull KCOM Stadium 25,586
Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,300
Leeds United Leeds Elland Road 37,890
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 34,742
Millwall London (South Bermondsey) The Den 20,146
Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 27,220
Nottingham Forest Nottingham City Ground 30,445
Preston North End Preston Deepdale 23,408
Queens Park Rangers London (Shepherd's Bush) Loftus Road 18,439
Reading Reading Madejski Stadium 24,161
Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,702
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Hillsborough Stadium 39,752
Sunderland Sunderland Stadium of Light 49,000
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Molineux 31,700

Personnel and sponsoring edit

Team Manager1 Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Aston Villa   Steve Bruce   John Terry[3] Under Armour Unibet
Barnsley   José Morais   Andy Yiadom[4]3 Puma[5] C.K. Beckett[6]
Birmingham City   Garry Monk   Michael Morrison Adidas[7] 888sport[8]
Bolton Wanderers   Phil Parkinson   Darren Pratley Macron Betfred
Brentford   Dean Smith   John Egan Adidas LeoVegas[9]
Bristol City   Lee Johnson   Bailey Wright Bristol Sport Lancer Scott[10]
Burton Albion   Nigel Clough   Jake Buxton TAG Tempobet[11]
Cardiff City   Neil Warnock   Sean Morrison Adidas Visit Malaysia
Derby County   Gary Rowett   Curtis Davies[12] Umbro[13] Avon Tyres
Fulham   Slaviša Jokanović   Tom Cairney Adidas Grosvenor Casinos[14]
Hull City   Nigel Adkins   Michael Dawson Umbro SportPesa
Ipswich Town   Paul Hurst   Luke Chambers Adidas Marcus Evans
Leeds United   Paul Heckingbottom   Liam Cooper Kappa[15] 32Red[16]
Middlesbrough   Tony Pulis   Grant Leadbitter Adidas Ramsdens Currency
Millwall   Neil Harris   Steve Morison Erreà DCS Roofing[17]
Norwich City   Daniel Farke   Ivo Pinto2 Erreà LeoVegas[18]
Nottingham Forest   Aitor Karanka   Chris Cohen Adidas[19] 888sport[20]
Preston North End   Alex Neil   Greg Cunningham[21] Nike Tempobet[22]
Queens Park Rangers   Ian Holloway   Nedum Onuoha Erreà[23] Royal Panda[24]
Reading   Paul Clement   Liam Moore Puma[25] Carabao[26]
Sheffield United   Chris Wilder   Billy Sharp Adidas Teletext Holidays
Sheffield Wednesday   Jos Luhukay   Glenn Loovens Elev8 Chansiri
Sunderland   Jack Ross   Lee Cattermole Adidas Dafabet
Wolverhampton Wanderers   Nuno Espírito Santo   Danny Batth Puma The Money Shop

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Norwich City   Alan Irvine End of caretaker spell 7 May 2017[citation needed] Pre-season   Daniel Farke 25 May 2017[30]
Middlesbrough   Steve Agnew 21 May 2017[citation needed]   Garry Monk 9 June 2017 [31]
Sunderland   David Moyes Resigned 22 May 2017[32]   Simon Grayson 29 June 2017[33]
Leeds United   Garry Monk 25 May 2017[34]   Thomas Christiansen 15 June 2017 [35]
Hull City   Marco Silva 25 May 2017[36]   Leonid Slutsky 9 June 2017[37]
Wolverhampton Wanderers   Paul Lambert Mutual consent 30 May 2017[38]   Nuno Espírito Santo 31 May 2017[39]
Preston North End   Simon Grayson Signed by Sunderland 29 June 2017[33]   Alex Neil 4 July 2017[40]
Birmingham City   Harry Redknapp Sacked 16 September 2017[41] 23rd   Steve Cotterill 29 September 2017[42]
Sunderland   Simon Grayson 31 October 2017[43] 22nd   Chris Coleman 17 November 2017[44]
Hull City   Leonid Slutsky Mutual consent 3 December 2017[45] 20th   Nigel Adkins 7 December 2017[46]
Middlesbrough   Garry Monk Sacked 23 December 2017[47] 9th   Tony Pulis 26 December 2017[48]
Sheffield Wednesday   Carlos Carvalhal Mutual consent 24 December 2017[49] 15th   Jos Luhukay 5 January 2018[50]
Nottingham Forest   Mark Warburton Sacked 31 December 2017[51] 14th   Aitor Karanka 8 January 2018[52]
Leeds United   Thomas Christiansen 4 February 2018[53] 10th   Paul Heckingbottom 6 February 2018[54]
Barnsley   Paul Heckingbottom Signed by Leeds United 6 February 2018[54] 21st   José Morais 16 February 2018[55]
Birmingham City   Steve Cotterill Sacked 3 March 2018[56] 22nd   Garry Monk 4 March 2018[57]
Reading   Jaap Stam 21 March 2018[58] 18th   Paul Clement 23 March 2018[59]
Ipswich Town   Mick McCarthy Resigned 10 April 2018[60] 12th   Paul Hurst 30 May 2018[61]
Sunderland   Chris Coleman Sacked 29 April 2018[62] 24th   Jack Ross 25 May 2018[63]

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
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[a]
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
Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Play-offs edit

See also: 2018 English Football League play-offs
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

Results edit

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
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 —
Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Top scorers edit

Hat-tricks edit

Main article: List of Football League Championship hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date
  Abel Hernández Hull City Burton Albion 4–1 (H)[65] 12 August 2017
  Conor Hourihane Aston Villa Norwich City 4–2 (H)[66] 19 August 2017
  Kieran Dowell Nottingham Forest Hull City 3–2 (A)[67] 28 October 2017
  Leon Clarke4 Sheffield United Hull City 4–1 (H)[68] 4 November 2017
  Ryan Sessegnon Fulham Sheffield United 5–4 (A)[69] 21 November 2017
  Leon Clarke Sheffield United Fulham 4–5 (H)[69] 21 November 2017
  Matěj Vydra Derby County Middlesbrough 3–0 (A)[70] 25 November 2017
  Kemar Roofe Leeds United Queens Park Rangers 3–1 (A)[71] 9 December 2017
  Patrick Bamford Middlesbrough Leeds United 3–0 (H)[72] 2 March 2018
  Bobby Reid Bristol City Sheffield Wednesday 4–0 (H)[73] 3 March 2018
  James Maddison Norwich City Hull City 3–4 (A)[74] 10 March 2018
  Atdhe Nuhiu Sheffield Wednesday Norwich City 5–1 (H)[75] 6 May 2018

4 Player scored 4 goals

Monthly awards edit

Attendances edit

Team Stadium Capacity Average Minimum Maximum Percentage Full
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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January 01, 1970
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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 EFL ChampionshipSeason2017 18ChampionsWolverhampton Wanderers2nd Championship title4th 2nd tier titlePromotedWolverhampton WanderersCardiff CityFulhamRelegatedBarnsleyBurton AlbionSunderlandMatches played552Goals scored1 409 2 55 per match Top goalscorerMatej Vydra Derby County 21 goals Biggest home winFulham 6 0 Burton Albion 20 January 2018 Biggest away winBurton Albion 0 5 Hull City 10 April 2018 Highest scoringBristol City 5 5 Hull City 21 April 2018 Longest winning run8 matches Cardiff CityLongest unbeaten run23 matches FulhamLongest winless run16 matches SunderlandLongest losing run8 matches Bolton WanderersHighest attendance41 745 1 Aston Villa 1 1 Derby County 28 April 2018 Lowest attendance2 750 1 Burton Albion 1 3 Reading 30 January 2018 Total attendance11 314 143 1 Average attendance20 496 1 2016 172018 19 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 Contents 1 Team changes 1 1 To Championship 1 2 From Championship 2 Stadiums 3 Personnel and sponsoring 4 Managerial changes 5 League table 6 Play offs 7 Results 8 Top scorers 9 Hat tricks 10 Monthly awards 11 Attendances 12 ReferencesTeam changes editThe following teams had changed division since the 2016 17 season To Championship edit Promoted from League One Sheffield United Bolton Wanderers Millwall Relegated from Premier League Hull City Middlesbrough SunderlandFrom Championship edit Relegated to League One Blackburn Rovers Wigan Athletic Rotherham United Promoted to Premier League Newcastle United Brighton amp Hove Albion Huddersfield TownStadiums edit nbsp nbsp London nbsp Aston Villa nbsp Barnsley nbsp Birmingham City nbsp Bristol City nbsp Bolton Wanderers nbsp Burton Albion nbsp Cardiff City nbsp Derby County nbsp Hull City nbsp Ipswich Town nbsp Leeds United nbsp Middlesbrough nbsp Norwich City nbsp Nottingham Forest nbsp Preston North End nbsp Reading nbsp Sheffield United nbsp Sheffield Wednesday nbsp Sunderland nbsp Wolverhampton Wanderers nbsp London teamsBrentfordFulhamMillwallQueens Park Rangersclass notpageimage Locations of the 2017 18 Football League Championship teams nbsp nbsp Brentford nbsp Fulham nbsp Millwall nbsp Queens Park Rangersclass notpageimage Greater London Championship football clubs Team Location Stadium Capacity 2 Aston Villa Birmingham Villa Park 42 790 Barnsley Barnsley Oakwell 23 009 Birmingham City Birmingham St Andrew s 30 015 Bolton Wanderers Bolton Macron Stadium 28 723 Brentford London Brentford Griffin Park 12 300 Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate 27 000 Burton Albion Burton upon Trent Pirelli Stadium 6 912 Cardiff City Cardiff Cardiff City Stadium 33 300 Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33 600 Fulham London Fulham Craven Cottage 25 700 Hull City Kingston upon Hull KCOM Stadium 25 586 Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30 300 Leeds United Leeds Elland Road 37 890 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 34 742 Millwall London South Bermondsey The Den 20 146 Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 27 220 Nottingham Forest Nottingham City Ground 30 445 Preston North End Preston Deepdale 23 408 Queens Park Rangers London Shepherd s Bush Loftus Road 18 439 Reading Reading Madejski Stadium 24 161 Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32 702 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Hillsborough Stadium 39 752 Sunderland Sunderland Stadium of Light 49 000 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Molineux 31 700Personnel and sponsoring editTeam Manager1 Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor Aston Villa nbsp Steve Bruce nbsp John Terry 3 Under Armour Unibet Barnsley nbsp Jose Morais nbsp Andy Yiadom 4 3 Puma 5 C K Beckett 6 Birmingham City nbsp Garry Monk nbsp Michael Morrison Adidas 7 888sport 8 Bolton Wanderers nbsp Phil Parkinson nbsp Darren Pratley Macron Betfred Brentford nbsp Dean Smith nbsp John Egan Adidas LeoVegas 9 Bristol City nbsp Lee Johnson nbsp Bailey Wright Bristol Sport Lancer Scott 10 Burton Albion nbsp Nigel Clough nbsp Jake Buxton TAG Tempobet 11 Cardiff City nbsp Neil Warnock nbsp Sean Morrison Adidas Visit Malaysia Derby County nbsp Gary Rowett nbsp Curtis Davies 12 Umbro 13 Avon Tyres Fulham nbsp Slavisa Jokanovic nbsp Tom Cairney Adidas Grosvenor Casinos 14 Hull City nbsp Nigel Adkins nbsp Michael Dawson Umbro SportPesa Ipswich Town nbsp Paul Hurst nbsp Luke Chambers Adidas Marcus Evans Leeds United nbsp Paul Heckingbottom nbsp Liam Cooper Kappa 15 32Red 16 Middlesbrough nbsp Tony Pulis nbsp Grant Leadbitter Adidas Ramsdens Currency Millwall nbsp Neil Harris nbsp Steve Morison Errea DCS Roofing 17 Norwich City nbsp Daniel Farke nbsp Ivo Pinto2 Errea LeoVegas 18 Nottingham Forest nbsp Aitor Karanka nbsp Chris Cohen Adidas 19 888sport 20 Preston North End nbsp Alex Neil nbsp Greg Cunningham 21 Nike Tempobet 22 Queens Park Rangers nbsp Ian Holloway nbsp Nedum Onuoha Errea 23 Royal Panda 24 Reading nbsp Paul Clement nbsp Liam Moore Puma 25 Carabao 26 Sheffield United nbsp Chris Wilder nbsp Billy Sharp Adidas Teletext Holidays Sheffield Wednesday nbsp Jos Luhukay nbsp Glenn Loovens Elev8 Chansiri Sunderland nbsp Jack Ross nbsp Lee Cattermole Adidas Dafabet Wolverhampton Wanderers nbsp Nuno Espirito Santo nbsp Danny Batth Puma The Money Shop 1 According to current revision of List of current Premier League and English Football League managers 2 Current Norwich captain Russell Martin is on loan at Rangers therefore Ivo Pinto will be the stand in captain for the remainder of the season 3 Barnsley first team Captain was Angus MacDonald from August 2017 to January 2018 MacDonald left Barnsley in January 2018 after signing a new contract with Hull City Adam Davies named as Barnsley s first team Vice Captain in August 2017 27 28 29 In February 2018 Barnsley confirmed Andy Yiadom as the first team captain on the club s official website 4 Managerial changes editTeam Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Norwich City nbsp Alan Irvine End of caretaker spell 7 May 2017 citation needed Pre season nbsp Daniel Farke 25 May 2017 30 Middlesbrough nbsp Steve Agnew 21 May 2017 citation needed nbsp Garry Monk 9 June 2017 31 Sunderland nbsp David Moyes Resigned 22 May 2017 32 nbsp Simon Grayson 29 June 2017 33 Leeds United nbsp Garry Monk 25 May 2017 34 nbsp Thomas Christiansen 15 June 2017 35 Hull City nbsp Marco Silva 25 May 2017 36 nbsp Leonid Slutsky 9 June 2017 37 Wolverhampton Wanderers nbsp Paul Lambert Mutual consent 30 May 2017 38 nbsp Nuno Espirito Santo 31 May 2017 39 Preston North End nbsp Simon Grayson Signed by Sunderland 29 June 2017 33 nbsp Alex Neil 4 July 2017 40 Birmingham City nbsp Harry Redknapp Sacked 16 September 2017 41 23rd nbsp Steve Cotterill 29 September 2017 42 Sunderland nbsp Simon Grayson 31 October 2017 43 22nd nbsp Chris Coleman 17 November 2017 44 Hull City nbsp Leonid Slutsky Mutual consent 3 December 2017 45 20th nbsp Nigel Adkins 7 December 2017 46 Middlesbrough nbsp Garry Monk Sacked 23 December 2017 47 9th nbsp Tony Pulis 26 December 2017 48 Sheffield Wednesday nbsp Carlos Carvalhal Mutual consent 24 December 2017 49 15th nbsp Jos Luhukay 5 January 2018 50 Nottingham Forest nbsp Mark Warburton Sacked 31 December 2017 51 14th nbsp Aitor Karanka 8 January 2018 52 Leeds United nbsp Thomas Christiansen 4 February 2018 53 10th nbsp Paul Heckingbottom 6 February 2018 54 Barnsley nbsp Paul Heckingbottom Signed by Leeds United 6 February 2018 54 21st nbsp Jose Morais 16 February 2018 55 Birmingham City nbsp Steve Cotterill Sacked 3 March 2018 56 22nd nbsp Garry Monk 4 March 2018 57 Reading nbsp Jaap Stam 21 March 2018 58 18th nbsp Paul Clement 23 March 2018 59 Ipswich Town nbsp Mick McCarthy Resigned 10 April 2018 60 12th nbsp Paul Hurst 30 May 2018 61 Sunderland nbsp Chris Coleman Sacked 29 April 2018 62 24th nbsp Jack Ross 25 May 2018 63 League table editPos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion qualification or relegation 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 a 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 37Source English Football LeagueRules for classification 1 Points 2 Goal difference 3 Number of goals scored C Champions O Play off winners P Promoted R RelegatedNotes Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League Play offs editSee also 2018 English Football League play offs Semi finalsFinal 3Fulham0226Derby County1013Fulham14Aston Villa04Aston Villa1015Middlesbrough000Results editHome 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 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 Source BBC SportLegend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win For upcoming matches an a indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants Top scorers editRank Player Club Goals 64 1 nbsp Matej Vydra Derby County 21 2 nbsp Lewis Grabban Sunderland Aston Villa 20 3 nbsp Bobby Reid Bristol City 19 nbsp Leon Clarke Sheffield United 5 nbsp Diogo Jota Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 6 nbsp Martyn Waghorn Ipswich Town 16 7 nbsp Ryan Sessegnon Fulham 15 nbsp Britt Assombalonga Middlesbrough 9 nbsp James Maddison Norwich City 14 nbsp Albert Adomah Aston Villa nbsp Jarrod Bowen Hull CityHat tricks editMain article List of Football League Championship hat tricks Player For Against Result Date nbsp Abel Hernandez Hull City Burton Albion 4 1 H 65 12 August 2017 nbsp Conor Hourihane Aston Villa Norwich City 4 2 H 66 19 August 2017 nbsp Kieran Dowell Nottingham Forest Hull City 3 2 A 67 28 October 2017 nbsp Leon Clarke 4 Sheffield United Hull City 4 1 H 68 4 November 2017 nbsp Ryan Sessegnon Fulham Sheffield United 5 4 A 69 21 November 2017 nbsp Leon Clarke Sheffield United Fulham 4 5 H 69 21 November 2017 nbsp Matej Vydra Derby County Middlesbrough 3 0 A 70 25 November 2017 nbsp Kemar Roofe Leeds United Queens Park Rangers 3 1 A 71 9 December 2017 nbsp Patrick Bamford Middlesbrough Leeds United 3 0 H 72 2 March 2018 nbsp Bobby Reid Bristol City Sheffield Wednesday 4 0 H 73 3 March 2018 nbsp James Maddison Norwich City Hull City 3 4 A 74 10 March 2018 nbsp Atdhe Nuhiu Sheffield Wednesday Norwich City 5 1 H 75 6 May 2018 4 Player scored 4 goalsMonthly awards editMonth Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference Manager Club Player Club August nbsp Neil Warnock Cardiff City nbsp Nathaniel Mendez Laing Cardiff City 76 77 September nbsp Lee Johnson Bristol City nbsp Aden Flint Bristol City 78 79 October nbsp Gary Rowett Derby County nbsp Leo Bonatini Wolverhampton Wanderers 80 81 November nbsp Nuno Espirito Santo Wolverhampton Wanderers nbsp Leon Clarke Sheffield United 82 83 December nbsp Gary Rowett Derby County nbsp Scott Carson Derby County 84 85 January nbsp Steve Bruce Aston Villa nbsp Ryan Sessegnon Fulham 86 87 February nbsp Neil Warnock Cardiff City nbsp Oli McBurnie Barnsley 88 89 March nbsp Neil Warnock Cardiff City nbsp Aleksandar Mitrovic Fulham 90 91 April nbsp Slavisa Jokanovic Fulham nbsp Aleksandar Mitrovic Fulham 92 93 Attendances editTeam Stadium Capacity Average Minimum Maximum Percentage Full 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 References edit a b c d English League Championship Statistics ESPN Retrieved 6 May 2018 Football Ground Guide Football Ground Guide Retrieved 30 November 2016 John Terry confirmed as captain and will wear the armband for the first time today against ShrewsWeb AVFC PartOfThePridepic twitter com ec77hbMire AVFCOfficial Aston Villa F C 2017 07 15 Retrieved 2017 07 15 a b Andy Yiadom Barnsley Football Club First Team profile Archived 2018 02 25 at the Wayback Machine Barnsley Football Club official website Retrieved 24 February 2018 Barnsley Football Club Announces New Kit Partnership With PUMA Barnsley FC Retrieved 31 May 2016 Barnsley Football Club Extends Partnership with Principal Sponsor CK Beckett Barnsley FC Archived from the original on 20 December 2016 Retrieved 31 May 2016 Adidas to become Blues new kit supplier Birmingham City FC Archived from the original on 26 March 2016 Retrieved 22 April 2016 Order the 2016 17 home shirt now Birmingham City FC Archived from the original on 28 August 2016 Retrieved 6 June 2016 LeoVegas new Shirt Sponsor and Title Partners Brentford FC Archived from the original on 19 November 2020 Retrieved 19 June 2017 Lancer Scott confirmed as new City sponsor Bristol City FC Retrieved 22 April 2016 Burton Albion Reveal New Kit Burton Mail Retrieved 28 July 2016 permanent dead link Why Richard Keogh was not handed back the captain s armband in Derby County s defeat by Middlesbrough April 23 2018 Retrieved April 23 2018 Derby County Announce Umbro Kit Deal Retrieved 12 June 2017 Fulham Football Club announces grosvenorcasinos coml Retrieved 27 July 2017 KAPPA NEW KIT DEAL ANNOUNCED 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