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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 |
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 Aston Villa |
Longest unbeaten run | 14 matches Norwich City |
Longest winless run | 14 matches Bolton Wanderers |
Longest losing run | 7
matches Queens Park Rangers |
Highest attendance | 41,696 Aston Villa 1–2 Norwich City (5 May 2019) |
Lowest attendance | 8,018 Rotherham United 2–2 QPR (27 November 2018) |
Total attendance | 10,840,765 |
Average attendance | 20,075 |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
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.
The following teams had changed division after the 2017–18 season.
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[citation needed] | End of caretaker spell | 6 May 2018 | Pre-season | Paul Hurst | 30 May 2018 |
Queens Park Rangers | Ian Holloway | Mutual consent | 10 May 2018 | Steve McClaren | 18 May 2018 | |
Swansea City | Carlos Carvalhal | End of contract | 18 May 2018 | Graham Potter | 11 June 2018 | |
Stoke City | Paul Lambert | Resigned | Gary Rowett | 22 May 2018 | ||
Derby County | Gary Rowett | Signed by Stoke City | 22 May 2018 | Frank Lampard | 31 May 2018 | |
Leeds United | Paul Heckingbottom | Sacked | 1 June 2018 | Marcelo Bielsa | 15 June 2018 | |
Aston Villa | Steve Bruce | 3 October 2018 | 12th | Dean Smith | 10 October 2018 | |
Brentford | Dean Smith | Signed by Aston Villa | 10 October 2018 | 7th | Thomas Frank | 16 October 2018 |
Ipswich Town | Paul Hurst | Sacked | 25 October 2018 | 24th | Paul Lambert | 27 October 2018 |
Reading | Paul Clement | 6 December 2018 | 21st | José Gomes | 22 December 2018 | |
Sheffield Wednesday | Jos Luhukay | 21 December 2018 | 18th | Steve Bruce | 2 January 2019 | |
Stoke City | Gary Rowett | 8 January 2019 | 14th | Nathan Jones | 9 January 2019 | |
Nottingham Forest | Aitor Karanka | Mutual consent | 11 January 2019 | 7th | Martin O'Neill | 14 January 2019 |
West Bromwich Albion | Darren Moore | Sacked | 9 March 2019 | 4th | Slaven Bilić | 13 June 2019 |
Queens Park Rangers | Steve McClaren | 1 April 2019 | 17th | Mark Warburton | 8 May 2019 |
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 |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
24 | Ipswich Town (R) | 46 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 36 | 77 | −41 | 31 |
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) |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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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 |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Lukas Jutkiewicz | Birmingham City | Rotherham United | 3–1 (H) | 6 October 2018 | |
Billy Sharp | Sheffield United | Wigan Athletic | 4–2 (H) | 27 October 2018 | |
Che Adams | Birmingham City | Hull City | 3–3 (H) | 10 November 2018 | |
Tammy Abraham | Aston Villa | Nottingham Forest | 5–5 (H) | 28 November 2018 | |
Danny Graham | Blackburn Rovers | Sheffield Wednesday | 4–2 (H) | 1 December 2018 | |
Dwight Gayle | West Bromwich Albion | Rotherham United | 0–4 (A) | 22 December 2018 | |
Billy Sharp | Sheffield United | Aston Villa | 3–3 (A) | 8 February 2019 | |
Che Adams | Birmingham City | Queens Park Rangers | 3–4 (A) | 9 February 2019 | |
Saïd Benrahma | Brentford | Hull City | 5–1 (H) | 23 February 2019 | |
Martyn Waghorn | Derby County | Rotherham United | 6–1 (H) | 30 March 2019 | |
Andreas Weimann | Bristol City | Sheffield United | 2–3 (A) | 30 March 2019 | |
Mason Mount | Derby County | Bolton Wanderers | 4–0 (H) | 13 April 2019 | |
Dwight Gayle | West Bromwich Albion | Preston North End | 4–1 (H) | 13 April 2019 |
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 | |
September | Darren Moore | West Bromwich Albion | Dwight Gayle | West Bromwich Albion | |
October | Steve McClaren | Queens Park Rangers | Lukas Jutkiewicz | Birmingham City | |
November | Daniel Farke | Norwich City | Tammy Abraham | Aston Villa | |
December | Nigel Adkins | Hull City | Jarrod Bowen | Hull City | |
January | Tony Mowbray | Blackburn Rovers | Adam Armstrong | Blackburn Rovers | |
February | Chris Wilder | Sheffield United | Ché Adams | Birmingham City | |
March | Dean Smith | Aston Villa | Semi Ajayi | Rotherham United | |
April | Chris Wilder | Sheffield United | Dwight Gayle | West Bromwich Albion |