Know who are a part of the winners, runner-up, promotion play-off winner and top goal scorers list of each season in the EFL Championship.
The English Football League Championship is the top tier of the English Football League (EFL), and the second highest in the English football league system after the Premier League. A total of 24 clubs compete in the league.
The Championship is the world’s wealthiest non-top-flight football division, the ninth wealthiest in Europe, and the tenth most popular in the world. For the 2018–19 season, the average match attendance was 20,181.
EFL Championship All Time Winners List, Golden Boot Award Winners And Winning Prize Money
EFL Championship Teams, Matches, Rules, and Format
There are 24 teams in the league. Each team competes in 46 games over the length of a season, which spans from August to May each year. Each team plays twice against the other teams in the league, once at ‘home’ and once at ‘away.’ A win is worth three points, a tie is worth one, and a loss is worth zero. The teams are placed in the league table based on points earned, goal difference, goals scored, and their season head-to-head record.
The top two teams and the winner of the Championship play-offs are promoted to the Premier League at the end of the season, while the lowest three are relegated to Football League One.
All-time Winner, Runner-up and Promotion Play-offs Winner in EFL Championship
Newcastle United, Norwich, Reading, Wolves, and Sunderland hold the record of winning most EFL Championship titles with two titles each. Norwich are the reigning champions having won 2020-21 EFL Championship and achieved promotion for 2021-22 Premier League Season.
Fulham FC are close to becoming the winners of 2021-22 season EFL Championship while, Norwich are close to relegation from Premier League.
| Season | Champions | Runner-up | Play-off winner |
| 2004–05 | Sunderland | Wigan Athletic | West Ham United |
| 2005–06 | Reading | Sheffield United | Watford |
| 2006–07 | Sunderland | Birmingham City | Derby County |
| 2007–08 | West Bromwich Albion | Stoke City | Hull City |
| 2008–09 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Birmingham City | Burnley |
| 2009–10 | Newcastle United | West Bromwich Albion | Blackpool |
| 2010–11 | Queens Park Rangers | Norwich City | Swansea City |
| 2011–12 | Reading | Southampton | West Ham United |
| 2012–13 | Cardiff City | Hull City | Crystal Palace |
| 2013–14 | Leicester City | Burnley | Queens Park Rangers |
| 2014–15 | Bournemouth | Watford | Norwich City |
| 2015–16 | Burnley | Middlesbrough | Hull City |
| 2016–17 | Newcastle United | Brighton & Hove Albion | Huddersfield Town |
| 2017–18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Cardiff City | Fulham |
| 2018–19 | Norwich City | Sheffield United | Aston Villa |
| 2019–20 | Leeds United | West Bromwich Albion | Fulham |
| 2020–21 | Norwich City | Watford | Brentford |
EFL Championship Top Scorers by Season
Alexander Mitrovic is close to win the top-scorer award of 2021-22 EFL championship, which will be his second award. Mitrovic won the award previously in 2019-20 season with 26 goals and looks assured to win again with record-breaking 40 goals. Brentford ace Ivan Toney was the top-scorer in EFL Championship 2020-21 season with 31 goals, which was the previous EFL Championship goal scoring record.
| Season | Nationality & Top scorer | Club | Goals | ||
| 2004–05 | England Nathan Ellington | Wigan Athletic | 24 | ||
| 2005–06 | Jamaica Marlon King | Watford | 21 | ||
| 2006–07 | England Jamie Cureton | Colchester United | 23 | ||
| 2007–08 | England Sylvan Ebanks-Blake | Plymouth Argyle and Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | ||
| 2008–09 | England Sylvan Ebanks-Blake | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | ||
| 2009–10 | England Peter Whittingham, England Nicky Maynard | Cardiff City.
Bristol City |
20 | ||
| 2010–11 | England Danny Graham | Watford | 24 | ||
| 2011–12 | England Rickie Lambert | Southampton | 27 | ||
| 2012–13 | England Glenn Murray | Crystal Palace | 30 | ||
| 2013–14 | Scotland Ross McCormack | Leeds United | 28 | ||
| 2014–15 | Republic of Ireland Daryl Murphy | Ipswich Town | 27 | ||
| 2015–16 | Jamaica Andre Gray | Burnley | 25 | ||
| 2016–17 | New Zealand Chris Wood | Leeds United | 27 | ||
| 2017–18 | Czech Republic Matěj Vydra | Derby County | 21 | ||
| 2018–19 | Finland Teemu Pukki | Norwich City | 29 | ||
| 2019–20 | Serbia Aleksandar Mitrović | Fulham | 26 | ||
| 2020–21 | England Ivan Toney | Brentford | 31 |
The revenue for winning the playoff final stands at £135 million to £265 million, depending on whether a promoted team can avoid immediate relegation.
Official figures for the 2018-19 season showed that broadcast revenue totalling £2.4 billion ($3bn) was distributed among the 20 clubs in the Premier League and of that, each club was guaranteed at least £34.3m ($43.4m) in equal share payments, £43m ($54.4m) in international TV and £4.9m ($6.2m) in central commercial payments: a base line of roughly £82.5 million ($104.4m) per team, regardless of position.
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