2019–20 EFL Championship
Season | 2019–20 |
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Matches played | 312 |
Goals scored | 842 (2.7 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Aleksandar Mitrović (21 goals) |
Biggest home win | Brentford 7–0 Luton Town (30 November 2019) |
Biggest away win | Sheffield Wednesday 0–5 Blackburn Rovers (18 January 2020) |
Highest scoring | Birmingham City 4–5 Leeds United (29 December 2019) |
Longest winning run | Leeds United (7 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | West Bromwich Albion (14 matches) |
Longest winless run | Barnsley (17 matches) |
Longest losing run | Huddersfield Town (6 matches) |
Highest attendance | 36,422 Leeds United 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday (11 January 2020) |
Lowest attendance | 8,965 Wigan Athletic 1–3 Reading (2 November 2019)[1] |
Total attendance | 5,961,550[1] |
Average attendance | 18,571[1] |
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 14 December 2019. |
The 2019–20 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 16th season of the Football League Championship under its current title and the 28th season under its current league division format.
Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.
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Stadiums
- 1 The capacity of Craven Cottage will be reduced from 25,700 to 19,000 for the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the redevelopment of the Riverside Stand which will increase the capacity to 30,000.[3]
Personnel and sponsoring
- 1 Pep Clotet was initially appointed as caretaker manager, then Birmingham City made the appointment permanent on 4 December 2019.[24]
- 2 Derby County captain was Richard Keogh until his contract was terminated on 30 October 2019.[25] Curtis Davies was made captain from 30 October 2019 to 1 January 2020.
- 3 Huddersfield Town's shirt does not display Paddy Power's logo as part of the bookmakers "Save Our Shirt" campaign.
- 4 Bristol City's Captain was Bailey Wright in the first half of the season, but he left on 21st Jan on loan to Sunderland[26], at the time of writing no word has been made over the replacement.Vice-Captain Josh Brownhill served as captain between the 21st Jan & 30th Jan when he left for Premier League Side Burnley, no replacement has been named as of 30th Jan.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Luton Town | Mick Harford[27] | End of caretaker spell | 4 May 2019 | Pre-season | Graeme Jones[27] | 7 May 2019 |
Queens Park Rangers | John Eustace[28] | 5 May 2019 | Mark Warburton[29] | 8 May 2019 | ||
West Bromwich Albion | James Shan[30] | 14 May 2019 | Slaven Bilić[31] | 13 June 2019 | ||
Middlesbrough | Tony Pulis[32] | End of contract | 17 May 2019 | Jonathan Woodgate[33] | 14 June 2019 | |
Swansea City | Graham Potter[34] | Signed by Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 May 2019 | Steve Cooper[35] | 13 June 2019 | |
Hull City | Nigel Adkins[36] | End of contract | 8 June 2019 | Grant McCann[37] | 21 June 2019 | |
Birmingham City | Garry Monk[38] | Sacked | 18 June 2019 | Pep Clotet[39] | 4 December 2019 | |
Nottingham Forest | Martin O'Neill[40] | 28 June 2019 | Sabri Lamouchi[41] | 28 June 2019 | ||
Derby County | Frank Lampard[42] | Signed by Chelsea | 4 July 2019 | Phillip Cocu[43] | 5 July 2019 | |
Sheffield Wednesday | Steve Bruce[44] | Resigned | 15 July 2019 | Garry Monk[45] | 6 September 2019 | |
Huddersfield Town | Jan Siewert[46] | Sacked | 16 August 2019 | 20th | Danny Cowley[47] | 9 September 2019 |
Millwall | Neil Harris[48] | Resigned | 3 October 2019 | 18th | Gary Rowett[49] | 21 October 2019 |
Barnsley | Daniel Stendel[50] | Sacked | 8 October 2019 | 23rd | Gerhard Struber[51] | 20 November 2019 |
Reading | José Gomes[52] | 9 October 2019 | 22nd | Mark Bowen[53] | 14 October 2019 | |
Stoke City | Nathan Jones[54] | 1 November 2019 | 24th | Michael O'Neill[55] | 8 November 2019 | |
Cardiff City | Neil Warnock[56] | Mutual consent | 11 November 2019 | 14th | Neil Harris[57] | 16 November 2019 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Leeds United (C, P) | 46 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 77 | 35 | +42 | 93 | Promotion to the Premier League |
2 | West Bromwich Albion (P) | 46 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 77 | 45 | +32 | 83 | |
3 | Brentford | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 80 | 38 | +42 | 81 | Qualification for Championship play-offs[a] |
4 | Fulham (O, P) | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 81 | |
5 | Cardiff City | 46 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 68 | 58 | +10 | 73 | |
6 | Swansea City | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 70 | |
7 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 70 | |
8 | Millwall | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 68 | |
9 | Preston North End | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 66 | |
10 | Derby County | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 62 | 64 | −2 | 64 | |
11 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 66 | 63 | +3 | 63 | |
12 | Bristol City | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 60 | 65 | −5 | 63 | |
13 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 67 | 76 | −9 | 58 | |
14 | Reading | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 59 | 58 | +1 | 56 | |
15 | Stoke City | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 62 | 68 | −6 | 56 | |
16 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 56 | |
17 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 53 | |
18 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 52 | 70 | −18 | 51 | |
19 | Luton Town | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 54 | 82 | −28 | 51 | |
20 | Birmingham City | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 54 | 75 | −21 | 50 | |
21 | Barnsley | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 49 | 69 | −20 | 49 | |
22 | Charlton Athletic (R) | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 48 | Relegation to EFL League One |
23 | Wigan Athletic (R) | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 47[b] | |
24 | Hull City (R) | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 57 | 87 | −30 | 45 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[59]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.
- ^ As a result of Wigan Athletic entering administration, the club was subject to a 12-point deduction. In accordance with EFL regulations, the timing of the sporting sanction was only determined once final league placings in the Championship were determined. Since the club did not finish in the relegation places at the end of season, the sanction was applied to their 2019–20 total and final league standings were amended as appropriate.[58]
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
Champions, Promotion to the Premier League | |
Promotion to the Premier League | |
Qualification for Championship play-offs | |
Relegation to EFL League One |
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
- As of 15 February 2020
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[60] |
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1 | Aleksandar Mitrović | Fulham | 21 |
2 | Ollie Watkins | Brentford | 20 |
3 | Jarrod Bowen1 | Hull City | 16 |
Lewis Grabban | Nottingham Forest | ||
5 | Nahki Wells | Queens Park Rangers / Bristol City | 14 |
6 | Karlan Grant | Huddersfield Town | 13 |
Cauley Woodrow | Barnsley | ||
8 | Patrick Bamford | Leeds United | 12 |
Steven Fletcher | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
Lukas Jutkiewicz | Birmingham City | ||
Bryan Mbeumo | Brentford |
- 1 Jarrod Bowen left Hull City and the EFL Championship on 31 January 2020, to sign for Premier League club West Ham United; all of his 16 league goals were scored before this date.[61]
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Ollie Watkins | Brentford | Barnsley | 3–1 (A) | 29 September 2019 | [62] |
Aleksandar Mitrović | Fulham | Luton Town | 3–2 (H) | 23 October 2019 | [63] |
Joe Ralls | Cardiff City | Birmingham City | 4–2 (H) | 2 November 2019 | [64] |
Josh Dasilva | Brentford | Luton Town | 7–0 (H) | 30 November 2019 | [65] |
George Pușcaș | Reading | Wigan Athletic | 3–1 (A) | 30 November 2019 | [66] |
Conor Chaplin | Barnsley | Queens Park Rangers | 5–3 (H) | 14 December 2019 | [67] |
Jordan Rhodes | Sheffield Wednesday | Nottingham Forest | 4–0 (A) | 14 December 2019 | [68] |
Nahki Wells | Queens Park Rangers | Cardiff City | 6–1 (H) | 1 January 2020 | [69] |
Monthly awards
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | Steve Cooper | Swansea City | Daniel Johnson | Preston North End | [70] |
September | Sabri Lamouchi | Nottingham Forest | Chey Dunkley | Wigan Athletic | [71] |
October | Danny Cowley | Huddersfield Town | Aleksandar Mitrović | Fulham | [72] |
November | Marcelo Bielsa | Leeds United | Jarrod Bowen | Hull City | [73][74] |
December | Jonathan Woodgate | Middlesbrough | Conor Chaplin | Barnsley | [75] |
January | Sabri Lamouchi | Nottingham Forest | Nahki Wells | Queens Park Rangers | [76] |
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