Football League Championship
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The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system.
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Structure
There are 24 teams in the Football League Championship. Each team plays each other twice (once at home, once away) and is awarded three points for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. From these points a league table is constructed. At the end of each season the top two teams, together with the winner of the play-offs between the teams which finished in 3rd-6th position, are promoted to the FA Premier League and are replaced by the three teams that finished at the bottom of that league. Similarly the three teams which finished at the bottom of the Football League Championship are relegated to Football League One and are replaced by the teams which finished 1st, 2nd, and won the 3rd-6th place play-off in that division.
Final League position is determined, in this order, by points obtained, goal difference, goals scored, a mini-league of the results between two or more teams ranked using the previous three criteria and finally a series of one or more play off matches.
History
The Football League Championship was introduced for the 2004-2005 season. It replaced the Football League First Division.
Football League Championship clubs, 2005-06
| Club | Finishing position last season |
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| Brighton & Hove Albion | 20th |
| Burnley | 13th |
| Cardiff City | 12th |
| Coventry City | 19th |
| Crewe Alexandra | 21st |
| Crystal Palace | 18th in the Premier League |
| Derby County | 4th |
| Hull City | 2nd in League One |
| Ipswich Town | 3rd |
| Leeds United | 14th |
| Leicester City | 15th |
| Luton Town | 1st in League One |
| Millwall | 10th |
| Norwich City | 19th in the Premier League |
| Plymouth Argyle | 17th |
| Preston North End | 5th |
| Queens Park Rangers | 11th |
| Reading | 7th |
| Sheffield United | 8th |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 5th in League One |
| Southampton | 20th in the Premier League |
| Stoke City | 12th |
| Watford | 18th |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 9th |
Note: At the end of last season, Sunderland and Wigan Athetic automatically gained promotion to the FA Premier League while West Ham United won promotion via the playoffs. Gillingham, Nottingham Forest, and Rotherham United were relegated to Football League One
Winners of the Football League Championship
For quick reference, teams in bold are champions that also owned the league's top scorer in the season they won the title.
| Year | Winner | Top Scorer |
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| 2005 | Sunderland | Nathan Ellington, Wigan Athletic (24) |
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League competitions |
Cup competitions | |
| FA Premier League | FA Cup | |
| The Football League (Champ, 1, 2) | England (men) | League Cup |
| Football Conference (Nat, N, S) | FA Community Shield | |
| Northern Premier League (Prem, 1) | (women) | Football League Trophy |
| Southern League (Prem, 1W, 1E) | List of clubs | FA Trophy |
| Isthmian League (Prem, 1, 2) | FA Vase | |
| English football league system | Records | FA NLS Cup |
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