2024–25 EFL Championship

2024–25 EFL Championship

The 2024–25 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 33rd season under its current league division format.

Team changes

2024–25 EFL Championship

The following teams have changed division since the 2023–24 season:

Stadiums and locations

2024–25 EFL Championship

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Location</th><th>Stadium</th><th>Capacity</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Blackburn Rovers</td><td>Blackburn</td><td>Ewood Park</td><td>31,000</td></tr><tr><td>Bristol City</td><td>Bristol</td><td>Ashton Gate</td><td>27,000</td></tr><tr><td>Burnley</td><td>Burnley</td><td>Turf Moor</td><td>21,944</td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff City</td><td>Cardiff</td><td>Cardiff City Stadium</td><td>33,280</td></tr><tr><td>Coventry City</td><td>Coventry</td><td>Coventry Building Society Arena</td><td>32,609</td></tr><tr><td>Derby County</td><td>Derby</td><td>Pride Park Stadium</td><td>32,956</td></tr><tr><td>Hull City</td><td>Kingston upon Hull</td><td>MKM Stadium</td><td>25,586</td></tr><tr><td>Leeds United</td><td>Leeds</td><td>Elland Road</td><td>37,608</td></tr><tr><td>Luton Town</td><td>Luton</td><td>Kenilworth Road</td><td>12,056</td></tr><tr><td>Middlesbrough</td><td>Middlesbrough</td><td>Riverside Stadium</td><td>34,742</td></tr><tr><td>Millwall</td><td>London (Bermondsey)</td><td>The Den</td><td>20,146</td></tr><tr><td>Norwich City</td><td>Norwich</td><td>Carrow Road</td><td>27,359</td></tr><tr><td>Oxford United</td><td>Oxford</td><td>Kassam Stadium</td><td>12,500</td></tr><tr><td>Plymouth Argyle</td><td>Plymouth</td><td>Home Park</td><td>17,900</td></tr><tr><td>Portsmouth</td><td>Portsmouth</td><td>Fratton Park</td><td>20,899</td></tr><tr><td>Preston North End</td><td>Preston</td><td>Deepdale</td><td>23,408</td></tr><tr><td>Queens Park Rangers</td><td>London (Shepherd's Bush)</td><td>Loftus Road</td><td>18,439</td></tr><tr><td>Sheffield United</td><td>Sheffield (Highfield)</td><td>Bramall Lane</td><td>32,050</td></tr><tr><td>Sheffield Wednesday</td><td>Sheffield (Hillsborough)</td><td>Hillsborough Stadium</td><td>39,732</td></tr><tr><td>Stoke City</td><td>Stoke-on-Trent</td><td>bet365 Stadium</td><td>30,089</td></tr><tr><td>Sunderland</td><td>Sunderland</td><td>Stadium of Light</td><td>49,000</td></tr><tr><td>Swansea City</td><td>Swansea</td><td>Swansea.com Stadium</td><td>21,088</td></tr><tr><td>Watford</td><td>Watford</td><td>Vicarage Road</td><td>22,200</td></tr><tr><td>West Bromwich Albion</td><td>West Bromwich</td><td>The Hawthorns</td><td>26,850</td></tr></tbody></table>

Personnel and sponsoring

2024–25 EFL Championship

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Manager</th><th>Captain</th><th>Kit manufacturer</th><th>Shirt sponsor (chest)</th><th>Shirt sponsor (back)</th><th>Shirt sponsor (sleeve)</th><th>Shorts sponsor</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Blackburn Rovers</td><td>Valérien Ismaël</td><td>Lewis Travis</td><td>Macron</td><td>Watson Ramsbottom Solicitors</td><td>Multevo</td><td>Venkys</td><td>Venkys</td></tr><tr><td>Bristol City</td><td>Liam Manning</td><td>Jason Knight</td><td>O'Neills</td><td>Robins Foundation1</td><td>GoSkippy</td><td>Watches of Bath</td><td>DNRG</td></tr><tr><td>Burnley</td><td>Scott Parker</td><td>Josh Brownhill</td><td>Castore</td><td>96.com</td><td>Bristol Street Motors</td><td>None</td><td>Rapidz</td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff City</td><td>Aaron Ramsey (interim)</td><td>Joe Ralls</td><td>New Balance</td><td>Visit Malaysia</td><td>Quinnbet</td><td>Watches of Bath</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Coventry City</td><td>Frank Lampard</td><td>Ben Sheaf</td><td>Hummel</td><td>Monzo</td><td>King of Shaves</td><td>Mercury xRM</td><td>G&R Scaffolding</td></tr><tr><td>Derby County</td><td>John Eustace</td><td>Nathaniel Mendez-Laing</td><td>Puma</td><td>FanHub</td><td>HSG UK</td><td>Tonic Weight Loss Surgery</td><td>HSG UK</td></tr><tr><td>Hull City</td><td>Rubén Sellés</td><td>Lewie Coyle</td><td>Kappa</td><td>Corendon Airlines</td><td>Safiport</td><td>Anex Tour</td><td>Sportsbet.io</td></tr><tr><td>Leeds United</td><td>Daniel Farke</td><td>Ethan Ampadu</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Red Bull</td><td>AMT Auto</td><td>BOXT Life</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Luton Town</td><td>Matt Bloomfield</td><td>Tom Lockyer</td><td>Umbro</td><td>Utilita</td><td>Toureen Group (H)/Ryebridge (A)</td><td>Star Platforms (H)Switchshop (A)</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Middlesbrough</td><td>Michael Carrick</td><td>Jonny Howson</td><td>Erreà</td><td>Unibet</td><td>Host & Stay</td><td>BOXT Life</td><td>BOXT Life</td></tr><tr><td>Millwall</td><td>Alex Neil</td><td>Shaun Hutchinson</td><td>Erreà</td><td>MyGuava</td><td>Wiggett Group</td><td>None</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Norwich City</td><td>Jack Wilshere (interim)</td><td>Kenny McLean</td><td>Joma</td><td>Blakely Clothing</td><td>Sekura.id</td><td>Gran Canaria</td><td>3B Data Security</td></tr><tr><td>Oxford United</td><td>Gary Rowett</td><td>Elliott Moore</td><td>Macron</td><td>Baxi</td><td>Polythene UK</td><td>Caprinos Pizza</td><td>Rocktree Group</td></tr><tr><td>Plymouth Argyle</td><td>Miron Muslić</td><td>Joe Edwards</td><td>Puma</td><td>Classic Builders</td><td>Project 35</td><td>Vertu Motors</td><td>Retain Limited</td></tr><tr><td>Portsmouth</td><td>John Mousinho</td><td>Marlon Pack</td><td>Nike</td><td>University of Portsmouth</td><td>TotalAV</td><td>BeeBu</td><td>Richmond Motor Group</td></tr><tr><td>Preston North End</td><td>Paul Heckingbottom</td><td>Benjamin Whiteman</td><td>Castore</td><td>PAR Group</td><td>None</td><td>PAR Group</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Queens Park Rangers</td><td>Martí Cifuentes</td><td>Steve Cook</td><td>Erreà</td><td>CopyBet</td><td>Xtra Maintenance</td><td>MyGuava</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Sheffield United</td><td>Chris Wilder</td><td>Jack Robinson</td><td>Erreà</td><td>Maneki</td><td>CarMats</td><td>Dr. Cinik</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Sheffield Wednesday</td><td>Danny Röhl</td><td>Barry Bannan</td><td>Macron</td><td>Mockba Modular</td><td>Mr Vegas Casino</td><td>None</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Stoke City</td><td>Mark Robins</td><td>Ben Gibson</td><td>Macron</td><td>bet365</td><td>Stoke City Community Trust</td><td>None</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Sunderland</td><td>Régis Le Bris</td><td>Dan Neil</td><td>Hummel</td><td>Spreadex Sports</td><td>Valhalla.game</td><td>Seriös Group</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Swansea City</td><td>Alan Sheehan</td><td>Ben Cabango</td><td>Joma</td><td>Reviva Coffee (H) Westacres (A)</td><td>Swansea Building Society</td><td>Visit Central Florida</td><td>First Grade Projects</td></tr><tr><td>Watford</td><td>Tom Cleverley</td><td>Daniel Bachmann</td><td>Kelme</td><td>MrQ.com</td><td>Koka</td><td>University of Hertfordshire</td><td>Asus</td></tr><tr><td>West Bromwich Albion</td><td>James Morrison (interim)</td><td>Jed Wallace</td><td>Macron</td><td>Ideal Heating</td><td>Mega Riches Casino</td><td>BarberBoss</td><td>None</td></tr></tbody></table>

• ^ Bristol City's shirt sponsor was Huboo until 13 February 2025 when the deal was ended prematurely.

Managerial changes

2024–25 EFL Championship

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Plymouth Argyle	Neil Dewsnip	End of interim spell	4 May 2024	Pre-season	Wayne Rooney	25 May 2024
Sunderland	Mike Dodds	Régis Le Bris	22 June 2024
Hull City	Liam Rosenior	Sacked	7 May 2024	Tim Walter	31 May 2024
Norwich City	David Wagner	17 May 2024	Johannes Hoff Thorup	30 May 2024
Burnley	Vincent Kompany	Signed by Bayern Munich	29 May 2024	Scott Parker	5 July 2024
Preston North End	Ryan Lowe	Mutual consent	12 August 2024	23rd	Paul Heckingbottom	20 August 2024
Stoke City	Steven Schumacher	Sacked	16 September 2024	13th	Narcís Pèlach	18 September 2024
Cardiff City	Erol Bulut	22 September 2024	24th	Omer Riza	23 September 2024
Coventry City	Mark Robins	7 November 2024	17th	Frank Lampard	28 November 2024
Hull City	Tim Walter	27 November 2024	22nd	Rubén Sellés	6 December 2024
Millwall	Neil Harris	Mutual consent	14 December 2024	13th	Alex Neil	30 December 2024
Oxford United	Des Buckingham	Sacked	15 December 2024	20th	Gary Rowett	20 December 2024
West Bromwich Albion	Carlos Corberán	Signed by Valencia	24 December 2024	7th	Tony Mowbray	17 January 2025
Stoke City	Narcís Pèlach	Sacked	27 December 2024	19th	Mark Robins	1 January 2025
Plymouth Argyle	Wayne Rooney	Mutual consent	31 December 2024	24th	Miron Muslić	10 January 2025
Luton Town	Rob Edwards	9 January 2025	20th	Matt Bloomfield	14 January 2025
Derby County	Paul Warne	Sacked	7 February 2025	22nd	John Eustace	13 February 2025
Blackburn Rovers	John Eustace	Signed by Derby County	13 February 2025	5th	Valérien Ismaël	25 February 2025
Swansea City	Luke Williams	Sacked	17 February 2025	17th	Alan Sheehan	18 February 2025
Cardiff City	Omer Riza	19 April 2025	23rd	Aaron Ramsey (interim)	19 April 2025
West Bromwich Albion	Tony Mowbray	21 April 2025	10th	James Morrison (interim)	21 April 2025
Norwich City	Johannes Hoff Thorup	22 April 2025	14th	Jack Wilshere (interim)	22 April 2025

League table

2024–25 EFL Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Leeds United (C, P)	46	29	13	4	95	30	+65	100	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Burnley (P)	46	28	16	2	69	16	+53	100
3	Sheffield United	46	28	8	10	63	36	+27	90	Qualified for the Championship play-offs
4	Sunderland (O, P)	46	21	13	12	58	44	+14	76
5	Coventry City	46	20	9	17	64	58	+6	69
6	Bristol City	46	17	17	12	59	55	+4	68
7	Blackburn Rovers	46	19	9	18	53	48	+5	66
8	Millwall	46	18	12	16	47	49	−2	66
9	West Bromwich Albion	46	15	19	12	57	47	+10	64
10	Middlesbrough	46	18	10	18	64	56	+8	64
11	Swansea City	46	17	10	19	51	56	−5	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday	46	15	13	18	60	69	−9	58
13	Norwich City	46	14	15	17	71	68	+3	57
14	Watford	46	16	9	21	53	61	−8	57
15	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	14	18	53	63	−10	56
16	Portsmouth	46	14	12	20	58	71	−13	54
17	Oxford United	46	13	14	19	49	65	−16	53
18	Stoke City	46	12	15	19	45	62	−17	51
19	Derby County	46	13	11	22	48	56	−8	50
20	Preston North End	46	10	20	16	48	59	−11	50
21	Hull City	46	12	13	21	44	54	−10	49
22	Luton Town (R)	46	13	10	23	45	69	−24	49	Relegation to EFL League One
23	Plymouth Argyle (R)	46	11	13	22	51	88	−37	46
24	Cardiff City (R)	46	9	17	20	48	73	−25	44

Play-offs

Bracket

	Semi-finals			Final
	3	Sheffield United	3	3	6
	6	Bristol City	0	0	0
		3	Sheffield United	1
			4	Sunderland	2
	4	Sunderland (a.e.t.)	2	1	3
	5	Coventry City	1	1	2

Season statistics

Top scorers

Joël Piroe of Leeds United was the season's top goalscorer, having scored 19 goals.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Joël Piroe	Leeds United	19
2	Josh Brownhill	Burnley	18
Borja Sainz	Norwich City
4	Josh Sargent	Norwich City	15
5	Tommy Conway	Middlesbrough	13
Wilson Isidor1	Sunderland
Josh Windass	Sheffield Wednesday
8	Finn Azaz	Middlesbrough	12
Zian Flemming	Burnley
Mihailo Ivanović	Millwall
Daniel James	Leeds United
Josh Maja	West Bromwich Albion
Anis Mehmeti	Bristol City
Emil Riis Jakobsen	Preston North End
Callum Robinson	Cardiff City
Haji Wright	Coventry City

• 1 Includes 1 goal in The Championship play-offs.

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Josh Maja	West Bromwich Albion	Queens Park Rangers	3–1 (A)	10 August 2024
Borja Sainz	Norwich City	Derby County	3–2 (A)	28 September 2024
Tom Cannon4	Stoke City	Portsmouth	6–1 (H)	2 October 2024
Vakoun Bayo4	Watford	Sheffield Wednesday	6–2 (A)	2 November 2024
Emmanuel Latte Lath	Middlesbrough	Oxford United	6–2 (A)	23 November 2024
Borja Sainz	Norwich City	Plymouth Argyle	6–1 (H)	26 November 2024
Callum Lang4	Portsmouth	Coventry City	4–1 (H)	21 December 2024
Haji Wright	Coventry City	Sunderland	3–0 (H)	15 March 2025
Colby Bishop	Portsmouth	Norwich City	5–3 (A)	18 April 2025
Joël Piroe4	Leeds United	Stoke City	6–0 (H)	21 April 2025

Clean sheets

James Trafford of Burnley won The Golden Glove, having kept 29 clean sheets, equalling the record for a goalkeeper in a single English football league season.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	James Trafford	Burnley	29
2	Michael Cooper2	Sheffield United	23
3	Illan Meslier	Leeds United	21
4	Lukas Jensen	Millwall	14
Viktor Johansson	Stoke City
Anthony Patterson	Sunderland
Lawrence Vigouroux	Swansea City
8	Jamie Cumming	Oxford United	13
Aynsley Pears	Blackburn Rovers
Freddie Woodman	Preston North End

• 2 Includes 2 clean sheets in The Championship play-offs.

Player

• Most yellow cards: 13 • Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United) • Most red cards: 3 • Liam Walsh (Luton Town)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 116 • Portsmouth • Most red cards: 7 • Luton Town • Fewest yellow cards: 67 • Middlesbrough • Fewest red cards: 0 • Derby County • Leeds United • Oxford United • Stoke City

Awards

Monthly

Month	Manager of the Month	Player of the Month	Reference
August	Régis Le Bris	Sunderland	Mark Harris	Oxford United
September	Chris Wilder	Sheffield United	Borja Sainz	Norwich City
October	Régis Le Bris	Sunderland
November	Chris Wilder	Sheffield United	Finn Azaz	Middlesbrough
December	Daniel Farke	Leeds United	Ephron Mason-Clark	Coventry City
January	Gary Rowett	Oxford United	James Trafford	Burnley
February	Daniel Farke	Leeds United	Daniel James	Leeds United
March	Chris Wilder	Sheffield United	Tyrese Campbell	Sheffield United
April	Scott Parker	Burnley	Josh Brownhill	Burnley

Annual

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Gustavo Hamer	Sheffield United
Young Player of the Season	Jobe Bellingham	Sunderland
Apprentice of the Season	Chris Rigg

Pos.	Player	Club	Ref.
GK	James Trafford	Burnley
RB	Jayden Bogle	Leeds United
CB	Maxime Estève	Burnley
CB	CJ Egan-Riley	Burnley
LB	Harrison Burrows	Sheffield United
CM	Jobe Bellingham	Sunderland
CM	Ao Tanaka	Leeds United
AM	Gustavo Hamer	Sheffield United
RW	Daniel James	Leeds United
LW	Borja Sainz	Norwich City
FW	Josh Sargent	Norwich City
Manager	Scott Parker	Burnley

Attendances

2024–25 EFL Championship

Sunderland drew the highest average home attendance in the 2024–25 edition of the EFL Championship.

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance
1	Sunderland	23	40,425
2	Leeds United	23	36,134
3	Derby County	23	29,018
4	Sheffield United	23	28,087
5	Coventry City	23	27,816
6	Sheffield Wednesday	23	26,636
7	Norwich City	23	26,316
8	Middlesbrough	23	25,416
9	West Bromwich Albion	23	25,057
10	Stoke City	23	22,804
11	Bristol City	23	22,423
12	Hull City	23	21,323
13	Portsmouth	23	20,263
14	Burnley	23	19,876
15	Watford	23	19,379
16	Cardiff City	23	19,344
17	Plymouth Argyle	23	16,537
18	Preston North End	23	16,505
19	Blackburn Rovers	23	16,161
20	Queens Park Rangers	23	15,856
21	Swansea City	23	15,503
22	Millwall	23	15,490
23	Luton Town	23	11,555
24	Oxford United	23	11,358