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The English Football League Championship, known simply as the Championship in England and for sponsorship purposes as Sky Bet Championship, [ 1] is the highest division of the English Football League (EFL) and second-highest overall in the English football league system, after the Premier League, and is currently contested by 24 clubs.
2024–25 →. The 2023–24 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 8th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 32nd season under its current league division format. The season began on 4 August 2023 and ended on 4 May 2024.
As with the end to the previous season, the season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in games being played behind closed doors.However, on 19 September 2020, two matches in the division, between Norwich City and Preston North End at Carrow Road, and between Middlesbrough and Bournemouth at The Riverside Stadium, were held in front of 1,000 spectators, as part of EFL pilots.
The English Football League Championship play-offs are a series of play-off matches contested by the association football teams finishing from third to sixth in the EFL Championship table and are part of the English Football League play-offs. As of 2024, the play-offs comprise two semi-finals, where the team finishing third plays the team ...
2017–18 →. The 2016–17 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of the EFL Championship under its current name, and the twenty-fifth season under its current league structure. Newcastle United were crowned the champions and were promoted to Premier League after just one season ...
21,410. ← 2023–24. 2025–26 →. All statistics correct as of 12 August 2024. The 2024–25 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 9th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 33rd season under its current league division format. The season began on 9 August 2024.
All statistics correct as of 2 May 2015. The 2014–15 Football League Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons), was the eleventh season of the Football League Championship under its current title and the twenty-third season under its current league structure. The 2014–15 season began on 8 August 2014 and ...
Paul the Octopus. Paul the Octopus (26 January 2008 [ 1] – 26 October 2010) was a common octopus who predicted the results of international association football matches. Accurate predictions in the 2010 World Cup brought him worldwide attention as an animal oracle . During divinations, Paul's keepers would present him with two food-containing ...