EFL Championship Stadiums
Formerly known as Division 1, the English Football League Championship, is the second-highest division in the English football league system and offers unpredictable, competitive matches and is a pivotal part of English football. 24 teams that engage in a gruelling 46-match season with clubs battling for the coveted top-two spots to secure automatic promotion or contending for a place in the playoffs. You can read more about EFL championship stadiums currently in use below.
EFL Championship Stadiums 23/24 Season
Club Stadium Location Capacity Birmingham City St Andrews Birmingham 29,409 Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park Blackburn 31,367 Bristol City Ashton Gate Bristol 27,000 Cardiff City Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 33,280 Coventry City Coventry Building Society Arena Coventry 32,609 Huddersfield Town John Smith’s Stadium Huddersfield 24,500 Hull City MKM Stadium Hull 25,400 Ipswich Town Portman Road Ipswich 30,311 Leeds United Elland Road Leeds 37,792 Leicester City King Power Stadium Leicester 32,312 Middlesbrough The Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough 34,988 Millwall The Den London 20,146 Norwich City Carrow Road Norwich 27,244 Plymouth Argyle Home Park Plymouth 16,388 Preston North End Deepdale Preston 23,404 Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road London 18,439 Rotherham United New York Stadium Rotherham 12,021 Sheffield Wednesday Hillsborough Sheffield 39,752 Southampton St Mary’s Stadium Southampton 32,505 Stoke City bet365 Stadium Stoke 30,089 Sunderland The Stadium of Light Sunderland 49,000 Swansea City Liberty Stadium Swansea 21,088 Watford Vicarage Road Watford 22,200 West Bromwich Albion The Hawthorns West Bromwich 26,850
EFL Championship Stats
Number of Teams 24 Average Match Attendance (22/23 Season) 22,795 Number of Players in the League (23/24 Season) 653 Number of Nationalities Represented 70 Global Revenue (21/22 Season) £676m
Championship Recent Winners
Year Winner (# Total Wins) Runner Up Play-Off Winners 2022/23 Burnley (4) Sheffield United Luton Town 2021/22 Fulham (3) Bournemouth Nottingham Forest 2020/21 Norwich City (5) Watford Brentford 2019/20 Leeds United (4) West Bromwich Albion Fulham 2018/19 Norwich City (4) Sheffield United Aston Villa 2017/18 Wolverhampton Wanderers (4) Cardiff City Fulham 2016/17 Newcastle United (4) Brighton & Hove Albion Huddersfield Town 2015/16 Burnley (3) Middlesbrough Hull City 2014/15 Bournemouth Watford Norwich City 2013/14 Leicester City (7) Burnley Queens Park Rangers 2012/13 Cardiff City Hull City Crystal Palace 2011/12 Reading (2) Southampton West Ham United 2010/11 Queens Park Rangers (2) Norwich City Swansea City 2009/10 Newcastle United (3) West Bromwich Albion Blackpool 2008/09 Wolverhampton Wanderers (3) Birmingham City Burnley 2007/08 West Bromwich Albion (3) Stoke City Hull City 2006/07 Sunderland (5) Birmingham City Derby County 2005/06 Reading Sheffield United Watford 2004/05 Sunderland (4) Wigan Athletic West Ham United