Championship Live Scores, Fixtures, Results and Standings

Championship

The Championship is a men’s league competition in England, with recorded season coverage from 2011 to 2025. This page brings together live scores, fixtures, results and standings, alongside player and team statistics, so visitors can follow the competition over time and review available season data in one place, from match details to longer-term statistical context.

Upcoming matches, Championship

Regular Season - 13

  • - Regular Season - 13
    Sheffield Utd
    Wrexham Wrexham
    Bramall Lane
  • - Regular Season - 13
    Stoke City Stoke City
    Preston Preston
  • - Regular Season - 13
    Norwich Norwich
    Watford Watford
  • - Regular Season - 13
    Lincoln Lincoln
    Birmingham Birmingham
  • - Regular Season - 13
    West Ham West Ham
    West Brom
    London Stadium
  • - Regular Season - 13
    Swansea Swansea
    Blackburn Blackburn
  • - Regular Season - 13
    Wolves Wolves
    Cardiff Cardiff
  • - Regular Season - 13
    Southampton Southampton
    QPR QPR
  • - Regular Season - 13
    Bolton Bolton
    Bristol City Bristol City
    Toughsheet Community Stadium
  • - Regular Season - 13
    Millwall Millwall
    Derby Derby
    The Den

Latest played matches, Championship

Regular Season - 12

  • Regular Season - 12
    Blackburn Blackburn
    2 - 0
    Wrexham Wrexham
    Ewood Park
  • Regular Season - 12
    Wolves Wolves
    1 - 0
    Watford Watford
    Molineux Stadium
  • Regular Season - 12
    Cardiff Cardiff
    1 - 0
    Birmingham Birmingham
    Cardiff City Stadium
  • Regular Season - 12
    West Ham West Ham
    2 - 3
    Southampton Southampton
    London Stadium
  • Regular Season - 12
    Lincoln Lincoln
    4 - 1
    Burnley Burnley
    LNER Stadium
  • Regular Season - 12
    Stoke City Stoke City
    0 - 0
    Bristol City Bristol City
    bet365 Stadium
  • Regular Season - 12
    Preston Preston
    1 - 1
    West Brom
    Deepdale
  • Regular Season - 12
    QPR QPR
    5 - 0
    Swansea Swansea
    MATRADE Loftus Road

Championship Standings

Rank Club MP W D L GF GA GD Pts Last 5
1 		Middlesbrough 12 7 4 1 27 17 10 25 WDWWD
2 		Swansea 12 7 2 3 16 13 3 23 LLWWW
3 		West Ham 12 6 4 2 32 15 17 22 LWWDD
4 		Wolves 12 6 3 3 20 16 4 21 WDWLL
5 		West Brom 12 6 3 3 16 13 3 21 DWWLL
6 		Southampton 12 7 3 2 24 12 12 20 WDWWL
7 		Birmingham 12 5 5 2 20 12 8 20 LWWWD
8 		QPR 12 5 5 2 20 12 8 20 WLWDD
9 		Stoke City 12 6 2 4 18 16 2 20 DWLWW
10 		Blackburn 12 5 3 4 19 16 3 18 WLWWD
11 		Portsmouth 12 5 3 4 16 15 1 18 WDWWL
12 		Sheffield Utd 12 4 4 4 16 15 1 16 DWLWL
13 		Millwall 12 4 3 5 19 20 -1 15 LDLWD
14 		Bristol City 12 4 3 5 12 15 -3 15 DLLDW
15 		Lincoln 12 4 3 5 13 20 -7 15 WDLLL
16 		Cardiff 12 3 5 4 19 17 2 14 WDWLW
17 		Wrexham 12 3 5 4 15 18 -3 14 LWLDW
18 		Bolton 12 4 2 6 16 23 -7 14 LDWLW
19 		Charlton 12 3 5 4 11 18 -7 14 LLDDL
20 		Norwich 12 4 0 8 20 22 -2 12 WLLLL
21 		Watford 12 3 2 7 10 20 -10 11 LWLLL
22 		Burnley 12 1 5 6 17 25 -8 8 LLDWD
23 		Derby 12 1 4 7 10 21 -11 7 DLLDD
24 		Preston 12 1 2 9 10 25 -15 5 DLLLD
Promotion - Premier League
Promotion - Championship (Play Offs: Semi-finals)
Promotion - Championship (Play Offs: Quarter-finals)
Relegation - League One

Championship Statistics

Top scorers 2026

# Player Goals
1 W. Lankshear
Middlesbrough 		10
2 A. Guðjohnsen
Blackburn 		6
3 C. Larin
Southampton 		6
4 J. Moylan
Cardiff 		6
5 J. Bowen
West Ham 		5
6 M. Touré
Norwich 		5
7 L. Millar
Birmingham 		4
8 L. Dykes
Millwall 		4
9 K. Moore
Wrexham 		4
10 Fer López
Wolves 		4

Top assists 2026

# Player Assists
1 Rio Cardines
Bristol City 		4
2 J. Bowen
West Ham 		4
3 A. Cozier-Duberry
Middlesbrough 		4
4 Lucas Pires
Burnley 		4
5 T. Conway
Middlesbrough 		4
6 V. Castellanos
West Ham 		3
7 L. Millar
Birmingham 		3
8 Fer López
Wolves 		3
9 O. Tanner
Cardiff 		3
10 J. Moylan
Cardiff 		3

Top key passes

Top tackles

Top yellow cards

Top red cards

Championship teams participation since 2011

History

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Team Nb participations
Birmingham 14
Middlesbrough 14
Bristol City 13
Millwall 13
Blackburn 13
Derby 13
Cardiff 12
QPR 12
Sheffield Wednesday 12
Reading 11
Preston 11
Leeds 11
Hull City 11
Nottingham Forest 11
Huddersfield 10
Ipswich 10
Watford 9
Norwich 9
Stoke City 8
Swansea 8
Barnsley 8
Brentford 7
West Brom 7
Rotherham 7
Coventry 7
Fulham 6
Burnley 6
Brighton 6
Wigan 6
Sheffield Utd 6
Bolton 6
Charlton 6
Blackpool 6
Wolves 5
Leicester 5
Luton 5
Bournemouth 4
Sunderland 4
Southampton 3
Aston Villa 3
Peterborough 3
Portsmouth 3
Crystal Palace 2
Burton Albion 2
Oxford United 2

Championship top scorer teams

Goals scored vs. conversion rate

Team Goals scored Total shots Conversion %
West Ham 32 207
15.5%
Middlesbrough 27 240
11.3%
Southampton 24 181
13.3%
Birmingham 20 160
12.5%
Wolves 20 200
10%
Norwich 20 169
11.8%
QPR 20 177
11.3%
Blackburn 19 139
13.7%
Millwall 19 166
11.5%
Cardiff 19 205
9.3%
Stoke City 18 135
13.3%
Burnley 17 165
10.3%
Sheffield Utd 16 128
12.5%
Swansea 16 141
11.4%
Bolton 16 163
9.8%
Portsmouth 16 174
9.2%
West Brom 16 146
11%
Wrexham 15 150
10%
Lincoln 13 148
8.8%
Bristol City 12 162
7.4%
Charlton 11 120
9.2%
Watford 10 146
6.9%
Derby 10 151
6.6%
Preston 10 151
6.6%

Championship About

Championship is a professional men’s league in England and the second tier of the English football pyramid, governed by the English Football League (EFL). Its central purpose is to provide a national competition in which 24 clubs pursue promotion to the Premier League while competing to avoid relegation to EFL League One. Although its focus is domestic, the league has a substantial international audience and is recognised as one of the strongest and most commercially significant second divisions in world football.

Identity and place in the English game

The Championship sits between the Premier League and EFL League One within England’s promotion-and-relegation system. Clubs gain entry through two sporting routes: relegation from the Premier League or promotion from League One. Membership is therefore continuously renewed, giving the competition a distinctive mixture of established professional clubs, recently relegated sides and ambitious teams moving up the pyramid. Clubs must also satisfy the EFL’s competition, ownership and financial governance requirements.

The official Championship identity dates from 2004, when the former First Division was renamed as part of the EFL’s modern competition structure. Its historical lineage is considerably older. The division began as the Second Division in 1892, with the first recorded event taking place on 3 September that year. It became the First Division in 1992 after the creation of the Premier League, before adopting the Championship name in 2004. This history makes the competition both a modern commercial brand and a direct continuation of one of English football’s foundational league divisions.

League format and promotion race

The Championship is a double round-robin league rather than a knockout cup. Each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, producing 46 matches per team across a standard 24-club season. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat. The final table is determined primarily by points, followed by goal difference and goals scored under the applicable competition regulations.

The top two clubs receive automatic promotion to the Premier League. The remaining promotion place is decided through the play-offs, which turn the closing stages of the season into a separate knockout contest. Traditionally, the play-offs involve the teams finishing third to sixth. The third- and fourth-placed clubs meet the sixth- and fifth-placed clubs respectively in two-legged semi-finals, with the winners progressing to a one-match final at Wembley Stadium.

EFL regulations have also set out a six-team Championship play-off structure from the 2026–27 season. Under that model, clubs finishing third to eighth qualify: fifth plays eighth and sixth plays seventh in single-leg eliminators, while the third- and fourth-placed clubs enter at the semi-final stage. Those semi-finals are played over two legs, followed by a Wembley final to determine the third promoted club. Because competition regulations can change, the official season rules remain the definitive reference for the format applying in any particular campaign.

Match rules and decisive ties

Regular-season matches follow the standard laws of association football. League positions are settled through the published EFL ranking criteria, with points, goal difference and goals scored forming the principal measures. Where an exceptional tie directly affects promotion, relegation or another decisive outcome, the regulations may provide for an additional deciding match or other prescribed procedure rather than relying on an informal sporting judgement.

In the play-offs, the semi-finals are decided on aggregate score across two legs. If the aggregate score is level after the second leg, the tie proceeds to extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out. The away-goals rule is not used. The final is a single match, so a level score after normal time is likewise resolved through extra time and penalties when required. This combination of league consistency and knockout pressure is one of the competition’s defining features.

Calendar, governance and sporting stakes

A Championship season normally runs from August to May. The long league programme tests squad depth, consistency and resilience, while the play-offs reward clubs capable of handling the intense pressure of a short end-of-season campaign. The bottom three clubs are relegated to League One, creating an equally significant battle at the foot of the table.

The EFL administers the competition through its league governance framework and member-club structures. Promotion to the Premier League is the principal prize, bringing access to the top level of English football and a major increase in sporting and broadcast exposure. That financial and competitive incentive explains why the Championship is often described as one of football’s most consequential leagues: every campaign combines the certainty of a full league schedule with the possibility that a single play-off tie can define a club’s future.

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