The 2007–08 Football League Championship (known as the
Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the sixteenth season under its current league division format and its fourth with its current sponsorship. The leagues started in August 2007 and concluded in May 2008, with the promotion play-off finals.
The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The top divisions of these is the
League Championship. The winner and the runner up of the League Championship will be automatically promoted to the Premiership and they will be joined by the winner of the League Championship play-off. The bottom three teams in the Championship will be relegated to the second division,
League One.
West Bromwich Albion finished top of the league with 81 points, closely followed by
Stoke City
Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...
who had 79 points.
Hull City were promoted through the play-offs.
Colchester and
Scunthorpe United
Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The tea ...
were both relegated several weeks before the end of the season. However, in a very tight league, with a gap of only 29 points between top and 22nd place, the final team to be relegated,
Leicester City, went down on the final day while six other teams were within three points of them, despite the fact that only
Crystal Palace had conceded less goals.
Changes from last season
From Championship
Promoted to
Premier League
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Derby County
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Birmingham City
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Sunderland
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Relegated to
League One
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Leeds United
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Luton Town
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Southend United
To Championship
Relegated from
Premier League
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Charlton Athletic
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Sheffield United
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Watford
Promoted from
League One
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Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...
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Bristol City
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Scunthorpe United
Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The tea ...
League table
Play-offs
The
Football League Championship Playoffs took place at the end of May 2008. They involved the teams that finished third to sixth in the table.
Hull
Hull may refer to:
Structures
* Chassis, of an armored fighting vehicle
* Fuselage, of an aircraft
* Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds
* Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a ship
* Submarine hull
Mathematics
* Affine hull, in affi ...
(3rd) and
Bristol City (4th) qualified from their semi-finals against
Watford (6th) and
Crystal Palace (5th) respectively over two legs. Hull City won the final with a single
Dean Windass goal to win promotion to the
Premier League.
Results
Top scorers
Team of the Year
Stadia
Managerial changes
Notes
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