The 2007–08 Football League Championship (known as the

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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.

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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.

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finished top of the league with 81 points, closely followed by Stoke City who had 79 points. Hull City were promoted through the play-offs.

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and Scunthorpe United 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,

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, 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

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Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club in Derby, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. One of the 12 founder members of the English Football ...

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Relegated to League One *

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* Southend United

To Championship

Relegated from

* Charlton Athletic * Sheffield United *

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Promoted from League One *

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* Scunthorpe United

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsoring

League table

Play-offs

The

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took place at the end of May 2008. They involved the teams that finished third to sixth in the table. Hull (3rd) and

(4th) qualified from their semi-finals against

(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

Results

Top scorers

Team of the Year

Stadia

Managerial changes

Notes

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