The 2013–14 Football League Championship (referred to as the

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Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the

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under its current title, the twenty-first season under its current league division format and marked the 125th anniversary of the Football League's inaugural season. The season started on 3 August 2013 and finished on 3 May 2014, with all matches on the final day kicking off simultaneously.

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams changed divisions after the 2012–13 season.

To Championship

Promoted from League One *

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Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system after winning the 202 ...

* Yeovil Town Relegated from

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Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, they have p ...

From Championship

Relegated to League One *

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England. The team compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded in 1894, the club competed in the Southern League and Western L ...

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Peterborough United formed in ...

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( ), commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional association football, football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league s ...

Promoted to

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* Hull City * Crystal Palace

Rule changes

Changes to the Championship's financial fair play system allow clubs: * Acceptable losses of £3 million during the 2013–14 season (down from £4 million during the 2012–13 season) * Acceptable shareholder equity investment of £5 million during the 2013–14 season (down from £6 million during the 2012–13 season). * Sanctions for exceeding the allowances take effect from the set of accounts relating to the 2013–14 season which are due to be submitted on 1 December 2014.

Teams

Of the 24 participating teams, eighteen remain following the

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. They are joined by three teams promoted from the 2012–13 Football League One and three relegated from the

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. On 20 April 2013,

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were promoted to the Championship after

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's 1–1 draw with

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. A week later,

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were promoted as champions of League One after scoring a late goal against Brentford. This pushed Bournemouth down to second place. On 19 May, Yeovil Town won promotion by beating Brentford in the 2013 Football League One play-off final. On 28 April 2013,

and

were both relegated from the Premier League after a goalless draw against each other. On 14 May,

were relegated from the Premier League after a 4–1 defeat at

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Team overview

Stadium and locations

Source: Football Ground Guide.

Personnel and sponsoring

* ¹ According to current revision of

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Managerial changes

League table

Play-offs

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

# - includes 2 goals in the play-offs

Penalties

#- includes 1 penalty in the play-offs

Hat-tricks

* ⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Scoring

*First goal: Danny Ings for Burnley against Bolton Wanderers (''3 August 2013'') *Fastest goal: 15 seconds, David Goodwillie for Blackpool against Derby County (''8 April 2014'') *Widest winning margin: 6 goals **Sheffield Wednesday 6–0 Leeds United (''11 January 2014'') **Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers (''18 January 2014'') *Highest scoring game: 8 goals **Derby County 4–4 Ipswich Town (''1 October 2013'') **Leicester City 5–3 Bolton Wanderers (''29 December 2013'') **Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers (''18 January 2014'') *Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals **Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers (''18 January 2014'') *Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals **Leicester City 5–3 Bolton Wanderers (''29 December 2013'') **Blackburn Rovers 4–3 Wigan Athletic (''3 May 2014'')

Abandoned games

*Charlton Athletic 1–3 Doncaster Rovers (''24 August 2013'')
~ Charlton Athletic 2–0 Doncaster Rovers (Replay) *Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Wigan Athletic (''18 December 2013'')
~ Sheffield Wednesday 0–3 Wigan Athletic (Replay)

Monthly awards

Transfers

References

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