The 2024–25 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th season of the

EFL Championship The English Football League Championship, known simply as the Championship and for sponsorship purposes as Sky Bet Championship, is a professional association football league in England and Wales. Contested by 24 clubs, it is the highest divi ...

under its current title and the 33rd season under its current league division format.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2023–24 season:

To Championship

Promoted from League One *

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ...

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 ...

Oxford United Oxford United Football Club () is a professional association football, football club based in Oxford, England. The club compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football league system, English football. Founded as Headingto ...

Relegated from the

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Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2021 population of 78,266. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River B ...

Sheffield United Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history ...

From Championship

Promoted to the

Leicester City Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area, and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest city in the East Midlands with a popula ...

Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. The club currently competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Ipswich Town were founded in 1878 but did not turn ...

Southampton Southampton is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately southwest of London, west of Portsmouth, and southeast of Salisbury. Southampton had a population of 253, ...

Relegated to League One *

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. The team compete in the ...

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. They compete in , the third tier of English football league system, English football. Huddersfield Town we ...

Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional association football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The team plays in EFL League One, the third tier of English football, after suffering relegation fr ...

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsoring

# Bristol City's shirt sponsor was Huboo until 13 February 2025 when the deal was ended prematurely.

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Play-offs

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Season statistics

Top scorers

* ¹ Includes 1 goal in The Championship play-offs.

Hat-tricks

:Note: ⁴ – player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

* ² Includes 2 clean sheets in The Championship play-offs.

Discipline

Player

* Most yellow cards: 13 **

Gustavo Hamer Gustavo Martin Emilio Hamer (born 24 June 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Sheffield United. Born in Brazil, he has represented the Netherlands at youth level. After moving to the Netherlands as a child, Ha ...

* Most red cards: 3 ** Liam Walsh

Club

* Most yellow cards: 116 **Portsmouth * Most red cards: 7 **Luton Town * Fewest yellow cards: 67 **Middlesbrough * Fewest red cards: 0 **Derby County **Leeds United **Oxford United **Stoke City

Awards

Monthly

Annual

Championship Team of the Season

References

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