2024–25 EFL Championship explained

The 2024–25 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 9th season of the EFL Championship 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
• Derby County
• Oxford United

Relegated from the Premier League

• Luton Town
• Burnley
• Sheffield United

From Championship

Promoted to the Premier League

• Leicester City
• Ipswich Town
• Southampton

Relegated to League One

• Birmingham City
• Huddersfield Town
• Rotherham United

Stadiums

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	Ewood Park	31,367
Bristol City	Bristol	Ashton Gate	27,000
Burnley	Burnley	Turf Moor	21,944
Cardiff City	Cardiff	Cardiff City Stadium	33,280
Coventry City	Coventry	Coventry Building Society Arena	32,609
Derby County	Derby	Pride Park Stadium	32,956
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	MKM Stadium	25,586
Leeds United	Leeds	Elland Road	37,608
Luton Town	Luton	Kenilworth Road	12,000
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	34,742
Millwall	London (Bermondsey)	The Den	20,146
Norwich City	Norwich	Carrow Road	27,359
Oxford United	Oxford	Kassam Stadium	12,500
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	17,900
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	20,899
Preston North End	Preston	Deepdale	23,408
Queens Park Rangers	London (Shepherd's Bush)	Loftus Road	18,439
Sheffield United	Sheffield	Bramall Lane	32,050
Sheffield Wednesday		Hillsborough Stadium	39,732
Stoke City	Stoke-on-Trent	bet365 Stadium	30,089
Sunderland	Sunderland	Stadium of Light	49,000
Swansea City	Swansea	Swansea.com Stadium	21,088
Watford	Watford	Vicarage Road	22,200
West Bromwich Albion			26,850

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)	Shorts sponsor
Blackburn Rovers	John Eustace	Lewis Travis	Macron	Watson Ramsbottom Solicitors	Multevo	Venkys[2]	Venkys
Bristol City	Liam Manning		O'Neills	Huboo	GoSkippy[3]	Watches of Bath[4]	DNRG
Burnley		Josh Brownhill	Castore[5]	96.com[6]	Bristol Street Motors	None	Rapidz
Cardiff City	Vacant		New Balance	Visit Malaysia	Quinnbet[7]	Watches of Bath[8]	None
Coventry City	Frank Lampard	Ben Sheaf	Hummel[9]	Monzo[10]	King of Shaves[11]	Mercury xRM[12]	G&R Scaffolding
Derby County	Paul Warne	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	Puma[13]	FanHub[14]	HSG UK[15]	Tonic Weight Loss Surgery[16]	HSG UK
Hull City	Vacant	Lewie Coyle	Kappa	Corendon Airlines[17]	Safiport	Anex Tour[18]	Sportsbet.io
Leeds United	Daniel Farke	Ethan Ampadu		Red Bull[19]	AMT Auto	BOXT Life	None
Luton Town	Rob Edwards	Tom Lockyer[20]	Umbro[21]	Utilita[22]	Toureen Group (H)/Ryebridge (A)	Star Platforms (H)Switchshop (A)	None
Middlesbrough	Michael Carrick	Jonny Howson	Erreà	Unibet	Host & Stay	BOXT Life	BOXT Life
Millwall	Neil Harris	Shaun Hutchinson	Erreà[23]	MyGuava[24]	Wiggett Group	None	None
Norwich City	Johannes Hoff Thorup	Grant Hanley	Joma[25]	Blakely Clothing[26]	Sekura.id	Gran Canaria	3B Data Security
Oxford United	Des Buckingham	Elliott Moore	Macron	Baxi	Polythene UK	Caprinos Pizza[27]	Rocktree Group
Plymouth Argyle	Wayne Rooney	Joe Edwards	Puma	Classic Builders[28]	Project 35	Vertu Motors	Retain Limited
Portsmouth	John Mousinho	Marlon Pack	Nike	University of Portsmouth	TotalAV[29]	BeeBu	Richmond Motor Group
Preston North End	Paul Heckingbottom	Benjamin Whiteman	Castore	PAR Group	None	PAR Group	None
Queens Park Rangers	Martí Cifuentes	Steve Cook	Erreà[30]	CopyBet[31]	Xtra Maintenance[32]	MyGuava[33]	None
Sheffield United	Chris Wilder	Jack Robinson	Erreà	Maneki[34]	CarMats[35]	Dr. Cinik[36]	None
Sheffield Wednesday	Danny Röhl	Barry Bannan	Macron	Mockba Modular[37]	Mr Vegas Casino[38]	None	None
Stoke City	Narcís Pèlach	Ben Gibson[39]	Macron	bet365	Stoke City Community Trust	None	None
Sunderland	Régis Le Bris	Dan Neil	Hummel[40]	Spreadex Sports[41]	Valhalla.game	Seriös Group	None
Swansea City	Luke Williams	Matt Grimes	Joma[42]	Reviva Coffee (H) Westacres (A)	Swansea Building Society	Visit Central Florida[43]	First Grade Projects
Watford	Tom Cleverley	Daniel Bachmann	Kelme	MrQ.com	None	University of Hertfordshire[44]	Asus
West Bromwich Albion	Carlos Corberán	Jed Wallace	Macron[45]	Ideal Heating	Mega Riches Casino	BarberBoss[46]	None

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Plymouth Argyle	Neil Dewsnip	End of interim spell	4 May 2024	Pre-season	Wayne Rooney[47]	25 May 2024
Sunderland	Mike Dodds				Régis Le Bris[48]	22 June 2024
Hull City	Liam Rosenior[49]	Sacked	7 May 2024		Tim Walter[50]	31 May 2024
Norwich City	David Wagner[51]		17 May 2024		Johannes Hoff Thorup[52]	30 May 2024
Burnley	Vincent Kompany[53]	Signed by Bayern Munich	29 May 2024		Scott Parker[54]	5 July 2024
Preston North End	Ryan Lowe[55]	Mutual consent	12 August 2024	23rd	Paul Heckingbottom[56]	20 August 2024
Stoke City	Steven Schumacher[57]	Sacked	16 September 2024	13th	Narcís Pèlach[58]	18 September 2024
Cardiff City	Erol Bulut[59]		22 September 2024	24th	TBA	TBA
Coventry City	Mark Robins[60]		7 November 2024	17th	Frank Lampard[61]	28 November 2024
Hull City	Tim Walter[62]		27 November 2024	22nd	TBA	TBA

League table

Play-offs

Final

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1		Norwich City	15
2		West Bromwich Albion	10
3		Middlesbrough	8
4		Watford	7
		Stoke City
		Middlesbrough
		Leeds United
		Coventry City
9		Middlesbrough	6
		Burnley
		Bristol City

Hat-tricks

See main article: List of EFL Championship hat-tricks.

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Josh Maja	West Bromwich Albion	Queens Park Rangers	3–1 (A)[63]	10 August 2024
Borja Sainz	Norwich City	Derby County	3–2 (A)[64]	28 September 2024
Tom Cannon4	Stoke City	Portsmouth	6–1 (H)[65]	2 October 2024
Vakoun Bayo4	Watford	Sheffield Wednesday	6–2 (A)[66]	2 November 2024
Emmanuel Latte Lath	Middlesbrough	Oxford United	6–2 (A)[67]	23 November 2024
Borja Sainz	Norwich City	Plymouth Arglye	6–1 (H)[68]	26 November 2024

Note: ⁴ – player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Michael Cooper	Sheffield United	11
	James Trafford	Burnley
3	Illan Meslier	Leeds United	10
4	Alex Palmer	West Bromwich Albion	9
5	Lukas Jensen	Millwall	7
	Anthony Patterson	Sunderland
	Aynsley Pears	Blackburn Rovers
	Freddie Woodman	Preston North End
9	James Beadle	Sheffield Wednesday	5
	Seny Dieng	Middlesbrough
	Viktor Johansson	Stoke City
	Thomas Kaminski	Luton Town
	Max O'Leary	Bristol City
	Lawrence Vigouroux	Swansea City

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 7
  • • • • • • Ryan Porteous Francisco Sierralta Benjamin Whiteman Most red cards: 1
  • 25 players

Club

• Most yellow cards: 51
  • Preston North End
• Most red cards: 3
  • Luton Town
  • Plymouth Argyle
  • Preston North End
  • Sunderland
• Fewest yellow cards: 29
  • Middlesbrough
  • Oxford United
• Fewest red cards: 0
  • 10 teams

Awards

Monthly

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Reference
August	Régis Le Bris	Sunderland	Mark Harris	Oxford United	[69]
September	Chris Wilder	Sheffield United	Borja Sainz	Norwich City	[70]
October	Régis Le Bris	Sunderland			[71]

Notes and References

1. Web site: English Football League Championship Performance Stats – 2024–25 . ESPN . 9 August 2024.
2. Rovers strike sponsorship deal with ownership, VH Group. 19 July 2023. Blackburn Rovers Football Club. Blackburn.
3. Web site: 28 December 2023. City partner with GoSkippy . Bristol City Football Club. 16 April 2024.
4. Web site: 20 October 2023. City partner with Watches of Bath . Bristol City Football Club. 16 April 2024.
5. Web site: CASTORE AND BURNLEY FC ANNOUNCE MULTI-YEAR PARTNERSHIP BurnleyFC . 2024-05-11 . www.burnleyfootballclub.com . en.
6. News: 96.com Become Clarets New Front of Shirt Partner . Burnley Football Club. Burnley . 28 June 2024 . 30 June 2024 .
7. Web site: QuinnBet becomes Bluebirds back of shirt sponsor . Cardiff City Football Club . Cardiff . 8 August 2024 . 14 August 2024.
8. Web site: Watches of Bath Official Watch Partner of Cardiff City FC . Cardiff City Football Club . Cardiff . 6 October 2024 . 14 August 2024.
9. Web site: NEWS: Coventry City sign kit supply agreement with hummel . Coventry City Football Club. 24 February 2023. 27 April 2024.
10. News: Monzo announced as new Front of Shirt Sponsor and Principal Partner . Coventry City Football Club. Coventry . 11 July 2024 . 12 July 2024 .
11. News: King of Shaves announced as 24/25 back of shirt sponsor . Coventry City Football Club. Coventry . 10 July 2024 . 12 July 2024 .
12. News: Mercury announced as new 24/25 sleeve sponsor . Coventry City Football Club. Coventry . 10 July 2024 . 12 July 2024 .
13. Web site: PUMA To Return As Derby's Official Kit And Training Wear Partner . Derby County Football Club. 13 April 2024. 27 April 2024.
14. Web site: FanHub announced as Derby's 2023/24 Principal Partner . Derby County Football Club. 24 June 2024. 25 June 2024.
15. Web site: HSG UK extend Rams' back of shirt and shorts partnership . Derby County Football Club. 18 June 2024. 19 June 2024.
16. Web site: Tonic Weight Loss Surgery become Derby's new shirt sleeve sponsor . Derby County Football Club. 20 June 2024. 25 June 2024.
17. Anex Tour Agree Principal Partnership. 30 September 2023. Hull City A.F.C.. Kingston upon Hull.
18. Corendon Airlines become front-of-shirt sponsors. 1 July 2023. Hull City A.F.C.. Kingston upon Hull.
19. News: Leeds United announce Red Bull as front of shirt partner. Leeds United F.C. 30 May 2024.
20. News: Tom Lockyer: Luton Town club captain . 11 August 2023 . 24 September 2023 . Luton Town Football Club. Luton. en.
21. News: Umbro get on board with Luton Town . Luton Town Football Club . . 27 June 2023 . 24 July 2020 . 28 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230628162418/https://www.lutontown.co.uk/news/2020/july/umbro-announcement/ . dead .
22. News: Local charities set to benefit as Utilita confirmed as shirt sponsors . 17 July 2023 . Luton Town Football Club. Luton.
23. Web site: 20 April 2023. Millwall announce long-term technical partnership with Erreà . Millwall F.C.. 23 April 2024.
24. Web site: 2 July 2024. Millwall announce MyGuava as new front-of-shirt partner . Millwall F.C.. 2 July 2024.
25. 1 July 2021. Club announces Joma as new technical kit partner. live. 1 July 2021. Norwich City Football Club. Norwich. https://web.archive.org/web/20210701091118/https://www.canaries.co.uk/News/2021/july/club-announces-joma-as-new-technical-kit-partner/ . 1 July 2021.
26. News: Blakely named as new front-of-shirt sponsor. Norwich City F.C.. 27 June 2024.
27. Web site: 8 August 2024. Caprinos Pizza Get A Slice Of The Action. Oxford United Football Club. 18 August 2024.
28. Web site: 26 June 2024. Classic Builders Named Front Of Shirt Sponsor. Portsmouth Football Club. 27 June 2024.
29. Web site: 18 August 2023. TotalAV Sponsor The Fratton End. Portsmouth Football Club. 16 April 2024.
30. Web site: QPR extend Erreà kit deal. Queens Park Rangers Football Club. 8 December 2022. 27 April 2024.
31. Web site: 2024/25 home kit unveiled. Queens Park Rangers Football Club. 25 April 2024. 27 April 2024.
32. QPR partner with Xtra Maintenance. Queens Park Rangers Football Club. 13 September 2024. London.
33. MyGuava confirmed as new sleeve partner. Queens Park Rangers Football Club. 18 August 2023. London.
34. Maneki become principal partner. Sheffield United Football Club. 17 October 2023.
35. Sheffield United x CarMats.co.uk. Sheffield United Football Club. 26 July 2023.
36. United announce landmark sleeve sponsorship. Sheffield United Football Club. 5 August 2023.
37. News: Owls announce new principal partner. 18 October 2024 . Sheffield Wednesday FC . 18 October 2024.
38. News: Owls announce back of shirt sponsor. 9 August 2024. Sheffield Wednesday FC. 9 August 2024.
39. Gibson: Learn the lessons, and don't be too down in the dumps. Stoke City Football Club. Stoke-on-Trent. 17 August 2024 . 17 August 2024. Stoke City captain Ben Gibson reflects on this afternoon's clash at Watford..
40. Web site: 12 April 2024. hummel to become Technical Kit Partner . Sunderland Football Club. 16 April 2024.
41. Web site: 29 June 2022. Club partner with Spreadex . Sunderland Football Club. 16 April 2024.
42. Web site: 1 June 2023. Swansea City and Joma agree two-year extension . Swansea City A.F.C.. 23 April 2024.
43. Web site: 8 August 2024. Visit Central Florida continue partnership with Swansea City. Swansea City Football Club. 18 August 2024.
44. Web site: 2024-06-28 . University of Hertfordshire teams up with Watford FC in new partnership . 2024-07-02 . Welwyn Hatfield Times . en.
45. Albion join forces with Macron . West Bromwich Albion Football Club. West Bromwich. 12 June 2024. 12 June 2024.
46. Albion announce Barberboss as official sleeve sponsor and official shaving partner. West Bromwich Albion Football Club. West Bromwich. 30 September 2023. 30 September 2023.
47. Web site: Argyle appoint Rooney as head coach. www.pafc.co.uk. 25 May 2024. 25 May 2024.
48. Web site: Régis Le Bris . Sunderland Association Football Club . 22 June 2024 . 23 June 2024.
49. Web site: Club Statement: Hull City And Liam Rosenior Part Ways. www.wearehullcity.co.uk. 7 May 2024. 7 May 2024.
50. Web site: Walter appointed new head coach. www.wearehullcity.co.uk. 31 May 2024. 31 May 2024.
51. News: David Wagner departs Norwich City. Norwich City F.C.. 17 May 2024.
52. News: Johannes Hoff Thorup appointed new Norwich City head coach. Norwich City F.C.. 30 May 2024.
53. Web site: Vincent Kompany: Bayern Munich appoint Belgian as head coach after leaving Burnley . BBC Sport . 29 May 2024 . 29 May 2024.
54. News: SCOTT PARKER NAMED AS NEW BURNLEY BOSS. Burnley F.C.. 5 July 2024.
55. Web site: Ryan Lowe leaves Preston North End by mutual consent just one game into Championship season . 2024-08-12 . Sky Sports . en.
56. Web site: Paul Heckingbottom Appointed First Team Manager. www.pnefc.net. 20 August 2024. 20 August 2024.
57. Web site: 2024-09-16 . Steven Schumacher: Stoke City sack head coach after nine months in position . 2024-09-16 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
58. Web site: 18 September 2024 . Narcís Pèlach appointed by Potters. 18 September 2024 . Stoke City F.C.. en-GB.
59. Web site: 22 September 2024 . Cardiff sack manager Bulut . 2024-09-22 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
60. Web site: 7 November 2024 . Mark Robins leaves Coventry City . 2024-11-07 . CCFC Official Site . en-GB.
61. Web site: 28 November 2024 . Frank Lampard appointed Coventry City Head Coach . 2024-11-28 . CCFC Official Site. en-GB.
62. Web site: 27 November 2024 . Club Statement: Tim Walter . 2024-11-27 . www.wearehullcity.co.uk . en-GB.
63. News: Queens Park Rangers 1–3 West Bromwich Albion: Josh Maja scores hat-trick . BBC Sport . 10 August 2024 . 10 August 2024.
64. News: Derby County 2–3 Norwich City: Sainz nets hat-trick as Norwich beat Rams . BBC Sport . 28 September 2024 . 28 September 2024.
65. News: Stoke City 6-1 Portsmouth: Tom Cannon scores four in Potters win . BBC Sport . 2 October 2024.
66. News: Sheffield Wednesday 2-6 Watford: Bayo hits four as Watford thrash Sheffield Wednesday . BBC Sport . 2 November 2024.
67. News: Oxford United 2-6 Middlesbrough: In-form Middlesbrough put six past Oxford United . BBC Sport . 23 November 2024.
68. News: Norwich City 6–1 Plymouth Argyle: Sainz hat-trick helps Norwich thrash Plymouth 6-1 . BBC Sport . 26 November 2024 . 26 November 2024.
69. Web site: August's Sky Bet Championship Manager & Player of the Month winners . 30 September 2024. EFL. 12 September 2024 .
70. Web site: Sky Bet Championship Manager & Player of the Month September winners. www.efl.com. 11 October 2024. 11 October 2024.
71. Web site: Sky Bet Championship: Manager & Player of the Month October winners. 8 November 2024. EFL. 8 November 2024 .