The 2016-17 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of the EFL Championship under its current name, and the twenty-fifth season under its current league structure. Newcastle United were crowned the champions and were promoted to Premier League after just one season in the championship.
The season started on 5 August 2016 with the final round of regular league fixtures played on 7 May 2017. The fixtures were announced on 22 June 2016.
Video 2016-17 EFL Championship
Teams
A total of 24 teams are contesting the league, including 18 sides from the 2015-16 season, three relegated from the 2015-16 Premier League and three promoted from the 2015-16 Football League One. The 2016-17 season is the first in which former European Cup winners Aston Villa are competing outside of the top flight since the beginning of the Premier League era in 1992.
Maps 2016-17 EFL Championship
Team changes
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and sponsoring
- 1 According to current revision of List of current Premier League and English Football League managers.
League table
Managerial changes
Play-offs
The four teams that finished from third to sixth played off, with the winning team, Huddersfield Town, gaining the final promotion spot to the Premier League.
In the play-off semi-finals the third-placed team played the sixth-placed team and the fourth-placed team played the fifth-placed team. The team that finished in the higher league position played away in the first leg and played at home in the second leg. If the aggregate score was level after both legs, then extra time was played. If the scores were still level, a penalty shoot-out decided the winner. The away goals rule does not apply in the playoffs.
The winners from the two semi-finals played at Wembley Stadium in the play-off final. The game is known as the richest game in football as the winning club is guaranteed significantly increased television rights payments estimated to be in the order of £170M.
Results
Source: BBC Sport
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
- As of matches played 8 May 2017
Hat-tricks
Monthly awards
Attendances
Attendances accurate as of 12/03/2017.
Notes
References
Source of article : Wikipedia
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