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The 2026–27 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship purposes) is the 11th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 35th season under its current league division format. This is the first season following the expansion of the post season play-offs from four teams to six.
The 2026–27 season consists of 46 matchdays in total, with the fixture list released on 25 June 2026 at 12:00 BST. The opening round of the league commenced between 14–17 August 2026.
Team changes The following teams changed division since the 2025–26 season:
To Championship
Promoted from League One Lincoln City Cardiff City Bolton Wanderers
Relegated from the Premier League West Ham United Burnley Wolverhampton Wanderers
From Championship
Promoted to the Premier League Coventry City Ipswich Town Hull City Relegated to League One Oxford United Leicester City Sheffield Wednesday
Stadiums and locations Team Location Stadium Capacity Birmingham City Birmingham St Andrew's 29,409 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park 31,367 Bolton Wanderers Horwich Toughsheet Community Stadium 28,723 Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate 26,462 Burnley Burnley Turf Moor 21,990 Cardiff City Cardiff Cardiff City Stadium 33,280 Charlton Athletic London The Valley 27,111 Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,597 Lincoln City Lincoln Sincil Bank 11,400 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 34,742 Millwall London The Den 20,146 Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 27,359 Portsmouth Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,867 Preston North End Preston Deepdale 23,408 Queens Park Rangers London Loftus Road 18,439 Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,050 Southampton Southampton St Mary's Stadium 32,384 Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent bet365 Stadium 30,089 Swansea City Swansea Swansea.com Stadium 21,088 Watford Watford Vicarage Road 22,200 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns 26,850 West Ham United London London Stadium 62,500 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Molineux Stadium 31,750 Wrexham Wrexham Racecourse Ground 10,771
Personnel and sponsoring TeamManager(s)CaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor(s) Main Other(s) Birmingham City Chris Davies Christoph Klarer Nike Coral Blackburn Rovers Tony Mowbray Todd Cantwell Umbro Watson Ramsbottom Solicitors Bolton Wanderers Steven Schumacher Eoin Toal Macron Victorian Plumbing Bristol City Michael Skubala Jason Knight O'Neills Victorian Plumbing Burnley Nicky Hayen Josh Cullen Castore Vertu Motors Cardiff City Brian Barry-Murphy Calum Chambers Castore Visit Malaysia Charlton Athletic Nathan Jones Lloyd Jones Reebok RSK Group Derby County John Eustace Lewis Travis Puma Loaded Lincoln City Chris Cohen & Tom Shaw Tendayi Darikwa Oxen Home: BranstonAway: Nana Tate Middlesbrough Kim Hellberg Luke Ayling Castore Midnite Millwall Alex Neil Jake Cooper ErreàWiggett Group Norwich City Philippe Clement Kenny McLean Joma Blakely Clothing Portsmouth John Mousinho Marlon Pack Nike University of Portsmouth Preston North End Graham Alexander Ali McCann Castore SpudBros Queens Park Rangers Julien Stéphan Jimmy Dunne Erreà MrQ Sheffield United Chris Wilder Japhet Tanganga Adidas Midnite Southampton Tonda Eckert Jack Stephens Puma P&O Cruises Stoke City Mark Robins Viktor Johansson Macron bet365 Swansea City Vítor Matos Ben Cabango Joma AG1 Watford Alessio Dionisi Mattie Pollock Kelme BOXT West Bromwich Albion James Morrison George Campbell Macron Ideal Heating West Ham United Nuno Espírito Santo Jarrod Bowen New Balance BoyleSports Wolverhampton Wanderers César Peixoto Toti Gomes Sudu Midnite Wrexham Phil Parkinson Dominic Hyam Macron Firefox
Burnley's shirt sponsor was Finotive One until 14 August 2026 when the deal was ended prematurely.
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in the tableIncoming manager(s)Date of appointmentBlackburn Rovers Michael O'NeillEnd of contract2 May 2026Pre-season Tony MowbrayBristol City Roy HodgsonEnd of interim spell Michael SkubalaWatford Edward StillSacked Alessio DionisiBurnley Mike JacksonEnd of interim spell Nicky Hayen10 July 2026Lincoln City Michael SkubalaSigned by Bristol CityWolverhampton Wanderers Rob EdwardsSacked César PeixotoPreston North End Paul Heckingbottom13 September 202623rd Graham Alexander28 September 2026
League table
Play-offs
Bracket
Season statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Cyle Larin Southampton72 Will Lankshear Middlesbrough63 Mohamed Touré Norwich City54 Jarrod Bowen West Ham United4 Tyreece Campbell Charlton Athletic Lyndon Dykes Millwall Fer López Wolverhampton Wanderers Konstantinos Mavropanos West Ham United9 Seventeen players3
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Lawrence Vigouroux Swansea City4 George Wickens Lincoln City3 Arthur Okonkwo Charlton Athletic34 Daniel Bielica Portsmouth2 Pierce Charles Queens Park Rangers Michael Cooper Sheffield United Mads Hermansen West Ham United Lukas Jensen Millwall Viktor Johansson Stoke City Max O'Leary West Bromwich Albion Anthony Patterson Wrexham José Sá Wolverhampton Wanderers
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 4 Eight players Most red cards: 1 Eleven players
Club Most yellow cards: 23 Watford Most red cards: 1 Eleven teams Fewest yellow cards: 5 Portsmouth Fewest red cards: 0 Thirteen teams
Awards
Monthly
MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthRefAugust Vítor MatosSwansea City Cyle LarinSouthampton September October November December January February March April
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