2025–26 EFL Championship

EFL Championship
Season2025–26
Dates8 August 2025 –
2 May 2026
Matches382
Goals984 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorerŽan Vipotnik
(Swansea City)
(15 goals)
Biggest home winCoventry City 7–1
Queens Park Rangers
(23 August 2025)
Biggest away winSheffield Wednesday 0–5 Coventry City
(4 October 2025)
West Bromwich Albion
0–5 Norwich City
(20 January 2026)
Bristol City 0–5
Derby County
(30 January 2026)
Highest scoringDerby County 3–5 Coventry City
(16 August 2025)
Coventry City 7–1
Queens Park Rangers
(23 August 2025)
Wrexham 5–3
Sheffield United
(26 December 2025)
Longest winning runCoventry City
Middlesbrough
(6 games)
Longest unbeaten runCoventry City
(12 games)
Longest winless runSheffield Wednesday
(26 games)
Longest losing runSheffield Wednesday
(9 games)
Highest attendance32,740
Sheffield Wednesday 0–3
Sheffield United
(23 November 2025)
Lowest attendance7,081
Sheffield Wednesday 0–1
Middlesbrough
(22 October 2025)
Total attendance8,373,338
Average attendance21,920
2026–27
All statistics correct as of 17 February 2026.

The 2025–26 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship purposes) is the 10th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 34th season under its current league division format.

The 2025–26 season consists of 33 weekend rounds, 9 midweek rounds, and 4 bank holiday rounds.[1]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2024–25 season:

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
Main Other(s)
Birmingham City Wales Chris Davies Austria Christoph Klarer[2] Nike Undefeated[3]
List
Blackburn Rovers Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill England Todd Cantwell Macron Watson Ramsbottom Solicitors
List
Bristol City Austria Gerhard Struber Republic of Ireland Jason Knight O'Neills Fever[5]
List
    • Back: GoSkippy
    • Sleeve: Exacta Technologies
    • Shorts: Digital NRG
Charlton Athletic Wales Nathan Jones Scotland Greg Docherty[6] Reebok[7] RSK Group[8]
List
Coventry City England Frank Lampard England Matt Grimes[9] Hummel[10] Monzo[11]
List
Derby County England John Eustace England Lewis Travis[13] Puma FanHub
List
    • Back: HSG UK
    • Sleeve: Tonic Weight Loss Surgery
    • Shorts: HSG UK
Hull City Bosnia and Herzegovina Sergej Jakirović England Lewie Coyle Kappa Corendon Airlines[14]
List
    • Back: None
    • Sleeve: Anex Tour
    • Shorts: None
Ipswich Town Northern Ireland Kieran McKenna Republic of Ireland Dara O'Shea[15] Umbro Halo Service Solutions[16]
List
    • Back: None
    • Sleeve: Tingley Ted's
    • Shorts: Fleximize
Leicester City England Gary Rowett Portugal Ricardo Pereira Adidas[17] BC.GAME[18]
List
Middlesbrough Sweden Kim Hellberg England Dael Fry Castore[19] Unibet[20]
List
    • Back: Perco Foods
    • Sleeve: Telcoss
    • Shorts: NOCO
Millwall Scotland Alex Neil England Jake Cooper Erreà Wiggett Group1[21]
List
    • Back: Wiggett Group
    • Sleeve: FXD Capital
    • Shorts: None
Norwich City Belgium Philippe Clement Scotland Kenny McLean Joma[22] Blakely Clothing[23]
List
    • Back: Green Light Consultancy Group
    • Sleeve: Willy's Pies
    • Shorts: BetWright
Oxford United England Matt Bloomfield England Cameron Brannagan Macron Baxi
List
    • Back: None
    • Sleeve: Caprinos Pizza
    • Shorts: None
Portsmouth England John Mousinho England Marlon Pack Nike University of Portsmouth
List
    • Back: Aura.com (H) / TotalAV (A)
    • Sleeve: BeeBu
    • Shorts: MG Richmond
Preston North End England Paul Heckingbottom England Benjamin Whiteman Castore SpudBros[24]
List
    • Back: Pub Casino
    • Sleeve: CPC
    • Shorts: None
Queens Park Rangers France Julien Stéphan Republic of Ireland Jimmy Dunne Erreà[25] CopyBet[26]
List
    • Back: Xtra Maintenance
    • Sleeve: MyGuava
    • Shorts: MyGuava Business
Sheffield United England Chris Wilder England Japhet Tanganga Erreà Midnite[27]
List
    • Back: None
    • Sleeve: Village Hotel Club
    • Shorts: NOCO
Sheffield Wednesday Denmark Henrik Pedersen England Liam Cooper Macron Mr Vegas[28]
List
    • Back: None
    • Sleeve: None
    • Shorts: Sheffield Wednesday Supporters Trust
Southampton Germany Tonda Eckert England Jack Stephens[29] Puma[30] P&O Cruises[31]
List
    • Back: Midnite
    • Sleeve: Garmin
    • Shorts: Midnite
Stoke City England Mark Robins England Ben Gibson Macron bet365 TBA
Swansea City Portugal Vítor Matos Wales Ben Cabango Joma[32] Reviva Coffee[33]
List
Watford England Edward Still Morocco Imrân Louza Kelme MrQ.com
List
West Bromwich Albion Wales Eric Ramsay England Jed Wallace Macron[34] Ideal Heating
List
    • Back: Mega Riches
    • Sleeve: BarberBoss
    • Shorts: None
Wrexham England Phil Parkinson Scotland Dominic Hyam Macron[35][36] United Airlines[37][38]
List
  1. ^ Millwall's shirt sponsor was MyGuava until 22 December 2025 when the deal was ended prematurely.[39]

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Norwich City England Jack Wilshere End of interim spell 3 May 2025 Pre-season England Liam Manning[40] 3 June 2025
West Bromwich Albion Scotland James Morrison England Ryan Mason[41] 2 June 2025
Watford England Tom Cleverley[42] Sacked 6 May 2025 Uruguay Paulo Pezzolano[43] 13 May 2025
Hull City Spain Rubén Sellés[44] 15 May 2025 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sergej Jakirović[45] 11 June 2025
Southampton Scotland Simon Rusk End of interim spell 25 May 2025 England Will Still[46] 25 May 2025
Bristol City England Liam Manning[40] Signed by Norwich City 3 June 2025 Austria Gerhard Struber[47] 19 June 2025
Middlesbrough England Michael Carrick[48] Sacked 4 June 2025 Wales Rob Edwards[49] 24 June 2025
Sheffield United England Chris Wilder[50] Mutual consent 18 June 2025 Spain Rubén Sellés[51] 18 June 2025
Queens Park Rangers Spain Martí Cifuentes[52] 24 June 2025 France Julien Stéphan[53] 25 June 2025
Leicester City Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy[54] 27 June 2025 Spain Martí Cifuentes[55] 15 July 2025
Sheffield Wednesday Germany Danny Röhl[56] 29 July 2025 Denmark Henrik Pedersen[57] 31 July 2025
Sheffield United Spain Rubén Sellés[58] Sacked 14 September 2025 24th England Chris Wilder[59] 15 September 2025
Watford Uruguay Paulo Pezzolano[60] 8 October 2025 11th Spain Javi Gracia[60] 8 October 2025
Southampton England Will Still[61] 2 November 2025 21st Germany Tonda Eckert[a][62] 2 November 2025
Norwich City England Liam Manning[63] 8 November 2025 23rd Belgium Philippe Clement[64] 18 November 2025
Swansea City Republic of Ireland Alan Sheehan[65] 11 November 2025 18th Portugal Vítor Matos[66] 24 November 2025
Middlesbrough Wales Rob Edwards[67] Signed by Wolverhampton Wanderers 12 November 2025 2nd Sweden Kim Hellberg[68]
Oxford United England Gary Rowett[69] Sacked 23 December 2025 22nd England Matt Bloomfield[70] 9 January 2026
West Bromwich Albion England Ryan Mason[71] 6 January 2026 18th Wales Eric Ramsay[72] 11 January 2026
Leicester City Spain Martí Cifuentes[73] 25 January 2026 14th England Gary Rowett[74] 18 February 2026
Watford Spain Javi Gracia[75] Resigned 1 February 2026 10th England Edward Still[76] 9 February 2026
Blackburn Rovers France Valérien Ismaël[77] Mutual consent 2 February 2026 22nd Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill[78] 13 February 2026
  1. ^ Eckert was initially named interim manager before being appointed on a permanent basis on 5 December 2025.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Coventry City 32 18 8 6 66 36 +30 62 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Middlesbrough 32 18 7 7 50 33 +17 61
3 Millwall 32 16 8 8 41 37 +4 56 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
4 Ipswich Town 30 15 9 6 51 29 +22 54
5 Hull City 31 16 6 9 50 43 +7 54
6 Derby County 32 13 9 10 47 39 +8 48
7 Wrexham 32 12 12 8 46 41 +5 48
8 Preston North End 32 12 12 8 40 36 +4 48
9 Bristol City 32 13 8 11 45 40 +5 47
10 Southampton 32 12 10 10 48 44 +4 46
11 Birmingham City 32 12 10 10 43 39 +4 46
12 Watford 32 11 12 9 41 38 +3 45
13 Queens Park Rangers 32 12 8 12 43 46 −3 44
14 Stoke City 32 12 7 13 34 29 +5 43
15 Sheffield United 32 13 3 16 45 45 0 42
16 Swansea City 32 12 6 14 38 39 −1 42
17 Norwich City 32 11 6 15 42 42 0 39
18 Charlton Athletic 32 10 9 13 31 41 −10 39
19 Portsmouth 31 9 9 13 30 40 −10 36
20 Blackburn Rovers 32 9 8 15 30 41 −11 35
21 West Bromwich Albion 32 9 7 16 32 47 −15 34
22 Leicester City 32 10 8 14 44 51 −7 32[a] Relegation to EFL League One
23 Oxford United 32 6 10 16 28 44 −16 28
24 Sheffield Wednesday 32 1 8 23 19 64 −45 −7[b]
Updated to match(es) played on 17 February 2026. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)[82]
Notes:
  1. ^ Leicester City were deducted six points due to breaching the Profit and Sustainability Rules in the three-year reporting period ending with the 2023–24 season.[79]
  2. ^ Sheffield Wednesday were deducted twelve points due to filing for administration on 24 October 2025, then deducted a further six points on 1 December 2025 for failing to meet payment obligations.[80][81]

Results

Home \ Away BIR BLA BRI CHA COV DER HUL IPS LEI MID MIL NOR OXF POR PNE QPR SHU SHW SOU STO SWA WAT WBA WRX
Birmingham City 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 4–0 4–1 1–0 4–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0
Blackburn Rovers 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–2
Bristol City 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–5 4–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–3 5–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–2
Charlton Athletic 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–5 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0
Coventry City 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 7–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–2
Derby County 1–1 1–1 3–5 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–2
Hull City 0–3 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–4 3–2 3–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0
Ipswich Town 3–0 2–0 0–3 3–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 5–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0
Leicester City 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–3 2–1 3–4 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1
Middlesbrough 2–1 0–0 2–4 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 3–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1
Millwall 2–1 4–0 0–4 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 a 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–2
Norwich City 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 a 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–3
Oxford United 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 0–1
Portsmouth 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 0–0
Preston North End 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–1
Queens Park Rangers 2–1 1–3 3–1 2–1 3–2 1–4 4–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–3
Sheffield United 3–0 1–4 0–1 1–3 3–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 a 1–2 4–0 1–0
Sheffield Wednesday 0–2 0–0 0–3 0–5 0–3 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–1
Southampton 3–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–1
Stoke City 1–0 5–1 3–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–0
Swansea City 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 1–4 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–1
Watford 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–2 2–1
West Bromwich Albion 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–5 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–2
Wrexham 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–3 5–3 2–2 2–2 2–3
Updated to match(es) played on 17 February 2026. Source: efl.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

As of 17 February 2026

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Slovenia Žan Vipotnik Swansea City 15
2 United States Haji Wright Coventry City 13
3 England Jack Clarke Ipswich Town 12
Scotland Oli McBurnie Hull City
5 England Adam Armstrong[a] Southampton 11
England Morgan Whittaker Middlesbrough
7 United States Patrick Agyemang Derby County 10
Jamaica Rumarn Burrell Queens Park Rangers
England Joe Gelhardt Hull City
England Jovon Makama Norwich City
Wales Kieffer Moore Wrexham
England Carlton Morris Derby County
England Ellis Simms Coventry City
Ghana Brandon Thomas-Asante
  1. ^ Armstrong joined Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers on 2 February 2026.

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
England Jaden Philogene Ipswich Town Sheffield United 5–0 (H)[83] 12 September 2025
Wales Kieffer Moore Wrexham Coventry City 3–2 (H)[84] 31 October 2025
England Carlton Morris Derby County Sheffield United 3–1 (A)[85] 1 November 2025
England Divin Mubama Stoke City Bristol City 5–1 (H)[86]
England Tom Ince Watford Birmingham City 3–0 (H)[87] 1 January 2026
Australia Mohamed Toure Norwich City Oxford United 3–0 (A)[88] 10 February 2026
United States Haji Wright Coventry City Middlesbrough 3–1 (H)[89] 16 February 2026

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Belgium Thomas Kaminski Charlton Athletic 11
2 England Carl Rushworth Coventry City 10
3 England Sol Brynn Middlesbrough 9
New Zealand Max Crocombe Millwall
Croatia Ivor Pandur Hull City
Chile Lawrence Vigouroux Swansea City
Czech Republic Radek Vítek Bristol City
England Christian Walton Ipswich Town
9 England Michael Cooper Sheffield United 8
Denmark Daniel Iversen Preston North End
Sweden Viktor Johansson Stoke City
England Arthur Okonkwo Wrexham

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 74
    • Hull City
  • Most red cards: 4
    • Birmingham City
    • Leicester City
    • Sheffield United
  • Fewest yellow cards: 44
    • Sheffield Wednesday
  • Fewest red cards: 0
    • Bristol City
    • Hull City

Awards

Monthly

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Ref
August Wales Rob Edwards Middlesbrough United States Josh Sargent Norwich City [90]
September Northern Ireland Kieran McKenna Ipswich Town Scotland Oli McBurnie Hull City [91]
October England Frank Lampard Coventry City Ghana Brandon Thomas-Asante Coventry City [92]
November England Ellis Simms [93]
December Northern Ireland Kieran McKenna Ipswich Town England Patrick Bamford Sheffield United [94]
January Sweden Kim Hellberg Middlesbrough Republic of Ireland Alan Browne Middlesbrough [95]

See also

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