The 2013–14 Football League Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the Football League Championship under its current title, the twenty-first season under its current league division format and marked the 125th anniversary of the Football League's inaugural season. The season started on 3 August 2013 and finished on 3 May 2014, with all matches on the final day kicking off simultaneously.
Changes from last season
Team changes The following teams changed divisions after the 2012–13 season.
To Championship Promoted from League One AFC Bournemouth Doncaster Rovers Yeovil Town Relegated from Premier League Queens Park Rangers Reading Wigan Athletic
From Championship Relegated to League One Bristol City Peterborough United Wolverhampton Wanderers Promoted to Premier League Cardiff City Hull City Crystal Palace
Rule changes
Changes to the Championship's financial fair play system allow clubs: Acceptable losses of £3 million during the 2013–14 season (down from £4 million during the 2012–13 season) Acceptable shareholder equity investment of £5 million during the 2013–14 season (down from £6 million during the 2012–13 season). Sanctions for exceeding the allowances take effect from the set of accounts relating to the 2013–14 season which are due to be submitted on 1 December 2014.
Teams Of the 24 participating teams, eighteen remain following the 2012–13 Football League Championship. They are joined by three teams promoted from the 2012–13 Football League One and three relegated from the 2012–13 Premier League.
On 20 April 2013, Bournemouth were promoted to the Championship after Brentford's 1–1 draw with Hartlepool. A week later, Doncaster were promoted as champions of League One after scoring a late goal against Brentford. This pushed Bournemouth down to second place. On 19 May, Yeovil Town won promotion by beating Brentford in the 2013 Football League One play-off final.
On 28 April 2013, Queens Park Rangers and Reading were both relegated from the Premier League after a goalless draw against each other. On 14 May, Wigan Athletic were relegated from the Premier League after a 4–1 defeat at Arsenal.
Team overview
Stadium and locations Team Location Stadium Capacity Barnsley Barnsley Oakwell 23,009 Birmingham City Birmingham St Andrew's 30,016 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park 31,154 Blackpool Blackpool Bloomfield Road 17,338 Bolton Wanderers Horwich Reebok Stadium 28,100 Bournemouth Bournemouth Dean Court 11,364 Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton Falmer Stadium 30,750 Burnley Burnley Turf Moor 22,546 Charlton Athletic London (Charlton) The Valley 27,111 Derby County Derby Pride Park 33,597 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 15,231 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield John Smith's Stadium 24,500 Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,311 Leeds United Leeds Elland Road 39,460 Leicester City Leicester King Power Stadium 32,262 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 34,742 Millwall London (South Bermondsey) The Den 20,146 Nottingham Forest Nottingham City Ground 30,576 Queens Park Rangers London (White City) Loftus Road 18,360 Reading Reading Madejski Stadium 24,224 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Hillsborough 39,812 Watford Watford Vicarage Road 17,477 Wigan Athletic Wigan DW Stadium 25,133 Yeovil Town Yeovil Huish Park 9,565 Source: Football Ground Guide.
Personnel and sponsoring Team Manager1 Chairman Team captainKit Manufacturer Sponsor Barnsley Nike C.K. Beckett Birmingham City Diadora Nicolites Blackburn Rovers Vacant Nike RFS Blackpool (interim) Erreà Wonga Bolton Wanderers adidas FibrLec Bournemouth Fila Energy Consulting Brighton & Hove Albion Erreà American Express Burnley Puma Premier Range Charlton Athletic Nike Andrews Air-conditioning Derby County Kappa buymobiles.net Doncaster Rovers Vacant Just Sport One Call Insurance Huddersfield Town Puma Rekorderlig Cider (H) RadianB (A) Cavonia (3rd) Ipswich Town Mitre Marcus Evans Leeds United Macron Enterprise Insurance (front) Help Link Direct (back) Leicester City Puma King Power (front) Amazing Thailand (back) Middlesbrough adidas Ramsdens Millwall Macron Prostate Cancer UK Nottingham Forest (caretaker) adidas Fawaz International Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Company Queens Park Rangers Lotto AirAsia Reading Puma Waitrose (front) Marussia F1 (rear) Sheffield Wednesday Puma Front Home: WANdisco Bartercard (front away) GCI Com (back) Watford Puma 138.com (front) Football Manager (back) Wigan Athletic MiFit 12BET Yeovil Town Sondico W+S Recycling 1 According to current revision of List of English Football League managers
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Doncaster Rovers End of contract 3 May 2013 Pre-season 20 May 2013 Millwall Resigned 7 May 2013 6 June 2013 Wigan Athletic Signed by Everton 3 June 2013 14 June 2013 Brighton & Hove Albion Sacked 23 June 2013 26 June 2013 Derby County 28 September 2013 14th 30 September 2013 Middlesbrough 21 October 2013 16th 13 November 2013 Barnsley 30 November 2013 24th 17 December 2013 Sheffield Wednesday 1 December 2013 23rd 25 January 2014 Wigan Athletic 2 December 2013 14th 7 December 2013 Watford Resigned 16 December 2013 13th 18 December 2013 Millwall Sacked 26 December 2013 20th 6 January 2014 Blackpool 21 January 2014 14th 4 March 2014 Charlton Athletic 11 March 2014 24th 11 March 2014 Nottingham Forest 24 March 2014 7th 1 July 2014
League table
Play-offs
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ross McCormackLeeds United282 Jordan RhodesBlackburn Rovers253 Troy DeeneyWatford244 Danny IngsBurnley22 Lewis GrabbanAFC Bournemouth Chris Martin1Derby County7 David NugentLeicester City20 Sam VokesBurnley9 Charlie Austin1Queens Park Rangers1910 Craig BrysonDerby County16 Jamie VardyLeicester City - includes 2 goals in the play-offs
Penalties
RankPlayerClubScored1 David NugentLeicester City92 Lewis GrabbanAFC Bournemouth73 Troy DeeneyWatford64 Chris Martin1Derby County5 Charlie Austin1Queens Park Rangers6 Chris O'GradyBarnsley4 Jordan RhodesBlackburn Rovers Sam VokesBurnley - includes 1 penalty in the play-offs
Hat-tricks
#.PlayerClubAgainstScoreDate 1 Troy DeeneyWatfordAFC Bournemouth6–1 10 August 2013 2 James Vaughan Huddersfield Town AFC Bournemouth5–1 24 August 2013 3 Craig Bryson Derby County Millwall1–5 14 September 2013 4 Jesse Lingard4 Birmingham City Sheffield Wednesday4–1 21 September 2013 5 Ross McCormack4 Leeds United Charlton Athletic2–4 9 November 2013 6 Chris Martin Derby County Blackpool5–1 7 December 2013 7 Adam Le Fondre Reading Bolton Wanderers7–1 18 January 2014 8 Adam Le Fondre Reading Blackpool5–1 28 January 2014 9 Ross McCormack Leeds United Huddersfield Town5–1 1 February 2014 10 Yann Kermorgant AFC Bournemouth Doncaster Rovers5–0 1 March 2014 11 Jordan Rhodes Blackburn Rovers Huddersfield Town2–4 15 March 2014 12 Craig Bryson Derby County Nottingham Forest5–0 22 March 2014 13 Rudy Gestede Blackburn Rovers Birmingham City2–4 21 April 2014 14 Marvin Sordell Charlton Athletic 2–3 21 April 2014 15 Danny Ward Huddersfield Town Watford1–4 3 May 2014 16 Callum Harriott Charlton Athletic Blackpool0–3 3 May 2014
4 Player scored 4 goals
Scoring First goal: Danny Ings for Burnley against Bolton Wanderers (3 August 2013) Fastest goal: 15 seconds, David Goodwillie for Blackpool against Derby County (8 April 2014) Widest winning margin: 6 goals Sheffield Wednesday 6–0 Leeds United (11 January 2014) Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers (18 January 2014) Highest scoring game: 8 goals Derby County 4–4 Ipswich Town (1 October 2013) Leicester City 5–3 Bolton Wanderers (29 December 2013) Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers (18 January 2014) Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers (18 January 2014) Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals Leicester City 5–3 Bolton Wanderers (29 December 2013) Blackburn Rovers 4–3 Wigan Athletic (3 May 2014)
Abandoned games Charlton Athletic 1–3 Doncaster Rovers (24 August 2013) ~ Charlton Athletic 2–0 Doncaster Rovers (Replay) Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Wigan Athletic (18 December 2013) ~ Sheffield Wednesday 0–3 Wigan Athletic (Replay)
Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReferenceManagerClubPlayerClubAugust Paul InceBlackpool James VaughanHuddersfield TownSeptember Sean DycheBurnley David McGoldrickIpswich TownOctober Sean DycheBurnley Danny IngsBurnleyNovember Óscar GarciaBrighton & Hove Albion Ross McCormackLeeds UnitedDecember Steve McClarenDerby County Danny DrinkwaterLeicester City January Nigel PearsonLeicester City Adam Le FondreReading February Uwe RöslerWigan Athletic Sam VokesBurnleyMarch Nigel PearsonLeicester City Ravel MorrisonQueens Park RangersApril Sean DycheBurnley Rudy GestedeBlackburn Rovers
Attendances Source:
No. Club Average Change Highest Lowest 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 27,283 4.0% 29,093 25,725 2 Leeds United 25,088 16.3% 33,432 17,343 3 Leicester City 24,995 13.3% 31,424 19,153 4 Derby County 24,933 7.3% 33,004 21,037 5 Nottingham Forest 22,630 -2.0% 28,276 17,951 6 Sheffield Wednesday 21,239 -11.8% 25,279 18,029 7 Reading 19,171 -19.7% 23,335 16,636 8 Ipswich Town 17,111 -2.4% 20,862 14,953 9 Queens Park Rangers 16,656 -6.3% 18,171 14,649 10 Bolton Wanderers 16,141 -10.5% 19,622 14,260 11 Charlton Athletic 16,134 -12.8% 23,600 12,974 12 Middlesbrough 15,748 -6.2% 23,679 12,793 13 Watford 15,512 15.3% 16,625 13,904 14 Birmingham City 15,458 -7.5% 23,497 12,663 15 Wigan Athletic 15,177 -21.6% 19,226 12,709 16 Blackburn Rovers 14,962 -0.2% 21,589 12,332 17 Blackpool 14,217 2.2% 16,098 12,280 18 Huddersfield Town 14,213 -5.1% 18,309 11,857 19 Burnley 13,719 6.1% 19,125 9,641 20 Barnsley 11,557 13.2% 16,338 9,084 21 Millwall 11,063 4.8% 16,102 8,415 22 AFC Bournemouth 9,952 45.2% 11,307 7,258 23 Doncaster Rovers 9,041 24.9% 12,609 6,454 24 Yeovil Town 6,616 62.5% 9,108 4,463
Transfers
References