}} | prevseason = 2024–25 | nextseason = 2026–27 }} The 2025–26 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship purposes) was 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 consisted of 33 weekend rounds, 9 midweek rounds and 4 bank holiday rounds.
Team changes The following teams changed division since the 2024–25 season:
To Championship
Promoted from League One Birmingham City Wrexham Charlton Athletic
Relegated from the Premier League Leicester City Ipswich Town Southampton
From Championship
Promoted to the Premier League Leeds United Burnley Sunderland
Relegated to League One Luton Town Plymouth Argyle Cardiff City
Stadiums and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity Birmingham City Birmingham St Andrew's 29,409 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park31,367 Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate26,462 Charlton Athletic London The Valley 27,111 Coventry City Coventry Coventry Building Society Arena 32,609 Derby County Derby Pride Park32,926 Hull City Kingston upon Hull MKM Stadium25,586 Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,056 Leicester City Leicester King Power Stadium 32,259 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium34,742 Millwall London The Den 20,146 Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 27,359 Oxford United Oxford Kassam Stadium 12,500 Portsmouth Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,867 Preston North End Preston Deepdale23,408 Queens Park Rangers London (Shepherd's Bush) Loftus Road 18,439 Sheffield United Sheffield (Highfield) Bramall Lane 32,050 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield (Hillsborough) Hillsborough Stadium 39,732SouthamptonSouthamptonSt Mary's Stadium32,384 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 Wrexham Wrexham Racecourse Ground 10,669 For the 2025–26 season, the combined stadium capacity of the 24 clubs was 640,410, with an average of 26,684.
Personnel and sponsoring TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor(s)MainOther(s) Birmingham City Chris Davies Christoph Klarer Nike Undefeated Blackburn Rovers Michael O'Neill Todd Cantwell Macron Watson Ramsbottom Solicitors Bristol City Roy Hodgson (interim) Jason Knight O'Neills Fever Charlton Athletic Nathan Jones Greg Docherty Reebok RSK Group Coventry City Frank Lampard Matt Grimes Hummel Monzo Derby County John Eustace Lewis Travis Puma FanHub Hull City Sergej Jakirović Lewie Coyle Kappa Corendon Airlines Ipswich Town Kieran McKenna Dara O'Shea Umbro Halo Service Solutions Leicester City Gary Rowett Ricardo Pereira AdidasBC.GAME Middlesbrough Kim Hellberg Dael Fry Castore Unibet Millwall Alex Neil Jake Cooper ErreàWiggett Group Norwich City Philippe Clement Kenny McLean Joma Blakely Clothing Oxford United Matt Bloomfield Cameron Brannagan Macron Baxi Portsmouth John Mousinho Marlon Pack Nike University of Portsmouth Preston North End Paul Heckingbottom Benjamin Whiteman Castore SpudBros Queens Park Rangers Julien Stéphan Jimmy Dunne Erreà CopyBet Sheffield United Chris Wilder Japhet Tanganga Erreà Midnite Sheffield Wednesday Henrik Pedersen Liam Palmer Macron Mr Vegas Southampton Tonda Eckert Jack Stephens Puma P&O Cruises Stoke City Mark Robins Ben Gibson Macron bet365 Swansea City Vítor Matos Ben Cabango Joma Reviva Coffee Watford Edward Still Imrân Louza Kelme MrQ.com West Bromwich Albion James Morrison Jed Wallace Macron Ideal Heating Wrexham Phil Parkinson Dominic Hyam Macron United Airlines
Millwall's shirt sponsor was MyGuava until 22 December 2025 when the deal was ended prematurely.
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in the tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentNorwich City Jack Wilshere End of interim spell 3 May 2025 Pre-season Liam Manning3 June 2025West Bromwich Albion James Morrison Ryan Mason2 June 2025 Watford Tom CleverleySacked 6 May 2025 Paulo Pezzolano 13 May 2025Hull City Rubén Sellés 15 May 2025 Sergej Jakirović11 June 2025Southampton Simon RuskEnd of interim spell 25 May 2025 Will Still 25 May 2025Bristol City Liam ManningSigned by Norwich City3 June 2025 Gerhard Struber19 June 2025Middlesbrough Michael CarrickSacked4 June 2025 Rob Edwards24 June 2025Sheffield United Chris WilderMutual consent18 June 2025 Rubén Sellés18 June 2025Queens Park Rangers Martí Cifuentes24 June 2025 Julien Stéphan25 June 2025Leicester City Ruud van Nistelrooy27 June 2025 Martí Cifuentes15 July 2025Sheffield Wednesday Danny Röhl29 July 2025 Henrik Pedersen31 July 2025Sheffield United Rubén SellésSacked14 September 202524th Chris Wilder15 September 2025 Watford Paulo Pezzolano8 October 202511th Javi Gracia8 October 2025Southampton Will Still2 November 202521st Tonda Eckert2 November 2025Norwich City Liam Manning8 November 202523rd Philippe Clement18 November 2025Swansea City Alan Sheehan11 November 202518th Vítor Matos24 November 2025Middlesbrough Rob EdwardsSigned by Wolverhampton Wanderers 12 November 20252nd Kim HellbergOxford United Gary RowettSacked23 December 202522nd Matt Bloomfield 9 January 2026West Bromwich Albion Ryan Mason6 January 202618th Eric Ramsay11 January 2026Leicester City Martí Cifuentes25 January 202614th Gary Rowett18 February 2026Watford Javi GraciaResigned1 February 202610th Edward Still9 February 2026 Blackburn Rovers Valérien IsmaëlMutual consent2 February 202622nd Michael O'Neill13 February 2026West Bromwich Albion Eric RamsaySacked24 February 202621st James Morrison24 February 2026Bristol City Gerhard Struber27 March 202616th Roy Hodgson (interim)27 March 2026
League table
Results
Play-offs
Bracket
Semi-finals
Championship final
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Žan Vipotnik Swansea City232 Oli McBurnie1 Hull City183 Haji Wright Coventry City174 Jack Clarke Ipswich Town16 Josh Windass Wrexham6 Joe Gelhardt1 Hull City157 Morgan Whittaker Middlesbrough148 Tommy Conway13 Ellis Simms Coventry City Brandon Thomas-Asante
1 Includes 1 goal in the Championship play-offs.
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate Jaden PhilogeneIpswich TownSheffield United5–0 (H)12 September 2025 Kieffer MooreWrexhamCoventry City3–2 (H)31 October 2025 Carlton MorrisDerby CountySheffield United3–1 (A)1 November 2025 Divin MubamaStoke CityBristol City5–1 (H) Tom InceWatfordBirmingham City3–0 (H)1 January 2026 Mohamed TouréNorwich CityOxford United3–0 (A)10 February 2026 Haji WrightCoventry CityMiddlesbrough3–1 (H) 16 February 2026 Mohamed TouréNorwich CityBristol City4–2 (A)18 April 2026 Adrian SegečićPortsmouthStoke City3–1 (A) 25 April 2026 Ellis SimmsCoventry CityWatford4–0 (A) 2 May 2026
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Carl Rushworth Coventry City172 Christian Walton Ipswich Town163 Sol Brynn1 Middlesbrough14 Ivor Pandur3 Hull City5 Lawrence Vigouroux Swansea City12 Radek Vítek Bristol City7 Thomas Kaminski Charlton Athletic118 Arthur Okonkwo Wrexham10 Max O'Leary West Bromwich Albion
1 Includes 1 clean sheet in the Championship play-offs. 3 Includes 3 clean sheets in the Championship play-offs.
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 13 Matt Crooks Most red cards: 1 Fifty-six players
Club Most yellow cards: 115 Hull City Most red cards: 6 Sheffield United Fewest yellow cards: 68 Sheffield Wednesday Fewest red cards: 1 Eleven teams
Awards
Monthly
MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthRefAugust Rob EdwardsMiddlesbrough Josh SargentNorwich CitySeptember Kieran McKennaIpswich Town Oli McBurnieHull CityOctober Frank LampardCoventry City Brandon Thomas-AsanteCoventry CityNovember Ellis SimmsDecember Kieran McKennaIpswich Town Patrick BamfordSheffield UnitedJanuary Kim HellbergMiddlesbrough Alan BrowneMiddlesbroughFebruary Tonda EckertSouthampton Femi AzeezMillwallMarch Josh CoburnApril Adrian SegečićPortsmouth
Annual AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Season Hayden HackneyMiddlesbroughYoung Player of the Season Jordan JamesLeicester CityApprentice of the Season Louis Page
Championship Team of the Season Pos.PlayerClubRef.GK Carl RushworthCoventry CityRB Milan van EwijkCoventry CityCB Tristan CramaMillwallCB Callum DoyleWrexhamLB Josh TymonSwansea CityCM Matt GrimesCoventry CityCM Hayden HackneyMiddlesbroughAM Femi AzeezMillwallRW Sorba ThomasStoke CityLW Haji WrightCoventry CityFW Žan VipotnikSwansea CityManager Frank LampardCoventry City
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