2005–06 Football League Championship

The 2005–06 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the league under its current title and fourteenth season under its current league division format.

Reading dominated the Championship, setting a new league record of 33 league games unbeaten between the opening day defeat by Plymouth Argyle and the loss at Luton Town in February; these were the only league defeats the team would suffer that season. On 25 March 2006 they clinched promotion to the top flight for the first time in their 135-year history thanks to a 1–1 draw away to Leicester City. Coppell's team secured the league title in the following week, with a 5–0 drubbing of Derby County, and they would go on to set a new English league record for the number of points won in a season, with 106.

Changes from last season

Team changes

From Championship

Promoted to Premier League

• Sunderland
• Wigan Athletic
• West Ham United

Relegated to League One

• Gillingham
• Nottingham Forest
• Rotherham United

To Championship

Promoted from League One

• Luton Town
• Hull City
• Sheffield Wednesday

Relegated from Premier League

• Crystal Palace
• Norwich City
• Southampton

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsoring

League table

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Play-offs

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

• Leeds United win 3–1 on aggregate.

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• Watford win 3–0 on aggregate.

Final

Results

Attendances

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References