2025–26 EFL Championship

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.

Team changes

The following teams have 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.

For the 2025–26 season, the combined stadium capacity of the 24 clubs is 640,410, with an average of 26,684.

Personnel and sponsoring

1. Millwall's shirt sponsor was MyGuava until 22 December 2025 when the deal was ended prematurely.

Managerial changes

League table

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Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 12
• Matt Crooks
• Most red cards: 1
• Fifty-three players

Club

• Most yellow cards: 99
• Hull City
• Most red cards: 6
• Sheffield United
• Fewest yellow cards: 58
• Sheffield Wednesday
• Fewest red cards: 1
• Thirteen teams

Awards

Monthly

See also

• 2025–26 Premier League
• 2025–26 EFL League One
• 2025–26 EFL League Two
• 2025–26 National League
• 2025–26 EFL Cup
• 2025–26 FA Cup
• 2025–26 EFL Trophy

References