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2004–05 Football League Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Football League Championship |
| season | 2004–05 |
| winners | Sunderland |
| 1st Championship title | |
| 4th 2nd tier title | |
| promoted | Sunderland |
| Wigan Athletic | |
| West Ham United | |
| relegated | Gillingham |
| Nottingham Forest | |
| Rotherham United | |
| prevseason | [2003–04 *First Division*](2003-04-football-league-first-division) |
| nextseason | [2005–06](2005-06-football-league-championship) |
1st Championship title 4th 2nd tier title Wigan Athletic West Ham United Nottingham Forest Rotherham United NOTE: Possible entries for the following parameters require a source!
The 2004–05 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth season under its current league division format. It began in August 2004 and concluded in May 2005, with the promotion play-off finals. This was the first season to feature the rebranded Football League. The First Division, Second Division and Third Division were renamed the Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League Two respectively. Coca-Cola replaced the Nationwide Building Society as title sponsor.
The winners of the Championship in 2005 are Sunderland. Wigan Athletic reached the Premiership as Championship runners-up and became the first club to make a debut in the top tier of English football since Barnsley's promotion after the 1996–97 season. They had been elected to the Football League only 27 years earlier, had been the league's fourth lowest club eleven years earlier and had never played in the upper half of The Football League until two years before reaching the Premier League. Nottingham Forest were relegated from the Championship to League One, becoming the first former European Cup winners to slide into the third tier of their domestic league – having won two straight European Cups a quarter of a century earlier. Just ten years ago they had finished third in the Premiership and reached the following season's UEFA Cup quarter finals.
Changes from last season
From Championship
Promoted to Premier League
- Norwich City
- West Bromwich Albion
- Crystal Palace
Relegated to League One
- Walsall
- Bradford City
- Wimbledon
To Championship
Relegated from Premier League
- Leicester City
- Leeds United
- Wolverhampton Wanderers
Promoted from League One
- Plymouth Argyle
- Queens Park Rangers
- Brighton & Hove Albion
League table
Play-offs
| RD1-seed1=6 | RD1-team1=West Ham United | RD1-score1-1=2 | RD1-score1-2=2 | RD1-score1-agg=4 | RD1-seed2=3 | RD1-team2=Ipswich Town | RD1-score2-1=2 | RD1-score2-2=0 | RD1-score2-agg=2 | RD1-seed3=5 | RD1-team3=Preston North End | RD1-score3-1=2 | RD1-score3-2=0 | RD1-score3-agg=2 | RD1-seed4=4 | RD1-team4=Derby County | RD1-score4-1=0 | RD1-score4-2=0 | RD1-score4-agg=0 | RD2-seed1=5 | RD2-team1=Preston North End | RD2-score1=0 | RD2-seed2=6 | RD2-team2=West Ham United | RD2-score2=1
Results
Stadiums
| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Sunderland | Stadium of Light | 49,000 |
| Leeds United | Elland Road | 37,697 |
| West Ham United | Boleyn Ground | 35,146 |
| Derby County | Pride Park Stadium | 33,597 |
| Sheffield United | Bramall Lane | 32,609 |
| Leicester City | Walkers Stadium | 32,500 |
| Nottingham Forest | City Ground | 30,602 |
| Ipswich Town | Portman Road | 30,311 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | Molineux Stadium | 28,525 |
| Stoke City | Britannia Stadium | 28,000 |
| Wigan Athletic | JJB Stadium | 25,138 |
| Preston North End | Deepdale | 24,500 |
| Reading | Madejski Stadium | 24,161 |
| Coventry City | Highfield Road | 23,489 |
| Burnley | Turf Moor | 22,546 |
| Cardiff City | Ninian Park | 22,008 |
| Millwall | The New Den | 20,146 |
| Watford | Vicarage Road | 19,920 |
| Plymouth Argyle | Home Park | 19,500 |
| Queens Park Rangers | Loftus Road | 19,128 |
| Gillingham | Priestfield Stadium | 11,582 |
| Crewe Alexandra | Alexandra Stadium | 10,046 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Withdean Stadium | 8,850 |
| Rotherham United | Millmoor | 8,300 |
Attendances
| # | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leeds United | 29,207 |
| 2 | Sunderland | 28,821 |
| 3 | West Ham United | 27,403 |
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26,620 |
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 25,651 |
| 6 | Derby County | 25,219 |
| 7 | Leicester City | 24,137 |
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 23,565 |
| 9 | Sheffield United | 19,594 |
| 10 | Reading | 17,169 |
| 11 | Stoke City | 16,455 |
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 16,420 |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 16,056 |
| 14 | Coventry City | 16,048 |
| 15 | Watford | 14,290 |
| 16 | Preston North End | 13,889 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 12,976 |
| 18 | Burnley | 12,640 |
| 19 | Millwall | 11,656 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 11,563 |
| 21 | Gillingham | 8,528 |
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 7,403 |
| 23 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6,426 |
| 24 | Rotherham United | 6,272 |
Source:
References
References
- https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng2005.htm
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