2013–14 Football League Championship

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

Source: Football Ground Guide.

Personnel and sponsoring

• 1 According to current revision of List of English Football League managers

Managerial changes

League table

Play-offs

| RD1-seed1=3 | RD1-team1=Derby County | RD1-score1-1=2 | RD1-score1-2=4 | RD1-score1-agg=6 | RD1-seed2=6 | RD1-team2=Brighton & Hove Albion | RD1-score2-1=1 | RD1-score2-2=1 | RD1-score2-agg=2 | RD1-seed3=4 | RD1-team3=QPR | RD1-score3-1=0 | RD1-score3-2=2 | RD1-score3-agg=2 | RD1-seed4=5 | RD1-team4=Wigan | RD1-score4-1=0 | RD1-score4-2=1 | RD1-score4-agg=1 | RD2-seed1=3 | RD2-team1=Derby County | RD2-score1=0 | RD2-seed2=4 | RD2-team2=QPR | RD2-score2=1

Results

|match_BAR_B&HA=0–0

|match_BIR_B&HA=0–1

|match_BLB_B&HA=3–3

|match_BLP_B&HA=0–1

|match_BOL_B&HA=0–2

|match_BOU_B&HA=1–1

|name_B&HA=Brighton & Hove Albion |match_B&HA_BAR=1–2 |match_B&HA_BIR=1–0 |match_B&HA_BLB=3–0 |match_B&HA_BLP=1–1 |match_B&HA_BOL=3–1 |match_B&HA_BOU=1–1 |match_B&HA_BUR=2–0 |match_B&HA_CHA=3–0 |match_B&HA_DER=1–2 |match_B&HA_DON=1–0 |match_B&HA_HUD=0–0 |match_B&HA_IPS=0–2 |match_B&HA_LEE=1–0 |match_B&HA_LEI=3–1 |match_B&HA_MID=0–2 |match_B&HA_MIL=1–1 |match_B&HA_NOT=1–3 |match_B&HA_QPR=2–0 |match_B&HA_REA=1–1 |match_B&HA_SHW=1–1 |match_B&HA_WAT=1–1 |match_B&HA_WIG=1–2 |match_B&HA_YEO=2–0

|match_BUR_B&HA=0–0

|match_CHA_B&HA=3–2

|match_DER_B&HA=1–0

|match_DON_B&HA=1–3

|match_HUD_B&HA=1–1

|match_IPS_B&HA=2–0

|match_LEE_B&HA=2–1

|match_LEI_B&HA=1–4

|match_MID_B&HA=0–1

|match_MIL_B&HA=0–1

|match_NOT_B&HA=1–2

|match_QPR_B&HA=0–0

|match_REA_B&HA=0–0

|match_SHW_B&HA=1–0

|match_WAT_B&HA=2–0

|match_WIG_B&HA=0–1

|match_YEO_B&HA=0–0

Season statistics

Top scorers

1. • includes 2 goals in the play-offs

Penalties

1. • includes 1 penalty in the play-offs

Hat-tricks

• 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

Attendances

Source:

Transfers

Main article: List of English football transfers summer 2013, List of English football transfers winter 2013–14

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