2017–18 EFL Championship
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The 2017–18 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the EFL Championship under its current name, and the twenty-sixth season under its current league structure.
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Season | 2017–18 |
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Champions | Wolverhampton Wanderers 2nd Championship title 4th 2nd tier title |
Promoted | Wolverhampton Wanderers Cardiff City Fulham |
Relegated | Barnsley Burton Albion Sunderland |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,409 (2.55 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Matěj Vydra (Derby County) (21 goals) |
Biggest home win | Fulham 6–0 Burton Albion (20 January 2018) |
Biggest away win | Burton Albion 0–5 Hull City (10 April 2018) |
Highest scoring | Bristol City 5–5 Hull City (21 April 2018) |
Longest winning run | 8 matches Cardiff City |
Longest unbeaten run | 23 matches Fulham |
Longest winless run | 16 matches Sunderland |
Longest losing run | 8 matches Bolton Wanderers |
Highest attendance | 41,745[1] Aston Villa 1–1 Derby County (28 April 2018) |
Lowest attendance | 2,750[1] Burton Albion 1–3 Reading (30 January 2018) |
Total attendance | 11,314,143[1] |
Average attendance | 20,496[1] |
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This season notably saw Sunderland become the first English team to be relegated in successive seasons from the top division to the third tier since the champions Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2012 and 2013, and only the third team to do so since the top division was relaunched as the Premier League in 1992.