2019–20 EFL Championship

The 2019–20 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 4th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 28th season under its current league division format. Leeds United won the title, with West Bromwich Albion following in second. Brentford finished closely in third, only to lose in the playoff final to 4th placed Fulham, a narrow 2–1 victory at Wembley.

EFL Championship

Season	2019–20
Dates	2 August 2019 – 4 August 2020
Champions	Leeds United 1st Championship title 4th 2nd tier title
Promoted	Leeds United West Bromwich Albion Fulham
Relegated	Charlton Athletic Wigan Athletic Hull City
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,457 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aleksandar Mitrović (Fulham) (26 goals)
Biggest home win	Wigan Athletic 8–0 Hull City (14 July 2020)
Biggest away win	Sheffield Wednesday 0–5 Blackburn Rovers (18 January 2020) Luton Town 0–5 Reading (4 July 2020)
Highest scoring	Birmingham City 4–5 Leeds United (29 December 2019)
Longest winning run	Brentford (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	West Bromwich Albion (14 matches)
Longest winless run	Barnsley (17 matches)
Longest losing run	Huddersfield Town Hull City (6 matches each)
Highest attendance	36,514 Leeds United 2–0 Huddersfield Town (7 March 2020)
Lowest attendance	8,965 Wigan Athletic 1–3 Reading (30 November 2019)[1]
Total attendance	8,251,897[1]
Average attendance	18,585[1]
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

The season was halted, following a decision on 13 March 2020 to suspend the league after a number of players and other club staff became ill due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial suspension was until 4 April, which was then extended until 30 April.^[2][3] On 13 May, following a meeting, the clubs decided to continue with the season with plans for players to return to training on 25 May.^[4]

In May, 1014 tests were carried out across all of the English Football League and funded by the clubs. Two people from Hull City returned positive results.^[5] Later in May, Elliott Bennett of Blackburn Rovers tested positive for the virus as did two unnamed players from Fulham.^[6] In further tests, Jayden Stockley of Preston North End tested positive as did one unnamed person from both Cardiff City and Middlesbrough.^[7] On 31 May, the EFL stated plans to restart the league on 20 June, with the play-off final being scheduled for around 30 July, subject to safety requirement and government approval being met.^[8]

On 7 June, two Championship clubs reported one person each to have tested positive of coronavirus, during the latest round of testing. A total of 1,179 people were tested in the duration of four days and those tested positive were required to self-isolate, as per EFL guidelines.^[9] On 8 June, the first round of fixtures was released. The first set of fixtures following the restart was scheduled for 20 June with the first fixture being Fulham against Brentford with a 12:30pm kick-off.^[10] In a further round of testing on 8 June, Stoke City manager Michael O'Neill tested positive for the virus having tested negative in five previous rounds of testing. A practice game between Stoke and Manchester United was called off at short notice with the Stoke players already in United's Carrington training ground.^[11]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.

To Championship

Promoted from League One

• Luton Town
• Barnsley
• Charlton Athletic

Relegated from Premier League

• Cardiff City
• Fulham
• Huddersfield Town

From Championship

Promoted to Premier League

• Norwich City
• Sheffield United
• Aston Villa

Relegated to League One

• Rotherham United
• Bolton Wanderers
• Ipswich Town

Stadiums

London

Barnsley

Birmingham City

Blackburn Rovers

Bristol City

Cardiff City

Derby County

Huddersfield Town

Hull City

Leeds United

Luton Town

Middlesbrough

Nottingham Forest

Preston North End

Reading

Sheffield Wednesday

Swansea City

Stoke City

West Bromwich Albion

Wigan Athletic

London teams
Brentford
Charlton Athletic
Fulham
Millwall
Queens Park Rangers

Locations of the 2019–20 EFL Championship teams

Brentford

Fulham

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Charlton Athletic

Greater London Championship football clubs

Team[12]	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Barnsley	Barnsley	Oakwell	23,287
Birmingham City	Birmingham	St Andrew's	29,409
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	Ewood Park	31,367
Brentford	London (Brentford)	Griffin Park	12,300
Bristol City	Bristol	Ashton Gate	27,000
Cardiff City	Cardiff	Cardiff City Stadium	33,316
Charlton Athletic	London (Charlton)	The Valley	27,111
Derby County	Derby	Pride Park Stadium	33,600
Fulham	London (Fulham)	Craven Cottage	19,000
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	Kirklees Stadium	24,121
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	KCOM Stadium	25,586
Leeds United	Leeds	Elland Road	37,890
Luton Town	Luton	Kenilworth Road	10,336
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	34,000
Millwall	London (South Bermondsey)	The Den	20,146
Nottingham Forest	West Bridgford	City Ground	30,445
Preston North End	Preston	Deepdale	23,408
Queens Park Rangers	London (White City)	Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium	18,439
Reading	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,161
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	Hillsborough Stadium	39,752
Stoke City	Stoke-on-Trent	Bet365 Stadium	30,089
Swansea City	Swansea	Liberty Stadium	21,088
West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	The Hawthorns	26,850
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	DW Stadium	25,133

• ¹ The capacity of Craven Cottage will be reduced from 25,700 to 19,000 for the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the redevelopment of the Riverside Stand which will increase the capacity to 29,600.^[13]

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Barnsley	Gerhard Struber	Mike-Steven Bähre[14]	Puma	C.K. Beckett[15]
Birmingham City	Pep Clotet	Harlee Dean[16]	Adidas	BoyleSports[17]
Blackburn Rovers	Tony Mowbray	Elliott Bennett	Umbro	10Bet[18]
Brentford	Thomas Frank	Pontus Jansson	Umbro	EcoWorld
Bristol City	Dean Holden	TBA2	Bristol Sport	Dunder[19]
Cardiff City	Neil Harris	Sean Morrison	Adidas	Tourism Malaysia
Charlton Athletic	Lee Bowyer	Chris Solly	Hummel	Children with Cancer UK
Derby County	Phillip Cocu	Wayne Rooney3	Umbro[20]	32Red
Fulham	Scott Parker	Tom Cairney	Adidas	Dafabet
Huddersfield Town	Carlos Corberán	Christopher Schindler	Umbro	Paddy Power (unbranded)[21]4
Hull City	Grant McCann	Eric Lichaj	Umbro	SportPesa
Leeds United	Marcelo Bielsa	Liam Cooper	Kappa[22]	32Red[23]
Luton Town	Nathan Jones	Sonny Bradley	Puma	Indigo Residential (home) Star Platforms (away) Ryebridge (third)
Middlesbrough	Neil Warnock	George Friend	Hummel	32Red
Millwall	Gary Rowett	Alex Pearce	Macron	Huski Chocolate[24]
Nottingham Forest	Sabri Lamouchi	Michael Dawson	Macron	Football Index[25]
Preston North End	Alex Neil	Tom Clarke	Nike	32Red
Queens Park Rangers	Mark Warburton	Grant Hall[26]	Erreà	Bet UK[27]5
Reading	Mark Bowen	Liam Moore	Macron	Casumo[28]
Sheffield Wednesday	Garry Monk	Tom Lees	Elev8	Chansiri
Stoke City	Michael O'Neill	Ryan Shawcross	Macron	bet365
Swansea City	Steve Cooper	Matt Grimes[29]	Joma[30]	YOBET[31] Swansea University (back-of-shirt & training kit sponsor)[32]
West Bromwich Albion	Slaven Bilić	Chris Brunt	Puma[33]	Ideal Boilers
Wigan Athletic	Paul Cook	Sam Morsy	Puma	KB88[34]

1. ^ Clotet was initially appointed as caretaker manager before he was appointed on a permanent basis on 4 December 2019.^[35]
2. ^ Bristol City's captain was Bailey Wright in the first half of the season, but he left on 21 January to join Sunderland on loan.^[36] Vice-captain Josh Brownhill served in this position between 21 and 30 January when he left for Burnley, no replacement has been named as of 30 January.
3. ^ Derby County's captain was Richard Keogh until his contract was terminated on 30 October 2019,^[37] with Curtis Davies acting in this position from 30 October until 1 January 2020.
4. ^ Huddersfield Town's shirt does not display Paddy Power's logo as part of the bookmakers' "Save Our Shirt" campaign.
5. ^ Queens Park Rangers' shirt sponsor was Royal Panda until 29 January 2020 when they decided to leave the United Kingdom market.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Luton Town	Mick Harford[38]	End of caretaker spell	4 May 2019	Pre-season	Graeme Jones[38]	7 May 2019
Queens Park Rangers	John Eustace[39]		5 May 2019		Mark Warburton[40]	8 May 2019
West Bromwich Albion	James Shan[41]		14 May 2019		Slaven Bilić[42]	13 June 2019
Middlesbrough	Tony Pulis[43]	End of contract	17 May 2019		Jonathan Woodgate[44]	14 June 2019
Swansea City	Graham Potter[45]	Signed by Brighton & Hove Albion	20 May 2019		Steve Cooper[46]	13 June 2019
Hull City	Nigel Adkins[47]	End of contract	8 June 2019		Grant McCann[48]	21 June 2019
Birmingham City	Garry Monk[49]	Sacked	18 June 2019		Pep Clotet[50]	4 December 2019
Nottingham Forest	Martin O'Neill[51]		28 June 2019		Sabri Lamouchi[52]	28 June 2019
Derby County	Frank Lampard[53]	Signed by Chelsea	4 July 2019		Phillip Cocu[54]	5 July 2019
Sheffield Wednesday	Steve Bruce[55]	Resigned	15 July 2019		Garry Monk[56]	6 September 2019
Huddersfield Town	Jan Siewert[57]	Sacked	16 August 2019	20th	Danny Cowley[58]	9 September 2019
Millwall	Neil Harris[59]	Resigned	3 October 2019	18th	Gary Rowett[60]	21 October 2019
Barnsley	Daniel Stendel[61]	Sacked	8 October 2019	23rd	Gerhard Struber[62]	20 November 2019
Reading	José Gomes[63]		9 October 2019	22nd	Mark Bowen[64]	14 October 2019
Stoke City	Nathan Jones[65]		1 November 2019	24th	Michael O'Neill[66]	8 November 2019
Cardiff City	Neil Warnock[67]	Mutual consent	11 November 2019	14th	Neil Harris[68]	16 November 2019
Luton Town	Graeme Jones[69]		24 April 2020	23rd	Nathan Jones[70]	28 May 2020
Middlesbrough	Jonathan Woodgate[71]	Sacked	23 June 2020	21st	Neil Warnock[71]	23 June 2020
Bristol City	Lee Johnson[72]		4 July 2020	12th	Dean Holden[73]	10 August 2020
Birmingham City	Pep Clotet[74]	Mutual consent	8 July 2020	17th	Aitor Karanka[75]	31 July 2020
Huddersfield Town	Danny Cowley[76]	Sacked	19 July 2020	18th	Carlos Corberán[77]	23 July 2020

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Leeds United (C, P)	46	28	9	9	77	35	+42	93	Promotion to the Premier League
2	West Bromwich Albion (P)	46	22	17	7	77	45	+32	83
3	Brentford	46	24	9	13	80	38	+42	81	Qualification for Championship play-offs[a]
4	Fulham (O, P)	46	23	12	11	64	48	+16	81
5	Cardiff City	46	19	16	11	68	58	+10	73
6	Swansea City	46	18	16	12	62	53	+9	70
7	Nottingham Forest	46	18	16	12	58	50	+8	70
8	Millwall	46	17	17	12	57	51	+6	68
9	Preston North End	46	18	12	16	59	54	+5	66
10	Derby County	46	17	13	16	62	64	−2	64
11	Blackburn Rovers	46	17	12	17	66	63	+3	63
12	Bristol City	46	17	12	17	60	65	−5	63
13	Queens Park Rangers	46	16	10	20	67	76	−9	58
14	Reading	46	15	11	20	59	58	+1	56
15	Stoke City	46	16	8	22	62	68	−6	56
16	Sheffield Wednesday	46	15	11	20	58	66	−8	56
17	Middlesbrough	46	13	14	19	48	61	−13	53
18	Huddersfield Town	46	13	12	21	52	70	−18	51
19	Luton Town	46	14	9	23	54	82	−28	51
20	Birmingham City	46	12	14	20	54	75	−21	50
21	Barnsley	46	12	13	21	49	69	−20	49
22	Charlton Athletic (R)	46	12	12	22	50	65	−15	48	Relegation to EFL League One
23	Wigan Athletic (R)	46	15	14	17	57	56	+1	47[b]
24	Hull City (R)	46	12	9	25	57	87	−30	45

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[79]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.
2. As a result of Wigan Athletic entering administration, the club was subject to a 12-point deduction. In accordance with EFL regulations, the timing of the sporting sanction was only determined once final league placings in the Championship were determined. Since the club did not finish in the relegation places at the end of season, the sanction was applied to their 2019–20 total and final league standings were amended as appropriate.^[78]

Play-offs

See also: 2020 English Football League play-offs

	Semi-finals							Final
	3	Brentford	0	3	3
	6	Swansea City	1	1	2
								3	Brentford	1
								4	Fulham	2
	4	Fulham	2	1	3
	5	Cardiff City	0	2	2

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BLB	BRE	BRI	CAR	CHA	DER	FUL	HUD	HUL	LEE	LUT	MID	MIL	NOT	PNE	QPR	REA	SHW	STO	SWA	WBA	WIG
Barnsley	—	0–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	5–3	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	0–0
Birmingham City	2–0	—	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–3	3–3	4–5	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–3	3–3	2–1	1–3	2–3	2–3
Blackburn Rovers	3–2	1–1	—	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	3–0	1–3	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–3	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–0
Brentford	1–2	0–1	2–2	—	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	7–0	3–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	5–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	3–0
Bristol City	1–0	1–3	0–2	0–4	—	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	5–2	2–1	1–3	3–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–3	2–2
Cardiff City	3–2	4–2	2–3	2–2	0–1	—	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2
Charlton Athletic	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	3–2	2–2	—	3–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–2
Derby County	2–1	3–2	3–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	2–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	1–0
Fulham	0–3	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	2–2	3–0	—	3–2	0–3	2–1	3–2	1–0	4–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	5–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0
Huddersfield Town	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–3	4–0	1–2	1–2	—	3–0	0–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–5	1–1	2–1	0–2
Hull City	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–5	1–3	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	—	0–4	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	4–0	2–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–4	0–1	2–2
Leeds United	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	4–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	4–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	5–0	0–1	1–0	0–1
Luton Town	1–1	1–2	3–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	3–2	3–3	2–1	0–3	1–2	—	3–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–1
Middlesbrough	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–3	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	—	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–4	2–1	0–3	0–1	1–0
Millwall	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–3	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–2	—	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2
Nottingham Forest	1–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–3	—	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–4	1–4	2–2	1–2	1–0
Preston North End	5–1	2–0	3–2	2–0	3–3	1–3	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	—	1–3	0–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	3–0
Queens Park Rangers	0–1	2–2	4–2	1–3	0–1	6–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–2	2–2	4–3	0–4	2–0	—	2–2	0–3	4–2	1–3	0–2	3–1
Reading	2–0	2–3	1–2	0–3	0–1	3–0	0–2	3–0	1–4	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	—	1–3	1–1	1–4	1–2	0–3
Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	1–1	0–5	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	0–3	—	1–0	2–2	0–3	1–0
Stoke City	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	0–1	5–1	0–3	3–0	0–2	0–0	2–3	0–2	1–2	0–0	3–2	—	2–0	0–2	2–1
Swansea City	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	—	0–0	2–1
West Bromwich Albion	2–2	0–0	3–2	1–1	4–1	4–2	2–2	2–0	0–0	4–2	4–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	5–1	—	0–1
Wigan Athletic	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–3	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	8–0	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	—

Source: EFL Official Website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[80]
1	Aleksandar Mitrović	Fulham	26
2	Ollie Watkins	Brentford	25
3	Lewis Grabban	Nottingham Forest	20
4	Karlan Grant	Huddersfield Town	19
5	Nahki Wells	Queens Park Rangers / Bristol City	18
6	Saïd Benrahma	Brentford	17
7	Adam Armstrong	Blackburn Rovers	16
	Patrick Bamford	Leeds United
	Jarrod Bowen1	Hull City
10	André Ayew	Swansea City	15
	Lukas Jutkiewicz	Birmingham City
	Bryan Mbeumo	Brentford

• ¹ Jarrod Bowen left Hull City and the EFL Championship on 31 January 2020 to sign for Premier League club West Ham United; all of his 16 league goals were scored before this date.^[81]

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[80]
1	Matheus Pereira	West Bromwich Albion	16
2	Jed Wallace	Millwall	13
3	Niclas Eliasson	Bristol City	12
4	John Swift	Reading	10
	Lee Tomlin	Cardiff City
6	Jacob Brown	Barnsley	9
	Pablo Hernández	Leeds United
8	Sammy Ameobi	Nottingham Forest	8
	Barry Bannan	Sheffield Wednesday
	Saïd Benrahma	Brentford
	Stewart Downing	Blackburn Rovers
	Eberechi Eze	Queens Park Rangers
	Conor Gallagher	Swansea
	Kamil Grosicki	Hull City / West Bromwich Albion
	Jack Harrison	Leeds United
	Joe Lolley	Nottingham Forest
	Alex Mowatt	Barnsley
	Bright Osayi-Samuel	Queens Park Rangers

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of EFL Championship hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Ollie Watkins	Brentford	Barnsley	3–1 (A)	29 September 2019	[82]
Aleksandar Mitrović	Fulham	Luton Town	3–2 (H)	23 October 2019	[83]
Joe Ralls	Cardiff City	Birmingham City	4–2 (H)	2 November 2019	[84]
Josh Dasilva	Brentford	Luton Town	7–0 (H)	30 November 2019	[85]
George Pușcaș	Reading	Wigan Athletic	3–1 (A)	30 November 2019	[86]
Conor Chaplin	Barnsley	Queens Park Rangers	5–3 (H)	14 December 2019	[87]
Jordan Rhodes	Sheffield Wednesday	Nottingham Forest	4–0 (A)	14 December 2019	[88]
Nahki Wells	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff City	6–1 (H)	1 January 2020	[89]
Saïd Benrahma	Brentford	Hull City	5–1 (A)	1 February 2020	[90]
Matt Smith	Millwall	Nottingham Forest	3–0 (A)	6 March 2020	[91]
Louie Sibley	Derby County	Millwall	3–2 (A)	20 June 2020	[92]
Yakou Méïté	Reading	Luton Town	5–0 (A)[a]	4 July 2020	[93]
Saïd Benrahma	Brentford	Wigan Athletic	3–0 (H)	4 July 2020	[94]
Kieran Dowell	Wigan Athletic	Hull City	8–0 (H)	14 July 2020	[95]

1. Player scored 4 goals

Awards

Monthly

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Steve Cooper	Swansea City	Daniel Johnson	Preston North End
September	Sabri Lamouchi	Nottingham Forest	Chey Dunkley	Wigan Athletic
October	Danny Cowley	Huddersfield Town	Aleksandar Mitrović	Fulham
November	Marcelo Bielsa	Leeds United	Jarrod Bowen	Hull City
December	Jonathan Woodgate	Middlesbrough	Conor Chaplin	Barnsley
January	Sabri Lamouchi	Nottingham Forest	Nahki Wells	Queens Park Rangers
February	Slaven Bilić	West Bromwich Albion	Scott Hogan	Birmingham City
June	Thomas Frank	Brentford	Jason Pearce	Charlton Athletic
July	Marcelo Bielsa	Leeds United	Saïd Benrahma	Brentford

Annual

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Ollie Watkins	Brentford
Young Player of the Season	Jude Bellingham	Birmingham City

PFA Championship Team of the Year

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Brice Samba	Nottingham Forest
DF	Luke Ayling	Leeds United
DF	Ben White	Leeds United
DF	Liam Cooper	Leeds United
DF	Joe Bryan	Fulham
MF	Romaine Sawyers	West Bromwich Albion
MF	Kalvin Phillips	Leeds United
MF	Eberechi Eze	Queens Park Rangers
FW	Saïd Benrahma	Brentford
FW	Ollie Watkins	Brentford
FW	Aleksandar Mitrović	Fulham

References

1. "English League Championship Performance Stats – 2019–20". ESPN. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
2. "Premier League and EFL suspended until after April 3 due to coronavirus outbreak". Telegraph.co.uk. 13 March 2020.
3. "Coronavirus: English football suspension extended until at least 30 April". BBC Sport. 19 March 2020.
4. "Championship clubs aim to train from 25 May before finishing season". The Guardian. 13 May 2020.
5. "Hull City: Two people from Championship club test positive for Covid-19". BBC Sport. 24 May 2020.
6. "Blackburn's Elliott Bennett & two Fulham players among coronavirus positive tests". BBC Sport. 28 May 2020.
7. "Coronavirus: Jayden Stockley among 10 positive tests in Championship; seven in League Two". BBC Sport. 30 May 2020.
8. "Championship season set to restart on 20 June as coronavirus lockdown eases". BBC Sport. 31 May 2020.
9. "Championship coronavirus testing: Two people test positive". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
10. "Championship: Fulham v Brentford set to be first match on 20 June return". BBC Sport. 8 June 2020.
11. "Michael O'Neill: Stoke City manager tests positive for Covid-19". BBC Sport. 9 June 2020.
12. "UK football stadiums". www.doogal.co.uk.
13. "Riverside Transition Plans Confirmed". Fulham FC. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
14. Barnsley F.C. Adam Davis Archived 7 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine Barnsleyfc.co.uk. Barnsley Football Club. Adam Davis. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
15. "Barnsley Football Club Extends Partnership with Principal Sponsor CK Beckett". Barnsley FC. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
16. "HARLEE DEAN NAMED BLUES NEW CAPTAIN". Birmingham City F.C. 26 July 2019. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
17. "BLUES AGREE PRINCIPAL PARTNERSHIP WITH BOYLESPORTS". Birmingham City F.C. 3 June 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
18. "Blackburn Rovers scores 10Bet deal – Lancashire Business View". 19 July 2018. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
19. "City reveals Dunder as new shirt sponsor". Bristol City. June 2018.
20. "Derby County Announce Umbro Kit Deal". Retrieved 12 June 2017.
21. Chicken, Steven (3 June 2019). "New Huddersfield Town kit: why it isn't out yet and what we know". YorkshireLive.
22. "KAPPA: NEW KIT DEAL ANNOUNCED". Leeds United FC. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
23. "UNITED ANNOUNCE NEW SHIRT SPONSOR". Leeds United FC. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
24. "Millwall announce Huski Chocolate as new principal partner". Millwall FC. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
25. "Nottingham Forest announce landmark deal with BetBright". Nottingham Forest. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
26. "Warburton: We have done our work". QPR.
27. "BetUK.com strikes sponsorship deal with QPR". QPR.
28. "Casumo signs two-year partnership deal with Reading Football Club".
29. "Swansea City name new club captain for 2019/20 season". Wales Online. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
30. "Swans sign Joma for new campaign". swanseacity.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
31. "YOBET debuts as Swansea City's new front of shirt sponsor". swanseacity.com. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
32. "Swansea University extends Swans partnership". 26 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
33. "Albion team up with PUMA". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
34. "WIGAN ATHLETIC PARTNER WITH KB88 AS FIRST TEAM KIT AND TRAINING WEAR SPONSOR". 2 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
35. "Pep Clotet: Birmingham City appoint Spanish caretaker boss as head coach at St Andrew's". BBC Sport. 4 December 2019.
36. "Wright joins Sunderland on loan". Bristol City. 21 January 2020.
37. "Richard Keogh: Derby County sack captain for 'gross misconduct'". BBC News. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
38. "Jones named Luton boss for next season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
39. "Caretaker boss John Eustace rules himself out of running for Queens Park Rangers job". HITC Sport. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
40. "Mark Warburton named QPR manager". Queens Park Rangers. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
41. "Aston Villa beat West Bromwich Albion to reach Championship play-off final". BBC Sport. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
42. "Slaven Bilic: West Bromwich Albion name ex-West Ham manager as head coach". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
43. "Tony Pulis: Middlesbrough part with boss after missing out on play-offs". BBC Sport. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
44. "Jonathan Woodgate: Middlesbrough confirm ex-England defender as head coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
45. "Graham Potter appointed new Brighton manager after leaving Swansea". BBC Sport. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
46. "England Under-17 coach Steve Cooper named Swansea City boss". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
47. "Nigel Adkins: Hull City boss to leave club at end of contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
48. "Grant McCann: Hull City appoint Doncaster Rovers boss as head coach". BBC Sport. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
49. "Garry Monk: Birmingham City sack manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
50. "Pep Clotet: Birmingham City appoint caretaker as new head coach". BBC Sport. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
51. "Club Statement". Nottingham Forest F.C. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
52. "Sabri Lamouchi appointed as head coach". Nottingham Forest F.C. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
53. "Frank Lampard returns to Chelsea". Chelsea F.C. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
54. "Introducing Phillip Cocu". www.dcfc.co.uk. 5 July 2019.
55. "Steve Bruce: Sheffield Wednesday boss resigns amid Newcastle United interest". 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
56. "Garry Monk: Sheffield Wednesday appoint ex-Birmingham City boss as manager". BBC Sport. 6 September 2019.
57. "Jan Siewert: Huddersfield sack manager after 7 months in charge". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
58. "Danny Cowley: Huddersfield Town appoint Lincoln City boss as manager". BBC Sport. 9 September 2019.
59. "Neil Harris: Millwall boss steps down from Championship club". BBC Sport. 3 October 2019.
60. "Millwall appoint Rowett as new manager". www.millwallfc.co.uk.
61. sport, Guardian (8 October 2019). "Barnsley sack manager Daniel Stendel". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
62. "Gerhard Struber: Barnsley appoint Wolfsberger AC boss as head coach". BBC Sport. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
63. Media, P. A. (9 October 2019). "Reading sack manager José Gomes after Royals' descent". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
64. "Reading Football Club appoint Mark Bowen as manager". www.readingfc.co.uk.
65. "Club Statement". Stoke City. November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
66. FC, Stoke City. "Stoke City FC – Official – Michael takes the helm". Stoke City FC. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
67. Media, P. A. (11 November 2019). "Neil Warnock leaves Cardiff City by mutual consent". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
68. "Cardiff announce Neil Harris as new manager". Sky Sports.
69. "Graeme Jones: Luton Town part company with manager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
70. "Nathan Jones: Luton Town reappoint former Stoke City manager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
71. "Neil Warnock replaces Jonathan Woodgate as Middlesbrough boss". BBC Sport. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
72. "Lee Johnson: Bristol City head coach sacked by Championship club". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
73. "Dean Holden: Bristol City confirm head coach appointment". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
74. "Pep Clotet: Birmingham City boss leaves club immediately". BBC Sport. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
75. "Aitor Karanka: Birmingham City confirm Spaniard as new head coach". BBC Sport. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
76. "Danny Cowley: Huddersfield Town sack manager after 10 months in charge". BBC Sport. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
77. "Carlos Corberan: Huddersfield Town appoint Leeds United assistant as new head coach". BBC Sport. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
78. "EFL statement: Wigan Athletic". English Football League. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
79. "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". English Football League. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
80. "Championship Top Scorers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
81. "Jarrod Bowen: West Ham sign forward from Hull on five-and-a-half year deal". BBC Sport. 31 January 2020.
82. "Barnsley 1–3 Brentford: Ollie Watkins hat-trick ends poor away run for Bees". BBC Sport. 29 September 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
83. "Fulham 3–2 Luton Town: Aleksandar Mitrović hat-trick too good for Hatters". BBC Sport. 23 October 2019.
84. "Cardiff City 4–2 Birmingham City:Joe Ralls hat-trick inspires Bluebirds". BBC Sport. 2 November 2019.
85. "Brentford 7–0 Luton Town: Josh Dasilva hits hat-trick in Bees' biggest win in 25 years". BBC Sport. 30 November 2019.
86. "Wigan Athletic 1–3 Reading: George Pușcaș scores five-minute hat-trick in Royals' win". BBC Sport. 30 November 2019.
87. "Barnsley 5–3 Queens Park Rangers: Conor Chaplin grabs hat-trick in Tykes' third win of the season". BBC Sport. 14 December 2019.
88. "Nottingham Forest 0–4 Sheffield Wednesday: Jordan Rhodes hat-trick sets Owls for victory". BBC Sport. 14 November 2019.
89. "QPR 6–1 Cardiff: Bright Osayi-Samuel and Nahki Wells helped Queen's Park Rangers end a four-match winless streak with an emphatic home victory over Cardiff City". BBC Sport. 1 January 2020.
90. "Hull City 1–5 Brentford: Said Benrahma scores hat-trick as Bees win". BBC Sport. 1 February 2020.
91. "Nottingham Forest 0–3 Millwall: Matt Smith scores hat-trick for Gary Rowett's Lions". BBC Sport. 6 March 2020.
92. "Millwall 2–3 Derby County: Jordan Sibley hat-trick earns Rams comeback victory". BBC Sport. 20 June 2020.
93. "Luton 0–5 Reading: Four-goal Méïté shatters Hatters". BBC Sport. 4 July 2020.
94. "Brentford 3–0 Wigan Athletic: Said Benrahma scores hat-trick sees off Latics". BBC Sport. 4 July 2020.
95. "Wigan Athletic 8–0 Hull City: Wigan score seven goals in first half". BBC Sport. 14 July 2020.