Competition: | Football League Championship |
Season: | 2013–14 |
Winners: | Leicester City 1st Championship title 7th 2nd tier title |
Promoted: | Leicester City Burnley Queens Park Rangers |
Relegated: | Doncaster Rovers Barnsley Yeovil Town |
Matches: | 552 |
Total Goals: | 1434 |
League Topscorer: | 28 goals Ross McCormack (Leeds United) |
Biggest Home Win: | |
Biggest Away Win: | Barnsley 0–4 Wigan Athletic Millwall 1–5 Derby County Barnsley 1–5 Watford Leeds United 1–5 Bolton Wanderers |
Highest Scoring: | Derby County 4–4 Ipswich Town Leicester City 5–3 Bolton Wanderers Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers |
Longest Wins: | 9 games Leicester City |
Longest Unbeaten: | 21 games Leicester City |
Longest Winless: | 17 games Blackpool |
Longest Losses: | 5 games[1] Birmingham City Leeds United |
Highest Attendance: | 33,432[2] Leeds United vs Brighton |
Lowest Attendance: | 4,463 |
Average Attendance: | 16,555 |
Prevseason: | 2012–13 |
Nextseason: | 2014–15 |
The 2013–14 Football League Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the Football League Championship under its current title, the twenty-first season under its current league division format and marked the 125th anniversary of the Football League's inaugural season. The season started on 3 August 2013 and finished on 3 May 2014, with all matches on the final day kicking off simultaneously.[3]
The following teams changed divisions after the 2012–13 season.[4]
Promoted from League One
Relegated from Premier League
Relegated to League One
Promoted to Premier League
Changes to the Championship's financial fair play system allow clubs:[5]
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.