| Season | 2014–15 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Bournemouth 1st Championship title 1st2nd tier title |
| Promoted | Bournemouth Watford Norwich City |
| Relegated | Millwall Wigan Athletic Blackpool |
| Matches | 552 |
| Goals | 1,474 (2.67 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Daryl Murphy (Ipswich Town) (27 goals)[1] |
| Biggest home win | Derby County 5–0Wolverhampton Wanderers (8 November 2014) Birmingham City 6–1Reading (13 December 2014) Norwich City 5–0Huddersfield Town (13 December 2014) Norwich City 6–1Millwall (26 December 2014) Watford 5–0Charlton Athletic (17 January 2015) Watford 7–2Blackpool (24 January 2015) Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–0Rotherham United (21 February 2015) |
| Biggest away win | Birmingham City 0–8Bournemouth (25 October 2014) |
| Highest scoring | Watford 7–2Blackpool (24 January 2015) |
| Longest winning run | 6 games[2] Bournemouth Norwich City |
| Longest unbeaten run | 14 games[2] Bournemouth |
| Longest winless run | 18 games[2] Blackpool |
| Longest losing run | 6 games[2] Blackpool |
| Highest attendance | 33,381[3] Middlesbrough 0–0Brighton & Hove Albion (2 May 2015) |
| Lowest attendance | 8,250[3] Millwall 2–2Blackburn Rovers (4 November 2014) |
| Total attendance | 9,771,471[3] |
| Average attendance | 17,863[3] |
2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 2 May 2015. | |
The2014–15 Football League Championship (referred to as theSky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of theFootball League Championship under its current title and the twenty-third season under its current league structure. The 2014–15 season began on 8 August 2014 and ended on 2 May 2015.
Bournemouth won the league on the last day of the season, confirming their place in the top flight for the first time in their history. Watford were runners-up and took their place in the Premier League for the first time since the 2006–07 season. Norwich were the final promoted team, bouncing straight back from their relegation the previous season by beating Middlesbrough 2–0 in the Play Off Final.
At the other end of the table, Blackpool were relegated in April having been cut adrift at the bottom of the table for much of the season. Wigan and Millwall were the other two teams to be relegated on the penultimate weekend of the season.
The following teams have changed division since the 2013–14 season.[4]
Promoted fromLeague One
Relegated fromPremier League
Relegated toLeague One
Promoted toPremier League
Changes to the Championship's financial fair play system allow clubs:[5]
| Greater London Championship football clubs
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| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool | End of contract | 9 May 2014[32] | Pre-season | 11 June 2014[33] | ||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Resigned | 12 May 2014[34] | 6 June 2014[35] | |||
| Charlton Athletic | End of contract | 27 May 2014 | 27 May 2014[36] | |||
| Leeds United | Mutual consent | 31 May 2014[37] | 19 June 2014[38] | |||
| Huddersfield Town | 10 August 2014[39] | 24th | 3 September 2014 | |||
| Leeds United | Sacked | 28 August 2014[40] | 21st | 23 September 2014[41] | ||
| Watford | Resigned | 1 September 2014[42] | 2nd | 2 September 2014[43] | ||
| Cardiff City | 18 September 2014[44] | 17th | 6 October 2014[45] | |||
| Fulham | Sacked | 18 September 2014[46] | 24th | 29 October 2014[47] | ||
| Watford | Resigned due to ill health | 29 September 2014[48] | 4th | 29 September 2014[48] | ||
| Bolton Wanderers | Mutual consent | 3 October 2014[49] | 23rd | 12 October 2014[50] | ||
| Watford | 7 October 2014 | 3rd | 7 October 2014[51] | |||
| Birmingham City | Sacked | 20 October 2014[52] | 21st | 27 October 2014[53] | ||
| Leeds United | 26 October 2014[54] | 18th | 1 November 2014[55] | |||
| Blackpool | 27 October 2014[56] | 24th | 30 October 2014[57] | |||
| Wigan Athletic | 13 November 2014[58] | 22nd | 19 November 2014[59] | |||
| Reading | 15 December 2014[60] | 16th | 16 December 2014[61] | |||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Resigned | 22 December 2014[62] | 22nd | 31 December 2014[63] | ||
| Norwich City | 5 January 2015[64] | 7th | 9 January 2015[65] | |||
| Charlton Athletic | Sacked | 11 January 2015[66] | 14th | 13 January 2015[67] | ||
| Nottingham Forest | 1 February 2015[68] | 12th | 1 February 2015[69] | |||
| Millwall | 10 March 2015[70] | 23rd | 29 April 2015[71] | |||
| Wigan Athletic | 6 April 2015[72] | 23rd | 7 April 2015[73] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bournemouth(C, P) | 46 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 98 | 45 | +53 | 90 | Promotion to thePremier League |
| 2 | Watford(P) | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 91 | 50 | +41 | 89 | |
| 3 | Norwich City(O, P) | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 88 | 48 | +40 | 86 | Qualification forChampionship play-offs |
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 68 | 37 | +31 | 85 | |
| 5 | Brentford | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 78 | 59 | +19 | 78 | |
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 72 | 54 | +18 | 78 | |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 78 | |
| 8 | Derby County | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 85 | 56 | +29 | 77 | |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 66 | 59 | +7 | 67 | |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 54 | 64 | −10 | 63 | |
| 11 | Cardiff City | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 57 | 61 | −4 | 62 | |
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 54 | 60 | −6 | 60 | |
| 13 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 60 | |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 71 | 69 | +2 | 59 | |
| 15 | Leeds United | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 50 | 61 | −11 | 56 | |
| 16 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 58 | 75 | −17 | 55 | |
| 17 | Fulham | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 62 | 83 | −21 | 52 | |
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 54 | 67 | −13 | 51 | |
| 19 | Reading | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 48 | 69 | −21 | 50 | |
| 20 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 47 | |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 46 | 67 | −21 | 46[a] | |
| 22 | Millwall(R) | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 42 | 76 | −34 | 41 | Relegation toFootball League One |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic(R) | 46 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 64 | −25 | 39 | |
| 24 | Blackpool(R) | 46 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 36 | 91 | −55 | 26 |
| Semi–Finals | Final | ||||||||||
| 3 | Norwich City | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| 6 | Ipswich | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Norwich City | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
| 5 | Brentford | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Home \ Away | BIR | BLB | BLP | BOL | BOU | BRE | BHA | CAR | CHA | DER | FUL | HUD | IPS | LEE | MID | MIL | NWC | NOT | REA | ROT | SHW | WAT | WIG | WOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham City | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–8 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | |
| Blackpool | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0[a] | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | |
| Bournemouth | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Brentford | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Cardiff City | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Charlton Athletic | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Derby County | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–0 | |
| Fulham | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
| Huddersfield Town | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | |
| Ipswich Town | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Leeds United | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |
| Middlesbrough | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Millwall | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | |
| Norwich City | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | |
| Reading | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | |
| Rotherham United | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Watford | 1–0 | 1–0 | 7–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Wigan Athletic | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[76] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ipswich Town | 27 | |
| 2 | Watford | 21 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | |||
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | |
| Watford | |||
| Bournemouth | |||
| 7 | Norwich City | 18 | |
| Derby County | |||
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 17 | |
| Fulham |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton Wanderers | Rotherham United | 3–2[77] | 16 September 2014 | |
| Nottingham Forest | Fulham | 5–3[78] | 17 September 2014 | |
| Bournemouth | Birmingham City | 8–0[79] | 25 October 2014 | |
| Watford | Fulham | 5–0[80] | 5 December 2014 | |
| Middlesbrough | Millwall | 5–1[81] | 6 December 2014 | |
| Birmingham City | Reading | 6–1[82] | 13 December 2014 | |
| Birmingham City | Wigan Athletic | 3–1[83] | 10 January 2015 | |
| Fulham | Nottingham Forest | 3–2[84] | 21 January 2015 | |
| Watford | Blackpool | 7–2[85] | 24 January 2015 | |
| Norwich City | Blackpool | 4–0[86] | 7 February 2015 | |
| Brentford | Blackpool | 4–0[87] | 24 February 2015 | |
| Bournemouth | Blackpool | 4–0[88] | 14 March 2015 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | Nottingham Forest | 3–3[89] | 18 April 2015 | |
| Millwall | Derby County | 3–3[90] | 25 April 2015 | |
| Fulham | Middlesbrough | 4–3[91] | 25 April 2015 |
4Player scored 4 goals