| Season | 2017–18 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Accrington Stanley |
| Promoted | Accrington Stanley Luton Town Wycombe Wanderers Coventry City |
| Relegated | Chesterfield Barnet |
| Matches | 552. 1,411 goals (2.55 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Billy Kee (25 goals)[1] |
| Biggest home win | Luton 7–0Cambridge |
| Biggest away win | Cheltenham 1–6Coventry Crewe 0–5Carlisle Swindon 0–5Luton |
| Highest scoring | Luton 8–2Yeovil |
| Longest winning run | 7 matches (Accrington Stanley |
| Longest unbeaten run | 15 matches (Accrington Stanley |
| Longest winless run | 20 matches (Grimsby Town) |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches (Chesterfield, Port Vale) |
2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 9 December 2017. | |
The2017–18 EFL League Two (referred to as theSky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the 14th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 25th season under its current league division format.
The following teams changed division after the 2016–17 season.
To League Two[edit]Promoted fromNational League Relegated fromLeague One | From League Two[edit]Promoted toLeague One Relegated toNational League
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| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swindon Town | Mutual consent | 5 May 2017[3] | Pre-season | 5 June 2017[4] | ||
| Port Vale | Sacked | 16 September 2017[5] | 24th | 4 October 2017[6] | ||
| Chesterfield | 16 September 2017[7] | 23rd | 29 September 2017[8] | |||
| Barnet | Appointed as Head of Development | 13 November 2017[9] | 14 November 2017[9] | |||
| Appointed as Head of Technical | 15 January 2018[10] | 24th | 15 January 2018[10] | |||
| Cambridge United | Mutual consent | 9 February 2018[11] | 14th | 2 May 2018[12] | ||
| Grimsby Town | Sacked | 11 February 2018[13] | 17th | 2 March 2018[14] | ||
| Mansfield Town | Signed byPeterborough United | 27 February 2018[15] | 5th | 1 March 2018[16] | ||
| Swindon Town | Signed byMansfield Town | 1 March 2018[16] | 7th | 12 March 2018[17] | ||
| Stevenage | Sacked | 18 March 2018[18] | 16th | 20 March 2018[19] | ||
| Barnet | 19 March 2018[20] | 24th | 19 March 2018[20] | |||
| Chesterfield | Mutual consent | 24 April 2018[21] | 24th | 15 May 2018 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accrington Stanley(C, P) | 46 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 76 | 46 | +30 | 93 | Promotion toEFL League One |
| 2 | Luton Town(P) | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 94 | 46 | +48 | 88 | |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers(P) | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 79 | 60 | +19 | 84 | |
| 4 | Exeter City | 46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 64 | 54 | +10 | 80 | Qualification forLeague Two play-offs[a] |
| 5 | Notts County | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 71 | 48 | +23 | 77 | |
| 6 | Coventry City(O, P) | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 75 | |
| 7 | Lincoln City | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 75 | |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 67 | 52 | +15 | 72 | |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 67 | 65 | +2 | 68 | |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 67 | |
| 11 | Newport County | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 64 | |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 64 | |
| 13 | Colchester United | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 62 | |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 59 | |
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 17 | 5 | 24 | 62 | 75 | −13 | 56 | |
| 16 | Stevenage | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 60 | 65 | −5 | 55 | |
| 17 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 67 | 73 | −6 | 51 | |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 66 | −24 | 51 | |
| 19 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 59 | 75 | −16 | 48 | |
| 20 | Port Vale | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 47 | |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 54 | 77 | −23 | 47 | |
| 22 | Morecambe | 46 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 46 | |
| 23 | Barnet(R) | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 46 | Relegation to theNational League |
| 24 | Chesterfield(R) | 46 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 47 | 83 | −36 | 38 |
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
| 4 | Exeter City | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | Exeter City | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Coventry City | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | Notts County | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 6 | Coventry City | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| Home \ Away | ACC | BAR | CAM | CRL | CHL | CHF | COL | COV | CRA | CRE | EXE | FGR | GRI | LIN | LUT | MAN | MOR | NPC | NTC | PTV | STE | SWI | WYC | YEO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accrington Stanley | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Barnet | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
| Cambridge United | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | |
| Carlisle United | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 4–0 | |
| Cheltenham Town | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
| Chesterfield | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | |
| Colchester United | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
| Coventry City | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–6 | |
| Crawley Town | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | |
| Crewe Alexandra | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | |
| Exeter City | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Forest Green Rovers | 0–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | |
| Grimsby Town | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | |
| Lincoln City | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Luton Town | 1–2 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 8–2 | |
| Mansfield Town | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Morecambe | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | |
| Newport County | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Notts County | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | |
| Port Vale | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | |
| Stevenage | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | |
| Swindon Town | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
| Yeovil Town | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |