| Season | 2018–19 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4 August 2018 – 4 May 2019 |
| Champions | Luton Town (2nd divisional title) |
| Promoted | Luton Town Barnsley Charlton Athletic |
| Relegated | Plymouth Argyle Walsall Scunthorpe United Bradford City |
| Matches | 552 |
| Goals | 1,462 (2.65 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | James Collins (25 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Doncaster Rovers 5–0Rochdale (1 January 2019) |
| Biggest away win | Scunthorpe United 0–5Fleetwood Town (22 August 2018) |
| Highest scoring | Sunderland 4–5Coventry City (13 April 2019) |
| Longest winning run | 7 matches[1] Luton Portsmouth |
| Longest unbeaten run | 28 matches[1] Luton |
| Longest winless run | 15 matches[1] Southend United |
| Longest losing run | 8 matches[1] AFC Wimbledon |
| Highest attendance | 46,039 Sunderland 1–0Bradford City (26 December 2018)[1] |
| Lowest attendance | 1,732 Accrington Stanley 2–1AFC Wimbledon (22 September 2018)[1] |
| Total attendance | 4,812,867[1] |
| Average attendance | 8,184[1] |
2019–20 → | |
The2018–19 EFL League One (referred to as theSky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of the Football League One under its current title and the 26th season under its current league division format. Fixtures were released on 21 June 2018 and the opening round of matches was played on 4 August 2018.[2][3] The league season ended on 4 May 2019.[4][5]
The summer transfer window closed five days after the start of the season, on 9 August 2018, following a vote by all 72 clubs in theFootball League. However, clubs were able to make loan signings until 31 August.[6]
The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season:
To League One[edit]Promoted fromLeague Two Relegated fromChampionship | From League One[edit]Promoted toChampionship Relegated toLeague Two
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*reduced for that season as club work on ground
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | Sacked | 6 May 2018 | Pre-season | 6 June 2018 | ||
| Bradford City | End of contract | 8 May 2018 | 18 June 2018 | |||
| Fleetwood Town | 2 June 2018 | 2 June 2018 | ||||
| Sunderland | End of caretaker spell | 25 May 2018 | 25 May 2018 | |||
| Shrewsbury Town | Signed byIpswich Town | 30 May 2018 | 1 June 2018 | |||
| Doncaster Rovers | Resigned | 4 June 2018 | 27 June 2018 | |||
| Blackpool | 6 August 2018 | 12th | 6 August 2018 | |||
| Scunthorpe United | Sacked | 24 August 2018 | 18th | 27 August 2018 | ||
| Bradford City | 3 September 2018 | 17th | 4 September 2018 | |||
| AFC Wimbledon | Mutual consent | 12 November 2018 | 23rd | 4 December 2018 | ||
| Shrewsbury Town | Sacked | 18th | 3 December 2018 | |||
| Bristol Rovers | Mutual consent | 13 December 2018 | 21st | 6 January 2019 | ||
| Luton Town | Signed byStoke City | 9 January 2019 | 2nd | 10 January 2019 | ||
| Peterborough United | Sacked | 26 January 2019 | 6th | 26 January 2019 | ||
| Bradford City | Resigned | 25 February 2019 | 23rd | 4 March 2019 | ||
| Rochdale | Sacked | 4 March 2019 | 22nd | 4 March 2019 | ||
| Scunthorpe United | 24 March 2019 | 18th | 24 March 2019 | |||
| Southend United | 26 March 2019 | 20th | 2 April 2019 | |||
| Walsall | 6 April 2019 | 22nd | 8 April 2019 | |||
| Gillingham | 26 April 2019 | 13th | 26 April 2019 | |||
| Plymouth Argyle | 28 April 2019 | 21st | 5 June 2019 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luton Town(C, P) | 46 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 90 | 42 | +48 | 94 | Promotion to theEFL Championship |
| 2 | Barnsley(P) | 46 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 80 | 39 | +41 | 91 | |
| 3 | Charlton Athletic(O, P) | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 73 | 40 | +33 | 88 | Qualification forLeague One play-offs[a] |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 83 | 51 | +32 | 88 | |
| 5 | Sunderland | 46 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 80 | 47 | +33 | 85 | |
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 76 | 58 | +18 | 73 | |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 71 | 62 | +9 | 72 | |
| 8 | Coventry City | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 65 | |
| 9 | Burton Albion | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 66 | 57 | +9 | 63 | |
| 10 | Blackpool | 46 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 62 | |
| 11 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 61 | |
| 12 | Oxford United | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 60 | |
| 13 | Gillingham | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 61 | 72 | −11 | 55 | |
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 51 | 67 | −16 | 55 | |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 54 | |
| 16 | Rochdale | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 54 | 87 | −33 | 54 | |
| 17 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 55 | 67 | −12 | 53 | |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 52 | |
| 19 | Southend United | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 55 | 68 | −13 | 50 | |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 50 | |
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle(R) | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 56 | 80 | −24 | 50 | Relegation toEFL League Two |
| 22 | Walsall(R) | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 49 | 71 | −22 | 47 | |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United(R) | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 53 | 83 | −30 | 46 | |
| 24 | Bradford City(R) | 46 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 49 | 77 | −28 | 41 |
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
| 3 | Charlton Athletic (p) | 2 | 2 | 4 (4) | |||||||
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 | 3 | 4 (3) | |||||||
| 3 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Sunderland | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | Portsmouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 5 | Sunderland | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Home \ Away | ACC | WIM | BAR | BLP | BRA | BRR | BRT | CHA | COV | DON | FLE | GIL | LUT | OXF | PET | PLY | POR | ROC | SCU | SHR | STD | SUN | WAL | WYC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accrington Stanley | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| AFC Wimbledon | 1–1 | — | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Barnsley | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Blackpool | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Bradford City | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Bristol Rovers | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Burton Albion | 5–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Charlton Athletic | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Coventry City | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–4 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Fleetwood Town | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Gillingham | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| Luton Town | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Oxford United | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Peterborough United | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–5 | — | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Portsmouth | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | — | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Rochdale | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Scunthorpe United | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–3 | — | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Southend United | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Sunderland | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Walsall | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 3–2 |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | Rochdale | 0–4 (A) | 21 August 2018 | [16] | |
| Rochdale | Gillingham | 3–0 (H) | 15 September 2018 | [17] | |
| Luton Town | Accrington Stanley | 4–1 (H) | 23 October 2018 | [18] | |
| Luton Town | Plymouth Argyle | 5–1 (H) | 17 November 2018 | [19] | |
| Peterborough United | Accrington Stanley | 0–4 (A) | 29 December 2018 | [20] | |
| Burton Albion | Rochdale | 0–4 (A) | 5 January 2019 | [21] | |
| Walsall | Gillingham | 0–3 (A) | 19 January 2019 | [22] | |
| Luton Town | Peterborough United | 4–0 (H) | 19 January 2019 | [23] | |
| Shrewsbury Town | Bradford City | 4–3 (A) | 29 January 2019 | [24] | |
| Southend United | Portsmouth | 3–3 (H) | 16 February 2019 | [25] | |
| AFC Wimbledon | Rochdale | 3–4 (A) | 19 February 2019 | [26] | |
| Bristol Rovers | Blackpool | 4–0 (H) | 2 March 2019 | [27] | |
| Oxford United | Shrewsbury Town | 2–3 (A) | 22 April 2019 | [28] | |
| Accrington Stanley | Plymouth Argyle | 5–1 (H) | 27 April 2019 | [29] |
Note
(H) = Home; (A) = Away