List of winners of the EFL Championship and predecessors

English League (2nd tier)
Football League Second Division (1892–1992); Football League First Division (1992–2004); Football League Championship (2004–2016); EFL Championship (2016–present)
	Country
	England;
	Founded
	1892
	Number of teams
	24 (2022–23 season)
	Current champions
	Leicester City (2023–24)
	Most successful club
	Leicester City (8 championships)

A national second tier of English league football was established in 1892–93, at the demise of Football Alliance, as the Second Division. In 1992, with the departure of the then First Division clubs to become the Premier League, the second tier became known as the First Division. In 2004 it was re-branded as the Football League Championship before it was renamed the EFL Championship in 2016.

The current champions of the league are Leicester City. They are also the most successful club in second tier, winning the title on eight occasions.^[1]

Football League Second Division (1893–1992)

Teams marked with an asterisk (*) were not promoted

Source:^[2]

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Third qualifiers	Fourth qualifiers
1892–93	Small Heath*	Sheffield United	Darwen
1893–94	Liverpool	Small Heath
1894–95	Bury	Notts County*
1895–96	Liverpool (2)	Manchester City*
1896–97	Notts County	Newton Heath*
1897–98	Burnley	Newcastle United
1898–99	Manchester City	Glossop North End
1899–1900	The Wednesday	Bolton Wanderers
1900–01	Grimsby Town	Small Heath
1901–02	West Bromwich Albion	Middlesbrough
1902–03	Manchester City (2)	Small Heath
1903–04	Preston North End	Woolwich Arsenal
1904–05	Liverpool (3)	Bolton Wanderers
1905–06	Bristol City	Manchester United
1906–07	Nottingham Forest	Chelsea
1907–08	Bradford City	Leicester Fosse
1908–09	Bolton Wanderers	Tottenham Hotspur
1909–10	Manchester City (3)	Oldham Athletic
1910–11	West Bromwich Albion (2)	Bolton Wanderers
1911–12	Derby County	Chelsea
1912–13	Preston North End (2)	Burnley
1913–14	Notts County (2)	Bradford Park Avenue
1914–15	Derby County (2)	Preston North End	Arsenal
1915–16 to 1918–19	League suspended due to World War I
1919–20	Tottenham Hotspur	Huddersfield Town
1920–21	Birmingham City (2)	Cardiff City
1921–22	Nottingham Forest (2)	Stoke City
1922–23	Notts County (3)	West Ham United
1923–24	Leeds United	Bury
1924–25	Leicester City	Manchester United
1925–26	The Wednesday (2)	Derby County
1926–27	Middlesbrough	Portsmouth
1927–28	Manchester City (4)	Leeds United
1928–29	Middlesbrough (2)	Grimsby Town
1929–30	Blackpool	Chelsea
1930–31	Everton	West Bromwich Albion
1931–32	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leeds United
1932–33	Stoke City	Tottenham Hotspur
1933–34	Grimsby Town (2)	Preston North End
1934–35	Brentford	Bolton Wanderers
1935–36	Manchester United	Charlton Athletic
1936–37	Leicester City (2)	Blackpool
1937–38	Aston Villa	Manchester United
1938–39	Blackburn Rovers	Sheffield United
1939–40 to 1945–46	League suspended due to World War II
1946–47	Manchester City (5)	Burnley
1947–48	Birmingham City (3)	Newcastle United
1948–49	Fulham	West Bromwich Albion
1949–50	Tottenham Hotspur (2)	Sheffield Wednesday
1950–51	Preston North End (3)	Manchester City
1951–52	Sheffield Wednesday (3)	Cardiff City
1952–53	Sheffield United	Huddersfield Town
1953–54	Leicester City (3)	Everton
1954–55	Birmingham City (4)	Luton Town
1955–56	Sheffield Wednesday (4)	Leeds United
1956–57	Leicester City (4)	Nottingham Forest
1957–58	West Ham United	Blackburn Rovers
1958–59	Sheffield Wednesday (5)	Fulham
1959–60	Aston Villa (2)	Cardiff City
1960–61	Ipswich Town	Sheffield United
1961–62	Liverpool (4)	Leyton Orient
1962–63	Stoke City (2)	Chelsea
1963–64	Leeds United (2)	Sunderland
1964–65	Newcastle United	Northampton Town
1965–66	Manchester City (6)	Southampton
1966–67	Coventry City	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1967–68	Ipswich Town (2)	Queens Park Rangers
1968–69	Derby County (3)	Crystal Palace
1969–70	Huddersfield Town	Blackpool
1970–71	Leicester City (5)	Sheffield United
1971–72	Norwich City	Birmingham City
1972–73	Burnley (2)	Queens Park Rangers
1973–74	Middlesbrough (3)	Luton Town	Carlisle United
1974–75	Manchester United (2)	Aston Villa	Norwich City
1975–76	Sunderland	Bristol City	West Bromwich Albion
1976–77	Wolverhampton Wanderers (2)	Chelsea	Nottingham Forest
1977–78	Bolton Wanderers (2)	Southampton	Tottenham Hotspur
1978–79	Crystal Palace	Brighton & Hove Albion	Stoke City
1979–80	Leicester City (6)	Sunderland	Birmingham City
1980–81	West Ham United (2)	Notts County	Swansea City
1981–82	Luton Town	Watford	Norwich City
1982–83	Queens Park Rangers	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leicester City
1983–84	Chelsea	Sheffield Wednesday	Newcastle United
1984–85	Oxford United	Birmingham City	Manchester City
1985–86	Norwich City (2)	Charlton Athletic	Wimbledon
1986–87	Derby County (4)	Portsmouth
1987–88	Millwall	Aston Villa	Middlesbrough
1988–89	Chelsea (2)	Manchester City	Crystal Palace
1989–90	Leeds United (3)	Sheffield United	Sunderland
1990–91	Oldham Athletic	West Ham United	Sheffield Wednesday	Notts County
1991–92	Ipswich Town (3)	Middlesbrough	Blackburn Rovers

Football League First Division (1992–2004)

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Play-off winners
1992–93	Newcastle United (2)	West Ham United	Swindon Town
1993–94	Crystal Palace (2)	Nottingham Forest	Leicester City
1994–95	Middlesbrough (4)	Reading*	Bolton Wanderers
1995–96	Sunderland (2)	Derby County	Leicester City
1996–97	Bolton Wanderers (3)	Barnsley	Crystal Palace
1997–98	Nottingham Forest (3)	Middlesbrough	Charlton Athletic
1998–99	Sunderland (3)	Bradford City	Watford
1999–2000	Charlton Athletic	Manchester City	Ipswich Town
2000–01	Fulham (2)	Blackburn Rovers	Bolton Wanderers
2001–02	Manchester City (7)	West Bromwich Albion	Birmingham City
2002–03	Portsmouth	Leicester City	Wolverhampton Wanderers
2003–04	Norwich City (3)	West Bromwich Albion	Crystal Palace

Football League Championship/EFL Championship (2004 onwards)

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Play-off winners
2004–05	Sunderland (4)	Wigan Athletic	West Ham United
2005–06	Reading	Sheffield United	Watford
2006–07	Sunderland (5)	Birmingham City	Derby County
2007–08	West Bromwich Albion (3)	Stoke City	Hull City
2008–09	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3)	Birmingham City	Burnley
2009–10	Newcastle United (3)	West Bromwich Albion	Blackpool
2010–11	Queens Park Rangers (2)	Norwich City	Swansea City
2011–12	Reading (2)	Southampton	West Ham United
2012–13	Cardiff City	Hull City	Crystal Palace
2013–14	Leicester City (7)	Burnley	Queens Park Rangers
2014–15	Bournemouth	Watford	Norwich City
2015–16	Burnley (3)	Middlesbrough	Hull City
2016–17	Newcastle United (4)	Brighton & Hove Albion	Huddersfield Town
2017–18	Wolverhampton Wanderers (4)	Cardiff City	Fulham
2018–19	Norwich City (4)	Sheffield United	Aston Villa
2019–20	Leeds United (4)	West Bromwich Albion	Fulham
2020–21	Norwich City (5)	Watford	Brentford
2021–22	Fulham (3)	Bournemouth	Nottingham Forest
2022–23	Burnley (4)	Sheffield United	Luton Town
2023–24	Leicester City (8)	Ipswich Town	Southampton

Number of titles overall

Clubs in bold are competing in the 2024-25 EFL Championship.

Rank	Club	Winners	Winning seasons
1	Leicester City	8	1924–25, 1936–37, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1970–71, 1979–80, 2013–14, 2023–24
2	Manchester City	7	1898–99, 1902–03, 1909–10, 1927–28, 1946–47, 1965–66, 2001–02
3	Norwich City	5	1971–72, 1985–86, 2003–04, 2018–19, 2020–21
	Sheffield Wednesday	5	1899–1900, 1925–26, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1958–59
	Sunderland	5	1975–76, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2006–07
6	Birmingham City	4	1892–93, 1920–21, 1947–48, 1954–55
	Burnley	4	1897–98, 1972–73, 2015–16, 2022–23
	Derby County	4	1911–12, 1914–15, 1968–69, 1986–87
	Leeds United	4	1923–24, 1963–64, 1989–90, 2019–20
	Liverpool	4	1893–94, 1895–96, 1904–05, 1961–62
	Middlesbrough	4	1926–27, 1928–29, 1973–74, 1994–95
	Newcastle United	4	1964–65, 1992–93, 2009–10, 2016–17
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	1931–32, 1976–77, 2008–09, 2017–18
14	Bolton Wanderers	3	1908–09, 1977–78, 1996–97
	Fulham	3	1948–49, 2000–01, 2021–22
	Ipswich Town	3	1960–61, 1967–68, 1991–92
	Nottingham Forest	3	1906–07, 1921–22, 1997–98
	Notts County	3	1896–97, 1913–14, 1922–23
	Preston North End	3	1903–04, 1912–13, 1950–51
	West Bromwich Albion	3	1901–02, 1910–11, 2007–08
21	Aston Villa	2	1937–38, 1959–60
	Chelsea	2	1983–84, 1988–89
	Crystal Palace	2	1978–79, 1993–94
	Grimsby Town	2	1900–01, 1933–34
	Manchester United	2	1935–36, 1974–75
	Queens Park Rangers	2	1982–83, 2010–11
	Reading	2	2005–06, 2011–12
	Stoke City	2	1932–33, 1962–63
	Tottenham Hotspur	2	1919–20, 1949–50
	West Ham United	2	1957–58, 1980–81
31	Bournemouth	1	2014–15
	Blackburn Rovers	1	1938–39
	Blackpool	1	1929–30
	Bradford City	1	1907–08
	Brentford	1	1934–35
	Bristol City	1	1905–06
	Bury	1	1894–95
	Cardiff City	1	2012–13
	Charlton Athletic	1	1999–2000
	Coventry City	1	1966–67
	Everton	1	1930–31
	Huddersfield Town	1	1969–70
	Luton Town	1	1981–82
	Millwall	1	1987–88
	Oldham Athletic	1	1990–91
	Oxford United	1	1984–85
	Portsmouth	1	2002–03
	Sheffield United	1	1952–53

References

^ EFL (29 April 2024). "Leicester City clinch Championship title". EFL. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
^ Anderson, John (2019). Football Yearbook 2019–20. London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 560–561. ISBN 978-1-4722-6111-3.

"Past Winners of the Football League". Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2006.

[1] EFL (29 April 2024). "Leicester City clinch Championship title". EFL. Retrieved 31 May 2024.

[2] Anderson, John (2019). Football Yearbook 2019–20. London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 560–561. ISBN 978-1-4722-6111-3.

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