2014–15 Football League Championship


The 2014–15 Football League Championship was the eleventh season of the Football 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.

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2013–14 season.

To Championship

Promoted from League One
Relegated from Premier League

From Championship

Relegated to League One
Promoted to Premier League

Rule changes

Changes to the Championship's financial fair play system allow clubs:
  • Acceptable losses of £3 million during the 2014–15 season
  • Acceptable shareholder equity investment of £3 million during the 2014–15 season.
  • Sanctions for exceeding the allowances take effect from the set of accounts due to be submitted on 1 December 2014 for the 2013–14 season.

Team overview

Stadia and locations

TeamStadiumCapacity
Birmingham CitySt Andrew's30,016
Blackburn RoversEwood Park31,154
BlackpoolBloomfield Road17,338
Bolton WanderersMacron Stadium28,100
BournemouthDean Court12,000
BrentfordGriffin Park12,763
Brighton & Hove AlbionFalmer Stadium30,750
Cardiff CityCardiff City Stadium33,316
Charlton AthleticThe Valley27,111
Derby CountyiPro Stadium33,597
FulhamCraven Cottage25,700
Huddersfield TownJohn Smith's Stadium24,500
Ipswich TownPortman Road30,311
Leeds UnitedElland Road39,460
MiddlesbroughRiverside Stadium34,742
MillwallThe Den20,146
Norwich CityCarrow Road27,244
Nottingham ForestCity Ground30,576
ReadingMadejski Stadium24,224
Rotherham UnitedNew York Stadium12,021
Sheffield WednesdayHillsborough39,812
WatfordVicarage Road20,877
Wigan AthleticDW Stadium25,133
Wolverhampton WanderersMolineux31,700

League table


Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
sortname|Joe|Mason|Joe Mason

Attendances

Source:
No.ClubAverageChangeHighestLowest
1Derby County29,23217.2%32,70526,373
2Norwich City26,343-1.7%27,00525,595
3Brighton & Hove Albion25,645-6.0%28,89023,044
4Leeds United24,052-4.1%31,85017,634
5Nottingham Forest23,4923.8%30,22719,619
6Wolverhampton Wanderers22,4197.4%28,13217,744
7Sheffield Wednesday21,9933.6%29,84816,881
8Cardiff City21,124-23.0%26,35719,057
9Ipswich Town19,60314.6%26,15715,726
10Middlesbrough19,56224.2%33,38114,970
11Fulham18,276-26.8%23,27114,325
12Reading17,022-11.2%20,04813,775
13Charlton Athletic16,7083.6%25,54513,433
14Watford16,6647.4%20,25013,468
15Birmingham City16,1114.2%23,85113,837
16Bolton Wanderers15,413-4.5%23,20312,790
17Blackburn Rovers14,913-0.3%22,34012,852
18Huddersfield Town13,613-4.2%20,02910,282
19Wigan Athletic12,882-15.1%16,81010,016
20Blackpool10,984-22.7%12,2339,168
21Millwall10,902-1.5%16,2058,250
22Brentford10,82240.3%12,2558,765
23AFC Bournemouth10,2653.1%11,3188,480
24Rotherham United10,24021.2%11,7078,534