EFL League One

The English Football League One, known as Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons, or simply League One, is a professional association football league in England. EFL League One is the second-highest division of the English Football League and the third tier overall in the English football league system, after the Premier League and the EFL Championship. It is contested by 24 clubs.
Introduced in the 2004–05 English football season as Football League One, it is a rebrand of the former Football League Second Division.
Burton Albion currently hold the longest tenure in the division following relegation from the Championship at the end of the 2017–18 season. There are nine former Premier League clubs currently competing in this division: Barnsley, Blackpool, Bolton Wanderers, Bradford City, Cardiff City, Huddersfield Town, Luton Town, Reading, and Wigan Athletic.

Structure

There are 24 clubs in this division. Each club plays each of the others twice. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss. At the end of the season a table of the final League standings is determined, based on the following criteria in this order: points obtained, goal difference, goals scored, an aggregate of the results between two or more clubs, most matches won, most goals scored away from home, fewest "penalty points" based on yellow and red cards received, followed by fewest straight red cards for certain offences. If two or more teams are still tied after examining all of these criteria, they will share the higher place between them. The only exception would be if the tied teams span the boundary between 2nd and 3rd, 6th and 7th, or 20th and 21st place, in which case one or more play-off matches would be arranged between the tied clubs.
At the end of each season the top two clubs, together with the winner of the play-offs between the clubs which finished in the third to sixth positions, are promoted to the EFL Championship and are replaced by the three clubs that finished at the bottom of that division.
Similarly, the four clubs that finished at the bottom of EFL League One are relegated to EFL League Two and are replaced by the top three clubs and the club that won the fourth to seventh place play-offs in that division.

Current members

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Wimbledon	London	Plough Lane	9,215
Barnsley	Barnsley	Oakwell	23,287
Blackpool	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	16,500
Bolton Wanderers	Horwich	Toughsheet Community Stadium	28,723
Bradford City	Bradford	Valley Parade	24,840
Burton Albion	Burton upon Trent	Pirelli Stadium	6,912
Cardiff City	Cardiff	Cardiff City Stadium	33,280
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	Eco-Power Stadium	15,231
Exeter City	Exeter	St. James Park	8,720
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	Kirklees Stadium	24,121
Leyton Orient	London	Brisbane Road	9,271
Lincoln City	Lincoln	Sincil Bank	10,669
Luton Town	Luton	Kenilworth Road	12,056
Mansfield Town	Mansfield	Field Mill	9,186
Northampton Town	Northampton	Sixfields Stadium	8,200
Peterborough United	Peterborough	London Road Stadium	15,314
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	17,900
Port Vale	Stoke-on-Trent	Vale Park	15,036
Reading	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,161
Rotherham United	Rotherham	New York Stadium	12,021
Stevenage	Stevenage	Broadhall Way	7,800
Stockport County	Stockport	Edgeley Park	10,852
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	Brick Community Stadium	25,138
Wycombe Wanderers	High Wycombe	Adams Park	10,137

Teams promoted from League One

Play-off results

Season	Semi-final	Semi-final	Final
2004–05	Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Brentford Hartlepool United 2–0 Tranmere Rovers	Brentford 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Tranmere Rovers 2–0 Hartlepool United	Sheffield Wednesday 4–2 Hartlepool United
2005–06	Barnsley 0–1 Huddersfield Town Swansea City 1–1 Brentford	Huddersfield Town 1–3 Barnsley Brentford 0–2 Swansea City	Barnsley 2–2 Swansea City
2006–07	Yeovil Town 0–2 Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic 1–2 Blackpool	Nottingham Forest 2–5 Yeovil Town Blackpool 3–1 Oldham Athletic	Blackpool 2–0 Yeovil Town
2007–08	Southend United 0–0 Doncaster Rovers Leeds United 1–2 Carlisle United	Doncaster Rovers 5–1 Southend United Carlisle United 0–2 Leeds United	Leeds United 0–1 Doncaster Rovers
2008–09	Scunthorpe United 1–1 Milton Keynes Dons Millwall 1–0 Leeds United	Milton Keynes Dons 0–0 Scunthorpe United Leeds United 1–1 Millwall	Scunthorpe United 3–2 Millwall
2009–10	Swindon Town 2–1 Charlton Athletic Huddersfield Town 0–0 Millwall	Charlton Athletic 2–1 Swindon Town Millwall 2–0 Huddersfield Town	Millwall 1–0 Swindon Town
2010–11	AFC Bournemouth 1–1 Huddersfield Town Milton Keynes Dons 3–2 Peterborough United	Huddersfield Town 3–3 AFC Bournemouth Peterborough United 2–0 Milton Keynes Dons	Huddersfield Town 0–3 Peterborough United
2011–12	Stevenage 0–0 Sheffield United Milton Keynes Dons 0–2 Huddersfield Town	Sheffield United 1–0 Stevenage Huddersfield Town 1–2 Milton Keynes Dons	Huddersfield Town 0–0 Sheffield United
2012–13	Sheffield United 1–0 Yeovil Town Swindon Town 1–1 Brentford	Yeovil Town 2–0 Sheffield United Brentford 3–3 Swindon Town	Brentford 1–2 Yeovil Town
2013–14	Peterborough United 1–1 Leyton Orient Preston North End 1–1 Rotherham United	Leyton Orient 2–1 Peterborough United Rotherham United 3–1 Preston North End	Leyton Orient 2–2 Rotherham United
2014–15	Chesterfield 0–1 Preston North End Sheffield United 1–2 Swindon Town	Preston North End 3–0 Chesterfield Swindon Town 5–5 Sheffield United	Preston North End 4–0 Swindon Town
2015–16	Barnsley 3–0 Walsall Bradford City 1–3 Millwall	Walsall 1–3 Barnsley Millwall 1–1 Bradford City	Barnsley 3–1 Millwall
2016–17	Millwall 0–0 Scunthorpe United Bradford City 1–0 Fleetwood Town	Scunthorpe United 2–3 Millwall Fleetwood Town 0–0 Bradford City	Bradford City 0–1 Millwall
2017–18	Charlton Athletic 0–1 Shrewsbury Town Scunthorpe United 2–2 Rotherham United	Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Charlton Athletic Rotherham United 2–0 Scunthorpe United	Rotherham United 2–1 Shrewsbury Town
2018–19	Doncaster Rovers 1–2 Charlton Athletic Sunderland 1–0 Portsmouth	Charlton Athletic 2–3 Doncaster Rovers Portsmouth 0–0 Sunderland	Charlton Athletic 2–1 Sunderland
2019–20	Portsmouth 1–1 Oxford United Fleetwood Town 1–4 Wycombe Wanderers	Oxford United 1–1 Portsmouth Wycombe Wanderers 2–2 Fleetwood Town	Oxford United 1–2 Wycombe Wanderers
2020–21	Oxford United 0–3 Blackpool Lincoln City 2–0 Sunderland	Blackpool 3–3 Oxford United Sunderland 2–1 Lincoln City	Blackpool 2–1 Lincoln City
2021–22	Wycombe Wanderers 2–0 Milton Keynes Dons Sunderland 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday	Milton Keynes Dons 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Sunderland	Sunderland 2–0 Wycombe Wanderers
2022–23	Peterborough United 4–0 Sheffield Wednesday Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Barnsley	Sheffield Wednesday 5–1 Peterborough United Barnsley 1–0 Bolton Wanderers	Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Barnsley
2023–24	Barnsley 1–3 Bolton Wanderers Oxford United 1–0 Peterborough United	Bolton Wanderers 2–3 Barnsley Peterborough United 1–1 Oxford United	Bolton Wanderers 0–2 Oxford United
2024–25	Leyton Orient 2–2 Stockport County Wycombe Wanderers 0–0 Charlton Athletic	Stockport County 1–1 Leyton Orient Charlton Athletic 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers	Charlton Athletic 1–0 Leyton Orient

Relegated teams

Expelled in August 2019 after financial breaches.

Top scorers

In 35 games. Season truncated because of coronavirus.

Attendances

EFL League One is the most-watched third-tier domestic sports league in the world, with an average of 10,613 spectators per game in the 2022–23 season, also making it one of the top ten most watched leagues in Europe. The closest third-tier association football league in terms of average attendance is the Germany 3. Liga.
The highest average attendance since the restructure into League One was the 2022–23 season, when over 5.3 million spectators watched games, with an average of 10,613 per game. The highest average attendance by a single club was Sunderland in the 2018–19 season with 32,157. They also set the League One attendance record for a single game in the same season, when 46,039 spectators attended the Boxing Day game against Bradford City.