2016–17 Football League Championship
| Season | 2016–17 |
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| Champions | Newcastle United |
| Promoted |
Newcastle United Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Relegated |
Rotherham United Wigan Athletic Blackburn Rovers |
| Matches played | 552 |
| Goals scored | 1,441 (2.61 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Chris Wood (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
Norwich City 7–1 Reading (8 April 2017) |
| Biggest away win |
Queens Park Rangers 0–6 Newcastle United (13 September 2016) |
| Highest scoring |
Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–4 Fulham (10 December 2016) Burton Albion 3–5 Brentford (18 March 2017) Norwich City 7–1 Reading (8 April 2017) |
| Longest winning run | 8 matches Newcastle United |
| Longest unbeaten run | 18 matches Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Longest winless run | 17 matches Rotherham United |
| Longest losing run | 10 matches Rotherham United |
| Highest attendance | 52,301 Newcastle United 1–1 Leeds United (14 April 2017) |
| Lowest attendance | 3,725 Burton Albion 1–1 Queens Park Rangers (27 September 2016) |
| Average attendance | 20,125 |
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← 2015–16
2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 25 April 2017.
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The 2016–17 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the first season of the EFL Championship under its current name, and the twenty-fifth season under its current league structure.
The season started on 5 August 2016 with the final round of regular league fixtures played on 7 May 2017. The fixtures were announced on 22 June 2016.
A total of 24 teams are contesting the league, including 18 sides from the 2015–16 season, three relegated from the 2015–16 Premier League and three promoted from the 2015–16 Football League One. The 2016–17 season is the first in which former European Cup winners Aston Villa are competing outside of the top flight since the beginning of the Premier League era in 1992.
Promoted from League One
Relegated from Premier League
Relegated to League One
Promoted to Premier League
Notes:
The four teams that finished from third to sixth play off, with the winning team gaining the final promotion spot to the Premier League.
In the play-off semi-finals the third-placed team will play the sixth-placed team and the fourth-placed team will play the fifth-placed team. The team that finished in the higher league position will play away in the first leg and will play at home in the second leg. If the aggregate score is level after both legs, then extra time will be played. If the scores are still level, a penalty shoot-out decides the winner. The away goals rule does not apply in the playoffs.
The winners from the two semi-finals play at Wembley Stadium in the play-off final. The game is known as the richest game in football as the winning club is guaranteed significantly increased television rights payments estimated to be in the order of £170M.
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