Event | 2015–16 Football League Championship | ||||||
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Date | 28 May 2016 | ||||||
Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
Man of the Match | Mohamed Diamé | ||||||
Referee | Bobby Madley | ||||||
Attendance | 70,189 | ||||||
The 2016 Football League Championship play-off Final was a football match contested between Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City. The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 28 May 2016 at 17:00. Hull City won 1–0 after a Mohamed Diamé goal in the 72nd minute, and was therefore promoted to the Premier League for the next season. Success in the final was estimated to be worth up to £170 million to the winning team.
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
Hull City were allocated 38,956 tickets for the final with prices ranging from £36 to £98. They failed to sell their full allocation of tickets and due to supporter segregation, the seats remained unsold.