List of teams promoted from the English Football League Championship and predecessors
Football League Second Division (1893–1992)
Team marked with an asterisk (*) was not promoted

List of teams promoted from the English Football League Championship and predecessors

Section Title: Football League Second Division (1893–1992)
Table Section Text: Team marked with an asterisk (*) was not promoted

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Third Qualifiers	Fourth Qualifiers

1892–93	Small Heath*	Sheffield United	Darwen

1893–94	Liverpool	Birmingham City

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	Sheffield 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 City

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

1915–19	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	Sheffield 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

1939–46	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

Sentence(s)

Leicester are equal with Manchester City for having won the most English second tier titles.

final_sentence: Leicester are equal with Manchester City for having won the most English second tier titles.