Football League Championship 2013-14

The 2013–14 Football League Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the tenth season of the Football League Championship under its current title, the twenty-first season under its current league division format and will mark the 125th anniversary of the Football League's inaugural season. The season started on 3 August 2013 and finished on 3 May 2014, with all matches on the final day kicking off simultaneously.
==Changes from last season==
===Team changes===
The following teams have changed division since the 2012–13 season.
====To Championship====
Promoted from League One
* AFC Bournemouth
* Doncaster Rovers
* Yeovil Town
Relegated from Premier League
* Queens Park Rangers 
* Reading
* Wigan Athletic
====From Championship====
Relegated to League One
* Bristol City
* Peterborough United
* Wolverhampton Wanderers
Promoted to Premier League
* Cardiff City
* Crystal Palace
* Hull City
===Rule changes===
Changes to the Championship's financial fair play system allow clubs:
* Acceptable losses of £3 million during the 2013–14 season (down from £4 million during the 2012–13 season)
* Acceptable shareholder equity investment of £5 million during the 2013–14 season (down from £6 million during the 2012–13 season).
* Sanctions for exceeding the allowances take effect from the set of accounts relating to the 2013–14 season which are due to be submitted on 1 December 2014.
==Teams==
Of the 24 participating teams, eighteen remain following the 2012–13 Football League Championship. They are joined by three teams promoted from the 2012–13 Football League One and three relegated from the 2012–13 Premier League.
On 20 April 2013, Bournemouth were promoted to the Championship after Brentford's 1–1 draw with Hartlepool. A week later, Doncaster were promoted as champions of League One after scoring a late goal against Brentford. This pushed Bournemouth down to second place. On 19 May, Yeovil Town won promotion by beating Brentford in the 2013 Football League One play-off Final.
On 28 April 2013, Queens Park Rangers and Reading were both relegated from the Premier League after a goalless draw against each other. On 14 May, Wigan Athletic were relegated from the Premier League after a 4–1 defeat at Arsenal.
==Team overview==
===Stadia and locations===
Team	Location 	Stadium 	Capacity
 	Barnsley 	Oakwell 	23,009
 	Birmingham 	St Andrew's 	30,016
 	Blackburn 	Ewood Park 	31,154
 	Blackpool 	Bloomfield Road 	17,338
 	Horwich 	Reebok Stadium 	28,100
 	Bournemouth 	Dean Court 	12,000
 	Brighton 	Falmer Stadium 	30,750
 	Burnley 	Turf Moor 	22,546
 	London (Charlton) 	The Valley 	27,111
 	Derby County F.C. 	Pride Park 	33,597
 	Doncaster 	Keepmoat Stadium 	15,231
 	Huddersfield 	John Smith's Stadium	24,500
 	Ipswich 	Portman Road 	30,311
 	Leeds 	Elland Road 	39,460
 	Leicester 	King Power Stadium 	32,262
 	Middlesbrough 	Riverside Stadium 	34,742
 	London (South Bermondsey)	The Den 	20,146
 	Nottingham 	City Ground 	30,576
 	London (White City) 	Loftus Road 	18,360
 	Reading 	Madejski Stadium 	24,224
 	Sheffield 	Hillsborough 	39,812
 	Watford 	Vicarage Road 	17,477
 	Wigan 	DW Stadium 	25,133
 	Yeovil 	Huish Park 	9,565
Source: Football Ground Guide.
===Personnel and sponsoring===
Team 	Manager1 	Chairman 	Team captain	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsor
Barnsley 	 	 	 	Nike 	C.K. Beckett
Birmingham City 	 	 	 	Diadora 	Nicolites
Blackburn Rovers 	 	Vacant 	 	Nike 	RFS
Blackpool 	(interim)	 	 	Erreà 	Wonga
Bolton Wanderers 	 	 	 	adidas 	FibrLec
Bournemouth 	 	 	 	Fila 	Energy Consulting
Brighton & Hove Albion	 	 	 	Erreà 	American Express
Burnley 	 	 	 	Puma 	Premier Range
Charlton Athletic 	 	 	 	Nike 	Andrews Air-conditioning
Derby County 	 	 	 	Kappa 	buymobiles.net
Doncaster Rovers 	 	Vacant 	 	Just Sport 	One Call Insurance
Huddersfield Town 	 	 	 	Puma 	Rekorderlig Cider (H) RadianB (A) Cavonia (3rd)
Ipswich Town 	 	 	 	Mitre 	Marcus Evans
Leeds United 	 	Salah Nooruddin	 	Macron 	Enterprise Insurance (front) Help Link Direct (back)
Leicester City 	 	 	 	Puma 	King Power (front) Amazing Thailand (back)
Middlesbrough 	 	 	 	adidas 	Ramsdens
Millwall 	 	 	 	Macron 	Prostate Cancer UK
Nottingham Forest 	(interim)	 	 	adidas 	Fawaz International Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Company
Queens Park Rangers 	 	 	 	Lotto 	AirAsia
Reading 	 	 	 	Puma 	Waitrose (front) Marussia F1 (rear)
Sheffield Wednesday 	 	 	 	Puma 	Front Home: WANdisco Bartercard (front away) GCI Com (back)
Watford 	 	 	 	Puma 	138.com (front) Football Manager (back)
Wigan Athletic 	 	 	 	MiFit 	12BET
Yeovil Town 	 	 	 	Sondico 	W+S Recycling
* 1 According to current revision of List of English Football League managers
====Managerial changes====
Team 	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy 	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Doncaster Rovers 	 	End of contract 	3 May 2013 	Pre-season 	 	20 May 2013
Millwall 	 	Resigned 	7 May 2013 	Pre-season 	 	6 June 2013
Wigan Athletic 	 	Signed by Everton 	3 June 2013 	Pre-season 	 	14 June 2013
Brighton & Hove Albion	 	Sacked 	23 June 2013 	Pre-season 	 	26 June 2013
Derby County 	 	Sacked 	28 September 2013	14th 	 	30 September 2013
Middlesbrough 	 	Sacked 	21 October 2013 	16th 	 	13 November 2013
Barnsley 	 	Sacked 	30 November 2013 	24th 	 	17 December 2013
Sheffield Wednesday 	 	Sacked 	1 December 2013 	23rd 	 	25 January 2014
Wigan Athletic 	 	Sacked 	2 December 2013 	14th 	 	7 December 2013
Watford 	 	Resigned 	16 December 2013 	13th 	 	18 December 2013
Millwall 	 	Sacked 	26 December 2013 	20th 	 	6 January 2014
Blackpool 	 	Sacked 	21 January 2014 	14th 	 	4 March 2014
Charlton Athletic 	 	Sacked 	11 March 2014 	24th 	 	11 March 2014
Nottingham Forest 	 	Sacked 	24 March 2014 	7th 	 	1 July 2014
==League table==
===Play-offs===
==Results==
==Season statistics==
===Top scorers===
Rank	Player 	Club 	Goals
1 	Ross McCormack 	Leeds United 	29
2 	Jordan Rhodes 	Blackburn Rovers 	25
3 	Troy Deeney 	Watford 	24
4 	Danny Ings 	Burnley 	22
4 	Lewis Grabban 	AFC Bournemouth 	22
4 	Chris Martin1 	Derby County 	22
7 	David Nugent 	Leicester City 	20
7 	Sam Vokes 	Burnley 	20
9 	Charlie Austin1	Queens Park Rangers	19
10 	Craig Bryson 	Derby County 	16
10 	Jamie Vardy 	Leicester City 	16
# - includes 2 goals in the play-offs
===Penalties===
Rank	Player 	Club 	Scored
1 	David Nugent 	Leicester City 	9
2 	Lewis Grabban 	AFC Bournemouth 	7
3 	Troy Deeney 	Watford 	6
4 	Chris Martin1 	Derby County 	5
4 	Charlie Austin1	Queens Park Rangers	5
6 	Chris O'Grady 	Barnsley 	4
6 	Jordan Rhodes 	Blackburn Rovers 	4
6 	Sam Vokes 	Burnley 	4
#- includes 1 penalty in the play-offs
===Hat-tricks===
#.	Player 	Club 	Against 	Score	Date
1 	Troy Deeney 	Watford 	AFC Bournemouth 	6–1 	10 August 2013
2 	James Vaughan 	Huddersfield Town	AFC Bournemouth 	5–1 	24 August 2013
3 	Craig Bryson 	Derby County 	Millwall 	1–5 	14 September 2013
4 	Jesse Lingard4 	Birmingham City 	Sheffield Wednesday	4–1 	21 September 2013
5 	Ross McCormack4	Leeds United 	Charlton Athletic 	2–4 	9 November 2013
6 	Chris Martin 	Derby County 	Blackpool 	5–1 	7 December 2013
7 	Adam le Fondre 	Reading 	Bolton Wanderers 	7–1 	18 January 2014
8 	Adam le Fondre 	Reading 	Blackpool 	5–1 	28 January 2014
9 	Ross McCormack 	Leeds United 	Huddersfield Town 	5–1 	1 February 2014
10	Yann Kermorgant	AFC Bournemouth 	Doncaster Rovers 	5–0 	1 March 2014
11	Jordan Rhodes 	Blackburn Rovers 	Huddersfield Town 	2–4 	15 March 2014
12	Craig Bryson 	Derby County 	Nottingham Forest 	5–0 	22 March 2014
13	Rudy Gestede 	Blackburn Rovers 	Birmingham City 	2–4 	21 April 2014
14	Marvin Sordell 	Charlton Athletic	 	2–3 	21 April 2014
15	Danny Ward 	Huddersfield Town	Watford 	1–4 	3 May 2014
16	Callum Harriott	Charlton Athletic	Blackpool 	0–3 	3 May 2014
* 4 Player scored 4 goals
===Scoring===
*First goal: Danny Ings for Burnley against Bolton Wanderers (3 August 2013)
*Fastest goal: 15 seconds, David Goodwillie for Blackpool against Derby County (8 April 2014)
*Widest winning margin: 6 goals
**Sheffield Wednesday 6–0 Leeds United (11 January 2014)
**Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers (18 January 2014)
*Highest scoring game: 8 goals
**Derby County 4–4 Ipswich Town (1 October 2013)
**Leicester City 5–3 Bolton Wanderers (29 December 2013)
**Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers (18 January 2014)
*Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals
**Reading 7–1 Bolton Wanderers (18 January 2014)
*Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
**Leicester City 5–3 Bolton Wanderers (29 December 2013)
**Blackburn Rovers 4–3 Wigan Athletic (3 May 2014)
===Abandoned games===
*Charlton Athletic 1–3 Doncaster Rovers (24 August 2013) ~ Charlton Athletic 2–0 Doncaster Rovers (Replay) 
*Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Wigan Athletic (18 December 2013) ~ Sheffield Wednesday 0–3 Wigan Athletic (Replay) 
==Monthly awards==
Month 	Manager of the Month	Manager of the Month 	Player of the Month	Player of the Month
Month 	Manager 	Club 	Player 	Club
August 	Paul Ince 	Blackpool 	James Vaughan 	Huddersfield Town
September	Sean Dyche 	Burnley 	David McGoldrick 	Ipswich Town
October 	Sean Dyche 	Burnley 	Danny Ings 	Burnley
November 	Óscar Garcia 	Brighton & Hove Albion	Ross McCormack 	Leeds United
December 	Steve McClaren 	Derby County 	Danny Drinkwater 	Leicester City
January 	Nigel Pearson 	Leicester City 	Adam le Fondre 	Reading
February 	Uwe Rösler 	Wigan Athletic 	Sam Vokes 	Burnley
March 	Nigel Pearson 	Leicester City 	Ravel Morrison 	Queens Park Rangers
April 	Sean Dyche 	Burnley 	Rudy Gestede 	Blackburn Rovers
== Transfers ==
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