Football League Championship 2009-10

==Promotion and relegation==
===Start of season===
Teams promoted to Premier League 2009-10
* Wolverhampton Wanderers (Champions)
* Birmingham City (Runners-up)
* Burnley (Playoff winners)
Teams promoted from League One 2008-09
* Leicester City (Champions)
* Peterborough United (Runners-up)
* Scunthorpe United (Playoff winners)
===End of season===
Teams relegated from Premier League 2009-10
* Burnley
* Hull City
* Portsmouth
Teams relegated to League One 2010-11
* Sheffield Wednesday
* Plymouth Argyle
* Peterborough United
==Current league table==
Pos	Club 	P 	W 	D 	L 	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Comments
1 	(C) (P)	46	30	12	4 	90	35	+55	102	Promotion to Premier League
2 	(P) 	46	26	13	7 	89	48	+41	91 	Promotion to Premier League
3 	 	46	22	13	11	65	40	+25	79 	Qualification to League Championship playoffs
4 	 	46	22	10	14	73	54	+19	76 	Qualification to League Championship playoffs
5 	 	46	21	13	12	61	45	+16	76 	Qualification to League Championship playoffs
6 	(P) 	46	19	13	14	74	58	+16	70 	Qualification to League Championship playoffs
7 	 	46	17	18	11	40	37	+3 	69 	
8 	 	46	17	14	15	62	55	+7 	65 	
9 	 	46	17	12	17	68	63	+5 	63 	
10 	 	46	15	18	13	56	65	-9 	63 	
11 	 	46	16	14	16	58	50	+8 	62 	
12 	 	46	15	15	16	59	58	+1 	60 	
13 	 	46	14	15	17	58	65	-7 	57 	
14 	 	46	15	11	20	53	63	-10	56 	
15 	 	46	12	20	14	50	61	-11	56 	
16 	 	46	14	12	20	61	68	-7 	54 	
17 	 	46	13	15	18	58	73	-15	54 	
18 	 	46	14	12	20	53	69	-16	54 	
19 	 	46	13	15	18	47	64	-17	54 	
20 	 	46	14	10	22	62	84	-22	52 	
21 	 	46	14	17	15	50	53	-3 	49*	
22 	(R) 	46	11	14	21	49	69	-20	47 	Relegated to League One
23 	(R) 	46	11	8 	27	43	68	-25	41 	Relegated to League One
24 	(R) 	46	8 	10	28	46	80	-34	34 	Relegated to League One
Football League Championship 2009-10 Winners
Newcastle United1st Championship title
==Play-offs==
**After extra time and penalties.
==Top goalscorers==
Scorer 	Goals	Team
Peter Whittingham	21 	Cardiff City
Nicky Maynard 	20 	Bristol City
Gary Hooper 	19 	Scunthorpe United
Charlie Adam 	17 	Blackpool
Andy Carroll 	17 	Newcastle United
Kevin Nolan 	17 	Newcastle United
Gylfi Sigurðsson 	17 	Reading
Michael Chopra 	16 	Cardiff City
Darren Ambrose 	15 	Crystal Palace
Robert Earnshaw 	15 	Nottingham Forest
Billy Sharp 	15 	Doncaster Rovers
==External links and references==
2009-10