List of Football League Championship stadiums

Since the inception of the Football League Championship, England's current second tier, in 2004, there have been 49 stadiums used in the League. Following the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989, the Taylor Report recommended the abolition of standing terraces by the start of the 199495 season, to be replaced by all-seater stadiums.[1] Certain grounds have had terracing in recent years.

Stadiums

Those marked in bold indicate teams playing in the 2014–15 season, while those in italics have been demolished.

Stadium Image Club Location Opened Closed Capacity Coordinates Ref(s)
Alexandra Stadium Crewe Alexandra Crewe 1906 10,153 53°5′14.71″N 2°26′8.69″W / 53.0874194°N 2.4357472°W
Ashton Gate Bristol City Bristol 1904 21,497 51°26′24.54″N 2°37′13.09″W / 51.4401500°N 2.6203028°W
Bloomfield Road Blackpool Blackpool 1899 17,338 53°48′17″N 3°2′53″W / 53.80472°N 3.04806°W
Boleyn Ground
(Upton Park)
West Ham United London 1904 35,016 51°31′55″N 0°2′22″E / 51.53194°N 0.03944°E
Bramall Lane Sheffield United Sheffield 1855 32,702 53°22′13″N 1°28′15″W / 53.37028°N 1.47083°W
Britannia Stadium Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent 1997 27,740 52°59′18″N 2°10′32″W / 52.98833°N 2.17556°W
Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff City Cardiff 2009 33,280 51°28′22″N 3°12′11″W / 51.47278°N 3.20306°W
Carrow Road Norwich City Norwich 1935 27,244 52°37′19.66″N 1°18′13.15″W / 52.6221278°N 1.3036528°W
City Ground Nottingham Forest Nottingham 1898 30,576 52°56′24″N 1°7′58″W / 52.94000°N 1.13278°W
Craven Cottage Fulham London 1896 51°28′30″N 0°13′18″W / 51.47500°N 0.22167°W
Dean Court Bournemouth Bournemouth 1910 12,000 50°44′07″N 1°50′18″W / 50.73528°N 1.83833°W
Deepdale Preston North End Preston 1860 24,500 53°46′20″N 2°41′17″W / 53.77222°N 2.68806°W
DW Stadium Wigan Athletic Wigan 1999 25,133 53°32′52″N 2°39′14″W / 53.54778°N 2.65389°W Previously called the JJB Stadium[2]
Elland Road Leeds United Leeds 1897 39,460 53°46′40″N 1°34′20″W / 53.77778°N 1.57222°W
Ewood Park Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 1883 31,154 53°43′43″N 2°29′21″W / 53.72861°N 2.48917°W
Falmer Stadium Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton 2011 30,750 50°51′42.56″N 0°4′59.80″W / 50.8618222°N 0.0832778°W
Fratton Park Portsmouth Portsmouth 1898 20,224 50°47′47″N 1°3′50″W / 50.79639°N 1.06389°W
Galpharm Stadium Huddersfield Town Huddersfield 1994 24,500 53°39′15″N 1°46′6″W / 53.65417°N 1.76833°W
Glanford Park Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe 1988 9,088 53°35′12.21″N 0°41′42.96″W / 53.5867250°N 0.6952667°W
Griffin Park Brentford London 1904 12,763 51°29′17.46″N 0°18′9.50″W / 51.4881833°N 0.3026389°W
Highfield Road Coventry City Coventry 1899 2005 23,489 52°24′43″N 1°29′24″W / 52.41194°N 1.49000°W
Hillsborough Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield 1899 39,812 53°24′41″N 1°30′2″W / 53.41139°N 1.50056°W
Home Park Plymouth Argyle Plymouth 1893 16,388 50°23′17″N 4°09′3″W / 50.38806°N 4.15083°W
Huish Park Yeovil Town Yeovil 1990 9,565 50°57′01″N 2°40′29.57″W / 50.95028°N 2.6748806°W
Kenilworth Road Luton Town Luton 1905 10,226 51°53′03″N 0°25′54″W / 51.88417°N 0.43167°W
KC Stadium Hull City Kingston upon Hull 2002 25,400 53°44′46″N 0°22′4″W / 53.74611°N 0.36778°W
Keepmoat Stadium Doncaster Rovers Doncaster 2006 15,231 53°30′35″N 1°6′50″W / 53.50972°N 1.11389°W
King Power Stadium Leicester City Leicester 2002 32,262 52°37′13″N 1°8′32″W / 52.62028°N 1.14222°W Previously called Walkers Stadium[3]
Layer Road Colchester United Colchester 1910 2008 6,320 51°52′37.25″N 0°53′00.33″E / 51.8770139°N 0.8834250°E
Liberty Stadium Swansea City Swansea 2005 20,750 51°38′32″N 3°56′06″W / 51.6422°N 3.9351°W
London Road Peterborough United Peterborough 1913 15,315 52°33′52.91″N 0°14′25.46″W / 52.5646972°N 0.2404056°W
Loftus Road Queens Park Rangers London 1904 18,360 51°30′33″N 0°13′56″W / 51.50917°N 0.23222°W
Madejski Stadium Reading Reading 1998 24,224 51°25′20″N 0°58′58″W / 51.42222°N 0.98278°W
Millmoor Rotherham United Rotherham 1907 2008 8,300 53°25′42.12″N 1°22′12.83″W / 53.4283667°N 1.3702306°W
Molineux Stadium Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton 1889 30,852 52°35′25″N 2°07′49″W / 52.59028°N 2.13028°W
New York Stadium Rotherham United Rotherham 2013 12,021 53°25′40″N 1°21′43″W / 53.4279°N 1.362°W
Ninian Park Cardiff City Cardiff 1910 2009 21,508 51°28′29″N 3°12′00″W / 51.47472°N 3.20000°W
Oakwell Barnsley Barnsley 1888 23,009 53°33′8″N 1°28′3″W / 53.55222°N 1.46750°W
Portman Road Ipswich Town Ipswich 1884 30,311 52°3′18.22″N 1°8′41.39″E / 52.0550611°N 1.1448306°E
Pride Park Stadium Derby County Derby 1997 33,597 52°54′54″N 1°26′50″W / 52.91500°N 1.44722°W
Priestfield Stadium Gillingham Gillingham 1893 11,582 51°23′3.3″N 0°33′38.71″E / 51.384250°N 0.5607528°E
Macron Stadium Bolton Wanderers Bolton 1997 28,100 53°34′50″N 2°32′8″W / 53.58056°N 2.53556°W Previously known as the Reebok Stadium
Ricoh Arena Coventry City Coventry 2005 32,609 52°26′53″N 1°29′44″W / 52.44806°N 1.49556°W
Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 1995 34,742 54°34′42″N 1°13′1″W / 54.57833°N 1.21694°W
Roots Hall Southend United Southend-on-Sea 1952 12,392 51°32′56.46″N 0°42′5.61″E / 51.5490167°N 0.7015583°E
Selhurst Park Crystal Palace London 1924 26,255 51°23′54″N 0°5′8″W / 51.39833°N 0.08556°W
Stadium of Light Sunderland Sunderland 1997 49,000 54°54′52″N 1°23′18″W / 54.9144°N 1.3882°W
St Andrew's Birmingham City Birmingham 1906 30,016 52°28′32.53″N 1°52′05.48″W / 52.4757028°N 1.8681889°W
St James' Park Newcastle United Newcastle 1892 52,405 54°58′32″N 1°37′18″W / 54.97556°N 1.62167°W
St Mary's Stadium Southampton Southampton 2001 32,689 50°54′21″N 1°23′28″W / 50.90583°N 1.39111°W
The Hawthorns West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich 1900 26,445 52°30′33″N 1°57′50″W / 52.50917°N 1.96389°W
The Den Millwall London 1993 20,146 51°29′9.43″N 0°3′3.42″W / 51.4859528°N 0.0509500°W
The Valley Charlton Athletic London 1919 27,111 51°29′11″N 0°2′11″E / 51.48639°N 0.03639°E
Turf Moor Burnley Burnley 1883 22,546 53°47′21″N 2°13′49″W / 53.78917°N 2.23028°W
Vicarage Road Watford Watford 1922 17,477 (Increasing to 20,877) 51°38′59.41″N 0°24′5.35″W / 51.6498361°N 0.4014861°W
Withdean Stadium Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton 1936 2011 8,850 50°51′7″N 0°9′32″W / 50.85194°N 0.15889°W [4]

References

  1. Fox, Norman (18 April 1999). "Football: Fayed's race against time". The Independent. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  2. "New name announce for stadium". Wigan Today. 25 March 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  3. "Leicester rename Walkers Stadium the King Power Stadium". BBC Sport. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  4. "Delay but Stadium moves closer to reality". Brighton & Hove Albion. 2 October 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2008.