2005–06 Football League Championship

Football League Championship
Season	2005–06
Champions	Reading
Promoted	Reading Sheffield United Watford
Relegated	Crewe Alexandra Millwall Brighton & Hove Albion
Matches played	557
Goals scored	1341 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marlon King (Watford), 21^[1]
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the league under its current title and fourteenth season under its current league division format.

Reading dominated the Championship, setting a new league record of 33 league games unbeaten between the opening day defeat by Plymouth Argyle and the loss at Luton Town in February; these were the only league defeats the team would suffer that season. On 25 March 2006 they clinched promotion to the top flight for the first time in their 135-year history thanks to a 1–1 draw away to Leicester City. Coppell's team secured the league title in the following week, with a 5–0 drubbing of Derby County, and they would go on to set a new English league record for the number of points won in a season, with 106.

Changes from last season

Team changes

From Championship

Promoted to Premier League

Relegated to League One

To Championship

Promoted from League One

Relegated from Premier League

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Championship 2005–2006 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Burnley !Burnley	Burnley	Turf Moor	22,546
Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton & Hove	Withdean Stadium	8,850
Cardiff City !Cardiff City	Cardiff	Ninian Park	21,508
Coventry City !Coventry City	Coventry	Ricoh Arena	32,602
Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra	Crewe	Alexandra Stadium	10,153
Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	London	Selhurst Park	26,309
Derby County !Derby County	Derby	Pride Park Stadium	33,597
Hull City !Hull City	Hull	KC Stadium	25,586
Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Portman Road	30,311
Leeds United !Leeds United	Leeds	Elland Road	39,460
Leicester City !Leicester City	Leicester	Walkers Stadium	32,500
Luton Town !Luton Town	Luton	Kenilworth Road	10,226
Millwall !Millwall	London	The Den	20,146
Norwich City !Norwich City	Norwich	Carrow Road	26,018
Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	18,000
Preston North End !Preston North End	Preston	Deepdale	23,408
Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	London	Loftus Road	18,360
Reading !Reading	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,161
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	Sheffield	Bramall Lane	32,702
Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	Hillsborough Stadium	39,812
Southampton !Southampton	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,690
Stoke City !Stoke City	Stoke	Britannia Stadium	27,740
Watford !Watford	Watford	Vicarage Road	17,504
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	Molineux	27,828

League Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Reading !Reading (C) (P)	46	31	13	2	99	32	+67	106	Promotion to 2006–07 FA Premier League
2	Sheffield United !Sheffield United (P)	46	26	14	6	76	46	+30	92	Promotion to 2006–07 FA Premier League
3	Watford !Watford (P)	46	22	15	9	77	53	+24	81	Qualification to 2005–06 Championship Playoffs
4	Preston North End !Preston North End	46	20	20	6	59	30	+29	80
5	Leeds United !Leeds United	46	21	15	10	57	38	+19	78
6	Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	46	21	12	13	67	48	+19	75
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	16	19	11	50	42	+8	67
8	Coventry City !Coventry City	46	16	15	15	62	65	−3	63
9	Norwich City !Norwich City	46	18	8	20	56	65	−9	62
10	Luton Town !Luton Town	46	17	10	19	66	67	−1	61
11	Cardiff City !Cardiff City	46	16	12	18	58	59	−1	60
12	Southampton !Southampton	46	13	19	14	49	50	−1	58
13	Stoke City !Stoke City	46	17	7	22	54	63	−9	58
14	Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle	46	13	17	16	39	46	−7	56
15	Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	46	14	14	18	53	66	−13	56
16	Leicester City !Leicester City	46	13	15	18	51	59	−8	54
17	Burnley !Burnley	46	14	12	20	46	54	−8	54
18	Hull City !Hull City	46	12	16	18	49	55	−6	52
19	Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	46	13	13	20	39	52	−13	52
20	Derby County !Derby County	46	10	20	16	53	67	−14	50
21	Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	46	12	14	20	50	65	−15	50*
22	Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra (R)	46	9	15	22	57	86	−29	42	Relegation to 2006–07 League One
23	Millwall !Millwall (R)	46	8	16	22	35	62	−27	40
24	Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion (R)	46	7	17	22	39	71	−32	38

Updated to games played on 2 December 2011.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Semi-finals

First leg

Leeds United v Preston North End

5 May 2006
19:45 BST

Leeds United	1 – 1	Preston North End
Lewis 74'	Statistics	Nugent 48'

Elland Road
Referee: P Crossley

Crystal Palace v Watford

6 May 2006
12:15 BST

Crystal Palace	0 – 3	Watford
	Statistics	King 46' Young 67' Spring 85'

Selhurst Park
Referee: M J Jones

Second leg

Preston North End v Leeds United

8 May 2006
20:00 BST

Preston North End	0 – 2	Leeds United
	Statistics	Hulse 56' Richardson 61' Crainey 68' Cresswell 90'

Deepdale
Referee: Mike Thorpe

Leeds United win 3-1 on aggregate.

Watford v Crystal Palace

9 May 2006
19:45 BST

Watford	0 – 0	Crystal Palace
	Statistics

Vicarage Road
Referee: Steve Tanner

Watford win 3-0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2006 Football League Championship play-off Final

Leeds United v Watford

21 May 2006
15:00 BST

Leeds United	0 – 3	Watford
	(Details)	DeMerit 25' Sullivan 57' (o.g.) Henderson 84' (pen.)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 64,736
Referee: Mike Dean

References

↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

Football League Championship

2015–16 teams	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Dons Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers

Former clubs	AFC Bournemouth Barnsley Blackpool Colchester United Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Newcastle United Norwich City Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Southampton Southend United Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Swindon Town Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wigan Athletic Yeovil Town

Competition	Seasons Teams (winners) Players (foreign) (International Caps) Managers (current) Stadia Referees

Statistics and awards	Record Football League Awards Golden Boot Golden Glove Manager of the Month Player of the Month Hat-tricks Young Player of the Month

Finances	Club Owners Premier League–Football League gulf

Sponsors	Coca-Cola (2004–10) Npower (2010–13) Sky Bet (2013–18)

Associated competitions	FA Cup Football League Cup Play-offs

Seasons	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Prospects	Promotion to Premier League; Relegation to Football League One

Second level English football league seasons

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Football League First Division	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04

Football League Championship	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

2005–06 in English football

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FA competitions

Premier League and
Football League

Football Conference

Football Conference (National, North, South)

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Other events

2006 English football corruption investigation

Club seasons

FA Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Chelsea Everton Fulham Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Portsmouth Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wigan Athletic

Championship	Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Cardiff City Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Derby County Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke City Watford Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	Barnsley Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bristol City Chesterfield Colchester United Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Milton Keynes Dons Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic Port Vale Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Southend United Swansea City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Yeovil Town

League Two	Barnet Boston United Bristol Rovers Bury Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chester City Darlington Grimsby Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Notts County Oxford United Peterborough United Rochdale Rushden & Diamonds Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Torquay United Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers

Conference National	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Town Altrincham Burton Albion Cambridge United Canvey Island Crawley Town Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Forest Green Rovers Gravesend & Northfleet Grays Athletic Halifax Town Hereford United Kidderminster Harriers Morecambe Scarborough Southport Stevenage Borough Tamworth Woking York City

Others	AFC Wimbledon Gateshead Newport County

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