2004–05 Football League Championship

Football League Championship
Season	2004–05
Champions	Sunderland
Promoted	Sunderland; Wigan Athletic; West Ham United
Relegated	Gillingham; Nottingham Forest; Rotherham United
	← 2003–04 First Division 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Football League Championship (known as the

Football League Two respectively. Coca-Cola replaced the Nationwide Building Society as title sponsor

.
The winners of the Championship in 2005 are
UEFA Cup
quarter finals.

Changes from last season

From Championship

Promoted to
Premier League

Norwich City

West Bromwich Albion

Crystal Palace

Relegated to
League One

Walsall

Bradford City

Wimbledon

To Championship

Relegated from
Premier League

Leicester City

Leeds United

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Promoted from
League One

Plymouth Argyle

Queens Park Rangers

Brighton & Hove Albion

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation

1 Sunderland (C, P) 46 29 7 10 76 41 +35 94 Promotion to the FA Premier League

2 Wigan Athletic (P) 46 25 12 9 79 35 +44 87

3 Ipswich Town 46 24 13 9 85 56 +29 85 Qualification for Championship play-offs

4 Derby County 46 22 10 14 71 60 +11 76

5 Preston North End 46 21 12 13 67 58 +9 75

6 West Ham United (O, P) 46 21 10 15 66 56 +10 73

7 Reading 46 19 13 14 51 44 +7 70

8 Sheffield United 46 18 13 15 57 56 +1 67

9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 15 21 10 72 59 +13 66

10 Millwall 46 18 12 16 51 45 +6 66

11 Queens Park Rangers 46 17 11 18 54 58 −4 62

12 Stoke City 46 17 10 19 36 38 −2 61

13 Burnley 46 15 15 16 38 39 −1 60

14 Leeds United 46 14 18 14 49 52 −3 60

15 Leicester City 46 12 21 13 49 46 +3 57

16 Cardiff City 46 13 15 18 48 51 −3 54

17 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 11 21 52 64 −12 53

18 Watford 46 12 16 18 52 59 −7 52

19 Coventry City 46 13 13 20 61 73 −12 52

20 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 13 12 21 40 65 −25 51

21 Crewe Alexandra 46 12 14 20 66 86 −20 50

22 Gillingham (R) 46 12 14 20 45 66 −21 50 Relegation to
Football League One

23 Nottingham Forest (R) 46 9 17 20 42 66 −24 44

24 Rotherham United (R) 46 5 14 27 35 69 −34 29
Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2011. Source: Football League Tables
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

See also: 2005 Football League play-offs § Championship

Semi-finals Final

6 West Ham United 2 2 4
3 Ipswich Town 2 0 2
5 Preston North End 0

6 West Ham United 1
5 Preston North End 2 0 2
4 Derby County 0 0 0

Results

Home \ Away BHA BUR CAR COV CRE DER GIL IPS LEE LEI MIL NOT PLY PNE QPR REA ROT SHE STK SUN WAT WHU WIG WOL

Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–4 0–1

Burnley 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1

Cardiff City 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–3 4–1 0–2 1–1

Coventry City 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 6–2 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–2

Crewe Alexandra 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–2 0–1 3–0 2–3 1–3 1–4

Derby County 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–4 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 0–3 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 0–1 3–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–3

Gillingham 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–3 2–1 0–4 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0

Ipswich Town 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–2 5–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 6–0 3–2 3–0 0–2 1–1 4–3 5–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 2–1

Leeds United 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 6–1 3–1 0–0 0–4 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–1

Leicester City 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1

Millwall 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 4–3 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–1
0–0
1–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–2
1–0
0–2 1–2

Nottingham Forest 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–4 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0

Plymouth Argyle 5–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–2

Preston North End 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–2

Queens Park Rangers 0–0 3–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–4 1–1 3–2
1–1
2–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 3–1
1–0
1–0 1–1

Reading 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 4–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–2

Rotherham United 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 2–3 1–3 1–3 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–2

Sheffield United 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 3–3

Stoke City 2–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–1

Sunderland 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–3 2–1 1–0 2–0 5–1 3–1 2–2 1–2 4–1 1–0 1–0 4–2 0–2 1–1 3–1

Watford 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–3 3–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–2 3–1 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1

West Ham United 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–2
1–1
3–2 5–0 1–2
2–1
1–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–3 1–0

Wigan Athletic 3–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 4–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 5–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–0

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 4–1 2–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–2 3–3

Updated to match(es) played on 10 September 2020. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadiums

Leeds United
Leicester City
Millwall
Nottingham Forest
Plymouth Argyle
Preston North End
QPR
Reading
Rotherham United
Sheffield United
Stoke City
Sunderland
Watford
West Ham United
Wigan Athletic
Wolves

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Locations of teams in the 2004–05 Football League Championship

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Sunderland	Stadium of Light	49,000
Leeds United	Elland Road	37,697
West Ham United	Boleyn Ground	35,146
Derby County	Pride Park Stadium	33,597
Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	32,609
Leicester City	Walkers Stadium	32,500
Nottingham Forest	City Ground	30,602
Ipswich Town	Portman Road	30,311
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Molineux Stadium	28,525
Stoke City	Britannia Stadium	28,000
Wigan Athletic	JJB Stadium	25,138
Preston North End	Deepdale	24,500
Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,161
Coventry City	Highfield Road	23,489
Burnley	Turf Moor	22,546
Cardiff City	Ninian Park	22,008
Millwall	The New Den	20,146
Watford	Vicarage Road	19,920
Plymouth Argyle	Home Park	19,500
Queens Park Rangers	Loftus Road	19,128
Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium	11,582
Crewe Alexandra	Alexandra Stadium	10,046
Brighton & Hove Albion	Withdean Stadium	8,850
Rotherham United	Millmoor	8,300

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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
EFL Championship	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
See also	Football Alliance
List of champions

Changes from last season

From Championship

To Championship

League table

Play-offs

Results

Stadiums

External links