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 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth season under its current league division format. It began in August 2004 and concluded in May 2005, with the promotion play-off finals. This was the first season to feature the rebranded Football League. The First Division, Second Division and Third Division were renamed the Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League Two respectively. Coca-Cola replaced the Nationwide Building Society as title sponsor.

The winners of the Championship in 2005 are Sunderland. Wigan Athletic reached the Premiership as Championship runners-up. They had been elected to the Football League only 27 years earlier, had been the league's fourth lowest club 11 years earlier and until 2 years before reaching the Premiership they had never played in the upper half of the English league. Nottingham Forest were relegated from the Championship to League One, becoming the first former European Cup winners to slide into the third tier of their domestic league – having won two straight European Cups a quarter of a century earlier. Just ten years ago they had finished third in the Premiership and reached the following season's UEFA Cup quarter finals.

Changes from last season

From Championship

Promoted to Premier League

Relegated to League One

To Championship

Relegated from Premier League

Promoted from League One

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sunderland !Sunderland (C) (P)	46	29	7	10	76	41	+35	94	Promotion to 2005–06 FA Premier League
2	Wigan Athletic !Wigan Athletic (P)	46	25	12	9	79	35	+44	87	Promotion to 2005–06 FA Premier League
3	Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	46	24	13	9	85	56	+29	85	Qualification to 2004-05 Championship Play-offs
4	Derby County !Derby County	46	22	10	14	71	60	+11	76
5	Preston North End !Preston North End	46	21	12	13	67	58	+9	75
6	West Ham United !West Ham United (P)	46	21	10	15	66	56	+10	73
7	Reading !Reading	46	19	13	14	51	44	+7	70
8	Sheffield United !Sheffield United	46	18	13	15	57	56	+1	67
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	15	21	10	72	59	+13	66
10	Millwall !Millwall	46	18	12	16	51	45	+6	66
11	Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	46	17	11	18	54	58	−4	62
12	Stoke City !Stoke City	46	17	10	19	36	38	−2	61
13	Burnley !Burnley	46	15	15	16	38	39	−1	60
14	Leeds United !Leeds United	46	14	18	14	49	52	−3	60
15	Leicester City !Leicester City	46	12	21	13	49	46	+3	57
16	Cardiff City !Cardiff City	46	13	15	18	48	51	−3	54
17	Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle	46	14	11	21	52	64	−12	53
18	Watford !Watford	46	12	16	18	52	59	−7	52
19	Coventry City !Coventry City	46	13	13	20	61	73	−12	52
20	Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion	46	13	12	21	40	65	−25	51
21	Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra	46	12	14	20	66	86	−20	50
22	Gillingham !Gillingham (R)	46	12	14	20	45	66	−21	50	Relegation to 2005–06 League One
23	Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest (R)	46	9	17	20	42	66	−24	44
24	Rotherham United !Rotherham United (R)	46	5	14	27	35	69	−34	29

Updated to games played on 9 December 2011.
Source: Football League Tables
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.

Play-offs

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

Stadia

Brighton & Hove Albion

Locations of teams in the 2004–05 Football League Championship

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

External links

Football League Tables

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

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FA competitions

Premier League and
Football League

Football Conference

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

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

Championship	Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Cardiff City Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Derby County Gillingham Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Millwall Nottingham Forest Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield United Stoke City Sunderland Watford West Ham United Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	Barnsley Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bristol City Chesterfield Colchester United Doncaster Rovers Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Hull City Luton Town Milton Keynes Dons Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Sheffield Wednesday Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham

League Two	Boston United Bristol Rovers Bury Cambridge United Cheltenham Town Chester City Darlington Grimsby Town Kidderminster Harriers Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Notts County Oxford United Rochdale Rushden & Diamonds Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town

Conference National	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Town Barnet Burton Albion Canvey Island Carlisle United Crawley Town Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Farnborough Town Forest Green Rovers Gravesend & Northfleet Halifax Town Hereford United Leigh RMI Morecambe Northwich Victoria Scarborough Stevenage Borough Tamworth Woking York City

Others	AFC Wimbledon Gateshead Newport County

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