Season Description The 2016–17 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of the EFL Championship under its current name, and the twenty-fifth season under its current league structure. Newcastle United were crowned the champions and were promoted to Premier League after just one season in the Championship. Brighton & Hove Albion, alongside Huddersfield Town, both achieved Premier League promotions, via the second automatic promotion place and play-off route respectively, Brighton and Huddersfield Town's first ever since the Premier League formed in 1992. The latter became the first club to gain promotion from the Championship with a negative goal difference.
The season started on 5 August 2016 with the final round of regular league fixtures played on 7 May 2017. The fixtures were announced on 22 June 2016.
Teams
A total of 24 teams contested the league, including 18 sides from the 2015–16 season, three relegated from the 2015–16 Premier League and three promoted from the 2015–16 Football League One. The 2016–17 season was the first in which former European Cup winners Aston Villa played football outside of the top flight since the beginning of the Premier League era in 1992.
Round 1 Fulham vs Newcastle - 19:45:00 Huddersfield Town vs Brentford - 15:00:00 Ipswich vs Barnsley - 15:00:00 Nottingham F. vs Burton - 15:00:00 Birmingham vs Cardiff - 15:00:00 Reading vs Preston - 15:00:00 Blackburn vs Norwich - 15:00:00 Rotherham vs Wolves - 15:00:00 Bristol City vs Wigan - 15:00:00 Derby vs Brighton - 15:00:00 QPR vs Leeds - 12:00:00 Sheffield Weds vs Aston Villa - 16:30:00
Round 2 Brighton vs Nottingham F. - 19:45:00 Leeds vs Birmingham - 15:00:00 Aston Villa vs Rotherham - 15:00:00 Newcastle vs Huddersfield Town - 15:00:00 Barnsley vs Derby - 15:00:00 Brentford vs Ipswich - 15:00:00 Preston vs Fulham - 15:00:00 Wigan vs Blackburn - 15:00:00 Burton vs Bristol City - 15:00:00 Wolves vs Reading - 15:00:00 Norwich vs Sheffield Weds - 17:30:00 Cardiff vs QPR - 15:00:00
Round 3 Aston Villa vs Huddersfield Town - 19:45:00 Norwich vs Bristol City - 19:45:00 Preston vs Derby - 19:45:00 Brentford vs Nottingham F. - 19:45:00 Wigan vs Birmingham - 19:45:00 Brighton vs Rotherham - 19:45:00 Wolves vs Ipswich - 19:45:00 Burton vs Sheffield Weds - 19:45:00 Leeds vs Fulham - 19:45:00 Barnsley vs QPR - 19:45:00 Newcastle vs Reading - 19:45:00 Cardiff vs Blackburn - 19:45:00
Round 4 Sheffield Weds vs Leeds - 12:30:00 QPR vs Preston - 15:00:00 Blackburn vs Burton - 15:00:00 Reading vs Brighton - 15:00:00 Bristol City vs Newcastle - 15:00:00 Rotherham vs Brentford - 15:00:00 Fulham vs Cardiff - 15:00:00 Huddersfield Town vs Barnsley - 15:00:00 Nottingham F. vs Wigan - 15:00:00 Birmingham vs Wolves - 15:00:00 Derby vs Aston Villa - 17:30:00 Ipswich vs Norwich - 12:00:00
Round 5 Burton vs Derby - 19:45:00 Brentford vs Sheffield Weds - 15:00:00 Nottingham F. vs Leeds - 15:00:00 Bristol City vs Aston Villa - 15:00:00 Wigan vs QPR - 15:00:00 Cardiff vs Reading - 15:00:00 Barnsley vs Rotherham - 15:00:00 Huddersfield Town vs Wolves - 15:00:00 Birmingham vs Norwich - 15:00:00 Ipswich vs Preston - 15:00:00 Blackburn vs Fulham - 15:00:00 Newcastle vs Brighton - 17:30:00
Round 6 Reading vs Ipswich - 20:00:00 Fulham vs Birmingham - 15:00:00 Sheffield Weds vs Wigan - 15:00:00 Leeds vs Huddersfield Town - 15:00:00 Wolves vs Burton - 15:00:00 Norwich vs Cardiff - 15:00:00 Preston vs Barnsley - 15:00:00 QPR vs Blackburn - 15:00:00 Brighton vs Brentford - 15:00:00 Rotherham vs Bristol City - 15:00:00 Derby vs Newcastle - 17:30:00 Aston Villa vs Nottingham F. - 13:15:00
Round 7 Wolves vs Barnsley - 19:45:00 Leeds vs Blackburn - 19:45:00 Norwich vs Wigan - 19:45:00 Preston vs Cardiff - 19:45:00 QPR vs Newcastle - 19:45:00 Brighton vs Huddersfield Town - 19:45:00 Derby vs Ipswich - 19:45:00 Sheffield Weds vs Bristol City - 19:45:00 Fulham vs Burton - 19:45:00 Reading vs Birmingham - 20:00:00 Aston Villa vs Brentford - 19:45:00 Rotherham vs Nottingham F. - 19:45:00
Round 8 Cardiff vs Leeds - 12:30:00 Wigan vs Fulham - 15:00:00 Burton vs Brighton - 15:00:00 Barnsley vs Reading - 15:00:00 Huddersfield Town vs QPR - 15:00:00 Ipswich vs Aston Villa - 15:00:00 Blackburn vs Rotherham - 15:00:00 Newcastle vs Wolves - 15:00:00 Brentford vs Preston - 15:00:00 Nottingham F. vs Norwich - 15:00:00 Bristol City vs Derby - 15:00:00 Birmingham vs Sheffield Weds - 17:30:00
Round 9 Preston vs Wigan - 19:45:00 QPR vs Birmingham - 15:00:00 Brighton vs Barnsley - 15:00:00 Reading vs Huddersfield Town - 15:00:00
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