| Season | 2011–12 |
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| Champions | Reading |
| Promoted | Reading Southampton West Ham United |
| Relegated | Doncaster Rovers Coventry City Portsmouth |
| Matches played | 552 |
| Goals scored | 1419 (2.57 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Rickie Lambert (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Peterborough United 7–1 Ipswich Town West Ham 6–0 Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Biggest away win | Millwall 0–6 Birmingham City |
| Highest scoring | Leeds United 3–7 Nottingham Forest (10 goals) |
| Longest winning run | 8 games[1] Reading |
| Longest unbeaten run | 12 games[1] Southampton Brighton |
| Longest winless run | 11 games[1] Coventry City |
| Longest losing run | 7 games[1] Ipswich Town |
| Highest attendance | 35,000[2] West Ham United 2–1 Hull City |
| Lowest attendance | 6,351[2] Peterborough United 4–3 Cardiff City |
| Average attendance | 17,678[1] |
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The 2011–12 Football League Championship (referred to as the Npower Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the league under its current title and nineteenth season under its current league division format.
Reading secured the Championship title on 21 April, following second-placed Southampton's 2–1 defeat to Middlesbrough. The result left Southampton four points behind Reading with only one game remaining.[3] Southampton were promoted on the final day of the season, after winning 4–0 at home to Coventry City, who were one of three teams relegated along with Portsmouth (who were deducted ten points midway through the season for entering administration) and Doncaster Rovers.
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Promoted to Premier League
Relegated to League One
Relegated from Premier League
Promoted from League One
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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| Barnsley | Resigned | 15 May 2011[6] | Pre-season | 1 June 2011[7] | ||
| West Ham United | Sacked | 15 May 2011[8] | Pre-season | 1 June 2011[9] | ||
| Cardiff City | 30 May 2011[10] | Pre-season | 17 June 2011[11] | |||
| Nottingham Forest | 12 June 2011[12] | Pre-season | 13 June 2011[13] | |||
| Birmingham City | Signed by Aston Villa | 12 June 2011[14] | Pre-season | 22 June 2011[15] | ||
| Watford | Signed by Cardiff City | 17 June 2011[11] | Pre-season | 21 June 2011[16] | ||
| Doncaster Rovers | Sacked | 23 September 2011[17] | 24th | 23 September 2011[18] | ||
| Nottingham Forest | Resigned | 2 October 2011[19] | 21st | 14 October 2011[20] | ||
| Bristol City | Mutual consent | 3 October 2011 [21] | 24th | 19 October 2011[22] | ||
| Portsmouth | Signed by Nottingham Forest | 14 October 2011[20] | 18th | 10 November 2011[23] | ||
| Leicester City | Mutual consent | 24 October 2011[24] | 13th | 15 November 2011[25] | ||
| Hull City | Signed by Leicester City | 15 November 2011[25] | 9th | 10 January 2012[26] | ||
| Leeds United | Sacked | 1 February 2012[27] | 10th | 18 February 2012[28] |
| Team | New owner | Previous owner | Effective date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth | Convers Sport Initiatives | 1 June 2011[29] | |
| Portsmouth | Administration | Convers Sport Initiatives | 29 November 2011[30] |
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reading (C) (P) | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 89 | Promotion to 2012–13 Premier League |
| 2 | Southampton (P) | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 85 | 46 | +39 | 88 | |
| 3 | West Ham United (O) (P) | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 81 | 48 | +33 | 86 | Qualification to 2012 League Championship playoffs |
| 4 | Birmingham City | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 78 | 51 | +27 | 76 | |
| 5 | Blackpool | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 79 | 59 | +20 | 75 | |
| 6 | Cardiff City | 46 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 66 | 53 | +13 | 75 | |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 70 | |
| 8 | Hull City | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 68 | |
| 9 | Leicester City | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 66 | |
| 10 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 66 | |
| 11 | Watford | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 64 | |
| 12 | Derby County | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 64 | |
| 13 | Burnley | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 62 | |
| 14 | Leeds United | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 65 | 68 | −3 | 61 | |
| 15 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 69 | 77 | −8 | 61 | |
| 16 | Millwall | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 57 | |
| 17 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 56 | |
| 18 | Peterborough United | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 67 | 77 | −10 | 50 | |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 50 | |
| 20 | Bristol City | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 68 | −24 | 49 | |
| 21 | Barnsley | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 49 | 74 | −25 | 48 | |
| 22 | Portsmouth (R) | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 50 | 59 | −9 | 40‡ | Relegation to 2012–13 League One |
| 23 | Coventry City (R) | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 65 | −24 | 40 | |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers (R) | 46 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 80 | −37 | 36 |
Updated to games played on 28 April 2012
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
‡Portsmouth were deducted 10 points for entering administration.[31]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||
| 3 | West Ham United | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
| 6 | Cardiff City | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | West Ham United | 2 | ||||||||
| 5 | Blackpool | 1 | ||||||||
| 4 | Birmingham City | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 5 | Blackpool | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
The fixtures for the Championship were released on 17 June 2011. The season kicked off on 5 August 2011 and concluded on 28 April 2012.[32]
| Home \ Away1 | BAR | BIR | BLP | B&H | BRI | BUR | CAR | COV | CPA | DER | DON | HUL | IPS | LEE | LEI | MID | MIL | NOT | PET | POR | REA | SOT | WAT | WHU |
| Barnsley | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | |
| Birmingham City | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
| Blackpool | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
| Bristol City | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
| Burnley | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | |
| Cardiff City | 5–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
| Coventry City | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Crystal Palace | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | |
| Derby County | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| Doncaster Rovers | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Hull City | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | |
| Ipswich Town | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 5–1 | |
| Leeds United | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–7 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
| Leicester City | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Middlesbrough | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
| Millwall | 0–0 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | |
| Peterborough United | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 7–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | |
| Portsmouth | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| Reading | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | |
| Southampton | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |
| Watford | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | |
| West Ham United | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
Updated to games played on 28 April 2012
Source: The Football League
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Top goalscorers
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| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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| Peterborough United | Ipswich Town | 7–1 | 20 August 2011 | |
| Southampton | Nottingham Forest | 3–2 | 10 September 2011 | |
| Birmingham City | Millwall | 3–0 | 11 September 2011 | |
| Millwall | Leicester City | 0–3 | 22 October 2011 | |
| Blackpool | Leeds United | 0–5 | 2 November 2011 | |
| Southampton | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3–0 | 19 November 2011 | |
| Blackpool | Barnsley | 1–3 | 26 December 2011 | |
| Barnsley | Leeds United | 4–1 | 31 December 2011 | |
| Millwall | Barnsley | 1–3 | 21 January 2012 | |
| Birmingham City | Leeds United | 1–4 | 31 January 2012 | |
| Southampton | Watford | 0–3 | 25 February 2012 | |
| Southampton | Millwall | 2–3 | 17 March 2012 | |
| Nottingham Forest | Leeds United | 3–7 | 20 March 2012 | |
| Burnley | Portsmouth | 1–5 | 31 March 2012 | |
| Nottingham Forest | Crystal Palace | 0–3 | 31 March 2012 | |
| West Ham United | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6–0 | 14 April 2012 | |
| Hull City | Barnsley | 3–1 | 17 April 2012 |
| Rank | Team | ||
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| 1 | Cardiff City | 49 | 0 |
| 2 | Blackpool | 48 | 1 |
| 3 | Reading | 51 | 1 |
| 4 | Crystal Palace | 49 | 2 |
| = | Peterborough United | 49 | 2 |
| 6 | Southampton | 46 | 4 |
| 7 | Derby County | 54 | 1 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 55 | 2 |
| = | Coventry City | 55 | 2 |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 54 | 3 |
| = | Watford | 56 | 2 |
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 53 | 5 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 57 | 4 |
| = | Burnley | 61 | 2 |
| 15 | Hull City | 64 | 1 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 60 | 6 |
| 17 | Doncaster Rovers | 67 | 3 |
| 18 | Millwall | 70 | 2 |
| 19 | Leicester City | 60 | 9 |
| 20 | Leeds United | 67 | 7 |
| = | Portsmouth | 73 | 4 |
| 22 | Bristol City | 72 | 5 |
| 23 | Middlesbrough | 71 | 7 |
| 24 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 83 | 8 |
Source: [1]
| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Notes | ||
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| Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
| August | Brighton & Hove Albion | Middlesbrough | [40][41] | ||
| September | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough | [42][43] | ||
| October | Birmingham City | Crystal Palace | [44][45] | ||
| November | Cardiff City | Doncaster Rovers | [46][47] | ||
| December | Middlesbrough | Reading | [48][49] | ||
| January | Birmingham City | Birmingham City | [50][51] | ||
| February | Reading | Reading | [52][53] | ||
| March | Reading | Nottingham Forest | [54][55] | ||
| April | Millwall | West Ham United | [56][57] | ||
On 17 February 2012, Portsmouth entered administration for the second time in three years, incurring a 10-point penalty. Trevor Birch of the accountancy firm Pannell Kerr Forster was appointed administrator of the club.[58]
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