EFL League One

EFL League One
	File:Football League One.png
Gegründet	2004; 1992–2004 (as Division Two); 1958–1992 (as Division Three); 1921–1958 (as Division Three North/South); 1920–1921 (as Division Three)
Land	England
Number of teams	24
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Championship
Relegation to	League Two
Domestic cup(s)	FA Cup; Football League Cup; Football League Trophy
Current champions	Norwich City ; (2009–10)
Website	Official website
	Current: 2009–10 Football League One

Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Coca-Cola Football League 1 for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system.

Football League One was introduced for the 2004–05 season. It was previously known as the Football League Second Division and prior to the advent of the Premier League, the Football League Third Division.

Structure

There are 24 clubs in Football League One. Each club plays every other club twice (once at home & once away). Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. At the end of the season a table of the final League standings is determined, based on the following criteria in this order: points obtained, goal difference, goals scored, an aggregate of the results between two or more clubs (ranked using the previous three criteria) and, finally, a series of one or more play-off matches.

At the end of each season the top two clubs, together with the winner of the play-offs between the clubs which finished in 3rd–6th position, are promoted to Football League Championship and are replaced by the three clubs that finished at the bottom of that division.

Similarly, the four clubs that finished at the bottom of Football League One are relegated to Football League Two and are replaced by the top three clubs and the club that won the 4th–7th place play-offs in that division.

Media coverage

Sky Sports currently show live League One matches with highlights on BBC One in their programme called The Football League Show which also broadcast highlights of Football League Championship and Football League Two matches. The show is available on the red button the following Sunday until midday and is available on iPlayer all the following week. Highlights of all games in the football league are also available to view separately on the BBC website.

Football League One clubs 2009–10

The following 24 clubs will compete in League One during the 2009–10 season.

Club	Finishing position last season
Brentford	1st in League Two
Brighton & Hove Albion	16th
Bristol Rovers	11th
Carlisle United	20th
Charlton Athletic	24th in the Championship
Colchester United	12th
Exeter City	2nd in League Two
Gillingham	5th in League Two (play-off winner)
Hartlepool United	19th
Huddersfield Town	9th
Leeds United	4th
Leyton Orient	14th
Millwall	5th
Milton Keynes Dons	3rd
Norwich City	22nd in the Championship
Oldham Athletic	10th
Southampton	23rd in the Championship
Southend United	8th
Stockport County	18th
Swindon Town	15th
Tranmere Rovers	7th
Walsall	13th
Wycombe Wanderers	3rd in League Two
Yeovil Town	17th

Winners of Football League One

Season	Winner	Runner-Up	Promoted Play-Off Winner
2004–05	Luton Town	Hull City	Sheffield Wednesday
2005–06	Southend United	Colchester United	Barnsley
2006–07	Scunthorpe United	Bristol City	Blackpool
2007–08	Swansea City	Nottingham Forest	Doncaster Rovers
2008-09	Leicester City	Peterborough United	Scunthorpe United
2009-10	Norwich City Leeds United

For past winners at this level before 2004, see List of winners of English Football League One and predecessors.

Play-off results

Season	Semifinal (1st Leg)	Semifinal (2nd Leg)	Final
2004–05	Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Brentford Hartlepool United 2–0 Tranmere Rovers	Brentford 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Tranmere Rovers 2–0 Hartlepool United (Hartlepool won 6–5 on penalties, AET)	Sheffield Wednesday 4–2 Hartlepool United AET
2005–06	Barnsley 0–1 Huddersfield Town Swansea City 1–1 Brentford	Huddersfield Town 1–3 Barnsley Brentford 0–2 Swansea City	Barnsley 2–2 Swansea City (Barnsley won 4–3 on penalties, AET)
2006–07	Yeovil Town 0–2 Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic 1–2 Blackpool	Nottingham Forest 2–5 Yeovil Town AET Blackpool 3–1 Oldham Athletic	Blackpool 2–0 Yeovil Town
2007–08	Southend United 0-0 Doncaster Rovers Leeds United 1-2 Carlisle United	Doncaster Rovers 5-1 Southend United Carlisle United 0-2 Leeds United	Leeds United 0-1 Doncaster Rovers
2008–09	Scunthorpe United 1–1 MK Dons Millwall 1–0 Leeds United	MK Dons 0–0 Scunthorpe United (Scunthorpe won 7–6 on penalties, AET) Leeds United 1–1 Millwall	Scunthorpe United 3–2 Millwall

Relegated teams

Season	Clubs
2004–05	Torquay United, Wrexham, Peterborough United, Stockport County
2005–06	Hartlepool United, Milton Keynes Dons, Swindon Town, Walsall
2006–07	Chesterfield, Bradford City, Rotherham United, Brentford
2007–08	Bournemouth, Gillingham, Port Vale, Luton Town
2008–09	Northampton Town, Crewe Alexandra, Cheltenham Town, Hereford United
2009–10	Stockport County, Wycombe Wanderers, Southend United

Top scorers

Season	Top scorer	Club	Goals
2004–05	Stuart Elliott	Hull City	27
2004–05	Dean Windass	Bradford City	27
2005–06	Freddy Eastwood	Southend United	23
2005–06	Billy Sharp	Scunthorpe United	23
2006–07	Billy Sharp	Scunthorpe United	30
2007–08	Jason Scotland	Swansea City	24
2008–09	Simon Cox	Swindon Town	29
2008–09	Rickie Lambert	Bristol Rovers	29

Football League One stadia 2009–10

Home Club	Stadium Name	Capacity
Leeds United	Elland Road	39,401
Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,689
Charlton Athletic	The Valley	27,111
Norwich City	Carrow Road	26,034
Huddersfield Town	Galpharm Stadium	24,554
Milton Keynes Dons	stadium:mk	22,000
Millwall	The New Den	20,146
Tranmere Rovers	Prenton Park	16,789
Carlisle United	Brunton Park¹	16,651
Swindon Town	County Ground	15,728
Brentford	Griffin Park¹	12,763
Southend United	Roots Hall	12,392
Bristol Rovers	Memorial Stadium¹	12,010
Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium	11,582
Walsall	The Banks' Stadium	11,300
Stockport County	Edgeley Park	10,651
Oldham Athletic	Boundary Park	10,624
Colchester United	Colchester Community Stadium	10,000
Wycombe Wanderers	Adams Park¹	10,000
Yeovil Town	Huish Park¹	9,600
Leyton Orient	Brisbane Road	9,271
Brighton & Hove Albion	Withdean Stadium²	8,850
Exeter City	St. James Park¹	8,830
Hartlepool United	Victoria Park¹	7,691

¹This ground contains terracing

²Not a football-specific ground

Notes and references

External links

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v t e Third level English football league seasons
Football League Third Division	1920–21
Football League Third Division North	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58
Football League Third Division South	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58
Football League Third Division	1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
Football League Second Division	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04
Football League One	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
See also	Southern Football League