List of EFL League One seasons

This article lists seasons played in the third tier of English football from 2004–05, when the Football League Division Two was renamed the Football League One.

Seasons[edit]

Season	Champions		Runners-up		Play-off winners	Relegated from League One	Relegated to League One	Promoted to League One	Top goal scorers
Season	Club	Pts	Club	Pts	Club	Relegated from League One	Relegated to League One	Promoted to League One	Player	Goals
2004–05	Luton Town	98	Hull City	86	Sheffield Wednesday	Torquay United Wrexham Peterborough United Stockport County	Gillingham Nottingham Forest Rotherham United	Yeovil Town Scunthorpe United Swansea City Southend United	Dean Windass (Bradford City) & Stuart Elliott (Hull City)	27
2005–06	Southend United	82	Colchester United	79	Barnsley	Hartlepool United Milton Keynes Dons Swindon Town Walsall	Crewe Alexandra Millwall Brighton & Hove Albion	Carlisle United Northampton Town Leyton Orient Cheltenham Town	Freddy Eastwood (Southend United) & Billy Sharp (Scunthorpe United)	23
2006–07	Scunthorpe United	91	Bristol City	85	Blackpool	Chesterfield Bradford City Rotherham United Brentford	Southend United Luton Town Leeds United	Walsall Hartlepool United Swindon Town Bristol Rovers	Billy Sharp (Scunthorpe United)	30
2007–08	Swansea City	92	Nottingham Forest	82	Doncaster Rovers	Bournemouth Gillingham Port Vale Luton Town	Leicester City Scunthorpe United Colchester United	Milton Keynes Dons Peterborough United Hereford United Stockport County	Jason Scotland (Swansea City)	24
2008–09	Leicester City	96	Peterborough United	89	Scunthorpe United	Northampton Town Crewe Alexandra Cheltenham Town Hereford United	Norwich City Southampton Charlton Athletic	Brentford Exeter City Wycombe Wanderers Gillingham	Rickie Lambert (Bristol Rovers) & Simon Cox (Swindon Town)	29
2009–10	Norwich City	95	Leeds United	86	Millwall	Gillingham Wycombe Wanderers Southend United Stockport County	Sheffield Wednesday Plymouth Argyle Peterborough United	Notts County Bournemouth Rochdale Dagenham & Redbridge	Rickie Lambert (Southampton)	30
2010–11	Brighton & Hove Albion	95	Southampton	92	Peterborough United	Dagenham & Redbridge Bristol Rovers Plymouth Argyle Swindon Town	Preston North End Sheffield United Scunthorpe United	Chesterfield Bury Wycombe Wanderers Stevenage	Craig Mackail-Smith (Peterborough United)	27
2011–12	Charlton Athletic	101	Sheffield Wednesday	93	Huddersfield Town	Wycombe Wanderers Chesterfield Exeter City Rochdale	Portsmouth Coventry City Doncaster Rovers	Swindon Town Shrewsbury Town Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra	Jordan Rhodes (Huddersfield Town)	36
2012–13	Doncaster Rovers	84	Bournemouth	83	Yeovil Town	Scunthorpe United Bury Hartlepool United Portsmouth	Peterborough United Wolverhampton Wanderers Bristol City	Gillingham Rotherham United Port Vale Bradford City	Paddy Madden (Yeovil Town & Carlisle United)	23
2013–14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	103	Brentford	94	Rotherham United	Tranmere Rovers Carlisle United Shrewsbury Town Stevenage	Doncaster Rovers Barnsley Yeovil Town	Chesterfield Scunthorpe United Rochdale Fleetwood Town	Sam Baldock (Bristol City)	24
2014–15	Bristol City	99	Milton Keynes Dons	91	Preston North End	Notts County Crawley Town Leyton Orient Yeovil Town	Millwall Wigan Athletic Blackpool	Burton Albion Shrewsbury Town Bury Southend United	Joe Garner (Preston North End)	25
2015–16	Wigan Athletic	87	Burton Albion	85	Barnsley	Doncaster Rovers Blackpool Colchester United Crewe Alexandra	Charlton Athletic Milton Keynes Dons Bolton Wanderers	Northampton Town Oxford United Bristol Rovers AFC Wimbledon	Will Grigg (Wigan Athletic)	25
2016–17	Sheffield United	100	Bolton Wanderers	86	Millwall	Port Vale Swindon Town Coventry City Chesterfield	Blackburn Rovers Wigan Athletic Rotherham United	Portsmouth Plymouth Argyle Doncaster Rovers Blackpool	Billy Sharp (Sheffield United)	30
2017–18	Wigan Athletic	98	Blackburn Rovers	96	Rotherham United	Oldham Northampton Town Milton Keynes Dons Bury	Sunderland Burton Albion Barnsley	Accrington Stanley Luton Town Wycombe Wanderers Coventry City	Jack Marriott (Peterborough United)	27
2018–19	Luton Town	94	Barnsley	91	Charlton Athletic	Plymouth Argyle Walsall Scunthorpe United Bradford City	Rotherham United Bolton Wanderers Ipswich Town	Lincoln City Milton Keynes Dons Tranmere Rovers Bury	James Collins (Luton Town)	25
2019–20^[a]	Coventry City	67	Rotherham United	62	Wycombe Wanderers	Tranmere Rovers Southend United Bolton Wanderers Bury (expelled)	Charlton Athletic Wigan Athletic Hull City	Swindon Town Crewe Alexandra Plymouth Argyle Northampton Town	Ivan Toney (Peterborough United)	24
2020–21	Hull City	89	Peterborough United	87	Blackpool	Rochdale Northampton Town Swindon Town Bristol Rovers	Wycombe Wanderers Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday	Cheltenham Town Cambridge United Bolton Wanderers Morecambe	Jonson Clarke-Harris (Peterborough United)	31
2021–22	Wigan Athletic	92	Rotherham United	90	Sunderland	Gillingham Doncaster Rovers AFC Wimbledon Crewe Alexandra	Peterborough United Derby County Barnsley	Forest Green Rovers Exeter City Bristol Rovers Port Vale	Will Keane (Wigan Athletic)	26

Notes[edit]

^ The 2019–20 season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the final league positions being determined on a points-per-game basis. Coventry City averaged 1.97 points from 34 games, whilst Rotherham United averaged 1.77 points from 35 games.

[1] The 2019–20 season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the final league positions being determined on a points-per-game basis. Coventry City averaged 1.97 points from 34 games, whilst Rotherham United averaged 1.77 points from 35 games.

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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
EFL League One	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
See also	Southern Football League

List of EFL League One seasons

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