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The 2021–22 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 6th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 30th season under its current league division format.
Qualification for Championship play-offs: 4 Nottingham Forest (O, P) 46 23 11 12 73 40 +33 80 5 Sheffield United: 46 21 12 13 63 45 +18 75 6 Luton Town: 46 21 12 13 63 55 +8 75 7 Middlesbrough: 46 20 10 16 59 50 +9 70 8 Blackburn Rovers: 46 19 12 15 59 50 +9 69 9 Millwall: 46 18 15 13 53 45 +8 69 10 West Bromwich Albion: 46 18 13 15 52 45 +7 67 11
The 2021–22 season was the 123rd season of the English Football League (EFL) and the sixth season under that name after it was renamed from The Football League in 2016. For the ninth season running, the league was sponsored by Sky Betting & Gaming and therefore known as the Sky Bet EFL.
The final table was confirmed after the final matchday on 30 April 2022, Milton Keynes Dons had already guaranteed a place in the play-offs and would have been promoted if they had a better result than Rotherham United. Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland won their games against Portsmouth and Morecambe respectively to finish 4th and 5th.
As with the end to the previous season, the season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in games being played behind closed doors.However, on 19 September 2020, two matches in the division, between Norwich City and Preston North End at Carrow Road, and between Middlesbrough and Bournemouth at The Riverside Stadium, were held in front of 1,000 spectators, as part of EFL pilots.
The Championship play-off final is considered the most valuable single football match in the world as a result of the increase in revenue to the winning club from sponsorship and media agreements. For the first three years, the play-off final took place over two legs, played at both side's grounds.
On 15 June 2021, it was officially confirmed that the remaining three clubs (Barcelona, Juventus and Real Madrid) – which did not sign the Commitment Declaration of the sanctioned other nine clubs [53] and filed a new motion to scrap the agreement UEFA signed with those nine clubs [50] – were admitted to the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League ...
On 24 June 2021, the 2021–22 season EFL Championship fixture list was released, with Reading beginning their campaign away at Stoke City, and finishing the season away to Luton Town. [2] Later on the same day, Reading were drawn at home to Swansea City in the First Round of the 2021–22 EFL Cup .