EFL League One

third Division in English football league system
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The English Football League One ( much referred to as League One for brusque or Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons, and known as the Football League One from 2004 until 2016 ) is the second-highest division of the English Football League and the third grade overall in the entire English football league system. League One was introduced for the 2004–05 temper. It was previously known concisely as the Football League Second Division and for much longer, before the advent of the Premier League, as the Football League Third Division. At present, Gillingham hold the longest tenure in League One, concluding being out of the division in the 2012–13 season. There are presently seven erstwhile Premier League clubs competing in League One, namely Sheffield Wednesday ( 1992–2000 ), Ipswich Town ( 1992–95 and 2000–02 ), Charlton Athletic ( 1998–99 and 2000–07 ), Bolton Wanderers ( 1995–96, 1997–98 and 2001–12 ), Portsmouth ( 2003–10 ), Wigan Athletic ( 2005–13 ) and Sunderland ( 1996–97, 1999–2003, 2005–06 and 2007–17 ). [ 1 ]

structure [edit ]

There are 24 clubs in League One. Each baseball club plays every early club doubly ( once at home and once away ). Three points are awarded for a gain, one for a draw and zero for a loss. At the end of the season a table of the final examination League standings is determined, based on the trace standard in this arrange : points obtained, goal difference, goals scored, an aggregate of the results between two or more clubs ( ranked using the previous three criteria ) and, last, a serial of one or more play-off matches. At the end of each season the top two clubs, in concert with the winner of the play-offs between the clubs which finished in 3rd–6th status, are promoted to EFL Championship and are replaced by the three clubs that finished at the buttocks of that division. similarly, the four clubs that finished at the bottom of EFL League One are relegated to EFL League Two and are replaced by the top three clubs and the clubhouse that won the 4th–7th place play-offs in that division .

stream members [edit ]

The following 24 clubs will compete in League One during the 2021–22 season .

Teams promoted from League One [edit ]

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

Play-off results [edit ]

Relegated teams [edit ]

a Expelled in August 2019 after fiscal breaches .

top scorers [edit ]

b In 35 games. Season truncated due to coronavirus

Attendances [edit ]

EFL League One is the most-watched third-tier domestic sports league in the World, with an average of 8,802 spectators per game in the 2019–20 temper. [ 3 ] The closest third base tier association football league in terms of average attendance is the german 3. Liga ( 6,185 ). [ 4 ] The highest average attendance since the restructure into League One was the 2009–10 temper, with an average of 9,136. [ 5 ] The highest average attendance by a single club was Sunderland in the 2018–19 season with 32,157. They besides set the League One attendance record for a single plot in the lapp season, when 46,039 spectators attended the Boxing Day game against Bradford City. [ 6 ]

historic performance [edit ]

Since the restructure into League One in 2004, 73 teams have spent at least one season in the division, including 7 of the 20 teams in the 2021-22 Premier League. Oldham Athletic, Walsall and MK Dons have all spent 14 seasons in League One, Oldham ‘s tenure was in a single 14-season consecutive spell – the longest spell of any team. The team with the current longest tenure is Gillingham, who have been in League One endlessly since the 2013-14 season. Rotherham has had the highest number of separate spells in League One with five. There have been 15 different Champions of League One, with both Wigan Athletic and Luton Town having won the class twice.

key [edit ]

Teams with this background and symbol in the “Club” column are competing in the 2021–22 EFL League One
Team is competing in the 2021-22 Premier League
The club competed in League One during that season (the number is the club’s final league position)

Financial Fair Play [edit ]

Starting from the 2012–13 season, a Financial Fair Play arrangement has been in seat in all three divisions of the Football League, the intention being finally to produce a league of financially self-sufficient clubs. In League One, this takes the form of a Salary Cost Management Protocol in which a maximum of 60 % of a club ‘s dollar volume may be spent on players ‘ wages, with sanctions being applied in the kind of transfer embargoes. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ] [ 26 ]

See besides [edit ]

^ Bury did not compete in the 2019-20 season as they were expelled from the league due to fiscal difficulties .