Season 2005–06 Goals scored 1,341 | Champion Reading F.C. Matches played 557 | |
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Promoted Reading
Sheffield United
Watford Top goalscorer Marlon King (Watford), 21 Relegated Crewe Alexandra F.C., Millwall F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Similar 2010–11 Football League C, 2011–12 Football League C, 2016–17 EFL Championship, 2005–06 FA Cup | ||
The 2005–06 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the league under its current title and fourteenth season under its current league division format.
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Reading dominated the Championship, setting a new league record of 33 league games unbeaten between the opening day defeat by Plymouth Argyle and the loss at Luton Town in February; these were the only league defeats the team would suffer that season. On 25 March 2006 they clinched promotion to the top flight for the first time in their 135-year history thanks to a 1–1 draw away to Leicester City. Coppell's team secured the league title in the following week, with a 5–0 drubbing of Derby County, and they would go on to set a new English league record for the number of points won in a season, with 106.
From Championship
Promoted to Premier League
Relegated to League One
To Championship
Promoted from League One
Relegated from Premier League
League table
Updated to games played on 2 December 2011.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.