Season 2011–12 Champion Reading F.C. Matches played 552 | Dates 5 Aug 2011 – 28 Apr 2012 Goals scored 1,419 | |
 | ||
Promoted Reading
Southampton
West Ham United Top goalscorer Rickie Lambert (27 goals) Biggest home win Peterborough United 7–1 Ipswich Town
West Ham 6–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Biggest away win Millwall 0–6 Birmingham City Highest scoring Leeds United 3–7 Nottingham Forest (10 goals) Relegated Doncaster Rovers F.C., Coventry City F.C., Portsmouth F.C. Similar 2010–11 Football League C, 2016–17 EFL Championship, 2011–12 Football League C, 2011–12 Football League O, 2011–12 Premier League | ||
The 2011–12 Football League Championship (known as the npower Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the league under its current title and nineteenth season under its current league division format.
Contents
Reading secured the Championship title on 21 April, following second-placed Southampton's 2–1 defeat to Middlesbrough. The result left Southampton four points behind Reading with only one game remaining. Southampton were promoted on the final day of the season, after winning 4–0 at home to Coventry City, who were one of three teams relegated along with Portsmouth (who were deducted ten points midway through the season for entering administration) and Doncaster Rovers. West Ham United occupied the final promotion place as they returned to the Premier League after just one year. West Ham beat Blackpool in the Play-off final at Wembley Stadium, sealing their return to the top division after narrowly missing out on automatic promotion.
From Championship
Promoted to Premier League
Relegated to League One
To Championship
Relegated from Premier League
Promoted from League One
Rule changes
League table
Updated to games played on 28 April 2012.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
‡Portsmouth were deducted 10 points for entering administration.
(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.
Results
The fixtures for the Championship were released on 17 June 2011. The season kicked off on 5 August 2011 and concluded on 28 April 2012.
Updated to games played on 28 April 2012.
Source: The Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.