EFL League One

EFL League One
Organising body	English Football League
Founded	2004; 22 years ago; 1992–2004 (as Division Two); 1958–1992 (as Division Three); 1921–1958 (as Division Three North/South); 1920–1921 (as Division Three);
Country	England
Other club from	Wales
Number of clubs	24
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	EFL Championship
Relegation to	EFL League Two
Domestic cup	FA Cup
League cups	EFL Cup; EFL Trophy;
International cups	UEFA Europa League (via FA Cup); UEFA Conference League (via EFL Cup);
Current champions	Lincoln City; 1st League One title; 4th third tier title ; (2025–26)
Most championships	Plymouth Argyle (5 titles total); Wigan Athletic (4 League One titles)
Broadcaster(s)	List of broadcasters
Website	efl.com/competitions/efl-league-one
	Current: 2025–26 EFL League One

The English Football League One is the second-highest division of the English Football League and the third tier overall in the English football league system, after the Premier League and the EFL Championship. It is contested by 24 professional clubs.

Introduced in the 2004–05 English football season as Football League One, it is a rebrand of the former Football League Second Division.

Burton Albion currently hold the longest tenure in the division following relegation from the Championship at the end of the 2017–18 season. There are nine former Premier League clubs currently competing in this division: Barnsley (1997–98), Blackpool (2010–11), Bolton Wanderers (1995–96, 1997–98, and 2001–12), Bradford City (1999–2001), Cardiff City (2013-14 and 2018-19), Huddersfield Town (2017–19), Luton Town (2023–24), Reading (2006–08 and 2012–13), and Wigan Athletic (2005–13).^[1]

Map

There are 24 clubs in this division. Each club plays each of the others twice. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss. At the end of the season a table of the final League standings is determined, based on the following criteria in this order: points obtained, goal difference, goals scored, an aggregate of the results between two or more clubs (ranked using the previous three criteria), most matches won, most goals scored away from home, fewest "penalty points" based on yellow and red cards received, followed by fewest straight red cards for certain offences. If two or more teams are still tied after examining all of these criteria, they will share the higher place between them. The only exception would be if the tied teams span the boundary between 2nd and 3rd, 6th and 7th, or 20th and 21st place, in which case one or more play-off matches would be arranged between the tied clubs.^{[citation needed]}

At the end of each season the top two clubs, together with the winner of the play-offs between the clubs which finished in the third to sixth positions, are promoted to the EFL Championship and are replaced by the three clubs that finished at the bottom of that division.

The four clubs that finish at the bottom of EFL League One are relegated to EFL League Two. They are replaced by the top three clubs and the club that won the fourth to seventh place play-offs in League Two.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Wimbledon	London (Wimbledon)	Plough Lane	9,215
Barnsley	Barnsley	Oakwell	23,287
Blackpool	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	16,500
Bolton Wanderers	Horwich	Toughsheet Community Stadium	28,723
Bradford City	Bradford	Valley Parade	24,840
Burton Albion	Burton upon Trent	Pirelli Stadium	6,912
Cardiff City	Cardiff	Cardiff City Stadium	33,280
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	Eco-Power Stadium	15,231
Exeter City	Exeter	St. James Park	8,720
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	Kirklees Stadium	24,121
Leyton Orient	London (Leyton)	Brisbane Road	9,271
Lincoln City	Lincoln	Sincil Bank	10,669
Luton Town	Luton	Kenilworth Road	12,056
Mansfield Town	Mansfield	Field Mill	9,186
Northampton Town	Northampton (Sixfields)	Sixfields Stadium	8,200
Peterborough United	Peterborough	London Road Stadium	15,314
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	17,900
Port Vale	Stoke-on-Trent (Burslem)	Vale Park	15,036
Reading	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,161
Rotherham United	Rotherham	New York Stadium	12,021
Stevenage	Stevenage	Broadhall Way	7,800
Stockport County	Stockport (Edgeley)	Edgeley Park	10,852
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	Brick Community Stadium	25,138
Wycombe Wanderers	High Wycombe	Adams Park	10,137

Teams promoted from League One

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Promoted Play-off Winner (Position)
2004–05	Luton Town 98	Hull City 86	Sheffield Wednesday 72 (5th)
2005–06	Southend United 82	Colchester United 79	Barnsley 72 (5th)
2006–07	Scunthorpe United 91	Bristol City 85	Blackpool 83 (3rd)
2007–08	Swansea City 92	Nottingham Forest 82	Doncaster Rovers 80 (3rd)
2008–09	Leicester City 96	Peterborough United 89	Scunthorpe United 76 (6th)
2009–10	Norwich City 95	Leeds United 86	Millwall 85 (3rd)
2010–11	Brighton & Hove Albion 95	Southampton 92	Peterborough United 79 (4th)
2011–12	Charlton Athletic 101	Sheffield Wednesday 93	Huddersfield Town 81 (4th)
2012–13	Doncaster Rovers 84	AFC Bournemouth 83	Yeovil Town 77 (4th)
2013–14	Wolverhampton Wanderers 103	Brentford 94	Rotherham United 86 (4th)
2014–15	Bristol City 99	Milton Keynes Dons 91	Preston North End 89 (3rd)
2015–16	Wigan Athletic 87	Burton Albion 85	Barnsley 74 (6th)
2016–17	Sheffield United 100	Bolton Wanderers 86	Millwall 73 (6th)
2017–18	Wigan Athletic 98	Blackburn Rovers 96	Rotherham United 79 (4th)
2018–19	Luton Town 94	Barnsley 91	Charlton Athletic 88 (3rd)
2019–20 ^[a]	Coventry City 67	Rotherham United 62	Wycombe Wanderers 59 (3rd)
2020–21	Hull City 89	Peterborough United 87	Blackpool 80 (3rd)
2021–22	Wigan Athletic 92	Rotherham United 90	Sunderland 84 (5th)
2022–23	Plymouth Argyle 101	Ipswich Town 98	Sheffield Wednesday 96 (3rd)
2023–24	Portsmouth 97	Derby County 92	Oxford United 77 (5th)
2024–25	Birmingham City 111	Wrexham 92	Charlton Athletic 85 (4th)
2025–26	Lincoln City 103	Cardiff City 91	TBC

For past winners at this level before 2004, see List of winners of the EFL League One and predecessors.

^a Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.

Play-off results

Season	Semi-final (1st Leg)	Semi-final (2nd Leg)	Final
2004–05	Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Brentford Hartlepool United 2–0 Tranmere Rovers	Brentford 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Tranmere Rovers 2–0 Hartlepool United (Hartlepool won 6–5 on penalties, a.e.t.)	Sheffield Wednesday 4–2 Hartlepool United (a.e.t.)
2005–06	Barnsley 0–1 Huddersfield Town Swansea City 1–1 Brentford	Huddersfield Town 1–3 Barnsley Brentford 0–2 Swansea City	Barnsley 2–2 Swansea City (Barnsley won 4–3 on penalties, a.e.t.)
2006–07	Yeovil Town 0–2 Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic 1–2 Blackpool	Nottingham Forest 2–5 Yeovil Town (a.e.t.) Blackpool 3–1 Oldham Athletic	Blackpool 2–0 Yeovil Town
2007–08	Southend United 0–0 Doncaster Rovers Leeds United 1–2 Carlisle United	Doncaster Rovers 5–1 Southend United Carlisle United 0–2 Leeds United	Leeds United 0–1 Doncaster Rovers
2008–09	Scunthorpe United 1–1 Milton Keynes Dons Millwall 1–0 Leeds United	Milton Keynes Dons 0–0 Scunthorpe United (Scunthorpe won 7–6 on penalties, a.e.t.) Leeds United 1–1 Millwall	Scunthorpe United 3–2 Millwall
2009–10	Swindon Town 2–1 Charlton Athletic Huddersfield Town 0–0 Millwall	Charlton Athletic 2–1 Swindon Town (Swindon won 5–4 on penalties, a.e.t.) Millwall 2–0 Huddersfield Town	Millwall 1–0 Swindon Town
2010–11	AFC Bournemouth 1–1 Huddersfield Town Milton Keynes Dons 3–2 Peterborough United	Huddersfield Town 3–3 AFC Bournemouth (Huddersfield won 4–2 on penalties, a.e.t.) Peterborough United 2–0 Milton Keynes Dons	Huddersfield Town 0–3 Peterborough United
2011–12	Stevenage 0–0 Sheffield United Milton Keynes Dons 0–2 Huddersfield Town	Sheffield United 1–0 Stevenage Huddersfield Town 1–2 Milton Keynes Dons	Huddersfield Town 0–0 Sheffield United (Huddersfield won 8–7 on penalties, a.e.t.)
2012–13	Sheffield United 1–0 Yeovil Town Swindon Town 1–1 Brentford	Yeovil Town 2–0 Sheffield United Brentford 3–3 Swindon Town (Brentford won 5–4 on penalties, a.e.t.)	Brentford 1–2 Yeovil Town
2013–14	Peterborough United 1–1 Leyton Orient Preston North End 1–1 Rotherham United	Leyton Orient 2–1 Peterborough United Rotherham United 3–1 Preston North End	Leyton Orient 2–2 Rotherham United (Rotherham won 4–3 on penalties, a.e.t.)
2014–15	Chesterfield 0–1 Preston North End Sheffield United 1–2 Swindon Town	Preston North End 3–0 Chesterfield Swindon Town 5–5 Sheffield United	Preston North End 4–0 Swindon Town
2015–16	Barnsley 3–0 Walsall Bradford City 1–3 Millwall	Walsall 1–3 Barnsley Millwall 1–1 Bradford City	Barnsley 3–1 Millwall
2016–17	Millwall 0–0 Scunthorpe United Bradford City 1–0 Fleetwood Town	Scunthorpe United 2–3 Millwall Fleetwood Town 0–0 Bradford City	Bradford City 0–1 Millwall
2017–18	Charlton Athletic 0–1 Shrewsbury Town Scunthorpe United 2–2 Rotherham United	Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Charlton Athletic Rotherham United 2–0 Scunthorpe United	Rotherham United 2–1 Shrewsbury Town (a.e.t.)
2018–19	Doncaster Rovers 1–2 Charlton Athletic Sunderland 1–0 Portsmouth	Charlton Athletic 2–3 Doncaster Rovers (Charlton Athletic won 4–3 on penalties, a.e.t.) Portsmouth 0–0 Sunderland	Charlton Athletic 2–1 Sunderland
2019–20	Portsmouth 1–1 Oxford United Fleetwood Town 1–4 Wycombe Wanderers	Oxford United 1–1 Portsmouth (Oxford United won 5–4 on penalties, a.e.t.) Wycombe Wanderers 2–2 Fleetwood Town	Oxford United 1–2 Wycombe Wanderers
2020–21	Oxford United 0–3 Blackpool Lincoln City 2–0 Sunderland	Blackpool 3–3 Oxford United Sunderland 2–1 Lincoln City	Blackpool 2–1 Lincoln City
2021–22	Wycombe Wanderers 2–0 Milton Keynes Dons Sunderland 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday	Milton Keynes Dons 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Sunderland	Sunderland 2–0 Wycombe Wanderers
2022–23	Peterborough United 4–0 Sheffield Wednesday Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Barnsley	Sheffield Wednesday 5–1 Peterborough United (Sheffield Wednesday won 5–3 on penalties, a.e.t.) Barnsley 1–0 Bolton Wanderers	Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Barnsley (a.e.t.)
2023–24	Barnsley 1–3 Bolton Wanderers Oxford United 1–0 Peterborough United	Bolton Wanderers 2–3 Barnsley Peterborough United 1–1 Oxford United	Bolton Wanderers 0–2 Oxford United
2024–25	Leyton Orient 2–2 Stockport County Wycombe Wanderers 0–0 Charlton Athletic	Stockport County 1–1 Leyton Orient (Leyton Orient won 4–1 on penalties, a.e.t.) Charlton Athletic 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers	Charlton Athletic 1–0 Leyton Orient
2025–26	Stevenage 0-1 Stockport County Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Bradford City	Stockport County 2-0 Stevenage Bradford City 0-1 Bolton Wanderers	Stockport County TBD Bolton Wanderers

Relegated teams

Season	Clubs
2004–05	Torquay United (51), Wrexham (43), Peterborough United (39), Stockport County (26)
2005–06	Hartlepool United (50), Milton Keynes Dons (50), Swindon Town (48), Walsall (47)
2006–07	Chesterfield (47), Bradford City (47), Rotherham United (38), Brentford (37)
2007–08	AFC Bournemouth (48), Gillingham (46), Port Vale (38), Luton Town (33)
2008–09	Northampton Town (49), Crewe Alexandra (46), Cheltenham Town (39), Hereford United (34)
2009–10	Gillingham (50), Wycombe Wanderers (45), Southend United (43), Stockport County (25)
2010–11	Dagenham & Redbridge (47), Bristol Rovers (45), Plymouth Argyle (42), Swindon Town (41)
2011–12	Wycombe Wanderers (43), Chesterfield (42), Exeter City (42), Rochdale (38)
2012–13	Scunthorpe United (48), Bury (41), Hartlepool United (41), Portsmouth (32)
2013–14	Tranmere Rovers (47), Carlisle United (45), Shrewsbury Town (42), Stevenage (42)
2014–15	Notts County (50), Crawley Town (50), Leyton Orient (49), Yeovil Town (40)
2015–16	Doncaster Rovers (46), Blackpool (46), Colchester United (40), Crewe Alexandra (34)
2016–17	Port Vale (49), Swindon Town (44), Coventry City (39), Chesterfield (37)
2017–18	Oldham Athletic (50), Northampton Town (47), Milton Keynes Dons (45), Bury (36)
2018–19	Plymouth Argyle (50), Walsall (47), Scunthorpe United (46), Bradford City (41)
2019–20	Tranmere Rovers (32), Southend United (19), Bolton Wanderers (14), Bury^[a]
2020–21	Rochdale (47), Northampton Town (45), Swindon Town (43), Bristol Rovers (38)
2021–22	Gillingham (40), Doncaster Rovers (38), AFC Wimbledon (37), Crewe Alexandra (29)
2022–23	Milton Keynes Dons (45), Morecambe (44), Accrington Stanley (44), Forest Green Rovers (27)
2023–24	Cheltenham Town (44), Fleetwood Town (43), Port Vale (41), Carlisle United (30)
2024–25	Crawley Town (46), Bristol Rovers (43), Cambridge United (38), Shrewsbury Town (33)
2025–26	Exeter City (49), Port Vale (42), Rotherham United (41), Northampton Town (35)

^a Expelled in August 2019 after financial breaches.

Top scorers

Season	Top scorer(s)	Club(s)	Goals
2004–05	Stuart Elliott	Hull City	27
2004–05	Dean Windass	Bradford City	27
2005–06	Freddy Eastwood	Southend United	23
2005–06	Billy Sharp	Scunthorpe United	23
2006–07	Billy Sharp	Scunthorpe United	30
2007–08	Jason Scotland	Swansea City	24
2008–09	Simon Cox	Swindon Town	29
2008–09	Rickie Lambert	Bristol Rovers	29
2009–10	Rickie Lambert	Southampton	30
2010–11	Craig Mackail-Smith	Peterborough United	27
2011–12	Jordan Rhodes	Huddersfield Town	36
2012–13	Paddy Madden	Yeovil Town	22
2013–14	Sam Baldock	Bristol City	24
2014–15	Joe Garner	Preston North End	26
2015–16	Will Grigg	Wigan Athletic	25
2016–17	Billy Sharp	Sheffield United	30
2017–18	Jack Marriott	Peterborough United	27
2018–19	James Collins	Luton Town	25
2019–20	Ivan Toney	Peterborough United	24^[b]
2020–21	Jonson Clarke-Harris	Peterborough United	31
2021–22	Will Keane	Wigan Athletic	26
2022–23	Conor Chaplin	Ipswich Town	26
2022–23	Jonson Clarke-Harris	Peterborough United	26
2023–24	Alfie May	Charlton Athletic	23
2024–25	Charlie Kelman	Leyton Orient	21
2025–26	Dom Ballard	Leyton Orient	23

^b In 35 games. Season truncated because of coronavirus.

Attendances

EFL League One is the most-watched third-tier domestic sports league in the world, with an average of 10,613 spectators per game in the 2022–23 season, also making it one of the top ten most watched leagues in Europe.^[2] The closest third-tier association football league in terms of average attendance is the Germany 3. Liga (8,219).^[3]

The highest average attendance since the restructure into League One was the 2022–23 season, when over 5.3 million spectators watched games, with an average of 10,613 per game. The highest average attendance by a single club was Sunderland in the 2018–19 season with 32,157. They also set the League One attendance record for a single game in the same season, when 46,039 spectators attended the Boxing Day game against Bradford City.^[4]

Season	League Average Attendance	Highest Average		Highest Attendance
Season	League Average Attendance	Club	Attendance	Game	Attendance
2004–05	7,732	Sheffield Wednesday	23,100 ^[5]	Sheffield Wednesday vs Bristol City	28,798
2005–06	7,578	Nottingham Forest	20,257 ^[6]	Nottingham Forest v Bournemouth	26,847
2006–07	7,486	Nottingham Forest	20,627 ^[7]	Nottingham Forest v Rotherham United	27,875
2007–08	7,985	Leeds United	26,546 ^[8]	Leeds United v Gillingham	38,256
2008–09	7,551	Leeds United	23,639 ^[9]
2009–10	9,136	Leeds United	24,818 ^[10]	Leeds United v Bristol Rovers	38,234
2010–11	7,519	Southampton	22,161 ^[11]	Southampton v Walsall	31,653
2011–12	7,358	Sheffield Wednesday	21,336 ^[12]	Sheffield Wednesday v Wycombe Wanderers	38,082
2012–13	6,335	Sheffield United	18,612 ^[13]	Sheffield United v Brentford	23,431
2013–14	7,476	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20,879 ^[14]	Wolverhampton Wanderers v Rotherham United	30,110
2014–15	7,037	Sheffield United	19,805 ^[15]	Coventry City v Gillingham	27,306
2015–16	7,163	Sheffield United	19,803 ^[16]	Sheffield United v Bradford City	24,777
2016–17	7,933	Sheffield United	21,892 ^[17]	Sheffield United v Chesterfield	31,003
2017–18	7,805	Bradford City	19,787 ^[18]	Blackburn Rovers v Oxford United	27,600
2018–19	8,741	Sunderland	32,157 ^[19]	Sunderland v Bradford City	46,039
2019–20	8,802	Sunderland	30,118 ^[20]	Sunderland v Bolton Wanderers	33,821
2020–21	No attendances because of COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	9,953	Sunderland	30,847 ^[21]	Sunderland v Doncaster Rovers	38,395
2022–23	10,613	Derby County	27,259	Sheffield Wednesday v Plymouth Argyle	33,442
2023–24	9,711	Derby County	27,278	Derby County v Bolton Wanderers	32,538
2024–25	10,040	Birmingham City	26,283^[22]	Birmingham City v Reading	27,985
2025–26	10,522	Bolton Wanderers	21,692	Cardiff City v Lincoln City	27,280

Historic performance

Since the restructuring into League One in 2004, 78 teams have spent at least one season in the division, including 7 of the 20 teams in the 2025–26 Premier League. Milton Keynes Dons has spent 15 seasons in League One, the most of any team. Oldham Athletic's single 14-season consecutive spell was the longest of any team. The team with the current longest tenure is Burton Albion, who will be in their eighth consecutive season in the division, having been in League One since the 2018–19 season. Rotherham United have had the highest number of separate spells in League One with six. There have been 18 different Champions of League One, with Wigan Athletic having won the division three times, with the current points record being held by Birmingham City with a total of 111 points accumulated over the 2024–25 season.

Key

† Teams with this background and symbol in the "Club" column will be competing in the 2025–26 EFL League One
‡ Team will be competing in the 2025–26 Premier League
The club competed in League One during that season (the number is the club's final league position)

Club	Total Seasons	Number of Spells	Longest Spell (Seasons)	Highest Position	Lowest Position	Season
						2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
						2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
Accrington Stanley	5	1	5	11	23															14	17	11	12	23
AFC Bournemouth ‡	7	2	4	2	21	8	17	19	21			6	11	2
AFC Wimbledon †	7	2	6	15	23													15	18	20	20	19	23				19
Barnsley †	9	4	4	2	15	13	5									11	6			2				4	6	12	15
Birmingham City	1	1	1	1	1																					1
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	1	2	2														2
Blackpool †	11	4	4	3	22	16	19	3									22		12	10	13	3			8	9	13
Bolton Wanderers †	7	3	5	2	23													2			23		9	5	3	8	5
Bradford City †	10	3	6	4	24	11	11	22							11	7	5	5	11	24							4
Brentford ‡	8	2	5	2	24	4	3	24			9	11	9	3	2
Brighton & Hove Albion ‡	5	1	5	1	18			18	7	16	13	1
Bristol City	5	2	3	1	12	7	9	2							12	1
Bristol Rovers	12	3	5	10	24				16	11	11	22						10	13	15	14	24		17	15	22
Burton Albion †	9	2	8	2	20												2			9	12	16	16	15	20	20	17
Bury	6	3	3	14	24								14	22			16	19	24		24^[a]
Cambridge United	4	1	4	14	23																		14	20	18	23
Cardiff City †	1	1	1	2	2																						2
Carlisle United	9	2	8	4	24			8	4	20	14	12	8	17	22										24
Charlton Athletic	10	3	5	1	16						4	13	1					13	6	3		7	13	10	16	4
Cheltenham Town	6	2	3	15	23			17	19	23													15	16	21
Chesterfield	7	3	3	6	24	17	16	21					22			6	18	24
Colchester United	10	2	8	2	23	15	2			12	8	10	10	20	16	19	23
Coventry City	7	2	5	1	23									15	18	17	8	23		8	1
Crawley Town	4	2	3	10	22									10	14	22										21
Crewe Alexandra	9	3	4	12	24			13	20	22				13	19	20	24					12	24
Dagenham & Redbridge	1	1	2	21	21							21
Derby County	2	1	2	2	7																			7	2
Doncaster Rovers †	13	5	5	1	22	10	8	11	3					1		13	21		15	6	9	14	22				14
Exeter City †	7	2	4	8	23						18	8	23											14	13	16	21
Fleetwood Town	10	1	10	4	22											10	19	4	14	11	6	15	20	13	22
Forest Green Rovers	1	1	1	24	24																			24
Gillingham	13	3	9	9	22		14	16	22		21				17	12	9	20	17	13	10	10	21
Hartlepool United	8	2	6	6	23	6	21		15	19	20	16	13	23
Hereford United	1	1	1	24	24					24
Huddersfield Town †	10	2	8	3	15	9	4	15	10	9	6	3	4													10	9
Hull City	2	2	1	1	2	2																1
Ipswich Town	4	1	4	2	11																11	9	11	2
Leeds United ‡	3	1	3	2	5				5	4	2
Leicester City	1	1	1	1	1					1
Leyton Orient †	12	2	9	3	23			20	14	14	17	7	20	7	3	23									11	6	20
Lincoln City †	7	1	7	1	17																16	5	17	11	7	11	1
Luton Town †	4	4	1	1	24	1			24											1							7
Mansfield Town †	2	1	2	10	17																					17	10
Millwall	6	2	4	3	17			10	17	5	3						4	6
MK Dons	15	4	7	2	23	20	22			3	12	5	5	8	10	2		12	23		19	13	3	21
Morecambe	2	1	2	19	22																		19	22
Northampton Town †	9	4	3	9	24			14	9	21								16	22			22			14	19	24
Norwich City	1	1	1	1	1						1
Nottingham Forest ‡	3	1	3	2	7		7	4	2
Notts County	5	1	5	7	21							19	7	12	20	21
Oldham Athletic	14	1	14	6	21	19	10	6	8	10	16	17	16	19	15	15	17	17	21
Oxford United	8	1	8	4	19													8	16	12	4	6	8	19	5
Peterborough United †	15	5	8	2	23	23				2		4			6	9	13	11	9	7	7	2		6	4	18	18
Plymouth Argyle †	7	4	3	1	23							23							7	21		18	7	1			8
Port Vale †	11	4	4	9	23	18	13	12	23						9	18	12	21						18	23		22
Portsmouth	8	2	7	1	24									24					8	4	5	8	10	8	1
Preston North End	4	1	4	3	15								15	14	5	3
Reading †	3	1	3	7	17																				17	7	12
Rochdale	9	2	7	8	24							9	24			8	10	9	20	16	18	21
Rotherham United †	8	6	2	2	23		20	23							4				4		2		2			13	23
Scunthorpe United	10	4	5	1	23		12	1		6			18	21		16	7	3	5	23
Sheffield United	6	1	6	1	11								3	5	7	5	11	1
Sheffield Wednesday	5	3	2	2	15	5						15	2										4	3
Shrewsbury Town	12	2	10	3	24									16	24		20	18	3	18	15	17	18	12	19	24
Southampton	2	1	2	2	7						7	2
Southend United	9	3	5	1	23		1		6	8	23						14	7	10	19	22
Stevenage †	6	2	3	6	24								6	18	24										9	14	6
Stockport County †	5	3	2	3	24	24				18	24															3	3
Sunderland ‡	4	1	4	4	8															5	8	4	5
Swansea City	3	1	3	1	7		6	7	1
Swindon Town	12	4	5	4	24	12	23		13	15	5	24		6	8	4	15	22				23
Torquay United	1	1	1	21	21	21
Tranmere Rovers	11	2	10	3	21	3	18	9	11	7	19	18	12	11	21						21
Walsall	14	2	12	3	24	14	24		12	13	10	20	19	9	13	14	3	14	19	22
Wigan Athletic †	7	4	3	1	20												1		1			20	1		12	15	16
Wolverhampton Wanderers ‡	1	1	1	1	1										1
Wrexham	2	2	1	2	22	22																				2
Wycombe Wanderers †	9	4	5	3	22						22		21							17	3		6	9	10	5	11
Yeovil Town	9	2	8	4	24		15	5	18	17	15	14	17	4		24

Financial Fair Play

Beginning with the 2012–13 season, a Financial Fair Play arrangement has been in place in all three divisions of the Football League, the intention being eventually to produce a league of financially self-sustaining clubs. In League One, this takes the form of a Salary Cost Management Protocol in which a maximum of 60% of a club's turnover may be spent on players' wages, with sanctions being applied in the form of transfer embargoes.^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]

Footnotes

↑ Bury did not compete in the 2019-20 season as they were expelled from the league because of financial difficulties.

References

↑ France, Sam (29 April 2020). "What year did the Premier League start & which teams have played in it over the years?". Goal.com. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
↑ "Highest League attendances for 70 years as nearly 22 million attend EFL competitions". www.efl.com. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
↑ "3. Liga 2022/2023 - Zuschauer". weltfussball.de (in German).
↑ "League One Record 46,039 crowd as Sunderland AFC triumph over Bradford City on Boxing Day". www.sunderlandecho.com. 26 December 2018.
↑ "League One 2004/2005 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
↑ "League One 2005/2006 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. 24 February 2023.
↑ "League One 2006/2007 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. 24 February 2023.
↑ "League One 2007/2008 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
↑ "League One 2008/2009 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
↑ "League One 2009/2010 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
↑ "League One 2010/2011 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
↑ "League One 2011/2012 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
↑ "League One 2012/2013 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
↑ "League One 2013/2014 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
↑ "League One 2014/2015 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
↑ "League One 2015/2016 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
↑ "League One 2016/2017 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
↑ "League One 2017/2018 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
↑ "League One 2018/2019 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
↑ "League One 2019/2020 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
↑ "Sky Bet League One | Average Attendances | Home Matches". Football Web Pages.
↑ "League One 2024/2025 – Attendance". www.worldfootball.net. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
↑ "Financial Fair Play in The Football League". The Football League. 25 April 2012. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012.
↑ Vittles, Jack (6 December 2017). "Financial Fair play: Does it apply in League One and League Two?". Bristol Live. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
↑ McCartney, Aidan (2 February 2015). "Financial Fair Play in League One: Separating fact from fiction". CoventryLive. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
↑ Conn, David (4 March 2020). "Review into Bury's demise offers painful reminder of the need for FFP | Financial fair play". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

External links

[Bury-23] Bury did not compete in the 2019-20 season as they were expelled from the league because of financial difficulties.

[1] France, Sam (29 April 2020). "What year did the Premier League start & which teams have played in it over the years?". Goal.com. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

[2] "Highest League attendances for 70 years as nearly 22 million attend EFL competitions". www.efl.com. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[3] "3. Liga 2022/2023 - Zuschauer". weltfussball.de (in German).

[4] "League One Record 46,039 crowd as Sunderland AFC triumph over Bradford City on Boxing Day". www.sunderlandecho.com. 26 December 2018.

[5] "League One 2004/2005 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[6] "League One 2005/2006 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. 24 February 2023.

[7] "League One 2006/2007 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. 24 February 2023.

[8] "League One 2007/2008 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[9] "League One 2008/2009 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[10] "League One 2009/2010 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[11] "League One 2010/2011 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[12] "League One 2011/2012 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[13] "League One 2012/2013 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[14] "League One 2013/2014 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[15] "League One 2014/2015 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[16] "League One 2015/2016 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[17] "League One 2016/2017 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[18] "League One 2017/2018 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[19] "League One 2018/2019 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[20] "League One 2019/2020 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[21] "Sky Bet League One | Average Attendances | Home Matches". Football Web Pages.

[22] "League One 2024/2025 – Attendance". www.worldfootball.net. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.

[24] "Financial Fair Play in The Football League". The Football League. 25 April 2012. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012.

[25] Vittles, Jack (6 December 2017). "Financial Fair play: Does it apply in League One and League Two?". Bristol Live. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

[26] McCartney, Aidan (2 February 2015). "Financial Fair Play in League One: Separating fact from fiction". CoventryLive. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

[27] Conn, David (4 March 2020). "Review into Bury's demise offers painful reminder of the need for FFP | Financial fair play". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

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