User:Falastur2/Championship 2008-09

The Football League 2008–09 (entitled Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons), will be the seventeenth season under its current league division format. It will begin in August 2008 and conclude in May 2009, with the promotion play-off finals.

The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The top divisions of these is the League Championship. The winner and the runner up of the League Championship will be automatically promoted to the Premiership and they will be joined by the winner of the League Championship playoff. The bottom three teams in the Championship will be relegated to the second division, League One.

From Championship
Promoted to Premier League
 * West Bromwich Albion
 * Stoke City
 * Hull City

Relegated to League One
 * Leicester City
 * Scunthorpe United
 * Colchester United

To Championship
Relegated from Premier League
 * Reading
 * Birmingham City
 * Derby County

Promoted from League One
 * Swansea City
 * Nottingham Forest
 * Doncaster Rovers

League Championship
Guaranteed to be playing in the Championship