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Article title: Football League Championship Records and Statistics

The Football League Championship was founded as the second tier of English football for the start of the 2004-05 season. The following page details the football records and statistics of the Championship since then.

Titles and play-offs

 * Most titles: 2, joint record:
 * Sunderland
 * Reading
 * Most play-off final wins: 2, West Ham United
 * Most play-off final appearances: 2, joint record:
 * West Ham United
 * Blackpool
 * Watford
 * Derby County

Wins

 * Most wins in a season: 31, joint record:
 * Reading (2005–06)
 * Leicester City (2013-14)
 * Fewest wins in a season 5, Rotherham (2004-05)

Losses

 * Most losses in a season: 28, joint record:
 * Peterborough United (2009-10)
 * Scunthorpe United (2010-11)
 * Fewest losses in a season: 2, Reading (2005–06)

Draws

 * Most draws in a season 21, joint record:
 * Wolverhampton Wanderers (2004-05)
 * Leicester City (2004-05)
 * Fewest draws in a season): 5, Barnsley (2006-07)

Goals

 * Most goals scored in a season: 99, Reading (2005-06)
 * Fewest goals scored in a season: 35, joint record:
 * Rotherham United (2004-05)
 * Millwall (2005-06)
 * Most goals conceded in a season: 87, Scunthorpe United (2010-11)
 * Fewest goals conceded in a season: 32, joint record:
 * Reading (2005-06)
 * Queens Park Rangers (2010-11)
 * Best goal difference in a season: 67, Reading (2005-06)
 * Worst goal difference in a season: &minus;44, Scunthorpe United (2010-11)

Points

 * Most points in a season: 106, Reading (2005-06)
 * Fewest points in a season: 29, Rotherham (2004-05)
 * Most points in a season without winning: 93, Burnley (2013-14)
 * Fewest points in a season while winning: 81, West Bromwich Albion (2007-08)
 * Most point in a season while being relegated: 54, Peterborough United (2012-13)
 * Fewest points in a season while surviving relegation: 44, Birmingham City (2013-14)

Promotion and relegation

 * Best season for promoted clubs: All three promoted sides avoided relegation
 * (Queens Park Rangers, Plymouth Argyle and Brighton & Hove Albion): 2004-05
 * (Luton Town, Hull City and Sheffield Wednesday): 2005-06
 * (Swansea City, Doncaster Rovers and Nottingham Forest): 2008-09
 * (Norwich City, Leeds United and Millwall): 2010-11
 * (Charlton Athletic, Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield Town): 2012-13
 * Back-to-back promotions
 * Norwich City: 2nd, 2010-11
 * Southampton: 2nd, 2011-12
 * Back-to-back relegation: Wolverhampton Wanderers: 23rd 2012-13
 * Relegated then promoted
 * Sunderland: 1st, 2006-07
 * Birmingham City: 2nd, 2006-07
 * Birmingham City: 2nd, 2008-09
 * Newcastle United: 1st, 2009-10
 * West Bromwich Albion: 2nd, 2009-10
 * West Ham United: Play-off winners, 2011-12
 * Queens Park Rangers: Play-off winners, 2013-14

All-time Championship Table
The all-time Championship table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Championship since its inception in 2004. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2012–13 season. Teams in bold are part of the 2013-14 Football League Championship. Numbers in bold are the record integers (highest either positive or negative) numbers in each column. Only matches as part of the regular season count.

Crystal Palace were give a one-point deduction for using an ineligible player during a match against Sheffield United on 3 May 2009. Crystal Palace were given a ten point deduction for entering administration. Leeds United had 10 points deducted for entering financial administration. Portsmouth were deducted 10 points for entering administration.

League or status at 2012–13:

Goals

 * Most goals in a season (46 games): 34, Glenn Murray (Crystal Palace), 2012-13