Official broadcast guide for EFL - English Championship 2018-19: fixtures time, dates, TV and streaming schedule

Topics: TV Schedules, TV Listings, EFL Championship

The new EFL Championship season is just around the corner. Here is all you need to know ahead of another cracking league season.

When does the 2018–19 EFL Championship start?

The 2018/2019 EFL Championship is scheduled to commence on Friday, August 3. Reading will host Derby County at the Madejski Stadium in the league's curtain raiser.

Which teams are playing in the 2018–19 EFL Championship?

A total of 24 teams will feature in the second top-flight league in England. The teams will play each other twice in the course of the season and every one of them is expected to feature in a total of 46 matches by the end of the campaign.

Below is the list of the 24 clubs eligible to feature in the 2018-2019 EFL Championship:

Aston Villa
Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Brentford
Bristol City
Derby County
Hull City
Ipswich Town
Leeds United
Middlesborough
Millwall
Norwich City
Nottingham Forest
Preston North End
Queens Park Rangers
Reading
Rotherham United
Shefield United
Shefield Wednesday
Stoke City
Swansea City
West Bromich Albion
Wigan Athletic

Who are the current champions of the EFL Championship?

Last season's league Championship title was won by Wolverhampton Wanderers, a feat which ensured the club's automatic promotion to the English Premier League for the 2018/2019 season. The Wolves finished atop the league log with a just a point shy of the century mark, winning 30 games, drawing nine and losing seven in their triumphant campaign.

Nuno Espirito Santo's side scored a total of 82 goals and conceded 39 in the process.

Who are the promoted and relegated teams?

League One winners and runners-up Sheffield United and Bolton Wanderers gained qualification to the EFL Championship alongside winners of the playoffs, Millwall. The trio came in to replace Sunderland, Burton Albion and Barnsley who will feature in the League One for the 2018/2019 season after finishing as the three lowly-ranked clubs in the EFL Championship last season.