2011–12 Football League Championship
The 2011–12 Football League Championship, known as the npower Championship for sponsorship, was the eighth season under this name. Reading were the champions, clinching the title on 21 April after Southampton lost. Southampton finished second and were automatically promoted. West Ham United finished third and earned promotion by beating Blackpool in the playoff final at Wembley.
Relegated to League One were Doncaster Rovers, Coventry City, and Portsmouth, the latter two affected by a 10-point deduction after Portsmouth entered administration.
Key facts
- Top scorer: Rickie Lambert (Reading) – 27 goals
- Matches: 552
- Goals: 1,419 (about 2.57 per match)
- Biggest home wins: Peterborough United 7–1 Ipswich Town; West Ham United 6–0 Brighton & Hove Albion
- Biggest away win: Millwall 0–6 Birmingham City
- Highest scoring match: Leeds United 3–7 Nottingham Forest
- Longest winning run: 8 games (Reading)
- Longest unbeaten run: 12 games (Southampton and Brighton)
- Longest winless run: 11 games (Coventry City)
- Longest losing run: 7 games (Ipswich Town)
- Highest attendance: 34,934 (West Ham 2–1 Hull City)
- Lowest attendance: 6,351 (Peterborough United 4–3 Cardiff City)
- Average attendance: 17,841
Season timeline
- Fixtures released: 17 June 2011
- Season started: 5 August 2011
- Portsmouth entered administration: 17 February 2012 (10-point penalty)
- Season ended: 28 April 2012
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 07:50 (CET).