The 2026–27 English Football League will be the 128th season of the English Football League (EFL) and the ninth season under that name after it was renamed from The Football League in 2016. For the 14th season, the league is sponsored by Sky Betting & Gaming and is therefore known as the Sky Bet EFL.
The EFL is contested through three divisions: the Championship, League One and League Two. The winner and the runner-up of the Championship are automatically promoted to the Premier League and they are joined by the winner of the Championship play-off. The bottom two teams in League Two are relegated to the National League.
Promotion and relegation
From the Premier League Relegated to the Championship West Ham United Burnley Wolverhampton Wanderers
From the Championship Promoted to the Premier League Coventry City Ipswich Town Hull City
Relegated to League One Oxford United Leicester City Sheffield Wednesday
From League One Promoted to the Championship Lincoln City Cardiff City Bolton Wanderers
Relegated to League Two Exeter City Port Vale Rotherham United Northampton Town
From League Two Promoted to League One Bromley Milton Keynes Dons Cambridge United Notts County
Relegated to the National League Harrogate Town Barrow
From the National League Promoted to League Two York City Rochdale
Map of teams
Championship
Table
Results
Play-offs
League One
Table
Results
Play-offs
League Two
Table
Results
Play-offs
Managerial changes
References