2008–09 Football League Championship#Play-offs

;Joining the Championship

Relegated from the Premier League:

• Reading
• Birmingham City
• Derby County

Promoted from League One:

• Swansea City
• Nottingham Forest
• Doncaster Rovers

;Leaving the Championship

Promoted to the Premier League:

• West Bromwich Albion
• Stoke City
• Hull City

Relegated to League One:

• Leicester City
• Scunthorpe United
• Colchester United

{{location map+ |UK England|float=right |width=369 |caption=Locations of the Championship 2008–09 teams |places=

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=53.552308 |long=-1.467617 |label=Barnsley|position=left}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=52.475703 |long=-1.868189 |label=
Birmingham|position=left}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=53.804706 |long=-3.048039 |label=Blackpool
Preston North End|position=left}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=51.440150 |long=-2.620303 |label=Bristol City|position=bottom}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=53.789064 |long=-2.230225 |label=Burnley|position=top}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=51.474647 |long=-3.199997 |label=Cardiff|position=left}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=51.486414 |long=0.036494 |label=Charlton|position=right}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=52.448056 |long=-1.495611 |label=Coventry|position=right}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=51.398289 |long=-0.085536 |label=Crystal Palace|position=bottom}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=52.914911 |long=-1.447233 |label=Derby|position=left}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=53.509948 |long=-1.113052 |label=Doncaster|position=right}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=52.055061 |long=1.144831 |label=Ipswich|position=left}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=52.622128 |long=1.308653 |label=Norwich|position=left}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=52.939936 |long=-1.132886 |label=Nottingham Forest|position=right}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=50.388094 |long=-4.150886 |label=Plymouth|position=left}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=53.772256 |long=-2.688186 |label=|position=left}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=51.509264 |long=-0.232125 |label=QPR|position=left}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=51.422311 |long=-0.982639 |label=Reading|position=left}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=53.370342 |long=-1.470853 |label=Sheffield United|position=right}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=53.411422 |long=-1.500669 |label=Sheffield Wednesday|position=left}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=50.905831 |long=-1.391056 |label=Southampton|position=left}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=51.6422 |long=-3.9351 |label=Swansea|position=right}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=51.649928 |long=-0.401606 |label=Watford|position=right}}

{{location map~ |UK England|lat=52.590225 |long=-2.130389 |label=Wolverhampton Wanderers|position=left}}

}}

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|hth_CRY=Crystal Palace were give a one-point deduction for using an ineligible player during a match against Sheffield United on 3 May 2009.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/jun/01/crystal-palace-point-deducted-rui-fonte |title= Crystal Palace have one point deduction for fielding ineligible Rui Fonte|date=1 June 2009 |access-date=1 June 2009 |work=The Guardian| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090612012751/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jun/01/crystal-palace-point-deducted-rui-fonte| archive-date= 12 June 2009 | url-status= live}}

|hth_SOU=Southampton were given a ten-point deduction for breaching insolvency regulations, regarding their holding company. As they finished in the bottom three in the 2008–09 season, the points deduction was applied during the 2009–10 season in League One.{{cite news|url=http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/News/ChampionshipNewsDetail/0,,10794~1636735,00.html |title=Southampton Football Club |date=23 April 2009 |access-date=23 April 2009 |publisher=The Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426090931/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/News/ChampionshipNewsDetail/0%2C%2C10794~1636735%2C00.html |archive-date=26 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promotion to the Premier League

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|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to Football League One

|result22=R|result23=R|result24=R

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update=3 May 2009

|source=[http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/DivisionalLeagueTable/0,,10794~20087,00.html The Football League]

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{{main|2009 Football League play-offs}}

{{4TeamBracket

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|match_WOL_REA=0–3

|match_WOL_SHU=1–1

|match_WOL_SHW=4–1

|match_WOL_SOU=3–0

|match_WOL_SWA=2–1

|match_WOL_WAT=3–1

|update=complete

|source=[http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/ResultsLast7Days/0,,10794,00.html The Football League]

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;PFA Team of the Year{{Cite book | editor-first = Barry J.

| editor-last = Hugman | title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10 | year = 2009

| publisher = Mainstream Publishing | isbn = 978-1-84596-474-0 | page = 480 }}

• On 20 September 2008, during Watford's home game against Reading, the assistant referee Nigel Banister adjudged that a John Eustace own goal had opened the scoring for Reading. In fact, the ball had gone four yards wide of the goal after Eustace challenged Royals forward Noel Hunt and a corner should therefore have been awarded. Referee Stuart Attwell followed the signal by the assistant and awarded the goal.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7614022.stm |title=Watford 2–2 Reading |work=BBC Sport |date=20 September 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090116181506/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7614022.stm| archive-date= 16 January 2009 | url-status= live}} The next day Reading manager Steve Coppell said that he was happy for the game to be replayed,{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7628234.stm |title=Coppell happy to replay Watford |work=BBC Sport |date=21 September 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090203081832/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7628234.stm| archive-date= 3 February 2009 | url-status= live}} but his offer was turned down when an official said, "the referee's decision is final."
• On 6 December 2008 an apparent Bristol City goal against Swansea City was not awarded after both the linesman and referee failed to see the ball cross the line. This led Bristol City manager Gary Johnson to add to calls for goal-line technology.{{cite web| url= http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/bristolcity/news/Bristol-City-boss-Johnson-calls-introduction-goalline-technologyarticle-529315-details/article.html| title= Bristol City boss Johnson calls for introduction of goalline technology| date= 8 December 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090425183502/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/bristolcity/news/Bristol-City-boss-Johnson-calls-introduction-goalline-technologyarticle-529315-details/article.html| archive-date= 25 April 2009| url-status= dead| access-date= 23 April 2009}}

On 23 April 2009, The Football League announced that Southampton had been placed into administration. The ruling occurred after the deadline for immediate points deduction application, so the ten-point deduction would have to await whether or not Southampton, in 22nd place at the time of the announcement, were relegated.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/8014811.stm |title=Penalised Saints face relegation|date=23 April 2009|work=BBC Sport}} If they had finished above the relegation zone, then the points would have been deducted from their total for the current year to thereby relegate them. However, since their relegation was confirmed following their penultimate match, their point penalty would be applied the next season in League One.[http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/News/ChampionshipNewsDetail/0,,10794~1636735,00.html Statement on Southampton Football Club] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426090931/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/News/ChampionshipNewsDetail/0%2C%2C10794~1636735%2C00.html |date=26 April 2009 }} from The Football League, 23 April 2009

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