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Championship Fixtures

Every match of the Championship 2026/27 season, matchday by matchday, with kick-off times in UTC and the ground each one is played at.

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Matchday99 Oct – 11 Oct
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Matchday 9, 9 Oct

Friday 9 October
West Ham United
Queens Park Rangers
London Stadium
Saturday 10 October
Charlton Athletic
Bristol City
The Valley
Swansea City
Norwich City
Swansea.com Stadium
West Bromwich Albion
Birmingham City
The Hawthorns
Blackburn Rovers
Cardiff City
Ewood Park
Bolton Wanderers
Stoke City
Toughsheet Community Stadium
Derby County
Wrexham
Pride Park
Middlesbrough
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Riverside Stadium
Preston North End
Millwall
Deepdale
Sheffield United
Lincoln City
Bramall Lane
Watford
Burnley
Vicarage Road
Sunday 11 October
Southampton
Portsmouth
St. Mary's Stadium

About the Championship fixtures

The 2026-27 Championship fixtures are all here, round by round, with a UTC kickoff time and the venue for each of the season's 552 league matches. Played games show the full-time score, and the upcoming matchday is marked Next up.

Twenty-four clubs play each other home and away, 46 games apiece. The season opened on Friday, August 14, 2026, with Wolves, just relegated from the Premier League, drawing 2-2 with Blackburn Rovers at Molineux thanks to a stoppage-time penalty from Raúl Jiménez.

How to use the Championship fixtures

  • Work through the 46 matchdays in order; Next up marks the one that kicks off soonest.
  • Next to each venue sits a UTC kickoff time, and completed games add the full-time score.
  • For the numbers behind the schedule, see the snapshot box, which counts games, teams and rounds.
  • The Championship table turns these results into the current standings.

Championship fixtures FAQ

When do the Championship regular season and playoffs finish?

The regular season finishes on Saturday, May 1, 2027, after 46 rounds. The playoffs follow in May and end with the final at Wembley, where the third promoted club is decided.

How many matches make up the 2026-27 Championship?

Each club plays 46 league games, two against each of the other 23, for 552 matches in total. The new playoff format adds seven more: two single-leg eliminators, four semifinal legs and the Wembley final.

Which six clubs entered the Championship for 2026-27?

West Ham United, Burnley and Wolverhampton Wanderers dropped out of the Premier League, while League One champions Lincoln City, runners-up Cardiff City and playoff winners Bolton Wanderers came up. They took the places of the three promoted clubs and of Oxford United, Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday, who went down.

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