EFL Championship season 2025/26 started on August 8, 2025. Browse the English Championship schedule below for games from the English Football League shown on US streaming and TV.
EFL Championship TV schedule
All times Eastern.
Friday, January 23
- 03:00 PM ET
Derby County vs. West Bromwich Albion (English Championship)
Saturday, January 24
- 07:30 AM ET
Millwall vs. Charlton Athletic (English Championship)
- 07:30 AM ET
Middlesbrough vs. Preston North End (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Queens Park Rangers vs. Wrexham AFC (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Hull City vs. Swansea City (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Birmingham City vs. Stoke City (English Championship)
Sunday, January 25
- 07:00 AM ET
Portsmouth vs. Southampton (English Championship)
Monday, January 26
- 03:00 PM ET
Norwich City vs. Coventry City (English Championship)
Friday, January 30
- 03:00 PM ET
Bristol City vs. Derby County (English Championship)
Saturday, January 31
- 07:30 AM ET
Stoke City vs. Southampton (English Championship)
- 07:30 AM ET
Leicester City vs. Charlton Athletic (English Championship)
- 07:30 AM ET
Sheffield Wednesday vs. Wrexham AFC (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Portsmouth vs. West Bromwich Albion (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Ipswich Town vs. Preston North End (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Queens Park Rangers vs. Coventry City (English Championship)
Tuesday, February 03
- 02:45 PM ET
Portsmouth vs. Ipswich Town (English Championship)
- 02:45 PM ET
Blackburn Rovers vs. Sheffield Wednesday (English Championship)
Friday, February 06
- 03:00 PM ET
Charlton Athletic vs. Queens Park Rangers (English Championship)
Saturday, February 07
- 07:30 AM ET
Southampton vs. Watford (English Championship)
- 07:30 AM ET
Derby County vs. Ipswich Town (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Coventry City vs. Oxford United (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Wrexham AFC vs. Millwall (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Birmingham City vs. Leicester City (English Championship)
Sunday, February 08
- 07:00 AM ET
Swansea City vs. Sheffield Wednesday (English Championship)
Monday, February 09
- 03:00 PM ET
Sheffield United vs. Middlesbrough (English Championship)
Saturday, February 14
- 10:00 AM ET
Preston North End vs. Watford (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Derby County vs. Swansea City (English Championship)
Monday, February 16
- 03:00 PM ET
Coventry City vs. Middlesbrough (English Championship)
Friday, February 20
- 03:00 PM ET
Birmingham City vs. Preston North End (English Championship)
Saturday, February 21
- 07:30 AM ET
Stoke City vs. Leicester City (English Championship)
- 07:30 AM ET
West Bromwich Albion vs. Coventry City (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Southampton vs. Charlton Athletic (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Wrexham AFC vs. Ipswich Town (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Middlesbrough vs. Oxford United (English Championship)
Sunday, February 22
- 07:00 AM ET
Sheffield United vs. Sheffield Wednesday (English Championship)
Tuesday, February 24
- 02:45 PM ET
Wrexham AFC vs. Portsmouth (English Championship)
- 02:45 PM ET
Watford vs. Ipswich Town (English Championship)
- 03:00 PM ET
Southampton vs. Queens Park Rangers (English Championship)
Wednesday, February 25
- 02:45 PM ET
Millwall vs. Birmingham City (English Championship)
- 02:45 PM ET
Sheffield United vs. Coventry City (English Championship)
- 03:00 PM ET
Stoke City vs. Oxford United (English Championship)
Friday, February 27
- 03:00 PM ET
Bristol City vs. Watford (English Championship)
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EFL History
The English Football League dates back to 1888, making it the oldest league competition in the world.
After the game began to allow professionalism (paying players) in 1885, the first Football League season was played in 1888-89. By 1892, the Second Division was formed by absorbing the 12 teams from the rival Football Alliance.
In 1898, automatic promotion and relegation between the First and Second Divisions was added. This succeeded a system of test matches and/or election of clubs that was used prior.
After World War I, the Third Division started. Initially, this was individual north and south leagues. 1958 saw the expansion of the official Football League setup again. A single, nationwide third tier came to be and a Fourth Division joined the fray. For decades after that, 92 total clubs made up the Football League.
But in the early 1990s, a major shakeup occurred that would change the face of club football forever. The 22 First Division clubs resigned from the Football League, in 1992, creating the Premier League. Promotion and relegation remained the same between the top division and the second (re-named the Football League First Division). In 1995 the EPL contracted to 20 clubs, relegating an extra two teams that season.
Since then, the EFL has consisted of 72 clubs. As of 2024, 68 of these clubs are in England, and the other four are in Wales.
In 2004, the remaining three divisions of the EFL again rebranded, this time to what we know today – the EFL Championship (2), League One (3), and League Two (4).
The bottom two teams of League Two at the end of each season drop to the National League (division five).
