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, March 06
- 03:00 PM ET
Preston North End vs. Oxford United (English Championship)
Saturday, March 07
- 07:30 AM ET
Hull City vs. Millwall (English Championship)
- 07:30 AM ET
Blackburn Rovers vs. Portsmouth (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Ipswich Town vs. Leicester City (English Championship)
- 10:00 AM ET
Derby County vs. Sheffield Wednesday (English Championship)
Sunday, March 08
- 12:30 PM ET
Queens Park Rangers vs. Middlesbrough (English Championship)
Tuesday, March 10
- 03:45 PM ET
Millwall vs. Derby County (English Championship)
- 03:45 PM ET
Wrexham AFC vs. Hull City (English Championship)
- 04:00 PM ET
Stoke City vs. Ipswich Town (English Championship)
Wednesday, March 11
- 03:45 PM ET
Middlesbrough vs. Charlton Athletic (English Championship)
- 04:00 PM ET
Coventry City vs. Preston North End (English Championship)
Friday, March 13
- 04:00 PM ET
Wrexham AFC vs. Swansea City (English Championship)
Saturday, March 14
- 08:30 AM ET
Middlesbrough vs. Bristol City (English Championship)
- 08:30 AM ET
Coventry City vs. Southampton (English Championship)
- 11:00 AM ET
Leicester City vs. Queens Park Rangers (English Championship)
- 11:00 AM ET
Stoke City vs. Watford (English Championship)
Monday, March 16
- 04:00 PM ET
Portsmouth vs. Derby County (English Championship)
Tuesday, March 17
- 03:45 PM ET
Watford vs. Wrexham AFC (English Championship)
Friday, March 20
- 04:00 PM ET
Preston North End vs. Stoke City (English Championship)
Saturday, March 21
- 08:30 AM ET
Ipswich Town vs. Millwall (English Championship)
- 08:30 AM ET
Derby County vs. Birmingham City (English Championship)
- 11:00 AM ET
Watford vs. Leicester City (English Championship)
- 11:00 AM ET
Sheffield United vs. Wrexham AFC (English Championship)
- 01:15 PM ET
Swansea City vs. Coventry City (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).
