2017–18 EFL League One
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Season | 2017–18 |
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Champions | Wigan Athletic (3rd divisional title) |
Promoted | Wigan Athletic Blackburn Rovers Rotherham United |
Relegated | Bury Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,401 (2.54 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jack Marriott (Peterborough United) (27 goals) |
Biggest home win |
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Biggest away win | Oxford United 0–7 Wigan Athletic (23 December 2017) |
Longest winning run | Rotherham United (7 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Blackburn Rovers (18 matches) |
Longest winless run | Plymouth Argyle (12 matches) |
Longest losing run | Bury (7 matches) |
Highest attendance | (Regular season) = 27,600[1] (Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Oxford United, 5 May 2018) |
Lowest attendance | (Regular season) = 2,088[1] (Fleetwood Town 0–2 Gillingham, 22 December 2017) |
Total attendance | 4,291,654[1] |
Average attendance | (Regular season) = 7,788[1] |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → |
The 2017–18 EFL League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th season of the Football League One under its current title, and the 25th season under its current league division format.
Team changes
[edit]The following teams have changed division since the 2016–17 season.
To League One[edit]Promoted from League Two Relegated from Championship
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From League One[edit]Promoted to Championship Relegated to League Two
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Teams
[edit]Greater Manchester League One football clubs
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Wigan Athletic | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 30 May 2017[3] | Pre-season | ![]() |
31 May 2017[4] |
Portsmouth | ![]() |
Signed by Wigan Athletic | 31 May 2017[5] | ![]() |
2 June 2017[6] | |
Oxford United | ![]() |
Signed by Leicester City as assistant manager | 20 June 2017[7] | ![]() |
1 July 2017[8] | |
Northampton Town | ![]() |
Sacked | 31 August 2017[9] | 24th | ![]() |
4 September 2017[10] |
Oldham Athletic | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 25 September 2017[11] | ![]() |
18 October 2017[12] | |
Gillingham | ![]() |
25 September 2017[13] | 22nd | ![]() |
16 November 2017[14] | |
Bury | ![]() |
Sacked | 30 October 2017[15] | 23rd | ![]() |
22 November 2017[16] |
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15 January 2018[17] | 24th | ![]() |
15 January 2018[17] | ||
Southend United | ![]() |
Resigned | 17 January 2018[18] | 18th | ![]() |
23 January 2018[19] |
Milton Keynes Dons | ![]() |
Sacked | 20 January 2018[20] | 21st | ![]() |
23 January 2018[21] |
Oxford United | ![]() |
Sacked | 22 January 2018[22] | 10th | ![]() |
22 March 2018[23] |
Bradford City | ![]() |
5 February 2018[24] | 6th | ![]() |
11 February 2018[25] | |
Fleetwood Town | ![]() |
16 February 2018[26] | 20th | ![]() |
22 February 2018[27] | |
Peterborough United | ![]() |
25 February 2018[28] | 10th | ![]() |
28 February 2018[29] | |
Walsall | ![]() |
12 March 2018[30] | 14th | ![]() |
16 March 2018[31] | |
Charlton Athletic | ![]() |
Signed by Oxford United | 22 March 2018[32] | 9th | ![]() |
22 March 2018[32] |
Scunthorpe United | ![]() |
Sacked | 24 March 2018[33] | 5th | ![]() |
11 April 2018[34] |
Northampton Town | ![]() |
2 April 2018[35] | 23rd | ![]() |
2 April 2018[35] | |
Milton Keynes Dons | ![]() |
22 April 2018[36] | ![]() |
6 June 2018[37] |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Wigan Athletic (C, P) | 46 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 89 | 29 | +60 | 98 | Promotion to the EFL Championship |
2 | Blackburn Rovers (P) | 46 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 82 | 40 | +42 | 96 | |
3 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 39 | +21 | 87 | Qualification for League One play-offs[a] |
4 | Rotherham United (O, P) | 46 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 73 | 53 | +20 | 79 | |
5 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 65 | 50 | +15 | 74 | |
6 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 71 | |
7 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 58 | 59 | −1 | 68 | |
8 | Portsmouth | 46 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 66 | |
9 | Peterborough United | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 68 | 60 | +8 | 64 | |
10 | Southend United | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 58 | 62 | −4 | 63 | |
11 | Bradford City | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 57 | 67 | −10 | 63 | |
12 | Blackpool | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 60 | |
13 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 60 | 66 | −6 | 59 | |
14 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 59 | 68 | −9 | 57 | |
15 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 56 | |
16 | Oxford United | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 61 | 66 | −5 | 56 | |
17 | Gillingham | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 56 | |
18 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 53 | |
19 | Walsall | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 53 | 66 | −13 | 52 | |
20 | Rochdale | 46 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 51 | |
21 | Oldham Athletic (R) | 46 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 58 | 75 | −17 | 50 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
22 | Northampton Town (R) | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 43 | 77 | −34 | 47 | |
23 | Milton Keynes Dons (R) | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 69 | −26 | 45 | |
24 | Bury (R) | 46 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 71 | −30 | 36 |
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.
Play-offs
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
3 | Shrewsbury Town | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
6 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
3 | Shrewsbury Town | 1 | |||||||||
4 | Rotherham United | 2 | |||||||||
4 | Rotherham United | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
5 | Scunthorpe United | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Results
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]- As of 24 April 2018[38]
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