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Champions: Sunderland · Promoted: Sunderland, Wigan, West Ham (play-offs)

Formerly Football League First Division (1992–2004)

ClubStadiumCityCapacity
West Ham UnitedLondon Stadiumopened 2012London8,982,000 people62,500
SunderlandStadium of Lightopened 1997Sunderland277,417 people49,000
Leeds UnitedElland Roadopened 1897Leeds536,280 people37,792
Derby CountyPride Park Stadiumopened 1997Derby255,394 people33,597
Cardiff CityCardiff City Stadiumopened 2009Cardiff383,536 people33,260
Sheffield UnitedBramall Laneopened 1855Sheffield518,090 people32,702
Coventry CityCoventry Building Society Arenaopened 2005Coventry362,690 people32,609
Leicester CityKing Power Stadiumopened 2002Leicester368,600 people32,261
Brighton & Hove AlbionAmerican Express Stadiumopened 2011Brighton134,293 people31,800
Nottingham ForestThe City Groundopened 1898Nottingham289,301 people31,212
Wolverhampton WanderersMolineux Stadiumopened 1889Wolverhampton250,970 people30,852
Ipswich TownPortman Roadopened 1884Ipswich151,562 people30,056
Stoke CityBet365 Stadiumopened 1997Stoke-on-Trent249,008 people27,740
Wigan AthleticBrick Community Stadiumopened 1999Wigan103,608 people25,133
Preston North EndDeepdaleopened 1878Preston141,801 people24,500
ReadingMadejski Stadiumopened 1998Reading162,666 people24,161
BurnleyTurf Mooropened 1883Burnley82,002 people22,546
WatfordVicarage Roadopened 1922Watford90,301 people22,000
MillwallThe Denopened 1993London8,982,000 people20,146
Queens Park RangersLoftus Roadopened 1904London8,982,000 people18,439
Plymouth ArgyleHome Parkopened 1893Plymouth267,918 people17,900
Rotherham UnitedNew York Stadiumopened 2012Rotherham109,691 people12,021
GillinghamPriestfield Stadiumopened 1893Gillingham108,483 people11,582
Crewe AlexandraGresty Roadopened 1906Crewe55,315 people10,153

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Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), API-Football · Data sources