2016–17 EFL Championship
| Season | 2016–17 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Newcastle United 2nd Championship title 4th 2nd tier title |
| Promoted | Newcastle United Brighton & Hove Albion Huddersfield Town |
| Relegated | Rotherham United Wigan Athletic Blackburn Rovers |
| Matches played | 552 |
| Goals scored | 1,441 (2.61 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Chris Wood (Leeds United) (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Norwich City 7–1 Reading (8 April 2017) |
| Biggest away win | Queens Park Rangers 0–6 Newcastle United (13 September 2016) |
| Highest scoring | Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–4 Fulham (10 December 2016) Burton Albion 3–5 Brentford (18 March 2017) Norwich City 7–1 Reading (8 April 2017) |
| Longest winning run | 8 matches Newcastle United |
| Longest unbeaten run | 18 matches Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Longest winless run | 17 matches Rotherham United |
| Longest losing run | 10 matches Rotherham United |
| Highest attendance | 52,301 Newcastle United 1–1 Leeds United (14 April 2017) |
| Lowest attendance | 3,725 Burton Albion 1–1 Queens Park Rangers (27 September 2016) |
| Average attendance | 20,125 |
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The 2016–17 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of the EFL Championship under its current name, and the twenty-fifth season under its current league structure. Newcastle United were crowned the champions and were promoted to Premier League after just one season in the Championship. Brighton & Hove Albion, alongside Huddersfield Town, both achieved Premier League promotions, via the second automatic promotion place and play-off route respectively, Brighton and Huddersfield Town's first ever since the Premier League formed in 1992.
The season started on 5 August 2016 with the final round of regular league fixtures played on 7 May 2017. The fixtures were announced on 22 June 2016.