2016 Football League play-offs
Season | 2015–16 |
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Champions | Hull City (Championship) Barnsley (League One) AFC Wimbledon (League Two) |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 39 (2.6 per match) |
Biggest home win | Barnsley 3–0 Walsall |
Biggest away win | Derby County 0–3 Hull City |
Highest attendance | 70,189 |
Lowest attendance | 4,634 |
Average attendance | 26,210 |
← 2015 2017 → |
The Football League play-offs for the 2015–16 season were held in May 2016 with all finals being staged at Wembley Stadium in London.
The play-offs begin at the semi-final stage with all semi-finals being played over two legs, contested by the teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League Championship and League One and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th-placed teams in the League Two table. The winners of the semi-finals then advance to the finals, with the winner of the final gaining promotion for the following season.
Background[]
The Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places.
Championship[]
Semi-finals[]
- First leg
Sheffield Wednesday | 2–0 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
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Wallace 45' Lee 73' |
Report |
Derby County | 0–3 | Hull City |
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Report | Hernández 30' Shackell 40' (o.g.) Robertson 90+8' |
- Second leg
Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–1 | Sheffield Wednesday |
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Dunk 19' | Report | Wallace 28' |
Sheffield Wednesday won 3–1 on aggregate.
Hull City | 0–2 | Derby County |
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Report | Russell 7' Robertson 36' (o.g.) |
Hull City won 3–2 on aggregate.
Final[]
League One[]
Semi-finals[]
- First leg
Bradford City | 1–3 | Millwall |
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McMahon 13' (pen.) | Report | Gregory 15' Morison 34' J. Martin 45' |
- Second leg
Barnsley won 6–1 on aggregate.
Millwall | 1–1 | Bradford City |
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Gregory 34' | Report | Proctor 44' |
Millwall won 4–2 on aggregate.
Final[]
League Two[]
Semi-finals[]
- First leg
AFC Wimbledon | 1–0 | Accrington Stanley |
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Beere 90+3' | Report |
- Second leg
Plymouth Argyle won 3–2 on aggregate.
Accrington Stanley | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | AFC Wimbledon |
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Windass 39' (pen.) Mingoia 59' |
Report | Akinfenwa 68' Taylor 104' |
AFC Wimbledon won 3–2 on aggregate.
Final[]
AFC Wimbledon | 2–0 | Plymouth Argyle |
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Taylor 78' Akinfenwa 90+11' (pen.) |
Report |
References[]
- "Dates for Sky Bet Football League Play-Offs confirmed". The Football League. 9 March 2016.
- 2016 Football League play-offs
- 2015–16 Football League
- English Football League play-offs
- May 2016 sports events in the United Kingdom