Which clubs have appeared in Championship playoffs most seasons?

Which clubs have appeared in the Championship playoffs most seasons? It’s usually that time of year, so we’ve taken a look back.

The first playoffs at this level were contested in 1987, when it was the Football League Second Division. From 1993 to 2004, following the creation of the FA Premier League as a breakaway from the Football League, it became the Division One play-offs, and since 2005 has taken its current name as the Championship play-offs following a rebranding of the remaining three divisions of the Football League.

There is no single sporting event in the world more valuable to the winners, who end up approximately £170m better off than the losers, mainly due to the increased commercial television revenue from being promoted to the Premier League. However, by convention the two finalists agree that the loser will keep all the gate receipts from the game, so as to slightly soften the financial blow of missing out.

Find out which clubs have appeared in the Championship playoffs the most seasons… ( ) = wins

Ipswich Town – 8 (1)
Derby County – 8 (1)
Crystal Palace – 7 (4)
Leicester City – 6 (2)
Watford – 5 (2)
Wolves – 5 (1)
Birmingham City – 5 (1)
Reading – 5
Sheffield United –5
Bolton Wanderers – 4 (2)
Middlesbrough – 4 (1)
Blackburn Rovers – 4 (1)
Brighton & Hove Albion – 4
Preston North End – 4
Charlton Athletic – 3 (2)
Swindon Town – 3 (2)
West Ham – 3 (2)
Cardiff City – 3
West Brom – 3
Millwall – 3
Leeds United – 3
Sunderland – 3
Tranmere Rovers – 3
Nottingham Forest – 3
Fulham – 2 (1)
Aston Villa – 2 (1)
Norwich City – 2 (1)
Hull City – 2 (2)
Blackpool – 2 (1)
Sheffield Wednesday – 2
Notts County – 1 (1)
Burnley – 1 (1)
Swansea City – 1 (1)
Queens Park Rangers – 1 (1)
Huddersfield Town – 1 (1)
Oldham Athletic – 1
Chelsea – 1
Bradford City – 1
Newcastle United – 1
Cambridge United – 1
Portsmouth – 1
Stoke City – 1
Barnsley – 1
Southampton – 1
Bristol City – 1
Wigan Athletic – 1
Brentford – 1

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