Can you name every team to have lost a Championship play-off final?

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·23 May 2026

Can you name every team to have lost a Championship play-off final?

To be promoted to the Premier League as Championship play-off winners is one of the best experiences in football – but can you name the teams who’ve suffered the ultimate heartbreak?

Introduced in 1987, the play-offs have been a great addition to English football, and you should have no problem naming all the teams to have won the so-called richest game in football.

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But what about the losers? The teams for which 48 games came to nothing at the season’s end?

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