All 24 EFL Championship stadiums ranked from smallest to biggest as Wrexham plans for 18,000-seater loom | OneFootball

With plans for The Racecourse Ground now revealed, here's how the famous old ground ranks in terms of size among the other 23 in the Championship.

With news of ambitious plans to redevelop The Racecourse Ground now revealed, here's how Wrexham's home will rank among the other 23 stadiums currently being used in the Championship.

Having already won promotion from the National League to the Championship, the ambition of Wrexham's celebrity owners still hasn't reached its limit. And next in line for this is the club's home, The Racecourse Ground.

The Racecourse Ground is a piece of Welsh football history. It's the world's oldest international football stadium still hosting international matches, having been the venue for Wales' first home international match in 1877, and it's been the Red Dragons' home since their formation in 1864, more than 160 years ago.

And new reports have confirmed what the next steps will be in the redevelopment of this famous old venue. Wales Online have reported details of plans which will include the building of a new stand which will seat 7,750 spectators, increasing its capacity to 18,000.

This is something that Wrexham will consider necessary for their future growth as a club. The Racecourse Ground currently holds 12,600 people for football purposes, and an average home attendance of just under 11,000 means that it's already around 85% full for League matches.

All of this is happening with the club looking to establish themselves in the Championship, a figure which would be sure to rise, were the Red Dragons to challenge for promotion, and which certainly would were they to reach the Premier League, which is a stated aim of the owners of the club.

So with all this in mind, let's take a look at all 24 Championship clubs, and how many people can fit inside their grounds, along with details of any redevelopment work that has been announced in recent years.

There have been few less popular new stadium builds among a club's own fans than Oxford United's 2001 move to The Kassam Stadium. Rising costs meant that a fourth stand behind one goal was never built, and the space where it would have been has been used as a car park since it opened.

This negatively affects the atmosphere inside the ground, but that's only the start of it. Not only is it named for hated former owner Firoz Kassam, but since he still owns it, Oxford continue to have to pay him rent to stay there. The good news for the club is that they received planning permission for a new 16,000-capacity stadium in Kidlington in August 2025.

Wrexham's position on this list demonstrates why redevelopment at The Racecourse Ground is so important to the club. Years of neglect took their toll on the ground, with the Kop terrace closed from 2008 as unsafe. A temporary seated stand has now been put in place, but the long-term growth of the club will require a new stand at this end of the ground and the newly-revealed plans will deliver it.

22 ? ? Queens Park Rangers - Loftus Road: 18,360

There was a time when Loftus Road was considered the height of stadium design modernity. Rebuilt in a modular style between 1968 and 1981, the ground had this country's first artificial playing surface inside a League ground installed upon completion. That pitch is now long-gone, and Loftus Road hasn't had much work done to it since. Hemmed on all four sides, redevelopment work for Queens Park Rangers has proved almost impossible, but various mooted plans have come to nothing and the club remain at a now aging stadium with little prospect of being able to leave in the foreseeable future.

21 ? ? Millwall - The Den: 20,146

The New Den was opened in 1993, and hasn't changed a great deal since. Millwall's home has its idiosyncrasies, not least the walkway from nearby South Bermondsey railway station which deposits travelling supporters right next to the away turnstiles and its famously intimidating atmosphere, and despite the Lions' average attendance currently sitting around 16,500, there are plans to redevelop with an intention for a phased rebuild, the ultimate goal being to raise the capacity of the ground to 34,000.

20 ? ? Portsmouth - Fratton Park: 20,688

The historic Fratton Park has been Portsmouth's home since 1899, but it's starting to show its age now. There are plans to redevelop the ground to increase its capacity by 5,000, but recent reports have confirmed that these are progressing, though that it might be ten years before they come to fruition. The plans are still at the 'feasibility study' stage.

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The Swansea.com Stadium has only been Swansea City's home since 2005, and only minor layout changes having increased its capacity from its original 20,750 to 21,088 since they moved in. There are no plans in place to increase the size of the Swans' home. but rugby club Ospreys, who've shared it since it opened, have announced plans to leave and redevelop their own site.

Vicarage Road is ground that has had a lot of work done on it, but while it's been modernised in recent years, there remain plans to extend further. The Athletic reported plans to increase its capacity to 32,000 in 2019, but this was hardly an ideal time for clubs to be announcing stadium redevelopments. Watford also had plans for a new stadium at Bushey Hall Golf Club, but these were rejected in 2021 and haven't resurfaced. The original plans to extend Vicarage Road were renewed in 2021 with, again according to The Athletic, "building work possible before 2025." The Hornets clearly still want a bigger home, but they haven't been successful in getting very close to one yet.

When you talk about the ancestral homes of football in England, they don't come much more ancestral than Deepdale, which opened in 1878 and has been used by Preston North End ever since. With an average home attendance around 17,500, there is no pressing need to Preston to leave their home, and there are no plans for further work at present.

16 ? ? Hull City - MKM Stadium: 25,586

Hull City are another club with redevelopment plans for their stadium, but they don't include increasing the size of its capacity at all. The club are currently undertaking discussions over redevelopment of the site, which may include relocating the club's Academy and enhancing community facilities. Provisional proposals have already been shared with the council's planning committee, and a detailed application is expected to be submitted in the near future.

15 ? ? West Bromwich Albion - The Hawthorns: 26,850

Safe standing was introduced earlier this year to The Hawthorns, which has been West Brom's home since 1900, but rumours of the club wanting to expand the stadium's capacity to 40,000 have been speculation only, and would be a huge expense for a club which has only just been financially stabilised by owner Shilen Patel after considerable financial mismanagement under the club's previous ownership.