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EFL League Two
Founded	; 2004; 1992–2004 (as Division Three); 1958–1992 (as Division Four);
Country	; England (23 teams)
Other club(s) from	; Wales (1 team)
Number of teams	; 24
Level on pyramid	; 4
; Promotion to	; League One;
; Relegation to	; National League;
Domestic cup(s)	; FA Cup;
League cup(s)	; EFL Cup; EFL Trophy;
International cup(s)	; Europa League ; (via FA Cup or EFL Cup)
Current champions	; Accrington Stanley ; (2017–18)
TV partners	; Sky Sports; Quest (highlights only)
Website	; League Two;
	; 2018–19 EFL League Two;

The English Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the third and lowest division of the English Football League (EFL) and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system.

Football League Two was introduced for the 2004–05 season. It was previously known as the Football League Third Division.^[1] Before the advent of the Premier League, the fourth-highest division was known as the Football League Fourth Division.

At present (2018–19 season), Morecambe hold the longest tenure in League Two, last being outside the division in the 2006–07 season when they were promoted from the league then known as the Conference National (now the National League). There are currently two former Premier League clubs competing in League Two, namely Oldham Athletic and Swindon Town.

Structure

There are 24 clubs in League Two. Each club plays each of the other clubs twice (once at home, once away) and is awarded three points for a win, one for a draw and no points for a loss. From these points a league table is constructed.

At the end of each season the top three teams, together with the winner of the play-offs between the teams which finished in the fourth to seventh positions, are promoted to EFL League One and are replaced by the four teams that finished at the bottom of that division.

Similarly, the two teams that finished at the bottom of League Two are relegated to the National League and are replaced by the team that finished first and the team that won the second through seventh place play-off in that division. Technically a team can be reprieved from relegation if the team replacing them does not have a ground suitable for League football, but in practice this is a non-factor because every team currently in the National League has a ground that meets the League criteria (and even if they did not, a ground-sharing arrangement with another team could be made until their stadium was upgraded). The other way that a team can be spared relegation is if another team either resigns or is expelled from the EFL.

Final league position is determined, in order, by points obtained, goal difference, goals scored, a mini-league of the results between two or more teams ranked using the previous three criteria, and finally a series of one or more play-off matches.

There is a mandatory wage cap in this division that limits spending on players' wages to 100% of club turnover.

Current members

Bury

Oldham Athletic

Cambridge United

Carlisle United

Cheltenham Town

Colchester United

Crawley Town

Crewe Alexandra

Exeter City

Forest Green Rovers

Grimsby Town

Lincoln City

Macclesfield Town

Mansfield Town

MK Dons

Morecambe

Newport County

Northampton Town

Notts County

Port Vale

Stevenage

Swindon Town

Tranmere Rovers

Yeovil Town

Greater Manchester teams
Bury
Oldham Athletic

Locations of the 2017–18 Football League Two teams

The following 24 clubs are competing in League Two during the 2018-19 season.

Club	Finishing position last season	Location	Stadium	Capacity^[2]
Bury	24th In EFL League 1 (Relegated)	Bury	Gigg Lane	11,840
Cambridge United	12th	Cambridge	Abbey Stadium	8,127
Carlisle United	10th	Carlisle	Brunton Park	17,949
Cheltenham Town	17th	Cheltenham	Whaddon Road	7,066
Colchester United	13th	Colchester	Colchester Community Stadium	10,105
Crawley Town	14th	Crawley	Broadfield Stadium	5,996
Crewe Alexandra	15th	Crewe	Gresty Road	10,180
Exeter City	4th	Exeter	St James Park	8,830
Forest Green Rovers	21st	Nailsworth	The New Lawn	5,147
Grimsby Town	18th	Cleethorpes	Blundell Park	9,052
Lincoln City	7th	Lincoln	Sincil Bank	10,120
Macclesfield Town	1st In National League (Promoted)	Macclesfield	Moss Rose	6,355
Mansfield Town	8th	Mansfield	Field Mill	10,000
Milton Keynes Dons	23rd In EFL League 1 (Relegated)	Milton Keynes	Stadium MK	30,500
Morecambe	22nd	Morecambe	Globe Arena	6,476
Newport County	11th	Newport	Rodney Parade	7,850
Northampton Town	22nd In EFL League 1 (Relegated)	Northampton	Sixfields Stadium	7,653
Notts County	5th	Nottingham	Meadow Lane	19,588
Oldham Athletic	21st In EFL League 1 (Relegated)	Oldham	Boundary Park	13,512
Port Vale	20th	Burslem	Vale Park	19,052
Stevenage	16th	Stevenage	Broadhall Way	6,722
Swindon Town	9th	Swindon	County Ground	15,728
Tranmere Rovers	2nd In National League (Promoted)	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	16,789
Yeovil Town	19th	Yeovil	Huish Park	9,566

Teams promoted from League Two

Season	Winner	Points	Runner-up	Points	3rd Place	Points	Promoted via play-off	League position	Points
2004–05	Yeovil Town	83	Scunthorpe United	80	Swansea City	80	Southend United	4th	78
2005–06	Carlisle United	86	Northampton Town	83	Leyton Orient	81	Cheltenham Town	5th	72
2006–07	Walsall	89	Hartlepool United	88	Swindon Town	85	Bristol Rovers	6th	72
2007–08	Milton Keynes Dons	97	Peterborough United	92	Hereford United	88	Stockport County	4th	82
2008–09	Brentford	85	Exeter City	79	Wycombe Wanderers	78	Gillingham	5th	75
2009–10	Notts County	93	Bournemouth	83	Rochdale	82	Dagenham & Redbridge	7th	72
2010–11	Chesterfield	86	Bury	81	Wycombe Wanderers	81	Stevenage	6th	69
2011–12	Swindon Town	93	Shrewsbury Town	88	Crawley Town	84	Crewe Alexandra	7th	72
2012–13	Gillingham	83	Rotherham United	79	Port Vale	78	Bradford City	7th	69
2013–14	Chesterfield	84	Scunthorpe United	81	Rochdale	81	Fleetwood Town	4th	76
2014–15	Burton Albion	94	Shrewsbury Town	89	Bury	85	Southend United	5th	84
2015–16	Northampton Town	99	Oxford United	86	Bristol Rovers	85	AFC Wimbledon	7th	75
2016–17	Portsmouth	87	Plymouth Argyle	87	Doncaster Rovers	85	Blackpool	7th	70
2017–18	Accrington Stanley	93	Luton Town	88	Wycombe Wanderers	84	Coventry City	6th	75

Play-off results

Season	Semi-final (1st leg)	Semi-final (2nd leg)	Final
2004–05	Lincoln City 1–0 Macclesfield Town Northampton Town 0–0 Southend United	Macclesfield Town 1–1 Lincoln City Southend United 1–0 Northampton Town	Lincoln City 0–2 Southend United
2005–06	Lincoln City 0–1 Grimsby Town Wycombe Wanderers 1–2 Cheltenham Town	Grimsby Town 2–1 Lincoln City Cheltenham Town 0–0 Wycombe Wanderers	Grimsby Town 0–1 Cheltenham Town
2006–07	Bristol Rovers 2–1 Lincoln City Shrewsbury Town 0–0 Milton Keynes Dons	Lincoln City 3–5 Bristol Rovers Milton Keynes Dons 1–2 Shrewsbury Town	Bristol Rovers 3–1 Shrewsbury Town
2007–08	Darlington 2–1 Rochdale Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 Stockport County	Rochdale 2–1 Darlington (Rochdale won 5–4 on penalties, AET) Stockport County 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers	Rochdale 2–3 Stockport County
2008–09	Shrewsbury Town 0–1 Bury Rochdale 0–0 Gillingham	Bury 0–1 Shrewsbury Town (Shrewsbury won 4 – 3 on penalties, AET) Gillingham 2–1 Rochdale	Gillingham 1–0 Shrewsbury Town
2009–10	Dagenham & Redbridge 6–0 Morecambe Aldershot Town 0–1 Rotherham United	Morecambe 2–1 Dagenham & Redbridge Rotherham United 2–0 Aldershot Town	Dagenham & Redbridge 3–2 Rotherham United
2010–11	Torquay United 2–0 Shrewsbury Town Stevenage 2–0 Accrington Stanley	Shrewsbury Town 0–0 Torquay United Accrington Stanley 0–1 Stevenage	Stevenage 1–0 Torquay United
2011–12	Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Southend United Cheltenham Town 2–0 Torquay United	Southend United 2–2 Crewe Alexandra Torquay United 1–2 Cheltenham Town	Cheltenham Town 0–2 Crewe Alexandra
2012–13	Bradford City 2–3 Burton Albion Northampton Town 1–0 Cheltenham Town	Burton Albion 1–3 Bradford City Cheltenham Town 0–1 Northampton Town	Bradford City 3–0 Northampton Town
2013–14	Burton Albion 1–0 Southend United York City 0–1 Fleetwood Town	Southend United 2–2 Burton Albion Fleetwood Town 0–0 York City	Burton Albion 0–1 Fleetwood Town
2014–15	Stevenage 1–1 Southend United Plymouth Argyle 2–3 Wycombe Wanderers	Southend United 3–1 Stevenage (AET) Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 Plymouth Argyle	Southend United 1–1 Wycombe Wanderers (Southend won 7–6 on penalties)
2015–16	Portsmouth 2–2 Plymouth Argyle AFC Wimbledon 1–0 Accrington Stanley	Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Portsmouth Accrington Stanley 2–2 AFC Wimbledon (AET)	AFC Wimbledon 2–0 Plymouth Argyle
2016–17	Blackpool 3–2 Luton Carlisle 3–3 Exeter	Luton 3–3 Blackpool Exeter 3–2 Carlisle	Blackpool 2–1 Exeter
2017–18	Lincoln City 0–0 Exeter Coventry City 1–1 Notts County	Exeter 3–1 Lincoln City Notts County 1–4 Coventry City	Coventry City 3–1 Exeter

Relegated teams

Season	Clubs
2004–05	Kidderminster Harriers, Cambridge United
2005–06	Oxford United, Rushden & Diamonds
2006–07	Boston United, Torquay United
2007–08	Mansfield Town, Wrexham
2008–09	Chester City, Luton Town^[3]
2009–10	Darlington, Grimsby Town
2010–11	Lincoln City, Stockport County
2011–12	Macclesfield Town, Hereford United
2012–13	Aldershot Town, Barnet
2013–14	Bristol Rovers, Torquay United
2014–15	Cheltenham Town, Tranmere Rovers
2015–16	York City, Dagenham & Redbridge
2016-17	Hartlepool United, Leyton Orient
2017-18	Barnet, Chesterfield

Top scorers

Season	Top scorer	Club	Goals
2004–05	Phil Jevons	Yeovil Town	27
2005–06	Karl Hawley	Carlisle United	23
2006–07	Richard Barker	Hartlepool United	21
2006–07	Izale McLeod	Milton Keynes Dons	21
2007–08	Aaron McLean	Peterborough United	29
2008–09	Grant Holt	Shrewsbury Town	20
2008–09	Jack Lester	Chesterfield	20
2009–10	Lee Hughes	Notts County	30
2010–11	Clayton Donaldson	Crewe Alexandra	28
2011–12	Izale McLeod	Barnet	18
2011–12	Jack Midson	AFC Wimbledon	18
2012–13	Tom Pope	Port Vale	31
2013–14	Sam Winnall	Scunthorpe United	23
2014–15	Matt Tubbs	Portsmouth	21
2015–16	Matty Taylor	Bristol Rovers	27
2016–17	John Marquis	Doncaster Rovers	26
2017–18	Marc McNulty	Coventry City	25
2017–18	Billy Kee	Accrington Stanley	25

Broadcasting rights

Sky have broadcasting rights for EFL football league including League Two, Quest will show highlights in 2018–19.^[4]

References and notes

^ "The Football League - About Us - History - Timeline - TIMELINE". Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2011. CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

^ "Football Ground Guide". Football Ground Guide. Retrieved 30 November 2016.

^ Luton were deducted 30 points for financial irregularities

^ "EFL TV Games". www.efl.com.

External links

Football League Two official site

[1] "The Football League - About Us - History - Timeline - TIMELINE". Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2011. CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

[2] "Football Ground Guide". Football Ground Guide. Retrieved 30 November 2016.

[3] Luton were deducted 30 points for financial irregularities

[4] "EFL TV Games". www.efl.com.

v t e EFL League Two
2017–18 clubs	Bury Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Forest Green Rovers Grimsby Town Lincoln City Milton Keynes Dons Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Port Vale Stevenage Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Yeovil Town
Former clubs	AFC Wimbledon Accrington Stanley Aldershot Town Barnet Blackpool Boston United Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Chester City Coventry City Dagenham & Redbridge Darlington Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Hartlepool United Hereford United Kidderminster Harriers Leyton Orient Luton Town Oxford United Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Rochdale Rotherham United Rushden & Diamonds Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Walsall Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City
Competition	Seasons Teams (winners) Managers (current) Stadia Referees
Statistics and awards	Record Top Goalscorer Manager of the Month Player of the Month Hat-tricks
Finances	Club Owners Premier League–Football League gulf Parachute and Solidarity Payments
Sponsors	Coca-Cola (2004–10) Npower (2010–13) Sky Bet (2013–2018)
Associated competitions	FA Cup EFL Cup Play-offs
Seasons	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Prospects	Promotion to EFL League One; Relegation to National League

v t e Fourth level English football league seasons
Football League Fourth Division	1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
Football League Third Division	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04
Football League Two	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
EFL League Two	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19

v t e EFL League Two play-offs
Play-offs	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Finals	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

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