2025 EFL Championship play-off final
Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final. | |||||||
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| Date | 24 May 2025 | ||||||
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| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Anthony Patterson (Sunderland) | ||||||
| Referee | Chris Kavanagh | ||||||
| Attendance | 82,718 | ||||||
The 2025 EFL Championship play-off final was an association football match which was played on 24 May 2025 at Wembley Stadium, London, that determined the third and final team to gain promotion from EFL Championship, the second tier of English football, to the Premier League. The top two teams of the 2024–25 EFL Championship, Leeds United and Burnley, gained automatic promotion to the Premier League, while the clubs placed from third to sixth in the table – Sheffield United, Sunderland, Coventry City and Bristol City – took part in the 2025 English Football League play-offs semi-finals. The match kicked off at 15:01 with the extra minute being added to highlight the Every Minute Matters campaign, a collaboration between EFL sponsor Sky Bet and the British Heart Foundation which focused on the importance of learning CPR. The game had been described as the "richest game in football" with the winners receiving a minimum of £220m in additional income.
Sunderland defeated Sheffield United in the final 2–1 after two late goals in the second half to secure promotion. It marks the club's return to the Premier League since the 2016–17 season.