2016 Football League Championship play-off Final

2016 Football League Championship play-off final
Event 2015–16 Football League Championship
Hull City Sheffield Wednesday
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Date 28 May 2016
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Mohamed Diamé[1]
Referee Bobby Madley
Attendance 70,189

The 2016 Football League Championship play-off Final was a football match contested between Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City. The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 28 May 2016 at 17:00. Hull City won 1–0 after a Mohamed Diamé goal in the 72nd minute, and will therefore be promoted to the Premier League next season.[1][2] Success in the final is estimated to be worth up to £170 million to the winning team.[3]

Teams

Team Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)[4]
Hull City 2008
Sheffield Wednesday None (debut)

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

England Hull City Round England Sheffield Wednesday
Championship 4th-placed team
Pos Team Pld Pts
3Brighton & Hove Albion 4689
4Hull City 4683
5Derby County 4678
6Sheffield Wednesday 4674

Full results list

 Championship Championship 6th-placed team
Pos Team Pld Pts
3Brighton & Hove Albion 4689
4Hull City 4683
5Derby County 4678
6Sheffield Wednesday 4674

Full results list

Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg Play-offs Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg
England Derby County 3–2 3–0 (A) 0–2 (H) Semi-finals England Brighton & Hove Albion 3–1 2–0 (A) 1–1 (H)

Tickets

Hull City were allocated 38,956 tickets for the final with prices ranging from £36 to £98.[5] They failed to sell their full allocation of tickets and due to supporter segregation, the seats remained unsold.[6]

Match

Hull City[7]
Sheffield Wednesday[7]
GK 16 Switzerland Eldin Jakupović
RB 2 England Moses Odubajo
CB 21 England Michael Dawson (c)  10'
CB 6 England Curtis Davies
LB 26 Scotland Andrew Robertson
CM 14 England Jake Livermore
CM 8 England Tom Huddlestone
RW 27 Egypt Ahmed Elmohamady
LW 10 Scotland Robert Snodgrass  82'
AM 17 Senegal Mohamed Diamé  89'
CF 9 Uruguay Abel Hernández  85'
Substitutes:
GK 30 Slovakia Dušan Kuciak
DF 4 Northern Ireland Alex Bruce
DF 12 England Harry Maguire  89'
MF 7 Republic of Ireland David Meyler  85'
MF 11 England Sam Clucas  82'
MF 15 Scotland Shaun Maloney
FW 19 England Chuba Akpom
Manager:
England Steve Bruce
GK 1 Republic of Ireland Keiren Westwood
RB 32 England Jack Hunt
CB 15 England Tom Lees
CB 5 Netherlands Glenn Loovens (c)
LB 36 Czech Republic Daniel Pudil  86'
RM 33 Scotland Ross Wallace  63'
CM 20 England Kieran Lee
CM 4 England Sam Hutchinson  76'
LM 41 Scotland Barry Bannan
RS 45 Italy Fernando Forestieri
LS 14 England Gary Hooper
Substitutes:
GK 28 England Joe Wildsmith
DF 23 France Vincent Sasso
MF 7 Portugal Marco Matias
MF 17 France Jérémy Hélan  63'
MF 21 Spain Álex López
FW 9 Austria Atdhe Nuhiu  76'
FW 18 Portugal Lucas João  86'
Head Coach:
Portugal Carlos Carvalhal
Match rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

Statistic[8] Hull City Sheffield Wednesday
Total shots 10 9
Shots on target 4 3
Ball possession 47% 53%
Corner kicks 4 5
Fouls committed 10 10
Offsides 1 0
Yellow cards[1] 1 0
Red cards 0 0

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hull City 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Championship play-off final: Hull City will face Sheffield Wednesday for a place in the Premier League". Evening Standard. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sheffield Wednesday into Championship playoff final". Eurosport UK. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Play-Off Final History & Stats". Sporting Life. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Hull City tickets for Wembley play off final going on general sale". Hull Daily Mail. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Championship play-off final". BBC Sport. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  7. 1 2 "The Teams". SkySports. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  8. ↑ Riach, James (28 May 2016). "Mohamed Diamé guides Hull to Premier League past Sheffield Wednesday". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
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