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The 2017–18 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the 14th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 25th season under its current league division format.

Season2017–18
ChampionsAccrington Stanley
PromotedAccrington Stanley
Luton Town
Wycombe Wanderers
Coventry City
RelegatedChesterfield
Barnet
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
EFL League Two
Season2017–18
ChampionsAccrington Stanley
PromotedAccrington Stanley
Luton Town
Wycombe Wanderers
Coventry City
RelegatedChesterfield
Barnet
Matches552. 1,411 goals (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorerBilly Kee
(25 goals)[1]
Biggest home winLuton 7–0 Cambridge
Biggest away winCheltenham 1–6 Coventry
Crewe 0–5 Carlisle
Swindon 0–5 Luton
Highest scoringLuton 8–2 Yeovil
Longest winning run7 matches
(Accrington Stanley
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
(Accrington Stanley
Longest winless run20 matches
(Grimsby Town)
Longest losing run6 matches
(Chesterfield,
Port Vale)
All statistics correct as of 9 December 2017.
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Team changes

The following teams changed division after the 2016–17 season.

Teams

Locations of the 2017–18 Football League Two teams
More information Team, Location ...
Team Location Stadium Capacity[2]
Accrington StanleyAccringtonCrown Ground5,057
BarnetLondon (Edgware)The Hive Stadium6,418
Cambridge UnitedCambridgeAbbey Stadium8,127
Carlisle UnitedCarlisleBrunton Park17,949
Cheltenham TownCheltenhamWhaddon Road7,066
ChesterfieldChesterfieldProact Stadium10,400
Colchester UnitedColchesterColchester Community Stadium10,105
Coventry CityCoventryRicoh Arena32,609
Crawley TownCrawleyBroadfield Stadium5,996
Crewe AlexandraCreweGresty Road10,180
Exeter CityExeterSt James Park8,830
Forest Green RoversNailsworthThe New Lawn5,147
Grimsby TownCleethorpesBlundell Park9,052
Lincoln CityLincolnSincil Bank10,120
Luton TownLutonKenilworth Road10,356
Mansfield TownMansfieldField Mill10,000
MorecambeMorecambeGlobe Arena6,476
Newport CountyNewportRodney Parade7,850
Notts CountyNottinghamMeadow Lane19,588
Port ValeBurslemVale Park19,052
StevenageStevenageBroadhall Way6,722
Swindon TownSwindonCounty Ground15,728
Wycombe WanderersHigh WycombeAdams Park9,617
Yeovil TownYeovilHuish Park9,566
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Swindon Town Luke Williams Mutual consent 5 May 2017[3] Pre-season David Flitcroft 5 June 2017[4]
Port Vale Michael Brown Sacked 16 September 2017[5] 24th England Neil Aspin 4 October 2017[6]
Chesterfield Scotland Gary Caldwell 16 September 2017[7] 23rd England Jack Lester 29 September 2017[8]
Barnet England Rossi Eames Appointed as Head of Development 13 November 2017[9] Scotland Mark McGhee 14 November 2017[9]
Scotland Mark McGhee Appointed as Head of Technical 15 January 2018[10] 24th England Graham Westley 15 January 2018[10]
Cambridge United England Shaun Derry Mutual consent 9 February 2018[11] 14th Republic of Ireland Joe Dunne 2 May 2018[12]
Grimsby Town Russell Slade Sacked 11 February 2018[13] 17th Michael Jolley 2 March 2018[14]
Mansfield Town Scotland Steve Evans Signed by Peterborough United 27 February 2018[15] 5th David Flitcroft 1 March 2018[16]
Swindon Town David Flitcroft Signed by Mansfield Town 1 March 2018[16] 7th Phil Brown 12 March 2018[17]
Stevenage England Darren Sarll Sacked 18 March 2018[18] 16th Tunisia Dino Maamria 20 March 2018[19]
Barnet England Graham Westley 19 March 2018[20] 24th England Martin Allen 19 March 2018[20]
Chesterfield England Jack Lester Mutual consent 24 April 2018[21] 24th England Martin Allen 15 May 2018
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League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Accrington Stanley (C, P) 46 29 6 11 76 46 +30 93 Promotion to EFL League One
2 Luton Town (P) 46 25 13 8 94 46 +48 88
3 Wycombe Wanderers (P) 46 24 12 10 79 60 +19 84
4 Exeter City 46 24 8 14 64 54 +10 80 Qualification for League Two play-offs[a]
5 Notts County 46 21 14 11 71 48 +23 77
6 Coventry City (O, P) 46 22 9 15 64 47 +17 75
7 Lincoln City 46 20 15 11 64 48 +16 75
8 Mansfield Town 46 18 18 10 67 52 +15 72
9 Swindon Town 46 20 8 18 67 65 +2 68
10 Carlisle United 46 17 16 13 62 54 +8 67
11 Newport County 46 16 16 14 56 58 −2 64
12 Cambridge United 46 17 13 16 56 60 −4 64
13 Colchester United 46 16 14 16 53 52 +1 62
14 Crawley Town 46 16 11 19 58 66 −8 59
15 Crewe Alexandra 46 17 5 24 62 75 −13 56
16 Stevenage 46 14 13 19 60 65 −5 55
17 Cheltenham Town 46 13 12 21 67 73 −6 51
18 Grimsby Town 46 13 12 21 42 66 −24 51
19 Yeovil Town 46 12 12 22 59 75 −16 48
20 Port Vale 46 11 14 21 49 67 −18 47
21 Forest Green Rovers 46 13 8 25 54 77 −23 47
22 Morecambe 46 9 19 18 41 56 −15 46
23 Barnet (R) 46 12 10 24 46 65 −19 46 Relegation to the National League
24 Chesterfield (R) 46 10 8 28 47 83 −36 38
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Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

Play-offs

See also: 2018 English Football League play-offs
Semi-finals Final
        
4 Exeter City 0 3 3
7 Lincoln City 0 1 1
4 Exeter City 1
6 Coventry City 3
5 Notts County 1 1 2
6 Coventry City 1 4 5

Results

More information Home \ Away, ACC ...
Home \ Away ACC BAR CAM CRL CHL CHF COL COV CRA CRE EXE FGR GRI LIN LUT MAN MOR NPC NTC PTV STE SWI WYC YEO
Accrington Stanley 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–0
Barnet 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–1
Cambridge United 0–0 1–0 1–2 4–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–3 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 5–0 1–0 1–3 1–3 2–1
Carlisle United 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 3–3 4–0
Cheltenham Town 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–6 1–0 1–0 3–4 0–1 2–3 1–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 5–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–2
Chesterfield 1–2 2–1 2–3 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–3 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–3
Colchester United 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–4 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1
Coventry City 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 4–0 2–4 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–2 2–6
Crawley Town 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–5 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–0
Crewe Alexandra 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–5 2–1 5–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–4 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–3 2–3 0–0
Exeter City 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–4 0–1 4–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0
Forest Green Rovers 0–1 2–2 5–2 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–3 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–4 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–2 4–3
Grimsby Town 0–3 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–3 2–1
Lincoln City 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–4 3–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–1
Luton Town 1–2 2–0 7–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–3 4–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 7–1 0–3 2–3 8–2
Mansfield Town 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–4 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 5–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0
Morecambe 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–4 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–3
Newport County 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–3 1–0 4–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0
Notts County 2–2 2–1 3–3 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–1
Port Vale 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 0–4 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–3 2–3 1–1
Stevenage 3–2 4–1 0–2 0–0 4–1 5–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 4–1
Swindon Town 3–0 1–4 2–0 0–0 0–3 2–2 2–3 1–2 0–3 4–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–5 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 1–0 2–2
Wycombe Wanderers 0–4 3–1 1–1 4–3 3–3 1–0 3–1 0–1 4–0 3–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–4 2–0 2–4 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–1
Yeovil Town 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 0–3 2–3 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–1
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Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2018. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 5 May 2018[1]
More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Northern Ireland Billy Kee Accrington Stanley 25
2 Sudan Mohamed Eisa Cheltenham Town 23
Scotland Marc McNulty Coventry City
4 England Danny Hylton Luton Town 21
5 Wales Christian Doidge Forest Green Rovers 20
6 Republic of Ireland James Collins Luton Town 19
England Jayden Stockley Exeter City
England Kristian Dennis Chesterfield
9 England Adebayo Akinfenwa Wycombe Wanderers 17
England Tom Pope Port Vale
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