 The match was played at Wembley Stadium. | |||||||
| Event | 2015–16 Football League Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 28 May 2016 | ||||||
| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Mohamed Diamé (Hull City) | ||||||
| Referee | Bobby Madley | ||||||
| Attendance | 70,189 | ||||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||||
The 2016 Football League Championship play-off final was an association football match which was played on 28 May 2016 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City. The match was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football, to the Premier League. The top two teams of the 2015–16 Football League Championship season gained automatic promotion to the Premier League, while the teams placed from third to sixth place in the table partook in play-off semi-finals; Hull City ended the season in fourth position while Sheffield Wednesday finished sixth. The winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2016–17 season in the Premier League. Winning the game was estimated to be worth up to £200 million to the successful team.
The 2016 final, refereed by Bobby Madley, was watched by a crowd of more than 70,000 people in sunny conditions. Hull City won 1–0, the only goal of the game being scored by the man of the match Mohamed Diamé in the 72nd minute. It was Hull's their first game at Wembley since losing the 2014 FA Cup Final and marked their return to the Premier League for the first time since their relegation in the 2014–15 season.
Hull were relegated back to the Championship the following season, as they finished 18th in the 2016–17 Premier League. Sheffield Wednesday finished the following season in fourth place but were knocked out in the play-offs by Huddersfield Town on penalties.