 Millwall players celebrate promotion | |||||||
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| Date | 20 May 2017 | ||||||
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| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
| Referee | Simon Hooper (Wiltshire) | ||||||
| Attendance | 53,320 | ||||||
The 2017 EFL League One play-off final was an association football match which was played on 20 May 2017 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Bradford City and Millwall to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from EFL League One to the EFL Championship. The top two teams of the 2016–17 EFL League One season gained automatic promotion to the Championship, while the teams placed from third to sixth place in the table partook in play-off semi-finals; the winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2017–18 season in the Championship.
Bradford had won two play-off finals going into the match, while Millwall had won one and lost two, including the previous season's final. Going into the match, Millwall had spent two years in the third tier of English football while Bradford City had not played in the second tier for thirteen seasons. A Wembley crowd of more than 53,000 people watched a goalless first half, but Millwall's Steve Morison scored the game's only goal late in the second half to ensure his club's return to the Championship.
After the match had ended, several people invaded the Wembley pitch for the first time since the new stadium had been used. The actions of these individuals were widely condemned and a number of arrests were made. Millwall ended the following season in eighth position in the EFL Championship, while Bradford City finished 11th in League One, eight points below the play-off positions.