EFL League One

Football is played with eleven players per side on a pitch between 100 and 110 metres long. The objective is to score by putting the ball into the opposing team's goal. Matches consist of two 45-minute halves with stoppage time added by the referee. Players may not use their hands or arms (except the goalkeeper within the penalty area). Each team may make five substitutions across three windows plus half-time. Fouls in the penalty area result in penalty kicks from 12 yards. Yellow cards serve as warnings; two yellows or a straight red card result in ejection, with subsequent suspensions for accumulated bookings. The offside rule prevents attackers from gaining an unfair positional advantage. League One operates a 46-game season in which each of the 24 clubs plays every other club twice — once at home and once away. The top two finishers are automatically promoted to the EFL Championship, while the clubs finishing third through sixth contest the League One play-offs, a knockout competition culminating in a Wembley final whose winner earns the third and final promotion place. At the bottom, the four lowest-placed clubs are relegated to EFL League Two. Goal difference is used to separate teams level on points, followed by goals scored, then head-to-head record.