2014 Football League Championship play-off final
The 2014 Football League Championship play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 24 May 2014 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Derby County and Queens Park Rangers. The match was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football, to the Premier League. The top two teams of the 2013–14 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; Derby County ended the season in third place while Queens Park Rangers finished fourth. The winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2014–15 season in the Premier League. Winning the game was estimated to be worth up to £120 million to the successful team.
The match was played at Wembley Stadium.
Robert Green (pictured in 2010) made a number of important saves for QPR.
Bobby Zamora scored the only goal of the game.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The team competes in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system.
A Queens Park Rangers FC home shirt for the 2012–13 season
Loftus Road has been QPR's stadium for the majority of their history
Rangers fans standing in the Loft End before a game against Luton Town in 2022
QPR signed Christopher Samba for a club record £12.5 million from Anzhi Makhachkala in January 2013, then sold him back for a club record £12 million in July