2013 RFL Championship
The 2013 Rugby Football League Championship, which will be known as Kingstone Press Championship due to sponsorship by Kingstone Press Cider, is a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the UK, one tier below the first tier Super League. The 2013 season is the first season to consist of a 14-team division. This was achieved by scrapping relegation for the 2012 season and having four teams promoted from the Championship 1.
Relegation to Championship 1 is restored for the 2013 but as in previous years, there is no automatic promotion from this league to Super League, which uses a licensing system renewed every three years. Qualifying for the Grand Final or winning the Northern Rail Cup is a prerequisite for Championship clubs to be able to apply for a licence in the next round of applications for the 2015–17 seasons.
All of the teams in the 2013 Co-operative Championship will also compete in the 2013 Challenge Cup where they will enter in the third round. All of the teams will also compete in the 2013 National League Cup which starts before the Co-operative Championship with the finals held mid season.
Teams
This year's competition features the same 10 teams as it did in 2012 plus the top four teams from the 2012 Championship 1 season, which are Barrow Raiders, Doncaster, Whitehaven and Workington Town.| Team & Current Season | Stadium | Capacity | Location | |
| Barrow Raiders | Craven Park | 7,600 | Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria | |
| Batley Bulldogs | loverugbyleague.com Stadium | 6,000 | Batley, West Yorkshire | |
| Dewsbury Rams | Tetley's Stadium | 3,500 | Dewsbury, West Yorkshire | |
| Doncaster | Keepmoat Stadium | 15,231 | Doncaster, South Yorkshire | |
| Featherstone Rovers | Bigfellas Stadium | 6,750 | Featherstone, West Yorkshire | |
| Halifax | The Shay Stadium | 6,561 | Halifax, West Yorkshire | |
| Hunslet Hawks | South Leeds Stadium | 4,000 | Leeds, West Yorkshire | |
| Keighley Cougars | Cougar Park | 7,800 | Keighley, West Yorkshire | |
| Leigh Centurions | Leigh Sports Village | 12,700 | Leigh, Greater Manchester | |
| Sheffield Eagles | Bramall Lane | 32,702 | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | |
| Swinton Lions | Leigh Sports Village | 12,700 | Leigh, Greater Manchester | |
| Whitehaven | Recreation Ground | 7,500 | Whitehaven, Cumbria | |
| Workington Town | Derwent Park | 10,000 | Workington, Cumbria | |
| York City Knights | Huntington Stadium | 3,428 | York, North Yorkshire |
Season Standings
| Teams qualifying for the Play-offs | |
| Teams in relegation position |
This table is correct as of 1 September 2013.
Source: and .
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1.