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2023–24 EFL Championship

The 2023–24 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 8th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 32nd season under its current league division format.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2022–23 season:

Stadiums

2023–24 EFL Championship is located in England
Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers
Bristol City
Cardiff City
Coventry City
Huddersfield Town
Hull City
Ipswich Town
Leeds United
Leicester City
Middlesbrough
Millwall
Norwich City
Plymouth Argyle
Preston North End
QPR
QPR
Rotherham United
Sheffield Wednesday
Southampton
Stoke City
Sunderland
Swansea City
Watford
West Bromwich Albion
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Locations of the 2023–24 EFL Championship teams

Personnel and sponsoring

  1. ^ Sheffield Wednesday's shirt sponsor was Eyup until 9 February 2024 when the deal was ended prematurely.[33]

Managerial changes

League table

Source: EFL official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)[87]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated


Results

Source: efl.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-offs

Semi-finals

First leg
Carrow Road, Norwich
Attendance: 26,982
Referee: Josh Smith
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
Attendance: 25,367
Referee: Samuel Barrott
Second leg
Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 36,384
Referee: Jarred Gillett

Leeds United won 4–0 on aggregate.

St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Attendance: 30,712
Referee: Tim Robinson

Southampton won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 85,862
Referee: John Brooks

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

Club

Awards

Monthly

Annual

Championship Team of the Season

Notes

  1. ^ Cleverley was initially named interim head coach before being appointed as permanent head coach on 24 April 2024.

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