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2022–23 EFL Championship

The 2022–23 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 7th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 31st season under its current league division format.

The season started on 29 July 2022 and ended on 8 May 2023. Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the Championship took a 4-week break mid-season during the tournament.[3] The break commenced in mid-November and the first round of fixtures after the World Cup was held on 10 December.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season:

Stadiums

2022–23 EFL Championship is located in England
Birmingham City
Blackpool
Blackburn Rovers
Bristol City
Burnley
Cardiff City
Coventry City
Huddersfield Town
Hull City
Luton Town
Middlesbrough
Millwall
Norwich City
QPR
QPR
Preston North End
Reading
Rotherham United
Sheffield United
Stoke City
Sunderland
Swansea City
Watford
West Bromwich Albion
Wigan Athletic
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Locations of the 2022–23 EFL Championship teams

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

  1. ^ Hudson was initially named interim manager before being appointed manager until the end of the season on 14 November 2022.

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) 12-point sending off offences[83]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Reading were deducted 6 points for breaching an EFL business plan.[81]
  2. ^ In March 2023, Wigan Athletic were deducted 3 points for failing to pay players and staff on time.[82]

Play-offs

First leg

Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Attendance: 46,060
Referee: Tim Robinson
Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry
Attendance: 28,874
Referee: Robert Madley

Second leg

Kenilworth Road, Luton
Attendance: 10,013
Referee: Simon Hooper

Luton Town won 3–2 on aggregate.

Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
Attendance: 32,154
Referee: David Coote

Coventry City won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 85,711
Referee: Michael Oliver

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.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Middlesbrough's Chuba Akpom was the season's top goalscorer, having scored 28 goals. Akpom also won the award for EFL Championship Player of the Season.

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Coventry City's Ben Wilson won The Championship's Golden Glove award this season, keeping 22 clean sheets, as The Sky Blues reached The Championship play-off final.

Discipline

Player

Club

Awards

Monthly

Annual

Championship Team of the Season

PFA Championship Team of the Year

Notes

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