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. 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:
To Championship
Promoted from League One Wigan Athletic Rotherham United Sunderland
Relegated from the Premier League Burnley Watford Norwich City
From Championship
Promoted to the Premier League Fulham Bournemouth Nottingham Forest
Relegated to League One Peterborough United Derby County Barnsley
Stadiums
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity Birmingham City Birmingham St Andrew's 29,409 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park 31,367 Blackpool Blackpool Bloomfield Road 17,338 Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate Stadium 27,000 BurnleyBurnley Turf Moor 21,944 Cardiff City Cardiff Cardiff City Stadium 33,280 Coventry City Coventry Coventry Building Society Arena 32,609 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Kirklees Stadium 24,121 Hull City Kingston upon Hull MKM Stadium 25,586 Luton Town Luton Kenilworth Road 10,356 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 34,742 Millwall London (South Bermondsey) The Den 20,146 Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 27,244 Preston North End Preston Deepdale 23,404 Queens Park Rangers London (White City) Loftus Road 18,439 Reading Reading Madejski Stadium 24,161 Rotherham United Rotherham New York Stadium 12,021 Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,050 Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent bet365 Stadium 30,089 Sunderland Sunderland Stadium of Light 49,000 Swansea City Swansea Swansea.com Stadium 21,088 Watford Watford Vicarage Road 22,200 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns 26,850 Wigan Athletic Wigan DW Stadium 25,138
Personnel and sponsoring Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front)Shirt sponsor (back)Shorts sponsorBirmingham City John Eustace Troy Deeney NikeBoyleSportsImpactamglogistics.co.ukBlackburn Rovers Jon Dahl Tomasson Lewis Travis MacronTotally WickedWatson Ramsbottom SolicitorsNoneBlackpool (interim) Puma Utilita Visit BlackpoolsimPROBristol City Nigel Pearson Andreas Weimann HummelHubooNoneDigital NRGBurnley Vincent Kompany Jack Cork UmbroClassic Football Shirts (Home & Third)EMA Equity Partners (Away)Vertu MotorsNoneCardiff City Sabri Lamouchi New BalanceTourism MalaysiaNoneNoneCoventry City Mark Robins Liam Kelly HummelBoyleSportsXL MotorsG&R ScaffoldingHuddersfield Town Neil Warnock Jonathan Hogg UmbroUtilitaSportsBrokerSkinny Food CoHull City Liam Rosenior Lewie Coyle UmbroCorendon AirlinesEfesTomyaLuton Town Rob Edwards Sonny Bradley UmbroUtilita (Home)Star Platforms (Away)Ryebridge (Third)Toureen Group (Home)Utilita (Away & Third)MuscleSquadMiddlesbrough Michael Carrick Jonny Howson ErreàUnibetHost and StayCornerstone Business SolutionsMillwall Gary Rowett Shaun Hutchinson HummelHuski ChocolateMasons ScaffoldingWiggett GroupNorwich City David Wagner Grant Hanley JomaLotus CarsAEC IlluminazioneWar Paint for MenPreston North End Ryan Lowe Alan Browne NikePAR GroupPAR GroupNoneQueens Park Rangers Gareth Ainsworth Stefan Johansen ErreàConvivia CopyBetGround Construction LimitedReading Noel Hunt (Interim) Andy Yiadom MacronSelect Car Leasing RapidzRSSLRotherham United Matt Taylor Richard Wood Puma IPM Group (Home)Asura Financial Technologies (Away & Third)Garner UK (Home)KCM Waste Management (Away & Third)Mears GroupSheffield United Paul Heckingbottom Billy Sharp ErreàRandoxUltimate Champions NoneStoke City Alex Neil Lewis Baker Macronbet365NoneNoneSunderland Tony Mowbray Corry Evans NikeSpreadex SportsVertu MotorsNoneSwansea City Russell Martin Matt Grimes JomaWestacres (Home)Swansea University (Away)Owens Group (Third)Swansea Building SocietyThe Travel House (Home)DWJ Wealth Management (Away & Third)Watford Chris Wilder Tom Cleverley KelmeStake.com CorpayNoneWest Bromwich Albion Carlos Corberán Jake Livermore PumaIdeal HeatingNoneNoneWigan Athletic Shaun Maloney Tendayi Darikwa Puma Big Help Project (Home & Away)EPIC.gi (Third)NoneNone
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Queens Park Rangers Mark WarburtonEnd of contract 7 May 2022Pre-season Michael Beale 1 June 2022 Blackburn Rovers Tony Mowbray Jon Dahl Tomasson 14 June 2022 Watford Roy Hodgson 22 May 2022 Rob Edwards23 May 2022 Burnley Mike Jackson End of caretaker spell Vincent Kompany 14 June 2022Blackpool Neil Critchley Signed by Aston Villa 2 June 2022 Michael Appleton 17 June 2022Birmingham City Lee BowyerSacked2 July 2022 John Eustace 3 July 2022Huddersfield Town Carlos CorberánResigned7 July 2022 Danny Schofield7 July 2022Stoke City Michael O'Neill Sacked25 August 202221st Alex Neil 28 August 2022Sunderland Alex Neil Signed by Stoke City28 August 202212th Tony Mowbray30 August 2022Huddersfield Town Danny Schofield Sacked14 September 202223rd Mark Fotheringham 28 September 2022Cardiff City Steve Morison18 September 202218th Mark Hudson 18 September 2022Rotherham United Paul WarneSigned by Derby County22 September 20228th Matt Taylor 4 October 2022Watford Rob Edwards Sacked26 September 202210th Slaven Bilić 26 September 2022Hull City Shota Arveladze30 September 202220th Liam Rosenior3 November 2022Middlesbrough Chris Wilder3 October 202222nd Michael Carrick24 October 2022West Bromwich Albion Steve Bruce10 October 202222nd Carlos Corberán25 October 2022Luton Town Nathan Jones Signed by Southampton10 November 20229th Rob Edwards17 November 2022Wigan Athletic Leam RichardsonSacked23rd Kolo Touré29 November 2022Queens Park Rangers Michael BealeSigned by Rangers28 November 20227th Neil Critchley11 December 2022Norwich City Dean SmithSacked27 December 20225th David Wagner 6 January 2023Cardiff City Mark Hudson14 January 202321st Sabri Lamouchi27 January 2023Blackpool Michael Appleton18 January 202323rd Mick McCarthy 19 January 2023Wigan Athletic Kolo Touré 26 January 202324th Shaun Maloney 28 January 2023Huddersfield Town Mark Fotheringham8 February 202322nd Neil Warnock13 February 2023Queens Park Rangers Neil Critchley19 February 202317th Gareth Ainsworth21 February 2023Watford Slaven Bilić7 March 20239th Chris Wilder7 March 2023Blackpool Mick McCarthyMutual consent8 April 202323rd Stephen Dobbie (interim)8 April 2023Reading Paul InceSacked11 April 202322nd Noel Hunt (interim)11 April 2023
League table
Play-offs
First leg
Second leg
Luton Town won 3–2 on aggregate.
Coventry City won 1–0 on aggregate.
Final
Results
Season statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Chuba Akpom Middlesbrough282 Viktor Gyökeres Coventry City213 Carlton Morris Luton Town204 Joël Piroe Swansea City195 Tom Bradshaw Millwall17 Nathan Tella Burnley7 Zian Flemming Millwall158 Amad Diallo1 Sunderland14 Ben Brereton Díaz Blackburn Rovers Iliman Ndiaye Sheffield United Jerry Yates Blackpool
1 Includes 1 goal in The Championship play-offs.
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Hull City Coventry City 3–2 (H) Birmingham City West Bromwich Albion 3–2 (A) Millwall Watford 3–0 (H) Preston North End 4–2 (A) Middlesbrough Wigan Athletic 4–1 (H) Burnley Preston North End 3–0 (H) Millwall Sheffield United 3–2 (H) Burnley Hull City 3–1 (A)
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets 1 Ben Wilson2 Coventry City 22 2 Ethan Horvath1 Luton Town 20 3 Arijanet Muric Burnley 18 4 Wes Foderingham Sheffield United 17 Freddie Woodman Preston North End 6 Daniel Bachmann Watford 16 7 Anthony Patterson Sunderland 14 John Ruddy Birmingham City 9 Viktor Johansson Rotherham United 13 10 Ryan Allsop Cardiff City 12 George Long Millwall
1 Includes 1 clean sheet in The Championship play-offs.
2 Includes 2 clean sheets in The Championship play-offs.
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 14 Hamza Choudhury Andy Yiadom
Most red cards: 2 Marvin Ekpiteta Wes Foderingham Gustavo Hamer Hassane Kamara Gabriel Osho
Club Most yellow cards: 108 Swansea City Most red cards: 9 Blackpool Fewest yellow cards: 74 Hull City Fewest red cards: 0 Birmingham City Millwall Queens Park Rangers
Awards Monthly MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the Month ReferenceAugust Paul Heckingbottom Sheffield United Óscar EstupiñánHull CitySeptember Carlton MorrisLuton TownOctober Vincent KompanyBurnley Jerry YatesBlackpoolNovember Mark RobinsCoventry City Viktor GyökeresCoventry CityDecember Vincent KompanyBurnley Chuba AkpomMiddlesbroughJanuary Ian MaatsenBurnley February Tom BradshawMillwall March Michael CarrickMiddlesbrough Viktor GyökeresCoventry City April Paul HeckingbottomSheffield United Gustavo Hamer
Annual AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Season Chuba AkpomMiddlesbroughYoung Player of the Season Alex ScottBristol CityApprentice of the Season Ashley PhillipsBlackburn Rovers
Championship Team of the Season Pos.PlayerClubRef.GK Ben Wilson Coventry CityRB Connor RobertsBurnleyCB Anel Ahmedhodžić Sheffield UnitedCB Tom LockyerLuton TownLB Ian Maatsen Burnley CM Alex ScottBristol CityCM Josh BrownhillBurnleyCM Nathan TellaBurnleyFW Iliman NdiayeSheffield UnitedFW Chuba AkpomMiddlesbroughFW Viktor GyökeresCoventry CityManager Vincent KompanyBurnley
PFA Championship Team of the Year
Pos.PlayerClubGK Arijanet MuricBurnleyRB Connor RobertsBurnleyCB Anel Ahmedhodžić Sheffield UnitedCB Tom LockyerLuton TownLB Ian Maatsen Burnley CM Josh BrownhillBurnleyCM Nathan TellaBurnleyCM Iliman NdiayeSheffield UnitedFW Chuba AkpomMiddlesbroughFW Viktor GyökeresCoventry CityFW Carlton MorrisLuton Town
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