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(Top) 1 Team changes 1.1 To Championship 1.2 From Championship 2 Stadiums 3 Personnel and sponsoring 4 Managerial changes 5 League table 6 Results 7 References

2023–24 EFL Championship

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EFL Championship
Season	2023–24
Dates	August 2023 – May 2024
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 10 May 2023.

The 2023–24 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) will be the 20th season of the Football League Championship under its current title and the 32nd season under its current league division format.

Twenty-four teams will compete in the league – eighteen returning teams from the previous season, three teams relegated from the Premier League and three teams promoted from League One. As of 15 May 2023, seventeen of the eighteen returning teams have been determined, with the eighteenth to be the loser of the 2023 Championship play-off final. In addition, Southampton have been relegated from the Premier League and Plymouth Argyle and Ipswich Town have been promoted from League One.

Team changes

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

To Championship

Promoted from League One

Relegated from the Premier League

Southampton

From Championship

Promoted to the Premier League

Relegated to League One

Stadiums

Locations of the 2023–24 EFL Championship teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Birmingham City	Birmingham	St Andrew's	29,409
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	Ewood Park	31,367
Bristol City	Bristol	Ashton Gate Stadium	27,000
Cardiff City	Cardiff	Cardiff City Stadium	33,280
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	Kirklees Stadium	24,121
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	MKM Stadium	25,586
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Portman Road	29,673
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	34,742
Millwall	London (South Bermondsey)	The Den	20,146
Norwich City	Norwich	Carrow Road	27,359
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	17,900
Preston North End	Preston	Deepdale	23,404
Queens Park Rangers	London (White City)	Loftus Road	18,439
Rotherham United	Rotherham	New York Stadium	12,021
Southampton	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,384
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

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (front)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shorts sponsor
Birmingham City	John Eustace	TBA	Nike	BoyleSports^[1]	Impact	amglogistics.co.uk
Blackburn Rovers	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Lewis Travis	Macron	Totally Wicked	Watson Ramsbottom Solicitors	None
Bristol City	Nigel Pearson	Andreas Weimann	O'Neills	Huboo^[2]	None	Digital NRG
Cardiff City	TBA	Joe Ralls	New Balance	Tourism Malaysia	None	None
Huddersfield Town	TBA	Jonathan Hogg	Umbro	Utilita^[3]	SportsBroker	The Skinny Food Co
Hull City	Liam Rosenior	Lewie Coyle	Umbro	Corendon Airlines^[4]	Efes^[5]	Tomya
Ipswich Town	Kieran McKenna	Sam Morsy	Umbro	Ed Sheeran
Middlesbrough	Michael Carrick	Jonny Howson	Erreà	Unibet	Host and Stay	Cornerstone Business Solutions
Millwall	Gary Rowett	Shaun Hutchinson	Hummel	Huski Chocolate^[6]	Masons Scaffolding	Wiggett Group
Norwich City	David Wagner	Grant Hanley	Joma^[7]	Lotus Cars^[8]	AEC Illuminazione	War Paint for Men
Plymouth Argyle	Steven Schumacher	Joe Edwards	Puma	Bond Timber
Preston North End	Ryan Lowe	Alan Browne	Castore	PAR Group	PAR Group	None
Queens Park Rangers	Gareth Ainsworth	Stefan Johansen	Erreà	Convivia^[9]	CopyBet	Ground Construction Limited
Rotherham United	Matt Taylor	Richard Wood	Puma	IPM Group (Home) Asura Financial Technologies (Away & Third)	Garner UK (Home) KCM Waste Management (Away & Third)	Mears Group
Southampton	TBA	James Ward-Prowse	Hummel^[10]	Sportsbet.io^[11]		JD Sports^[12]
Stoke City	Alex Neil	Lewis Baker	Macron	bet365	None	None
Sunderland	Tony Mowbray	Corry Evans	Nike	Spreadex Sports	Vertu Motors	None
Swansea City	Russell Martin	Matt Grimes^[13]	Joma^[14]	Westacres (Home)^[15] Swansea University (Away)^[16] Owens Group (Third)^[17]	Swansea Building Society	The Travel House (Home) DWJ Wealth Management (Away & Third)
Watford	Valérien Ismaël	TBA	Kelme^[18]	Stake.com^[19]	Corpay	None
West Bromwich Albion	Carlos Corberán	Jake Livermore	Puma^[20]	Ideal Heating	None	None

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Huddersfield Town	Neil Warnock^[21]	End of contract	8 May 2023	Pre-season
Watford	Chris Wilder^[22]		8 May 2023		Valérien Ismaël^[23]	10 May 2023
Cardiff City	Sabri Lamouchi^[24]		16 May 2023
Southampton	Rubén Sellés^[25]		28 May 2023

League table

Pos	Team	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Birmingham City	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Blackburn Rovers	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Bristol City	Qualification for Championship play-offs
4	Cardiff City
5	Huddersfield Town
6	Hull City
7	Ipswich Town
8	Middlesbrough
9	Millwall
10	Norwich City
11	Plymouth Argyle
12	Preston North End
13	Queens Park Rangers
14	Rotherham United
15	Southampton
16	Stoke City
17	Sunderland
18	Swansea City
19	Watford
20	West Bromwich Albion
21	TBC
22	TBC	Relegation to EFL League One
23	TBC
24	TBC

First match(es) will be played: August 2023. 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^[26]

Results

Home \ Away	BIR	BLB	BRC	CAR	HUD	HUL	IPS	MID	MIL	NOR	PLY	PNE	QPR	ROT	SOU	STO	SUN	SWA	WAT	WBA	UUU	VVV	WWW	XXX
Birmingham City	—
Blackburn Rovers		—
Bristol City			—	a
Cardiff City			a	—														a
Huddersfield Town					—
Hull City						—
Ipswich Town							—			a
Middlesbrough								—									a
Millwall									—
Norwich City							a			—
Plymouth Argyle											—
Preston North End												—
Queens Park Rangers													—
Rotherham United														—
Southampton															—
Stoke City																—
Sunderland								a									—
Swansea City				a														—
Watford																			—
West Bromwich Albion																				—
TBD																					—
TBD																						—
TBD																							—
TBD																								—

First match(es) will be played: August 2023. 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.

References

^ "BLUES AGREE PRINCIPAL PARTNERSHIP WITH BOYLESPORTS". Birmingham City F.C. 3 June 2019.

^ "📣 Bristol City announces historic principal partnership with Huboo". Bristol City.

^ "UTILITA ON THE FRONT OF TOWN'S SHIRTS FOR THREE YEARS!". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. 31 March 2021.

^ "Corendon Airlines become front-of-shirt sponsors".

^ "Efes become back-of-shirt sponsors".

^ "Millwall announce Huski Chocolate as new principal partner". Millwall FC. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

^ "Club announces Joma as new technical kit partner". canaries.co.uk. Norwich City Football Club. 1 July 2021. Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.

^ "Club announces Lotus Cars as new front of shirt sponsor for 2021–22". canaries.co.uk. Norwich City Football Club. 25 June 2021. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.

^ "Convivia announced as new shirt sponsor of QPR Football Club". Business Insider.

^ "Saints welcome hummel as Official Kit Supplier". southamptonfc.com. Southampton F.C. 18 January 2021. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.

^ Daniels, Tom (25 August 2020). "Sportsbet.io becomes new Main Club Sponsor". Insider Sport. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

^ "Saints announce JD as new official sleeve partner". Southampton F.C. 3 August 2022. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.

^ "Swansea City name new club captain for 2019/20 season". Wales Online. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

^ "Swans sign Joma for new campaign". swanseacity.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

^ "WESTACRES BECOME SWANSEA CITY'S FRONT-OF-HOME-SHIRT PARTNER FOR 2022-23 SEASON". swanseacity.com. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

^ "SWANSEA UNIVERSITY BECOME SWANS' NEW FRONT OF SHIRT SPONSOR". swanseacity.com. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

^ "Owens Group will be Swansea City front-of-third shirt sponsor for 2022-23 | Swansea". www.swanseacity.com. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

^ "Watford Announces Record Four-Year Kelme Kit Deal". Footy Headlines. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

^ "Watford FC & Stake.com Announce New Multi Year Principal Partnership". Watford F.C. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

^ "Albion team up with PUMA". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.

^ Bains, Raj (10 May 2023). "ACCESS ALL AREAS: WARNOCK AND JEPSON WAVE GOODBYE WITH WIN!". Huddersfield Town F.C.

^ Leventhal, Adam (3 May 2023). "Chris Wilder set to leave Watford after Championship season finishes". The Athletic.

^ "Valerien Ismael: Watford name ex-Barnsley and West Brom boss as new head coach". BBC Sport. 10 May 2023.

^ "Club Statement | Sabri Lamouchi". Cardiff City F.C. 16 May 2023.

^ House, Alfie (24 May 2023). "Southampton confirm they will not renew Ruben Selles manager contract". Daily Echo.

^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

EFL Championship

Seasons

Clubs

2024–25 clubs

Former clubs

Competition

Statistics and awards

Finances

Sponsors

Coca-Cola (2004–10)
Npower (2010–13)
Sky Bet (2013–present)

Associated competitions

Current: Play-offs - FA Cup - EFL Cup
Past: Anglo-Franco-Scottish Friendship Cup - Anglo-Italian Cup - Full Members' Cup

Prospects

Promotion to Premier League
Relegation to EFL League One

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See also	Football Alliance
List of champions

2023–24 in English men's football

« 2022–23

2024–25 »

National teams

Senior (UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying, finals)
U21 (UEFA Euro 2023 finals)
U20 (2023 FIFA World Cup finals)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2023 finals)

League
competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	English Football League (Championship, League One, League Two, play-offs)
Levels 5–6	National League (National, North, South)
Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, One North, One South Central, One South East) Northern Premier League (Premier, One East, One Midlands, One West) Southern League (Premier Central, Premier South, One Central, One South)
Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier North, Premier South, One) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One North, One South) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) North West Counties League (Premier, One North, One South) Southern Combination League (Premier, One) Southern Counties East League (Premier, One) South West Peninsula League (Premier East, Premier West - level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) United Counties League (Premier North, Premier South, One) Wessex League (Premier, One) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup
competitions

FA cups

EFL cups

EFL Cup (Final)
EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth
competitions

Under-21

Under-18

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Fulham Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship	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 Queens Park Rangers Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Watford West Bromwich Albion
League One	Barnsley Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Cambridge United Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Cheltenham Town Derby County Exeter City Fleetwood Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City Northampton Town Oxford United Peterborough United Portsmouth Port Vale Reading Shrewsbury Town Stevenage Wigan Athletic Wycombe Wanderers
League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Barrow Bradford City Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Forest Green Rovers Gillingham Grimsby Town Harrogate Town Mansfield Town Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe Newport County Notts County Salford City Stockport County Sutton United Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham

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