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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 Season statistics 7.1 Top scorers 7.2 Most assists 7.3 Clean sheets 7.4 Discipline 7.4.1 Player 7.4.2 Club 8 References

2023–24 EFL Championship

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EFL Championship
Season	2023–24
Dates	4 August 2023 – 4 May 2024
Matches played	12
Goals scored	37 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) André Vidigal (Stoke City) (2 goals)
Biggest home win	Watford 4–0 Queens Park Rangers (5 August 2023)
Biggest away win	Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 Southampton (4 August 2023) Middlesbrough 0–1 Millwall (5 August 2023) Sunderland 1–2 Ipswich Town (6 August 2023)
Highest scoring	Stoke City 4–1 Rotherham United (5 August 2023)
Longest winning run	Blackburn Rovers Ipswich Town Leicester City Millwall Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Stoke City Southampton Watford (1 game)
Longest unbeaten run	Blackburn Rovers Birmingham City Bristol City Cardiff City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Millwall Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Stoke City Southampton Swansea City Watford (1 game)
Longest winless run	Birmingham City Bristol City Cardiff City Coventry City Huddersfield Town Hull City Leeds United Middlesbrough Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Swansea City West Bromwich Albion (1 game)
Longest losing run	Coventry City Huddersfield Town Hull City Middlesbrough Queens Park Rangers Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland West Bromwich Albion (1 game)
Highest attendance	44,409 Sunderland 1-2 Ipswich Town (6 August 2023)
Lowest attendance	16,446 Plymouth Argyle 3–1 Huddersfield Town (5 August 2023)
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 6 August 2023.

The 2023–24 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 8th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 32nd season under its current league division format. The season began on 4 August 2023.

Team changes

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

To Championship

Promoted from League One

Relegated from the Premier League

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
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
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Portman Road	29,673
Leeds United	Leeds	Elland Road	37,608
Leicester City	Leicester	King Power Stadium	32,262
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
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	Hillsborough Stadium	39,732
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 (chest)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
Birmingham City	John Eustace	Dion Sanderson	Nike	UNDEFEATED^[1]
Blackburn Rovers	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Lewis Travis	Macron	Totally Wicked	Venkys^[2]
Bristol City	Nigel Pearson	Andreas Weimann	O'Neills	Huboo^[3]
Cardiff City	Erol Bulut	Joe Ralls	New Balance	Tourism Malaysia
Coventry City	Mark Robins	Liam Kelly	Hummel	King of Shaves^[4]	XL Motors
Huddersfield Town	Neil Warnock	Jonathan Hogg	Umbro	Utilita^[5]	Marc Darcy
Hull City	Liam Rosenior	Lewie Coyle	Kappa	Corendon Airlines^[6]
Ipswich Town	Kieran McKenna	Sam Morsy	Umbro	Ed Sheeran
Leeds United	Daniel Farke	Liam Cooper	Adidas	BOXT	Flamingo Land^[7]
Leicester City	Enzo Maresca	Jamie Vardy^[8]	Adidas	King Power^[9]	Bia Saigon
Middlesbrough	Michael Carrick	Jonny Howson	Erreà	Unibet	BOXT^[10]
Millwall	Gary Rowett	Shaun Hutchinson	Erreà	Huski Chocolate^[11]	Cremello^[12]
Norwich City	David Wagner	Grant Hanley	Joma^[13]	Lotus Cars^[14]	Gran Canaria
Plymouth Argyle	Steven Schumacher	Joe Edwards	Puma	Bond Timber
Preston North End	Ryan Lowe	Alan Browne	Castore	PAR Group
Queens Park Rangers	Gareth Ainsworth	TBA	Erreà	Convivia^[15]
Rotherham United	Matt Taylor	Richard Wood	Puma	Rotherham Hospice	Instantprint^[16]
Sheffield Wednesday	Xisco Muñoz	Barry Bannan	Macron	Eyup	Triggerhub.org
Southampton	Russell Martin	James Ward-Prowse	Hummel^[17]	Sportsbet.io^[18]
Stoke City	Alex Neil	Josh Laurent^[19]	Macron	bet365
Sunderland	Tony Mowbray	Corry Evans	Nike	Spreadex Sports	Hays Travel
Swansea City	Michael Duff	Matt Grimes^[20]	Joma^[21]	Reviva Coffee (Home)^[22] Westacres (Away)^[23] Owens Group (Third)^[24]	Visit Central Florida
Watford	Valérien Ismaël	Daniel Bachmann^[25]	Kelme^[26]	MrQ^[27]
West Bromwich Albion	Carlos Corberán	Jed Wallace	Puma^[28]	Ideal Heating

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Watford	Chris Wilder^[29]	End of contract	8 May 2023	Pre-season	Valérien Ismaël^[30]	10 May 2023
Cardiff City	Sabri Lamouchi^[31]		16 May 2023		Erol Bulut^[32]	3 June 2023
Southampton	Rubén Sellés^[33]		28 May 2023		Russell Martin^[34]	21 June 2023
Leeds United	Sam Allardyce^[35]	Mutual consent	2 June 2023		Daniel Farke^[36]	4 July 2023
Leicester City	Dean Smith^[37]	End of contract	16 June 2023		Enzo Maresca^[38]	16 June 2023
Sheffield Wednesday	Darren Moore^[39]	Mutual consent	19 June 2023		Xisco Muñoz^[40]	4 July 2023
Swansea City	Russell Martin^[34]	Signed by Southampton	21 June 2023		Michael Duff^[41]	22 June 2023

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Watford	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	3	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Stoke City	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	3	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Plymouth Argyle	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3	Qualification for Championship play-offs
4	Ipswich Town	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
5	Southampton	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
6	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
7	Leicester City	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
8	Norwich City	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
9	Millwall	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
10	Cardiff City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
11	Leeds United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
12	Birmingham City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
13	Preston North End	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
14	Bristol City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
15	Swansea City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
16	Coventry City	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
17	Hull City	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
18	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
19	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
20	Sunderland	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
21	Middlesbrough	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
22	Huddersfield Town	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0	Relegation to EFL League One
23	Rotherham United	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	0
24	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0

Updated to match(es) played on 6 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^[42]

Results

Home \ Away	BIR	BLB	BRC	CAR	COV	HUD	HUL	IPS	LEE	LEI	MID	MIL	NOR	PLY	PNE	QPR	ROT	SHW	SOU	STO	SUN	SWA	WAT	WBA
Birmingham City	—
Blackburn Rovers		—																						2–1
Bristol City			—	a										a	1–1
Cardiff City			a	—																		a
Coventry City					—					a
Huddersfield Town						—			a
Hull City							—
Ipswich Town								—					a
Leeds United				2–2		a			—			a
Leicester City					2–1					—
Middlesbrough											—	0–1									a
Millwall									a			—				a
Norwich City							2–1	a					—
Plymouth Argyle			a			3–1								—
Preston North End															—
Queens Park Rangers												a				—
Rotherham United																	—
Sheffield Wednesday																		—	1–2
Southampton																			—
Stoke City																	4–1			—
Sunderland								1–2			a										—
Swansea City	1–1			a																		—
Watford																4–0							—
West Bromwich Albion																								—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 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.

Season statistics

As of 6 August 2023

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	Leicester City	2
1	André Vidigal	Stoke City	2
2	33 players		1

Most assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Ben Wilmot	Stoke City	2
2	26 players		1

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Daniel Bachmann	Watford	1
1	Matija Sarkic	Millwall	1

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 1
56 players
Most red cards: 1
- Cafú (Rotherham United)
- Trai Hume (Sunderland)

Club

Most yellow cards: 5
- Hull City
- Stoke City
Most red cards: 1
- Rotherham United
- Sunderland
Fewest yellow cards: 0
- Bristol City
- Huddersfield Town
Fewest red cards: 0
- 22 teams

References

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^ Rovers strike sponsorship deal with Ownership VH Group

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

^ "King of Shaves to become front of shirt sponsor". Coventry City F.C. 14 July 2023.

^ "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". Hull City A.F.C. 1 July 2023.

^ FLAMINGO LAND TO BECOME OFFICIAL SLEEVE PARTNER

^ "Jamie Vardy named captain". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

^ "King Power Returns As Principal Partner". Leicester City F.C. 30 June 2023.

^ BOXT Become Official Principal Partners

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

^ Millwall confirm Cremello Currency Management as Sleeve and FX Partner

^ "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.

^ Instantprint become clubs first ever Sleeve Sponsors for league fixtures

^ "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.

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

^ "Official: Watford FC & MrQ Announce New Partnership". 15 July 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

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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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