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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

EFL Championship
Season 2023–24
Dates 4 August 2023 –
4 May 2024
Matches played 419
Goals scored 1,146 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer Sammie Szmodics
(Blackburn Rovers)
(19 goals)
Biggest home win Sunderland 5–0
Southampton
(2 September 2023)
Watford 5–0
Rotherham United
(11 November 2023)[1]
Southampton 5–0
Swansea City
(26 December 2023)
Biggest away win Stoke City 0–5
Leicester City
(3 February 2024)
Highest scoring Southampton 4–4
Norwich City
(12 August 2023)
Plymouth Argyle 6–2
Norwich City
(23 September 2023)
Southampton 5–3
Huddersfield Town
(10 February 2024)
Longest winning run Leeds United
Leicester City
(9 games)[1]
Longest unbeaten run Southampton
(22 games)[1]
Longest winless run Sheffield Wednesday
(13 games)[1]
Longest losing run Rotherham United
(7 games)[1]
Highest attendance 44,407
Sunderland 1–2
Ipswich Town
(6 August 2023)[1]
Lowest attendance 9,221
Rotherham United 1–2 Bristol City
(4 October 2023)
Total attendance 9,550,116
Average attendance 22,793
← 2022–23
2024–25 →

All statistics correct as of 2 March 2024.

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

To Championship

Promoted from League One

  • Plymouth Argyle
  • Ipswich Town
  • Sheffield Wednesday

Relegated from the Premier League

  • Leicester City
  • Leeds United
  • Southampton

From Championship

Promoted to the Premier League

  • Burnley
  • Sheffield United
  • Luton Town

Relegated to League One

  • Reading
  • Blackpool
  • Wigan Athletic

Stadiums

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
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

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 (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shorts sponsor
Birmingham City  Tony Mowbray  Dion Sanderson  Nike Undefeated Undefeated Birmingham City Foundation Knighthead Annuity & Life Assurance Company
Blackburn Rovers  John Eustace  Dominic Hyam  Macron Totally Wicked Watson Ramsbottom Solicitors Venkys Venkys
Bristol City  Liam Manning  Matty James  O’Neills Huboo GoSkippy Watches of Bath Digital NRG
Cardiff City  Erol Bulut  Joe Ralls  New Balance Visit Malaysia Spreadex Sports Watches of Bath None
Coventry City  Mark Robins  Liam Kelly  Hummel King of Shaves Coventry Building Society XL Motors G&R Scaffolding
Huddersfield Town  André Breitenreiter  Jonathan Hogg  Umbro Utilita (Home & Away)Utilita Giving (Third) SportsBroker Marc Darcy[ PCSpecialist
Hull City  Liam Rosenior  Lewie Coyle  Kappa Corendon Airlines McVitie’s Anex Tour None
Ipswich Town  Kieran McKenna  Samy Morsy  Umbro +–=÷× Tour Ipswich Town Foundation HaloITSM YourHome.co.uk
Leeds United  Daniel Farke  Liam Cooper  Adidas BOXT AMT Auto Flamingo Land None
Leicester City  Enzo Maresca Rotation  Adidas King Power[11] None Bia Saigon None
Middlesbrough  Michael Carrick  Jonathan Howson  Erreà Unibet Host & Stay BOXT Life BOXT Life
Millwall  Neil Harris  Shaun Hutchinson  Erreà Huski Chocolate Wiggett Group Cremello Currency Management None
Norwich City  David Wagner  Grant Hanley  Joma Lotus Cars Sekura.id Gran Canaria 3B Data Security
Plymouth Argyle  Ian Foster  Joe Edwards  Puma Bond Timber Project 35 Vertu Motors Retain Limited
Preston North End  Ryan Lowe  Alan Browne  Castore PAR Group PAR Group None None
Queens Park Rangers  Martí Cifuentes  Asmir Begović  Erreà Convivia Group[17] CopyBet MyGuava Hyde Park Construction
Rotherham United  Leam Richardson  Sean Morrison  Puma Rotherham Hospice Burrows Toyota Instantprint Mears Group
Sheffield Wednesday  Danny Röhl  Barry Bannan  Macron Cirata1 TriggerHub.org Triggerhub.org BLU Steel
Southampton  Russell Martin  Jack Stephens  Hummel Sportsbet.io Draper Tools Mairon Freight UK None
Stoke City  Steven Schumacher  Josh Laurent  Macron bet365 Stoke City Community Trust None None
Sunderland  Mike Dodds (interim head coach)  Corry Evans  Nike Spreadex Sports Vertu Motors Hays Travel Midea
Swansea City  Luke Williams  Matt Grimes[25]  Joma Reviva Coffee (Home)
Westacres (Away & Third)		 Swansea Building Society Visit Central Florida The Wave 96.4 FM (Home)
Miles Hire (Away)
Maggie’s Swansea (Third)
Watford  Valérien Ismaël  Daniel Bachmann  Kelme MrQ.com Corpay None None
West Bromwich Albion  Carlos Corberán  Jed Wallace  Puma Ideal Heating Mr Vegas BarberBoss None
  1. ^ Sheffield Wednesday’s shirt sponsor was Eyup until 9 February 2024 when the deal was ended prematurely.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Watford  Chris Wilder[35] End of contract 8 May 2023 Pre-season  Valérien Ismaël 10 May 2023
Cardiff City  Sabri Lamouchi 16 May 2023  Erol Bulut[ 3 June 2023
Southampton  Rubén Sellés 28 May 2023  Russell Martin 21 June 2023
Leeds United  Sam Allardyce Mutual consent 2 June 2023  Daniel Farke 4 July 2023
Leicester City  Dean Smith End of contract 16 June 2023  Enzo Maresca 16 June 2023
Sheffield Wednesday  Darren Moore Mutual consent 19 June 2023  Xisco Muñoz 4 July 2023
Swansea City  Russell Martin Signed by Southampton 21 June 2023  Michael Duff 22 June 2023
Huddersfield Town  Neil Warnock[48] Resigned 20 September 2023 16th  Darren Moore 21 September 2023
Sheffield Wednesday  Xisco Muñoz[50] Sacked 4 October 2023 24th  Danny Röhl 13 October 2023
Birmingham City  John Eustace[52] 9 October 2023 6th  Wayne Rooney 11 October 2023
Millwall  Gary Rowett[54] Mutual consent 18 October 2023 15th  Joe Edwards 6 November 2023
Queens Park Rangers  Gareth Ainsworth[56] Sacked 28 October 2023 23rd  Martí Cifuentes 30 October 2023
Bristol City  Nigel Pearson 29 October 2023 15th  Liam Manning 7 November 2023
Rotherham United  Matt Taylor 13 November 2023 22nd  Leam Richardson 11 December 2023
Swansea City  Michael Duff 4 December 2023 18th  Luke Williams 5 January 2024
Sunderland  Tony Mowbray 9th  Michael Beale 18 December 2023
Stoke City  Alex Neil 10 December 2023 20th  Steven Schumacher[ 19 December 2023
Plymouth Argyle  Steven Schumacher Signed by Stoke City 19 December 2023 16th  Ian Foster 5 January 2024
Birmingham City  Wayne Rooney Sacked 2 January 2024 20th  Tony Mowbray 8 January 2024
Huddersfield Town  Darren Moore 29 January 2024 21st  André Breitenreiter 15 February 2024
Blackburn Rovers  Jon Dahl Tomasson Mutual consent 9 February 2024 18th  John Eustace 9 February 2024
Sunderland  Michael Beale Sacked 19 February 2024 10th  Mike Dodds (interim head coach) 19 February 2024
Millwall  Joe Edwards 21 February 2024 21st  Neil Harris 21 February 2024

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Leicester City 35 25 3 7 71 31 +40 78 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Ipswich Town 35 22 9 4 70 45 +25 75
3 Leeds United 35 22 7 6 65 28 +37 73 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Southampton 35 21 7 7 69 45 +24 70
5 West Bromwich Albion 35 17 8 10 51 33 +18 59
6 Hull City 35 16 8 11 50 43 +7 56
7 Norwich City 35 16 7 12 60 51 +9 55
8 Preston North End 35 15 8 12 47 52 −5 53
9 Coventry City 35 13 12 10 52 42 +10 51
10 Sunderland 35 14 5 16 46 40 +6 47
11 Cardiff City 35 14 5 16 40 48 −8 47
12 Watford 35 11 11 13 50 48 +2 44
13 Bristol City 35 12 8 15 39 40 −1 44
14 Middlesbrough 34 13 5 16 47 51 −4 44
15 Swansea City 35 11 9 15 45 56 −11 42
16 Plymouth Argyle 35 10 10 15 53 59 −6 40
17 Blackburn Rovers 35 11 6 18 49 62 −13 39
18 Millwall 35 10 9 16 34 47 −13 39
19 Queens Park Rangers 35 10 8 17 34 46 −12 38
20 Birmingham City 34 10 8 16 41 55 −14 38
21 Huddersfield Town 35 8 14 13 41 56 −15 38
22 Stoke City 35 10 8 17 33 48 −15 38 Relegation to EFL League One
23 Sheffield Wednesday 35 10 5 20 29 53 −24 35
24 Rotherham United 35 3 10 22 30 67 −37 19
Updated to match(es) played on 2 March 2024. 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 automatic promotion/relegation)[80]

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 — 1–0 0–0 4–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–4 1–3 2–1 2–2 3–1
Blackburn Rovers 4–2 — 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–4 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 3–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–1
Bristol City 0–2 — 0–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 0–1 3–2 0–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–0
Cardiff City 0–1 0–0 2–0 — 3–2 0–3 0–2 1–0 2–3 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1
Coventry City 2–0 1–0 2–2 — 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–3 0–2
Huddersfield Town 3–0 1–1 0–4 — 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–4 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–0
Hull City 3–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 — 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–1 4–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1
Ipswich Town 3–1 4–3 3–2 2–1 3–0 — 3–4 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 0–0 4–3 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–2
Leeds United 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 4–0 — 3–1 3–2 a 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–1
Leicester City 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 — 1–2 3–2 4–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0
Middlesbrough 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 — 0–1 0–2 4–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0
Millwall 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–2 0–4 0–3 1–3 — 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–0
Norwich City 2–0 1–3 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 a 2–3 0–2 1–2 3–1 — 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–2 2–0
Plymouth Argyle 3–3 3–0 a 3–1 2–2 3–1 0–2 0–2 3–3 0–2 6–2 — 3–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–3 3–3 0–3
Preston North End 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 3–2 0–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 — 0–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–5 0–4
Queens Park Rangers 0–4 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 — 2–1 0–1 4–2 1–3 1–1 1–2
Rotherham United 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 — 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–2
Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–4 0–1 2–1 2–0 — 1–2 0–3 0–0
Southampton 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 5–3 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–4 1–2 4–4 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 — 5–0 2–1
Stoke City 1–2 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–5 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 4–1 0–1 0–1 — 2–1 1–1 1–0
Sunderland 3–1 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–4 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 5–0 3–1 — 1–2 2–0 2–1
Swansea City 1–1 2–1 1–2 a 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–4 1–3 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–3 0–0 — 0–1 1–0
Watford 2–0 0–1 1–4 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 2–2 3–2 0–0 4–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 — 2–2
West Bromwich Albion 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 4–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 2 March 2024. 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 2 March 2024

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1  Sammie Szmodics Blackburn Rovers 19
2  Adam Armstrong Southampton 17
 Morgan Whittaker Plymouth Argyle
4  Jack Clarke Sunderland 15
 Crysencio Summerville Leeds United
6  Ryan Hardie Plymouth Argyle 12
 Will Keane Preston North End
 Jonathan Rowe Norwich City
9  Nathan Broadhead Ipswich Town 11
 Conor Chaplin Ipswich Town
 Joël Piroe Leeds United
 Josh Sargent Norwich City
 Haji Wright Coventry City

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of EFL Championship hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date
 Ozan Tufan Hull City Sheffield Wednesday 4–2 (H)[81] 12 August 2023
 Morgan Whittaker Plymouth Argyle Norwich City 6–2 (H)[82] 23 September 2023

Most assists

Rank Player Club Assists
1  Leif Davis Ipswich Town 12
 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall Leicester City
3  Adam Armstrong Southampton 11
 Georginio Rutter Leeds United
5  Abdul Fatawu Leicester City 9
 Gabriel Sara Norwich City
 Sorba Thomas Huddersfield Town
8  Crysencio Summerville Leeds United 8
9  Conor Chaplin Ipswich Town 7
 Daniel James Leeds United
 Joe Ralls Cardiff City
 Morgan Whittaker Plymouth Argyle

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1  Alex Palmer West Bromwich Albion 15
2  Illan Meslier Leeds United 14
3  Mads Hermansen Leicester City 11
 Václav Hladký Ipswich Town
5  Gavin Bazunu Southampton 10
6  Asmir Begović Queens Park Rangers 9
7  Ryan Allsop Hull City 8
 Anthony Patterson Sunderland
9  Jak Alnwick Cardiff City 7
 Max O’Leary Bristol City
 John Ruddy Birmingham City
 Freddie Woodman Preston North End

Discipline

Player

  • Most yellow cards: 12
    •  Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town)
  • Most red cards: 2
    •  Daniel Ayala (Rotherham United)
    •  Liam Kitching (Coventry City)

Club[edit]

  • Most yellow cards: 85
    • Southampton
  • Most red cards: 5
    • Sheffield Wednesday
  • Fewest yellow cards: 54
    • Bristol City
    • Leeds United
  • Fewest red cards: 0
    • Ipswich Town
    • West Bromwich Albion

Awards

Monthly

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
August  Enzo Maresca Leicester City  Gabriel Sara Norwich City
September  Kieran McKenna Ipswich Town  Jack Clarke Sunderland
October  Enzo Maresca Leicester City  Crysencio Summerville Leeds United
November  Daniel Farke Leeds United  Sammie Szmodics Blackburn Rovers
December  Enzo Maresca Leicester City  Stephy Mavididi Leicester City
January  Daniel Farke Leeds United  Morgan Whittaker Plymouth Argyle