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

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...
EFL Championship
Season2023–24
Dates4 August 2023 –
4 May 2024
ChampionsLeicester City
2nd Championship title
8th 2nd tier title
PromotedLeicester City
Ipswich Town
Southampton
RelegatedBirmingham City
Huddersfield Town
Rotherham United
Matches played552
Goals scored1,480 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerSammie Szmodics
(Blackburn Rovers)
(27 goals)
Biggest home winIpswich Town 6–0
Sheffield Wednesday
(16 March 2024)[1]
Biggest away winStoke City 0–5
Leicester City
(3 February 2024)
Highest scoringSouthampton 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 runLeeds United
Leicester City
(9 games)[1]
Longest unbeaten runSouthampton
(22 games)[1]
Longest winless runRotherham United
(15 games)[1]
Longest losing runRotherham United
(9 games)[1]
Highest attendance44,407
Sunderland 1–2
Ipswich Town
(6 August 2023)[1]
Lowest attendance9,221
Rotherham United 1–2
Bristol City
(4 October 2023)
Total attendance12,717,037
Average attendance23,038
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Team changes

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

Stadiums

Personnel and sponsoring

More information Team, Manager ...
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shorts sponsor
Birmingham City England Tony Mowbray (on leave, medical)

England Gary Rowett
(interim head coach)

England Dion Sanderson United States Nike Undefeated[2] Undefeated Birmingham City Foundation Knighthead Annuity & Life Assurance Company
Blackburn Rovers England John Eustace Scotland Dominic Hyam Italy Macron Totally Wicked Watson Ramsbottom Solicitors Venkys[3] Venkys
Bristol City England Liam Manning England Matty James Republic of Ireland O'Neills Huboo[4] GoSkippy Watches of Bath Digital NRG
Cardiff City Turkey Erol Bulut England Joe Ralls United States New Balance Visit Malaysia Spreadex Sports Watches of Bath None
Coventry City England Mark Robins Scotland Liam Kelly Denmark Hummel King of Shaves[5] Coventry Building Society XL Motors G&R Scaffolding
Huddersfield Town Germany André Breitenreiter England Jonathan Hogg England Umbro Utilita[6] (Home & Away)

Utilita Giving (Third)

SportsBroker Marc Darcy PCSpecialist
Hull City England Liam Rosenior England Lewie Coyle Italy Kappa Corendon Airlines[7] McVitie's Anex Tour[8] None
Ipswich Town Northern Ireland Kieran McKenna Egypt Samy Morsy England Umbro +–=÷× Tour Ipswich Town Foundation HaloITSM YourHome.co.uk
Leeds United Germany Daniel Farke Scotland Liam Cooper Germany Adidas BOXT AMT Auto Flamingo Land[9] None
Leicester City Italy Enzo Maresca England Jamie Vardy Germany Adidas King Power[10] None Sabeco Brewery None
Middlesbrough England Michael Carrick England Jonathan Howson Italy Erreà Unibet Host & Stay BOXT Life[11] BOXT Life
Millwall England Neil Harris England Shaun Hutchinson Italy Erreà Huski Chocolate[12] Wiggett Group Cremello Currency Management[13] None
Norwich City United States David Wagner Scotland Grant Hanley Spain Joma[14] Lotus Cars[15] Sekura.id Gran Canaria 3B Data Security
Plymouth Argyle England Neil Dewsnip (interim head coach) England Joe Edwards Germany Puma Bond Timber Project 35 Vertu Motors Retain Limited
Preston North End England Ryan Lowe Republic of Ireland Alan Browne England Castore PAR Group PAR Group None None
Queens Park Rangers Spain Martí Cifuentes Bosnia and Herzegovina Asmir Begović Italy Erreà Convivia Group[16] CopyBet MyGuava[17] Hyde Park Construction
Rotherham United Scotland Steve Evans England Sean Morrison Germany Puma Rotherham Hospice Burrows Toyota Instantprint[18] Mears Group
Sheffield Wednesday Germany Danny Röhl Scotland Barry Bannan Italy Macron Cirata1 TriggerHub.org Triggerhub.org BLU Steel
Southampton Scotland Russell Martin England Jack Stephens[19] Denmark Hummel[20] Sportsbet.io[21] Draper Tools Mairon Freight UK[22] None
Stoke City England Steven Schumacher England Josh Laurent[23] Italy Macron bet365 Stoke City Community Trust None None
Sunderland England Mike Dodds
(interim head coach)
Northern Ireland Corry Evans United States Nike Spreadex Sports Vertu Motors Hays Travel Eleven Sports Media
Swansea City England Luke Williams England Matt Grimes[24] Spain Joma[25] Reviva Coffee (Home)[26]
Westacres (Away & Third)[27]
Swansea Building Society Visit Central Florida The Wave 96.4 FM (Home)
Miles Hire (Away)
Maggie's Swansea (Third)
Watford England Tom Cleverley Austria Daniel Bachmann[28] Spain Kelme[29] MrQ.com[30] Corpay None None
West Bromwich Albion Spain Carlos Corberán England Jed Wallace Germany Puma[31] Ideal Heating Mr Vegas BarberBoss[32] None
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  1. ^ Sheffield Wednesday's shirt sponsor was Eyup until 9 February 2024 when the deal was ended prematurely.[33]

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Watford England Chris Wilder[34] End of contract 8 May 2023

Pre-season

France Valérien Ismaël[35] 10 May 2023
Cardiff City France Sabri Lamouchi[36] 16 May 2023 Turkey Erol Bulut[37] 3 June 2023
Southampton Spain Rubén Sellés[38] 28 May 2023 Scotland Russell Martin[39] 21 June 2023
Leeds United England Sam Allardyce[40] Mutual consent 2 June 2023 Germany Daniel Farke[41] 4 July 2023
Leicester City England Dean Smith[42] End of contract 16 June 2023 Italy Enzo Maresca[43] 16 June 2023
Sheffield Wednesday Jamaica Darren Moore[44] Mutual consent 19 June 2023 Spain Xisco Muñoz[45] 4 July 2023
Swansea City Scotland Russell Martin[39] Signed by Southampton 21 June 2023 Northern Ireland Michael Duff[46] 22 June 2023
Huddersfield Town England Neil Warnock[47] Resigned 20 September 2023 16th Jamaica Darren Moore[48] 21 September 2023
Sheffield Wednesday Spain Xisco Muñoz[49] Sacked 4 October 2023 24th Germany Danny Röhl[50] 13 October 2023
Birmingham City England John Eustace[51] 9 October 2023 6th England Wayne Rooney[52] 11 October 2023
Millwall England Gary Rowett[53] Mutual consent 18 October 2023 15th England Joe Edwards[54] 6 November 2023
Queens Park Rangers England Gareth Ainsworth[55] Sacked 28 October 2023 23rd Spain Martí Cifuentes[56] 30 October 2023
Bristol City England Nigel Pearson[57] 29 October 2023 15th England Liam Manning[58] 7 November 2023
Rotherham United England Matt Taylor[59] 13 November 2023 22nd England Leam Richardson[60] 11 December 2023
Swansea City Northern Ireland Michael Duff[61] 4 December 2023 18th England Luke Williams[62] 5 January 2024
Sunderland England Tony Mowbray[63] 9th England Michael Beale[64] 18 December 2023
Stoke City Scotland Alex Neil[65] 10 December 2023 20th England Steven Schumacher[66] 19 December 2023
Plymouth Argyle England Steven Schumacher[67] Signed by Stoke City 19 December 2023 16th England Ian Foster[68] 5 January 2024
Birmingham City England Wayne Rooney[69] Sacked 2 January 2024 20th England Tony Mowbray[70] 8 January 2024
Huddersfield Town Jamaica Darren Moore[71] 29 January 2024 21st Germany André Breitenreiter[72] 15 February 2024
Blackburn Rovers Denmark Jon Dahl Tomasson[73] Mutual consent 9 February 2024 18th England John Eustace[74] 9 February 2024
Sunderland England Michael Beale[75] Sacked 19 February 2024 10th England Mike Dodds
(interim head coach)[76]
19 February 2024
Millwall England Joe Edwards[77] 21 February 2024 21st England Neil Harris[78] 21 February 2024
Watford France Valérien Ismaël[79] 9 March 2024 13th England Tom Cleverley[lower-alpha 1][80][81] 9 March 2024
Birmingham City England Tony Mowbray[82] Temporary medical leave of absence 19 March 2024 21st England Gary Rowett
(interim head coach)[82]
19 March 2024
Plymouth Argyle England Ian Foster[83] Sacked 1 April 2024 England Neil Dewsnip
(interim head coach)[84]
1 April 2024
Rotherham United England Leam Richardson[85] 17 April 2024 24th Scotland Steve Evans[86] 17 April 2024
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League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Leicester City (C, P) 46 31 4 11 89 41 +48 97 Promoted to the Premier League
2 Ipswich Town (P) 46 28 12 6 92 57 +35 96
3 Leeds United 46 27 9 10 81 43 +38 90 Qualified for the Championship play-offs
4 Southampton (O, P) 46 26 9 11 87 63 +24 87
5 West Bromwich Albion 46 21 12 13 70 47 +23 75
6 Norwich City 46 21 10 15 79 64 +15 73
7 Hull City 46 19 13 14 68 60 +8 70
8 Middlesbrough 46 20 9 17 71 62 +9 69
9 Coventry City 46 17 13 16 70 59 +11 64
10 Preston North End 46 18 9 19 56 67 11 63
11 Bristol City 46 17 11 18 53 51 +2 62
12 Cardiff City 46 19 5 22 53 70 17 62
13 Millwall 46 16 11 19 45 55 10 59
14 Swansea City 46 15 12 19 59 65 6 57
15 Watford 46 13 17 16 61 61 0 56
16 Sunderland 46 16 8 22 52 54 2 56
17 Stoke City 46 15 11 20 49 60 11 56
18 Queens Park Rangers 46 15 11 20 47 58 11 56
19 Blackburn Rovers 46 14 11 21 60 74 14 53
20 Sheffield Wednesday 46 15 8 23 44 68 24 53
21 Plymouth Argyle 46 13 12 21 59 70 11 51
22 Birmingham City (R) 46 13 11 22 50 65 15 50 Relegated to EFL League One
23 Huddersfield Town (R) 46 9 18 19 48 77 29 45
24 Rotherham United (R) 46 5 12 29 37 89 52 27
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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 promotion/relegation)[87]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, BIR ...
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 0–1 3–0 4–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–4 1–3 2–1 2–2 0–1 3–1
Blackburn Rovers 4–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–4 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–3 0–0 3–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–1
Bristol City 0–2 5–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0
Cardiff City 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–3 0–2 1–4 1–0 2–3 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–1
Coventry City 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–2 5–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–3 0–2
Huddersfield Town 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–4 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–4 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–4 0–0 1–4
Hull City 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–3 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 4–1 4–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1
Ipswich Town 3–1 4–3 3–2 3–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–4 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 0–0 4–3 6–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–2
Leeds United 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 3–1 4–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–1
Leicester City 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 4–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–1
Middlesbrough 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–2 3–4 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–2 4–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0
Millwall 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 0–3 1–1 2–2 0–4 0–3 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–1
Norwich City 2–0 1–3 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 0–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 5–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 4–2 2–0
Plymouth Argyle 3–3 3–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 3–3 0–2 6–2 0–1 1–1 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 4–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–5 0–4
Queens Park Rangers 2–1 0–4 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–1 4–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 4–2 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–2
Rotherham United 0–0 2–2 1–2 5–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 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 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–4 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 3–0
Southampton 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 5–3 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–4 1–1 1–2 4–4 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 4–2 5–0 3–2 2–1
Stoke City 1–2 0–3 4–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–5 2–0 0–0 0–3 3–0 0–2 1–0 4–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2
Sunderland 3–1 1–5 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–4 0–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 5–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 2–1
Swansea City 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–4 1–3 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–3 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–0
Watford 2–0 0–1 1–4 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 2–3 2–2 3–2 0–0 0–0 4–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2
West Bromwich Albion 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 4–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–2
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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.

Play-offs

Semi-finals Final
        
3 Leeds United 0 4 4
6 Norwich City 0 0 0
3 Leeds United 0
4 Southampton 1
4 Southampton 0 3 3
5 West Bromwich Albion 0 1 1

Semi-finals

First leg
More information Norwich City, 0–0 ...
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Attendance: 26,982
Referee: Josh Smith
More information West Bromwich Albion, 0–0 ...
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Attendance: 25,367
Referee: Samuel Barrott
Second leg
More information Leeds United, 4–0 ...
Leeds United4–0Norwich City
Report
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Attendance: 36,384

Leeds United won 4–0 on aggregate.

More information Southampton, 3–1 ...
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Attendance: 30,712
Referee: Tim Robinson

Southampton won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

More information Leeds United, 0–1 ...
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Attendance: 85,862
Referee: John Brooks

Season statistics

Top scorers

  • 1 Includes 1 goal in The Championship play-offs.
  • 3 Includes 3 goals in The Championship play-offs.

Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...
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Clean sheets

  • 1 Includes 1 clean sheet in The Championship play-offs.
  • 2 Includes 2 clean sheets in The Championship play-offs.

Discipline

Player

Club

Awards

Monthly

Annual

More information Award, Winner ...
Award Winner Club
Player of the Season Netherlands Crysencio Summerville[102] Leeds United
Young Player of the Season England Archie Gray[103]
Apprentice of the Season
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Championship Team of the Season

Notes

  1. Cleverley was initially named interim head coach before being appointed as permanent head coach on 24 April 2024.

References

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