2022–23 Efl Championship

EFL Championship
Season	2022–23
Dates	29 July 2022 – ; 8 May 2023
Champions	Burnley
Promoted	Burnley; Sheffield United; Luton Town
Relegated	Reading; Blackpool; Wigan Athletic
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,342 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Chuba Akpom; (Middlesbrough); (28 goals)
Biggest home win	Middlesbrough 5–0 Reading ; (4 March 2023) ; Blackpool 6–1 ; Queens Park Rangers ; (14 March 2023)
Biggest away win	Wigan Athletic 1–5 Burnley ; (27 August 2022) ; Stoke City 0–4 Watford ; (2 October 2022) ; Preston North End 0–4 Norwich City ; (14 January 2023) ; Huddersfield Town 0–4 Coventry City ; (4 March 2023) ; Sunderland 1–5 ; Stoke City ; (4 March 2023) ; Coventry City 0-4 ; Stoke City ; (1 April 2023)
Highest scoring	Sunderland 4–4 Hull City ; (7 April 2023)
Longest winning run	Burnley ; (10 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Burnley ; (22 games)
Longest winless run	Blackpool ; (14 games)
Longest losing run	Birmingham City ; Queens Park Rangers ; Wigan Athletic ; (5 games)
Highest attendance	46,060 ; Sunderland 2–1; Luton Town ; (Play-off semi-final 1st leg) ; (13 May 2023)
Lowest attendance	8,618 ; Rotherham United 1–1 ; Millwall ; (5 October 2022)
Total attendance	10,351,379
Average attendance	18,787
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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

Relegated from the Premier League

From Championship

Promoted to the Premier League

Relegated to League One

Stadiums

Locations of the 2022–23 EFL Championship teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
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
Burnley	Burnley	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 sponsor
Birmingham City	John Eustace	Troy Deeney	Nike	BoyleSports	Impact	amglogistics.co.uk
Blackburn Rovers	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Lewis Travis	Macron	Totally Wicked	Watson Ramsbottom Solicitors	None
Blackpool	Stephen Dobbie (interim)	Chris Maxwell	Puma	Utilita	Visit Blackpool	simPRO
Bristol City	Nigel Pearson	Andreas Weimann	Hummel	Huboo	None	Digital NRG
Burnley	Vincent Kompany	Jack Cork	Umbro	Classic Football Shirts (Home & Third) EMA Equity Partners (Away)	Vertu Motors	None
Cardiff City	Sabri Lamouchi	Joe Ralls	New Balance	Tourism Malaysia	None	None
Coventry City	Mark Robins	Liam Kelly	Hummel	BoyleSports	XL Motors	G&R Scaffolding
Huddersfield Town	Neil Warnock	Jonathan Hogg	Umbro	Utilita	SportsBroker	Skinny Food Co
Hull City	Liam Rosenior	Lewie Coyle	Umbro	Corendon Airlines	Efes	Tomya
Luton Town	Rob Edwards	Sonny Bradley	Umbro	Utilita (Home) Star Platforms (Away) Ryebridge (Third)	Toureen Group (Home) Utilita (Away & Third)	MuscleSquad
Middlesbrough	Michael Carrick	Jonny Howson	Erreà	Unibet	Host and Stay	Cornerstone Business Solutions
Millwall	Gary Rowett	Shaun Hutchinson	Hummel	Huski Chocolate	Masons Scaffolding	Wiggett Group
Norwich City	David Wagner	Grant Hanley	Joma	Lotus Cars	AEC Illuminazione	War Paint for Men
Preston North End	Ryan Lowe	Alan Browne	Nike	PAR Group	PAR Group	None
Queens Park Rangers	Gareth Ainsworth	Stefan Johansen	Erreà	Convivia	CopyBet	Ground Construction Limited
Reading	Noel Hunt (Interim)	Andy Yiadom	Macron	Select Car Leasing	Rapidz	RSSL
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
Sheffield United	Paul Heckingbottom	Billy Sharp	Erreà	Randox	Ultimate Champions	None
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	Joma	Westacres (Home) Swansea University (Away) Owens Group (Third)	Swansea Building Society	The Travel House (Home) DWJ Wealth Management (Away & Third)
Watford	Chris Wilder	Tom Cleverley	Kelme	Stake.com	Corpay	None
West Bromwich Albion	Carlos Corberán	Jake Livermore	Puma	Ideal Heating	None	None
Wigan Athletic	Shaun Maloney	Tendayi Darikwa	Puma	Big Help Project (Home & Away) EPIC.gi (Third)	None	None

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Queens Park Rangers	Mark Warburton	End of contract	7 May 2022	Pre-season	Michael Beale	1 June 2022
Blackburn Rovers	Tony Mowbray		7 May 2022		Jon Dahl Tomasson	14 June 2022
Watford	Roy Hodgson		22 May 2022		Rob Edwards	23 May 2022
Burnley	Mike Jackson	End of caretaker spell	22 May 2022		Vincent Kompany	14 June 2022
Blackpool	Neil Critchley	Signed by Aston Villa	2 June 2022		Michael Appleton	17 June 2022
Birmingham City	Lee Bowyer	Sacked	2 July 2022		John Eustace	3 July 2022
Huddersfield Town	Carlos Corberán	Resigned	7 July 2022		Danny Schofield	7 July 2022
Stoke City	Michael O'Neill	Sacked	25 August 2022	21st	Alex Neil	28 August 2022
Sunderland	Alex Neil	Signed by Stoke City	28 August 2022	12th	Tony Mowbray	30 August 2022
Huddersfield Town	Danny Schofield	Sacked	14 September 2022	23rd	Mark Fotheringham	28 September 2022
Cardiff City	Steve Morison	Sacked	18 September 2022	18th	Mark Hudson	18 September 2022
Rotherham United	Paul Warne	Signed by Derby County	22 September 2022	8th	Matt Taylor	4 October 2022
Watford	Rob Edwards	Sacked	26 September 2022	10th	Slaven Bilić	26 September 2022
Hull City	Shota Arveladze		30 September 2022	20th	Liam Rosenior	3 November 2022
Middlesbrough	Chris Wilder		3 October 2022	22nd	Michael Carrick	24 October 2022
West Bromwich Albion	Steve Bruce		10 October 2022	22nd	Carlos Corberán	25 October 2022
Luton Town	Nathan Jones	Signed by Southampton	10 November 2022	9th	Rob Edwards	17 November 2022
Wigan Athletic	Leam Richardson	Sacked	10 November 2022	23rd	Kolo Touré	29 November 2022
Queens Park Rangers	Michael Beale	Signed by Rangers	28 November 2022	7th	Neil Critchley	11 December 2022
Norwich City	Dean Smith	Sacked	27 December 2022	5th	David Wagner	6 January 2023
Cardiff City	Mark Hudson		14 January 2023	21st	Sabri Lamouchi	27 January 2023
Blackpool	Michael Appleton		18 January 2023	23rd	Mick McCarthy	19 January 2023
Wigan Athletic	Kolo Touré		26 January 2023	24th	Shaun Maloney	28 January 2023
Huddersfield Town	Mark Fotheringham		8 February 2023	22nd	Neil Warnock	13 February 2023
Queens Park Rangers	Neil Critchley		19 February 2023	17th	Gareth Ainsworth	21 February 2023
Watford	Slaven Bilić		7 March 2023	9th	Chris Wilder	7 March 2023
Blackpool	Mick McCarthy	Mutual consent	8 April 2023	23rd	Stephen Dobbie (interim)	8 April 2023
Reading	Paul Ince	Sacked	11 April 2023	22nd	Noel Hunt (interim)	11 April 2023

Coventry City	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Luton Town
Hamer 66'	Report	Clark 23'
Penalties
Godden Gyökeres Sheaf Eccles Kelly Dabo	5–6	Morris Taylor Nakamba Clark Berry Potts

Home \ Away	BIR	BLB	BLP	BRC	BUR	CAR	COV	HUD	HUL	LUT	MID	MIL	NOR	PNE	QPR	REA	ROT	SHU	STO	SUN	SWA	WAT	WBA	WIG
Birmingham City	—	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	3–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–1
Blackburn Rovers	2–1	—	1–0	2–3	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–4	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0
Blackpool	0–0	0–1	—	3–3	0–0	1–3	1–4	2–2	1–3	0–1	0–3	2–3	0–1	4–2	6–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–2	1–0
Bristol City	4–2	1–1	2–0	—	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1
Burnley	3–0	3–0	3–3	2–1	—	3–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	3–0
Cardiff City	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	0–1	1–2	2–3	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	1–1
Coventry City	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–4	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–4	2–1	3–3	2–2	1–0	2–0
Huddersfield Town	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–4	—	2–0	1–2	4–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–2
Hull City	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	3–2	1–1	—	0–2	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1
Luton Town	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	3–3	0–0	—	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–3	1–2
Middlesbrough	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	—	1–0	5–1	4–0	3–1	5–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–1
Millwall	0–1	3–4	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	—	2–3	2–0	0–2	0–1	3–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1
Norwich City	3–1	0–2	0–1	3–2	0–3	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	—	2–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–1
Preston North End	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–4	0–4	—	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1
Queens Park Rangers	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–2	0–3	3–0	0–3	1–2	3–1	0–3	3–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	—	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1
Reading	1–1	3–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	—	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1
Rotherham United	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–3	2–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	2–4	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	4–0	—	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2
Sheffield United	1–1	3–0	3–3	1–0	5–2	4–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	4–1	0–1	4–0	0–1	—	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
Stoke City	1–2	3–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	0–2	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	4–0	0–1	3–1	—	0–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	0–1
Sunderland	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–4	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–4	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–5	—	1–3	2–2	1–2	2–1
Swansea City	3–4	0–3	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–1	4–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–1	—	4–0	3–2	2–2
Watford	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–3	0–1	2–3	0–0	4–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	—	3–2	1–1
West Bromwich Albion	2–3	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	5–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–3	1–1	—	1–0
Wigan Athletic	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–5	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–4	0–2	1–4	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–4	0–2	0–1	1–1	—

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Óscar Estupiñán	Hull City	Coventry City	3–2 (H)	27 August 2022
Scott Hogan	Birmingham City	West Bromwich Albion	3–2 (A)	14 September 2022
Tom Bradshaw	Millwall	Watford	3–0 (H)	19 October 2022
Zian Flemming	Millwall	Preston North End	4–2 (A)	12 November 2022
Chuba Akpom	Middlesbrough	Wigan Athletic	4–1 (H)	26 December 2022
Nathan Tella	Burnley	Preston North End	3–0 (H)	11 February 2023
Tom Bradshaw	Millwall	Sheffield United	3–2 (H)	18 February 2023
Nathan Tella	Burnley	Hull City	3–1 (A)	15 March 2023

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Chuba Akpom	Middlesbrough
Young Player of the Season	Alex Scott	Bristol City
Apprentice of the Season	Ashley Phillips	Blackburn Rovers

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Ben Wilson	Coventry City
RB	Connor Roberts	Burnley
CB	Anel Ahmedhodžić	Sheffield United
CB	Tom Lockyer	Luton Town
LB	Ian Maatsen	Burnley
CM	Alex Scott	Bristol City
CM	Josh Brownhill	Burnley
CM	Nathan Tella	Burnley
FW	Iliman Ndiaye	Sheffield United
FW	Chuba Akpom	Middlesbrough
FW	Viktor Gyökeres	Coventry City
Manager	Vincent Kompany	Burnley

2022–23 Efl Championship

Team changes

To Championship

From Championship

Stadiums

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

League table

Play-offs

Final

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

Club

Awards

Monthly

Annual

PFA Championship Team of the Year

Notes

References

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Burnley (C, P)	46	29	14	3	87	35	+52	101	Promotion to Premier League
2	Sheffield United (P)	46	28	7	11	73	39	+34	91	Promotion to Premier League
3	Luton Town (O, P)	46	21	17	8	57	39	+18	80	Qualification for Championship play-offs
4	Middlesbrough	46	22	9	15	84	56	+28	75
5	Coventry City	46	18	16	12	58	46	+12	70
6	Sunderland	46	18	15	13	68	55	+13	69
7	Blackburn Rovers	46	20	9	17	52	54	−2	69
8	Millwall	46	19	11	16	57	50	+7	68
9	West Bromwich Albion	46	18	12	16	59	53	+6	66
10	Swansea City	46	18	12	16	68	64	+4	66
11	Watford	46	16	15	15	56	53	+3	63
12	Preston North End	46	17	12	17	45	59	−14	63
13	Norwich City	46	17	11	18	57	54	+3	62
14	Bristol City	46	15	14	17	55	56	−1	59
15	Hull City	46	14	16	16	51	61	−10	58
16	Stoke City	46	14	11	21	55	54	+1	53
17	Birmingham City	46	14	11	21	47	58	−11	53
18	Huddersfield Town	46	14	11	21	47	62	−15	53
19	Rotherham United	46	11	17	18	49	60	−11	50
20	Queens Park Rangers	46	13	11	22	44	71	−27	50
21	Cardiff City	46	13	10	23	41	58	−17	49
22	Reading (R)	46	13	11	22	46	68	−22	44	Relegation to League One
23	Blackpool (R)	46	11	11	24	48	72	−24	44
24	Wigan Athletic (R)	46	10	15	21	38	65	−27	42

Semi-finals					Final

3	Luton Town	1	2	3

6	Sunderland	2	0	2
					3	Luton Town	1 (6)

					5	Coventry City	1 (5)
4	Middlesbrough	0	0	0

5	Coventry City	0	1	1

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Ben Wilson²	Coventry City	22
2	Ethan Horvath¹	Luton Town	20
3	Arijanet Muric	Burnley	18
4	Wes Foderingham	Sheffield United	17
4	Freddie Woodman	Preston North End	17
6	Daniel Bachmann	Watford	16
7	Anthony Patterson	Sunderland	14
7	John Ruddy	Birmingham City	14
9	Viktor Johansson	Rotherham United	13
10	Ryan Allsop	Cardiff City	12
10	George Long	Millwall	12

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
August	Paul Heckingbottom	Sheffield United	Óscar Estupiñán	Hull City
September	Paul Heckingbottom	Sheffield United	Carlton Morris	Luton Town
October	Vincent Kompany	Burnley	Jerry Yates	Blackpool
November	Mark Robins	Coventry City	Viktor Gyökeres	Coventry City
December	Vincent Kompany	Burnley	Chuba Akpom	Middlesbrough
January			Ian Maatsen	Burnley
February			Tom Bradshaw	Millwall
March	Michael Carrick	Middlesbrough	Viktor Gyökeres	Coventry City
April	Paul Heckingbottom	Sheffield United	Gustavo Hamer	Coventry City