2022–23 EFL Championship
Season | 2022–23 |
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Dates | 29 July 2022 – 6 May 2023 |
Matches played | 249 |
Goals scored | 602 (2.42 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 8 players (9 goals) |
Biggest home win | Rotherham United 4–0 Reading (13 August 2022) Sheffield United 4–0 Reading (30 August 2022) Burnley 4–0 Swansea City (15 October 2022) Watford 4–0 Luton Town (23 October 2022) [1] |
Biggest away win | Wigan Athletic 1–5 Burnley (27 August 2022) Stoke City 0–4 Watford (2 October 2022)[1] |
Highest scoring | West Bromwich Albion 5–2 Hull City (20 August 2022) Sheffield United 5–2 Burnley (5 November 2022)[1] |
Longest winning run | Norwich City (6 games)[1] |
Longest unbeaten run | Burnley (16 games)[1] |
Longest winless run | West Bromwich Albion (8 games)[1] |
Longest losing run | Wigan Athletic (6 games)[1] |
Highest attendance | 41,825 Sunderland 0–0 Preston North End (1 October 2022)[1] |
Lowest attendance | 8,618 Rotherham United 1–1 Millwall (5 October 2022)[1] |
← 2021–22 2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 13 November 2022[1]. |
The 2022–23 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 19th season of the Football League Championship under its current title and the 31st season under its current league division format.
The season started on 29 July 2022 and will end on 6 May 2023. Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the Championship will take a 4 week break mid season during the tournament.[2] The break will commence in mid-November and the first round of fixtures after the World Cup will be held on 10 December.
Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season:
To ChampionshipPromoted from League One Relegated from the Premier League |
From ChampionshipPromoted to the Premier League Relegated to League One
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Stadiums
Personnel and sponsoring
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (front) | Shirt sponsor (back) | Shorts sponsor |
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Birmingham City | ![]() |
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BoyleSports[3] | Impact | amglogistics.co.uk |
Blackburn Rovers | ![]() |
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Totally Wicked | Watson Ramsbottom Solicitors | None |
Blackpool | ![]() |
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Utilita[4] | Visit Blackpool | simPRO |
Bristol City | ![]() |
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Huboo[5] | None | Digital NRG |
Burnley | ![]() |
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Classic Football Shirts[6] (Home & Third)
EMA Equity Partners[7] (Away) |
Vertu Motors | None |
Cardiff City | ![]() |
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Tourism Malaysia | None | None |
Coventry City | ![]() |
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BoyleSports[8] | XL Motors | G&R Scaffolding |
Huddersfield Town | ![]() |
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Utilita[9] | SportsBroker | The Skinny Food Co |
Hull City | ![]() |
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Corendon Airlines[10] | None | Tomya |
Luton Town | ![]() |
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Utilita (Home) Star Platforms (Away) Ryebridge (Third) |
Toureen Group (Home) Utilita (Away & Third) |
MuscleSquad |
Middlesbrough | ![]() |
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Unibet | Host and Stay | Cornerstone Business Solutions |
Millwall | ![]() |
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Huski Chocolate[11] | Masons Scaffolding | Wiggett Group |
Norwich City | ![]() |
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Lotus Cars[13] | AEC Illuminazione | War Paint for Men |
Preston North End | ![]() |
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PAR Group | PAR Group | None |
Queens Park Rangers | Vacant | ![]() |
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Convivia[14] | CopyBet | Ground Construction Limited |
Reading | ![]() |
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Select Car Leasing[15] | Rapidz | RSSL |
Rotherham United | ![]() |
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IPM Group (Home) Asura Financial Technologies (Away & Third) |
Garner UK (Home) KCM Waste Management (Away & Third) |
Mears Group |
Sheffield United | ![]() |
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Randox | Ultimate Champions | None |
Stoke City | ![]() |
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bet365 | None | None |
Sunderland | ![]() |
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Spreadex Sports | Vertu Motors | None |
Swansea City | ![]() |
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Westacres (Home)[18] Swansea University (Away)[19] Owens Group (Third)[20] |
Swansea Building Society | The Travel House (Home) DWJ Wealth Management (Away & Third) |
Watford | ![]() |
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Stake.com[22] | Corpay | None |
West Bromwich Albion | ![]() |
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Ideal Heating | None | None |
Wigan Athletic | ![]() |
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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 |
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Queens Park Rangers | ![]() |
End of contract | 7 May 2022 | Pre-season | ![]() |
1 June 2022 |
Blackburn Rovers | ![]() |
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14 June 2022 | |||
Watford | ![]() |
22 May 2022 | ![]() |
23 May 2022 | ||
Burnley | ![]() |
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14 June 2022 | ||
Blackpool | ![]() |
Signed by Aston Villa | 2 June 2022 | ![]() |
17 June 2022 | |
Birmingham City | ![]() |
Sacked | 2 July 2022 | ![]() |
3 July 2022 | |
Huddersfield Town | ![]() |
Resigned | 7 July 2022 | ![]() |
7 July 2022 | |
Stoke City | ![]() |
Sacked | 25 August 2022 | 21st | ![]() |
28 August 2022 |
Sunderland | ![]() |
Signed by Stoke City | 28 August 2022 | 12th | ![]() |
30 August 2022 |
Huddersfield Town | ![]() |
Sacked | 14 September 2022 | 23rd | ![]() |
28 September 2022 |
Cardiff City | ![]() |
18 September 2022 | 18th | ![]() |
18 September 2022 | |
Rotherham United | ![]() |
Signed by Derby County | 22 September 2022 | 8th | ![]() |
4 October 2022 |
Watford | ![]() |
Sacked | 26 September 2022 | 10th | ![]() |
26 September 2022 |
Hull City | ![]() |
30 September 2022 | 20th | ![]() |
3 November 2022 | |
Middlesbrough | ![]() |
3 October 2022 | 22nd | ![]() |
24 October 2022 | |
West Bromwich Albion | ![]() |
10 October 2022 | 22nd | ![]() |
25 October 2022 | |
Luton Town | ![]() |
Signed by Southampton | 10 November 2022 | 9th | ![]() |
17 November 2022 |
Wigan Athletic | ![]() |
Sacked | 23rd | ![]() |
29 November 2022 | |
Queens Park Rangers | ![]() |
Signed by Rangers | 28 November 2022 | 7th |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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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 | |
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[b] | 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[c] |
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[63]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
Season statistics
- As of 13 November 2022
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Hull City | Coventry City | 3–2 (H)[64] | 27 August 2022 |
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Birmingham City | West Bromwich Albion | 3–2 (A)[65] | 14 September 2022 |
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Millwall | Watford | 3–0 (H)[66] | 19 October 2022 |
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Preston North End | 4–2 (A)[67] | 12 November 2022 |
Most assists
Clean sheets
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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Preston North End | 11 |
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Coventry City | 10 |
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Watford | 8 |
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Sheffield United | ||
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Luton Town | ||
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Blackburn Rovers | ||
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Cardiff City | 7 |
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Rotherham United | ||
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Birmingham City | ||
10 | ![]() |
Sunderland | 6 |
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Discipline
Player
- Most yellow cards: 8
- Most red cards: 2
Club
- Most yellow cards: 54
- Most red cards: 5
Awards
Monthly
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference | ||
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Sheffield United | ![]() |
Hull City | [69] |
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Luton Town | [70][71] | ||
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Burnley | ![]() |
Blackpool | [72][73] |
Notes
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