2022–23 EFL Championship

	Current This article contains information about a current League, Cup or Match. It may contain tentative information; the content may change as the event approaches and more information becomes available.

EFL Championship 2022–23
Season information
Dates	29 July 2022–6 May 2023
Season statistics
Matches played	1
Goals scored	1
Average	(1 per match)
← 2021–22	2023–24 →

The 2021–22 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. 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 Championship Promoted from League One Wigan Athletic Rotherham United Sunderland Relegated from the Premier League Burnley Watford Norwich City

From Championship Promoted to the Premier League Fulham Bournemouth Huddersfield Town or Nottingham Forest Relegated to League One Peterborough United Derby County Barnsley

Stadiums

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	24,500
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	MKM Stadium	25,400
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	25,133

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Birmingham City	Vacant	Troy Deeney	Nike	BoyleSports
Blackburn Rovers	Jon Dahl Tomasson	TBD	Macron	Totally Wicked
Blackpool	Michael Appleton	Maxwell, ChrisChris Maxwell	Puma	Blackpool Council (Home: "VisitBlackpool.com"; Away: "Get Vocal")
Bristol City	Nigel Pearson	Daniel Bentley	Hummel	Huboo
Burnley	Vincent Kompany	TBD	Umbro	Spreadex Sports
Cardiff City	Steve Morison	Morrison, SeanSean Morrison	New Balance	Tourism Malaysia
Coventry City	Mark Robins	Liam Kelly	Hummel	BoyleSports
Huddersfield Town	Carlos Corberán	Jonathan Hogg	Umbro	Utilita
Hull City	Shota Arveladze	TBD	Umbro	Corendon Airlines
Luton Town	Nathan Jones	Sonny Bradley	Umbro	Utilita (Home) Star Platforms (Away) Ryebridge (Third)
Middlesbrough	Chris Wilder	Jonny Howson	Erreà	Unibet
Millwall	Gary Rowett	TBD	Hummel	Huski Chocolate
Norwich City	Dean Smith	Grant Hanley	Joma	Lotus Cars
Preston North End	Ryan Lowe	Alan Browne	Nike	PAR Group
Queens Park Rangers	Michael Beale	Stefan Johansen	Erreà	Ashville Holdings
Reading	Paul Ince	TBD	Macron	Select Car Leasing
Rotherham United	Paul Warne	Richard Wood	Puma	IPM Group (Home) Intelipod (Away and Third)
Sheffield United	Paul Heckingbottom	Billy Sharp	Erreà	Randox
Stoke City	Michael O'Neill	Joe Allen	Macron	bet365
Sunderland	Alex Neil	Corry Evans	Nike	Spreadex Sports
Swansea City	Russell Martin	Matt Grimes	Joma	Westacres (Home) Swansea University (Away)
Watford	Rob Edwards	TBD	Kelme	Stake.com
West Bromwich Albion	Steve Bruce	Jake Livermore	Puma	Ideal Heating
Wigan Athletic	Leam Richardson	Tendayi Darikwa	Puma	EPIC.gi

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				Jon Dahl Tomasson	14 June 2022
Watford	Roy Hodgson		22 May 2022		Rob Edwards	23 May 2022
Burnley	Mike Jackson	End of caretaker spell			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

League table

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

Updated to games played on 14 August 2022
Source: [ EFL.com]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results

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

Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2022. 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.

See also

• 2022–23 EFL Championship stadiums

External links

• Website