2023–24 English Football League

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The Football League 2023–24
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The 2023–24 season was the 125th season of the English Football League (EFL) and the eighth season under that name after it was renamed from The Football League in 2016. For the 11th and final season, the league is sponsored by Sky Betting & Gaming and is therefore known as the Sky Bet EFL.

The EFL is contested through three divisions: the Championship, League One and League Two. The winner and the runner up of the Championship are automatically promoted to the Premier League and they are joined by the winner of the Championship playoff. The bottom two teams in League Two are relegated to the National League.

Promotion and relegation

From the Premier League

Relegated to the Championship

• Leicester City
• Leeds United
• Southampton

From the Championship

Promoted to the Premier League

• Burnley
• Sheffield United
• Luton Town

Relegated to League One

• Reading
• Blackpool
• Wigan Athletic

From League One

Promoted to the Championship

• Plymouth Argyle
• Ipswich Town
• Sheffield Wednesday

Relegated to League Two

• Milton Keynes Dons
• Morecambe
• Accrington Stanley
• Forest Green Rovers

From League Two

Promoted to League One

• Leyton Orient
• Stevenage
• Northampton Town
• Carlisle United

Relegated to the National League

• Hartlepool United
• Rochdale

From the National League

Promoted to League Two

• Wrexham
• Notts County

Championship

Main article: 2023–24 EFL Championship

Table

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	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Ipswich Town (P)	46	28	12	6	92	57	+35	96
3	Leeds United (Q)	46	27	9	10	81	43	+38	90	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
4	Southampton (Q)	46	26	9	11	87	63	+24	87
5	West Bromwich Albion (Q)	46	21	12	13	70	47	+23	75
6	Norwich City (Q)	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	Relegation 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

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)
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

League One

Main article: 2023–24 EFL League One

League Two

Main article: 2023–24 EFL League Two

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Position in table
Huddersfield Town	Neil Warnock	End of contract	8 May 2023	Pre-season			Pre-season
Reading	Noel Hunt	End of interim spell
Watford	Chris Wilder	End of contract			Valérien Ismaël	10 May 2023
Doncaster Rovers	Danny Schofield	Sacked	9 May 2023		Grant McCann	12 May 2023
Milton Keynes Dons	Mark Jackson
Cardiff City	Sabri Lamouchi	End of contract	16 May 2023
Southampton	Rubén Sellés		28 May 2023

External links

• Football League website
• BBC Sport