2022–23 EFL Championship

2022–23 EFL Championship

The 2022–23 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 7th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 31st season under its current league division format.

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

2022–23 EFL Championship

The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season:

Stadiums

2022–23 EFL Championship

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Location</th><th>Stadium</th><th>Capacity</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Birmingham City</td><td>Birmingham</td><td>St Andrew's</td><td>29,409</td></tr><tr><td>Blackburn Rovers</td><td>Blackburn</td><td>Ewood Park</td><td>31,367</td></tr><tr><td>Blackpool</td><td>Blackpool</td><td>Bloomfield Road</td><td>17,338</td></tr><tr><td>Bristol City</td><td>Bristol</td><td>Ashton Gate Stadium</td><td>27,000</td></tr><tr><td>Burnley</td><td>Burnley</td><td>Turf Moor</td><td>21,944</td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff City</td><td>Cardiff</td><td>Cardiff City Stadium</td><td>33,280</td></tr><tr><td>Coventry City</td><td>Coventry</td><td>Coventry Building Society Arena</td><td>32,609</td></tr><tr><td>Huddersfield Town</td><td>Huddersfield</td><td>Kirklees Stadium</td><td>24,121</td></tr><tr><td>Hull City</td><td>Kingston upon Hull</td><td>MKM Stadium</td><td>25,586</td></tr><tr><td>Luton Town</td><td>Luton</td><td>Kenilworth Road</td><td>10,356</td></tr><tr><td>Middlesbrough</td><td>Middlesbrough</td><td>Riverside Stadium</td><td>34,742</td></tr><tr><td>Millwall</td><td>London (South Bermondsey)</td><td>The Den</td><td>20,146</td></tr><tr><td>Norwich City</td><td>Norwich</td><td>Carrow Road</td><td>27,244</td></tr><tr><td>Preston North End</td><td>Preston</td><td>Deepdale</td><td>23,404</td></tr><tr><td>Queens Park Rangers</td><td>London (White City)</td><td>Loftus Road</td><td>18,439</td></tr><tr><td>Reading</td><td>Reading</td><td>Madejski Stadium</td><td>24,161</td></tr><tr><td>Rotherham United</td><td>Rotherham</td><td>New York Stadium</td><td>12,021</td></tr><tr><td>Sheffield United</td><td>Sheffield</td><td>Bramall Lane</td><td>32,050</td></tr><tr><td>Stoke City</td><td>Stoke-on-Trent</td><td>bet365 Stadium</td><td>30,089</td></tr><tr><td>Sunderland</td><td>Sunderland</td><td>Stadium of Light</td><td>49,000</td></tr><tr><td>Swansea City</td><td>Swansea</td><td>Swansea.com Stadium</td><td>21,088</td></tr><tr><td>Watford</td><td>Watford</td><td>Vicarage Road</td><td>22,200</td></tr><tr><td>West Bromwich Albion</td><td>West Bromwich</td><td>The Hawthorns</td><td>26,850</td></tr><tr><td>Wigan Athletic</td><td>Wigan</td><td>DW Stadium</td><td>25,138</td></tr></tbody></table>

Personnel and sponsoring

2022–23 EFL Championship

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Manager</th><th>Captain</th><th>Kit manufacturer</th><th>Shirt sponsor (front)</th><th>Shirt sponsor (back)</th><th>Shorts sponsor</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Birmingham City</td><td>John Eustace</td><td>Troy Deeney</td><td>Nike</td><td>BoyleSports</td><td>Impact</td><td>amglogistics.co.uk</td></tr><tr><td>Blackburn Rovers</td><td>Jon Dahl Tomasson</td><td>Lewis Travis</td><td>Macron</td><td>Totally Wicked</td><td>Watson Ramsbottom Solicitors</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Blackpool</td><td>Stephen Dobbie (interim)</td><td>Chris Maxwell</td><td>Puma</td><td>Utilita</td><td>Visit Blackpool</td><td>simPRO</td></tr><tr><td>Bristol City</td><td>Nigel Pearson</td><td>Andreas Weimann</td><td>Hummel</td><td>Huboo</td><td>None</td><td>Digital NRG</td></tr><tr><td>Burnley</td><td>Vincent Kompany</td><td>Jack Cork</td><td>Umbro</td><td>Classic Football Shirts (Home & Third) EMA Equity Partners (Away)</td><td>Vertu Motors</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff City</td><td>Sabri Lamouchi</td><td>Joe Ralls</td><td>New Balance</td><td>Tourism Malaysia</td><td>None</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Coventry City</td><td>Mark Robins</td><td>Liam Kelly</td><td>Hummel</td><td>BoyleSports</td><td>XL Motors</td><td>G&R Scaffolding</td></tr><tr><td>Huddersfield Town</td><td>Neil Warnock</td><td>Jonathan Hogg</td><td>Umbro</td><td>Utilita</td><td>SportsBroker</td><td>Skinny Food Co</td></tr><tr><td>Hull City</td><td>Liam Rosenior</td><td>Lewie Coyle</td><td>Umbro</td><td>Corendon Airlines</td><td>Efes</td><td>Tomya</td></tr><tr><td>Luton Town</td><td>Rob Edwards</td><td>Sonny Bradley</td><td>Umbro</td><td>Utilita (Home) Star Platforms (Away) Ryebridge (Third)</td><td>Toureen Group (Home) Utilita (Away & Third)</td><td>MuscleSquad</td></tr><tr><td>Middlesbrough</td><td>Michael Carrick</td><td>Jonny Howson</td><td>Erreà</td><td>Unibet</td><td>Host and Stay</td><td>Cornerstone Business Solutions</td></tr><tr><td>Millwall</td><td>Gary Rowett</td><td>Shaun Hutchinson</td><td>Hummel</td><td>Huski Chocolate</td><td>Masons Scaffolding</td><td>Wiggett Group</td></tr><tr><td>Norwich City</td><td>David Wagner</td><td>Grant Hanley</td><td>Joma</td><td>Lotus Cars</td><td>AEC Illuminazione</td><td>War Paint for Men</td></tr><tr><td>Preston North End</td><td>Ryan Lowe</td><td>Alan Browne</td><td>Nike</td><td>PAR Group</td><td>PAR Group</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Queens Park Rangers</td><td>Gareth Ainsworth</td><td>Stefan Johansen</td><td>Erreà</td><td>Convivia</td><td>CopyBet</td><td>Ground Construction Limited</td></tr><tr><td>Reading</td><td>Noel Hunt (Interim)</td><td>Andy Yiadom</td><td>Macron</td><td>Select Car Leasing</td><td>Rapidz</td><td>RSSL</td></tr><tr><td>Rotherham United</td><td>Matt Taylor</td><td>Richard Wood</td><td>Puma</td><td>IPM Group (Home) Asura Financial Technologies (Away & Third)</td><td>Garner UK (Home) KCM Waste Management (Away & Third)</td><td>Mears Group</td></tr><tr><td>Sheffield United</td><td>Paul Heckingbottom</td><td>Billy Sharp</td><td>Erreà</td><td>Randox</td><td>Ultimate Champions</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Stoke City</td><td>Alex Neil</td><td>Lewis Baker</td><td>Macron</td><td>bet365</td><td>None</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Sunderland</td><td>Tony Mowbray</td><td>Corry Evans</td><td>Nike</td><td>Spreadex Sports</td><td>Vertu Motors</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Swansea City</td><td>Russell Martin</td><td>Matt Grimes</td><td>Joma</td><td>Westacres (Home) Swansea University (Away) Owens Group (Third)</td><td>Swansea Building Society</td><td>The Travel House (Home) DWJ Wealth Management (Away & Third)</td></tr><tr><td>Watford</td><td>Chris Wilder</td><td>Tom Cleverley</td><td>Kelme</td><td>Stake.com</td><td>Corpay</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>West Bromwich Albion</td><td>Carlos Corberán</td><td>Jake Livermore</td><td>Puma</td><td>Ideal Heating</td><td>None</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Wigan Athletic</td><td>Shaun Maloney</td><td>Tendayi Darikwa</td><td>Puma</td><td>Big Help Project (Home & Away) EPIC.gi (Third)</td><td>None</td><td>None</td></tr></tbody></table>

Managerial changes

2022–23 EFL Championship

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

League table

2022–23 EFL Championship

Pos	Team	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
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

Play-offs

2022–23 EFL Championship

	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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Middlesbrough's Chuba Akpom was the season's top goalscorer, having scored 28 goals. Akpom also won the award for EFL Championship Player of the Season.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Chuba Akpom	Middlesbrough	28
2	Viktor Gyökeres	Coventry City	21
3	Carlton Morris	Luton Town	20
4	Joël Piroe	Swansea City	19
5	Tom Bradshaw	Millwall	17
Nathan Tella	Burnley
7	Zian Flemming	Millwall	15
8	Amad Diallo1	Sunderland	14
Ben Brereton Díaz	Blackburn Rovers
Iliman Ndiaye	Sheffield United
Jerry Yates	Blackpool

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

Hat-tricks

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	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

Clean sheets

Coventry City's Ben Wilson won The Championship's Golden Glove award this season, keeping 22 clean sheets, as The Sky Blues reached The Championship play-off final.

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
Freddie Woodman	Preston North End
6	Daniel Bachmann	Watford	16
7	Anthony Patterson	Sunderland	14
John Ruddy	Birmingham City
9	Viktor Johansson	Rotherham United	13
10	Ryan Allsop	Cardiff City	12
George Long	Millwall

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

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

Player

• Most yellow cards: 14 • Hamza Choudhury (Watford) • Andy Yiadom (Reading)

• Most red cards: 2 • Marvin Ekpiteta (Blackpool) • Wes Foderingham (Sheffield United) • Gustavo Hamer (Coventry City) • Hassane Kamara (Watford) • Gabriel Osho (Luton Town)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 108 • Swansea City • Most red cards: 9 • Blackpool • Fewest yellow cards: 74 • Hull City • Fewest red cards: 0 • Birmingham City • Millwall • Queens Park Rangers

Awards

Monthly

Month	Manager of the Month	Player of the Month	Reference
August	Paul Heckingbottom	Sheffield United	Óscar Estupiñán	Hull City
September	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

Annual

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	Ref.
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

PFA Championship Team of the Year

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Arijanet Muric	Burnley
RB	Connor Roberts	Burnley
CB	Anel Ahmedhodžić	Sheffield United
CB	Tom Lockyer	Luton Town
LB	Ian Maatsen	Burnley
CM	Josh Brownhill	Burnley
CM	Nathan Tella	Burnley
CM	Iliman Ndiaye	Sheffield United
FW	Chuba Akpom	Middlesbrough
FW	Viktor Gyökeres	Coventry City
FW	Carlton Morris	Luton Town

Attendances

2022–23 EFL Championship

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance
1	Sunderland AFC	23	39,046
2	Sheffield United	23	28,746
3	Norwich City	23	26,069
4	Middlesbrough FC	23	26,012
5	West Bromwich Albion	23	23,094
6	Stoke City	23	20,570
7	Coventry City	23	20,385
8	Bristol City	23	20,374
9	Burnley FC	23	19,953
10	Cardiff City	23	19,455
11	Watford FC	23	19,172
12	Huddersfield Town	23	18,978
13	Hull City	23	17,973
14	Swansea City	23	16,821
15	Birmingham City	23	16,758
16	Preston North End	23	16,119
17	Queens Park Rangers	23	14,977
18	Blackburn Rovers	23	14,772
19	Millwall FC	23	14,767
20	Reading FC	23	14,027
21	Wigan Athletic	23	12,210
22	Blackpool FC	23	12,192
23	Rotherham United	23	10,515
24	Luton Town	23	9,854