2023–24 EFL Championship

2023–24 EFL Championship

The 2023–24 EFL Championship (also referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 8th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 32nd season under its current league division format.

Team changes

2023–24 EFL Championship

The following teams have changed division since the 2022–23 season:

Stadiums

2023–24 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>Bristol City</td><td>Bristol</td><td>Ashton Gate Stadium</td><td>27,000</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>Ipswich Town</td><td>Ipswich</td><td>Portman Road</td><td>29,673</td></tr><tr><td>Leeds United</td><td>Leeds</td><td>Elland Road</td><td>37,608</td></tr><tr><td>Leicester City</td><td>Leicester</td><td>King Power Stadium</td><td>32,262</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>27,359</td></tr><tr><td>Plymouth Argyle</td><td>Plymouth</td><td>Home Park</td><td>17,900</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>Rotherham United</td><td>Rotherham</td><td>New York Stadium</td><td>12,021</td></tr><tr><td>Sheffield Wednesday</td><td>Sheffield</td><td>Hillsborough Stadium</td><td>34,835</td></tr><tr><td>Southampton</td><td>Southampton</td><td>St Mary's Stadium</td><td>32,384</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></tbody></table>

Personnel and sponsoring

2023–24 EFL Championship

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Manager</th><th>Captain</th><th>Kit manufacturer</th><th>Shirt sponsor (chest)</th><th>Shirt sponsor (back)</th><th>Shirt sponsor (sleeve)</th><th>Shorts sponsor</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Birmingham City</td><td>Tony Mowbray (on leave, medical) Gary Rowett (interim head coach)</td><td>Dion Sanderson</td><td>Nike</td><td>Undefeated</td><td>Undefeated</td><td>Birmingham City Foundation</td><td>Knighthead Annuity & Life Assurance Company</td></tr><tr><td>Blackburn Rovers</td><td>John Eustace</td><td>Dominic Hyam</td><td>Macron</td><td>Totally Wicked</td><td>Watson Ramsbottom Solicitors</td><td>Venkys</td><td>Venkys</td></tr><tr><td>Bristol City</td><td>Liam Manning</td><td>Matty James</td><td>O'Neills</td><td>Huboo</td><td>GoSkippy</td><td>Watches of Bath</td><td>Digital NRG</td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff City</td><td>Erol Bulut</td><td>Joe Ralls</td><td>New Balance</td><td>Visit Malaysia</td><td>Spreadex Sports</td><td>Watches of Bath</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Coventry City</td><td>Mark Robins</td><td>Liam Kelly</td><td>Hummel</td><td>King of Shaves</td><td>Coventry Building Society</td><td>XL Motors</td><td>G&R Scaffolding</td></tr><tr><td>Huddersfield Town</td><td>André Breitenreiter</td><td>Jonathan Hogg</td><td>Umbro</td><td>Utilita (Home & Away) Utilita Giving (Third)</td><td>SportsBroker</td><td>Marc Darcy</td><td>PCSpecialist</td></tr><tr><td>Hull City</td><td>Liam Rosenior</td><td>Lewie Coyle</td><td>Kappa</td><td>Corendon Airlines</td><td>McVitie's</td><td>Anex Tour</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Ipswich Town</td><td>Kieran McKenna</td><td>Samy Morsy</td><td>Umbro</td><td>+–=÷× Tour</td><td>Ipswich Town Foundation</td><td>HaloITSM</td><td>YourHome.co.uk</td></tr><tr><td>Leeds United</td><td>Daniel Farke</td><td>Liam Cooper</td><td>Adidas</td><td>BOXT</td><td>AMT Auto</td><td>Flamingo Land</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Leicester City</td><td>Enzo Maresca</td><td>Jamie Vardy</td><td>Adidas</td><td>King Power</td><td>None</td><td>Sabeco Brewery</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Middlesbrough</td><td>Michael Carrick</td><td>Jonathan Howson</td><td>Erreà</td><td>Unibet</td><td>Host & Stay</td><td>BOXT Life</td><td>BOXT Life</td></tr><tr><td>Millwall</td><td>Neil Harris</td><td>Shaun Hutchinson</td><td>Erreà</td><td>Huski Chocolate</td><td>Wiggett Group</td><td>Cremello Currency Management</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Norwich City</td><td>David Wagner</td><td>Grant Hanley</td><td>Joma</td><td>Lotus Cars</td><td>Sekura.id</td><td>Gran Canaria</td><td>3B Data Security</td></tr><tr><td>Plymouth Argyle</td><td>Neil Dewsnip (interim head coach)</td><td>Joe Edwards</td><td>Puma</td><td>Bond Timber</td><td>Project 35</td><td>Vertu Motors</td><td>Retain Limited</td></tr><tr><td>Preston North End</td><td>Ryan Lowe</td><td>Alan Browne</td><td>Castore</td><td>PAR Group</td><td>PAR Group</td><td>None</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Queens Park Rangers</td><td>Martí Cifuentes</td><td>Asmir Begović</td><td>Erreà</td><td>Convivia Group</td><td>CopyBet</td><td>MyGuava</td><td>Hyde Park Construction</td></tr><tr><td>Rotherham United</td><td>Steve Evans</td><td>Sean Morrison</td><td>Puma</td><td>Rotherham Hospice</td><td>Burrows Toyota</td><td>Instantprint</td><td>Mears Group</td></tr><tr><td>Sheffield Wednesday</td><td>Danny Röhl</td><td>Barry Bannan</td><td>Macron</td><td>Cirata1</td><td>TriggerHub.org</td><td>Triggerhub.org</td><td>BLU Steel</td></tr><tr><td>Southampton</td><td>Russell Martin</td><td>Jack Stephens</td><td>Hummel</td><td>Sportsbet.io</td><td>Draper Tools</td><td>Mairon Freight UK</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Stoke City</td><td>Steven Schumacher</td><td>Josh Laurent</td><td>Macron</td><td>bet365</td><td>Stoke City Community Trust</td><td>None</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Sunderland</td><td>Mike Dodds (interim head coach)</td><td>Corry Evans</td><td>Nike</td><td>Spreadex Sports</td><td>Vertu Motors</td><td>Hays Travel</td><td>Eleven Sports Media</td></tr><tr><td>Swansea City</td><td>Luke Williams</td><td>Matt Grimes</td><td>Joma</td><td>Reviva Coffee (Home) Westacres (Away & Third)</td><td>Swansea Building Society</td><td>Visit Central Florida</td><td>The Wave 96.4 FM (Home) Miles Hire (Away) Maggie's Swansea (Third)</td></tr><tr><td>Watford</td><td>Tom Cleverley</td><td>Daniel Bachmann</td><td>Kelme</td><td>MrQ.com</td><td>Corpay</td><td>None</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>West Bromwich Albion</td><td>Carlos Corberán</td><td>Jed Wallace</td><td>Puma</td><td>Ideal Heating</td><td>Mr Vegas</td><td>BarberBoss</td><td>None</td></tr></tbody></table>

• ^ Sheffield Wednesday's shirt sponsor was Eyup until 9 February 2024 when the deal was ended prematurely.

Managerial changes

2023–24 EFL Championship

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Watford	Chris Wilder	End of contract	8 May 2023	Pre-season	Valérien Ismaël	10 May 2023
Cardiff City	Sabri Lamouchi	16 May 2023	Erol Bulut	3 June 2023
Southampton	Rubén Sellés	28 May 2023	Russell Martin	21 June 2023
Leeds United	Sam Allardyce	Mutual consent	2 June 2023	Daniel Farke	4 July 2023
Leicester City	Dean Smith	End of contract	16 June 2023	Enzo Maresca	16 June 2023
Sheffield Wednesday	Darren Moore	Mutual consent	19 June 2023	Xisco Muñoz	4 July 2023
Swansea City	Russell Martin	Signed by Southampton	21 June 2023	Michael Duff	22 June 2023
Huddersfield Town	Neil Warnock	Resigned	20 September 2023	16th	Darren Moore	21 September 2023
Sheffield Wednesday	Xisco Muñoz	Sacked	4 October 2023	24th	Danny Röhl	13 October 2023
Birmingham City	John Eustace	9 October 2023	6th	Wayne Rooney	11 October 2023
Millwall	Gary Rowett	Mutual consent	18 October 2023	15th	Joe Edwards	6 November 2023
Queens Park Rangers	Gareth Ainsworth	Sacked	28 October 2023	23rd	Martí Cifuentes	30 October 2023
Bristol City	Nigel Pearson	29 October 2023	15th	Liam Manning	7 November 2023
Rotherham United	Matt Taylor	13 November 2023	22nd	Leam Richardson	11 December 2023
Swansea City	Michael Duff	4 December 2023	18th	Luke Williams	5 January 2024
Sunderland	Tony Mowbray	9th	Michael Beale	18 December 2023
Stoke City	Alex Neil	10 December 2023	20th	Steven Schumacher	19 December 2023
Plymouth Argyle	Steven Schumacher	Signed by Stoke City	19 December 2023	16th	Ian Foster	5 January 2024
Birmingham City	Wayne Rooney	Sacked	2 January 2024	20th	Tony Mowbray	8 January 2024
Huddersfield Town	Darren Moore	29 January 2024	21st	André Breitenreiter	15 February 2024
Blackburn Rovers	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Mutual consent	9 February 2024	18th	John Eustace	9 February 2024
Sunderland	Michael Beale	Sacked	19 February 2024	10th	Mike Dodds (interim head coach)	19 February 2024
Millwall	Joe Edwards	21 February 2024	21st	Neil Harris	21 February 2024
Watford	Valérien Ismaël	9 March 2024	13th	Tom Cleverley	9 March 2024
Birmingham City	Tony Mowbray	Temporary medical leave of absence	19 March 2024	21st	Gary Rowett (interim head coach)	19 March 2024
Plymouth Argyle	Ian Foster	Sacked	1 April 2024	Neil Dewsnip (interim head coach)	1 April 2024
Rotherham United	Leam Richardson	17 April 2024	24th	Steve Evans	17 April 2024

League table

2023–24 EFL Championship

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

Play-offs

2023–24 EFL Championship

	Semi-finals			Final
	3	Leeds United	0	4	4
	6	Norwich City	0	0	0
		3	Leeds United	0
			4	Southampton	1
	4	Southampton	0	3	3
	5	West Bromwich Albion	0	1	1

Season statistics

Top scorers

Sammie Szmodics of Blackburn Rovers was the season's top goalscorer, having scored 27 goals.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sammie Szmodics	Blackburn Rovers	27
2	Adam Armstrong3	Southampton	24
3	Crysencio Summerville1	Leeds United	20
4	Morgan Whittaker	Plymouth Argyle	19
5	Jamie Vardy	Leicester City	18
6	Ché Adams	Southampton	16
Emmanuel Latte Lath	Middlesbrough
Josh Sargent	Norwich City
Haji Wright	Coventry City
10	Jack Clarke	Sunderland	15

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

• 3 Includes 3 goals in The Championship play-offs.

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Ozan Tufan	Hull City	Sheffield Wednesday	4–2 (H)	12 August 2023
Morgan Whittaker	Plymouth Argyle	Norwich City	6–2 (H)	23 September 2023
Ellis Simms	Coventry City	Rotherham United	5–0 (H)	5 March 2024
Milutin Osmajić	Preston North End	Huddersfield Town	4–1 (H)	9 April 2024
Abdul Fatawu	Leicester City	Southampton	5–0 (H)	23 April 2024

Clean sheets

Leeds United's Illan Meslier shared the Golden Glove Award with West Bromwich Albion's Alex Palmer, with both goalkeepers keeping 18 clean sheets during the regular season.

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Clean sheets</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Illan Meslier2</td><td>Leeds United</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Alex Palmer1</td><td>West Bromwich Albion</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Václav Hladký</td><td>Ipswich Town</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Asmir Begović</td><td>Queens Park Rangers</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Mads Hermansen</td><td>Leicester City</td></tr><tr><td>Max O'Leary</td><td>Bristol City</td></tr><tr><td>Anthony Patterson</td><td>Sunderland</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Angus Gunn1</td><td>Norwich City</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Matija Sarkic</td><td>Millwall</td></tr></tbody></table>

• 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 • Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town) • Ryan Porteous (Watford) • Most red cards: 3 • Liam Kitching (Coventry City)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 110 • Preston North End • Most red cards: 5 • Blackburn Rovers • Sheffield Wednesday • Fewest yellow cards: 71 • Bristol City • Fewest red cards: 0 • Ipswich Town

Awards

Monthly

Month	Manager of the Month	Player of the Month	Reference
August	Enzo Maresca	Leicester City	Gabriel Sara	Norwich City
September	Kieran McKenna	Ipswich Town	Jack Clarke	Sunderland
October	Enzo Maresca	Leicester City	Crysencio Summerville	Leeds United
November	Daniel Farke	Leeds United	Sammie Szmodics	Blackburn Rovers
December	Enzo Maresca	Leicester City	Stephy Mavididi	Leicester City
January	Daniel Farke	Leeds United	Morgan Whittaker	Plymouth Argyle
February	Omari Hutchinson	Ipswich Town
March	Kieran McKenna	Ipswich Town	Mikey Johnston	West Bromwich Albion
April	Enzo Maresca	Leicester City	Emmanuel Latte Lath	Middlesbrough

Annual

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Crysencio Summerville	Leeds United
Young Player of the Season	Archie Gray
Apprentice of the Season

Pos.	Player	Club	Ref.
GK	Mads Hermansen	Leicester City
RB	Kyle Walker-Peters	Southampton
CB	Ethan Ampadu	Leeds United
CB	Jacob Greaves	Hull City
LB	Leif Davis	Ipswich Town
CM	Gabriel Sara	Norwich City
CM	Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	Leicester City
FW	Morgan Whittaker	Plymouth Argyle
FW	Crysencio Summerville	Leeds United
FW	Sammie Szmodics	Blackburn Rovers
FW	Georginio Rutter	Leeds United
Manager	Kieran McKenna	Ipswich Town

Attendances

2023–24 EFL Championship

Sunderland drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023–24 edition of the EFL Championship.

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance
1	Sunderland	23	41,028
2	Leeds United	23	35,989
3	Leicester City	23	31,238
4	Southampton	23	29,373
5	Ipswich Town	23	28,845
6	Middlesbrough	23	26,905
7	Sheffield Wednesday	23	26,762
8	Norwich City	23	26,077
9	Coventry City	23	25,468
10	West Bromwich Albion	23	24,057
11	Bristol City	23	22,813
12	Stoke City	23	22,742
13	Hull City	23	21,980
14	Cardiff City	23	21,213
15	Birmingham City	23	21,180
16	Huddersfield Town	23	19,418
17	Watford	23	18,876
18	Preston North End	23	16,720
19	Queens Park Rangers	23	16,678
20	Swansea City	23	16,574
21	Millwall	23	16,540
22	Plymouth Argyle	23	16,507
23	Blackburn Rovers	23	15,583
24	Rotherham United	23	10,674