2023–24_EFL_Championship

EFL Championship
Season	2023–24
Dates	4 August 2023 – ; 4 May 2024
Promoted	Leicester City
Relegated	Rotherham United
Matches played	538
Goals scored	1,441 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sammie Szmodics ; (Blackburn Rovers) ; (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Ipswich Town 6–0 ; Sheffield Wednesday ; (16 March 2024)
Biggest away win	Stoke City 0–5 ; Leicester City ; (3 February 2024)
Highest scoring	Southampton 4–4 ; Norwich City ; (12 August 2023) ; Plymouth Argyle 6–2 ; Norwich City ; (23 September 2023) ; Southampton 5–3 ; Huddersfield Town ; (10 February 2024)
Longest winning run	Leeds United ; Leicester City ; (9 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Southampton ; (22 games)
Longest winless run	Rotherham United ; (15 games)
Longest losing run	Rotherham United ; (9 games)
Highest attendance	44,407 ; Sunderland 1–2 ; Ipswich Town ; (6 August 2023)
Lowest attendance	9,221 ; Rotherham United 1–2 ; Bristol City ; (4 October 2023)
Total attendance	12,349,909
Average attendance	22,955
	← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 27 April 2024.

2023–24 EFL Championship

20th season of the Football League Championship

The 2023–24 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 8th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 32nd season under its current league division format. The season began on 4 August 2023 and is set to conclude on 4 May 2024.

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[82] Cleverley was initially named interim head coach before being appointed as permanent head coach on 24 April 2024.

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Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Birmingham City	Birmingham	St Andrew's	29,409
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	Ewood Park	31,367
Bristol City	Bristol	Ashton Gate Stadium	27,000
Cardiff City	Cardiff	Cardiff City Stadium	33,280
Coventry City	Coventry	Coventry Building Society Arena	32,609
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	Kirklees Stadium	24,121
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	MKM Stadium	25,586
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Portman Road	29,673
Leeds United	Leeds	Elland Road	37,608
Leicester City	Leicester	King Power Stadium	32,262
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	34,742
Millwall	London (South Bermondsey)	The Den	20,146
Norwich City	Norwich	Carrow Road	27,359
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	17,900
Preston North End	Preston	Deepdale	23,404
Queens Park Rangers	London (White City)	Loftus Road	18,439
Rotherham United	Rotherham	New York Stadium	12,021
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	Hillsborough Stadium	39,732
Southampton	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,384
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

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)	Shorts sponsor
Birmingham City	Tony Mowbray (on leave, medical) Gary Rowett (interim head coach)	Dion Sanderson	Nike	Undefeated^[2]	Undefeated	Birmingham City Foundation	Knighthead Annuity & Life Assurance Company
Blackburn Rovers	John Eustace	Dominic Hyam	Macron	Totally Wicked	Watson Ramsbottom Solicitors	Venkys^[3]	Venkys
Bristol City	Liam Manning	Matty James	O'Neills	Huboo^[4]	GoSkippy	Watches of Bath	Digital NRG
Cardiff City	Erol Bulut	Joe Ralls	New Balance	Visit Malaysia	Spreadex Sports	Watches of Bath	None
Coventry City	Mark Robins	Liam Kelly	Hummel	King of Shaves^[5]	Coventry Building Society	XL Motors	G&R Scaffolding
Huddersfield Town	André Breitenreiter	Jonathan Hogg	Umbro	Utilita^[6] (Home & Away) Utilita Giving (Third)	SportsBroker	Marc Darcy	PCSpecialist
Hull City	Liam Rosenior	Lewie Coyle	Kappa	Corendon Airlines^[7]	McVitie's	Anex Tour^[8]	None
Ipswich Town	Kieran McKenna	Samy Morsy	Umbro	+–=÷× Tour	Ipswich Town Foundation	HaloITSM	YourHome.co.uk
Leeds United	Daniel Farke	Liam Cooper	Adidas	BOXT	AMT Auto	Flamingo Land^[9]	None
Leicester City	Enzo Maresca	Rotation^{[lower-alpha 1]}^[10]	Adidas	King Power^[11]	None	Sabeco Brewery	None
Middlesbrough	Michael Carrick	Jonathan Howson	Erreà	Unibet	Host & Stay	BOXT Life^[12]	BOXT Life
Millwall	Neil Harris	Shaun Hutchinson	Erreà	Huski Chocolate^[13]	Wiggett Group	Cremello Currency Management^[14]	None
Norwich City	David Wagner	Grant Hanley	Joma^[15]	Lotus Cars^[16]	Sekura.id	Gran Canaria	3B Data Security
Plymouth Argyle	Neil Dewsnip (interim head coach)	Joe Edwards	Puma	Bond Timber	Project 35	Vertu Motors	Retain Limited
Preston North End	Ryan Lowe	Alan Browne	Castore	PAR Group	PAR Group	None	None
Queens Park Rangers	Martí Cifuentes	Asmir Begović	Erreà	Convivia Group^[17]	CopyBet	MyGuava^[18]	Hyde Park Construction
Rotherham United	Steve Evans	Sean Morrison	Puma	Rotherham Hospice	Burrows Toyota	Instantprint^[19]	Mears Group
Sheffield Wednesday	Danny Röhl	Barry Bannan	Macron	Cirata¹	TriggerHub.org	Triggerhub.org	BLU Steel
Southampton	Russell Martin	Jack Stephens^[20]	Hummel^[21]	Sportsbet.io^[22]	Draper Tools	Mairon Freight UK^[23]	None
Stoke City	Steven Schumacher	Josh Laurent^[24]	Macron	bet365	Stoke City Community Trust	None	None
Sunderland	Mike Dodds (interim head coach)	Corry Evans	Nike	Spreadex Sports	Vertu Motors	Hays Travel	Eleven Sports Media
Swansea City	Luke Williams	Matt Grimes^[25]	Joma^[26]	Reviva Coffee (Home)^[27] Westacres (Away & Third)^[28]	Swansea Building Society	Visit Central Florida	The Wave 96.4 FM (Home) Miles Hire (Away) Maggie's Swansea (Third)
Watford	Tom Cleverley	Daniel Bachmann^[29]	Kelme^[30]	MrQ.com^[31]	Corpay	None	None
West Bromwich Albion	Carlos Corberán	Jed Wallace	Puma^[32]	Ideal Heating	Mr Vegas	BarberBoss^[33]	None

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Watford	Chris Wilder^[35]	End of contract	8 May 2023	Pre-season	Valérien Ismaël^[36]	10 May 2023
Cardiff City	Sabri Lamouchi^[37]		16 May 2023		Erol Bulut^[38]	3 June 2023
Southampton	Rubén Sellés^[39]		28 May 2023		Russell Martin^[40]	21 June 2023
Leeds United	Sam Allardyce^[41]	Mutual consent	2 June 2023		Daniel Farke^[42]	4 July 2023
Leicester City	Dean Smith^[43]	End of contract	16 June 2023		Enzo Maresca^[44]	16 June 2023
Sheffield Wednesday	Darren Moore^[45]	Mutual consent	19 June 2023		Xisco Muñoz^[46]	4 July 2023
Swansea City	Russell Martin^[40]	Signed by Southampton	21 June 2023		Michael Duff^[47]	22 June 2023
Huddersfield Town	Neil Warnock^[48]	Resigned	20 September 2023	16th	Darren Moore^[49]	21 September 2023
Sheffield Wednesday	Xisco Muñoz^[50]	Sacked	4 October 2023	24th	Danny Röhl^[51]	13 October 2023
Birmingham City	John Eustace^[52]	Sacked	9 October 2023	6th	Wayne Rooney^[53]	11 October 2023
Millwall	Gary Rowett^[54]	Mutual consent	18 October 2023	15th	Joe Edwards^[55]	6 November 2023
Queens Park Rangers	Gareth Ainsworth^[56]	Sacked	28 October 2023	23rd	Martí Cifuentes^[57]	30 October 2023
Bristol City	Nigel Pearson^[58]		29 October 2023	15th	Liam Manning^[59]	7 November 2023
Rotherham United	Matt Taylor^[60]		13 November 2023	22nd	Leam Richardson^[61]	11 December 2023
Swansea City	Michael Duff^[62]		4 December 2023	18th	Luke Williams^[63]	5 January 2024
Sunderland	Tony Mowbray^[64]		4 December 2023	9th	Michael Beale^[65]	18 December 2023
Stoke City	Alex Neil^[66]		10 December 2023	20th	Steven Schumacher^[67]	19 December 2023
Plymouth Argyle	Steven Schumacher^[68]	Signed by Stoke City	19 December 2023	16th	Ian Foster^[69]	5 January 2024
Birmingham City	Wayne Rooney^[70]	Sacked	2 January 2024	20th	Tony Mowbray^[71]	8 January 2024
Huddersfield Town	Darren Moore^[72]	Sacked	29 January 2024	21st	André Breitenreiter^[73]	15 February 2024
Blackburn Rovers	Jon Dahl Tomasson^[74]	Mutual consent	9 February 2024	18th	John Eustace^[75]	9 February 2024
Sunderland	Michael Beale^[76]	Sacked	19 February 2024	10th	Mike Dodds (interim head coach)^[77]	19 February 2024
Millwall	Joe Edwards^[78]		21 February 2024	21st	Neil Harris^[79]	21 February 2024
Watford	Valérien Ismaël^[80]		9 March 2024	13th	Tom Cleverley^{[lower-alpha 2]}^[81]^[82]	9 March 2024
Birmingham City	Tony Mowbray^[83]	Temporary medical leave of absence	19 March 2024	21st	Gary Rowett (interim head coach)^[83]	19 March 2024
Plymouth Argyle	Ian Foster^[84]	Sacked	1 April 2024	21st	Neil Dewsnip (interim head coach)^[85]	1 April 2024
Rotherham United	Leam Richardson^[86]	Sacked	17 April 2024	24th	Steve Evans^[87]	17 April 2024

Home \ Away	BIR	BLB	BRC	CAR	COV	HUD	HUL	IPS	LEE	LEI	MID	MIL	NOR	PLY	PNE	QPR	ROT	SHW	SOU	STO	SUN	SWA	WAT	WBA
Birmingham City	—	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	4–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–3	0–1	1–1		2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–4	1–3	2–1	2–2	0–1	3–1
Blackburn Rovers	4–2	—	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–4	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–0	3–1	1–3	0–1	1–2	2–1
Bristol City	0–2	5–0	—	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	0–1	1–2	4–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0
Cardiff City	0–1	0–0	2–0	—	3–2	1–0	1–3	2–1	0–3	0–2	1–4	1–0	2–3	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–1
Coventry City	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	—	1–1	2–3		2–1	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–3		5–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–3	0–2
Huddersfield Town	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–4	1–3	—	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–4	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–4	0–0	1–4
Hull City	1–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	—	3–3	0–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	4–1	4–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–1
Ipswich Town	3–1	4–3	3–2	3–2	2–1		3–0	—	3–4	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–2	4–2	0–0	4–3	6–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–2
Leeds United	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	3–1	4–0	—	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–0		1–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–1
Leicester City	2–1		1–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	—	1–2	3–2	3–1	4–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–1
Middlesbrough	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–2	3–4	1–0	—	0–1	3–1	0–2	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–0		1–0
Millwall	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	0–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–3	1–0	1–3	—	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–1
Norwich City	2–0	1–3	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–3	0–2	1–2	3–1	—	2–1	0–0	1–0	5–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	4–2	2–0
Plymouth Argyle	3–3	3–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	3–1		0–2	0–2	1–0	3–3	0–2	6–2	—	0–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	3–3	0–3
Preston North End	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	3–2	4–1	0–0	3–2	2–1		2–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	—	0–2	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–5	0–4
Queens Park Rangers	2–1	0–4	0–0	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–1	4–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	—	2–1	0–2	0–1	4–2	1–3	1–1	1–2	2–2
Rotherham United	0–0	2–2	1–2		2–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	—	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–2
Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	—	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	3–0
Southampton	3–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	5–3	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–4	1–1	1–2	4–4	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	—	0–1	4–2	5–0	3–2	2–1
Stoke City	1–2	0–3		0–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–5	2–0	0–0	0–3	3–0	0–2	1–0	4–1	0–1	0–1	—	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2
Sunderland	3–1	1–5	0–0	0–1	0–3	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–4	0–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–1		5–0	3–1	—	1–2	2–0	2–1
Swansea City	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–4	1–3	1–2		2–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–3	3–0	0–0	—	0–1	1–0
Watford	2–0	0–1	1–4	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	2–3	2–2	3–2	0–0	0–0	4–0	5–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	—	2–2
West Bromwich Albion	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	4–2	0–0	1–0	0–0		2–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	3–2	2–2	—

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Crysencio Summerville^[102]	Leeds United
Young Player of the Season	Archie Gray^[103]
Apprentice of the Season	Archie Gray^[103]

2023–24_EFL_Championship

2023–24 EFL Championship

Team changes

To Championship

From Championship

Stadiums

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

League table

Play-offs

Final

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

Club

Awards

Monthly

Annual

Notes

References

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Leicester City (P)	44	30	4	10	86	39	+47	94	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Leeds United (X)	45	27	9	9	80	41	+39	90	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Ipswich Town (X)	44	26	12	6	88	56	+32	90	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
4	Southampton (Q)	45	25	9	11	85	62	+23	84
5	Norwich City (Q)	45	21	10	14	79	63	+16	73
6	West Bromwich Albion (Y)	45	20	12	13	67	47	+20	72
7	Hull City (Y)	45	19	13	13	68	59	+9	70
8	Middlesbrough	45	19	9	17	68	61	+7	66
9	Coventry City	44	17	13	14	68	55	+13	64
10	Preston North End	44	18	9	17	56	61	−5	63
11	Bristol City	45	17	11	17	53	47	+6	62
12	Cardiff City	45	19	5	21	51	65	−14	62
13	Swansea City	45	15	12	18	59	64	−5	57
14	Watford	45	13	17	15	60	58	+2	56
15	Sunderland	45	16	8	21	52	52	0	56
16	Millwall	45	15	11	19	44	55	−11	56
17	Queens Park Rangers	45	14	11	20	45	57	−12	53
18	Stoke City	45	14	11	20	45	60	−15	53
19	Blackburn Rovers	45	13	11	21	58	74	−16	50
20	Sheffield Wednesday	45	14	8	23	42	68	−26	50
21	Plymouth Argyle	45	12	12	21	58	70	−12	48
22	Birmingham City	45	12	11	22	49	65	−16	47	Relegation to EFL League One
23	Huddersfield Town	45	9	18	18	48	75	−27	45
24	Rotherham United (R)	45	4	12	29	32	87	−55	24

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sammie Szmodics	Blackburn Rovers	25
2	Adam Armstrong	Southampton	20
3	Crysencio Summerville	Leeds United	19
3	Morgan Whittaker	Plymouth Argyle	19
5	Ché Adams	Southampton	16
	Josh Sargent	Norwich City
	Jamie Vardy	Leicester City
8	Jack Clarke	Sunderland	15
	Emmanuel Latte Lath	Middlesbrough
	Haji Wright	Coventry City

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Ozan Tufan	Hull City	Sheffield Wednesday	4–2 (H)^[89]	12 August 2023
Morgan Whittaker	Plymouth Argyle	Norwich City	6–2 (H)^[90]	23 September 2023
Ellis Simms	Coventry City	Rotherham United	5–0 (H)^[91]	5 March 2024
Milutin Osmajić	Preston North End	Huddersfield Town	4–1 (H)^[92]	9 April 2024
Abdul Fatawu	Leicester City	Southampton	5–0 (H)^[93]	23 April 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Illan Meslier	Leeds United	18
2	Alex Palmer	West Bromwich Albion	17
3	Václav Hladký	Ipswich Town	14
4	Asmir Begović	Queens Park Rangers	13
	Mads Hermansen	Leicester City
	Max O'Leary	Bristol City
	Anthony Patterson	Sunderland
8	Daniel Bachmann	Watford	11
	Gavin Bazunu	Southampton
	Angus Gunn	Norwich City
	Matija Sarkic	Millwall

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Reference
August	Enzo Maresca	Leicester City	Gabriel Sara	Norwich City	^[94]
September	Kieran McKenna	Ipswich Town	Jack Clarke	Sunderland	^[95]
October	Enzo Maresca	Leicester City	Crysencio Summerville	Leeds United	^[96]
November	Daniel Farke	Leeds United	Sammie Szmodics	Blackburn Rovers	^[97]
December	Enzo Maresca	Leicester City	Stephy Mavididi	Leicester City	^[98]
January	Daniel Farke	Leeds United	Morgan Whittaker	Plymouth Argyle	^[99]
February	Daniel Farke	Leeds United	Omari Hutchinson	Ipswich Town	^[100]
March	Kieran McKenna	Ipswich Town	Mikey Johnston	West Bromwich Albion	^[101]

Pos.	Player	Club	Ref.
GK	Mads Hermansen	Leicester City	^[104]
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