The 2022–23 EFL Championship (referred to as the

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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

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, 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
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Promoted from

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Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, ...

Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The club's colours were initially yellow and black, but changed to red and white around 1 ...

* Sunderland Relegated from the

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Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston, at the confluence of the River C ...

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Norwich City Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or The Yellows) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club competes in the EFL Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 20 ...

From
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Promoted to the

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* Bournemouth *

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Relegated to

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...

Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England. In 2022, it was announced that DCFC was acquired by Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd, a Derbyshire-based property group. Founded in 188 ...

* Barnsley

Stadiums

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Most assists

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

* Most yellow cards: 6 ** Isaiah Jones ** Dion Sanderson ** Alex Scott **

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** Jordan Storey ** Joe Williams * Most red cards: 2 **

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Club

* Most yellow cards: 41 ** Sunderland * Most red cards: 4 ** Blackpool

Awards

Monthly

Notes

References

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