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.

EFL Championship
Season2022–23
Dates29 July 2022 –
8 May 2023
ChampionsBurnley
PromotedBurnley
Sheffield United
Luton Town
RelegatedReading
Blackpool
Wigan Athletic
Matches played552
Goals scored1,342 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorerChuba Akpom
(Middlesbrough)
(28 goals)
Biggest home winMiddlesbrough 5–0 Reading
(4 March 2023)
Blackpool 6–1
Queens Park Rangers
(14 March 2023)
Biggest away winWigan Athletic 1–5 Burnley
(27 August 2022)
Stoke City 0–4 Watford
(2 October 2022)
Preston North End 0–4 Norwich City
(14 January 2023)
Huddersfield Town 0–4 Coventry City
(4 March 2023)
Sunderland 1–5
Stoke City
(4 March 2023)
Coventry City 0-4
Stoke City
(1 April 2023)
Highest scoringSunderland 4–4 Hull City
(7 April 2023)
Longest winning runBurnley
(10 games)
Longest unbeaten runBurnley
(22 games)
Longest winless runBlackpool
(14 games)
Longest losing runBirmingham City
Queens Park Rangers
Wigan Athletic
(5 games)
Highest attendance46,060
Sunderland 2–1
Luton Town
(Play-off semi-final 1st leg)
(13 May 2023)
Lowest attendance8,618
Rotherham United 1–1
Millwall
(5 October 2022)
Total attendance10,351,379
Average attendance18,787

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.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.