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

To Championship
 Promoted from League One 
 * Wigan Athletic
 * Rotherham United
 * Sunderland

 Relegated from the Premier League 
 * Burnley
 * Watford
 * Norwich City

From Championship
 Promoted to the Premier League 
 * Fulham
 * Bournemouth
 * Nottingham Forest

 Relegated to League One 
 * Peterborough United
 * Derby County
 * Barnsley

Play-offs
First leg

Second leg

Luton Town won 3–2 on aggregate.

'' Coventry City won 1–0 on aggregate. ''

Top scorers



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

Clean sheets



 * 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: 109
 * Swansea City
 * Most red cards: 9
 * Blackpool
 * Fewest yellow cards: 74
 * Hull City
 * Fewest red cards: 0
 * Birmingham City
 * Millwall
 * Queens Park Rangers

Annual
 Championship Team of the Season