2023–24 EFL Championship

The 2023–24 EFL Championship was the 8th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 32nd season under its current league division format.

Team changes

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

To Championship

Promoted from League One

Relegated from the Premier League

From Championship

Promoted to the Premier League

Relegated to League One

Stadiums

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	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	Loftus Road	18,439
Rotherham United	Rotherham	New York Stadium	12,021
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	Hillsborough Stadium	34,835
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

Personnel and sponsoring

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

League table

Season statistics

Top scorers

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
6	Emmanuel Latte Lath	Middlesbrough	16
6	Josh Sargent	Norwich City	16
6	Haji Wright	Coventry City	16
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
	Hull City	Sheffield Wednesday	4–2	12 08 2023
	Plymouth Argyle	Norwich City	6–2	23 09 2023
	Coventry City	Rotherham United	5–0	05 03 2024
	Preston North End	Huddersfield Town	4–1	09 04 2024
	Leicester City	Southampton	5–0	23 04 2024

Clean sheets

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

¹ Includes 1 clean sheet in The Championship play-offs.² Includes 2 clean sheets in The Championship play-offs.

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 14

Club

Most yellow cards: 110

*Preston North EndMost red cards: 5
*Blackburn Rovers
*Sheffield WednesdayFewest yellow cards: 71
*Bristol CityFewest red cards: 0
*Ipswich Town

Awards

Annual

Championship Team 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

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