2023–24 English Football League

The 2023–24 season will be the 125th season of the English Football League (EFL) and the eighth season under that name after it was renamed from The Football League in 2016. For the 11th and final season, the league is sponsored by Sky Betting & Gaming and is therefore known as the Sky Bet EFL.

English Football League
Season2023–24
2024–25 →

The EFL is contested through three divisions: the Championship, League One and League Two. The winner and the runner up of the Championship are automatically promoted to the Premier League and they are joined by the winner of the Championship playoff. The bottom two teams in League Two are relegated to the National League.

Promotion and relegation

Championship

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Leicester City 13 12 0 1 27 7 +20 36 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Ipswich Town 11 9 1 1 25 13 +12 28
3 Leeds United 12 6 4 2 20 13 +7 22 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Preston North End 12 6 3 3 16 18 −2 21
5 West Bromwich Albion 13 5 5 3 20 14 +6 20
6 Cardiff City 13 6 2 5 21 16 +5 20
7 Middlesbrough 13 6 2 5 19 18 +1 20
8 Southampton 12 6 2 4 19 22 −3 20
9 Sunderland 13 6 1 6 21 15 +6 19
10 Blackburn Rovers 13 6 1 6 20 22 −2 19
11 Birmingham City 12 5 3 4 15 12 +3 18
12 Bristol City 12 5 3 4 15 13 +2 18
13 Hull City 12 4 5 3 17 16 +1 17
14 Norwich City 13 5 2 6 24 24 0 17
15 Watford 13 4 4 5 16 16 0 16
16 Millwall 13 4 4 5 13 16 −3 16
17 Coventry City 12 3 6 3 17 14 +3 15
18 Swansea City 13 4 3 6 19 18 +1 15
19 Huddersfield Town 13 3 5 5 13 23 −10 14
20 Stoke City 12 4 1 7 13 18 −5 13
21 Plymouth Argyle 12 3 3 6 18 19 −1 12
22 Queens Park Rangers 13 2 2 9 9 24 −15 8 Relegation to EFL League One
23 Rotherham United 11 1 3 7 10 22 −12 6
24 Sheffield Wednesday 12 0 3 9 5 19 −14 3
Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2023. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[1]

Results
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 — 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–1
Blackburn Rovers — 1–0 1–2 1–4 2–1 1–3 2–1
Bristol City 0–2 — a 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–3 0–0
Cardiff City a — 3–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1
Coventry City 1–0 — 1–1 a 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–3
Huddersfield Town 0–4 — 1–1 a 0–1 0–4 2–1 2–0 2–2
Hull City 1–1 1–1 — 0–0 1–1 4–2 1–2
Ipswich Town 4–3 3–2 3–0 — 3–4 a 4–2 2–0
Leeds United 2–1 2–2 a — a 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–1
Leicester City 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 — 3–0 2–0 1–0
Middlesbrough 1–0 2–0 1–1 — 0–1 0–2 2–1 a
Millwall 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–3 — a 3–0 1–0 0–3
Norwich City 2–0 2–1 a 2–3 0–2 1–2 3–1 — 1–0
Plymouth Argyle 3–0 a 3–1 0–2 6–2 — 1–2 1–3
Preston North End 2–1 1–1 2–1 — 2–1 2–1 0–4
Queens Park Rangers 0–4 1–3 0–1 a — 1–3 1–1
Rotherham United 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 —
Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 — 1–2 0–3
Southampton 0–1 3–1 1–4 4–4 2–1 1–1 —
Stoke City 1–3 0–2 4–1 0–1 — 2–1 1–0
Sunderland 0–1 1–2 0–4 2–1 5–0 — 2–0
Swansea City 1–1 1–2 a 1–1 1–3 2–1 3–0 — 0–1
Watford 2–0 0–1 2–3 0–0 4–0 1–0 — 2–2
West Bromwich Albion 1–2 4–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2023. Source: efl.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

League One

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Portsmouth 14 9 5 0 22 8 +14 32 Promotion to EFL Championship
2 Oxford United 13 9 1 3 24 12 +12 28
3 Barnsley 14 8 2 4 29 13 +16 26 Qualification for League One play-offs
4 Bolton Wanderers 13 8 2 3 25 18 +7 26
5 Peterborough United 14 7 4 3 21 14 +7 25
6 Blackpool 14 6 5 3 19 15 +4 23
7 Stevenage 15 6 5 4 19 16 +3 23
8 Derby County 13 6 3 4 20 12 +8 21
9 Lincoln City 13 6 3 4 18 13 +5 21
10 Wycombe Wanderers 13 6 2 5 20 21 −1 20
11 Burton Albion 15 5 4 6 16 19 −3 19
12 Leyton Orient 14 5 4 5 14 18 −4 19
13 Charlton Athletic 13 5 3 5 22 17 +5 18
14 Port Vale 14 5 3 6 11 21 −10 18
15 Shrewsbury Town 14 5 2 7 7 16 −9 17
16 Bristol Rovers 13 4 4 5 18 18 0 16
17 Cambridge United 14 4 4 6 12 15 −3 16
18 Exeter City 14 5 1 8 11 18 −7 16
19 Northampton Town 13 4 2 7 14 15 −1 14
20 Carlisle United 15 3 5 7 13 18 −5 14
21 Wigan Athletic 13 6 1 6 19 17 +2 11[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Fleetwood Town 13 3 2 8 10 20 −10 11
23 Reading 13 3 1 9 10 21 −11 6[lower-alpha 2]
24 Cheltenham Town 14 1 2 11 4 23 −19 5
Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2023. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[6]
Notes:
  1. On 19 May 2023, Wigan Athletic were deducted four points for failing to pay players and staff on time following previous EFL rules breaches in the 2022–23 season.[2] Another four-point deduction was applied on 26 May, after the club's owners missed a deadline to deposit an amount equalling 125% of its monthly wage bill.[3]
  2. On 16 August 2023, Reading were deducted one point for failing to pay players on time and in full on three occasions in the 2022–23 season.[4] Another 3 point deduction was applied on 13 September, for failing to deposit wages on time.[5]

Results
Home \ Away BAR BLA BOL BRI BRT CAM CAR CHA CHE DER EXE FLE LEY LIN NOR OXF PET POR PVL REA SHR STE WIG WYC
Barnsley — 0–1 TBC [lower-alpha 1] 2–0 1–3 1–3 2–3 7–0 3–0
Blackpool — 2–0 3–2 1–3 a 0–0 0–0 4–1 3–0 2–1
Bolton Wanderers — 1–3 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–4
Bristol Rovers 1–1 — 1–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 1–2
Burton Albion 1–1 4–1 — 2–1 0–3 0–1 1–1 2–1
Cambridge United 0–4 2–0 — 2–0 a 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2
Carlisle United 2–1 — 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1
Charlton Athletic 2–2 1–2 — 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–3 4–0 3–1
Cheltenham Town 0–2 0–3 1–0 — 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–3
Derby County 0–0 — 2–0 1–0 31 Oct [lower-alpha 2] 1–2 1–1 1–2
Exeter City 0–1 0–0 1–0 — 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–2
Fleetwood Town a TBC [lower-alpha 2] 0–2 — 1–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–4
Leyton Orient 1–1 2–0 — 0–4 2–1 1–0 0–3
Lincoln City 3–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 — 31 Oct [lower-alpha 2] 3–0
Northampton Town 1–2 2–2 2–2 — 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–1
Oxford United 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 — 1–2 3–0
Peterborough United 2–0 a 1–0 3–0 2–4 1–1 2–0 a — 2–2
Portsmouth 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 — 2–0 2–1
Port Vale 0–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 — 1–0
Reading 2–1 TBC [lower-alpha 2] 0–0 1–0 1–2 [lower-alpha 1] 0–1 — 2–0
Shrewsbury Town 7 Nov [lower-alpha 2] 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 —
Stevenage 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 — 1–0
Wigan Athletic 0–2 2–1 31 Oct 2–1 2–0 TBC[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 —
Wycombe Wanderers 2–0 2–4 0–0 31 Oct 2–0 TBC [lower-alpha 1] 0–3 3–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2023. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

League Two

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Stockport County 15 10 2 3 31 16 +15 32 Promotion to EFL League One
2 Notts County 15 9 3 3 33 26 +7 30
3 Wrexham 15 7 6 2 30 27 +3 27
4 Mansfield Town 14 6 8 0 25 11 +14 26 Qualification for League Two play-offs
5 Crewe Alexandra 15 7 5 3 34 25 +9 26
6 Gillingham 15 8 1 6 14 18 −4 25
7 Morecambe 13 7 3 3 19 15 +4 24
8 Swindon Town 14 6 5 3 31 21 +10 23
9 Accrington Stanley 14 7 2 5 20 18 +2 23
10 AFC Wimbledon 15 5 7 3 22 15 +7 22
11 Barrow 14 5 6 3 17 14 +3 21
12 Crawley Town 14 6 3 5 23 25 −2 21
13 Salford City 15 6 2 7 26 24 +2 20
14 Bradford City 15 5 5 5 16 19 −3 20
15 Walsall 15 5 5 5 23 26 −3 20
16 Harrogate Town 15 6 1 8 15 21 −6 19
17 Doncaster Rovers 15 5 2 8 19 25 −6 17
18 Milton Keynes Dons 14 4 4 6 19 21 −2 16
19 Newport County 15 4 3 8 24 32 −8 15
20 Grimsby Town 15 3 5 7 20 25 −5 14
21 Colchester United 14 4 1 9 21 29 −8 13
22 Tranmere Rovers 15 3 1 11 18 27 −9 10
23 Forest Green Rovers 14 3 1 10 16 26 −10 10 Relegation to National League
24 Sutton United 15 2 1 12 20 35 −15 7
Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2023. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[7]

Results
Home \ Away ACC WIM BAR BRA COL CRA CRE DON FOR GIL GRI HAR MAN MIL MOR NEW NCO SAL STO SUT SWI TRA WAL WRE
Accrington Stanley — 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 3–0 1–3 4–1
AFC Wimbledon — 0–1 2–2 1–1 a 1–2 a 4–1 1–1
Barrow 0–0 — 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–1
Bradford City — 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–1
Colchester United 0–2 — 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–3 5–4 2–0
Crawley Town 1–0 — 2–4 0–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 3–2 0–1
Crewe Alexandra 2–1 — 2–0 2–2 3–1 4–2 2–0 2–2
Doncaster Rovers 2–0 — 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–3 4–1 0–0
Forest Green Rovers 5–0 1–4 1–2 — 1–2 0–3 0–2 1–2
Gillingham 1–0 0–3 — 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2
Grimsby Town 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–3 2–0 — 1–1 2–0
Harrogate Town 0–1 0–1 0–1 — 2–0 3–2 1–3
Mansfield Town 0–0 1–0 0–0 — 3–0 3–2 0–0
Milton Keynes Dons a 2–2 2–1 0–1 — 1–1 1–2 1–0
Morecambe 1–1 3–0 — 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1
Newport County 2–2 1–1 1–4 2–1 4–0 1–2 — 3–1
Notts County 3–1 4–3 3–2 1–4 — 3–1 2–1
Salford City 1–2 1–1 4–2 2–1 0–2 — 2–2 1–2
Stockport County 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 — 5–0
Sutton United 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 5–1 0–2 — 4–0
Swindon Town 6–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 5–3 — 2–0
Tranmere Rovers 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–4 — 0–1
Walsall 1–3 1–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 —
Wrexham 3–3 2–1 3–0 3–5 3–2 5–5 4–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2023. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Position in table
Reading England Paul Ince[8] Sacked 11 April 2023 2022–23 English Football League Spain Rubén Sellés[9] 26 June 2023 Pre-season
Watford England Chris Wilder[10] End of contract 3 May 2023 Pre-season France Valérien Ismaël[11] 10 May 2023
Swindon Town England Steve Mildenhall
Republic of Ireland Gavin Gunning		 End of interim spell 8 May 2023 Wales Michael Flynn[12] 8 May 2023
Doncaster Rovers England Danny Schofield[13] Sacked 9 May 2023 Northern Ireland Grant McCann[14] 12 May 2023
Milton Keynes Dons England Mark Jackson[15] Scotland Graham Alexander[16] 27 May 2023
Cardiff City France Sabri Lamouchi[17] End of contract 16 May 2023 Turkey Erol Bulut[18] 3 June 2023
Southampton Spain Rubén Sellés[19] 28 May 2023 Scotland Russell Martin[20] 21 June 2023
Leicester City England Dean Smith[21] Italy Enzo Maresca[22] 16 June 2023
Leeds United England Sam Allardyce[23] Mutual consent 2 June 2023 Germany Daniel Farke[24] 4 July 2023
Shrewsbury Town England Steve Cotterill[25] Resigned 6 June 2023 England Matthew Taylor[26] 26 June 2023
Sheffield Wednesday Jamaica Darren Moore[27] Mutual consent 19 June 2023 Spain Xisco Muñoz[28] 4 July 2023
Swansea City Scotland Russell Martin[29] Appointed Southampton manager 21 June 2023 Northern Ireland Michael Duff[30] 22 June 2023
Barnsley Northern Ireland Michael Duff[31] Appointed Swansea City manager 22 June 2023 Scotland Neill Collins[32] 6 July 2023
Forest Green Rovers Scotland Duncan Ferguson[33] Sacked 4 July 2023 England David Horseman[34] 17 July 2023
Charlton Athletic England Dean Holden[35] 27 August 2023 19th England Michael Appleton[36] 8 September 2023 19th
Fleetwood Town Scotland Scott Brown[37] 3 September 2023 23rd England Lee Johnson[38] 10 September 2023 23rd
Tranmere Rovers England Ian Dawes[39] 10 September 2023 22nd England Nigel Adkins (interim)[39] 10 September 202 22nd

Notes
  1. original fixture on 14 October postponed, due to international callups
  2. original fixture on 9 September postponed, due to international callups

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