2022–23 English Football League

The 2022–23 season is the 124th season of the English Football League (EFL) and the seventh season under that name after it was renamed from The Football League in 2016. For the tenth season running, the league is sponsored by Sky Betting & Gaming and is therefore known as the Sky Bet EFL.

English Football League

Season	2022–23
Champions	Burnley
Promoted	Burnley Sheffield United Luton Town
Relegated	Hartlepool United Rochdale
New clubs in League	Stockport County Grimsby Town
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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

From the Premier League Relegated to the Championship Burnley Watford Norwich City From the Championship Promoted to the Premier League Fulham Bournemouth Nottingham Forest Relegated to League One Peterborough United Derby County Barnsley

From League One Promoted to the Championship Wigan Athletic Rotherham United Sunderland Relegated to League Two Gillingham Doncaster Rovers AFC Wimbledon Crewe Alexandra

From League Two Promoted to League One Forest Green Rovers Exeter City Bristol Rovers Port Vale Relegated to the National League Oldham Athletic Scunthorpe United From the National League Promoted to League Two Stockport County Grimsby Town

Championship

This section is transcluded from 2022–23 EFL Championship. (edit | history)

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Burnley (C, P)	46	29	14	3	87	35	+52	101	Promotion to Premier League
2	Sheffield United (P)	46	28	7	11	73	39	+34	91
3	Luton Town (O, P)	46	21	17	8	57	39	+18	80	Qualification for Championship play-offs
4	Middlesbrough	46	22	9	15	84	56	+28	75
5	Coventry City	46	18	16	12	58	46	+12	70
6	Sunderland	46	18	15	13	68	55	+13	69
7	Blackburn Rovers	46	20	9	17	52	54	−2	69
8	Millwall	46	19	11	16	57	50	+7	68
9	West Bromwich Albion	46	18	12	16	59	53	+6	66
10	Swansea City	46	18	12	16	68	64	+4	66
11	Watford	46	16	15	15	56	53	+3	63
12	Preston North End	46	17	12	17	45	59	−14	63
13	Norwich City	46	17	11	18	57	54	+3	62
14	Bristol City	46	15	14	17	55	56	−1	59
15	Hull City	46	14	16	16	51	61	−10	58
16	Stoke City	46	14	11	21	55	54	+1	53
17	Birmingham City	46	14	11	21	47	58	−11	53
18	Huddersfield Town	46	14	11	21	47	62	−15	53
19	Rotherham United	46	11	17	18	49	60	−11	50
20	Queens Park Rangers	46	13	11	22	44	71	−27	50
21	Cardiff City	46	13	10	23	41	58	−17	49
22	Reading (R)	46	13	11	22	46	68	−22	44[a]	Relegation to League One
23	Blackpool (R)	46	11	11	24	48	72	−24	44
24	Wigan Athletic (R)	46	10	15	21	38	65	−27	42[b]

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^[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Reading were deducted 6 points for breaching an EFL business plan.^[1]
2. In March 2023, Wigan Athletic were deducted 3 points for failing to pay players and staff on time.^[2]

Results

Home \ Away	BIR	BLB	BLP	BRC	BUR	CAR	COV	HUD	HUL	LUT	MID	MIL	NOR	PNE	QPR	REA	ROT	SHU	STO	SUN	SWA	WAT	WBA	WIG
Birmingham City	—	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	3–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–1
Blackburn Rovers	2–1	—	1–0	2–3	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–4	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0
Blackpool	0–0	0–1	—	3–3	0–0	1–3	1–4	2–2	1–3	0–1	0–3	2–3	0–1	4–2	6–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–2	1–0
Bristol City	4–2	1–1	2–0	—	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1
Burnley	3–0	3–0	3–3	2–1	—	3–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	3–0
Cardiff City	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	0–1	1–2	2–3	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	1–1
Coventry City	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–4	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–4	2–1	3–3	2–2	1–0	2–0
Huddersfield Town	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–4	—	2–0	1–2	4–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–2
Hull City	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	3–2	1–1	—	0–2	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1
Luton Town	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	3–3	0–0	—	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–3	1–2
Middlesbrough	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	—	1–0	5–1	4–0	3–1	5–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–1
Millwall	0–1	3–4	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	—	2–3	2–0	0–2	0–1	3–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1
Norwich City	3–1	0–2	0–1	3–2	0–3	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	—	2–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–1
Preston North End	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–4	0–4	—	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1
Queens Park Rangers	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–2	0–3	3–0	0–3	1–2	3–1	0–3	3–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	—	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1
Reading	1–1	3–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	—	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1
Rotherham United	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–3	2–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	2–4	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	4–0	—	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2
Sheffield United	1–1	3–0	3–3	1–0	5–2	4–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	4–1	0–1	4–0	0–1	—	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
Stoke City	1–2	3–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	0–2	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	4–0	0–1	3–1	—	0–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	0–1
Sunderland	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–4	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–4	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–5	—	1–3	2–2	1–2	2–1
Swansea City	3–4	0–3	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–1	4–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–1	—	4–0	3–2	2–2
Watford	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–3	0–1	2–3	0–0	4–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	—	3–2	1–1
West Bromwich Albion	2–3	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	5–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–3	1–1	—	1–0
Wigan Athletic	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–5	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–4	0–2	1–4	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–4	0–2	0–1	1–1	—

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.

Play-offs

Main article: 2023 English Football League play-offs

	Semi-finals							Final
	3	Luton Town	1	2	3
	6	Sunderland	2	0	2
								3	Luton Town	1 (6)
								5	Coventry City	1 (5)
	4	Middlesbrough	0	0	0
	5	Coventry City	0	1	1

First leg

13 May 2023

17:30

Sunderland	2–1	Luton Town
Diallo 39' Hume 63'	Report	Adebayo 11'

Stadium of Light, Sunderland

Attendance: 46,060

Referee: Tim Robinson

14 May 2023

12:00

Coventry City	0–0	Middlesbrough
	Report

Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry

Attendance: 28,874

Referee: Robert Madley

Second leg

16 May 2023

20:00

Luton Town	2–0	Sunderland
Osho 10' Lockyer 43'	Report

Kenilworth Road, Luton

Attendance: 10,013

Referee: Simon Hooper

Luton Town won 3–2 on aggregate.

17 May 2023

20:00

Middlesbrough	0–1	Coventry City
	Report	Hamer 57'

Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough

Attendance: 32,154

Referee: David Coote

Coventry City won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2023 EFL Championship play-off final

27 May 2023 (2023-05-27)

16:45 BST

Coventry City	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Luton Town
Hamer 66'	Report	Clark 23'
Penalties
Godden Gyökeres Sheaf Eccles Kelly Dabo	5–6	Morris Taylor Nakamba Clark Berry Potts

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 85,711

Referee: Michael Oliver

League One

This section is transcluded from 2022–23 EFL League One. (edit | history)

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Plymouth Argyle (C, P)	46	31	8	7	82	47	+35	101	Promotion to EFL Championship
2	Ipswich Town (P)	46	28	14	4	101	35	+66	98
3	Sheffield Wednesday (O, P)	46	28	12	6	81	37	+44	96	Qualification for League One play-offs
4	Barnsley	46	26	8	12	80	47	+33	86
5	Bolton Wanderers	46	23	12	11	62	36	+26	81
6	Peterborough United	46	24	5	17	75	54	+21	77
7	Derby County	46	21	13	12	67	46	+21	76
8	Portsmouth	46	17	19	10	61	50	+11	70
9	Wycombe Wanderers	46	20	9	17	59	51	+8	69
10	Charlton Athletic	46	16	14	16	70	66	+4	62
11	Lincoln City	46	14	20	12	47	47	0	62
12	Shrewsbury Town	46	17	8	21	52	61	−9	59
13	Fleetwood Town	46	14	16	16	53	51	+2	58
14	Exeter City	46	15	11	20	64	68	−4	56
15	Burton Albion	46	15	11	20	57	79	−22	56
16	Cheltenham Town	46	14	12	20	45	61	−16	54
17	Bristol Rovers	46	14	11	21	58	73	−15	53
18	Port Vale	46	13	10	23	48	71	−23	49
19	Oxford United	46	11	14	21	49	56	−7	47
20	Cambridge United	46	13	7	26	41	68	−27	46
21	Milton Keynes Dons (R)	46	11	12	23	44	66	−22	45	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	Morecambe (R)	46	10	14	22	47	78	−31	44
23	Accrington Stanley (R)	46	11	11	24	40	77	−37	44
24	Forest Green Rovers (R)	46	6	9	31	31	89	−58	27

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^[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	BAR	BOL	BRI	BRT	CAM	CHA	CHE	DER	EXE	FLE	FOR	IPS	LIN	MKD	MOR	OXF	PET	PLY	POR	PVL	SHE	SHR	WYC
Accrington Stanley	—	1–1	2–3	2–0	4–4	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–3	0–0	2–5	2–1	0–2	0–3	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–2
Barnsley	3–1	—	0–3	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	4–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	0–3	0–1	3–1	5–0	2–0	0–2	3–0	3–1	1–1	4–2	2–1	0–3
Bolton Wanderers	0–1	0–0	—	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	5–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	3–0
Bristol Rovers	0–1	0–0	2–3	—	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–4	2–2	1–2	0–0	3–6	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–2
Burton Albion	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–4	—	1–0	3–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–2	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–5	2–2	0–2	0–2	3–2	0–4	2–1
Cambridge United	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–2	4–3	—	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–2
Charlton Athletic	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	3–2	1–1	—	0–1	1–0	4–2	1–2	1–1	4–4	2–1	0–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	5–1	3–0	3–2	0–1	6–0	1–1
Cheltenham Town	0–0	0–4	1–0	1–4	0–0	2–1	2–2	—	2–3	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–3	0–1	0–2	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–0
Derby County	4–0	2–1	2–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	—	0–0	0–2	4–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	2–1
Exeter City	5–0	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	—	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–4	3–2	0–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	3–1
Fleetwood Town	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	—	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1
Forest Green Rovers	2–1	1–5	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–4	0–0	—	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–2	0–3	0–1	1–3	1–0	0–2	0–2
Ipswich Town	3–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–0	6–0	1–1	1–0	6–0	1–1	4–0	—	0–1	3–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	4–0
Lincoln City	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–0
Milton Keynes Dons	1–1	4–4	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	—	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–4	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–1
Morecambe	2–0	1–0	0–0	5–1	5–0	1–2	1–4	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	0–4	—	1–1	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–3	0–0	1–0
Oxford United	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–3	2–1	1–0	3–1	4–0	2–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	—	1–2	1–3	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–1	0–1
Peterborough United	3–1	1–2	0–5	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	2–0	3–1	0–1	4–1	0–3	4–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	—	5–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–3
Plymouth Argyle	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	4–2	2–1	4–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	—	3–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–0
Portsmouth	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	1–3	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	—	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–2
Port Vale	1–1	1–3	0–0	2–0	2–3	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–3	0–1	—	0–1	2–1	0–3
Sheffield Wednesday	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	5–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	5–0	2–2	1–1	5–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–3	2–0	—	1–0	3–1
Shrewsbury Town	0–1	0–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	5–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–2	0–3	2–1	0–3	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–3	—	2–0
Wycombe Wanderers	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–3	1–1	0–3	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–2	—

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.

Play-offs

Main article: 2023 English Football League play-offs

	Semi-finals							Final
	6	Peterborough United	4	1	5 (3)
	3	Sheffield Wednesday (p)	0	5	5 (5)
								4	Barnsley	0
								3	Sheffield Wednesday	1
	5	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	1
	4	Barnsley	1	1	2

First leg

12 May 2023

20:00

Peterborough United	4–0	Sheffield Wednesday
Taylor 20' Ward 36' Poku 50' Clarke-Harris 82'	Report

London Road, Peterborough

Attendance: 12,569

Referee: Anthony Backhouse

13 May 2023

15:00

Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Barnsley
Charles 67'	Report	Cadden 63'

University of Bolton Stadium, Horwich

Attendance: 23,450

Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Second leg

18 May 2023

20:00

Sheffield Wednesday	5–1 (a.e.t.)	Peterborough United
Smith 9' (pen.) Gregory 25' James 71' Palmer 90+8' Paterson 112'	Report	Gregory 105' (o.g.)
Penalties
Smith Vaulks Bannan Windass Hunt	5–3	Clarke-Harris Butler Norburn Tshimanga

Hillsborough, Owlerton

Attendance: 31,835

Referee: David Webb

5–5 on aggregate. Sheffield Wednesday won 5–3 on penalties. Main article: Miracle of Hillsborough

19 May 2023

20:00

Barnsley	1–0	Bolton Wanderers
Kitching 24'	Report

Oakwell Stadium, Barnsley

Attendance: 16,274

Referee: Michael Salisbury

Barnsley won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2023 EFL League One play-off final

29 May 2023 (2023-05-29)

15:00 BST

Barnsley	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Sheffield Wednesday
		Windass 120+3'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 72,492

Referee: Tim Robinson

League Two

This section is transcluded from 2022–23 EFL League Two. (edit | history)

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Leyton Orient (C, P)	46	26	13	7	61	34	+27	91	Promotion to EFL League One
2	Stevenage (P)	46	24	13	9	61	39	+22	85
3	Northampton Town (P)	46	23	14	9	62	42	+20	83
4	Stockport County	46	22	13	11	65	37	+28	79	Qualification for League Two play-offs
5	Carlisle United (O, P)	46	20	16	10	66	43	+23	76
6	Bradford City	46	20	16	10	61	43	+18	76
7	Salford City	46	22	9	15	72	54	+18	75
8	Mansfield Town	46	21	12	13	72	55	+17	75
9	Barrow	46	18	8	20	47	53	−6	62
10	Swindon Town	46	16	13	17	61	55	+6	61
11	Grimsby Town	46	16	13	17	49	56	−7	61
12	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	13	18	45	48	−3	58
13	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	16	16	48	60	−12	58
14	Sutton United	46	15	13	18	46	58	−12	58
15	Newport County	46	14	15	17	53	56	−3	57
16	Walsall	46	12	19	15	46	49	−3	55
17	Gillingham	46	14	13	19	36	49	−13	55
18	Doncaster Rovers	46	16	7	23	46	65	−19	55
19	Harrogate Town	46	12	16	18	59	68	−9	52
20	Colchester United	46	12	13	21	44	51	−7	49
21	AFC Wimbledon	46	11	15	20	48	60	−12	48
22	Crawley Town	46	11	13	22	48	71	−23	46
23	Hartlepool United (R)	46	9	16	21	52	78	−26	43	Relegation to National League
24	Rochdale (R)	46	9	11	26	46	70	−24	38

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^[5]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	WIM	BAR	BRA	CAR	COL	CRA	CRE	DON	GIL	GRI	HAR	HTL	LEY	MAN	NEW	NOR	ROC	SAL	STE	STO	SUT	SWI	TRA	WAL
AFC Wimbledon	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–2	2–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–3	2–3	1–0	0–1	1–5	1–1	2–0
Barrow	2–1	—	3–2	0–1	3–1	4–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1
Bradford City	2–2	0–1	—	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–2	3–2	3–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1
Carlisle United	2–1	5–1	1–0	—	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	2–3	0–4	2–1	0–0	3–3	2–3	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0
Colchester United	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	—	2–2	4–0	3–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–0
Crawley Town	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–5	0–0	—	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	3–2	2–1	2–3	2–0	3–2	1–2	3–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–0
Crewe Alexandra	0–0	3–0	3–2	0–3	1–0	1–0	—	1–1	1–1	0–3	3–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	4–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0
Doncaster Rovers	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–2	—	1–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	4–3	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–2
Gillingham	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	—	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0
Grimsby Town	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	—	0–0	1–4	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–4	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1
Harrogate Town	2–2	1–0	1–2	3–3	1–3	0–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	3–2	—	2–1	0–2	3–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	3–0	1–1	3–0
Hartlepool United	0–0	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	—	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–5	2–2	2–1	0–0	3–3
Leyton Orient	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–2	—	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0
Mansfield Town	5–2	2–3	1–2	0–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	—	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–5	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–5	1–0	2–1
Newport County	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–0	0–0	1–2	—	3–0	0–1	2–3	2–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–1
Northampton Town	0–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	—	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	0–0
Rochdale	1–2	2–1	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	2–0	1–2	4–1	4–4	2–2	4–2
Salford City	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–4	0–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	—	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–0
Stevenage	2–1	5–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–3	—	2–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	3–1
Stockport County	1–0	2–3	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	—	3–0	1–1	3–2	1–1
Sutton United	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	—	2–1	0–2	1–1
Swindon Town	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	3–3	5–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–4	1–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–2	—	1–1	1–2
Tranmere Rovers	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	—	1–1
Walsall	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	—

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.

Play-offs

Main article: 2023 English Football League play-offs

	Semi-finals							Final
	7	Salford City	1	1	2 (1)
	4	Stockport County (p)	0	2	2 (3)
								4	Stockport County	1 (4)
								5	Carlisle United (p)	1 (5)
	6	Bradford City	1	1	2
	5	Carlisle United	0	3	3

Semi-Finals

First leg

13 May 2023

19:45

Salford City	1–0	Stockport County
Smith 17'	Report

Moor Lane, Salford

Attendance: 3,923

Referee: Tom Nield

14 May 2023

19:00

Bradford City	1–0	Carlisle United
Walker 18'	Report

Valley Parade, Bradford

Attendance: 20,575

Referee: Ross Joyce

Second leg

20 May 2023

12:30

Stockport County	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Salford City
Olaofe 68' Stretton 115'	Report	Mallan 112'
Penalties
Madden Croasdale Collar Sarcevic	3–1	Lund Mariappa Barry Mallen

Edgeley Park, Stockport

Attendance: 10,023

Referee: Ben Toner

2–2 on Aggregate. Stockport County wins 3–1 on penalties

20 May 2023

15:00

Carlisle United	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Bradford City
Halliday 21' (o.g.) Guy 98' Barclay 112'	Report	Derbyshire 106'

Brunton Park, Carlisle

Attendance: 15,401

Referee: Simon Mather

Carlisle United won 3–2 on Aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2023 EFL League Two play-off final

28 May 2023 (2023-05-28)

13:30 BST

Stockport County	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Carlisle United
Mellish 34' (o.g.)	Report	Patrick 84'
Penalties
Lemonheigh-Evans Rydel Hippolyte Stretton Collar	4–5	Dennis Mellish Edmondson Moxon Charters

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 34,004

Referee: Tom Nield

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Position in table
Colchester United	Hayden Mullins	Sacked	19 January 2022[6]	2021–22 English Football League	Wayne Brown	17 May 2022[7]	Pre-season
Reading	Veljko Paunović	Mutual consent	19 February 2022[8]		Paul Ince	16 May 2022[9]
Burnley	Sean Dyche	Sacked	15 April 2022[10]	2021–22 Premier League	Vincent Kompany	14 June 2022[11]
Barnsley	Poya Asbaghi	Mutual consent	24 April 2022[12]	2021–22 English Football League	Michael Duff	13 June 2022[13]
Lincoln City	Michael Appleton		30 April 2022[14]	Pre-season	Mark Kennedy	12 May 2022[15]
Charlton Athletic	Johnnie Jackson	End of contract	3 May 2022[16]		Ben Garner	8 June 2022[17]
Hartlepool United	Graeme Lee	Sacked	5 May 2022[18]		Paul Hartley	3 June 2022[19]
Crawley Town	John Yems		6 May 2022[20]		Kevin Betsy	6 June 2022[21]
Queens Park Rangers	Mark Warburton	End of contract	7 May 2022[22]		Michael Beale	1 June 2022[23]
AFC Wimbledon	Mark Bowen	Appointed Reading Head of Football	8 May 2022[24]		Johnnie Jackson	16 May 2022[25]
Blackburn Rovers	Tony Mowbray	End of contract	11 May 2022[26]		Jon Dahl Tomasson	14 June 2022[27]
Forest Green Rovers	Rob Edwards	Appointed Watford Manager	11 May 2022[28]		Ian Burchnall	27 May 2022[29]
Fleetwood Town	Stephen Crainey	Re-appointed as U23 Manager	12 May 2022[30]		Scott Brown	12 May 2022[30]
Barrow	Phil Brown	End of contract	12 May 2022[31]		Pete Wild	27 May 2022[32]
Salford City	Gary Bowyer	Sacked	17 May 2022[33]		Neil Wood	20 May 2022[34]
Watford	Roy Hodgson	End of contract	23 May 2022[35]		Rob Edwards	23 May 2022[35]
Blackpool	Neil Critchley	Appointed Aston Villa Assistant Manager	2 June 2022[36]		Michael Appleton	17 June 2022[37]
Swindon Town	Ben Garner	Appointed Charlton Athletic Manager	8 June 2022[17]		Scott Lindsey	20 June 2022[38]
Cheltenham Town	Michael Duff	Appointed Barnsley Manager	13 June 2022[13]		Wade Elliott	27 June 2022[39]
Derby County	Wayne Rooney	Resigned	24 June 2022[40]		Paul Warne	22 September 2022[41]	7th
Birmingham City	Lee Bowyer	Sacked	2 July 2022[42]		John Eustace	3 July 2022[43]	Pre-season
Huddersfield Town	Carlos Corberán	Resigned	7 July 2022[44]		Danny Schofield	7 July 2022[44]
Rochdale	Robbie Stockdale	Sacked	18 August 2022[45]	24th	Jim Bentley	29 August 2022[46]	24th
Stoke City	Michael O'Neill		25 August 2022[47]	21st	Alex Neil	28 August 2022[48]	17th
Sunderland	Alex Neil	Appointed Stoke City Manager	28 August 2022[48]	12th	Tony Mowbray	30 August 2022[49]	12th
Burton Albion	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Resigned	5 September 2022[50]	24th	Dino Maamria	6 September 2022[51]	24th
Huddersfield Town	Danny Schofield	Sacked	14 September 2022[52]	23rd	Mark Fotheringham	28 September 2022[53]	23rd
Hartlepool United	Paul Hartley		18 September 2022[54]	23rd	Keith Curle	8 December 2022[55]	22nd
Colchester United	Wayne Brown		18 September 2022[56]	21st	Matt Bloomfield	30 September 2022[57]	21st
Cardiff City	Steve Morison		18 September 2022[58]	18th	Mark Hudson	14 November 2022[59]	19th
Rotherham United	Paul Warne	Appointed Derby County Manager	22 September 2022[41]	8th	Matt Taylor	4 October 2022[60]	12th
Watford	Rob Edwards	Sacked	26 September 2022[61]	10th	Slaven Bilić	26 September 2022[61]	10th
Hull City	Shota Arveladze		30 September 2022[62]	20th	Liam Rosenior	3 November 2022[63]	21st
Middlesbrough	Chris Wilder		3 October 2022[64]	22nd	Michael Carrick	24 October 2022[65]	21st
Exeter City	Matt Taylor	Appointed Rotherham United Manager	4 October 2022[60]	11th	Gary Caldwell	24 October 2022[66]	7th
Crawley Town	Kevin Betsy	Sacked	9 October 2022[67]	24th	Matthew Etherington	27 November 2022[68]	19th
West Bromwich Albion	Steve Bruce		10 October 2022[69]	22nd	Carlos Corberán	25 October 2022[70]	23rd
Newport County	James Rowberry		10 October 2022[71]	18th	Graham Coughlan	20 October 2022[72]	19th
Doncaster Rovers	Gary McSheffrey		17 October 2022[73]	12th	Danny Schofield	20 October 2022[74]	12th
Crewe Alexandra	Alex Morris	Appointed Assistant Manager	4 November 2022[75]	16th	Lee Bell	1 December 2022[76]	15th
Luton Town	Nathan Jones	Appointed Southampton Manager	10 November 2022[77]	9th	Rob Edwards	17 November 2022[78]	10th
Wigan Athletic	Leam Richardson	Sacked	10 November 2022[79]	23rd	Kolo Touré	29 November 2022[80]	22nd
Queens Park Rangers	Michael Beale	Appointed Rangers Manager	28 November 2022[81]	7th	Neil Critchley	11 December 2022[82]	9th
Charlton Athletic	Ben Garner	Sacked	6 December 2022[83]	17th	Dean Holden	20 December 2022[84]	18th
Milton Keynes Dons	Liam Manning		11 December 2022[85]	23rd	Mark Jackson	23 December 2022[86]	22nd
Norwich City	Dean Smith		27 December 2022[87]	5th	David Wagner	6 January 2023[88]	11th
Crawley Town	Matthew Etherington	Mutual consent	29 December 2022[89]	20th	Scott Lindsey	11 January 2023[90]	21st
Portsmouth	Danny Cowley	Sacked	2 January 2023[91]	12th	John Mousinho	20 January 2023[92]	15th
Peterborough United	Grant McCann		4 January 2023[93]	8th	Darren Ferguson	4 January 2023[94]	8th
Swindon Town	Scott Lindsey	Appointed Crawley Town Manager	11 January 2023[95]	8th	Jody Morris	31 January 2023[96]	6th
Cardiff City	Mark Hudson	Sacked	14 January 2023[97]	21st	Sabri Lamouchi	27 January 2023[98]	21st
Blackpool	Michael Appleton		18 January 2023[99]	23rd	Mick McCarthy	19 January 2023[100]	23rd
Forest Green Rovers	Ian Burchnall		25 January 2023[101]	24th	Duncan Ferguson	26 January 2023[102]	24th
Wigan Athletic	Kolo Touré		26 January 2023[103]	24th	Shaun Maloney	28 January 2023[104]	24th
Huddersfield Town	Mark Fotheringham		8 February 2023[105]	22nd	Neil Warnock	13 February 2023[106]	23rd
Queens Park Rangers	Neil Critchley		19 February 2023[107]	17th	Gareth Ainsworth	21 February 2023[108]	17th
Wycombe Wanderers	Gareth Ainsworth	Appointed Queens Park Rangers Manager	21 February 2023[109]	7th	Matt Bloomfield	21 February 2023[110]	7th
Colchester United	Matt Bloomfield	Appointed Wycombe Wanderers Manager	21 February 2023[111]	18th	Ben Garner	2 March 2023[112]	19th
Hartlepool United	Keith Curle	Sacked	22 February 2023[113]	22nd	John Askey	23 February 2023[114]	22nd
Oxford United	Karl Robinson		26 February 2023[115]	17th	Liam Manning	11 March 2023[116]	18th
Watford	Slaven Bilić		7 March 2023[117]	9th	Chris Wilder	7 March 2023[118]	9th
Tranmere Rovers	Micky Mellon		19 March 2023[119]	14th	Ian Dawes	4 May 2023[120]	14th
Rochdale	Jim Bentley		27 March 2023[121]	24th	Jimmy McNulty	12 May 2023[122]	24th
Blackpool	Mick McCarthy	Mutual consent	8 April 2023[123]	23rd	Neil Critchley	23 May 2023[124]	23rd
Reading	Paul Ince	Sacked	11 April 2023[125]	22nd	Rubén Sellés	26 June 2023[126]	22nd
Port Vale	Darrell Clarke		17 April 2023[127]	18th	Andy Crosby	12 May 2023[128]	18th
Walsall	Michael Flynn		19 April 2023[129]	15th	Mat Sadler	18 May 2023[130]	15th
Swindon Town	Jody Morris		1 May 2023[131]	10th	Michael Flynn	8 May 2023[132]	10th