2023–24 EFL Championship

The 2023–24 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 8th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 32nd season under its current league division format.

EFL Championship

Season	2023–24
Dates	4 August 2023 – 4 May 2024
Champions	Leicester City 2nd Championship title 8th 2nd tier title
Promoted	Leicester City Ipswich Town Southampton
Relegated	Birmingham City Huddersfield Town Rotherham United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,480 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Ipswich Town 6–0 Sheffield Wednesday (16 March 2024)[1]
Biggest away win	Stoke City 0–5 Leicester City (3 February 2024)
Highest scoring	Southampton 4–4 Norwich City (12 August 2023) Plymouth Argyle 6–2 Norwich City (23 September 2023) Southampton 5–3 Huddersfield Town (10 February 2024)
Longest winning run	Leeds United Leicester City (9 games)[1]
Longest unbeaten run	Southampton (22 games)[1]
Longest winless run	Rotherham United (15 games)[1]
Longest losing run	Rotherham United (9 games)[1]
Highest attendance	44,407 Sunderland 1–2 Ipswich Town (6 August 2023)[1]
Lowest attendance	9,221 Rotherham United 1–2 Bristol City (4 October 2023)
Total attendance	12,717,037
Average attendance	23,038
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Team changes

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

To Championship Promoted from League One Plymouth Argyle Ipswich Town Sheffield Wednesday Relegated from the Premier League Leicester City Leeds United Southampton

From Championship Promoted to the Premier League Burnley Sheffield United Luton Town Relegated to League One Reading Blackpool Wigan Athletic

Stadiums

Birmingham City

Blackburn Rovers

Bristol City

Cardiff City

Coventry City

Huddersfield Town

Hull City

Ipswich Town

Leeds
United

Leicester City

Middlesbrough

Millwall

Norwich City

Plymouth Argyle

Preston North End

QPR

Rotherham United

Sheffield Wednesday

Southampton

Stoke City

Sunderland

Swansea City

Watford

West Bromwich
Albion

Locations of the 2023–24 EFL Championship teams

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 (South Bermondsey)	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 (White City)	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

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)	Shorts sponsor
Birmingham City	Tony Mowbray (on leave, medical) Gary Rowett (interim head coach)	Dion Sanderson	Nike	Undefeated[2]	Undefeated	Birmingham City Foundation	Knighthead Annuity & Life Assurance Company
Blackburn Rovers	John Eustace	Dominic Hyam	Macron	Totally Wicked	Watson Ramsbottom Solicitors	Venkys[3]	Venkys
Bristol City	Liam Manning	Matty James	O'Neills	Huboo[4]	GoSkippy	Watches of Bath	Digital NRG
Cardiff City	Erol Bulut	Joe Ralls	New Balance	Visit Malaysia	Spreadex Sports	Watches of Bath	None
Coventry City	Mark Robins	Liam Kelly	Hummel	King of Shaves[5]	Coventry Building Society	XL Motors	G&R Scaffolding
Huddersfield Town	André Breitenreiter	Jonathan Hogg	Umbro	Utilita[6] (Home & Away) Utilita Giving (Third)	SportsBroker	Marc Darcy	PCSpecialist
Hull City	Liam Rosenior	Lewie Coyle	Kappa	Corendon Airlines[7]	McVitie's	Anex Tour[8]	None
Ipswich Town	Kieran McKenna	Samy Morsy	Umbro	+–=÷× Tour	Ipswich Town Foundation	HaloITSM	YourHome.co.uk
Leeds United	Daniel Farke	Liam Cooper	Adidas	BOXT	AMT Auto	Flamingo Land[9]	None
Leicester City	Enzo Maresca	Jamie Vardy	Adidas	King Power[10]	None	Sabeco Brewery	None
Middlesbrough	Michael Carrick	Jonathan Howson	Erreà	Unibet	Host & Stay	BOXT Life[11]	BOXT Life
Millwall	Neil Harris	Shaun Hutchinson	Erreà	Huski Chocolate[12]	Wiggett Group	Cremello Currency Management[13]	None
Norwich City	David Wagner	Grant Hanley	Joma[14]	Lotus Cars[15]	Sekura.id	Gran Canaria	3B Data Security
Plymouth Argyle	Neil Dewsnip (interim head coach)	Joe Edwards	Puma	Bond Timber	Project 35	Vertu Motors	Retain Limited
Preston North End	Ryan Lowe	Alan Browne	Castore	PAR Group	PAR Group	None	None
Queens Park Rangers	Martí Cifuentes	Asmir Begović	Erreà	Convivia Group[16]	CopyBet	MyGuava[17]	Hyde Park Construction
Rotherham United	Steve Evans	Sean Morrison	Puma	Rotherham Hospice	Burrows Toyota	Instantprint[18]	Mears Group
Sheffield Wednesday	Danny Röhl	Barry Bannan	Macron	Cirata1	TriggerHub.org	Triggerhub.org	BLU Steel
Southampton	Russell Martin	Jack Stephens[19]	Hummel[20]	Sportsbet.io[21]	Draper Tools	Mairon Freight UK[22]	None
Stoke City	Steven Schumacher	Josh Laurent[23]	Macron	bet365	Stoke City Community Trust	None	None
Sunderland	Mike Dodds (interim head coach)	Corry Evans	Nike	Spreadex Sports	Vertu Motors	Hays Travel	Eleven Sports Media
Swansea City	Luke Williams	Matt Grimes[24]	Joma[25]	Reviva Coffee (Home)[26] Westacres (Away & Third)[27]	Swansea Building Society	Visit Central Florida	The Wave 96.4 FM (Home) Miles Hire (Away) Maggie's Swansea (Third)
Watford	Tom Cleverley	Daniel Bachmann[28]	Kelme[29]	MrQ.com[30]	Corpay	None	None
West Bromwich Albion	Carlos Corberán	Jed Wallace	Puma[31]	Ideal Heating	Mr Vegas	BarberBoss[32]	None

1. ^ Sheffield Wednesday's shirt sponsor was Eyup until 9 February 2024 when the deal was ended prematurely.^[33]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Watford	Chris Wilder[34]	End of contract	8 May 2023	Pre-season	Valérien Ismaël[35]	10 May 2023
Cardiff City	Sabri Lamouchi[36]		16 May 2023		Erol Bulut[37]	3 June 2023
Southampton	Rubén Sellés[38]		28 May 2023		Russell Martin[39]	21 June 2023
Leeds United	Sam Allardyce[40]	Mutual consent	2 June 2023		Daniel Farke[41]	4 July 2023
Leicester City	Dean Smith[42]	End of contract	16 June 2023		Enzo Maresca[43]	16 June 2023
Sheffield Wednesday	Darren Moore[44]	Mutual consent	19 June 2023		Xisco Muñoz[45]	4 July 2023
Swansea City	Russell Martin[39]	Signed by Southampton	21 June 2023		Michael Duff[46]	22 June 2023
Huddersfield Town	Neil Warnock[47]	Resigned	20 September 2023	16th	Darren Moore[48]	21 September 2023
Sheffield Wednesday	Xisco Muñoz[49]	Sacked	4 October 2023	24th	Danny Röhl[50]	13 October 2023
Birmingham City	John Eustace[51]		9 October 2023	6th	Wayne Rooney[52]	11 October 2023
Millwall	Gary Rowett[53]	Mutual consent	18 October 2023	15th	Joe Edwards[54]	6 November 2023
Queens Park Rangers	Gareth Ainsworth[55]	Sacked	28 October 2023	23rd	Martí Cifuentes[56]	30 October 2023
Bristol City	Nigel Pearson[57]		29 October 2023	15th	Liam Manning[58]	7 November 2023
Rotherham United	Matt Taylor[59]		13 November 2023	22nd	Leam Richardson[60]	11 December 2023
Swansea City	Michael Duff[61]		4 December 2023	18th	Luke Williams[62]	5 January 2024
Sunderland	Tony Mowbray[63]			9th	Michael Beale[64]	18 December 2023
Stoke City	Alex Neil[65]		10 December 2023	20th	Steven Schumacher[66]	19 December 2023
Plymouth Argyle	Steven Schumacher[67]	Signed by Stoke City	19 December 2023	16th	Ian Foster[68]	5 January 2024
Birmingham City	Wayne Rooney[69]	Sacked	2 January 2024	20th	Tony Mowbray[70]	8 January 2024
Huddersfield Town	Darren Moore[71]		29 January 2024	21st	André Breitenreiter[72]	15 February 2024
Blackburn Rovers	Jon Dahl Tomasson[73]	Mutual consent	9 February 2024	18th	John Eustace[74]	9 February 2024
Sunderland	Michael Beale[75]	Sacked	19 February 2024	10th	Mike Dodds (interim head coach)[76]	19 February 2024
Millwall	Joe Edwards[77]		21 February 2024	21st	Neil Harris[78]	21 February 2024
Watford	Valérien Ismaël[79]		9 March 2024	13th	Tom Cleverley[a][80][81]	9 March 2024
Birmingham City	Tony Mowbray[82]	Temporary medical leave of absence	19 March 2024	21st	Gary Rowett (interim head coach)[82]	19 March 2024
Plymouth Argyle	Ian Foster[83]	Sacked	1 April 2024		Neil Dewsnip (interim head coach)[84]	1 April 2024
Rotherham United	Leam Richardson[85]		17 April 2024	24th	Steve Evans[86]	17 April 2024

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Leicester City (C, P)	46	31	4	11	89	41	+48	97	Promoted to the Premier League
2	Ipswich Town (P)	46	28	12	6	92	57	+35	96
3	Leeds United	46	27	9	10	81	43	+38	90	Qualified for the Championship play-offs
4	Southampton (O, P)	46	26	9	11	87	63	+24	87
5	West Bromwich Albion	46	21	12	13	70	47	+23	75
6	Norwich City	46	21	10	15	79	64	+15	73
7	Hull City	46	19	13	14	68	60	+8	70
8	Middlesbrough	46	20	9	17	71	62	+9	69
9	Coventry City	46	17	13	16	70	59	+11	64
10	Preston North End	46	18	9	19	56	67	−11	63
11	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	53	51	+2	62
12	Cardiff City	46	19	5	22	53	70	−17	62
13	Millwall	46	16	11	19	45	55	−10	59
14	Swansea City	46	15	12	19	59	65	−6	57
15	Watford	46	13	17	16	61	61	0	56
16	Sunderland	46	16	8	22	52	54	−2	56
17	Stoke City	46	15	11	20	49	60	−11	56
18	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	11	20	47	58	−11	56
19	Blackburn Rovers	46	14	11	21	60	74	−14	53
20	Sheffield Wednesday	46	15	8	23	44	68	−24	53
21	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	12	21	59	70	−11	51
22	Birmingham City (R)	46	13	11	22	50	65	−15	50	Relegated to EFL League One
23	Huddersfield Town (R)	46	9	18	19	48	77	−29	45
24	Rotherham United (R)	46	5	12	29	37	89	−52	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) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)^[87]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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	—	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	4–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–3	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–4	1–3	2–1	2–2	0–1	3–1
Blackburn Rovers	4–2	—	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–4	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–0	3–1	1–3	0–1	1–2	2–1
Bristol City	0–2	5–0	—	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	0–1	1–2	4–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0
Cardiff City	0–1	0–0	2–0	—	3–2	1–0	1–3	2–1	0–3	0–2	1–4	1–0	2–3	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–1
Coventry City	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	—	1–1	2–3	1–2	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–3	0–2
Huddersfield Town	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–4	1–3	—	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–4	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–4	0–0	1–4
Hull City	1–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	—	3–3	0–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	4–1	4–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–1
Ipswich Town	3–1	4–3	3–2	3–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	—	3–4	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–2	4–2	0–0	4–3	6–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–2
Leeds United	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	3–1	4–0	—	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–1
Leicester City	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	—	1–2	3–2	3–1	4–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–1
Middlesbrough	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–2	3–4	1–0	—	0–1	3–1	0–2	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–0
Millwall	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	0–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–3	1–0	1–3	—	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–1
Norwich City	2–0	1–3	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–3	0–2	1–2	3–1	—	2–1	0–0	1–0	5–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	4–2	2–0
Plymouth Argyle	3–3	3–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–0	3–3	0–2	6–2	—	0–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	3–3	0–3
Preston North End	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	3–2	4–1	0–0	3–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	—	0–2	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–5	0–4
Queens Park Rangers	2–1	0–4	0–0	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–1	4–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	—	2–1	0–2	0–1	4–2	1–3	1–1	1–2	2–2
Rotherham United	0–0	2–2	1–2	5–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	—	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–2
Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	—	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	3–0
Southampton	3–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	5–3	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–4	1–1	1–2	4–4	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	—	0–1	4–2	5–0	3–2	2–1
Stoke City	1–2	0–3	4–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–5	2–0	0–0	0–3	3–0	0–2	1–0	4–1	0–1	0–1	—	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2
Sunderland	3–1	1–5	0–0	0–1	0–3	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–4	0–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	5–0	3–1	—	1–2	2–0	2–1
Swansea City	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–4	1–3	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–3	3–0	0–0	—	0–1	1–0
Watford	2–0	0–1	1–4	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	2–3	2–2	3–2	0–0	0–0	4–0	5–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	—	2–2
West Bromwich Albion	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	4–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	3–2	2–2	—

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: 2024 English Football League play-offs

	Semi-finals							Final
	3	Leeds United	0	4	4
	6	Norwich City	0	0	0
								3	Leeds United	0
								4	Southampton	1
	4	Southampton	0	3	3
	5	West Bromwich Albion	0	1	1

Semi-finals

First leg

12 May 2024

12:00 BST

Norwich City	0–0	Leeds United
	Report

Carrow Road, Norwich

Attendance: 26,982

Referee: Josh Smith

12 May 2024

14:15 BST

West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Southampton
	Report

The Hawthorns, West Bromwich

Attendance: 25,367

Referee: Sam Barrott

Second leg

16 May 2024

20:00 BST

Leeds United	4–0	Norwich City
Gruev 7' Piroe 20' Rutter 40' Summerville 68'	Report

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 36,384

Referee: Jarred Gillett

Leeds United won 4–0 on aggregate.

17 May 2024

20:00 BST

Southampton	3–1	West Bromwich Albion
Smallbone 49' A. Armstrong 78', 86' (pen.)	Report	Kipré 90+7'

St Mary's Stadium, Southampton

Attendance: 30,712

Referee: Tim Robinson

Southampton won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2024 EFL Championship play-off final

26 May 2024

15:00 BST

Leeds United	0–1	Southampton
	Report	A. Armstrong 24'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 85,862

Referee: John Brooks

Season statistics

Top scorers

Sammie Szmodics of Blackburn Rovers was the season's top goalscorer, having scored 27 goals.

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
	Emmanuel Latte Lath	Middlesbrough
	Josh Sargent	Norwich City
	Haji Wright	Coventry City
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

Main article: List of EFL Championship hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Ozan Tufan	Hull City	Sheffield Wednesday	4–2 (H)[88]	12 August 2023
Morgan Whittaker	Plymouth Argyle	Norwich City	6–2 (H)[89]	23 September 2023
Ellis Simms	Coventry City	Rotherham United	5–0 (H)[90]	5 March 2024
Milutin Osmajić	Preston North End	Huddersfield Town	4–1 (H)[91]	9 April 2024
Abdul Fatawu	Leicester City	Southampton	5–0 (H)[92]	23 April 2024

Clean sheets

Leeds United's Illan Meslier shared the Golden Glove Award with West Bromwich Albion's Alex Palmer, with both goalkeepers keeping 18 clean sheets during the regular season.

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
	Mads Hermansen	Leicester City
	Max O'Leary	Bristol City
	Anthony Patterson	Sunderland
8	Angus Gunn1	Norwich City	12
	Matija Sarkic	Millwall

• 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
  • Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town)
  • Ryan Porteous (Watford)
• Most red cards: 3
  • Liam Kitching (Coventry City)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 110
  • Preston North End
• Most red cards: 5
  • Blackburn Rovers
  • Sheffield Wednesday
• Fewest yellow cards: 71
  • Bristol City
• Fewest red cards: 0
  • Ipswich Town

Awards

Monthly

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Reference
August	Enzo Maresca	Leicester City	Gabriel Sara	Norwich City	[93]
September	Kieran McKenna	Ipswich Town	Jack Clarke	Sunderland	[94]
October	Enzo Maresca	Leicester City	Crysencio Summerville	Leeds United	[95]
November	Daniel Farke	Leeds United	Sammie Szmodics	Blackburn Rovers	[96]
December	Enzo Maresca	Leicester City	Stephy Mavididi	Leicester City	[97]
January	Daniel Farke	Leeds United	Morgan Whittaker	Plymouth Argyle	[98]
February			Omari Hutchinson	Ipswich Town	[99]
March	Kieran McKenna	Ipswich Town	Mikey Johnston	West Bromwich Albion	[100]
April	Enzo Maresca	Leicester City	Emmanuel Latte Lath	Middlesbrough	[101]

Annual

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Crysencio Summerville[102]	Leeds United
Young Player of the Season	Archie Gray[103]
Apprentice of the Season

Championship Team of the Season

Pos.	Player	Club	Ref.
GK	Mads Hermansen	Leicester City	[104]
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.

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance[105]
1	Sunderland	23	41,028
2	Leeds United	23	35,989
3	Leicester City	23	31,238
4	Southampton	23	29,373
5	Ipswich Town	23	28,845
6	Middlesbrough	23	26,905
7	Sheffield Wednesday	23	26,762
8	Norwich City	23	26,077
9	Coventry City	23	25,468
10	West Bromwich Albion	23	24,057
11	Bristol City	23	22,813
12	Stoke City	23	22,742
13	Hull City	23	21,980
14	Cardiff City	23	21,213
15	Birmingham City	23	21,180
16	Huddersfield Town	23	19,418
17	Watford	23	18,876
18	Preston North End	23	16,720
19	Queens Park Rangers	23	16,678
20	Swansea City	23	16,574
21	Millwall	23	16,540
22	Plymouth Argyle	23	16,507
23	Blackburn Rovers	23	15,583
24	Rotherham United	23	10,674

Notes

1. Cleverley was initially named interim head coach before being appointed as permanent head coach on 24 April 2024.