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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.
The winning club of this division each season receives the EFL Championship trophy, which was the previous trophy awarded to the winners of the English top-flight prior to the launch of the Premier League. As with other divisions of professional English football, Welsh clubs can be part of this division, thus making it a cross-border league.
Football League Championship (2004–2016) EFL Championship (2016–present) Country: England: Founded: 1892 Number of teams: 24 (2022–23 season) Current champions: Leicester City (2023–24) Most successful club: Leicester City (8 championships)
The EFL confirms timings for the final day of the Championship, League One and League Two seasons, as well as the play-offs schedule.
(2 May 2022) Biggest away win: Blackburn Rovers 0–7 Fulham (3 November 2021) Reading 0–7 Fulham (11 January 2022) Highest scoring: Sheffield United 6–2 Peterborough United (11 September 2021) Fulham 6–2 Bristol City (15 January 2022) Fulham 6–2 Birmingham City (18 January 2022) Reading 4–4 Swansea City (18 April 2022) Longest ...
In 2020, Deloitte reported that the club winning the Championship play-off final could expect a financial bonus of between £135 million and £265 million. This has led to the second-tier play-off final being variously described as "one of the most lucrative games in all of football" and "the richest game in football".
The top two teams of the 2021–22 EFL Championship, Fulham and Bournemouth, gained automatic promotion to the Premier League, while the clubs placed from third to sixth in the table took part in the 2022 English Football League play-offs. Huddersfield Town and Nottingham Forest competed for the final place in the 2022–23 Premier League season.
The Championship play-off final is considered the most valuable single football match in the world as a result of the increase in revenue to the winning club from sponsorship and media agreements. For the first three years, the play-off final took place over two legs, played at both side's grounds.