Championship 2022/23 fixtures, dates and schedule: Norwich City start with Cardiff trip | Football News

The 2022/23 Sky Bet Championship season will get under way on Friday July 29, when play-off finalists Huddersfield host relegated Burnley at the John Smith’s Stadium, live on Sky Sports.

The following day, Norwich begin life back in the second tier with a trip to Cardiff, while newly-promoted Rotherham and Wigan start with home ties against Swansea and Preston respectively. On Sunday July 31, Sunderland host Coventry and on Monday August 1, Watford face Sheffield United at Vicarage Road.

The Championship will continue until matchday 21 on November 12 – by which point teams will have played six midweek rounds of fixtures – when the competition will pause for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

But while the Premier League will not resume again until Boxing Day, it will get back up and running just under a month later on Saturday December 10 with a full round of fixtures, which includes the Lancashire derby between Blackburn at Preston at Ewood Park.

There will be three further matchdays before the end of 2022, with matches to be played on New Year’s Day, too. Three of the remaining 20 rounds of fixtures will be played in midweek.

The regular season comes to a close on Saturday May 6, with each match kicking off simultaneously at 3pm, and the play-off semi-finals will follow, though dates will be finalised for those fixtures closer to the time. The play-off final is set to take place at Wembley Stadium on Monday May 29 2023.

The opening weekend games

Here’s the first round of fixtures for the 2022/23 EFL season:

Friday July 29

Huddersfield Town vs Burnley, 8pm – Live on Sky Sports

Saturday July 30

Blackburn Rovers vs Queens Park Rangers, 3pm
Blackpool vs Reading, 3pm
Cardiff City vs Norwich City, 3pm
Hull City vs Bristol City, 3pm
Luton Town vs Birmingham City, 3pm
Millwall vs Stoke City, 3pm
Rotherham United vs Swansea City, 3pm
Wigan Athletic vs Preston North End, 3pm
Middlesbrough vs West Bromwich Albion, 5.30pm – Live on Sky Sports

Sunday July 31

Sunderland vs Coventry City, 12pm – Live on Sky Sports

Monday August 1

Watford vs Sheffield United, 8pm – Live on Sky Sports

Opening Sky Sports live fixtures in full

Friday July 29 – Huddersfield Town vs Burnley, 8pm

Saturday July 30 – Middlesbrough vs West Bromwich Albion, 5.30pm

Sunday July 31 – Sunderland vs Coventry City, 12pm

Monday August 1 – Watford vs Sheffield United, 8pm

Boxing Day schedule

Bristol City vs West Bromwich Albion
Burnley vs Birmingham City
Cardiff City vs QPR
Hull City vs Blackpool
Luton Town vs Norwich City
Middlesbrough vs Wigan Athletic
Preston North End vs Huddersfield Town
Reading vs Swansea City
Rotherham United vs Stoke City
Sheffield United vs Coventry City
Sunderland vs Blackburn Rovers
Watford vs Millwall

The final weekend games

Here’s the final round of fixtures for the 2022/23 EFL season:

Saturday May 6

Birmingham City vs Sheffield United, 3pm
Burnley vs Cardiff City, 3pm
Huddersfield Town vs Reading, 3pm
Luton Town vs Hull City, 3pm
Middlesbrough vs Coventry City, 3pm
Millwall vs Blackburn Rovers, 3pm
Norwich City vs Blackpool, 3pm
Preston North End vs Sunderland, 3pm
Queens Park Rangers vs Bristol City, 3pm
Swansea City vs West Bromwich Albion, 3pm
Watford vs Stoke City, 3pm
Wigan Athletic vs Rotherham United, 3pm

Your club’s EFL fixture list

Championship:

Birmingham City fixtures

Blackburn fixtures

Blackpool fixtures

Bristol City fixtures

Burnley fixtures

Cardiff fixtures

Coventry fixtures

Huddersfield fixtures

Hull fixtures

Luton fixtures

Middlesbrough fixtures

Millwall fixtures

Norwich fixtures

Preston fixtures

QPR fixtures

Reading fixtures

Rotherham fixtures

Sheffield United fixtures

Stoke fixtures

Sunderland fixtures

Swansea fixtures

Watford fixtures

West Brom fixtures

Wigan fixtures

League One:

Accrington Stanley fixtures

Barnsley fixtures

Bolton fixtures

Bristol Rovers fixtures

Burton fixtures

Cambridge fixtures

Charlton fixtures

Cheltenham fixtures

Derby fixtures

Exeter fixtures

Fleetwood fixtures

Forest Green fixtures

Ipswich fixtures

Lincoln fixtures

MK Dons fixtures

Morecambe fixtures

Oxford fixtures

Peterborough fixtures

Plymouth fixtures

Port Vale fixtures

Portsmouth fixtures

Sheffield Wednesday fixtures

Shrewsbury fixtures

Wycombe fixtures

League Two:

AFC Wimbledon fixtures

Barrow fixtures

Bradford fixtures

Carlisle fixtures

Colchester fixtures

Crawley fixtures

Crewe fixtures

Doncaster fixtures

Gillingham fixtures

Grimsby fixtures

Harrogate fixtures

Hartlepool fixtures

Leyton Orient fixtures

Mansfield fixtures

Newport fixtures

Northampton fixtures

Rochdale fixtures

Salford fixtures

Stevenage fixtures

Stockport fixtures

Sutton fixtures

Swindon fixtures

Tranmere fixtures

Walsall fixtures

Key dates for the 2022/23 season

The Championship, League One and League Two seasons will begin on the weekend of July 30. This is one week earlier than the 2021/22 campaign started, and means teams will have a 12-week break between the seasons.

However, the Championship will take a break in the middle of the season to accommodate a winter World Cup for the first time. As a result, the fixtures taking over the weekend of November 12/13 will be the final ones before players are called up by their countries for the tournament travel to Qatar.

The Championship will then resume on Saturday December 10, eight days before the World Cup final, which is scheduled to take place on Sunday December 18.

League One and League Two will continue as planned throughout the tournament, though fixtures may be postponed depending on player involvement in the World Cup.

The FA Cup first round proper begins on the weekend of Saturday November 5, with the second round three weeks later and third round on the weekend of Saturday January 7. The final will be held at Wembley Stadium on Saturday June 3.

The Carabao Cup begins during the week commencing August 10, with round two a fortnight later and round three during the week commencing November 9. The final will also be held at Wembley on Sunday February 26.

The Papa John’s Trophy begins with the first group games on the week commencing August 31. The quarter-finals take place week commencing January 11, the semi-finals during the week commencing February 1 and the final will also be held at Wembley on Sunday March 19 2023.