EFL announce the key dates for 2023/24 season including cup and league

The EFL have finally took to announce the key dates for 2023/24 season including cup and league in a statement on Wednesday afternoon.

Key dates for supporter’s diaries have been released ahead of the 2023/24 season with EFL fixture release day kicking things off on Thursday 22 June, where all 72 EFL Clubs will release their 2023/24 schedules from 9am.

A game is most likely, as always, to be televised the day before much of the three tiers get underway. Usually that comes from the Championship.

EFL STATEMENT:

Key dates for supporter’s diaries have been released ahead of the 2023/24 season with EFL fixture release day kicking things off on Thursday 22 June, where all 72 EFL Clubs will release their 2023/24 schedules from 9am.

The opening round of fixtures will take place across the opening weekend of 4-6 August with Round One of the Carabao Cup following shortly after w/c 7 August.

Wembley will play host to the Carabao Cup Final on Sunday 25 February 2024, in what will be the first of five showpiece Finals in the EFL calendar, with the EFL Trophy Final taking place on Sunday 7 April.

The season-ending Sky Bet EFL Play-Offs will once again be staged at Wembley Stadium, this time across two weekends in May 2024. The League One Final will start proceedings on Saturday 18 May 2024, before League Two the following day, on Sunday 19 May. The Championship Final will take centre stage the following weekend on Sunday 26 May.

A full list of the key dates ahead of the 2023/24 EFL season can be found below:

Fixture Release Date – Thursday 22 June 2023, 9am
Start Date – Saturday 5 August 2023 (with a likely live game on Friday 4 August)
Carabao Cup Round One – w/c 7 August 2023
Carabao Cup Final – Sunday 25 February 2023
EFL Trophy Round One – w/c 4 September 2023
EFL Trophy Final – Sunday 7 April 2024
League One Play-Off Final – Saturday 18 May 2024
League Two Play-Off Final – Sunday 19 May 2024
Championship Play-Off Final – Sunday 26 May 2024

It was back in November 2022 that the Premier League revealed their dates for the forthcoming campaign.

PL STATEMENT:

Next season will start on Saturday 12 August 2023 and end on Sunday 19 May 2024

The Premier League 2023/24 season dates have been confirmed, with the campaign starting on Saturday 12 August 2023.

The final match round of the campaign will be played on Sunday 19 May 2024, when all matches will kick off simultaneously as usual.

The season schedule returns to normal following the COVID-19 pandemic and the FIFA World Cup 2022, which provided disruption during the previous three seasons.

In keeping with commitments made to clubs this season to address the congested schedule across Christmas and New Year, no two rounds in this period will take place within 48 hours of each other.

The schedule also provides for a return of the mid-season player break, which will take place between 13-20 January.

The season will consist of 34 weekends, three midweek rounds and one Bank Holiday match round.

The start date of Saturday 12 August allows 76 clear days from the end of 2022/23 season.

With the Premier League finishing on 19 May 2024, it will also allow players rest between the end of the season and the international fixtures in June.

ALREADY CONFIRMED TEAMS IN THE EFL
(as of 10th May 2023)

CHAMPIONSHIP
Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers
Bristol City
Cardiff City
Huddersfield Town
Hull City
Ipswich Town
Millwall
Norwich City
Plymouth Argyle
Preston North End
Queens Park Rangers
Stoke City
Swansea City
Watford
West Bromwich Albion
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

LEAGUE ONE
Blackpool
Bristol Rovers
Burton Albion
Cambridge United
Charlton Athletic
Cheltenham Town
Derby County
Exeter City
Fleetwood Town
Leyton Orient
Lincoln City
Northampton Town
Oxford United
Portsmouth
Port Vale
Reading
Shrewsbury Town
Stevenage
Wigan Athletic
Wycombe Wanderers
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

LEAGUE TWO
Accrington Stanley
AFC Wimbledon
Barrow
Colchester United
Crawley Town
Crewe Alexandra
Doncaster Rovers
Forest Green Rovers
Gillingham
Grimsby Town
Harrogate Town
Mansfield Town
Milton Keynes Dons
Morecambe
Newport County
Sutton United
Swindon Town
Tranmere Rovers
Walsall
Wrexham
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

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