EFL fixtures for 2023/24 season and TV selections revealed

The countdown to the start of the much anticipated 2023/24 season continues, and excitement builds as the EFL fixtures are revealed.

All 72 clubs found out who would play who and when at 9am on Thursday the 22nd of June 2023, a few weeks after the Premier League fixture list was revealed.

The Championship, League One and League Two seasons begins on the weekend of 5th of August. This is one week later than the 2022/23 campaign started.

The Papa Johns Trophy Group Stage draw takes place live on Sky Sports News at 11:30am on Thursday 22nd June.

The Carabao Cup Round One draw also takes place live on Sky Sports News at 2:30pm on Thursday the 22nd of June.

The FA Cup dates are as follows:
Extra Preliminary Round – Saturday 5 August 2023
Preliminary Round – Saturday19 August 2023
First Round Qualifying – Saturday2 September 2023
Second Round Qualifying – Saturday 16 September 2023
Third Round Qualifying – Saturday 30 September 2023
Fourth Round Qualifying – Saturday 14 October 2023
First Round Proper – Saturday 4 November 2023
Second Round Proper – Saturday 2 December 2023
Third Round Proper – Saturday 6 January 2024
Fourth Round Proper – Saturday 27 January 2024
Fifth Round Proper – Wednesday 28 February 2024
Quarter-final – Saturday 16 March 2024
Semi-final – Saturday 20 April 2024
The Final – Saturday 25 May 2024

Right then, without further ado, take a look at the EFL fixtures for the 2023/24 season as they are revealed…

OPENING WEEKEND GAMES

CHAMPIONSHIP

Friday August 4

Sheffield Wednesday vs Southampton, 8pm – Live on Sky Sports

Saturday August 5

Blackburn vs West Brom, 3pm
Bristol City vs Preston, 3pm
Middlesbrough vs Millwall, 3pm
Norwich vs Hull, 3pm
Plymouth vs Huddersfield, 3pm
QPR vs Watford, 3pm
Stoke vs Rotherham, 3pm
Swansea vs Birmingham, 3pm

Sunday August 6

Leicester vs Coventry, 12pm – Live on Sky Sports
Leeds vs Cardiff, 2.30pm – Live on Sky Sports
Sunderland vs Ipswich, 5pm – Live on Sky Sports

LEAGUE ONE

Saturday August 5 (all 3pm kick-offs)
Barnsley vs Port Vale
Blackpool vs Burton Albion
Bolton Wanderers vs Lincoln City
Cambridge United vs Oxford United
Carlisle United vs Fleetwood Town
Charlton Athletic vs Leyton Orient
Derby County vs Wigan Athletic
Northampton Town vs Stevenage
Portsmouth vs Bristol Rovers
Reading vs Peterborough United
Shrewsbury Town vs Cheltenham Town
Wycombe Wanderers vs Exeter City

LEAGUE TWO

Accrington Stanley v Newport County
Colchester United v Swindon Town
Crawley Town v Bradford City
Crewe Alexandra v Mansfield Town
Doncaster Rovers v Harrogate Town
Forest Green Rovers v Salford City
Grimsby Town v AFC Wimbledon
Morecambe v Walsall
Stockport County v Gillingham
Sutton United v Notts County
Tranmere Rovers v Barrow
Wrexham v Milton Keynes Dons

BOXING DAY GAMES

CHAMPIONSHIP

Birmingham vs Stoke
Cardiff vs Plymouth
Coventry vs Sheffield Wednesday
Huddersfield vs Blackburn
Hull vs Sunderland
Ipswich vs Leicester
Millwall vs QPR
Preston vs Leeds
Rotherham vs Middlesbrough
Southampton vs Swansea
Watford vs Bristol City
West Brom vs Norwich

LEAGUE ONE

Bristol Rovers vs Portsmouth
Burton Albion vs Blackpool
Cheltenham Town vs Shrewsbury Town
Exeter City vs Wycombe Wanderers
Fleetwood Town vs Carlisle United
Leyton Orient vs Charlton Athletic
Lincoln City vs Bolton Wanderers
Oxford United vs Cambridge United
Peterborough United vs Reading
Port Vale vs Barnsley
Stevenage vs Northampton Town
Wigan Athletic vs Derby County

LEAGUE TWO

AFC Wimbledon vs Sutton United
Barrow vs Stockport County
Bradford City vs Morecambe
Gillingham vs Crawley Town
Harrogate Town vs Accrington Stanley
Mansfield Town vs Grimsby Town
Milton Keynes Dons vs Colchester United
Newport County vs Forest Green Rovers
Notts County vs Doncaster Rovers
Salford City vs Tranmere Rovers
Swindon Town vs Wrexham
Walsall vs Crewe Alexandra

FINAL DAY GAMES

CHAMPIONSHIP

Birmingham vs Norwich
Coventry vs QPR
Ipswich vs Huddersfield
Leeds vs Southampton
Leicester vs Blackburn
Middlesbrough vs Watford
Plymouth vs Hull
Rotherham vs Cardiff
Stoke vs Bristol City
Sunderland vs Sheffield Wednesday
Swansea vs Millwall
West Brom vs Preston

LEAGUE ONE

Barnsley vs Northampton Town
Derby County vs Carlisle United
Exeter City vs Oxford United
Fleetwood Town vs Burton Albion
Lincoln City vs Portsmouth
Peterborough United vs Bolton Wanderers
Port Vale vs Cambridge United
Reading vs Blackpool
Shrewsbury Town vs Leyton Orient
Stevenage vs Cheltenham Town
Wigan Athletic vs Bristol Rovers
Wycombe Wanderers vs Charlton Athletic

LEAGUE TWO

AFC Wimbledon vs Walsall
Accrington Stanley vs Tranmere Rovers
Barrow vs Mansfield Town
Bradford City vs Newport County
Colchester United vs Crewe Alexandra
Crawley Town vs Grimsby Town
Forest Green Rovers vs Notts County
Gillingham vs Doncaster Rovers
Milton Keynes Dons vs Sutton United
Salford City vs Harrogate Town
Swindon Town vs Morecambe
Wrexham vs Stockport County

You can find out the full schedule with all dates included from the following leagues, just click on the button: –
CHAMPIONSHIP
LEAGUE ONE
LEAGUE TWO

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.

 

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 2024
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

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