2022–23 EFL Championship

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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.

EFL Championship
Season2022–23
Dates29 July 2022 –
8 May 2023
ChampionsBurnley
2nd Championship title
4th 2nd tier title
PromotedBurnley
Sheffield United
Luton Town
RelegatedReading
Blackpool
Wigan Athletic
Matches played552
Goals scored1,342 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorerChuba Akpom
(Middlesbrough)
(28 goals)
Biggest home winMiddlesbrough 5–0 Reading
(4 March 2023)
Blackpool 6–1
Queens Park Rangers
(14 March 2023)[1]
Biggest away winWigan Athletic 1–5 Burnley
(27 August 2022)
Stoke City 0–4 Watford
(2 October 2022)
Preston North End 0–4 Norwich City
(14 January 2023)
Huddersfield Town 0–4 Coventry City
(4 March 2023)
Sunderland 1–5
Stoke City
(4 March 2023)
Coventry City 0-4
Stoke City
(1 April 2023)[1]
Highest scoringSunderland 4–4 Hull City
(7 April 2023)[1]
Longest winning runBurnley
(10 games)[1]
Longest unbeaten runBurnley
(22 games)[1]
Longest winless runBlackpool
(14 games)[1]
Longest losing runBirmingham City
Queens Park Rangers
Wigan Athletic
(5 games)[1]
Highest attendance46,060
Sunderland 2–1
Luton Town
(Play-off semi-final 1st leg)
(13 May 2023)[1]
Lowest attendance8,618
Rotherham United 1–1
Millwall
(5 October 2022)[1]
Total attendance10,351,379[2]
Average attendance18,787[2]

The season started on 29 July 2022 and ended on 8 May 2023. Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the Championship took a 4-week break mid-season during the tournament.[3] The break commenced in mid-November and the first round of fixtures after the World Cup was held on 10 December.

Team changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season:

Stadiums

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
Birmingham City Birmingham St Andrew's 29,409
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park 31,367
Blackpool Blackpool Bloomfield Road 17,338
Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate Stadium 27,000
Burnley Burnley Turf Moor 21,944
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
Luton Town Luton Kenilworth Road 10,356
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 34,742
Millwall London (South Bermondsey) The Den 20,146
Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 27,244
Preston North End Preston Deepdale 23,404
Queens Park Rangers London (White City) Loftus Road 18,439
Reading Reading Madejski Stadium 24,161
Rotherham United Rotherham New York Stadium 12,021
Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,050
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
Wigan Athletic Wigan DW Stadium 25,138

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Shorts sponsor
Birmingham City   John Eustace   Troy Deeney   Nike BoyleSports[4] Impact amglogistics.co.uk
Blackburn Rovers   Jon Dahl Tomasson   Lewis Travis   Macron Totally Wicked Watson Ramsbottom Solicitors None
Blackpool   Stephen Dobbie (interim)   Chris Maxwell   Puma Utilita[5] Visit Blackpool simPRO
Bristol City   Nigel Pearson   Andreas Weimann   Hummel Huboo[6] None Digital NRG
Burnley   Vincent Kompany   Jack Cork   Umbro Classic Football Shirts[7] (Home & Third)
EMA Equity Partners[8] (Away)
Vertu Motors None
Cardiff City   Sabri Lamouchi   Joe Ralls   New Balance Tourism Malaysia None None
Coventry City   Mark Robins   Liam Kelly   Hummel BoyleSports[9] XL Motors G&R Scaffolding
Huddersfield Town   Neil Warnock   Jonathan Hogg   Umbro Utilita[10] SportsBroker Skinny Food Co
Hull City   Liam Rosenior   Lewie Coyle   Umbro Corendon Airlines[11] Efes[12] Tomya
Luton Town   Rob Edwards   Sonny Bradley   Umbro Utilita (Home)
Star Platforms (Away)
Ryebridge (Third)
Toureen Group (Home)
Utilita (Away & Third)
MuscleSquad
Middlesbrough   Michael Carrick   Jonny Howson   Erreà Unibet Host and Stay Cornerstone Business Solutions
Millwall   Gary Rowett   Shaun Hutchinson   Hummel Huski Chocolate[13] Masons Scaffolding Wiggett Group
Norwich City   David Wagner   Grant Hanley   Joma[14] Lotus Cars[15] AEC Illuminazione War Paint for Men
Preston North End   Ryan Lowe   Alan Browne   Nike PAR Group PAR Group None
Queens Park Rangers   Gareth Ainsworth   Stefan Johansen   Erreà Convivia[16] CopyBet Ground Construction Limited
Reading   Noel Hunt (Interim)   Andy Yiadom   Macron Select Car Leasing[17] Rapidz RSSL
Rotherham United   Matt Taylor   Richard Wood   Puma IPM Group (Home)
Asura Financial Technologies (Away & Third)
Garner UK (Home)
KCM Waste Management (Away & Third)
Mears Group
Sheffield United   Paul Heckingbottom   Billy Sharp   Erreà Randox Ultimate Champions None
Stoke City   Alex Neil   Lewis Baker   Macron bet365 None None
Sunderland   Tony Mowbray   Corry Evans   Nike Spreadex Sports Vertu Motors None
Swansea City   Russell Martin   Matt Grimes[18]   Joma[19] Westacres (Home)[20]
Swansea University (Away)[21]
Owens Group (Third)[22]
Swansea Building Society The Travel House (Home)
DWJ Wealth Management (Away & Third)
Watford   Chris Wilder   Tom Cleverley   Kelme[23] Stake.com[24] Corpay None
West Bromwich Albion   Carlos Corberán   Jake Livermore   Puma[25] Ideal Heating None None
Wigan Athletic   Shaun Maloney   Tendayi Darikwa   Puma Big Help Project (Home & Away)
EPIC.gi (Third)
None None

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Queens Park Rangers   Mark Warburton[26] End of contract 7 May 2022 Pre-season   Michael Beale[27] 1 June 2022
Blackburn Rovers   Tony Mowbray[28]   Jon Dahl Tomasson[29] 14 June 2022
Watford   Roy Hodgson[30] 22 May 2022   Rob Edwards[31] 23 May 2022
Burnley   Mike Jackson[32] End of caretaker spell   Vincent Kompany[33] 14 June 2022
Blackpool   Neil Critchley[34] Signed by Aston Villa 2 June 2022   Michael Appleton[35] 17 June 2022
Birmingham City   Lee Bowyer[36] Sacked 2 July 2022   John Eustace[37] 3 July 2022
Huddersfield Town   Carlos Corberán[38] Resigned 7 July 2022   Danny Schofield[39] 7 July 2022
Stoke City   Michael O'Neill[40] Sacked 25 August 2022 21st   Alex Neil[41] 28 August 2022
Sunderland   Alex Neil[42] Signed by Stoke City 28 August 2022 12th   Tony Mowbray[43] 30 August 2022
Huddersfield Town   Danny Schofield[44] Sacked 14 September 2022 23rd   Mark Fotheringham[45] 28 September 2022
Cardiff City   Steve Morison[46] 18 September 2022 18th   Mark Hudson[a][46][47] 18 September 2022
Rotherham United   Paul Warne[48] Signed by Derby County 22 September 2022 8th   Matt Taylor[49] 4 October 2022
Watford   Rob Edwards[50] Sacked 26 September 2022 10th   Slaven Bilić[51] 26 September 2022
Hull City   Shota Arveladze[52] 30 September 2022 20th   Liam Rosenior[53] 3 November 2022
Middlesbrough   Chris Wilder[54] 3 October 2022 22nd   Michael Carrick[55] 24 October 2022
West Bromwich Albion   Steve Bruce[56] 10 October 2022 22nd   Carlos Corberán[57] 25 October 2022
Luton Town   Nathan Jones[58] Signed by Southampton 10 November 2022 9th   Rob Edwards[59] 17 November 2022
Wigan Athletic   Leam Richardson[60] Sacked 23rd   Kolo Touré[61] 29 November 2022
Queens Park Rangers   Michael Beale[62] Signed by Rangers 28 November 2022 7th   Neil Critchley[63] 11 December 2022
Norwich City   Dean Smith[64] Sacked 27 December 2022 5th   David Wagner[65] 6 January 2023
Cardiff City   Mark Hudson[66] 14 January 2023 21st   Sabri Lamouchi[67] 27 January 2023
Blackpool   Michael Appleton[68] 18 January 2023 23rd   Mick McCarthy[69] 19 January 2023
Wigan Athletic   Kolo Touré[70] 26 January 2023 24th   Shaun Maloney[71] 28 January 2023
Huddersfield Town   Mark Fotheringham[72] 8 February 2023 22nd   Neil Warnock[73] 13 February 2023
Queens Park Rangers   Neil Critchley[74] 19 February 2023 17th   Gareth Ainsworth[75] 21 February 2023
Watford   Slaven Bilić[76] 7 March 2023 9th   Chris Wilder[77] 7 March 2023
Blackpool   Mick McCarthy[78] Mutual consent 8 April 2023 23rd   Stephen Dobbie (interim)[79] 8 April 2023
Reading   Paul Ince[80] Sacked 11 April 2023 22nd   Noel Hunt (interim)[80] 11 April 2023
  1. ^ Hudson was initially named interim manager before being appointed manager until the end of the season on 14 November 2022.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Burnley (C, P) 46 29 14 3 87 35 +52 101 Promotion to Premier League
2 Sheffield United (P) 46 28 7 11 73 39 +34 91
3 Luton Town (O, P) 46 21 17 8 57 39 +18 80 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Middlesbrough 46 22 9 15 84 56 +28 75
5 Coventry City 46 18 16 12 58 46 +12 70
6 Sunderland 46 18 15 13 68 55 +13 69
7 Blackburn Rovers 46 20 9 17 52 54 −2 69
8 Millwall 46 19 11 16 57 50 +7 68
9 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 12 16 59 53 +6 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 12 16 68 64 +4 66
11 Watford 46 16 15 15 56 53 +3 63
12 Preston North End 46 17 12 17 45 59 −14 63
13 Norwich City 46 17 11 18 57 54 +3 62
14 Bristol City 46 15 14 17 55 56 −1 59
15 Hull City 46 14 16 16 51 61 −10 58
16 Stoke City 46 14 11 21 55 54 +1 53
17 Birmingham City 46 14 11 21 47 58 −11 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 47 62 −15 53
19 Rotherham United 46 11 17 18 49 60 −11 50
20 Queens Park Rangers 46 13 11 22 44 71 −27 50
21 Cardiff City 46 13 10 23 41 58 −17 49
22 Reading (R) 46 13 11 22 46 68 −22 44[a] Relegation to League One
23 Blackpool (R) 46 11 11 24 48 72 −24 44
24 Wigan Athletic (R) 46 10 15 21 38 65 −27 42[b]
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) 12-point sending off offences[83]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Reading were deducted 6 points for breaching an EFL business plan.[81]
  2. ^ In March 2023, Wigan Athletic were deducted 3 points for failing to pay players and staff on time.[82]

Play-offs

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Semi-finals Final
        
3 Luton Town 1 2 3
6 Sunderland 2 0 2
3 Luton Town 1 (6)
5 Coventry City 1 (5)
4 Middlesbrough 0 0 0
5 Coventry City 0 1 1

First leg

Sunderland2–1Luton Town
  • Diallo   39'
  • Hume   63'
Report
Attendance: 46,060
Referee: Tim Robinson

Second leg

Luton Town2–0Sunderland
Report
Attendance: 10,013
Referee: Simon Hooper

Luton Town won 3–2 on aggregate.

Middlesbrough0–1Coventry City
Report
Attendance: 32,154
Referee: David Coote

Coventry City won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

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Coventry City1–1 (a.e.t.)Luton Town
Report
Penalties
5–6
Attendance: 85,711

Results

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Home \ Away BIR BLB BLP BRC BUR CAR COV HUD HUL LUT MID MIL NOR PNE QPR REA ROT SHU STO SUN SWA WAT WBA WIG
Birmingham City 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–1
Blackburn Rovers 2–1 1–0 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–4 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0
Blackpool 0–0 0–1 3–3 0–0 1–3 1–4 2–2 1–3 0–1 0–3 2–3 0–1 4–2 6–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–2 1–0
Bristol City 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1
Burnley 3–0 3–0 3–3 2–1 3–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 3–0
Cardiff City 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 1–1
Coventry City 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–4 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–4 2–1 3–3 2–2 1–0 2–0
Huddersfield Town 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–4 2–0 1–2 4–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–2
Hull City 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1
Luton Town 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 3–3 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–3 1–2
Middlesbrough 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 5–1 4–0 3–1 5–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–1
Millwall 0–1 3–4 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–3 2–0 0–2 0–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–1
Norwich City 3–1 0–2 0–1 3–2 0–3 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–1
Preston North End 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–4 0–4 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1
Queens Park Rangers 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–2 0–3 3–0 0–3 1–2 3–1 0–3 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1
Reading 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–1
Rotherham United 2–0 4–0 3–0 1–3 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 2–4 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 4–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–2
Sheffield United 1–1 3–0 3–3 1–0 5–2 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 2–0 2–2 4–1 0–1 4–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Stoke City 1–2 3–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 4–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–2 0–1
Sunderland 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–4 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–4 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–5 1–3 2–2 1–2 2–1
Swansea City 3–4 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–3 2–2 0–1 4–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 4–0 3–2 2–2
Watford 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 2–3 0–0 4–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 3–2 1–1
West Bromwich Albion 2–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 5–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–0
Wigan Athletic 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–5 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–4 0–2 1–4 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–4 0–2 0–1 1–1
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.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Middlesbrough's Chuba Akpom was the season's top goalscorer, having scored 28 goals. Akpom also won the award for EFL Championship Player of the Season.
Rank Player Club Goals[84]
1   Chuba Akpom Middlesbrough 28
2   Viktor Gyökeres Coventry City 21
3   Carlton Morris Luton Town 20
4   Joël Piroe Swansea City 19
5   Tom Bradshaw Millwall 17
  Nathan Tella Burnley
7   Zian Flemming Millwall 15
8   Amad Diallo1 Sunderland 14
  Ben Brereton Díaz Blackburn Rovers
  Iliman Ndiaye Sheffield United
  Jerry Yates Blackpool
  • 1 Includes 1 goal in The Championship play-offs.

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  Óscar Estupiñán Hull City Coventry City 3–2 (H)[85] 27 August 2022
  Scott Hogan Birmingham City West Bromwich Albion 3–2 (A)[86] 14 September 2022
  Tom Bradshaw Millwall Watford 3–0 (H)[87] 19 October 2022
  Zian Flemming Preston North End 4–2 (A)[88] 12 November 2022
  Chuba Akpom Middlesbrough Wigan Athletic 4–1 (H)[89] 26 December 2022
  Nathan Tella Burnley Preston North End 3–0 (H)[90] 11 February 2023
  Tom Bradshaw Millwall Sheffield United 3–2 (H)[91] 18 February 2023
  Nathan Tella Burnley Hull City 3–1 (A)[92] 15 March 2023

Clean sheets

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Coventry City's Ben Wilson won The Championship's Golden Glove award this season, keeping 22 clean sheets, as The Sky Blues reached The Championship play-off final.
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Ben Wilson2 Coventry City 22
2   Ethan Horvath1 Luton Town 20
3   Arijanet Muric Burnley 18
4   Wes Foderingham Sheffield United 17
  Freddie Woodman Preston North End
6   Daniel Bachmann Watford 16
7   Anthony Patterson Sunderland 14
  John Ruddy Birmingham City
9   Viktor Johansson Rotherham United 13
10   Ryan Allsop Cardiff City 12
  George Long Millwall
  • 1 Includes 1 clean sheet in The Championship play-offs.
  • 2 Includes 2 clean sheets in The Championship play-offs.

Discipline

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Player

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Club

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Awards

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Monthly

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Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
August   Paul Heckingbottom Sheffield United   Óscar Estupiñán Hull City [93]
September   Carlton Morris Luton Town [94][95]
October   Vincent Kompany Burnley   Jerry Yates Blackpool [96][97]
November   Mark Robins Coventry City   Viktor Gyökeres Coventry City [98]
December   Vincent Kompany Burnley   Chuba Akpom Middlesbrough [99][100]
January   Ian Maatsen Burnley [101]
February   Tom Bradshaw Millwall [102]
March   Michael Carrick Middlesbrough   Viktor Gyökeres Coventry City [103]
April   Paul Heckingbottom Sheffield United   Gustavo Hamer [104]

Annual

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Award Winner Club
Player of the Season   Chuba Akpom[105] Middlesbrough
Young Player of the Season   Alex Scott[106] Bristol City
Apprentice of the Season   Ashley Phillips[107] Blackburn Rovers

Championship Team of the Season

Pos. Player Club Ref.
GK   Ben Wilson Coventry City [108]
RB   Connor Roberts Burnley
CB   Anel Ahmedhodžić Sheffield United
CB   Tom Lockyer Luton Town
LB   Ian Maatsen Burnley
CM   Alex Scott Bristol City
CM   Josh Brownhill Burnley
CM   Nathan Tella Burnley
FW   Iliman Ndiaye Sheffield United
FW   Chuba Akpom Middlesbrough
FW   Viktor Gyökeres Coventry City
Manager   Vincent Kompany Burnley

PFA Championship Team of the Year

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Pos.[109] Player Club
GK   Arijanet Muric Burnley
RB   Connor Roberts Burnley
CB   Anel Ahmedhodžić Sheffield United
CB   Tom Lockyer Luton Town
LB   Ian Maatsen Burnley
CM   Josh Brownhill Burnley
CM   Nathan Tella Burnley
CM   Iliman Ndiaye Sheffield United
FW   Chuba Akpom Middlesbrough
FW   Viktor Gyökeres Coventry City
FW   Carlton Morris Luton Town

Notes

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