A countdown to the start of the 2022/23 season continues, even more so now the EFL fixtures are revealed for what will be a unique campaign.
All 72 clubs found out who would play who and when at 9am on Thursday the 23rd of June 2022, exactly one week after the Premier League fixture list was revealed.
The Championship, League One and League Two seasons begins on the weekend of July 30th. 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 with League One and League Two to go on, though some games may be postponed due to player involvement.
Games 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 with the Championship resuming Saturday December 10th, eight days before the World Cup final, which is scheduled to take place on Sunday December 18th.
The Papa Johns Trophy Group Stage draw takes place live on Sky Sports News at 11:30am on Thursday 23rd June. The 16 Invited U21 teams will be drawn into their respective Northern and Southern section Groups, with the 48 EFL Clubs already placed into pre-determined Groups prior to the draw. Consideration has been given to ensure travel time is minimised and recovery time is maximised for players. All EFL Clubs will play two of their three matches at home in the Group Stages, with the opening ties to take place week commencing August 29th.
The Carabao Cup Round One draw will take place live on Sky Sports News at 2:30pm on Thursday the 23rd of June. A total of 35 ties will be drawn for Round One.
The FA Cup dates are as follows:
Extra Preliminary Round – Saturday 6 August 2022
Preliminary Round – Saturday 20 August 2022
First Round Qualifying – Saturday 3 September 2022
Second Round Qualifying – Saturday 17 September 2022
Third Round Qualifying – Saturday 1 October 2022
Fourth Round Qualifying – Saturday 15 October 2022
First Round Proper – Saturday 5 November 2022
Second Round Proper – Saturday 26 November 2022
Third Round Proper – Saturday 7 January 2023
Fourth Round Proper – Saturday 28 January 2023
Fifth Round Proper – Wednesday 1 March 2023
Quarter Final – Saturday 18 March 2023
Semi Final – Saturday 22 April 2023
Final – Saturday 3 June 2023
Right then, without further ado, take a look at the EFL fixtures for the 2022/23 season as they are revealed…
Opening weekend games
CHAMPIONSHIP
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
LEAGUE ONE
Accrington Stanley vs Charlton Athletic
Bristol Rovers vs Forest Green Rovers
Cambridge United vs Milton Keynes Dons
Cheltenham Town vs Peterborough United
Derby County vs Oxford United
Ipswich Town vs Bolton Wanderers
Lincoln City vs Exeter City
Morecambe vs Shrewsbury Town
Plymouth Argyle vs Barnsley
Port Vale vs Fleetwood Town
Sheffield Wednesday vs Portsmouth
Wycombe Wanderers vs Burton Albion
LEAGUE TWO
AFC Wimbledon vs Gillingham
Bradford City vs Doncaster Rovers
Carlisle United vs Crawley Town
Harrogate Town vs Swindon Town
Leyton Orient vs Grimsby Town
Northampton Town vs Colchester United
Rochdale vs Crewe Alexandra
Salford City vs Mansfield Town
Stockport County vs Barrow
Sutton United vs Newport County
Tranmere Rovers vs Stevenage
Walsall vs Hartlepool United
Boxing Day games
Final day games
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