Newly promoted Sheffield Wednesday host newly relegated Southampton in the opening match of 2023-24 Championship season, as fixtures are released.
Wednesday’s home clash against Southampton at Hillsborough will take place on Friday 4 August live on Sky Sports, in a 8pm BST kick-off.
Sky Sports will air a triple-header on Sunday 6 August as Leicester commence life under Enzo Maresca with a home clash against last season’s losing Play-Off finalists, Coventry City at the King Power Stadium at 12pm in the M69 derby.
Newly relegated Leeds meanwhile host Cardiff at Elland Road in a 2:30pm kick-off that afternoon, before newly promoted Ipswich head to Sunderland in a 5pm kick-off to conclude the opening matchweek of the new season.
Eight ties meanwhile will be played at 3pm on Saturday 5 August with Middlesbrough hosting Millwall at the Riverside Stadium in the stand-out tie, which pits two of last season’s play-off contenders against each other after Gary Rowett’s Lions fell short on a dramatic final day.
Newly-promoted Plymouth meanwhile commence their first Championship campaign since 2009-10 season with a home clash against Neil Warnock’s Huddersfield.
| Date | Match | Time (BST) |
| Friday 4 August | Sheffield Wednesday v Southampton | 8pm |
| Saturday 5 August | Blackburn v West Brom | 3pm |
| Saturday 5 August | Bristol City v Preston | 3pm |
| Saturday 5 August | Middlesbrough v Millwall | 3pm |
| Saturday 5 August | Norwich v Hull | 3pm |
| Saturday 5 August | Plymouth v Huddersfield | 3pm |
| Saturday 5 August | QPR v Watford | 3pm |
| Saturday 5 August | Stoke v Rotherham | 3pm |
| Saturday 5 August | Swansea v Birmingham | 3pm |
| Sunday 6 August | Leicester v Coventry | 12pm |
| Sunday 6 August | Leeds v Cardiff | 2:30pm |
| Sunday 6 August | Sunderland v Ipswich | 5pm |
Boxing Day sees new Southampton manager, Russell Martin face his former team, Swansea at St Mary’s Stadium, before the Saints visit Swansea on weekend of 19-21 January.
| Home Team | v | Away Team |
| Birmingham City | v | Stoke |
| Cardiff | v | Plymouth |
| Coventry | v | Sheffield Wednesday |
| Huddersfield | v | Blackburn |
| Hull | v | Sunderland |
| Ipswich | v | Leicester |
| Millwall | v | QPR |
| Preston | v | Leeds |
| Rotherham | v | Middlesbrough |
| Southampton | v | Swansea |
| Watford | v | Bristol City |
| West Brom | v | Norwich |
Unlike the Premier League, the Championship will have a New Year’s Day round to kick off 2024, with Middlesbrough meeting Coventry in a replay of last season’s play-off semi-final.
Sunderland meanwhile host Preston and West Brom visit Swansea in other stand-out New Year’s Day matches, having both proved key to the climax of last season’s play-off race although Tony Mowbray’s Black Cats were away to Preston on that occasion.
| Home Team | v | Away Team |
| Blackburn | v | Rotherham |
| Bristol City | v | Millwall |
| Leeds | v | Birmingham |
| Leicester | v | Huddersfield |
| Middlesbrough | v | Coventry |
| Norwich | v | Southampton |
| Plymouth | v | Watford |
| QPR | v | Cardiff |
| Sheffield Wednesday | v | Hull |
| Stoke | v | Ipswich |
| Sunderland | v | Preston |
| Swansea | v | West Brom |
The final day of the season will fall on the weekend of 4-6 May with two relegated clubs in Leeds and Southampton meeting at Elland Road, in a match which could well be crucial in the race for promotion or a play-off spot come end of season.
| Home Team | v | Away Team |
| Birmingham | v | Norwich |
| Coventry | v | QPR |
| Ipswich | v | Huddersfield |
| Leeds | v | Southampton |
| Leicester | v | Blackburn |
| Middlesbrough | v | Watford |
| Plymouth | v | Hull |
| Rotherham | v | Cardiff |
| Stoke | v | Bristol City |
| Sunderland | v | Sheffield Wednesday |
| Swansea | v | Millwall |
| West Brom | v | Preston |
Elsewhere, Sunderland host Middlesbrough at Stadium of Light on the weekend of 6-8 October in the first Tees-Wear derby, with the return leg scheduled for Riverside Stadium on the weekend of 2-5 February.
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