Key dates for season affected by World Cup
THE Championship, League One and League Two seasons will kick off on the weekend of Saturday, July 30, next season, the EFL has announced.
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar takes place over a five-week period in November and December 2022, with the EFL schedule adjusted to accommodate.
Match round 16 in the Championship, set to take place on Saturday, November 12, will be the final round of fixtures played ahead of the call-up period for the tournament, which begins on Monday, November 14.
The Championship will resume on December 10, 2022 following the culmination of the World Cup group stages, while League One and League Two fixtures will continue as normal. The existing international calls postponement criteria will be applied throughout, where necessary.
The Carabao Cup will get underway in the week commencing August 8 with the Papa John’s Trophy starting later that month, week commencing August 29.
The finals of both competitions will be held at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, February 26 for the Carabao Cup and Sunday, March 19 for the Papa John’s Trophy.
The final day of the 2022-23 season in the Championship, League One and League Two will be across the weekend of Saturday, May 6, 2023, with the Sky Bet EFL Play-off Finals scheduled for May 27-29, 2023.
KEY DATES Sky Bet EFL:
Season start (regular season) - 30 July, 2022
Championship pause - 12 November, 2022 Championship resumption - 10 December, 2022
Final day (regular season) - 6 May, 2023 Sky Bet EFL Play-offs:
Sky Bet League Two - Saturday 27 May, 2023
Sky Bet League One - Sunday 28 May, 2023 Sky Bet Championship - Monday 29 May, 2023
The following fixtures, excluding the Finals, will take place the week commencing the specified dates:
Carabao Cup:
Round One - 10 August, 2022
Round Two - 24 August, 2022
Round Three - 9 November, 2022 Round Four - 21 December, 2022 Quarter-final - 11 January, 2023 Semi-final First Leg - 25 January, 2023 Semi-final Second Leg - 1 February, 2023 Final - 26 February, 2023
Papa John’s Trophy:
Group Game One - 31 August, 2022 Group Game Two - 21 September, 2022 Group Game Three - 19 October, 2022 Round of 32 - 30 November, 2022 Round of 16 - 14 December, 2022 Quarter-final - 11 January, 2023 Semi-final - 1 February, 2023
Final - 19 March, 2023