What time 2022/23 Championship fixtures are released as Cardiff City and Swansea City discover schedules

It feels like the season has only just finished, but with players returning to pre-season, preparations are already under way ahead of the 2022/23 campaign.

Fans of both Cardiff City and Swansea City are set to experience a season that will be unlike those of years gone by, with the upcoming World Cup in Qatar set to have a knock-on effect on the EFL calendar.

Due to the searing heat in the tiny Gulf nation, the competition is set to be staged across November and December, and the upcoming season will subsequently start on the weekend beginning July 30 and 31 - although it's possible that the curtain-raiser for the Championship will be pencilled in for live TV coverage on Friday, July 29.

The campaign will then end on May 6, followed by the play-offs, with the final at Wembley set to take place over the weekend of May 27. This is everything you need to know about the fixtures release.

The EFL fixtures will be released on Thursday, June 23, at . You can follow it all live on our football page.

Yes. The final round of fixtures for both the second tier and the Premier League before the World Cup will be on November 13.

Fixtures in the Championship will then resume on December 10.

Birmingham City

Blackburn Rovers

Blackpool

Bristol City

Burnley

Coventry City

Huddersfield Town

Hull City

Luton Town

Middlesbrough

Millwall

Norwich City

Preston North End

Queens Park Rangers

Reading

Rotherham United

Sheffield United

Stoke City

Sunderland

Watford

West Bromwich Albion

Wigan Athletic

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