2023-24 Championship fixtures announced with Sheffield Wednesday and Southampton to open up new season | OneFootball

Championship fixtures for the 2023-24 season have been announced with Sheffield Wednesday taking on Southampton in the opening game on Friday August 4.

The Owls pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in the League One play-offs semifinals before beating Barnsley 1-0 in the final to make it to the second-tier.

They will face Southampton who finished at the bottom of the Premier League table after a disappointing 2022-23 season.

Leeds United, who finished above the Saints in 19th, will begin their promotion campaign with a home encounter against Cardiff City on Sunday August 6.

Meanwhile, Leicester City will host play-off finalists Coventry City at the King Power Stadium on the same day.

League One champions Plymouth will lock horns with Huddersfield Town at the Home Park on Saturday, August 5.

That will be one of the eight matches played on that day, with Blackburn Rovers vs West Bromwich Albion and Middlesbrough vs Millwall also taking place that afternoon.

Cardiff and Swansea play the South Wales derby on September 16 and March 16, while Leeds and Huddersfield will renew hostilities on October 28 and March 2.

The 2023-24 Championship season will end on Saturday May 4, with all 12 matches starting simultaneously at 15:00 BST.

The play-offs will follow but the dates for the matches haven’t been announced yet.

First round of Championship fixtures

Friday August 4

Sheffield Wednesday vs Southampton, 8pm

Saturday August 5

Blackburn vs West Brom, 3pmBristol City vs Preston, 3pmMiddlesbrough vs Millwall, 3pmNorwich vs Hull, 3pmPlymouth vs Huddersfield, 3pmQPR vs Watford, 3pmStoke vs Rotherham, 3pmSwansea vs Birmingham, 3pm

Sunday August 6

Leicester vs Coventry, 12pm Leeds vs Cardiff, 2.30pm Sunderland vs Ipswich, 5pm

Final day Championship fixtures

Saturday May 4, 2024

Birmingham vs NorwichCoventry vs QPRIpswich vs HuddersfieldLeeds vs SouthamptonLeicester vs BlackburnMiddlesbrough vs WatfordPlymouth vs HullRotherham vs CardiffStoke vs Bristol CitySunderland vs Sheffield WednesdaySwansea vs MillwallWest Brom vs Preston