Our coverage of each Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - so make sure you know about your team's fixtures as soon as they're released by signing up for news notifications in the BBC Sport app. Who will Manchester City begin their latest title defence against? Which team will be the next to try to end Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp's unbeaten record on the Premier League's opening day.Īnd who will Erik ten Hag face in his first competitive game as Manchester United manager? Be ready for fixtures day! Get news notifications for your team in the BBC Sport app There will be no games between 13 November and 26 December because of the World Cup being held in Qatar. "Quite simply, these fans are the future of our game which is why it is so heartening to see so many young supporters attending fixtures regularly and developing a love of football that they will hopefully take with them throughout their lives.The season will begin a week earlier than normal on the weekend of Saturday, 6 August and finish a week later on 28 May. The rise in attendance was partially fuelled by a 15% rise in season ticket sales and Birch said: "The continued rise in season ticket sales, and particularly junior season ticket sales, is really encouraging. They are testament to the efforts of the 72 clubs to create such quality football and matchday experiences that encourages fans to attend matches in person even when there are so many other ways to consume football, and particularly when so many people are facing a squeeze on their finances." The Carabao Cup and EFL Trophy attracted another 1.9 million fans, with the Trophy final crowd of 79,389 for the meeting of Bolton and Plymouth being the highest attendance figure in Europe that weekend.ĮFL chief executive, Trevor Birch, said: "To welcome nearly 22 million supporters to an EFL competition in 2022-23 is quite remarkable. League One made the European top 10 with 5,857,547 supporters and League Two was in 14th place with 3,191,719 going through the turnstiles.
That made the Championship the fifth-best supported division in Europe, behind the Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga and Serie A.
The Championship total of 10,391,945 fans is the first time for four years the number has broken eight figures.
All three divisions figured in the top 20 best-attended European leagues, while the play-offs also had record figures.
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