Championship fixtures start Kompany's Burnley away, with promoted sides at home

The Clarets' relegation from the Premier League means they will be playing in the second tier for the first time since the 2015/16 season.

Their slide saw Sean Dyche replaced by Manchester City legend Kompany in the summer, leaving Belgian side Anderlecht to take over.

New Blackburn boss Jon Dahl Tomasson gets his managerial career in England off to a start at home against Queens Park Rangers, who also have a new man in charge in Michael Beale.

Sunderland, meanwhile, begin their campaign back in the Championship after winning promotion from League One by welcoming Coventry.

Wigan and Rotherham, the other promoted sides, have home games against Preston and Swansea respectively.

The season will start a week earlier on the weekend of 29, 30, 31 July and 1 August and will pause for four weeks from 12 November to 10 December for the World Cup group stages.

Leagues One and Two will proceed as normal during the World Cup.

All three divisions will end on the weekend of Saturday, 6 May and the play-off finals will be played between the 27th and 29th May.

THE OPENING WEEKEND IN FULL

Friday 29 July

Huddersfield Town v Burnley - 8pm

Saturday 30 July

Blackburn Rovers v Queens Park Rangers - 3pm

Blackpool v Reading - 3pm

Cardiff City v Norwich City - 3pm

Hull City v Bristol City - 3pm

Luton Town v Birmingham City - 3pm

Millwall v Stoke City - 3pm

Rotherham United v Swansea City - 3pm

Wigan Athletic v Preston North End - 3pm

Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion - 5.30pm

Sunday 31 July

Sunderland v Coventry City - 12pm

Monday 1 August

Watford v Sheffield United - 8pm

The talkSPORT network is once again the exclusive home of EFL commentaries on national radio in 2022/23 and we will bring you live coverage of the Championship opener between Huddersfield and Burnley on Friday, July 29