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2023 EFL League One play-off final

The 2023 EFL League One play-off final was an association football match, which took place on 29 May 2023 at Wembley Stadium, London, to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from EFL League One, the third tier of English football, to the EFL Championship. The top two teams of the 2022–23 EFL League One will gain automatic promotion to the Championship, while the clubs placed from third to sixth in the table will take part in 2023 English Football League play-offs.[2]

2023 EFL League One play-off Final
Sheffield Wednesday lift the play-off trophy after beating Barnsley in the final seconds of the game, hailed as one of the greatest play-off campaigns of all time[1]
Barnsley Sheffield Wednesday
0 1
After extra time
Date29 May 2023 (2023-05-29)
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeTim Robinson
Attendance72,492
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Route to the final edit

Main articles: 2022–23 EFL League One and 2023 English Football League play-offs § League One
EFL League One final table, leading positions
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Plymouth Argyle (C, P) 46 31 8 7 82 47 +35 101
2 Ipswich Town (P) 46 28 14 4 101 35 +66 98
3 Sheffield Wednesday (P, O) 46 28 12 6 81 37 +44 96
4 Barnsley 46 26 8 12 80 47 +33 86
5 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 12 11 62 36 +26 81
6 Peterborough United 46 24 5 17 75 54 +21 77
Source: EFL Official Website
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Match edit

Barnsley0–1 (a.e.t.)Sheffield Wednesday
  • Windass   120+3'
Attendance: 72,492
Referee: Tim Robinson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barnsley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sheffield Wednesday
GK 1   Harry Isted
CB 12   Bobby Thomas   95'
CB 6   Mads Juel Andersen (c)
CB 5   Liam Kitching
RM 2   Jordan Williams
CM 30   Adam Phillips   49'
CM 48   Luca Connell
LM 8   Herbie Kane   72'
AM 7   Nicky Cadden   106'
CF 31   Slobodan Tedić   46'
CF 44   Devante Cole   72'
Substitutes:
GK 40   Bradley Collins
DF 24   Robbie Cundy
MF 3   Jon Russell   90+1'
MF 10   Josh Benson   72'   90+1'
MF 16   Luke Thomas   72'
FW 9   James Norwood   46'
FW 47   Max Watters   106'
Head Coach:
  Michael Duff
GK 25   Cameron Dawson
CB 6   Dominic Iorfa
CB 20   Michael Ihiekwe
CB 33   Reece James   103'
DM 13   Callum Paterson   79'
RM 2   Liam Palmer
CM 10   Barry Bannan (c)   116'
CM 18   Marvin Johnson
LM 11   Josh Windass   120+3'
CF 24   Michael Smith
CF 9   Lee Gregory
Substitutes:
GK 31   David Stockdale
DF 3   Jaden Brown
DF 32   Jack Hunt   103'
DF 44   Aden Flint
MF 8   Dennis Adeniran
MF 17   Fisayo Dele-Bashiru   116'
FW 4   Will Vaulks   79'
Head Coach:
  Darren Moore
Statistics [1]
Barnsley F.C. Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Possession 46% 54%
Goals scored 0 1
Shots on target 2 8
Shots off target 6 8
Fouls committed 11 12
Corner kicks 5 5
Yellow cards 1 0
Red cards 1 0

Post-match edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Sheffield Wednesday promoted to Championship with 123rd-minute Windass winner". Reuters. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  2. ^ "EFL Key Dates". English Football League. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
 

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