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2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)
Inter-confederation play-offs, 17-23 February 2023 in New Zealand: ten-team knockout tournament deciding the last three places at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup; Portugal, Haiti, and Panama qualified, all on debut.
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA): European qualifying for Australia & New Zealand 2023; 51 teams in nine groups, nine group winners plus Ireland, Switzerland, and Portugal (via play-offs) qualified; Russia excluded.
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup squads
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup squads: the 23-player rosters of all 32 teams, 736 players total, confirmed by FIFA on 11 July 2023 for the Australia & New Zealand tournament, with eight debutante nations and five-substitution rules.
2023 Leagues Cup
2023 Leagues Cup: first expanded 47-club MLS-Liga MX tournament, July 21-August 19, 2023, 77 matches, $40M purse; Inter Miami beat Nashville SC 10-9 on penalties for its first trophy, with Messi top scorer (10 goals).
2023 Major League Soccer season
2023 Major League Soccer season: MLS's 28th season with 29 clubs including St. Louis CITY SC; FC Cincinnati won the Supporters' Shield (69 points), Columbus Crew beat LAFC 2-1 for MLS Cup, Inter Miami won Leagues Cup, and Lionel Messi's July arrival drove record attendance of 22,111 per match.
2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season, played from August 2023 to January 2024, ended with Michigan winning both the AP and College Football Playoff national titles.
2023 SAFF Championship
2023 SAFF Championship (Bangabandhu SAFF Championship 2023), South Asian football tournament in Bengaluru, June 21 to July 4, 2023. India beat Kuwait 5-4 on penalties in the final for a record ninth title; Chhetri won the Golden Boot.
2023 UEFA Champions League final
2023 UEFA Champions League final, Manchester City vs Inter, 10 June 2023 at Istanbul's Atatürk Olympic Stadium; City won 1-0 through Rodri's 68th-minute goal, taking their first Champions League and completing the treble under Pep Guardiola.
2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, U21 EURO, held in Georgia and Romania 21 June to 8 July 2023; England beat Spain 1-0 in the final for a third title, first since 1984, without conceding a goal.
2023 UEFA Nations League Finals
2023 UEFA Nations League Finals: third edition final four, hosted by the Netherlands in Rotterdam and Enschede, 14-18 June 2023. Spain beat Croatia 5-4 on penalties after 0-0 for their first title; Italy took third.
2023 UEFA Super Cup
2023 UEFA Super Cup: Manchester City beat Sevilla 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw on 16 August 2023 at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, Greece, after the fixture was relocated from Kazan.
2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (Women's Under-19 EURO), held in Belgium 18-30 July 2023; Spain beat Germany 3-2 on penalties in Leuven for a fifth title, with the four semi-finalists qualifying for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
2023–24 AFC Champions League
The 2023–24 AFC Champions League was Asia's top club football competition, won by the UAE's Al Ain FC, who beat Yokohama F. Marinos 6–3 on aggregate in the final.
2023–24 AFC Cup
2023–24 AFC Cup, final edition of the AFC Cup (2004–2024), AFC's second-tier club competition. Central Coast Mariners beat Al Ahed FC 1-0 in the 5 May 2024 final in Muscat; Mikael Doka was MVP; replaced from 2024/25 by ACL Elite, ACL Two, and AFC Challenge League.
2023–24 Arsenal F.C. season
2023-24 Arsenal F.C. season: Mikel Arteta's Arsenal finished Premier League runners-up to Manchester City, 89 points to 91, with club records of 28 wins and 91 goals, the league's best defence (29 conceded), and a Champions League quarter-final exit to Bayern Munich.
2023–24 Chelsea F.C. season
Chelsea's 2023-24 season: Mauricio Pochettino's only campaign as head coach, ending sixth in the Premier League with 63 points, League Cup runners-up, FA Cup semi-finalists, Cole Palmer's 25 goals, and Conference League qualification.
2023–24 EFL Championship
2023–24 EFL Championship (English second-tier football season): Leicester City won a record eighth second-tier title with 97 points, Ipswich Town finished second, and Southampton beat Leeds 1-0 in the Wembley play-off final; relegated were Rotherham, Huddersfield, Birmingham, and Plymouth.
2023–24 EFL Cup
2023–24 EFL Cup (Carabao Cup), England's secondary knockout cup, won by Liverpool, who beat Chelsea 1-0 after extra time at Wembley on 25 February 2024 via Virgil van Dijk's 118th-minute header; Liverpool's 10th title, Chelsea's sixth straight Wembley final defeat.
2023–24 EFL League One
2023–24 EFL League One, English third-tier football season, 4 August 2023 to 18 May 2024. Portsmouth won the title with 94 points; Oxford United beat Bolton 2-0 at Wembley for promotion.
2023–24 FA Cup
2023–24 FA Cup (Emirates FA Cup), 143rd edition of England's knockout cup with 732 clubs; Manchester United beat Manchester City 2–1 in the 25 May 2024 Wembley final for a 13th title.
2023–24 FC Barcelona season
2023–24 FC Barcelona season: Xavi's final campaign as manager; Barcelona finished 2nd in La Liga with 85 points, lost the Supercopa final 1-4 to Real Madrid, exited the Copa del Rey quarter-finals, and closed with €12m ordinary profit and €91m net losses.
2023–24 Indian Super League
2023-24 Indian Super League, tenth ISL season, 12 teams including promoted Punjab FC. Mohun Bagan SG won the Shield with 48 points; Mumbai City FC beat Mohun Bagan 3-1 in the May 4, 2024 final in Kolkata for their second ISL Cup.
2023–24 La Liga
2023–24 La Liga (LALIGA EA SPORTS), Spanish top-flight season, 11 August 2023 to 26 May 2024. Real Madrid won a 36th title with four matchdays to spare; Girona third; Dovbyk top scorer with 24 goals; record 16.0 million attendance.
2023–24 Liverpool F.C. season
2023-24 Liverpool F.C. season, Jürgen Klopp's final campaign: third in the Premier League with 82 points, Carabao Cup winners over Chelsea, Europa League and FA Cup quarter-final exits.
2023–24 Manchester City F.C. season
2023-24 Manchester City F.C. season: Guardiola's side won a record fourth straight Premier League title (91 points), the UEFA Super Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup, but lost the FA Cup final to Manchester United and exited the Champions League on penalties to Real Madrid.
2023–24 Manchester United F.C. season
2023–24 Manchester United F.C. season: Erik ten Hag's United finished 8th with 60 points, their worst Premier League finish, exited the Champions League group stage bottom of Group A, but won the FA Cup by beating Manchester City 2–1.
2023–24 National League
2023–24 National League (Vanarama National League), England's fifth football tier, 5 Aug 2023–20 Apr 2024. Chesterfield won with 98 points; Bromley beat Solihull Moors on penalties at Wembley for the second promotion spot.
2023–24 Premier League
The 2023-24 Premier League, the English top-flight season from 11 August 2023 to 19 May 2024, won by Manchester City ahead of Arsenal (89 points), with a record 1,246 goals and PSR points deductions for Everton and Nottingham Forest.
2023–24 Real Madrid CF season
2023–24 Real Madrid CF season: Carlo Ancelotti's side won LaLiga (36th title), the Champions League (15th, La Decimoquinta, unbeaten, beating Dortmund at Wembley), and the Spanish Super Cup, with Bellingham scoring 23 goals.
2023–24 Russian Premier League
The 2023–24 Russian Premier League, the 32nd edition of Russia's top soccer league since the Soviet breakup, was won by Zenit on the final day, one point ahead of Krasnodar.