The SkyBet Championship is one of the toughest leagues to escape in World football. There’s Premier League clubs coming down, parachute payments, and a brutal schedule. What will help massively is picking up the Best FM23 Championship Free Agents in the newly released Football Manager 2023.
With the wages available for the top clubs comparable to most clubs around Europe, you should be able to attract all level of Free Agents. From former Premier League players, to international players, they all should be available.
Picking up bargains and cheap players in FM 2023, whether it be Out of Contract or Unattached, they could be key to success, so hopefully the list below can help provide an edge.
Below we have listen the best FM23 free agents who will sign for teams in Sky Bet Championship in FM 2023. We have loaded Every league available in England, all the way down to the Vanarama National North and South with a Large Database on the vanilla set up.
- Every player will sign for Watford.
- Maximum age of 33 years
- International caps listed
All the below FM 2022 League One free agents will be ranked based on their ability.
Our best FM22 League One Free Agents are able to be filtered by position using the ‘search’ bar and below you can download the shortlist straight into your game.
Best FM23 Championship Free Agents
| CA | Name | Age | Position | Nat | Caps | Personality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Santiago Arias | 30 | D/WB (R) | COL | 54 | Fairly Determined |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Mateo Musacchio | 31 | D (C) | ARG | 6 | Perfectionist |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Faouzi Ghoulam | 31 | D/WB (L) | ALG | 37 | Resolute |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Toño | 32 | D/WB (L) | ESP | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Edgar Ié | 28 | D (RC) | GNB | 0 | Fairly Ambitious |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Ryan Thomas | 27 | M/AM (C) | NZL | 19 | Fairly Determined |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Nicolas De Préville | 31 | AM (RL), ST (C) | FRA | 0 | Fairly Determined |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Matěj Vydra | 30 | AM (LC), ST (C) | CZE | 46 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Nemanja Radoja | 29 | DM, M (C) | SRB | 2 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | William | 27 | D (RL), WB (R) | BRA | 0 | Fairly Determined |
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Jérémy Pied | 33 | D/WB/M (R) | FRA | 0 | Resolute |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Dídac Vilà | 33 | D/WB (L) | ESP | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Luan | 31 | M (C), AM (RC) | BRA | 0 | Resolute |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Salif Sané | 31 | D (C), DM | SEN | 35 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Tornike Okriashvili | 30 | M (R), AM (RL) | GEO | 47 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Ewerton | 33 | D (C) | BRA | 0 | Spirited |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Marvin Zeegelaar | 31 | D (LC), WB (L) | NED | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Uroš Spajić | 29 | D (C) | SRB | 20 | Resolute |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | João Pedro | 29 | DM, M (C) | POR | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Diego Perotti | 33 | M (L), AM (RLC) | ARG | 5 | Fairly Sporting |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Håvard Nordtveit | 32 | D (C), DM, M (C) | NOR | 52 | Resolute |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Lukas Rupp | 31 | DM, M (RC), AM (R) | GER | 0 | Fairly Ambitious |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | David Juncà | 28 | D/WB/M/AM (L) | ESP | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Álex Mula | 25 | M/AM (L) | ESP | 0 | Fairly Ambitious |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Erik Godoy | 28 | D (C) | ARG | 0 | Fairly Sporting |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Othman El Kabir | 30 | M/AM (L) | NED | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Tiago Rodrigues | 30 | M/AM (C) | POR | 0 | Spirited |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Enock Kwateng | 25 | D/WB (R) | FRA | 0 | Fairly Loyal |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa | 33 | D (C) | FRA | 4 | Resolute |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Elkin Blanco | 32 | DM, M (LC) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Daniel Carriço | 33 | D (C) | POR | 1 | Model Citizen |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Eliaquim Mangala | 31 | D (C) | FRA | 8 | Resolute |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Joris Gnagnon | 25 | D (C), DM | FRA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Dale Stephens | 32 | DM, M (C) | ENG | 0 | Ambitious |
| ⭐⭐ | William Vainqueur | 33 | DM, M (C) | FRA | 0 | Fairly Ambitious |
| ⭐⭐ | Omar Elabdellaoui | 30 | D/WB/M (R) | NOR | 49 | Fairly Ambitious |
| ⭐⭐ | Danijel Petković | 29 | GK | MNE | 24 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Rúnar Már S. Sigurjónsson | 32 | M (C) | ISL | 32 | Ambitious |
| ⭐⭐ | Valdívia | 27 | M (L), AM (LC) | BRA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Žiga Frelih | 24 | GK | SVN | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Simone Zaza | 31 | ST (C) | ITA | 18 | Fairly Determined |
| ⭐⭐ | Iván Arboleda | 26 | GK | COL | 1 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Richard Strebinger | 29 | GK | AUT | 1 | Fairly Ambitious |
| ⭐⭐ | Anders Trondsen | 27 | D (L), M (C) | NOR | 4 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Víctor Álvarez | 29 | D/WB (L) | ESP | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Miloš Jojić | 30 | M (RLC), AM (C) | SRB | 5 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Riccardo Fiamozzi | 29 | D/WB/M (R) | ITA | 0 | Fairly Loyal |
| ⭐⭐ | Suk Hyun-Jun | 30 | AM (C), ST (C) | KOR | 15 | Fairly Determined |
| ⭐⭐ | Wakaso | 30 | DM | GHA | 1 | Fairly Professional |
| ⭐⭐ | Nicolai Jørgensen | 31 | AM (L), ST (C) | DEN | 39 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Ambroise Oyongo | 31 | D/WB/M (L) | CMR | 51 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Giovani dos Santos | 33 | AM (RLC), ST (C) | MEX | 106 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Darwin Andrade | 31 | D/WB (L) | COL | 3 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Molla Wagué | 31 | D (RC) | MLI | 37 | Fairly Professional |
| ⭐⭐ | Mehdi Carcela-González | 32 | AM (RLC) | MAR | 26 | Loyal |
| ⭐⭐ | Mansur | 29 | D/WB (L) | BRA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Sammy Ameobi | 30 | AM (RL) | NGA | 0 | Fairly Professional |
| ⭐⭐ | Thiago | 26 | GK | BRA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Nano Mesa | 27 | ST (C) | ESP | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Zakaria Labyad | 29 | M/AM (RLC) | MAR | 6 | Ambitious |
| ⭐⭐ | Sean Morrison | 31 | D (C) | ENG | 0 | Fairly Determined |
| ⭐⭐ | Hal Robson-Kanu | 33 | AM (RLC), ST (C) | WAL | 46 | Resolute |
| ⭐⭐ | Michael Hector | 29 | D (C), DM | JAM | 35 | Fairly Determined |
| ⭐⭐ | Aljaž Struna | 31 | D (RC) | SVN | 21 | Resolute |
| ⭐⭐ | Somália | 33 | D/WB (R), DM, M/AM (RC) | BRA | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Jonathas | 33 | ST (C) | BRA | 0 | Fairly Ambitious |
| ⭐⭐ | Héctor Quiñónes | 30 | D/WB (L) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | George Miron | 28 | D (C) | ROU | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | André | 31 | ST (C) | BRA | 4 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Marc Andre Schmerböck | 28 | M (L), AM (C), ST (C) | AUT | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Rudy Cardozo | 32 | M (RL), AM (RLC) | BOL | 44 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | José Mauri | 26 | DM, M (C) | ARG | 0 | Fairly Ambitious |
| ⭐⭐ | Daniel Brosinski | 33 | D/WB (RL) | GER | 0 | Fairly Determined |
| ⭐⭐ | Junior Benítez | 29 | M (R), AM (RC) | ARG | 0 | Fairly Sporting |
| ⭐⭐ | Andrés Escobar | 31 | AM (RL), ST (C) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Dhawlim Leudo | 32 | D/WB (R), DM, M (RC) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Jesús Isijara | 32 | M/AM (R) | MEX | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Mykyta Shevchenko | 29 | GK | UKR | 0 | Resolute |
| ⭐⭐ | Pablo Ceppelini | 30 | M/AM (C) | URU | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Jordon Mutch | 30 | M/AM (C) | ENG | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Kamohelo Mokotjo | 31 | DM, M (C) | RSA | 22 | Fairly Ambitious |
| ⭐⭐ | Kolbeinn Sigþórsson | 32 | ST (C) | ISL | 64 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Giannelli Imbula | 29 | DM, M (C) | COD | 2 | Fairly Ambitious |
| ⭐⭐ | Nathan Sinkala | 31 | DM, M (C) | ZAM | 58 | Determined |
| ⭐⭐ | Wellington Nem | 30 | AM (RLC) | BRA | 3 | Fairly Loyal |
| ⭐⭐ | Marcelo Larrondo | 33 | ST (C) | CHI | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Jonathan Borja | 28 | AM (LC) | ECU | 1 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Buhle Mkhwanazi | 32 | D (C) | RSA | 21 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Dedé | 33 | D (C) | BRA | 11 | Determined |
| ⭐⭐ | Jorge Pinos | 32 | GK | ECU | 1 | Fairly Professional |
| ⭐⭐ | Alfredo Saldívar | 32 | GK | MEX | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Marios Oikonomou | 29 | D (C), DM | GRE | 6 | Fairly Professional |
| ⭐⭐ | Alex Soares | 31 | M (C) | POR | 0 | Fairly Professional |
| ⭐⭐ | Phakamani Mahlambi | 24 | AM (RC) | RSA | 2 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Fanendo Adi | 31 | ST (C) | NGA | 0 | Fairly Determined |
| ⭐⭐ | Daniel Didavi | 32 | M (L), AM (LC) | GER | 0 | Fairly Professional |
| ⭐⭐ | José Alí Meza | 31 | AM (RL) | VEN | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Aibol Äbiken | 26 | D (C), DM | KAZ | 14 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Carlos Peralta | 32 | ST (C) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Javi Espinosa | 29 | M/AM (C) | ESP | 0 | Fairly Sporting |
| ⭐⭐ | Miralem Sulejmani | 33 | M (L), AM (RLC) | SRB | 20 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Ben Rienstra | 32 | D (C), DM, M (C) | NED | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Pelle van Amersfoort | 26 | M/AM (C) | NED | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Marc Navarro | 26 | D/WB/M (R) | ESP | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Miguel Vieira | 31 | D (C) | POR | 0 | Fairly Professional |
| ⭐⭐ | Ryan Bennett | 32 | D (C) | ENG | 0 | Spirited |
| ⭐⭐ | Daniel Royer | 32 | M/AM (RL), ST (C) | AUT | 6 | Fairly Professional |
| ⭐⭐ | Sofiane Feghouli | 32 | M/AM (RC) | ALG | 76 | Ambitious |
| ⭐⭐ | Diogo Figueiras | 30 | D (RL), WB/M (R) | POR | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Carles Planas | 31 | D (LC), WB (L) | ESP | 0 | Balanced |
| ⭐⭐ | Jael | 33 | ST (C) | BRA | 0 | Fairly Determined |
| ⭐⭐ | Giovanny Martínez | 32 | DM, M (C) | COL | 0 | Balanced |
Every year we test countless tactics and review the very best. For FM23 these systems will be ranked and listed within our tactics index linked below.
Best FM 23 Championship Free Agent Shortlist
To download every player above simply use the download button below and follow the instructions further down:
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How to install the shortlist
1. For Windows put the downloaded file in this folder: Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/shortlists. If the «shortlists» folder doesn’t exist you will have to create it. Windows users skip to step 2, Mac users read below.
Mac users put file in this folder: Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/shortlists. If «shortlists» folder doesn’t exist create it. To access your files on Mac open ‘Finder’, click ‘Go’ from the menubar, press and hold the ‘alt’ key to show ‘library’ in your menu, while still holding ‘alt’ click it, then go to ‘Application Support’ > ‘Sports Interactive’ > ‘Football Manager 2022’
2. Start your game and go to shortlists.
3. In game click ‘scouting’ on the sidebar, then ‘shortlist’ within the top tabs. Click the settings icon next to ‘shortlist’ at the top right of your screen.
4. Select “load shortlist” from the menu and then select the respective file
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