2023 EFL League Two play-off final
Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final. | |||||||
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| After extra time Carlisle United won 5–4 on penalties | |||||||
| Date | 28 May 2023 | ||||||
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| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
| Referee | Tom Nield | ||||||
| Attendance | 34,004 | ||||||
The 2023 EFL League Two play-off final was an association football match, which took place on 28 May 2023 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Stockport County and Carlisle United, to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from EFL League Two, the fourth tier of English football, to EFL League One. The top three teams of the 2022–23 EFL League Two, Leyton Orient, Stevenage and Northampton Town, gained automatic promotion to League One, while the clubs placed from fourth to seventh in the table took part in the 2023 English Football League play-offs. The winners of the play-off semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2023–24 season in League One.
Tom Nield was the referee for the match, which was played in front of 34,004 spectators. Stockport took the lead through an own goal in the first half when Carlisle's Jon Mellish deflected a cross over his own goalkeeper. They held the lead until the 84th minute but Carlisle then scored an equaliser, Omari Patrick hitting a low shot into the Stockport goal. The game finished 1–1 after 90 minutes and went to extra time. There were no further goals in the additional period so the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out. Carlisle scored all of their penalties, but Stockport missed their second, Ryan Rydel seeing his shot saved by Carlisle goalkeeper Tomáš Holý. This gave Carlisle a 5–4 shoot-out win and a position in League One.