Championship: Jones, Matos, Peixoto and Stephan nominated for August award

BBC Sport

Charlton Athletic boss Nathan Jones, Swansea's Vitor Matos, Cesar Peixoto of Wolves and QPR head coach Julien Stephan have been nominated for August's Championship manager of the month award.

Jones led Charlton to the top of the table with three wins from their opening three games.

Swansea made an unbeaten start under Matos with their seven points including victories over Stoke City and Derby County.

In his first season in charge of Wolves, Cesar Peixoto also started with seven points from the first three games of the campaign as they seek an immediate return to the Premier League.

QPR have made an encouraging start to the new season and went through August unbeaten with Julien Stephan overseeing away wins at Portsmouth and Blackburn Rovers.

The winner of the season's first award will be announced on Friday, 11 September.

Read on BBC Sport →

More from QPR

🎧 'QPR won't fear Championship leaders West Brom'BBC SportStephan pleased with QPR display – but the injuries are mountingWest London SportQPR’s Stephan nominated for manager of the month awardWest London SportStephan seems braced for bad news after QPR duo suffer injuriesWest London SportQPR draw at Charlton – how we rated the playersWest London Sport
Prefer a machine-readable version? View as Markdown