| Pixels: | 250 |
| Competition: | Scottish League One |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Winners: | Dunfermline Athletic |
| Promoted: | Dunfermline Athletic Airdrieonians (via play-offs) |
| Relegated: | Clyde (via play-offs) Peterhead |
| Matches: | 180 |
| Total Goals: | 533 |
| League Topscorer: | Calum Gallagher Ruari Paton 22 goals |
| Biggest Home Win: | Airdrieonians 7–0 Peterhead (18 March 2023) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Airdrieonians 0–6 Edinburgh (3 September 2022) |
| Highest Scoring: | Airdrieonians 3–5 Edinburgh (2 January 2023) |
| Longest Wins: | Airdrieonians Falkirk 5 games |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Dunfermline Athletic 24 games |
| Longest Winless: | Clyde 21 games |
| Longest Losses: | Clyde 11 games |
| Highest Attendance: | 9,530 Dunfermline Athletic 2–0 Falkirk (7 March 2023) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 229 Edinburgh 2–0 Peterhead (5 October 2022) |
| Attendance: | 281,262 |
| Average Attendance: | 1,562 |
| Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
| Updated: | 6 May 2023 |
The 2022–23 Scottish League One (known as cinch League One for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of Scottish League One, the third tier of Scottish football.
Ten teams contested the league: Airdrieonians, Alloa Athletic, Clyde, Dunfermline Athletic, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Kelty Hearts, Montrose, Peterhead and Queen of the South.
The following teams changed division after the 2021–22 season.
Promoted from League Two
Relegated from the Championship
Relegated to League Two
Promoted to the Championship
| Airdrieonians | Alloa Athletic | Clyde | Dunfermline Athletic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsior Stadium | Recreation Park | New Douglas Park[1] | East End Park | |
| Capacity: 10,101[2] | Capacity: 3,100[3] | Capacity: 6,018[4] | Capacity: 11,480[5] | |
| Falkirk | Edinburgh | |||
| Falkirk Stadium | Meadowbank Stadium[6] [7] | |||
| Capacity: 7,937[8] | Capacity: 1,280[9] | |||
| Kelty Hearts | Montrose | Peterhead | Queen of the South | |
| New Central Park | Links Park | Balmoor | Palmerston Park | |
| Capacity: 2,181[10] | Capacity: 4,936[11] | Capacity: 3,150[12] | Capacity: 8,690[13] | |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airdrieonians | Umbro | Holemasters | |||
| Alloa Athletic | Pendle | Northern Gas and Power | |||
| Clyde | Puma | HomesBook Factoring (Home) Whitemoss Dental (Away) | |||
| Dunfermline Athletic | Joma | SRJ Windows | |||
| Falkirk | Puma | Crunchy Carrots | |||
| Edinburgh |  | Joma | Forth Capital | ||
| Kelty Hearts | Joma | The Conservatory Converters | |||
| Montrose | Hummel | Carnegie Fuels Ltd | |||
| Peterhead | and | Adidas | The Score Group | ||
| Queen of the South | Macron | Rosefield Salvage |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falkirk | Kenny Miller | End of interim spell | 30 April 2022[14] | Pre-season | John McGlynn | 4 May 2022[15] | |
| Edinburgh | Alan Maybury | 13 May 2022[16] | Alan Maybury | 19 May 2022[17] | |||
| Dunfermline Athletic | John Hughes | Mutual consent | 19 May 2022[18] | James McPake | 24 May 2022[19] | ||
| Airdrieonians | Ian Murray | Signed by Raith Rovers | 24 May 2022[20] | 26 May 2022[21] | |||
| Kelty Hearts | Kevin Thomson | Resigned | 31 May 2022[22] | John Potter | 8 June 2022[23] | ||
| Clyde | Danny Lennon | Mutual consent | 25 October 2022[24] | 9th | Jim Duffy | 7 November 2022[25] | |
| Peterhead | Jim McInally | Resigned | 14 November 2022[26] | 10th | David Robertson | 29 November 2022[27] | |
| Queen of the South | Willie Gibson | Mutual consent | 21 December 2022[28] | 7th | Marvin Bartley | 7 January 2023[29] | |
| Peterhead | David Robertson | Sacked | 21 March 2023[30] | 10th | Jordon Brown and Ryan Strachan | 21 March 2023 |
Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.
Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calum Gallagher | Airdrieonians | 22 |
| Ruari Paton | Queen of the South | ||
| 3 | Craig Wighton | Dunfermline Athletic | 16 |
| 4 | Gabby McGill | Airdrieonians | 15 |
| 5 | Conor Sammon | Alloa Athletic | 13 |
| Danny Handling | Edinburgh | ||
| John Robertson | Edinburgh |
| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
| August | Rhys McCabe | Airdrieonians | Calum Gallagher | Airdrieonians |
| September/October | James McPake | Dunfermline Athletic | Danny Handling | Edinburgh |
| November | Jordan Allan | Clyde | ||
| December | Alan Maybury | Edinburgh | John Robertson | Edinburgh |
| January | John McGlynn | Falkirk | Callumn Morrison | Falkirk |
| February | Kyle Benedictus | Dunfermline Athletic | ||
| March | Marvin Bartley | Queen of the South | Gabby McGill | Airdrieonians |
| April | James McPake | Dunfermline Athletic | Craig Wighton | Dunfermline Athletic |
The SPFL League One manager of the year was James McPake of Dunfermline Athletic.
The SPFL League One player of the year was Kyle Benedictus of Dunfermline Athletic.
The semi-finals were contested by the teams placed second to fourth in League Two, as well as the team placed ninth in League One. The winners advanced to the final, with the highest-ranked team hosting the second leg.[31]
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