| Club: | St Johnstone |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Manager: | Callum Davidson (until 16 April) Steven MacLean (Interim from 16 April) |
| Chairman: | Steve Brown |
| Stadium: | McDiarmid Park |
| League: | Premiership |
| League Result: | Ninth Place |
| Cup1: | League Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Group stage |
| Cup2: | Scottish Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Fourth round |
| Highest Attendance: | 7,855 vs. Rangers, Scottish Cup, 21 February 2023 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 2,036 vs. Annan Athletic, League Cup, 12 July 2022 |
| Average Attendance: | 5,323 |
| League Topscorer: | Stevie May (9) |
| Season Topscorer: | Stevie May (10) |
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| Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 season was St Johnstone's tenth season in the Scottish Premiership and their fourteenth consecutively (following four in the former Scottish Premier League) in the top flight of Scottish football. Saints were eliminated from the League Cup at the group stage. They also competed in the Scottish Cup.
Still managed by Callum Davidson, Saints hoped to improve upon their performance in the 2021–22 season when, after finishing eleventh, they had to win the Premiership playoff to avoid relegation.[1] The team had been in transition since winning the Scottish Cup in May 2021 and Saints were again very active in the summer transfer window which closed on 31 August. The scale of transition is illustrated by the team which played St Mirren three days later on 3 September. Of the 20-man squad who contested the 2021 Scottish Cup Final just 15 months earlier,[2] only nine players remained at the club in some capacity and only Stevie May was in the starting line-up for the St Mirren match with four others on the bench.[3] Among the summer 2022 intake were Drey Wright and Jamie Murphy who had both played for Hibernian in the 2021 final.
See main article: 2022–23 Scottish Premiership.
See main article: 2022–23 Scottish League Cup. Saints entered the 2022–23 Scottish League Cup at the group stage and were drawn into Group F with Annan Athletic, Ayr United, Elgin City and Queen of the South.[4] Despite being reduced to nine men, Saints held on to draw 0–0 in the opening match at home to Annan Athletic but lost the penalty shootout 5–4. They also lost on penalties to Queen of the South after a 2–2 draw. Victories over Elgin City and Ayr United were a case of too little, too late, and Saints were eliminated from the competition after finishing third in Group F. Annan were the surprise group winners and Queen of the South were runners-up ahead of Saints on goal difference. The top two both qualified for the second round (the last 16).[5]
See main article: 2022–23 Scottish Cup.
[6] |-! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Departures |}
See main article: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2022 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2022–23. In Scottish football, the summer 2022 transfer window officially opened on 10 June and closed on 31 August.
| scope=col | Date | scope=col | Player | Transferred from | scope=col; style="width: 65px;" | Fee | scope=col | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | Free | [7] [8] | ||||||
| Hibernian | Free | |||||||
| Celtic | Loan | [9] | ||||||
 | CSKA Sofia | Free | [10] | |||||
| Hibernian | Free | [11] | ||||||
 | Kuwait SC | Free | [12] | |||||
 | IFK Gothenburg | Free | [13] | |||||
| Crystal Palace | Loan | [14] | ||||||
| Millwall | Loan | |||||||
| Watford | Free | |||||||
| Dundee United | Undisclosed | [15] [16] | ||||||
| Aberdeen | Loan | [17] | ||||||
| Dundee | Loan | [18] | ||||||
| scope=col | Date | scope=col | Player | Transferred to | scope=col; style="width: 65px;" | Fee | scope=col | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleetwood Town | Free | [19] | ||||||
 | Greenock Morton | Free | ||||||
 | Free agent | Free | ||||||
| Retired | Free | [20] | ||||||
| Free agent | Free | |||||||
| Stenhousemuir | Free | [21] | ||||||
| Brechin City | Free | [22] | ||||||
| East Fife | Free | |||||||
| Salford City | Free | [23] | ||||||
 | Linfield | Loan | [24] | |||||
| Scunthorpe United | Free | [25] | ||||||
| | Shamrock Rovers | Free | [26] | |||||
| East Fife | Loan | |||||||
| Montrose | Loan | |||||||
| Cove Rangers | Loan | |||||||
| East Fife | Loan | |||||||
| | Sligo Rovers | Free | [27] | |||||
 | Falkirk | Loan | [28] [29] | |||||
| Greenock Morton | Loan | [30] | ||||||
| Cove Rangers | Loan | [31] | ||||||
List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons