| Club: | West Bromwich Albion |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Owner: | Lai Guochuan |
| Chairman: | Lai Guochuan |
| Manager: | Steve Bruce (until 10 October)[1] Richard Beale (caretaker, 10 October–25 October) [2] Carlos Corberán (from 25 October) [3] |
| Stadium: | The Hawthorns |
| League: | Championship |
| League Result: | 9th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Fourth round |
| Cup2: | EFL Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Second round |
| League Topscorer: | Brandon Thomas-Asante (7) & Daryl Dike (7) |
| Season Topscorer: | Brandon Thomas-Asante (9) |
| Highest Attendance: | 25,322 (v Reading, 2 January) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 19,786 (v Blackpool, 1 November) |
| Average Attendance: | 23,113 |
| Largest Win: | 4-0 (vs. Chesterfield, 17 January 2023, FA Cup) |
| Largest Loss: | 3-0 (vs. Bristol City F.C., 28 January 2023, FA Cup) |
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| Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 season is the 145th season of West Bromwich Albion Football Club and the club's second consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the league, they also competed in the 2022–23 FA Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Cup.
On 10 October 2022, manager Steve Bruce was sacked after winning only 1 from their opening 13 league games, leaving the club in the relegation places. Spanish coach and former Marcelo Bielsa understudy Carlos Corberán was appointed as his successor on 25 October.
The season also saw increased scrutiny of the club's ownership, and the practices of majority shareholder Guochuan Lai.[4] [5] The club's financial situation began to receive national media attention, having already been commented on frequently in local press.[6] Supporter action groups and in-stadium protests by fans to raise awareness of the club's off-field issues took shape during the season.[7]
| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2022 | Ramello Mitchell | Free Transfer | [8] | |||
| 1 July 2022 | Undisclosed | [9] | ||||
| 1 July 2022 | Free Transfer | [10] | ||||
| 1 July 2022 | Free Transfer | [11] | ||||
| 18 July 2022 | Free Transfer | [12] | ||||
| 31 August 2022 | Undisclosed | [13] | ||||
| 1 September 2022 | Free Transfer | [14] | ||||
| 12 September 2022 | Free Transfer | [15] | ||||
| 13 September 2022 | Free Transfer | [16] | ||||
| 31 January 2023 | Undisclosed | [17] |
| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 June 2022 | Undisclosed | [18] | ||||
| 30 June 2022 | Released | [19] | ||||
| 30 June 2022 | Mark Chidi | Unattached | Released | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Released | [20] | ||||
| 30 June 2022 | Released | [21] [22] | ||||
| 30 June 2022 |  Kevin Joshua | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2022 | MacKenzie Lamb | Released | [23] | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Leon Machisa | Unattached | Released | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Daniel Ngoma | Unattached | Released | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Released | [24] | ||||
| 30 June 2022 | Free Transfer | [25] | ||||
| 30 June 2022 | Released | |||||
| 30 June 2022 | Áurio Teixeira | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2022 | Released | |||||
| 1 September 2022 | Undisclosed | [26] | ||||
| 31 January 2023 | Unattached | Mutual Consent | [27] |
| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned to | On loan until | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 July 2022 | 1 September 2022 | [29] [30] | ||||
| 14 July 2022 | 11 January 2023 | [31] [32] | ||||
| 15 July 2022 | End of Season | [33] | ||||
| 22 July 2022 | End of Season | [34] | ||||
| 8 August 2022 | 6 January 2023 | [35] [36] | ||||
| 13 August 2022 | End of Season | [37] | ||||
| 1 September 2022 | End of Season | [38] | ||||
| 12 September 2022 | 1 January 2023 | [39] | ||||
| 28 October 2022 | 28 November 2022 | [40] | ||||
| 31 October 2022 | Jamie Andrews | 2 January 2023 | [41] [42] | |||
| 2 December 2022 | 6 March 2023 | [43] [44] [45] | ||||
| 6 January 2023 | Ronnie Hollingshead | 3 February 2023 | [46] | |||
| 13 January 2023 | End of Season | [47] | ||||
| 17 January 2023 | End of Season | [48] | ||||
| 30 January 2023 | End of Season | [49] | ||||
| 7 February 2023 | Ted Cann | End of Season | [50] [51] | |||
| 22 February 2023 | End of Season | [52] |
|-!colspan=14|Players out on loan:|-!colspan=14|Players who left the club:|}
| width=50px | Rank ! | width=50px | No. ! | width=50px | Nat. ! | width=50px | Po. ! | width=150px | Name ! | width=150px | Championship ! | width=150px | FA Cup ! | width=150px | League Cup ! | width=150px | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 | CF | Brandon Thomas-Asante | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 12 |  | CF | Daryl Dike | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| 19 | CM | John Swift | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 17 | RW | Jed Wallace | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 18 | CF | Karlan Grant | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 11 | LW | Grady Diangana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 14 | | DM | Jayson Molumby | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 35 |  | DM | Okay Yokuşlu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 9 | 3 | LB | Conor Townsend | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 10 | 2 | RB | Darnell Furlong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 4 | | CB | Dara O'Shea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 5 | CB | Kyle Bartley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 6 |  | CB | Semi Ajayi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 7 |  | AM | Tom Rogić | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 8 | CM | Jake Livermore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 10 | RW | Matt Phillips | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 29 | RB | Taylor Gardner-Hickman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 18 | 32 | FW | Jovan Malcolm | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Total | 59 | 7 | 1 | 67 | |||||||||||||
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | CB | Kyle Bartley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | CM | Jayson Molumby | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 4 | | CB | Dara O'Shea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 2 | RB | Darnell Furlong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | LB | Conor Townsend | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | CM | Jake Livermore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | RW | Matt Phillips | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 11 | RW | Grady Diangana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | RW | Jed Wallace | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | AM | John Swift | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 35 | | DM | Okay Yokuşlu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 1 | GK | David Button | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | CB | Semi Ajayi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | LB | Erik Pieters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | RB | Martin Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 29 | RB | Taylor Gardner-Hickman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 31 | RM | Tom Fellows | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | |||||
A pre-season trip to Crewe Alexandra was revealed by the hosts on 18 May 2022.[53] On 31 May, Albion confirmed that trip along with a second friendly against Oxford United.[54] A third away pre-season fixture was added to the schedule, against Northampton Town.[55] A trip to Stevenage was next to be announced by the club.[56] On June 17, the Baggies announced a 10-day training camp in Portimão, which included a behind-closed-doors meeting with Leyton Orient.[57] A home friendly against Hertha BSC was next to be added to the calendar.[58]
During the mid-season break, WBA announced they would face Elche in a behind-closed-doors friendly.[59]
See main article: 2022–23 EFL Championship.
On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.[60]
See main article: 2022–23 FA Cup.
The club entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Chesterfield.[61] In the fourth round a trip to Bristol City was confirmed.[62]
See main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup.
WBA were drawn at home to Sheffield United in the first round.[63]
The winners of the 2022/23 end of season West Bromwich Albion awards were announced on 5 May 2023.