| Club: | Crystal Palace |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Owner: | Steve Parish Josh Harris David Blitzer John Textor |
| Ownertitle: | Owners |
| Chairman: | Steve Parish |
| Manager: | Patrick Vieira (until 17 March) Paddy McCarthy (caretaker, from 17 to 21 March) Roy Hodgson (from 21 March) |
| Stadium: | Selhurst Park |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 11th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Third round |
| Cup2: | EFL Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Third round |
| League Topscorer: | Eberechi Eze (10) |
| Season Topscorer: | Eberechi Eze (10) |
| Highest Attendance: | 25 February 2023 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 20,320 v Southampton |
| Largest Win: | 5–1 v Leeds United 9 April 2023 |
| Largest Loss: | 0–4 v Tottenham Hotspur 4 January 2023 |
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| Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 season was the 117th season in the existence of Crystal Palace Football Club and the club's tenth consecutive season in the Premier League (further extending their longest ever spell in the top-flight). In addition to the league, they also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
Palace finished the previous season in 12th place and reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, the first under manager Patrick Vieira. Martin Kelly and Cheikhou Kouyaté left at the end of their contracts and player of the season, Conor Gallagher, returned to Chelsea at the end of his loan spell. Malcolm Ebiowei and Sam Johnstone joined after their contracts at Derby and West Bromwich Albion expired while Cheick Doucouré and Chris Richards were signed from Lens and Bayern Munich respectively.[1]
The club went on a pre-season tour to Singapore and Australia to play other Premier League teams; they were defeated by Liverpool and Manchester United and drew against Leeds. Only half the squad were able to make the trip, so there were also games in England against teams from various divisions of the Football League. In these matches Palace won four and drew the other. The whole squad was able to play in a home game against Montpellier, which Palace won 4–2.[2]
Crystal Palace opened the Premier League season with a game against Arsenal at Selhurst Park on Friday 5 August. The visitors started the strongest and took the lead with a goal in the 20th minute from a corner. Palace came back into the game, but squandered a couple of chances to equalise and a late own goal from Marc Guéhi consigned the team to a 2–0 defeat.[3] On the same day, Christian Benteke was sold to D.C. United.[4] Their first away game was a 1–1 draw against Liverpool at Anfield. The next game, at home to Aston Villa, saw the team's first win of the season, with Wilfried Zaha scoring a brace of goals in a 3–1 victory. Palace were drawn away against Oxford United in the second round of the Carabao Cup, winning the tie 2–0 with youth-teamers Killian Phillips and Kaden Rodney making their senior debuts.
| Date | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2022 | Compensation | [5] | ||||
| 1 July 2022 | Free transfer | [6] | ||||
| 11 July 2022 | Undisclosed | [7] | ||||
| 18 July 2022 | Cormac Austin | Undisclosed | [8] | |||
| 27 July 2022 | Undisclosed | [9] | ||||
| 11 August 2022 | Undisclosed | [10] | ||||
| 1 September 2022 |  Kelvin Agho | Hypebuzz Academy | Undisclosed | [11] | ||
| 31 January 2023 | Undisclosed | [12] | ||||
| 2 February 2023 |  Franco Umeh-Chibueze | Undisclosed | [13] | |||
| 16 February 2023 | Undisclosed | [14] |
| Date | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2022 | Unattached | Released | [15] | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Unattached | Released | [16] | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Unattached | Released | [17] | |||
| 30 June 2022 |  Rian Jamai | Unattached | Released | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Kanye Jobson | Unattached | Released | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Unattached | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2022 | Unattached | Released | [18] [19] | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Joseph Ling | Unattached | Released | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Unattached | Released | [20] | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Unattached | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2022 | Aidan Steele | Unattached | Released | |||
| 30 June 2022 | James Taylor | Unattached | Released | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Dylan Thiselton | Unattached | Released | |||
| 5 August 2022 | Undisclosed | [21] | ||||
| 7 September 2022 | Lion Bello | Free Transfer | [22] |
| Date | Pos. | Player | Loaned to | On loan until | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July 2022 | Reece Hannam | January 2023 | [24] [25] | |||
| 27 July 2022 | 2 September 2022 | [26] [27] | ||||
| 27 July 2022 | End of season | [28] | ||||
| 8 August 2022 | End of season | [29] | ||||
| 11 August 2022 | End of season | [30] | ||||
| 12 August 2022 | End of season | [31] | ||||
| 25 August 2022 | Daniel Quick | 13 January 2023 | [32] [33] | |||
| 26 August 2022 | End of season | [34] | ||||
| 26 August 2022 | 30 January 2023 | [35] | ||||
| 1 September 2022 | David Boateng | 27 January 2023 | [36] [37] | |||
| 1 September 2022 | End of season | [38] | ||||
| 12 September 2022 | Kelvin Agho | End of season | ||||
| 1 January 2023 | End of season | [39] | ||||
| 6 January 2023 | End of season | [40] | ||||
| 13 January 2023 | End of season | [41] | ||||
| 13 January 2023 | Daniel Quick | End of Season | ||||
| 19 January 2023 | End of Season | [42] | ||||
| 25 January 2023 | Ryan Bartley | End of Season | [43] | |||
| 27 January 2023 | David Boateng | End of Season | ||||
| 30 January 2023 | End of Season |
Palace announced they would visit Singapore, for a friendly against Liverpool,[44] and Australia with matches against Manchester United[45] and Leeds United.[46] They also played a home friendly against French side Montpellier.[47] Two further friendlies were confirmed, against Accrington Stanley and Millwall behind-closed-doors.[48] An away trip to Queens Park Rangers was scheduled for 23 July.[49] A further addition, against Gillingham was later confirmed.[50]
During the mid-season winter break for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Palace announced they would host Botafogo and Valladolid in December.[51] [52] Two further fixtures against Napoli and Trabzonspor was also confirmed for the Eagles.[53]
See main article: 2022–23 Premier League.
On 16 June, the Premier League fixtures were released.[54]
See main article: 2022–23 FA Cup.
Palace joined the FA Cup at the third round stage, and were drawn at home to Southampton.[55]
See main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup.
Crystal Palace entered the competition in the second round and were drawn away to Oxford United.[56] A 2–0 victory saw them through to the next round, where they were again drawn away, this time to fellow Premier League team Newcastle United.[57] Palace lost this game on a penalty shoot-out after the game finished goalless.
|-! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center| Goalkeepers|-! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center| Defenders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center| Midfielders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center| Forwards|}
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| width=10 | width=10 | width=10 | width=180 | Player | width=50 | Premier League | width=50 | FA Cup | width=50 | EFL Cup | width=50 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| 2 | FW | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| FW | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4 | FW | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 5 | MF | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 | MF | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| FW | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 8 | DF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| – | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Total | 37 | 1 | 2 | 40 | |||||||||||
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| width=10 | Rank | width=10 | width=200 | Player | width=50 | Premier League | width=50 | FA Cup | width=50 | EFL Cup | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 2 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||