2022–23 EFL League One explained

Competition:	EFL League One
Season:	2022–23
Dates:	30 July 2022 – 7 May 2023
Winners:	Plymouth Argyle
Promoted:	Plymouth Argyle Ipswich Town Sheffield Wednesday
Relegated:	Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe Accrington Stanley Forest Green Rovers
Matches:	552
Total Goals:	1414
League Topscorer:	Conor Chaplin Jonson Clarke-Harris
Biggest Home Win:	^[1]
Biggest Away Win:
Highest Scoring:	Bristol Rovers 3–6 Lincoln City
Longest Wins:	Ipswich Town
Longest Unbeaten:	Sheffield Wednesday
Longest Winless:	Oxford United
Longest Losses:	Oxford United
Highest Attendance:	33,442
Lowest Attendance:	1,716
Attendance:	5,549,346
Average Attendance:	10,550
Prevseason:	2021–22
Nextseason:	2023–24
Updated:	7 May 2023

The 2022–23 EFL League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th season of the Football League One under its current title and the 31st season under its current league division format. The season began on 30 July 2022 and concluded on 7 May 2023.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season:

To League One

Promoted from League Two

• Forest Green Rovers
• Exeter City
• Bristol Rovers
• Port Vale

Relegated from the Championship

• Peterborough United
• Derby County
• Barnsley

From League One

Promoted to the Championship

• Wigan Athletic
• Rotherham United
• Sunderland

Relegated to League Two

• Gillingham
• Doncaster Rovers
• AFC Wimbledon
• Crewe Alexandra

Stadiums

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Accrington Stanley	Accrington		5,450
			23,287
	Horwich		28,723
	Bristol		9,832
	Burton upon Trent		6,912
Cambridge United	Cambridge		8,127
			27,111
	Cheltenham		7,066
			32,956
			8,720
	Fleetwood		5,327
Forest Green Rovers			5,147
	Ipswich		30,311
	Lincoln		10,780
	Milton Keynes		30,500
			6,476
			12,500
			15,314
	Plymouth		17,900
	Portsmouth		20,620
Port Vale	Burslem	Vale Park	15,036
			34,835
	Shrewsbury		9,875
			10,137

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
				Wham
Barnsley	Michael Duff	Mads Andersen		Various local companies and charities
Bolton Wanderers	Ian Evatt	Ricardo Santos	Macron	ServiceMyCar.com^[2]
	Joey Barton	Paul Coutts	Macron	Utilita
Burton Albion	Dino Maamria	John Brayford	TAG	Prestec UK Ltd^[3]
	Mark Bonner	Greg Taylor	Hummel	Mick George Group
	Dean Holden	George Dobson	Castore	RSK Group (Home) University of Greenwich (Away)
Cheltenham Town	Wade Elliott	Sean Long	Erreà	Mira Showers
Derby County	Paul Warne	Curtis Davies	Umbro	NSPCC
Exeter City		Pierce Sweeney	Joma	Carpetright
Fleetwood Town	Scott Brown	Josh Vela	Hummel
Forest Green Rovers	Duncan Ferguson	Baily Cargill	PlayerLayer^[4]	Ecotricity
Ipswich Town		Sam Morsy		Ed Sheeran
Lincoln City	Mark Kennedy	Regan Poole	Erreà	Branston^[5]
Milton Keynes Dons	Mark Jackson	Dean Lewington	Castore	Suzuki
Morecambe		Donald Love	Joma^[6]	Mazuma^[7]
Oxford United	Liam Manning	Sam Long Cameron Brannagan	Macron	Bangkok Glass^[8]
Peterborough United	Darren Ferguson			Mick George Group
	Steven Schumacher			Project 35
Portsmouth	John Mousinho	Clark Robertson	Nike	University of Portsmouth
Port Vale	Andy Crosby (interim)	Tom Conlon	Erreà	Synectics Solutions
Sheffield Wednesday	Darren Moore	Barry Bannan	Macron	Host & Stay Limited^[9]
	Steve Cotterill			Tuffins Supermarkets (Home) Shropshire Homes (Away)
Wycombe Wanderers				Dreams (Home and Away)^[10] Cherry Red Records (Third)^[11]

1. Barnsley's shirt sponsor was HEX.com until 12 August 2022 when the deal was ended prematurely. The club subsequently announced that various local companies and charities would feature on the shirt throughout the season.^{[12] [13]}
2. Derby County had no shirt sponsor until 8 November 2022 when they gifted shirt sponsorship to the charity NSPCC.^[14]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Lincoln City	Michael Appleton^[15]	Mutual consent	30 April 2022	Pre-season	Mark Kennedy^[16]	12 May 2022
Charlton Athletic	Johnnie Jackson^[17]	Sacked	3 May 2022		Ben Garner^[18]	8 June 2022
Fleetwood Town	Stephen Crainey^[19]	Return to Under-23s Coaching Role	4 May 2022		Scott Brown^[20]	12 May 2022
Barnsley	Martin Devaney	End of interim spell	8 May 2022		Michael Duff^[21]	15 June 2022
Forest Green Rovers	Rob Edwards^[22]	Signed by Watford	11 May 2022		Ian Burchnall^[23]	27 May 2022
Cheltenham Town	Michael Duff^[24]	Signed by Barnsley	13 June 2022		Wade Elliott^[25]	27 June 2022
Derby County	Wayne Rooney^[26]	Resigned	24 June 2022		Liam Rosenior (interim)^[27]	26 June 2022
Burton Albion	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink^[28]		5 September 2022	24th	Dino Maamria^[29]	6 September 2022
Derby County	Liam Rosenior	End of interim spell	22 September 2022	7th	Paul Warne^[30]	22 September 2022
Exeter City	Matt Taylor^[31]	Signed by Rotherham United	4 October 2022	11th	Gary Caldwell^[32]	24 October 2022
Charlton Athletic	Ben Garner^[33]	Sacked	5 December 2022	17th	Dean Holden^[34]	20 December 2022
Milton Keynes Dons	Liam Manning^[35]		11 December 2022	23rd	Mark Jackson^[36]	23 December 2022
Portsmouth	Danny Cowley^[37]		2 January 2023	12th	John Mousinho^[38]	20 January 2023
Peterborough United	Grant McCann^[39]		4 January 2023	8th	Darren Ferguson	4 January 2023
Forest Green Rovers	Ian Burchnall^[40]		25 January 2023	24th	Duncan Ferguson^[41]	26 January 2023
Wycombe Wanderers	Gareth Ainsworth^[42]	Signed by Queens Park Rangers	21 February 2023	7th	Matt Bloomfield^[43]	21 February 2023
Oxford United	Karl Robinson^[44]	Sacked	26 February 2023	17th	Liam Manning^[45]	11 March 2023
Port Vale	Darrell Clarke^[46]		17 April 2023	18th	Andy Crosby (interim)	17 April 2023

Play-offs

See main article: 2023 English Football League play-offs.

First leg

Second leg 5–5 on aggregate. Sheffield Wednesday won 5–3 on penalties. Main article: Miracle of Hillsborough

Barnsley won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: 2023 EFL League One play-off final.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Conor Chaplin	Ipswich Town	26
	Jonson Clarke-Harris	Peterborough United
3	David McGoldrick	Derby County	22
4	Colby Bishop	Portsmouth	20
	Alfie May	Cheltenham Town
6	Freddie Ladapo	Ipswich Town	17
7	Dion Charles	Bolton Wanderers	16
	Aaron Collins	Bristol Rovers
	Michael Smith	Sheffield Wednesday
10	Devante Cole	Barnsley	15
	Sam Nombe	Exeter City
	Jesurun Rak-Sakyi	Charlton Athletic

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Leif Davis	Ipswich Town	14
2	Barry Bannan	Sheffield Wednesday	13
3	Wes Burns	Ipswich Town	11
	Aaron Collins	Bristol Rovers
5	Conor Hourihane	Derby County	10
6	Jevani Brown	Exeter City	9
	Adam Phillips	Barnsley
	Joe Ward	Peterborough United
9	Finn Azaz	Plymouth Argyle	8
	Luca Connell	Barnsley
	Garath McCleary	Wycombe Wanderers
	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	Derby County
	Kwame Poku	Peterborough United
	Jesurun Rak-Sakyi	Charlton Athletic

Hat-tricks

See main article: List of EFL League One hat-tricks.

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Davis Keillor-Dunn	Burton Albion	Accrington Stanley	4–4 (A)	13 August 2022	^[47]
Sam Smith	Cambridge United	Burton Albion	4–3 (H)	27 August 2022	^[48]
Jack Diamond	Lincoln City	Bristol Rovers	3–6 (A)	17 September 2022	^[49]
Jevani Brown	Exeter City	Forest Green Rovers	0–4 (A)	24 September 2022	^[50]
Victor Adeboyejo	Burton Albion	Forest Green Rovers	3–2 (H)	1 October 2022	^[51]
David McGoldrick	Derby County	Bristol Rovers	4–2 (H)	29 October 2022	^[52]
		Forest Green Rovers	4–0 (H)	17 December 2022	^[53]
Josh Windass	Sheffield Wednesday	Cambridge United	5–0 (H)	2 January 2023	^[54]
David McGoldrick	Derby County	Morecambe	5–0 (H)	4 February 2023	^[55]
Dion Charles	Bolton Wanderers	Peterborough United	0–5 (A)	11 February 2023	^[56]
Conor Chaplin	Ipswich Town	Charlton Athletic	6–0 (H)	15 April 2023	^[57]
Jack Marriott	Fleetwood Town	Accrington Stanley	2–5 (A)		^[58]
Michael Smith	Sheffield Wednesday	Shrewsbury Town	0–3 (A)	29 April 2023	^[59]
Jay Stansfield	Exeter City	Morecambe	3–2 (H)	7 May 2023	^[60]

Awards

Monthly

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Ref.
August	Danny Cowley	Portsmouth	Liam Palmer	Sheffield Wednesday	^[61]
September	Steven Schumacher	Plymouth Argyle	Morgan Whittaker	Plymouth Argyle	^[62]
October			Aaron Collins	Bristol Rovers	^[63]
November	Michael Duff	Barnsley	Connor Ripley	Morecambe	^[64]
December			Conor Chaplin	Ipswich Town	^[65] ^[66]
January	Paul Warne	Derby County	Luke Leahy	Shrewsbury Town	^[67]
February	Michael Duff	Barnsley	David McGoldrick	Derby County	^[68]
March	Kieran McKenna	Ipswich Town	Alfie May	Cheltenham Town	^[69]
April			Conor Chaplin	Ipswich Town

Annual

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Aaron Collins^[70]	Bristol Rovers
Young Player of the Season	Bali Mumba^[71]	Plymouth Argyle
Manager of the Season	Steven Schumacher

League One Team of the Season

Pos.	Player	Club	Ref.
GK	Michael Cooper	Plymouth Argyle	^[72]
RB	Bali Mumba	Plymouth Argyle
LB	Leif Davis	Ipswich Town
CB	Mads Juel Andersen	Barnsley
CB	Ricardo Santos	Bolton Wanderers
CM	Conor Hourihane	Derby County
CM	Barry Bannan	Sheffield Wednesday
RW	Aaron Collins	Bristol Rovers
AM	Jonson Clarke-Harris	Peterborough United
LW	Conor Chaplin	Ipswich Town
ST	Josh Windass	Sheffield Wednesday
Manager	Steven Schumacher	Plymouth Argyle

Notes and References

1. Web site: English League One Performance Stats – 2022–23 . ESPN . 31 July 2022.
2. Web site: Wanderers Sign Up With Service My Car . Bolton Wanderers . 20 June 2022.
3. Web site: Prestec Signs Two-Year Deal To Be Brewers Shirt Sponsors . Burton Albion . 22 July 2018.
4. Web site: Forest Green Rovers Cancel Hummel Deal Following Company's Fail to Deliver Kits. Footy Headlines. 22 August 2018.
5. News: Imps grow partnership with Branston. 17 June 2022. Lincoln City Official Site. 17 June 2022.
6. Web site: Record kit deal announced. Morecambe F.C.. 14 June 2021.
7. Web site: Mazuma announced as front of shirt sponsor. Morecambe F.C.. 18 June 2021.
8. Web site: Bangkok Glass Become New Front of Shirt Sponsor. Oxford United. 14 July 2022.
9. News: Owls announce partnership with Host & Stay. 12 July 2022. Sheffield Wednesday Official Site. 12 July 2022.
10. News:
    1. ChairboysNewKit: Pre-order yours now!
    . Wycombe Wanderers F.C.. 13 August 2020. 19 August 2020. 24 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201124072129/https://www.wycombewanderers.co.uk/news/2020/august/chairboysnewkit-revealed/. dead.
11. News: Third kit launches live on TV!. 7 September 2020. Wycombe Wanderers F.C.. 6 October 2020. 18 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200918200511/https://www.wycombewanderers.co.uk/news/2020/september/third-kit-launches-live-on-tv/. dead.
12. Web site: Club Statement Front of Shirt Sponsor. 12 August 2022.
13. Web site: Local firms and charities to sponsor Barnsleys shirts. 12 August 2022.
14. Web site: NSPCC Logo to Appear on the Front of Derby's Shirts for Remainder of 2022/23. 8 November 2022.
15. Web site: Appleton leaves City. www.weareimps.com. 30 April 2022. 4 May 2022.
16. Web site: Kennedy appointed Imps head coach. Lincoln City F.C. . 12 May 2022 . 12 May 2022.
17. Web site: Johnnie Jackson departs as club's manager. www.cafc.co.uk. 3 May 2022. 4 May 2022.
18. Web site: Charlton appoint Ben Garner as Men's First-Team Manager. www.cafc.co.uk. 8 June 2022. 13 June 2022.
19. Web site: Manager update: Stephen Crainey to return to Under-23s role. www.fleetwoodtownfc.com. 4 May 2022. 4 May 2022.
20. Web site: Scott Brown named Fleetwood Town's Head Coach. www.fleetwoodtownfc.com. 12 May 2022. 12 May 2022.
21. Web site: Reds Appoint Michael Duff As Head Coach. www.barnsleyfc.co.uk. 15 June 2022. 15 June 2022.
22. Web site: FGR confirms the departure of Head Coach Rob Edwards. www.fgr.co.uk. 11 May 2022. 11 May 2022.
23. Web site: Burchnall becomes Rovers boss. www.fgr.co.uk. 27 May 2022. 27 May 2022.
24. Web site: Club statement: Michael Duff. www.ctfc.com. 13 June 2022. 13 June 2022.
25. Web site: New chapter: Wade Elliott named new head coach. www.ctfc.com. 27 June 2022. 27 June 2022.
26. Web site: Club Statement. www.dcfc.co.uk. 24 June 2022. 24 June 2022.
27. Web site: Rosenior Appointed Interim Manager. www.dcfc.co.uk. 26 June 2022. 26 June 2022.
28. Web site: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Resigns As Burton Albion Manager. 5 September 2022. 5 September 2022.
29. News: Burton Albion: Dino Maamria succeeds Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink after chairman meeting. BBC Sport . 6 September 2022. 7 September 2022.
30. Web site: Paul Warne: Derby County appoint Rotherham United boss as new head coach . . 22 September 2022 . 22 September 2022.
31. News: Matt Taylor: Exeter boss leaves to become Rotherham's new manager. BBC Sport. 4 October 2022.
32. Web site: Welcome, Gary Caldwell! . Exeter City F.C. . 24 October 2022.
33. Web site: Ben Garner Departs as Men's First-Team Manager. www.charltonafc.com. 5 December 2022. 5 December 2022.
34. Web site: Holden, Scott, Rodwell and Warrick Appointed to Senior Roles. www.charltonafc.com. 20 December 2022. 20 December 2022.
35. Web site: Statement: Liam Manning. www.mkdons.com. 11 December 2022. 11 December 2022.
36. Web site: Mark Jackson appointed MK Dons Head Coach. www.mkdons.com. 23 December 2022. 23 December 2022.
37. Web site: Pompey Part Company With Danny And Nicky Cowley. www.portsmouthfc.co.uk. 2 January 2023. 2 January 2023.
38. Web site: Pompey Appoint John Mousinho As Head Coach. www.portsmouthfc.co.uk. 20 January 2023. 20 January 2023.
39. Web site: Official Club Statement.. www.theposh.com. 4 January 2023. 4 January 2023.
40. Web site: Club Statement : Ian Burchnall. www.fgr.co.uk. 25 January 2023. 25 January 2023.
41. Web site: Duncan Ferguson appointed FGR Head Coach. www.fgr.co.uk. 26 January 2023. 26 January 2023.
42. Web site: Gareth Ainsworth is back. www.qpr.co.uk. 21 February 2023. 21 February 2023.
43. Web site: Matt Bloomfield to become new Wycombe manager. www.wwfc.com. 21 February 2023. 21 February 2023.
44. Web site: Club Statement: Karl Robinson. www.oufc.co.uk. 26 February 2023. 26 February 2023.
45. Web site: Liam Manning Becomes Head Coach at Oxford United. www.oufc.co.uk. 11 March 2023. 11 March 2023.
46. Web site: Club Statement Port Vale part company with manager Darrell Clarke. www.port-vale.co.uk. 17 April 2023. 17 April 2023.
47. Web site: Accrington Stanley 4–4 Burton Albion. BBC Sport. 13 August 2022. 14 August 2022.
48. Web site: Cambridge United 4–3 Burton Albion. BBC Sport. 27 August 2022. 28 August 2022.
49. Web site: Bristol Rovers 3–6 Lincoln City. BBC Sport. 17 September 2022. 17 September 2022.
50. Web site: Forest Green Rovers 0–4 Exeter City. BBC Sport. 24 September 2022. 25 September 2022.
51. Web site: Burton Albion 3–2 Forest Green Rovers. BBC Sport. 1 October 2022. 1 October 2022.
52. Web site: Derby County 4–2 Bristol Rovers. BBC Sport. 29 October 2022. 29 October 2022.
53. Web site: Derby County 4–0 Forest Green Rovers. BBC Sport. 17 December 2022. 18 December 2022.
54. Web site: Sheffield Wednesday 5–0 Cambridge United. BBC Sport. 2 January 2023. 2 January 2023.
55. Web site: Derby County 5–0 Morecambe. BBC Sport. 4 February 2023. 4 February 2023.
56. Web site: Peterborough United 0–5 Bolton Wanderers. BBC Sport. 11 February 2023. 11 February 2023.
57. Web site: Ipswich Town 6-0 Charlton Athletic. BBC Sport. 15 April 2023. 15 April 2023.
58. Web site: Accrington Stanley 2-5 Fleetwood Town. BBC Sport. 15 April 2023. 15 April 2023.
59. Web site: Shrewsbury Town 0-3 Sheffield Wednesday. BBC Sport. 29 April 2023. 29 April 2023.
60. Web site: Exeter City 3-2 Morecambe. BBC Sport. 7 May 2023. 7 May 2023.
61. Web site: Sky Bet EFL Manager and Player of the Month: August winners. 2022-10-07. EFL. en.
62. Web site: Sky Bet EFL Manager and Player of the Month: September winners. 2022-10-07. EFL. en.
63. Web site: Sky Bet EFL Manager and Player of the Month: October winners. 2022-11-11. EFL. en.
64. Web site: Sky Bet EFL Manager and Player of the Month: November Winners. 2022-12-09. EFL. en.
65. Web site: Michael Duff Named December Manager of the Month. 2023-01-13. Barnsley FC. en.
66. Web site: Chappers Wins League 1 Player of the Month. 2023-01-13. Ipswich Town FC. en.
67. Web site: Sky Bet EFL January Manager and Player of the Month winners. 2023-02-10. EFL. en.
68. Web site: Sky Bet EFL February Manager and Player of the Month winners. 2023-03-10. EFL. en.
69. Web site: Sky Bet EFL March Manager and Player of the Month winners. 2023-04-07. EFL. en.
70. Web site: Collins Named Player of the Season. www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 24 April 2023. 24 April 2023.
71. Web site: Schumacher and Mumba Win EFL Awards. www.pafc.co.uk. 23 April 2023. 24 April 2023.
72. Web site: EFL Team of the Season line-ups revealed. www.efl.com. 23 April 2023. 24 April 2023.