| Club: | Wigan Athletic |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Owner: | Phoenix 2021 Limited |
| Chairman: | Talal Al Hammad |
| Manager: | Shaun Maloney |
| Stadium: | DW Stadium |
| League: | Championship |
| League Result: | 24th (relegated) |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Third round |
| Cup2: | EFL Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | First round |
| League Topscorer: | Will Keane (12) |
| Season Topscorer: | Will Keane (12) |
| Highest Attendance: | 17,788 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 5,668 |
| Average Attendance: | 11,939 |
| Largest Win: | Rotherham United 0–2 Wigan |
| Largest Loss: | Wigan 1–5 Burnley |
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| Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 season is the 91st season in the existence of Wigan Athletic Football Club and the club's first season back in the Championship since the 2019–20 season following promotion last season. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2022–23 FA Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Cup.
On 11 March 2023, Wigan released a statement explaining that there was a delay in meeting wage obligations, due to liquidity issues and that the EFL are aware of the situation.[1]
On 20 March 2023, Wigan were deducted three points by the EFL, having previously been given a suspended penalty for a similar issue. They were also charged, and sanctioned for failing to meet terms of contracts in June, July and October 2022.[2] On 19 May, the EFL deducted three points from the club's 2022–23 season total; Wigan therefore finished the season on 39 points, 10 points from safety.[3]
On 29 April 2023, Wigan were relegated back to League One after a 1-1 draw with Reading.
| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2022 | Free Transfer | [4] | ||||
| 1 July 2022 | Youssef Chentouf | Free Transfer | [5] | |||
| 1 July 2022 | Josh Stones | Free Transfer | ||||
| 20 July 2022 | Free Transfer | [6] | ||||
| 29 July 2022 |  Ethan Mitchell | Free Transfer | ||||
| 29 July 2022 | Free Transfer | [7] | ||||
| 29 July 2022 | Abdi Sharif | Free Transfer | ||||
| 29 July 2022 | Matt Wonnacott | Free transfer | [8] | |||
| 16 August 2022 | Dylan Dwyer | Free Transfer | ||||
| 24 August 2022 | Joe Winstanley | Free Transfer | ||||
| 1 September 2022 | Undisclosed | [9] | ||||
| 10 January 2023 | Free Transfer | [10] |
| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2022 | Unattached | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2022 | Adam Brooks | Unattached | Released | [11] | ||
| 30 June 2022 | Sam Campbell | Unattached | Released | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Tom Costello | Released | [12] | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Arthur Lomax | Released | ||||
| 30 June 2022 | Released | [13] [14] | ||||
| 30 June 2022 | Harry McGee | Released | [15] | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Sam Owens | Unattached | Released | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Dean Pinnington | Unattached | Released | |||
| 30 June 2022 |  Dan Smith | Unattached | Released | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Released | [16] | ||||
| 30 June 2022 | Levi Welsh | Unattached | Released | |||
| 17 July 2022 | Undisclosed | [17] |
| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned from | On loan until | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2022 | 6 January 2023 | [18] [19] | ||||
| 12 August 2022 | End of Season | [20] | ||||
| 1 September 2022 | 11 January 2023 | [21] [22] | ||||
| 10 January 2023 | End of Season | [23] | ||||
| 13 January 2023 | End of Season | [24] | ||||
| 30 January 2023 | End of Season | [25] | ||||
| 31 January 2023 | End of Season | [26] | ||||
| 31 January 2023 | End of Season | [27] |
| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned to | On loan until | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2022 | 6 February 2023 | [28] | ||||
| 21 July 2022 | End of Season | [29] | ||||
| 27 July 2022 | 1 January 2023 | [30] | ||||
| 3 August 2022 | End of Season | [31] | ||||
| 1 September 2022 | End of Season | [32] | ||||
| 8 September 2022 | 1 October 2022 | [33] | ||||
| 13 September 2022 | 13 October 2022 | [34] | ||||
| 16 September 2022 | 1 January 2023 | [35] | ||||
| 24 September 2022 | 2 December 2022 | [36] [37] | ||||
| 25 November 2022 | Abdi Sharif | 1 January 2023 | ||||
| 13 December 2022 | 1 January 2023 | [38] | ||||
| 16 December 2022 | Joe Adams | 1 January 2023 | [39] | |||
| 16 December 2022 | Ethan Mitchell | 1 January 2023 | [40] | |||
| 5 January 2023 | End of Season | [41] | ||||
| 24 January 2023 | End of Season | [42] | ||||
| 2 February 2023 | End of Season | [43] | ||||
| 2 March 2023 | Kai Payne | 30 March 2023 | [44] |
On 10 June the Latics announced their initial pre-season schedule, which included a training camp in Spain.[45] Two home friendlies, against Liverpool XI and Sheffield Wednesday was also added to the schedule.[46] On 9 July, Wigan played an unannounced friendly against their main rivals Bolton Wanderers.[47]
See main article: 2022–23 EFL Championship.
On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.[48]
See main article: 2022–23 FA Cup.
The Latics were drawn away to Luton Town in the third round.[49]
See main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup.
Wigan were drawn away to Fleetwood Town in the first round.[50]
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Wigan Athletic. |-!colspan=14|Players out on loan:|}
| width=50px | Rank ! | width=50px | No. ! | width=50px | Nat. ! | width=50px | Po. ! | width=150px | Name ! | width=150px | Championship ! | width=150px | FA Cup ! | width=150px | EFL Cup ! | width=150px | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |  | CF | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | DM | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 9 | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | | LM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 30 |  | AM | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 16 |  | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 19 | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 28 | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Total | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |||||||||||||
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | | CB | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | DM | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | DM | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | CM | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | LB | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 27 | RB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | 10 | | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | LM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 28 | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | 2 |  | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | GK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 32 | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | 5 | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 30 | | AM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 52 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 1 | |||||