| Club: | Detroit City FC |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Chrtitle: | CEO |
| Chairman: | Sean Mann |
| Manager: | Trevor James |
| Stadium: | |
| League: | USL Championship |
| League Result: | 7th (Eastern Conference) |
| Cup1: | U.S. Open Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Round of 32 |
| League Topscorer: | 9 goals: Maxi Rodriguez |
| Highest Attendance: | 7,537 v. MIA (10/8) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 4,157 v. MEM (4/2) |
| Average Attendance: | 6,118 |
| Largest Win: | ATL 0–4 DET (4/9) |
| Largest Loss: | TUL 3–1 DET (5/7) DET 0–2 SAC (6/11) MEM 2–0 DET (6/25) |
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| Prevseason: | Fall 2021 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
The 2022 Detroit City FC season was the club's fourth professional season since the club was established in 2012. It is also the team's first season in the USL Championship.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (age) | Previous club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 February 1993 |  Grythyttans IF | ||||
| 2 | 9 August 1995 |  Stumptown AC | ||||
| 5 | 30 November 1993 | Davenport University | ||||
| 6 | 31 December 1996 | Oklahoma City Energy FC | ||||
| 7 | 30 December 1990 | Miami FC | ||||
| 8 | 17 September 1999 | Atlanta United 2 | ||||
| 9 | 8 June 1996 | Memphis 901 FC | ||||
| 11 | 9 April 1997 | Saginaw Valley State University | ||||
| 12 | 2 April 1995 | California United Strikers | ||||
| 13 | 10 October 1997 | FC Tucson | ||||
| 15 | 1 August 1996 | El Paso Locomotive | ||||
| 17 | Benedek Tanyi | 19 January 2001 | Grosse Ile Red Devils | |||
| 19 | 8 September 1996 | Tormenta FC | ||||
| 20 | 20 March 1995 | Phoenix Rising FC | ||||
| 21 | 9 August 1995 | Richmond Kickers | ||||
| 29 | | 23 November 1990 | Louisville City | |||
| 30 | 27 November 1995 | Michigan Stars FC | ||||
| 47 | Barnabas Tanyi | 23 January 2003 | Detroit City FC U23 |
For transfers in, dates listed are when Detroit City FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Detroit City FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from the Detroit City FC roster.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Atlanta United 2 | [3] | |||||
| 2 | Stumptown AC | [4] | |||||
| 30 | Michigan Stars | [5] | |||||
| 6 | Oklahoma City Energy | [6] | |||||
| 20 | Phoenix Rising | [7] | |||||
| 29 | Louisville City | [8] | |||||
| 12 | Cal United Strikers | [9] | |||||
| 7 | Miami FC | [10] | |||||
| 9 | Memphis 901 FC | [11] | |||||
| 13 | FC Tucson | [12] |
See main article: 2022 U.S. Open Cup. As a USL Championship club, Detroit City FC entered the competition in the second round, played April 5–7.[13]
|-! 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|-|}
| width=30 | Rank | width=30 | Position | width=30 | Number | width=175 | Name | width=75 | width=75 | width=75 | width=75 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | 21 | Maxi Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| FW | 29 |  Antoine Hoppenot | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | DF | 15 | Matt Lewis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| FW | 19 |  Pato Botello Faz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | DF | 5 |  Stephen Carroll | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| FW | 11 | Connor Rutz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | 12 | Michael Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||