2022–23 Barnsley F.C. season

The 2022–23 season is the 136th season in the existence of Barnsley Football Club and the club's first season back in League One following their relegation from the Championship the previous season. In addition to the league, they also competed in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.

Barnsley

2022–23 season
Owner	Chien Lee Pacific Media Group
Head Coach	Michael Duff[1]
Stadium	Oakwell
League One	4th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Second round
EFL Trophy	Second round
Home colours
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Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
1 July 2022[lower-alpha 1]	DM	Luca Connell	Celtic	Free Transfer	[2]
1 July 2022[lower-alpha 2]	CB	Robbie Cundy	Bristol City	Free Transfer	[3]
1 July 2022[lower-alpha 3]	CB	Conor McCarthy	St Mirren	Free Transfer	[4]
1 July 2022[lower-alpha 4]	GK	Jamie Searle	Swansea City	Free Transfer	[5]
11 July 2022	LM	Nicky Cadden	Forest Green Rovers	Free Transfer	[6]
16 July 2022	CF	James Norwood	Ipswich Town	Free Transfer	[7]
20 July 2022	CF	Jack Butterfill	Leicester City	Free Transfer	[8]
1 September 2022	CM	Adam Phillips	Burnley	Undisclosed	[9]
18 January 2023	RB	Barry Cotter	Shamrock Rovers	Undisclosed	[10]
31 January 2023	GK	Adam Hayton	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed	[11]
31 January 2023	CF	Oli Shaw	Kilmarnock	Undisclosed	[12]
1 February 2023	CB	Rudi Pache	Free agent	—	[13]
1 February 2023	CM	Jon Russell	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed	[14]

1. The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on 1 July, once his Celtic contract expired
2. The transfer was announced on 22 June, and would become official on 1 July, once his Bristol City contract expired
3. The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on 1 July, once his St Mirren contract expired
4. The transfer was announced on 16 June, and would become official on 1 July, once his Swansea City contract expired

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
10 June 2022[lower-alpha 1]	AM	Isaac Christie-Davies	Eupen	Undisclosed	[15]
17 June 2022	CF	Patrick Schmidt	Admira Wacker Mödling	Undisclosed	[16]
21 June 2022	CF	Cauley Woodrow	Luton Town	Undisclosed	[17]
30 June 2022	GK	Archie Brown	Unattached	Released	[18]
30 June 2022	CB	Aapo Halme	HJK Helsinki	Released	[18][19]
30 June 2022	MF	Blake Goucher	Unattached	Released	[18]
30 June 2022	RB	Ben Hall	Unattached	Released	[18]
30 June 2022	DM	Connor Hodgson	Ossett United	Released	[18][20]
30 June 2022	GK	Daniel Jinadu	Unattached	Released	[18]
30 June 2022	CF	George Miller	Doncaster Rovers	Released	[18][21]
30 June 2022	CM	Romal Palmer	Göztepe	Free Transfer	[22]
30 June 2022	FW	Jake Sherlock	Unattached	Released	[18]
30 June 2022	FW	Lloyd Smith	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Released	[18][23]
6 July 2022	CF	Carlton Morris	Luton Town	Undisclosed	[24]
15 July 2022	CF	Victor Adeboyejo	Burton Albion	Free Transfer	[25]
21 July 2022	RB	Callum Brittain	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed	[26]
19 August 2022	CF	David Bremang	Crawley Town	Undisclosed	[27]
1 September 2022	CB	Michał Helik	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed	[28]
29 October 2022	CF	Cameron Thompson	Torquay United	Free Transfer	[29]
17 January 2023	AM	Tomas Kalinauskas	FC Den Bosch	Free Transfer	[30]
26 January 2023	CM	William Hondermarck	Northampton Town	Undisclosed	[31]
30 January 2023	CB	Amir Ariely	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Undisclosed	[32]
30 January 2023	GK	Jack Walton	Luton Town	Undisclosed	[33]
31 January 2023	CF	Jack Aitchison	Motherwell	Free Transfer	[34]

1. The transfer was announced on 8 June and would become official on 10 June, once the transfer window opened

Loans in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Ref
4 August 2022	CF	Slobodan Tedić	Manchester City	End of Season	[35]
31 August 2022	LW	Josh Martin	Norwich City	End of Season	[36]
1 September 2022	RB	Tom Edwards	Stoke City	16 January 2023[lower-alpha 1]	[37][38]
12 September 2022	LB	Ziyad Larkeche	Fulham	End of Season	[39]
5 January 2023	CF	Max Watters	Cardiff City	End of Season	[40]
14 January 2023	CB	Bobby Thomas	Burnley	End of Season	[41]
30 January 2023	GK	Harry Isted	Luton Town	End of Season	[42]

1. On 16 January, Edwards' loan from Stoke ended early

Loans out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Ref
1 September 2022	LB	Clarke Oduor	Hartlepool United	End of Season	[43]
2 September 2022	CM	Callum Styles	Millwall	End of Season	[44]
6 September 2022	AM	Tomas Kalinauskas	Havant & Waterlooville	1 January 2023	[45]
8 September 2022	CF	Aaron Leya Iseka	Adanaspor	End of Season	[46]
12 September 2022	CF	Aiden Marsh	Scunthorpe United	End of Season	[47]
27 September 2022	CM	Joe Ackroyd	Guiseley	16 December 2022[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]	[48][49][50]
4 November 2022	MF	Keegan Hartley	Guiseley	2 January 2023[lower-alpha 3]	[51][52]
4 November 2022	CM	Will Lancaster	Bradford (Park Avenue)	1 January 2023[lower-alpha 4]	[53][54]
7 January 2023	FW	Josiah Dyer	FC United of Manchester	7 February 2023	[55]
10 January 2023	CM	Joe Ackroyd	Buxton	10 February 2023	[56]
11 January 2023	CM	Will Lancaster	Bradford (Park Avenue)	End of Season	[57]
18 January 2023	CB	Jasper Moon	Burton Albion	End of Season	[58]
27 January 2023	RB	Kareem Hassan-Smith	Guiseley	24 February 2023	[59]
10 February 2023	LB	Charlie Winfield	Alfreton Town	10 March 2023	[60]
28 February 2023	CB	Daniel Benson	Bradford (Park Avenue)	28 March 2023	[61]
28 February 2023	GK	Paul Cooper	Ossett United	End of Season	[62]
23 March 2023	MF	Harrison Nejman	Guiseley	End of Season	[63]

1. On 28 October, Ackroyd's loan at Guiseley was extended.
2. On 16 December, Ackroyd was recalled back.
3. On 3 December, Hartley's loan at Guiseley was extended.
4. On 2 December, Lancaster's loan at Bradford PA was extended.

Pre-season and friendlies

Crewe Alexandra and Worksop Town announced friendlies with Barnsley on 18 May 2022.^[64][65] Belper Town did likewise on 24 May.^[66] On 1 June Barnsley confirmed their pre-season schedule.^[67] A trip to Harrogate Town was later added to the schedule.^[68]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Worksop Town v Barnsley

25 June 2022 Friendly	Worksop Town	1–3	Barnsley	Worksop
15:00 BST	Hardy 50' (pen.)	Report	Cole 8' Leya Iseka 26' Brittain 38'	Stadium: Windsor Foodservice Stadium

Walsall v Barnsley

1 July 2022 Friendly	Walsall	0–1	Barnsley	Essington
13:00 BST		Report	Cole 45'	Stadium: Walsall Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind-closed doors)

Barnsley v Crewe Alexandra

9 July 2022 Friendly	Barnsley	0–0	Crewe Alexandra	Barnsley
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Barnsley F.C. Training Ground Attendance: 200 (approx)

Guiseley v Barnsley XI

12 July 2022 Friendly	Guiseley	1–2	Barnsley XI	Guiseley
19:00 BST	Trialist ?'	Report	o.g. 63' Jalo 78'	Stadium: Nethermoor Park

Barnsley v Nottingham Forest

16 July 2022 Friendly	Barnsley	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Barnsley
17:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Oakwell

Harrogate Town v Barnsley

20 July 2022 Friendly	Harrogate Town	2–2	Barnsley	Harrogate
19:00 BST	Wright 11' Pattison 72'	Report	Marsh 45' Moon 58'	Stadium: EnviroVent Stadium

Barnsley v Sheffield United

23 July 2022 Friendly	Barnsley	2–1	Sheffield United	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Aitchison 57' Benson 82'	Report	Cundy 45+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Oakwell

Belper Town v Barnsley

2 August 2022 Friendly	Belper Town	1–2	Barnsley	Belper
19:00				Stadium: Christchurch Meadow

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League One	30 July 2022	May 2023	Matchday 1		10	5	2	3	16	10	+6	050.00
FA Cup	TBC	TBC	First round		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Cup	10 August 2022	24 August 2022	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
EFL Trophy	30 August 2022	TBC	Group stage		2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
Total					14	7	2	5	20	16	+4	050.00

Last updated: 24 September 2022
Source: [ Soccerway]

League One

Main article: 2022–23 EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Plymouth Argyle (C, P)	46	31	8	7	82	47	+35	101	Promotion to EFL Championship
2	Ipswich Town (P)	46	28	14	4	101	35	+66	98
3	Sheffield Wednesday (O, P)	46	28	12	6	81	37	+44	96	Qualification for League One play-offs
4	Barnsley	46	26	8	12	80	47	+33	86
5	Bolton Wanderers	46	23	12	11	62	36	+26	81
6	Peterborough United	46	24	5	17	75	54	+21	77
7	Derby County	46	21	13	12	67	46	+21	76

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[69]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
45	26	8	11	80	45	+35	86	16	1	5	45	22	+23	10	7	6	35	23	+12

Last updated: 29 April 2023.
Source: [ Soccerway]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	L
Position	21	13	19	9	16	16	10	11	6	5	5	5	6	9	9	8	8	6	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2023. Source: [ Soccerway]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.^[70]

Plymouth Argyle v Barnsley

30 July 2022 1	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Barnsley	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Azaz 45'	Report	Cadden  10' Styles  44'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 14,624 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Barnsley v Cheltenham Town

6 August 2022 2	Barnsley	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Thomas 66'	Report	Long  9' Sercombe  16' Bonds  44' Adshead  69'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 10,289 Referee: Carl Brook

Derby County v Barnsley

13 August 2022 3	Derby County	2–1	Barnsley	Derby
15:00 BST	McCarthy 8' (o.g.) Mendez-Laing 35' Cashin  47'	Report	McCarthy  62' Benson 64'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 26,123 Referee: Peter Wright

Barnsley v Bristol Rovers

16 August 2022 4	Barnsley	3–0	Bristol Rovers	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Cole 3' Williams 13' Benson 56'	Report	Finley  35' Coutts  35' Connolly  58'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 9,689 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Barnsley v Wycombe Wanderers

20 August 2022 5	Barnsley	0–3	Wycombe Wanderers	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Williams  46' Benson  87' Norwood  90+1'	Report	Mehmeti 37' Obita  41' Mawson  68' Gape 72' Freeman 83'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 9,978 Referee: Ollie Yates

Ipswich Town v Barnsley

27 August 2022 6	Ipswich Town	2–2	Barnsley	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Chaplin 27',  71' Edmundson  68' Morsy 70'	Report	Aitchison 33' Styles  59', 75' Wolfe  81' Norwood  87' Andersen  90'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 25,001 Referee: Steve Martin

Sheffield Wednesday v Barnsley

3 September 2022 7	Sheffield Wednesday	0–2	Barnsley	Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST	Ihiekwe  79' Smith  81'	Report	Connell  18' Cole 34' Thomas  69' Norwood 74',  82' Wolfe  80'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 27,939 Referee: Josh Smith

Barnsley v Port Vale

13 September 2022 (2022-09-13) 8	Barnsley	1–1	Port Vale	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Kitching 43',  82' Cole  52' Connell  86'	Report	Harrison 83'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 9,552 Referee: Thomas Parsons

Cambridge United v Barnsley

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 9	Cambridge United	0–3	Barnsley	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Dunk  29' Smith  89'	Report	Kitching  14'  68' Cole 24',  44' Thomas  70' Cundy 76' Norwood 90+1'	Stadium: The Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,138 Referee: Declan Bourne

Barnsley v Charlton Athletic

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 10	Barnsley	3–1	Charlton Athletic	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Benson 10' Norwood 54' Cole 76'	Report	Payne 85'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 10,234 Referee: Adam Herczeg

Fleetwood Town v Barnsley

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 11	Fleetwood Town	0–1	Barnsley	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Devlin  24' Macadam  45' Warrington  68' Garner  90+1'	Report	Kane  43' Aitchison 90'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 4,024 Referee: Samuel Barrott

Barnsley v Exeter City

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 12	Barnsley	0–2	Exeter City	Barnsley
15:00 BST		Report	Stansfield 1' 48' Brown  89'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 10,384 Referee: Martin Coy

Bolton Wanderers v Barnsley

15 October 2022 13	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	Barnsley	Bolton
15:00 BST	Thomason  57' Dempsey  70' Bradley  87'	Report	Norwood  24' Larkeche  27'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 18,415 Referee: David Rock

Morecambe v Barnsley

22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 14	Morecambe	1–0	Barnsley	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Phillips 39' Cooney  66' Connolly  87' Shaw  90+1'	Report	Cundy  55' Edwards  90'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 5,270 Referee: Simon Mather

Barnsley v Lincoln City

25 October 2022 (2022-10-25) 15	Barnsley	0–1	Lincoln City	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Kane  26' Benson  65'	Report	Mandroiu 45+4' Sanders  66'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 10,397 Referee: James Oldham

Barnsley v Forest Green Rovers

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 16	Barnsley	2–0	Forest Green Rovers	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Cole 15' Kitching  33' Martin 83'	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 9,551 Referee: Bobby Madden

Shrewsbury Town v Barnsley

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 17	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Barnsley	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Pyke  27' Flanagan  67' Shipley  70' Dunkley  90+6' Leahy  90+6'	Report	Phillips 10' Tedić  67' Collins  90+7'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 6,285 Referee: Christopher Pollard

Barnsley v Milton Keynes Dons

19 November 2022 (2022-11-19) 18	Barnsley	3–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Williams 18' Connell  26' Andersen  45+2' Phillips 50' Kitching  52' Kane 68'	Report	McEachran  23' Eisa 40',  45+3' Lawrence  84' Jules  90+2'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 9,994 Referee: Andy Haines

Peterborough United v Barnsley

2 December 2022 (2022-12-02) 19	Peterborough United	1–2	Barnsley	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Taylor 21'	Report	Connell 11' Phillips  38', 61' Kane  84'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 7,046 Referee: Sam Allison

Barnsley v Burton Albion

17 December 2022 (2022-12-17) 20	Barnsley	2–0	Burton Albion	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Cole 36', 73' Connell  48'	Report	Taylor  90+1'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 9,423 Referee: Alan Young

Accrington Stanley v Barnsley

26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) 21	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Barnsley	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Conneely  37' Leigh 62' (pen.) Perritt  90+4'	Report	Norwood 8' Connell  31' Kane  80' Cundy  81'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 4,791 Referee: Rebecca Welch

Barnsley v Fleetwood Town

29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) 22	Barnsley	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Barnsley
19:45 GMT	Williams  51' Norwood 64',  86' Andersen  73' Kane  84' Cundy 86' Jaló  90+2'	Report	Garner  45' Muskwe 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,219 Referee: Ben Speedie

Barnsley v Bolton Wanderers

2 January 2023 (2023-01-02) 23	Barnsley	0–3	Bolton Wanderers	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Andersen  11'	Report	Charles 12' (pen.) Böðvarsson 41' Dempsey 76' Johnston  82' Toal  90+3'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 13,913 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Charlton Athletic v Barnsley

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 24	Charlton Athletic	2–0	Barnsley	Charlton
15:00 GMT	Campbell 19' Rak-Sakyi 61' Inniss  82' Clare  84' Bonne  90'	Report	Kitching  43' Kane  57' Andersen  66' Norwood  82' Phillips  90+2'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 13,266 Referee: Craig Hicks

Barnsley v Accrington Stanley

21 January 2023 (2023-01-21) 25	Barnsley	3–1	Accrington Stanley	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Norwood 5' Aitchison 8' Williams 19' Thomas  23'	Report	Hamilton  26' Coyle  73' Leigh 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 9,893 Referee: Carl Brook

Oxford United v Barnsley

1 February 2023 (2023-02-01) 26	Oxford United	1–2	Barnsley	Littlemore
15:00 GMT	Moore 71'	Report	Thomas 30' Cadden 58' Kane  69' Connell  75' Collins  81' Martin  90+1'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,381 Referee: Lee Swabey

Portsmouth v Barnsley

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 27	Portsmouth	1–1	Barnsley	Milton
15:00 GMT	Bishop 49'	Report	Cadden  86' Thomas 89'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,854 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Barnsley v Cambridge United

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 28	Barnsley	2–0	Cambridge United	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Watters 8',  37' Norwood  46' Williams 64'	Report	Digby  47' Williams  53' McGrandles  61' Bennett  90+6'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 10,840 Referee: Ross Joyce

Port Vale v Barnsley

14 February 2023 (2023-02-14) 29	Port Vale	1–3	Barnsley	Burslem
19:45 GMT	Smith 14'	Report	Connell 1' Kitching 21' Phillips 61',  76' Cadden  86'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,663 Referee: Samuel Barrott

Cheltenham Town v Barnsley

18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) 30	Cheltenham Town	0–4	Barnsley	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT		Report	Norwood 8' Kane 15' Phillips 36' Williams 74'	Stadium: The Completely Suzuki Stadium Attendance: 4,626 Referee: Declan Bourne

Barnsley v Derby County

25 February 2023 31	Barnsley	4–1	Derby County	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Cole 21', 45+2' Phillips 33' B. Thomas  67' Kitching  71' Kane  75' L. Thomas 90+4'	Report	McGoldrick 35'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 17,145 Referee: Bobby Madden

Bristol Rovers v Barnsley

5 March 2023 32	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Barnsley	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Finley  10' Marquis  12' Gordon  89'	Report	Russell  38' Andersen  40'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,816 Referee: Thomas Parsons

Barnsley v Portsmouth

7 March 2023 33	Barnsley	3–1	Portsmouth	Barnsley
19:45 GMT	Norwood 17' Cadden 20' Kitching  37' Cole 60'	Report	Bishop 49'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 10,968 Referee: Marc Edwards

Barnsley v Plymouth Argyle

11 March 2023 34	Barnsley	3–0	Plymouth Argyle	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Connell  52' Phillips 60' Andersen 77' Cadden 90+1'	Report	Matete  43' Wright  90+4'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 12,443 Referee: Will Finnie

Wycombe Wanderers v Barnsley

18 March 2023 35	Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	Barnsley	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT	Grimmer  45'	Report	Kitching  19' Thomas  42' Watters  45+5' Tedić 85' Andersen  90'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 5,185 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Barnsley v Sheffield Wednesday

21 March 2023 36	Barnsley	4–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Barnsley
20:00 GMT	Cole 10' Norwood 12' Phillips  48' Williams  57' Andersen  81' Watters 83' Kitching 90+6'	Report	Gregory 33', 74',  89' Smith  35'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 18,377 Referee: Ross Joyce

Exeter City v Barnsley

28 March 2023 37	Exeter City	3–1	Barnsley	Exeter
19:45 BST	Stansfield 26' Kite 49',  90+3' Nombe 89' (pen.) Blackman  90+2' Sweeney  90+5'	Report	Thomas 37',  89' Connell  56'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 6,720 Referee: Darren Handley

Barnsley v Morecambe

1 April 2023 38	Barnsley	5–0	Morecambe	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Cole 4', 43' Simeu 21' (o.g.) Kane 32' Kitching  39' Thomas 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 11,519 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Burton Albion v Barnsley

7 April 2023 39	Burton Albion	2–1	Barnsley	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Kirk  15' Powell  48' Shaughnessy 50',  89' Ashworth  65' Brayford  69' MacGillivray  81' Taylor 87'	Report	Watters  81' Cadden 89' Andersen  90'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,333 Referee: Adam Herczeg

Barnsley v Shrewsbury Town

10 April 2023 40	Barnsley	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Andersen  29' Cadden 40',  74' Cole 45+2' Connell  47'	Report	Bowman  31'  90+9' Pennington  77' Moore  79' Phillips 90+1',  90+8' Shipley  90+7' Bloxham  90+8'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 13,026 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Forest Green Rovers v Barnsley

15 April 2023 41	Forest Green Rovers	1–5	Barnsley	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Brown 74'	Report	Tedić 8' Phillips 29', 52', 53' Norwood 37',  50' Cole 90'	Stadium: The Bolt New Lawn Attendance: 3,335 Referee: Craig Hicks

Lincoln City v Barnsley

18 April 2023 42	Lincoln City	0–0	Barnsley	Lincoln
19:45 BST		Report	Kane  19' Thomas  63' Andersen  90+1'	Stadium: LNER Stadium Attendance: 8,715 Referee: Simon Mather

Barnsley v Oxford United

22 April 2023 43	Barnsley	2–0	Oxford United	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Connell  37' Tedić 45+1', 51'	Report	Smyth  37' Goodrham  50' Brannagan  89' Murphy  90+2'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 12,291 Referee: Ross Joyce

Barnsley v Ipswich Town

25 April 2023 44	Barnsley	0–3	Ipswich Town	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Russell  25' Cole  64' Benson  90+1'	Report	Hirst  9', 45+2' Broadhead 44', 55' Morsy  80' Chaplin 81' Walton  83'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 17,018 Referee: Ben Toner

Milton Keynes Dons v Barnsley

29 April 2023 45	Milton Keynes Dons	4–4	Barnsley	Denbigh
15:00 BST	McEachran  19' Eisa 48' (pen.), 61' Leko 52' O'Hora 69' Johnson  90+2'	Report	Kitching  23' Kane 30' Benson  50' Norwood 73' Watters 75', 86'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 9,579 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Barnsley v Peterborough United

7 May 2023 46	Barnsley	0–2	Peterborough United	Barnsley
12:00 BST		Report	Clarke-Harris 6' Poku  51' Taylor 76'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 14,419 Referee: Scott Oldham

League One play-offs

Main articles: 2023 English Football League play-offs and 2023 EFL League One play-off final

Bolton Wanderers v Barnsley

13 May 2023 Semi-Final, First leg	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Barnsley	Bolton
15:00 BST	Charles 67'	Report	Cadden 63'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 23,450 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Barnsley v Bolton Wanderers

19 May 2023 Semi-Final, Second leg	Barnsley	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Bolton Wanderers	Barnsley
20:00 GMT	Kitching 24' Cole  57'	Report	Dempsey  42' Santos  81'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 16,274 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Sheffield Wednesday v Barnsley

29 May 2023 (2023-05-29) Final	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Barnsley	Wembley, London
15:00 BST	Windass 120+3'	Report	Phillips  49' Thomas  95'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 72,492 Referee: Tim Robinson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

The Reds were drawn away to Bolton Wanderers in the first round,^[71] at home to Crewe Alexandra in the second round^[72] and away to Derby County in the third round.^[73]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Bolton Wanderers v Barnsley

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) First round	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	Barnsley	Bolton
14:00 GMT	Thomason  61' Böðvarsson 80'	Report	Santos 6' (o.g.) Phillips 33'  76' Kane  37' Kitching  50' Walton  87' Andersen  90'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 5,999 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Barnsley v Crewe Alexandra

26 November 2022 (2022-11-26) Second round	Barnsley	3–0	Crewe Alexandra	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Cole 30' Phillips 50' Andersen  53' Benson 57' (pen.)	Report	Sambou  50'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 3,967 Referee: Tom Reeves

Derby County v Barnsley

7 January 2023 (2023-01-07) Third round	Derby County	3–0	Barnsley	Derby
15:00 GMT	Collins 45+1' (pen.) Bird  49' Barkhuizen 60' Sibley  69' Knight 79'	Report	Connell  27' Kitching  68'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 11,512 Referee: Sunny Gill

EFL Cup

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Barnsley were drawn away to Middlesbrough in the first round^[74] and to Leeds United in the second round.^[75]

Middlesbrough v Barnsley

10 August 2022 First round	Middlesbrough	0–1	Barnsley	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST		Report	McCarthy  66' Oduor  81' J. Benson 90+3'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 9,361 Referee: Ben Toner

Leeds United v Barnsley

24 August 2022 Second round	Leeds United	3–1	Barnsley	Leeds
19:45 BST	Sinisterra 21' Klich 32' (pen.), 56' Drameh  67' Hjelde  68'	Report	Andersen 35' Styles 42',  43' Kitching  67' Williams  81'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 35,472 Referee: John Brooks

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Trophy

On 23 June, the group stage draw was finalised, group Barnsley in Northern Group E alongside Doncaster Rovers, Lincoln City and Newcastle United U21s.^[76] In the second round, The Reds were drawn away to Port Vale.^[77]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Lincoln City	3	2	0	0	1	6	2	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Barnsley	3	2	0	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	L2	Doncaster Rovers	3	1	1	0	1	4	5	−1	5
4	ACA	Newcastle United U21	3	0	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Barnsley v Lincoln City

30 August 2022 Group stage	Barnsley	0–3	Lincoln City	Barnsley
19:00 BST	Moon  10' Norwood  22' Hondermarck  73'	Report	Bishop 15', 17' Sørensen  90+1' Makama 90+3'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 3,121 Referee: Martin Woods

Barnsley v Newcastle United U21

20 September 2022 Group stage	Barnsley	2–0	Newcastle United U21	Barnsley
19:00 BST	McCarthy  63' Hondermarck  76' Butterfill 79' Larkeche 85'	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 1,664 Referee: Scott Oldham

Doncaster Rovers v Barnsley

11 October 2022 Group stage	Doncaster Rovers	2–4	Barnsley	Doncaster
19:00 BST	Taylor  15' Anderson  39' Miller 73' 81'	Report	Martin 11' 34' Connell  15' Jalo 20' 26' Tedić 40'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 2,479 Referee: Marc Edwards

Port Vale v Barnsley

22 November 2022 (2022-11-22) Second round	Port Vale	2–1	Barnsley	Burslem
19:00 GMT	Politic 14' Worrall 27' Pett  33'	Report	Kitching  45+2' Edwards 73'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,306 Referee: Lewis Smith

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