2022–23 Colchester United F.C. season

The 2022–23 season is the 86th season in the existence of Colchester United Football Club and the club's seventh consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the league, they also competed in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

Colchester United FC

2022–23 season
Chairman	Robbie Cowling
Head Coach	Wayne Brown (until 18 September)[1] Matt Bloomfield (between 30 September – 21 February)[2][3] Ben Garner (from 2 March)[4]
Stadium	Colchester Community Stadium
League Two	20th
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	Second round
EFL Trophy	Second round
Home colours Away colours
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
28 June 2022	GK	Sam Hornby	Bradford City	Undisclosed	[5]
1 July 2022[lower-alpha 1]	RW	Alex Newby	Rochdale	Free Transfer	[6]
14 July 2022	CM	Ossama Ashley	West Ham United	Free Transfer	[7]
3 August 2022	GK	Kieran O'Hara	Fleetwood Town	Free Transfer	[8]
7 September 2022	LB	Lion Bello	Crystal Palace	Free Transfer	[9]
5 October 2022	LB	Jayden Fevrier	West Ham United	Free Transfer	[10]
3 January 2023	CM	Arthur Read	Stevenage	Undisclosed	[11]
4 January 2023	CB	Fiacre Kelleher	Bradford City	Undisclosed	[12]
7 January 2023	CB	Connor Hall	Port Vale	Undisclosed	[13]
9 January 2023	SS	Matt Jay	Exeter City	Undisclosed	[14]
16 January 2023	LW	Oscar Thorn	Norwich City	Undisclosed	[15]
26 January 2023	CF	Tom Hopper	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	[16]
27 January 2023	RB	Will Greenidge	West Ham United	Free Transfer	[17]

1. The transfer was announced on 28 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Rochdale contract expired

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
21 June 2022	CM	Brendan Wiredu	Fleetwood Town	Undisclosed	[18]
30 June 2022	CM	Sam Cornish	Wingate & Finchley	Released	[19][20]
30 June 2022	AM	Diogo Freitas Gouveia	Hitchin Town	Released	[19][21]
30 June 2022	CB	Camron Gbadebo	Unattached	Released	[19]
30 June 2022	GK	Dean Gerken	Retired	—	[19]
30 June 2022	AM	Andre Hasanally	St Neots Town	Released	[19][22]
30 June 2022	RW	Bryan Ifeanyi	Aveley	Released	[19][23]
30 June 2022	MF	Emmanuel Martins	Unattached	Released	[19]
30 June 2022	CF	Thomas Stagg	Billericay Town	Released	[19][24]
30 June 2022	RB	Miles Welch-Hayes	Harrogate Town	Released	[19][25]
23 July 2022	GK	Shamal George	Livingston	Undisclosed	[26]
1 January 2023	RB	Cameron Coxe	Boreham Wood	Undisclosed	[27]
17 March 2023	CF	Frank Nouble	Torquay United	Released	[28][29]
12 May 2023	DM	Cole Skuse	Retired	—	[30]

Loans in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Ref
12 August 2022	DM	Charlie Owens	Queens Park Rangers	7 January 2023	[31]
26 August 2022	RM	Daniel Chesters	West Ham United	6 January 2023[lower-alpha 1]	[32][33]
30 August 2022	LW	Beryly Lubala	Blackpool	3 January 2023[lower-alpha 2]	[34][35]
1 September 2022	CF	Kwesi Appiah	Crawley Town	End of Season	[36]
1 September 2022	CM	Matty Longstaff	Newcastle United	1 January 2023[lower-alpha 3]	[37][38]
1 January 2023	LB	Connor Wood	Leyton Orient	End of Season	[39]
30 January 2023	GK	Tom Smith	Arsenal	End of Season	[40]

1. On 6 January, Chesters returned to West Ham
2. On 3 January, Lubala's loan was cut-short and he returned to Blackpool
3. On 1 January, Longstaff returned to Newcastle due to a serious knee injury.

Loans out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Ref
4 August 2022	CF	Jake Hutchinson	Eastbourne Borough	1 January 2023	[41]
12 August 2022	CF	Bradley Ihionvien	Maldon & Tiptree	1 January 2023	[42]
12 August 2022	LM	Harvey Sayer	Maldon & Tiptree	1 January 2023	[42]
26 August 2022	GK	Ted Collins	Potters Bar Town	26 September 2022	[43]
30 September 2022	CB	Frankie Terry	Chelmsford City	End of Season[lower-alpha 1]	[44][45]
10 October 2022	CF	Kaan Bennett	Needham Market	10 November 2022	[46]
13 October 2022	RB	Cameron Coxe	Boreham Wood	1 January 2023	[47]
3 January 2023	CF	Jake Hutchinson	Aldershot Town	End of Season	[48]
26 January 2023	CB	Tom Eastman	Harrogate Town	End of Season	[49]
27 January 2023	LB	Ryan Clampin	Dundee	End of Season	[50]
31 January 2023	LM	Luke Hannant	Dundee	End of Season	[51]
2 February 2023	AM	Chay Cooper	St Albans City	End of Season	[52]
15 February 2023	CM	Gene Kennedy	Braintree Town	15 March 2023	[53]
17 February 2023	LM	Harvey Sayer	Stowmarket Town	17 March 2023	[54]

1. On 10 January, Terry's loan at Chelmsford was extended until end of the season

Pre-season and friendlies

A match with Potters Bar Town was confirmed on 20 May.^[55] The U's announced their first pre-season friendly against Southend United at home.^[56] On June 10, Colchester revealed three more pre-season matches.^[57] A behind-closed-doors friendly with Reading was next to be confirmed.^[58] A further home friendly against Charlton Athletic was added to the schedule in July.^[59] Wayne Brown would also take an XI side to face Chelmsford City.^[60]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Reading v Colchester United

2 July 2022 Friendly	Reading	2–0	Colchester United	Finchampstead
TBA BST	4' (o.g.) Méïté 17' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Hogwood Park Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

Swansea City v Colchester United

5 July 2022 Friendly	Swansea City	0–2	Colchester United	Upper Killay
14:00 BST		Report	Hannant ?' Nouble ?'	Stadium: Fairwood Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

Swansea City v Colchester United

5 July 2022 Friendly	Swansea City	1–0	Colchester United	Upper Killay
15:30 BST	Latibeaudiere ?'	Report		Stadium: Fairwood Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

Bath City v Colchester United

6 July 2022 Friendly	Bath City	1–3	Colchester United	Bath
19:00 BST	Spokes 10'	Report	Trialist 45' Hutchinson 52' Hannant 90+3'	Stadium: Twerton Park

Tottenham Hotspur U21s v Colchester United

9 July 2022 Friendly	Tottenham Hotspur U21s	1–0	Colchester United	Enfield
13:00 BST	Mathurin 66'	Report		Stadium: Hotspur Way Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind-closed doors)

Colchester United v Charlton Athletic

12 July 2022 Friendly	Colchester United	2–4	Charlton Athletic	Colchester
19:30 BST	Sears ?' Smith ?'	Report	Gilbey ?' Leaburn ?' Morgan ?' Judge ?' (o.g.)	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium

Colchester United v Millwall

15 July 2022 Friendly	Colchester United	0–1	Millwall	Colchester
19:30 BST		Report	Cooper 45+2'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium

Colchester United v Southend United

19 July 2022 Friendly	Colchester United	2–2	Southend United	Colchester
19:30 BST	Sears 23' Akinde 90+2'	Report	Mooney 71' Miley 85'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium

Chelmsford City v Colchester United XI

20 July 2022 Friendly	Chelmsford City	0–3	Colchester United XI	Chelmsford
19:45 BST		Report	Tovide 62' Marshall 72' Ashley 83'	Stadium: Melbourne Stadium

Ebbsfleet United v Colchester United

23 July 2022 Friendly	Ebbsfleet United	2–2	Colchester United	Northfleet
15:00 BST	Bingham 42', 60'	Report	Chilvers 12' Sears 67'	Stadium: Stonebridge Road

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League Two	August 2022	May 2023	Matchday 1	9	1	3	5	7	13	−6	011.11
FA Cup	TBC	TBC	Third round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Cup	August 2022	August 2022	First round	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00
EFL Trophy	September 2022	TBC	Group stage	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Total				12	3	3	6	10	16	−6	025.00

Last updated: pre-season
Source: [ Soccerway]

League Two

Main article: 2022–23 EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
17	Gillingham	46	14	13	19	36	49	−13	55
18	Doncaster Rovers	46	16	7	23	46	65	−19	55
19	Harrogate Town	46	12	16	18	59	68	−9	52
20	Colchester United	46	12	13	21	44	51	−7	49
21	AFC Wimbledon	46	11	15	20	48	60	−12	48
22	Crawley Town	46	11	13	22	48	71	−23	46
23	Hartlepool United (R)	46	9	16	21	52	78	−26	43	Relegation to National League

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^[61]
(R) Relegated

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	12	13	20	44	49	−5	49	6	8	7	24	20	+4	6	5	13	20	29	−9

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	L
Position	15	14	20	15	18	20	20	21	21	21	21	20	22	23	23	24	24	24	22	22	23	22	22	21	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	18	19	19	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	20

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 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.^[62]

Northampton Town v Colchester United

30 July 2022 1	Northampton Town	3–2	Colchester United	Sixfields
15:00 BST	Hoskins 27', 74' (pen.) McWilliams  55' Haynes 89'	Report	Sears 42' (pen.) Hannant  72' Coxe  73' Nouble  76' Chilvers 79',  83'	Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium Attendance: 5,463 Referee: Martin Woods

Colchester United v Carlisle United

6 August 2022 2	Colchester United	1–1	Carlisle United	Colchester
15:00 BST	Chilvers 19'	Report	Dennis 44' Back  74' Barclay  82'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 3,137 Referee: James Oldham

Stockport County v Colchester United

13 August 2022 3	Stockport County	1–0	Colchester United	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Wootton 67'	Report	Chilvers  21' Marshall  65'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 7,826 Referee: David Rock

Colchester United v Bradford City

16 August 2022 4	Colchester United	1–0	Bradford City	Colchester
19:45 BST	Eastman 90+7'	Report	Platt  44' Angol  74' Halliday  78' Cook  90+2'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 3,011 Referee: Carl Brook

Colchester United v Leyton Orient

20 August 2022 5	Colchester United	1–3	Leyton Orient	Colchester
15:00 BST	Chilvers 90+6'	Report	Chambers 16' (o.g.) James  70' Thompson  72' Archibald  76', 77' Kelman 90'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 4,340 Referee: Thomas Kirk

Tranmere Rovers v Colchester United

27 August 2022 (2022-08-27) 6	Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Colchester United	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Hawkes 4' Byrne  19' Burton 83'	Report	Tchamadeu  73'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,041 Referee: Rebecca Welch

Colchester United v Hartlepool United

3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 7	Colchester United	1–1	Hartlepool United	Colchester
15:00 BST	Marshall-Miranda  8' Longstaff  71' Lubala 90+4'	Report	McDonald 29' Tumilty  54' Crawford  72' Paterson  83'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 2,983 Referee: Thomas Parsons

Barrow v Colchester United

10 September 2022 (2022-09-10)	Barrow	Postponed	Colchester United	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST				Stadium: Holker Street
Note: Fixture was postponed as a mark of respect following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.[63]

Walsall v Colchester United

13 September 2022 8	Walsall	1–1	Colchester United	Bescot
19:45 BST	Comley  16' Hutchinson  21' Knowles 61'	Report	Nouble 2' Appiah  22' Eastman  30' Coxe  43' Lubala  49'	Stadium: Poundland Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,327 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Colchester United v Grimsby Town

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 9	Colchester United	0–1	Grimsby Town	Colchester
15:00 BST	Longstaff  36'	Report	Efete  42' Clifton 63' Kiernan  78'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 3,167 Referee: Sunny Gill

Colchester United v Rochdale

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 10	Colchester United	0–1	Rochdale	Colchester
15:00 BST	O'Hara  22' Dallison  51' Sears 90+1	Report	Rodney 23' (pen.) Ball  37' Odoh  87' Seriki  90+5'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 2,784 Referee: Tom Nield

AFC Wimbledon v Colchester United

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 11	AFC Wimbledon	2–1	Colchester United	Wimbledon
15:00 BST	Davison 47' 66' (pen.)  90+1' Assal  72' Ogundere  87' Kalambayi  90+5' Chislett  90+6'	Report	Appiah 18' Tchamadeu  31' Hannant  40' Skuse  90+1'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 7,328 Referee: Tom Reeves

Colchester United v Harrogate Town

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 12	Colchester United	2–1	Harrogate Town	Colchester
15:00 BST	Appiah 8' Nouble 37' Skuse  52' Chambers  82' Lubala  90+1'	Report	Mattock  37' Falkingham  48' Pattison 57' Burrell  74'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 2,750 Referee: Craig Hicks

Swindon Town v Colchester United

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 13	Swindon Town	1–0	Colchester United	Swindon
15:00 BST	Shade 64' Gladwin  88'	Report	Marshall-Miranda  37' Tchamadeu  45+1'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 8,632 Referee: Andy Haines

Newport County v Colchester United

22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 14	Newport County	1–0	Colchester United	Newport
15:00 BST	Evans 7'	Report		Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,994 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Colchester United v Crawley Town

25 October 2022 (2022-10-25) 15	Colchester United	2–2	Crawley Town	Colchester
19:45 BST	Tchamadeu  18' 62' Newby 20'	Report	Hessenthaler  32' Nadesan 45'  45+6' Tilley 46' Tsaroulla  81'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 2,931 Referee: Paul Howard

Colchester United v Stevenage

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 16	Colchester United	1–1	Stevenage	Colchester
15:00 BST	Marshall-Miranda 6'  72'	Report	Rose 17' Piergianni  76' James-Wildin  86' Earley  90+2'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 3,486 Referee: Ben Speedie

Barrow v Colchester United

1 November 2022 (2022-11-01) 17	Barrow	3–1	Colchester United	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 GMT	Waters 22', 25', 46' Farman  84' Moyo  89'	Report	Sears 90+1' Tchamadeu  90+5'	Stadium: Furness Building Society Stadium Attendance: 3,224 Referee: Darren Bond

Crewe Alexandra v Colchester United

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 18	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Colchester United	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Offord  34' Agyei 80' Uwakwe  90+2'	Report	Ashley  10' Nouble  66' Hannant  72'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 3,814 Referee: Thomas Parsons

Colchester United v Doncaster Rovers

19 November 2022 (2022-11-19) 19	Colchester United	3–0	Doncaster Rovers	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Hannant  23' 89' Newby 45+1' Tovide 59' Ashley  82' Tchamadeu  85'	Report	Hurst  11' Long  45' Anderson  88'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 3,607 Referee: Tom Nield

Mansfield Town v Colchester United

3 December 2022 (2022-12-03) 20	Mansfield Town	2–1	Colchester United	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Hawkins  29' Swan 34',  67' Akins 90+2'	Report	Newby 10' Chambers  85' Dallison  90+4'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 5,918 Referee: Ross Joyce

Sutton United v Colchester United

10 December 2022 (2022-12-10) 21	Sutton United	1–0	Colchester United	Sutton
15:00 GMT	Milsom 45+9' (pen.) Boldewijn  67' Randall  69' Kizzi  90+5'	Report	Smith  18' Ashley  45+1'  52' Tchamadeu  69' Tovide  90+5'	Stadium: VBS Community Stadium Attendance: 2,528 Referee: Peter Wright

Colchester United v Salford City

17 December 2022 (2022-12-17)	Colchester United	Postponed	Salford City	Colchester
15:00 GMT				Stadium: JobServe Community Stadion
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[64]

Gillingham v Colchester United

26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) 22	Gillingham	0–1	Colchester United	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Ehmer  45+2' Tutonda  68' Kashket  90+10'	Report	Tchamadeu 26' Tovide  45+2'	Stadium: Priestfield Attendance: 4,962 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Colchester United v AFC Wimbledon

29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) 23	Colchester United	1–2	AFC Wimbledon	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Chambers  11' Tovide  36' Akinde  41', 51' (pen.)	Report	Currie  23' Tzanev  51' Davison 67' Chislett 89'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 4,025 Referee: Lee Swabey

Colchester United v Swindon Town

1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) 24	Colchester United	1–0	Swindon Town	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Hannant 30',  74' Ashley  70' Fevrier  90+2'	Report	Khan  76' MacDonald  84'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 3,599 Referee: Carl Brook

Harrogate Town v Colchester United

7 January 2023 (2023-01-07) 25	Harrogate Town	1–3	Colchester United	Harrogate
15:00 GMT	Ramsay  7' Thomson  60' Armstrong 77'	Report	Akinde 12' Chilvers 17',  50' Chambers  45+5' Tchamadeu 54' Smith  90'	Stadium: The EnviroVent Stadium Attendance: 2,144 Referee: Darren Handley

Rochdale v Colchester United

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 26	Rochdale	1–2	Colchester United	Spotland
15:00 GMT	Rodney 36' White  63' Diagouraga  90+4'	Report	Tchamadeu 26' Jay  67' Skuse 87'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 2,360 Referee: Martin Coy

Colchester United v Gillingham

21 January 2023 (2023-01-21) 27	Colchester United	0–2	Gillingham	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Akinde  61'	Report	Williams  27' Tutonda 36',  68' Nichols 45+3'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 5,435 Referee: Alan Young

Colchester United v Salford City

24 January 2023 (2023-01-24) 28	Colchester United	1–1	Salford City	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Kelleher 63'	Report	McAleny 49'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 2,748 Referee: Paul Howard

Hartlepool United v Colchester United

28 January 2023 29	Hartlepool United	1–2	Colchester United	Hartlepool
15:00	Pruti  13' Featherstone  79' Sterry 82'	Report	Kelleher 5' Sterry 87' (o.g.) Tchamadeu  90+1'	Stadium: The Suit Direct Stadium Attendance: 4,105 Referee: Simon Mather

Colchester United v Barrow

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 30	Colchester United	1–1	Barrow	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Akinde 66',  90+3' Ashley  75' Hopper  76' Appiah 90+6'	Report	Feely  46' Whitfield 57' Farman  66' Garner  73' Foley  74'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 3,203 Referee: Ben Speedie

Grimsby Town v Colchester United

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 31	Grimsby Town	0–1	Colchester United	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Waterfall  45'	Report	Hopper 32' Wood  45+4' O'Hara  78'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,462 Referee: David Rock

Colchester United v Walsall

14 February 2023 (2023-02-14) 32	Colchester United	0–0	Walsall	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Tchamadeu  58' Tovide  84'	Report	Daniels  62'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 2,577 Referee: Sam Allison

Carlisle United v Colchester United

18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) 33	Carlisle United	1–0	Colchester United	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	McCalmont 4'	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5,550 (148 away) Referee: Neil Hair

Colchester United v Northampton Town

25 February 2023 34	Colchester United	0–1	Northampton Town	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Kelleher  20' Read  81' Tovide  84'	Report	Leonard  30' Magloire  35' McGowan  38' Appéré 41' Hoskins  73' King  90+3'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 3,730 Referee: Sunny Gill

Bradford City v Colchester United

5 March 2023 35	Bradford City	2–0	Colchester United	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Walker  44' Halliday  71' Ridehalgh  90+2' Cook 90+3' Banks 90+6'	Report	Read  90+2'	Stadium: University of Bradford Stadium Attendance: 20,383 (345 away) Referee: Tom Reeves

Colchester United v Stockport County

11 March 2023 36	Colchester United	0–1	Stockport County	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Kelleher  47' Huws  78'	Report	Wootton 37' Olaofe  87' Johnson  89'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 3,530 (473 away) Referee: Declan Bourne

Leyton Orient v Colchester United

18 March 2023 37	Leyton Orient	2–2	Colchester United	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Moncur 33' (pen.) Turns  50' Sotiriou 68' Vigouroux  78' Drinan  90+5'	Report	Hopper  17' Tchamadeu  32' Hall 89' Chilvers 90+2'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,684 Referee: Ross Joyce

Colchester United v Tranmere Rovers

25 March 2023 38	Colchester United	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Tovide  51' Newby  59' Chilvers 65' (pen.) Tchamadeu  76' Read  86' Kelleher  90'	Report	Saunders 13',  89' Mumbongo  39' Davies  56' Hendry  59' Dacres-Cogley  64' Murphy  64' Turnbull  70' Bristow  75'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 3,420 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Colchester United v Newport County

1 April 2023 39	Colchester United	0–0	Newport County	Colchester
15:00 BST	Tchamadeu  37' Tovide  42'	Report	McNeill  26' Moriah-Welsh  88'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 3,086 (174 away) Referee: Martin Woods

Stevenage v Colchester United

7 April 2023 40	Stevenage	1–1	Colchester United	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Gilbey 47' Vancooten  80' James-Wildin  83'	Report	Read  10' Hall 18' Chambers  90+8'	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 4,763 (624 away) Referee: James Oldham

Colchester United v Crewe Alexandra

10 April 2023 41	Colchester United	4–0	Crewe Alexandra	Colchester
15:00 BST	Akinde 24', 28' Kelleher  30' Chilvers 40' Tovide 55'	Report	Tabiner  10' Adebisi  39'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 4,158 (188 away) Referee: Will Finnie

Salford City v Colchester United

15 April 2023 42	Salford City	0–1	Colchester United	Kersal
15:00 BST	McAleny  45' Vassell  62' Hendry  90+4'	Report	Chilvers 22' Tovide  56' Ashley  63' Hall  85'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,333 (223 away) Referee: Andy Haines

Crawley Town v Colchester United

18 April 2023 43	Crawley Town	0–0	Colchester United	Crawley
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,894 (445 away) Referee: James Bell

Colchester United v Sutton United

22 April 2023 44	Colchester United	4–1	Sutton United	Colchester
15:00 BST	Chambers 19' Akinde 26' Tchamadeu 41' Chilvers 63'	Report	Ajiboye 11' Boldewijn  66'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 3,851 (275 away) Referee: Carl Brook

Doncaster Rovers v Colchester United

29 April 2023 45	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Colchester United	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Rowe 30' Williams  35'	Report	Chilvers  35' Akinde  45+2' Tchamadeu  90+6' Ben Garner  off the pitch'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 5,928 (413 away) Referee: Sunny Gill

Colchester United v Mansfield Town

8 May 2023 46	Colchester United	0–2	Mansfield Town	Colchester
12:30 BST		Report	Harbottle 45+2' Gale 90+7'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 6,910 Referee: Ben Speedie

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

The U's were drawn away to Newport County in the first round.^[65]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Newport County v Colchester United

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) First round	Newport County	2–0	Colchester United	Newport
15:00 GMT	O'Hara 28' (o.g.) Waite  31' Lewis 76'	Report	Clampin  55'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,377 Referee: Bobby Madden

EFL Cup

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Colchester were drawn away to Ipswich Town in the first round and at home to Brentford in the second round.^[66][67]

Ipswich Town v Colchester United

9 August 2022 First round	Ipswich Town	0–1	Colchester United	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Woolfenden  90+5'	Report	Hannant 29',  77' Skuse  38' Ashley  57' Tchamadeu  77'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 11,654 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Colchester United v Brentford

23 August 2022 Second round	Colchester United	0–2	Brentford	Colchester
19:45 BST	Dallison  46' Kazeem  58'	Report	Onyeka  32' Lewis-Potter 39' Sørensen 90+1'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 5,516 Referee: James Linington

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Trophy

On 21 June, the initial group stage draw was made, grouping Colchester United with Charlton Athletic and Gillingham.^[68] Three days later, Brighton & Hove Albion U21s joined Southern Group A.^[69] In the second round, Colchester were drawn at home to Bristol Rovers.^[70]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Colchester United	3	2	0	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Charlton Athletic	3	2	0	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	L2	Gillingham	3	1	1	0	1	4	6	−2	5
4	ACA	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	3	0	0	0	3	4	7	−3	0

Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Colchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion U21s

6 September 2022 Group stage	Colchester United	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion U21s	Colchester
19:45 BST	Nouble 80' Sears 87'	Report	Moran 43',  61'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 479 Referee: Alan Young

Colchester United v Charlton Athletic

4 October 2022 Group stage	Colchester United	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Colchester
19:45 BST	Lubala  55' Chilvers  63' Eastman 86' Akinde 90+1'	Report	Morgan 17'  21' Clare  45+1' Payne 76'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 880 Referee: Lee Swabey

Gillingham v Colchester United

11 October 2022 Group stage	Gillingham	1–1 (5–4 p)	Colchester United	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Baggott  16' Walker 43'  65' Kashket  60' Jefferies  77'	Report	Lubala  23' Akinde 45'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 828 Referee: Sam Allison
	Penalties
	Walker Adelakun Wright Kashket Chambers Green		Longstaff Nouble Newby Tchamadeu Chilvers Marshall-Miranda

Colchester United v Bristol Rovers

22 November 2022 (2022-11-22) Second round	Colchester United	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Colchester
19:00 GMT	Sears 83'	Report	Connolly 53' Saunders 90+5'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 669 Referee: Thomas Kirk

See also

• List of Colchester United F.C. seasons

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