2022–23 Salford City F.C. season

The 2022–23 season is the 83rd season in the existence of Salford City Football Club and the club's fourth consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

Salford City

2022–23 season
Owner	Project 92 Ltd.
Chairman	Karen Baird
Manager	Neil Wood
Stadium	Peninsula Stadium
League Two	7th
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Conor McAleny (9) All: Conor McAleny Matt Smith (both 9)
Highest home attendance	3,924 (vs. Bradford City, 15 October)
Lowest home attendance	578 (vs. Bradford City, 22 November)
Average home league attendance	2,427
Biggest win	5–2 (vs. Mansfield Town, 25 February)
Biggest defeat	1–5 (vs. Bolton Wanderers, 9 August)
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Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
28 June 2022	CM	Elliot Watt	Bradford City	Undisclosed	[1]
1 July 2022[a]	CF	Callum Hendry	St Johnstone	Free Transfer	[2]
1 July 2022	CM	Stevie Mallan	Yeni Malatyaspor	Free Transfer	[3]
8 July 2022	CB	Josh O'Brien	Watford	Free Transfer	[4]
8 July 2022	CF	Colin Oppong	Ipswich Town	Free Transfer	[4]
8 July 2022	CM	Adam Porter	Stoke City	Free Transfer	[4]
18 July 2022	CB	Ryan Leak	Burton Albion	Undisclosed	[5]
22 July 2022	AM	Elliot Simões	Nancy	Undisclosed	[6]
26 July 2022	CB	Richard Nartey	Burnley	Free Transfer	[7]
1 September 2022	AM	Odin Bailey	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	[8]
13 January 2023	CF	Callum Morton	Fleetwood Town	Undisclosed	[9]
26 January 2023	RM	Shane McLoughlin	Morecambe	Free Transfer	[10]
23 March 2023	CB	Adrian Mariappa	Free agent	—	[11]

1. The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1 once his St Johnstone contract expired

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
30 June 2022	CB	Cerny Ando	Unattached	Released	[12]
30 June 2022	CM	Luke Burgess	Oldham Athletic	Released	[12][13]
30 June 2022	CM	Hayden Campbell	Unattached	Released	[12]
30 June 2022	CF	Tom Elliott	Unattached	Released	[12]
30 June 2022	CF	Oli Fannon	Unattached	Released	[12]
30 June 2022	RB	Tylor Golden	Halifax Town	Released	[12][14]
30 June 2022	CF	Ian Henderson	Rochdale	Released	[12][15]
30 June 2022	LW	Ashley Hunter	Morecambe	Released	[12][16]
30 June 2022	CM	Liam Loughlan	Unattached	Released	[12]
30 June 2022[a]	RB	Donald Love	Morecambe	Free transfer	[17]
30 June 2022	CM	Ben Rydel	Radcliffe	Released	[12][18]
30 June 2022	DF	Anton Smith	Unattached	Released	[12]
30 June 2022	CF	Momodou Touray	Marine	Released	[12][19]
30 June 2022	CM	Matty Willock	Unattached	Released	[12]
11 July 2022	LM	Josh Morris	Motherwell	Mutual consent	[20][21]
26 July 2022	CB	Jordan Turnbull	Tranmere Rovers	Free Transfer	[22]
2 August 2022	MF	Donovan Lescott	Blackpool	Undisclosed	[23]
31 August 2022	CF	Brandon Thomas-Asante	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed	[24]
14 January 2023	GK	Tom King	Northampton Town	Undisclosed	[25]

1. The transfer was announced on 16 June, and would become official once his contract at the club expired

Loans in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Ref
23 August 2022	CF	Lorent Tolaj	Brighton & Hove Albion	31 January 2023[a]	[26][27]
26 August 2022	DM	Jack Jenkins	Leeds United	End of Season	[28]
1 September 2022	GK	Jacob Chapman	Huddersfield Town	1 January 2023	[29]
1 September 2022	CM	Ethan Galbraith	Manchester United	End of Season	[30]
4 January 2023	GK	Alex Cairns	Fleetwood Town	End of Season	[31]
30 January 2023	LW	Louie Barry	Aston Villa	End of Season	[32]
31 January 2023	GK	Giosue Bellagambi	Huddersfield Town	End of Season	[33]

Loans out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Ref
15 August 2022	MF	Djavan Pedro	Marine	1 January 2023	[34]
20 August 2022	CF	Colin Oppong	Boston United	20 September 2022	[35]
3 September 2022	CM	Matt Sargent	Buxton	1 January 2023	[36][b]
8 September 2022	CF	Marcus Dackers	Southend United	8 October 2022	[38]
29 September 2022	RW	Kelly Nmai	Warrington Rylands	6 February 2023[c][d]	[39][40][41]
7 October 2022	GK	Joel Torrance		1 January 2023	[37]
25 November 2022	RB	James Melhado	Hereford		[42]
2 December 2022	CF	Colin Oppong	Truro City		[40]
12 December 2022	CB	Josh O'Brien	AFC Telford United	14 March 2023[e]	[43][44][45]
6 January 2023	CF	Marcus Dackers	Woking	End of Season	[41]
20 January 2023		Djavan Pedro	Stalybridge Celtic	End of season	[46][47]
26 January 2023	DF	Jacob Lara		Work Experience	[48]
28 January 2023	CF	Colin Oppong	Hereford	25 February 2023	[49]
17 February 2023	MF	Alfie Henderson	Stalybridge Celtic	End of Season	[50]
24 February 2023	CM	Matt Sargent	Warrington Rylands	21 April 2023	[51]
1 March 2023	RW	Kelly Nmai	Chester	End of Season	[52]
	GK	Joel Torrance	Skelmersdale United
3 March 2023	LB	Kevin Berkoe	Maidstone United		[53]
17 March 2023	CF	Colin Oppong	Warrington Rylands		[54]
	CM	Adam Porter	Ashton United
23 March 2023	MF	Liam Humbles	Nantwich Town	End of Season	[55]

1. On 31 January, Tolaj was recalled back to Brighton
2. On 7 October, Sargent's loan at Buxton was extended until January.^[37]
3. On 2 December, Nmai's loan at Warrington was extended by a further month
4. On 6 January, Nmai's loan at Warrington was extended again
5. On 10 January, O'Brien's loan at Telford was extended by a further month. On February 14, the loan was extended again by a further month

Pre-season and friendlies

On May 24, Salford City announced their first pre-season fixture, with a trip to Chorley scheduled for 12 July.^[56] Two days later, a home friendly against Blackpool was confirmed.^[57] A third friendly match was confirmed, against Warrington Rylands 1906.^[58] On 7 June, a second home pre-season match, against Rotherham United was added to the schedule.^[59] A further two matches were added to the schedule, against Newcastle Town and Barrow.^[60][61] On July 12, the Ammies announced they would take part in two out of three 45-minute games against Hertha BSC and FC Halifax Town behind-closed-doors at St George's Park National Football Centre.^[62]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Newcastle Town v Salford City

2 July 2022 Friendly	Newcastle Town	1–3	Salford City	Newcastle-under-Lyme
15:00 BST		Report	Smith 4', 28' Thomas-Asante 55'	Stadium: Lyme Valley Park

Warrington Rylands 1906 v Salford City

9 July 2022 Friendly	Warrington Rylands 1906	2–7	Salford City	Warrington
15:00 BST	Trialist ?', ?'	Report	McAleny ?' Thomas-Asante ?' Dackers ?', ?', ?' (pen.) Lund ?' Watson ?'	Stadium: Gorsey Lane

Chorley v Salford City

12 July 2022 Friendly	Chorley	3–0	Salford City	Chorley
19:45 BST	Johnson 23' Wilson 37' Hall 41'			Stadium: Victory Park

Salford City v Rotherham United

13 July 2022 Friendly	Salford City	1–1	Rotherham United	Salford
19:00 BST	McAleny 15'		Kayode 90+1'	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium

Salford City v Hertha BSC

16 July 2022 Friendly	Salford City	0–1	Hertha BSC	Burton upon Trent
TBA BST		Report	Torunarigha 28'	Stadium: St George's Park National Football Centre Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
Note: 45-minute match.

Salford City v FC Halifax Town

16 July 2022 Friendly	Salford City	3–0	FC Halifax Town	Burton upon Trent
TBA BST	Hendry ?' Watson 28' McAleny ?'	Report		Stadium: St George's Park National Football Centre Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
Note: 45-minute match.

Salford City v Blackpool

19 July 2022 Friendly	Salford City	0–1	Blackpool	Salford
19:00 BST		Report	Yates 49'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium

Barrow v Salford City

23 July 2022 Friendly	Barrow	0-1	Salford City	Barrow-in-Furness
13:00 BST			Hendry 90'	Stadium: Holker Street

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
FA Cup	TBC	TBC	First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Cup	TBC	TBC	First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Trophy	TBC	TBC	Group stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

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
4	Stockport County	46	22	13	11	65	37	+28	79	Qualification for League Two play-offs
5	Carlisle United (O, P)	46	20	16	10	66	43	+23	76
6	Bradford City	46	20	16	10	61	43	+18	76
7	Salford City	46	22	9	15	72	54	+18	75
8	Mansfield Town	46	21	12	13	72	55	+17	75
9	Barrow	46	18	8	20	47	53	−6	62
10	Swindon Town	46	16	13	17	61	55	+6	61

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^[63]
(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
46	22	9	15	72	54	+18	75	10	5	8	28	23	+5	12	4	7	44	31	+13

Last updated: 8 May 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	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L
Position	5	7	3	1	6	4	4	4	6	5	5	4	7	8	5	8	8	9	9	8	10	8	11	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	6	7	6	7	7	6	7	8	7	8	7	6	6	7

Updated to match(es) played on 8 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.^[64]

Salford City v Mansfield Town

30 July 2022 1	Salford City	2–0	Mansfield Town	Salford
15:00 BST	Hendry 5' Thomas-Asante 28' Lowe  36' King  69'	Report		Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,721 Referee: Adam Herczeg

Swindon Town v Salford City

6 August 2022 2	Swindon Town	0–0	Salford City	Swindon
15:00 BST	McKirdy  14'  43' Baudry  15' Shade  19' Wakeling  36' Reed  55' Darcy  69' MacDonald  74'	Report	Bolton  58'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 9,158 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Salford City v Crewe Alexandra

13 August 2022 3	Salford City	3–0	Crewe Alexandra	Salford
15:00 BST	Nartey  14' McAleny 17' Watt  44' Thomas-Asante 50', 53'	Report	Mellor  29' Sambou  31' Baker-Richardson  90+2'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 2,119 Referee: Craig Hicks

Newport County v Salford City

16 August 2022 4	Newport County	2–3	Salford City	Newport
19:45 BST	Demetriou  18' Lewis  39' Bennett 72' Bogle  73', 75'	Report	Nartey  10' Bolton 54' Norman 57' (o.g.) Vassell  74' Leak 83'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,678 Referee: Sunny Gill

Doncaster Rovers v Salford City

20 August 2022 5	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Salford City	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Hurst 45+1', 63'	Report	Thomas-Asante 10' Hendry  41' Lund  44' Watt  90+9'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 6,057 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Salford City v Stevenage

27 August 2022 (2022-08-27) 6	Salford City	1–0	Stevenage	Salford
15:00 BST	Watson 90'	Report	Piergianni  55'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 2,023 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Salford City v Crawley Town

3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 7	Salford City	2–2	Crawley Town	Salford
15:00 BST	Hendry 3' Watson 56' Galbraith  90+3'	Report	Mason  19' Nichols 29' Hessenthaler  34' Francillette 66' Fellows  90+4' Powell  90+8' Bremang  90+8'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 2,099 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Rochdale v Salford City

10 September 2022	Rochdale	Postponed	Salford City	Rochdale
15:00 BST				Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Note: Fixture was postponed as a mark of respect following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.[65]

Harrogate Town v Salford City

13 September 2022 (2022-09-13) 8	Harrogate Town	0–1	Salford City	Harrogate
19:45 BST	Coley  24'	Report	Leak  19' Watt  53' Touray  63' Lund 90+3'	Stadium: The EnviroVent Stadium Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Ben Toner

Salford City v Tranmere Rovers

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 9	Salford City	0–1	Tranmere Rovers	Salford
15:00 BST	Hendry  45+1' Watt  87'	Report	Hawkes 34' Turnbull  45+1' Hemmings  55'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 3,175 Referee: David Rock

Sutton United v Salford City

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 10	Sutton United	1–2	Salford City	Sutton
15:00 BST	Neufville 62' Wilson  68'	Report	Watt  44' Chapman  52' Vassell  68' Lund 80' Watson 87' Hendry  90+5' Beautyman  90+7'	Stadium: VBS Community Stadium Attendance: 4,404 Referee: Robert Lewis

Salford City v Grimsby Town

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 11	Salford City	1–1	Grimsby Town	Salford
15:00 BST	Vassell 2'	Report	Richardson 29' Clifton  62'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 3,521 Referee: Marc Edwards

Northampton Town v Salford City

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 12	Northampton Town	0–1	Salford City	Northampton
15:00 BST	Pinnock  53' Fox  87'	Report	Galbraith 45+1'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,577 Referee: Lee Swabey

Salford City v Bradford City

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 13	Salford City	0–1	Bradford City	Salford
15:00 BST	Galbraith  18'	Report	Cook 13' Angol  89'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 3,924 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Salford City v Stockport County

22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 14	Salford City	0–2	Stockport County	Salford
15:00 BST	Eastham  40' Galbraith  53'	Report	Collar 45+2' Madden 78'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 3,633 Referee: Scott Oldham

Hartlepool United v Salford City

25 October 2022 (2022-10-25) 15	Hartlepool United	0–2	Salford City	Hartlepool
19:45 BST		Report	Leak 26' Watt  54' Galbraith 90+3'	Stadium: Suit Direct Stadium Attendance: 3,707 Referee: Darren Handley

Leyton Orient v Salford City

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 16	Leyton Orient	1–0	Salford City	Leyton
15:00 BST	Smyth 14'  90+1'	Report	Lund  26' Touray  36' Bailey  90+1'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 7,676 Referee: Will Finnie

Rochdale v Salford City

8 November 2022 (2022-11-08) 17	Rochdale	1–0	Salford City	Spotland
19:45 GMT	Odoh  61' Henderson 80'	Report	Galbraith  61'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,355 Referee: Peter Wright

Salford City v AFC Wimbledon

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 18	Salford City	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Salford
15:00 GMT	Vassell  40' Bolton  78' Watt  90+3'	Report	Kalambayi  40'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 2,591 Referee: Ross Joyce

Salford City v Carlisle United

19 November 2022 (2022-11-19) 19	Salford City	1–4	Carlisle United	Salford
15:00 GMT	Nartey  45+2' Smith 52' Leak  65' Hendry  84'	Report	Dennis 3', 80' Guy  42', 67' Whelan 72'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 3,454 Referee: Sunny Gill

Gillingham v Salford City

3 December 2022 (2022-12-03) 20	Gillingham	0–3	Salford City	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Reeves  53'	Report	Vassell 54' Watson 61' Hendry 75'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 3,854 Referee: Paul Howard

Salford City v Walsall

10 December 2022 (2022-12-10)	Salford City	Postponed	Walsall	Salford
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Moor Lane
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[66]

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.[67]

Salford City v Barrow

26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) 21	Salford City	1–1	Barrow	Salford
15:00 GMT	Smith 26' Hendry  37' Galbraith  58' Vassell  90+3'	Report	Ray  54' Neal  61' Warren  64' Stevens 79'	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,881 Referee: Thomas Parsons

Grimsby Town v Salford City

29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) 22	Grimsby Town	1–4	Salford City	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	Khan 21' Glennon  22'	Report	Smith 1', 34', 40' Galbraith 30'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,178 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Bradford City v Salford City

1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) 23	Bradford City	3–2	Salford City	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Vassell 8' (o.g.) Oliver 26' Wright  41' Chapman  55' Platt  59' Eisa 68' Walker  90+4'	Report	McAleny 13', 60' Nartey  87' Watt  90+4'	Stadium: University of Bradford Stadium Attendance: 17,521 Referee: Neil Hair

Salford City v Northampton Town

7 January 2023 (2023-01-07) 24	Salford City	2–1	Northampton Town	Salford
12:30 GMT	Galbraith 9',  56' McAleny 33'	Report	Hoskins 22' Pinnock  60'	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,753 Referee: Robert Lewis

Salford City v Sutton United

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 25	Salford City	2–0	Sutton United	Salford
15:00 GMT	McAleny 9', 45+1' Smith  61' Leak  65' Touray  89'	Report	Milsom 70' Eastmond  76' Bugiel  89'	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,228 Referee: Lee Swabey

Barrow v Salford City

21 January 2023 (2023-01-21)	Barrow	Postponed	Salford City	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Holker Street
Note: Fixture was postponed on referee's Sam Barrott decision.[68]

Colchester United v Salford City

24 January 2023 (2023-01-24) 26	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

Crawley Town v Salford City

28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) 27	Crawley Town	3–2	Salford City	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Telford 25' Conroy 34' Jenks  52', 59' Ogungbo  81' Gladwin  90'	Report	Watson 78' Lund 90+3' Galbraith  90+5'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: David Rock

Salford City v Walsall

31 January 2023 (2023-01-31) 28	Salford City	1–0	Walsall	Salford
19:45 GMT	Smith 5' Leak  46' Galbraith  71' Cairns  90+6'	Report	White  51' Maddox  85'	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 3,255 Referee: Darren Handley

Salford City v Rochdale

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 29	Salford City	2–1	Rochdale	Salford
15:00 GMT	Smith 10',  90+11' McAleny 63' Watson  81'	Report	Quigley 81' (pen.) Taylor  90+6'	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 3,167 Referee: Bobby Madley

Tranmere Rovers v Salford City

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 30	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Salford City	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Morris 22' O'Connor  32' Turnbull  40'	Report	Touray  37' Watson  53'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,516 Referee: James Oldham

Salford City v Harrogate Town

14 February 2023 (2023-02-14) 31	Salford City	1–1	Harrogate Town	Salford
19:45 GMT	Lund 81'	Report	Sutton  22' Muldoon 50' Burrell  69'	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 1,615 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Salford City v Swindon Town

18 February 2023 32	Salford City	1–2	Swindon Town	Salford
15:00 GMT	Watson 4',  59' Watt  48'	Report	Wakeling 26' Watt 55' (o.g.) Wakeling  70' Hutton  88'	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 3,008 Referee: Will Finnie

Mansfield Town v Salford City

25 February 2023 33	Mansfield Town	2–5	Salford City	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Perch  13' Keillor-Dunn 36' Clarke  52' Bowery  78', 88' Johnson  83'	Report	Lund 18', 56' Hendry 21' Lowe  28' Bolton 50' Vassell 81'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 6,868 Referee: Marc Edwards

Barrow v Salford City

28 February 2023 34	Barrow	1–1	Salford City	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 GMT	Kay  20' Vassell 70' (o.g.)	Report	Watson 12' (pen.) Bolton  59' Touray  62' Leak  83'	Stadium: So Legal Stadium Attendance: 3,076 Referee: Scott Oldham

Salford City v Newport County

4 March 2023 35	Salford City	3–1	Newport County	Salford
15:00 GMT	Hendry 45+1' McAleny 46' Smith 90+5'	Report	Charsley 29' Moriah-Welsh  45+3'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,394 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Crewe Alexandra v Salford City

11 March 2023 36	Crewe Alexandra	4–3	Salford City	Crewe
19:45 GMT	Agyei 31' (pen.), 90',  90' Tabiner 40' O'Riordan 87',  89' Finnigan  90+7'	Report	Barry 19' Hendry 45' Mallan 85'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 4,311 Referee: Ben Speedie

Salford City v Doncaster Rovers

18 March 2023 37	Salford City	3–1	Doncaster Rovers	Kersal
15:00 GMT	Bolton 12', 59' Mallan 38' Galbraith  73' Leak  90+3'	Report	Rowe  4' Miller 14'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 3,148 Referee: Neil Hair

Stevenage v Salford City

25 March 2023 38	Stevenage	1–3	Salford City	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Norris  58', 90' Roberts  82'	Report	Leak  42' Mallan 65' Cairns  80' Hendry 80' Smith 90+2'	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 3,749 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Stockport County v Salford City

31 March 2023 39	Stockport County	1–1	Salford City	Edgeley
19:45 BST	Lemonheigh-Evans 6' Hussey  71'	Report	Hendry 51' Mallan  67'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,305 Referee: Adam Herczeg

Salford City v Leyton Orient

7 April 2023 40	Salford City	0–2	Leyton Orient	Kersal
15:00 BST	Mariappa  42' Touray  54' Lund  90+4' Watt  90+6'	Report	Sotiriou 22',  74' Moncur 35' Smyth  62' Sweeney  90+4' El Mizouni  90+6'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 3,412 Referee: Darren Handley

AFC Wimbledon v Salford City

10 April 2023 41	AFC Wimbledon	2–3	Salford City	Wimbledon
15:00 BST	McAteer 7',  90+1' Little  45+2' Pearson  45+4' Al-Hamadi 58'	Report	Galbraith  45+4' McAleny 55' Watt  79' Hendry 90+2', 90+5', 90+6',  90+7'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 7,239 Referee: Bobby Madley

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 Referee: Andy Haines

Salford City v Hartlepool United

18 April 2023 43	Salford City	2–0	Hartlepool United	Kersal
19:45 BST	Smith 14' Barry 28'	Report	Umerah  40' Hamilton  90+2'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,139 Referee: Ollie Yates

Walsall v Salford City

22 April 2023 44	Walsall	2–3	Salford City	Bescot
15:00 BST	McEntee  40' Low  54' Monthé  54' Matt 62' Wilkinson 90+5'	Report	Hendry 6' Barry  53' Mallan  82' McAleny 88' Lund 90+7'	Stadium: Poundland Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,208 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Carlisle United v Salford City

29 April 2023 45	Carlisle United	2–3	Salford City	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Guy  16' Edmondson  45+1' Garner 77',  78' Mellish  83' Dennis 85' (pen.),  86'	Report	Hendry 23' Bolton 28', 88' Touray  52' Watt  83' McAleny  84'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 10,927 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

Salford City v Gillingham

8 May 2023 46	Salford City	0–1	Gillingham	Salford
15:00 BST	Mallan  86' Watt  87'	Report	Ehmer  11' Tutonda  61' Alexander 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 3,519 Referee: Rebecca Welch

League Two play-offs

Main article: 2023 English Football League play-offs

Salford City v Stockport County

13 May 2023 Semi-final 1st leg	Salford City	1–0	Stockport County	Salford
19:45 BST	Smith 17'	Report		Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 3,923 Referee: Tom Nield

Stockport County v Salford City

20 May 2023 Semi-final 2nd leg	Stockport County	2–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Salford City	Stockport
12:30 BST	Olaofe 68' Stretton 115'	Report	Mallan 112'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,023 Referee: Ben Toner
	Penalties
	Madden Croasdale Collar Sarcevic		Lund Mariappa Barry Mallan

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

The Ammies were drawn away to Peterborough United in the first round.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Peterborough United v Salford City

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) First round	Peterborough United	0–0	Salford City	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Marriott  36'	Report	Galbraith  53'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 4,031 Referee: Tom Nield

Salford City v Peterborough United

16 November 2022 (2022-11-16) First round replay	Salford City	0–3	Peterborough United	Salford
19:45 GMT	Watt  56' Hendry  81'	Report	Mason-Clark 39' Marriott 78', 83'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 1,059 Referee: Ben Toner

EFL Cup

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Salford were drawn away to Bolton Wanderers in the first round.^[69]

Bolton Wanderers v Salford City

9 August 2022 First round	Bolton Wanderers	5–1	Salford City	Horwich
19:45 BST	Kachunga 31' Böðvarsson 42' Sadlier 61' Bradley 77' Afolayan 86' Thomason  90+2'	Report	Thomas-Asante 23' Vassell  70' Watson  74' Bolton  82'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 6,505 Referee: John Brooks

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Trophy

Salford were drawn at home to Bradford City in the second round^[70] and to Port Vale in the third round.^[71]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Salford City	3	1	2	0	0	4	3	+1	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Accrington Stanley	3	1	1	1	0	6	5	+1	6
3	L2	Rochdale	3	1	0	2	0	6	5	+1	5
4	ACA	Liverpool U21	3	0	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0

Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Salford City v Liverpool U21s

30 August 2022 Group stage	Salford City	2–1	Liverpool U21s	Salford
19:30 BST	Berkoe 45' Jenkins 59' O'Brien  90+6'	Report	Quansah  18' Stewart 88'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 773 Referee: Andy Haines

Salford City v Accrington Stanley

20 September 2022 Group stage	Salford City	0–0 (4–2 p)	Accrington Stanley	Salford
19:30 BST	O'Brien  41' Jenkins  80' Chapman  90+5'	Report	Tharme  53' Sloane  82' Clark  90+4'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 722 Referee: Thomas Kirk
	Penalties
	Smith Hendry Tolaj Galbraith		Savin McConville Coyle Martin

Rochdale v Salford City

18 October 2022 Group stage	Rochdale	2–2 (2–4 p)	Salford City	Spotland
19:00 BST	Henderson 42' Kelly 90+4'	Report	Simões 69'  84' Hendry 71' Watt  88'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 1,203 Referee: Anthony Backhouse
	Penalties
	Henderson Keohane Brierley Kelly		Hendry Watt Watson Bailey

Salford City v Bradford City

22 November 2022 (2022-11-22) Second round	Salford City	1–0	Bradford City	Salford
19:30 GMT	Tolaj 35' Hendry  76' Bailey  80'	Report		Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 578 Referee: Tom Reeves

Salford City v Port Vale

13 December 2022 (2022-12-13) Third round	Salford City	Postponed	Port Vale	Salford
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Moor Lane
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[72]

Salford City v Port Vale

20 December 2022 (2022-12-20) Third round	Salford City	1–0	Port Vale	Salford
19:30 GMT	Smith 10' Galbraith  66' Tolaj  80' Bolton  90+6'	Report	Garrity  54'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 743 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Cheltenham Town v Salford City

10 January 2023 (2023-01-10) Quarter-final	Cheltenham Town	3–1	Salford City	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Southwood  36' Broom 45' Bradbury  45+3' Taylor  55' Sercombe 65' Goodwin 66'	Report	Hendry 13' Vassell  45+3'	Stadium: The Completely Suzuki Stadium Attendance: 1,874 Referee: Carl Brook

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