2022–23 Swansea City A.F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was the 111th season in the existence of Swansea City Association Football Club and the club's fifth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, they also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

Swansea City AFC

2022–23 season
Owner	Jason Levien & Steven Kaplan (68%) Swansea City Supporters Trust (21.1%)
Chairman	Julian Winter
Head coach	Russell Martin
Stadium	Swansea.com Stadium
Championship	10th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Joël Piroe (19) All: Joël Piroe (20)
Highest home attendance	19,814 v Cardiff City 23 October 2022
Lowest home attendance	10,030 v Bristol City 17 January 2023
Biggest win	4–0 v Watford (Home), 29 December 2022
Biggest defeat	0–4 v Burnley (Away), 15 October 2022
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
18 June 2022	CB	Harry Darling	Milton Keynes Dons	Undisclosed	[1]
28 June 2022	CB	Ben Blythe	Doncaster Rovers	Undisclosed	[2]
1 July 2022	GK	Archie Matthews	Birmingham City	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2022	GK	Remy Mitchell	Arsenal	Free transfer	[4]
1 July 2022[a]	DF	Wasiri Williams	Braintree Town	Free transfer	[5]
1 July 2022[b]	CB	Nathan Wood	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed	[6]
8 July 2022	MF	Joe Allen	Stoke City	Free Transfer	[7]
1 February 2023	LM	Liam Smith	Manchester City	Undisclosed	[8]
17 February 2023	GK	Andreas Søndergaard	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free Transfer	[9]

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

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
30 June 2022	CB	Ryan Bassett	Carmarthen Town	Released	[10] [11]
30 June 2022	CB	Scott Butler	Wrexham	Released	[10] [12]
30 June 2022	LW	Rio Campbell	Wingate & Finchley	Released	[10]
30 June 2022	GK	Nicholas Defreitas-Hansen	Atherton Collieries	Released	[10] [13]
30 June 2022	AM	Yan Dhanda	Ross County	Released	[10]
30 June 2022	CM	Josh Edwards	Newport County	Released	[10][14]
30 June 2022	CB	Benjamin Erickson	Aberystwyth Town	Released	[10] [15]
30 June 2022	CB	Cameron Evans	Sligo Rovers	Released	[10] [16]
30 June 2022	GK	Tyler Evans	Briton Ferry Llansawel	Released	[10]
30 June 2022	CF	Jaden Forrester	Rushall Olympic	Released	[10][17]
30 June 2022	GK	Josh Gould	Bath City	Released	[10][18]
30 June 2022	GK	Ben Hamer	Watford	Released	[10][19]
30 June 2022	LW	Aaron Hillier	Pontypridd United	Released	[10]
30 June 2022	LB	Jacob Jones	Forest Green Rovers	Released	[10][20]
30 June 2022	AM	Dylan Morgan	Taunton Town	Released	[10] [21]
30 June 2022	CM	Dylan Perkins	Briton Ferry Llansawel	Released	[10]
30 June 2022	GK	Jamie Searle	Barnsley	Released	[10][22]
30 June 2022	CM	Korey Smith	Derby County	Released	[10][23]
7 July 2022	CM	Flynn Downes	West Ham United	Undisclosed	[24]
15 July 2022	LB	Cian Williams	Cardiff Metropolitan University	Free Transfer	[25]
1 September 2022	CB	Ryan Bennett	Cambridge United	Mutual Consent	[26][27]
5 January 2023	RW	Jordon Garrick	Forest Green Rovers	Undisclosed	[28]

Loans in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Ref
24 June 2022	LB	Matthew Sorinola	Union SG	End of Season	[29]
29 August 2022	CM	Luke Cundle	Wolverhampton Wanderers	End of Season	[30]
30 August 2022	LW	Armstrong Oko-Flex	West Ham United	6 January 2023[a]	[31][32]
1 September 2022	RB	Fin Stevens	Brentford	1 January 2023[b]	[33][34]

1. On 6 January, Oko-Flex was recalled back to West Ham
2. On 1 January, Stevens was recalled back to Brentford

Loans out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Ref
20 July 2022	RW	Morgan Whittaker	Plymouth Argyle	3 January 2023[a]	[35][36]
27 July 2022	GK	Lewis Webb	Aberystwyth Town	1 January 2023	[37]
11 August 2022	RW	Jordon Garrick	Lincoln City	5 January 2023[b]	[38][28]
11 August 2022	CF	Kyle Joseph	Oxford United	End of Season	[39]
1 September 2022	CM	Daniel Williams	The New Saints	End of Season	[40]
3 January 2023	CB	Brandon Cooper	Forest Green Rovers	End of Season	[41]
13 January 2023	GK	Archie Matthews	Oxford City	End of Season	[42]
13 January 2023	LB	Nathanael Ogbeta	Peterborough United	End of Season	[43]
29 January 2023	CF	Michael Obafemi	Burnley	End of Season	[44]
3 February 2023	RW	Tarrelle Whittaker	Wealdstone	End of Season	[45]
21 February 2023	CB	Wasiri Williams	Dundalk	End of Season	[46]

1. On 3 January, Whittaker was recalled back from his loan at Plymouth
2. On 5 January, Garrick was recalled back from his loan at Lincoln and transferred to Forest Green

Pre-season and friendlies

On 13 May 2022, newly promoted EFL League One side Bristol Rovers revealed that a behind closed doors friendly away to Swansea was scheduled for 16 July.^[47] Swansea City then announced two pre-season friendlies against Plymouth Argyle and Charlton Athletic on 31 May.^[48]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Swansea City v Haverfordwest County

1 July 2022 Friendly	Swansea City	7–0	Haverfordwest County	Upper Killay
TBA BST	Piroe x3 Cullen x2 Naughton Paterson	Report		Stadium: Fairwood 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)

Swansea City v Forest Green Rovers

9 July 2022 Friendly	Swansea City	3–2	Forest Green Rovers	Upper Killay
13:00 BST	Obafemi 12' Naughton 45' Cullen ?'	Report	Brown ?' Little ?'	Stadium: Fairwood Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

Plymouth Argyle v Swansea City

12 July 2022 Friendly	Plymouth Argyle	1–1	Swansea City	Plymouth
19:30 BST	Hardie 89'	Report	Piroe 6'	Stadium: Home Park Referee: Lee Swabey

Swansea City v Bristol Rovers

16 July 2022 Friendly	Swansea City	3–2	Bristol Rovers	Upper Killay
13:00 BST	Piroe 8' (pen.) Congreve 10' Cullen ?'	Report	Collins 14' (pen.) Loft ?'	Stadium: Fairwood Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

Charlton Athletic v Swansea City

23 July 2022 Friendly	Charlton Athletic	1–2	Swansea City	Charlton
15:00 BST	Darling 4' (o.g.)	Report	Piroe 53' Manning 85'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 3,345

Heart of Midlothian v Swansea City

29 November 2022 (2022-11-29) Friendly	Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Swansea City	Edinburgh
TBA GMT	Henderson ?'	Report	Fulton 11' Piroe 13'	Stadium: Tynecastle Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

Dundee United v Swansea City

3 December 2022 (2022-12-03) Friendly	Dundee United	0–2	Swansea City	Dundee
12:00 GMT		Report	Paterson 44' Manning 70'	Stadium: Tannadice

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	30 July 2022	8 May 2023	Matchday 1	10th	46	18	12	16	68	64	+4	039.13
FA Cup	8 January 2023	17 January 2023	Third round	Third round	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
EFL Cup	9 August 2022		First round	First round	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Total					49	18	14	17	72	69	+3	036.73

Source: Soccerway

Championship

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Blackburn Rovers	46	20	9	17	52	54	−2	69
8	Millwall	46	19	11	16	57	50	+7	68
9	West Bromwich Albion	46	18	12	16	59	53	+6	66
10	Swansea City	46	18	12	16	68	64	+4	66
11	Watford	46	16	15	15	56	53	+3	63
12	Preston North End	46	17	12	17	45	59	−14	63
13	Norwich City	46	17	11	18	57	54	+3	62

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^[49]

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	18	12	16	68	64	+4	66	11	4	8	38	32	+6	7	8	8	30	32	−2

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	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W
Position	9	22	13	14	20	22	21	17	22	16	11	6	6	8	7	4	6	8	9	8	8	10	10	16	12	15	11	12	13	15	12	12	12	15	17	17	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	10	10

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.^[50]

Rotherham United v Swansea City

30 July 2022 1	Rotherham United	1–1	Swansea City	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Ogbene 16'	Report	Darling 38'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 10,454 Referee: Matt Donohue

Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers

6 August 2022 2	Swansea City	0–3	Blackburn Rovers	Landore
15:00 BST		Report	Szmodics 39' Brereton 57' Travis 84'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,632 Referee: Steve Martin

Blackpool v Swansea City

13 August 2022 3	Blackpool	0–1	Swansea City	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Lavery  47' Yates 50'	Report	Grimes  63' Ntcham  77', 87' Allen  90+3'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,519 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Swansea City v Millwall

16 August 2022 4	Swansea City	2–2	Millwall	Landore
19:45 BST	Manning 1',  73' Obafemi 12',  90+1'	Report	Burey  39' Mitchell  42' Malone  65' Cabango 90+3' (o.g.) Wood 90+5' (o.g.)	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,068 Referee: Gavin Ward

Swansea City v Luton Town

20 August 2022 5	Swansea City	0–2	Luton Town	Landore
15:00 BST	Obafemi  82'	Report	Campbell 14' Morris 72'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,323 Referee: John Busby

Middlesbrough v Swansea City

27 August 2022 6	Middlesbrough	2–1	Swansea City	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	McGree 14' Mowatt  27' Crooks 30',  45' Lenihan  78' Roberts  84' Jones  87'	Report	Cabango  74'  88' Piroe 79' (pen.) Wood  80' O. Cooper  90+2'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 23,672 Referee: Bobby Madley

Stoke City v Swansea City

31 August 2022 (2022-08-31) 7	Stoke City	1–1	Swansea City	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 BST	Taylor  59' Campbell 90+1'	Report	Piroe 6' Sorinola  78' Naughton  90'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 18,697 Referee: David Webb

Swansea City v Queens Park Rangers

3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 8	Swansea City	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Landore
15:00 BST	Piroe 16', 21',  77' Grimes  34' Paterson  39'	Report		Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 15,935 Referee: Oliver Langford

Birmingham City v Swansea City

10 September 2022 (2022-09-10)	Birmingham City	Postponed	Swansea City	Bordesley
15:00 BST				Stadium: St Andrew's Stadium
Note: Fixture was postponed as a mark of respect following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.[51]

Swansea City v Sheffield United

13 September 2022 (2022-09-13) 9	Swansea City	0–1	Sheffield United	Landore
19:45 BST	Grimes  63'	Report	Ahmedhodžić  47' Khadra 90+4'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 15,458 Referee: Darren Bond

Swansea City v Hull City

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 10	Swansea City	3–0	Hull City	Landore
12:30 BST	Manning 61' Cundle 64' Wood  77' Piroe 85'	Report	Slater  45+4' Docherty  79'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 15,207 Referee: Keith Stroud

West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 11	West Bromwich Albion	2–3	Swansea City	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Furlong  43' Pieters  47' Livermore 48' Rogic  53' Diangana 65'	Report	Sorinola 6' Manning  41' Ntcham 71' Obafemi 89'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,369 Referee: Graham Scott

Watford v Swansea City

5 October 2022 (2022-10-05) 12	Watford	1–2	Swansea City	Watford
19:45 BST	Sarr 34' Louza  90+12'	Report	Ntcham 52' Grimes  67' Cabango 90+8' Darling  90+14' Fulton  90+16' Latibeaudiere  90+17' Wood  90+18'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 17,231 Referee: Tim Robinson

Swansea City v Sunderland

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 13	Swansea City	2–1	Sunderland	Landore
15:00 BST	O. Cooper 13' Darling 45+1' Fulton  54' Latibeaudiere  90+4'	Report	Neil  16' Evans  23' Clarke 51'  90+7' Embleton  54' Gooch  90+7'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 18,008 Referee: Gavin Ward

Burnley v Swansea City

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 14	Burnley	4–0	Swansea City	Burnley
15:00 BST	Vitinho 15' Rodriguez 29' 57' Zaroury 45+3' Brownhill  61'	Report	Sorinola  23' Cabango  34' Fulton  38' Latibeaudiere  40' Piroe  74'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 18,728 Referee: Steve Martin

Swansea City v Reading

18 October 2022 (2022-10-18) 15	Swansea City	3–2	Reading	Landore
19:45 BST	Darling 41' O. Cooper 60' Latibeaudiere  65' Fulton 74'	Report	Méïté 26' Ince 33' Yiadom  45'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 15,717 Referee: James Bell

Swansea City v Cardiff City

23 October 2022 (2022-10-23) 16	Swansea City	2–0	Cardiff City	Landore
12:00 BST	Cooper 38' Darling  50' Obafemi  58' 67' Cundle  60'	Report	Robinson  7' O'Dowda  50' Ralls  61' Harris  90+1'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 19,814 Referee: Darren Bond

Bristol City v Swansea City

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 17	Bristol City	1–1	Swansea City	Ashton Gate
12:00 BST	Conway 24' Pring  90+4'	Report	Ntcham 76'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 21,007 Referee: Andre Marriner

Preston North End v Swansea City

1 November 2022 (2022-11-01) 18	Preston North End	1–0	Swansea City	Preston
19:45 GMT	Potts 30' Ledson  55' Storey  66' Browne  73' McCann  90'	Report	Cabango  11' Grimes  70' Oko-Flex  90+5'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 13,631 Referee: John Busby

Swansea City v Wigan Athletic

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) 19	Swansea City	2–2	Wigan Athletic	Landore
15:00 GMT	Manning 44'  90+4' Cooper  64' Piroe 84' (pen.)	Report	Keane 8'  72' Naylor 16' Magennis  83'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,644 Referee: Craig Pawson

Birmingham City v Swansea City

8 November 2022 (2022-11-08) 20	Birmingham City	2–2	Swansea City	Bordesley
19:45 GMT	Hogan 12' Deeney  15' 89' Bacuna  53' Sanderson  90+4'	Report	Manning  15' Ntcham 30' Grimes 45+2' Wood  48' Darling  51' Fulton  77'	Stadium: St. Andrew's Stadium Attendance: 15,491 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Huddersfield Town v Swansea City

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 21	Huddersfield Town	0–0	Swansea City	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Mbete  59'	Report	Ntcham  41' Oko-Flex  89'	Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 17,852 Referee: Ben Toner

Swansea City v Norwich City

10 December 2022 (2022-12-10) 22	Swansea City	0–1	Norwich City	Landore
15:00 GMT	Naughton  49' Wood  90+4'	Report	Pukki 1' Gibson  9' Hayden  36' Idah  84' Giannoulis  86' McLean  90+1'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,362 Referee: Steve Martin

Coventry City v Swansea City

17 December 2022 23	Coventry City	3–3	Swansea City	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Panzo 29' Allen 47' Gyökeres 54'	Report	Wood  20' Fulton  57', 76' Piroe 68' Cullen 84'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 17,985 Referee: Robert Jones

Reading v Swansea City

27 December 2022 (2022-12-27) 24	Reading	2–1	Swansea City	Reading
17:15 GMT	Carroll 27' Méïté 32' Holmes  40' Ince 53' Loum  77'	Report	Cooper  27' Cabango  66' Darling  66' Cullen 71'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Attendance: 15,452 Referee: James Linington

Swansea City v Watford

29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) 25	Swansea City	4–0	Watford	Landore
19:45 GMT	Grimes  9' Darling  28' Piroe 39', 78' Fulton  60' Latibeauduere  64', 87' Cullen 74'	Report	Kalu  70' Bachmann  71'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 17,339 Referee: John Busby

Swansea City v Burnley

2 January 2023 (2023-01-02) 26	Swansea City	1–2	Burnley	Landore
15:00 GMT	Darling  12' Cooper 27' Allen  45+2' Latibeaudiere  79'	Report	Maatsen 13', 22' Brownhill  41' Beyer  58' Guðmundsson  79' Benson  90+5' Barnes  90+5'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 17,699 Referee: Oliver Langford

Sunderland v Swansea City

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 27	Sunderland	1–3	Swansea City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	O'Nien  18' Neil 64' Hume  90+2'	Report	Cabango  19' Piroe 50',  53' Latibeaudiere  62' Cullen 70' Cooper 78' Sorinola  88'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,030 Referee: Keith Stroud

Queens Park Rangers v Swansea City

21 January 2023 (2023-01-21) 28	Queens Park Rangers	1–1	Swansea City	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT	Lowe 27'	Report	Fulton 81'	Stadium: Loftus Road Stadium Attendance: 16,110 Referee: John Busby

Swansea City v Birmingham City

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 29	Swansea City	3–4	Birmingham City	Landore
15:00 GMT	Fisher  13' Piroe 23', 58' Cullen 29'	Report	Hogan 14' (pen.) Chong 55' Jutkiewicz 90' Trusty 90+7' Mejbri  90+8' Bacuna  90+10'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 17,247 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Sheffield United v Swansea City

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 30	Sheffield United	3–0	Swansea City	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Berge 21' Robinson 45',  87' McAtee  54' McBurnie 89'	Report	Cabango  56' Wood  81' Fulton  88'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 27,800 Referee: Matt Donohue

Swansea City v Blackpool

15 February 2023 (2023-02-15) 31	Swansea City	2–1	Blackpool	Landore
19:45 GMT	Sorinola 21' Darling  49' Connolly 73' (o.g.) Manning  81'	Report	Connolly  1' Patino  39'  57' Carey 70'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 15,345 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Blackburn Rovers v Swansea City

18 February 2023 32	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Swansea City	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Thomas  15' Travis  45' Ayala 89',  90+4' Dolan  90+5'	Report	Latibeaudiere  51' Fulton  88'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,584 Referee: Thomas Bramall

Swansea City v Stoke City

21 February 2023 33	Swansea City	1–3	Stoke City	Landore
19:45 GMT	Whittaker 2' Sorinola  27' Grimes  45+2' Cabango  46' Manning  55'	Report	Laurent 15', 19' Gayle  61' Baker 90+3'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 15,817 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Swansea City v Rotherham United

27 February 2023 34	Swansea City	1–1	Rotherham United	Landore
20:00 GMT	Latibeaudiere  34' Piroe 42' Wood  71' Cabango  81'	Report	Hugill  10' Ogbene 52' Hjelde  58'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 15,144 Referee: Gavin Ward

Luton Town v Swansea City

5 March 2023 35	Luton Town	1–0	Swansea City	Luton
15:00 GMT	Morris 39' Clark  49' Woodrow  90+5'	Report	Cundle  28' Cooper  47'	Stadium: Kenilworth Stadium Attendance: 10,072 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Swansea City v Middlesbrough

11 March 2023 (2023-03-11) 36	Swansea City	1–3	Middlesbrough	Swansea
15:00 GMT	Piroe 15' Latibeaudiere  58' Darling  73' Fulton  82'	Report	Ramsey 54'  73' Archer 57' Akpom 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 17,021 Referee: Peter Bankes

Millwall v Swansea City

14 March 2023 (2023-03-14) 37	Millwall	2–1	Swansea City	Bermondsey
19:45 GMT	Cresswell 48' McNamara  50' Voglsammer 55'	Report	Darling  42' Manning 58',  90+5'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,470 Referee: David Webb

Swansea City v Bristol City

19 March 2023 (2023-03-19) 38	Swansea City	2–0	Bristol City	Swansea
12:30 GMT	Cullen 34' Ntcham 77' Manning  82' Piroe  82'	Report	Wells  74' Sykes  82'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,730 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Cardiff City v Swansea City

1 April 2023 39	Cardiff City	2–3	Swansea City	Leckwith
15:00 BST	Philogene 35' Rinomhota  58' Kaba 83' Kipré  90+7'	Report	Piroe 3',  90' Cullen 33' Manning  45+1' Ntcham  50' Fulton  55' Cooper  57' Cabango 90+9'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 28,232 Referee: Keith Stroud

Swansea City v Coventry City

7 April 2023 40	Swansea City	0–0	Coventry City	Swansea
15:00 BST	Darling  36' Wood  76'	Report	McFadzean  36' Gyökeres  87' Dabo  90+1'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 19,960 Referee: John Busby

Wigan Athletic v Swansea City

10 April 2023 41	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Swansea City	Wigan
15:00 BST	Lang  40' Hughes  45+3' Whatmough  90+1'	Report	Piroe 14', 34' Manning  45+4'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 11,634 Referee: Sam Allison

Swansea City v Huddersfield Town

15 April 2023 42	Swansea City	1–0	Huddersfield Town	Landore
15:00 BST	Fulton  5' Cabango  11' Piroe  37' Manning 69' Fisher  90+5'	Report	Hogg  43' Rudoni  90'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,686 Referee: Matthew Donohue

Swansea City v Preston North End

19 April 2023 43	Swansea City	4–2	Preston North End	Landore
19:45 BST	Piroe 2', 90+4' Allen 35',  90' Darling 44',  90+9' Cabango  45+1' Latibeaudiere  82'	Report	Lindsay  30' Hughes  44' Cannon 48',  56' Parrott 71'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 15,433 Referee: Oliver Langford

Norwich City v Swansea City

22 April 2023 44	Norwich City	0–3	Swansea City	Norwich
15:00 BST	McCallum  42' Gibbs  81'	Report	Latibeaudiere 23' Cullen 39' Ntcham 64' Grimes  73'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,135 Referee: David Webb

Hull City v Swansea City

29 April 2023 45	Hull City	1–1	Swansea City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Cabango 3' (o.g.)	Report	Cundle 39' Manning  43' Paterson  50'	Stadium: The MKM Stadium Attendance: 23,036 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion

8 May 2023 46	Swansea City	3–2	West Bromwich Albion	Swansea
15:00 BST	Cundle 26' Ntcham 66' Cooper  81' Piroe 90+3'	Report	Yokuslu 13' Ajayi 54' Thomas-Asante  76' Gardner-Hickman  85'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 20,294 (2,000 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

The Swans were drawn away to Bristol City in the third round.^[52]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Bristol City v Swansea City

8 January 2023 (2023-01-08) Third round	Bristol City	1–1	Swansea City	Ashton Gate
12:30 GMT	Naismith  39' Semenyo 75' Pring  84'	Report	Piroe 15' Allen  45+3' Wood  62' Darling  69'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 12,145 Referee: Craig Pawson

Swansea City v Bristol City

17 January 2023 (2023-01-17) Third round replay	Swansea City	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Bristol City	Landore
19:45 GMT	Cooper 73' Wood  90+4' Cundle  94' Latibeaudiere  120+2'	Report	Sykes 62' Pring  75' Bell 112' Semenyo  120+2'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 10,030 Referee: Graham Scott

EFL Cup

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

The Swans were drawn away to Oxford United in the first round.^[53]

Oxford United v Swansea City

9 August 2022 First round	Oxford United	2–2 (5–3 p)	Swansea City	Littlemore
19:45 BST	McGinty  7' Browne  65' Rodríguez 72' Brannagan 90+3'	Report	Fulton 8' Cullen 25',  82' Sorinola  76'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 4,373 Referee: Thomas Bramall
	Penalties
	Browne Rodríguez McGuane Spasov Brannagan		Cullen Ntcham Allen Sorinola

Squad statistics

As of 8 May 2023

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Swansea City.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Andy Fisher	27	0	25+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	IRL	Ryan Manning	46	5	41+2	5	1+1	0	1+0	0
4	MF	SCO	Jay Fulton	41	4	32+6	3	1+1	0	1+0	1
5	DF	WAL	Ben Cabango	46	2	42+1	2	2+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Harry Darling	33	4	26+5	4	0+1	0	1+0	0
7	DF	WAL	Joe Allen	28	1	17+8	1	1+1	0	0+1	0
8	MF	ENG	Matt Grimes	46	1	44+0	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	IRL	Michael Obafemi	19	3	12+7	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	CMR	Olivier Ntcham	44	8	21+20	8	1+1	0	0+1	0
12	MF	ENG	Jamie Paterson	23	0	9+14	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	GK	GER	Steven Benda	23	0	21+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
14	FW	SCO	Kyle Joseph	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Nathanael Ogbeta	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	DF	WAL	Brandon Cooper	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	NED	Joël Piroe	45	20	43+0	19	2+0	1	0+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Luke Cundle*	34	3	21+11	3	1+1	0	0+0	0
20	FW	WAL	Liam Cullen	32	9	15+14	8	1+1	0	1+0	1
21	MF	IRL	Armstrong Oko-Flex*	13	0	1+12	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	JAM	Joel Latibeaudiere	37	2	30+4	2	2+0	0	1+0	0
23	DF	ENG	Nathan Wood	43	0	40+0	0	2+0	0	0+1	0
24	DF	WAL	Fin Stevens*	5	0	0+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Kyle Naughton	26	0	16+9	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	ENG	Liam Walsh	7	0	4+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	DF	ENG	Matthew Sorinola*	31	2	19+10	2	1+0	0	1+0	0
31	MF	WAL	Oli Cooper	44	6	24+17	5	1+1	1	1+0	0
37	MF	WAL	Daniel Williams	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
41	MF	JAM	Jordan Garrick	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
45	MF	WAL	Cameron Congreve	13	0	1+9	0	1+1	0	1+0	0
Players out on loan:
19	FW	ENG	Morgan Whittaker	15	1	2+13	1	0+0	0	0+0	0

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