2022–23 AFC Wimbledon season

The 2022–23 season was the 21st season in the existence of AFC Wimbledon and the club's first season back in League Two since the 2015–16 season following their relegation from League One the prior season. 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.

AFC Wimbledon

2022–23 season
Owner	The Dons Trust
Chairman	Mick Buckley
Manager	Johnnie Jackson[1]
Stadium	Plough Lane
League Two	21st
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Josh Davison (9) All: Josh Davison (10)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
1 July 2022[lower-alpha 1]	CB	Alex Pearce	Millwall	Free	[2]
4 July 2022	RB	Chris Gunter	Charlton Athletic	Free	[3]
18 July 2022	CF	Josh Davison	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	[4]
24 August 2022	CM	Harry Pell	Accrington Stanley	Undisclosed	[5]
11 September 2022	GK	Will Jääskeläinen	Crewe Alexandra	Free	[6]
1 October 2022	RW	Courtney Senior	Newport County	Free	[7]
12 January 2023	CF	Ali Al-Hamadi	Wycombe Wanderers	Undisclosed	[8]
31 January 2023	CB	Aaron Pierre	Sutton United	Undisclosed	[9]

1. The transfer was announced on 7 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Millwall contract expired

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
30 June 2022	RB	Cheye Alexander	Gillingham	Released	[10][11]
30 June 2022	CF	Corie Andrews	Torquay United	Released	[10][12]
30 June 2022	CB	Darius Charles	Retired		[10][13]
30 June 2022	CM	Anthony Hartigan	Mansfield Town	Rejected Contract	[14][15]
30 June 2022	CB	Ben Heneghan	Sheffield Wednesday	Released	[10][16]
30 June 2022	RW	Egli Kaja	Hampton & Richmond Borough	Released	[10]<[17]
30 June 2022	CB	Jack Madelin	Unattached	Released	[10]
30 June 2022	LB	Nesta Guinness-Walker	Reading	Rejected Contract	[14][18]
30 June 2022	MF	Isaac Olaniyan	Bognor Regis Town	Released	[10][19]
30 June 2022	GK	Zaki Oualah	Weymouth	Released	[10][20]
30 June 2022	CF	Derick Osei	Dundee	Released	[10][21]
1 July 2022	FW	Archie Stevens	Rangers	Undisclosed	[22]
2 July 2022	FW	Leon Chiwome	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	[23]
4 July 2022	CB	Dániel Csóka	Zalaegerszegi	Undisclosed	[24]
15 July 2022	CM	Jack Rudoni	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed	[25]
24 August 2022	CM	Luke McCormick	Bristol Rovers	Undisclosed	[26]
13 January 2023	GK	Will Jääskeläinen	Woking	Released	[27][28]
27 January 2023	RW	Ayoub Assal	Al-Wakrah	Undisclosed	[29]
31 January 2023	RW	Courtney Senior	Barnet	Released	[30][31]
1 February 2023	LB	Paul Osew	Northampton Town	Mutual Consent	[32] [33]

Loans in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Ref
15 July 2022	CF	Kyle Hudlin	Huddersfield Town	4 January 2023[lower-alpha 1]	[34][35]
18 July 2022	CM	Paris Maghoma	Brentford	5 January 2023[lower-alpha 2]	[36][37]
29 July 2022	RW	Nathan Young-Coombes	Brentford	20 January 2023[lower-alpha 3]	[38][39]
1 September 2022	CB	Ryley Towler	Bristol City	6 January 2023[lower-alpha 4]	[40][41]
6 January 2023	RW	Sam Pearson	Bristol City	End of Season	[42]
12 January 2023	CM	Armani Little	Forest Green Rovers	End of Season	[43]
24 January 2023	CF	Saikou Janneh	Cambridge United	End of Season	[44]
31 January 2023	RW	Diallang Jaiyesimi	Charlton Athletic	End of Season	[45]
1 February 2023	AM	Kasey McAteer	Leicester City	End of Season	[46]

1. On 4 January, Hudlin was recalled back to Huddersfield
2. On 5 January, Maghoma was recalled back to Brentford
3. On 20 January, Young-Coombes was recalled back to Brentford
4. On 6 January, Towler was recalled back to Bristol City

Loans out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Ref
30 July 2022	CF	Zach Robinson	Dundee	6 January 2023[lower-alpha 1]	[47][48]
19 August 2022	CF	Aaron Cosgrave	Southend United	End of Season	[49]
27 August 2022	RB	Ben Mason	Basingstoke Town	31 January 2023	[50]
11 September 2022	AM	Marcel Campbell	South Park	1 January 2023	[51]
11 September 2022	CM	Kwaku Frimpong	Dartford	11 October 2022	[51]
2 January 2023	CM	Kwaku Frimpong	Potters Bar Town	2 February 2023	[52]
4 January 2023	CF	Quaine Bartley	Wingate & Finchley	4 February 2023	[52]
20 January 2023	CM	Alfie Bendle	Eastbourne Borough	End of Season	[53]
1 February 2023	CF	Zach Robinson	Dundee	End of Season	[54]

1. On 6 January, Robinson was recalled from his loan at Dundee

Pre-season and friendlies

On 31 May, AFC Wimbledon announced their first four pre-season friendlies.^[55] A fifth friendly match was added, against Farnborough.^[56]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Bedford Town v AFC Wimbledon

2 July 2022 Friendly	Bedford Town	0–2	AFC Wimbledon	Cardington
13:00 BST		Report	McCormick ?' Robinson ?'	Stadium: The New Eyrie

Eastbourne Borough v AFC Wimbledon

9 July 2022 Friendly	Eastbourne Borough	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Langney
15:00 BST	Whelpdale 83'	Report		Stadium: Priory Lane

Farnborough v AFC Wimbledon

12 July 2022 Friendly	Farnborough	0–2	AFC Wimbledon	Farnborough
19:15 BST		Report	Assal ?', ?' (pen.)	Stadium: Easy As HGV Stadium

AFC Wimbledon v Ipswich Town

16 July 2022 Friendly	AFC Wimbledon	0–3	Ipswich Town	Wimbledon
14:30 BST		Report	Morsy 12', 57' John-Jules 48'	Stadium: Plough Lane

AFC Wimbledon v Reading

19 July 2022 Friendly	AFC Wimbledon	0–2	Reading	Wimbledon
19:45 BST		Report	Méïté 35' Hendrick 75'	Stadium: Plough Lane

AFC Wimbledon v Oxford United

23 July 2022 Friendly	AFC Wimbledon	0–0	Oxford United	Wimbledon
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium

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	46	11	15	20	48	60	−12	023.91
FA Cup	November 2022	November 2022	First round	3	1	1	1	4	4	+0	033.33
EFL Cup	August 2022	August 2022	First round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
EFL Trophy	August 2022	December 2022	Group stage	5	3	2	0	10	7	+3	060.00
Total				55	15	18	22	62	73	−11	027.27

Last updated: 25 January 2024
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
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
24	Rochdale (R)	46	9	11	26	46	70	−24	38

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^[57]
(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
46	11	15	20	48	60	−12	48	7	7	9	26	30	−4	4	8	11	22	30	−8

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	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	L
Position	3	6	8	12	10	12	15	15	17	16	15	17	17	17	17	15	15	15	13	11	12	12	11	14	13	13	11	13	14	13	13	15	15	15	15	16	16	18	16	16	18	17	19	20	21	21

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.^[58]

AFC Wimbledon v Gillingham

30 July 2022 1	AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Gillingham	Wimbledon
15:00 BST	Nightingale  9' Chislett 15' Marsh  47' Maghoma  63' Currie 71'	Report	Ehmer  35' Lee  47' Reeves  57' Wright  67' Kashket  81'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 7,752 Referee: Simon Mather

Hartlepool United v AFC Wimbledon

6 August 2022 2	Hartlepool United	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Hartlepool
15:00 BST	Cooke  78' Featherstone  89' Crawford  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Suit Direct Stadium Attendance: 4,543 Referee: Bobby Madden

AFC Wimbledon v Doncaster Rovers

13 August 2022 3	AFC Wimbledon	2–2	Doncaster Rovers	Wimbledon
15:00 BST	Maghoma  69' Young-Coombes 76', 84' Davison  86'	Report	Clayton  2' Tomlin  39' Anderson  56' Williams  66', 90+4' Rowe 86'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 6,847 Referee: Ollie Yates

Mansfield Town v AFC Wimbledon

16 August 2022 4	Mansfield Town	5–2	AFC Wimbledon	Mansfield
19:45 BST	Oates 32' (pen.) Lapslie 40' Quinn  45+1' McLaughlin  45+3' Maris 56' Harbottle 70' Swan 87'	Report	Davison 4', 16' Marsh  28' Currie  31' Gunter  45' Brown  45+4' Ogundere  82'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 5,709 Referee: Ben Speedie

Crawley Town v AFC Wimbledon

20 August 2022 5	Crawley Town	0–2	AFC Wimbledon	Crawley
15:00 BST	Omole  25' Craig  45'  55'	Report	Young-Coombes 15' Davison  37' Chislett 45+1' Brown  72'	Stadium: The People's Pension Stadium Attendance: 3,890 Referee: James Oldham

AFC Wimbledon v Barrow

27 August 2022 (2022-08-27) 6	AFC Wimbledon	0–1	Barrow	Wimbledon
15:00 BST	Marsh  30' Brown  54'	Report	Gordon 10',  41' Foley  31'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 7,048 Referee: John Busby

Stockport County v AFC Wimbledon

3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 7	Stockport County	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Horsfall 11',  53'	Report	Pell  4'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,073 Referee: Sunny Gill

AFC Wimbledon v Leyton Orient

10 September 2022 (2022-09-10)	AFC Wimbledon	Postponed	Leyton Orient	Wimbledon
15:00 BST				Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium
Note: Fixture was postponed as a mark of respect following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.[59]

AFC Wimbledon v Northampton Town

13 September 2022 (2022-09-13) 8	AFC Wimbledon	0–2	Northampton Town	Wimbledon
19:45 BST	Maghoma  65' Assal  84' Pearce  90+2'	Report	Guthrie 27' Sowerby  43' Towler 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 6,618 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Carlisle United v AFC Wimbledon

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 9	Carlisle United	2–1	AFC Wimbledon	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Mellish  35' Guy 45' Dennis 81' Armer  90+3'	Report	Towler  30' Assal 59',  90+3' Brown  67' Pell  89'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5,038 Referee: Andy Haines

Bradford City v AFC Wimbledon

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 10	Bradford City	2–2	AFC Wimbledon	Bradford
15:00 BST	Banks 4' Pereira  45' Hendrie  70' Oliver 90+5'	Report	Nightingale  28' Maghoma  45+2' Pell 58',  84' Chislett 76'	Stadium: University of Bradford Stadium Attendance: 17,186 Referee: Darren Drysdale

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

Walsall v AFC Wimbledon

8 October 2022 12	Walsall	3–1	AFC Wimbledon	Bescot
15:00 BST	Hutchinson 5' Allen  25' Daniels  28' Johnson 50' White  90+2' Knowles 90+3'	Report	Towler 21'  89' Kalambayi  78'	Stadium: Poundland Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,905 Referee: Adam Herczeg

AFC Wimbledon v Sutton United

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 13	AFC Wimbledon	0–1	Sutton United	Wimbledon
15:00 BST	Pell  13' Maghoma  71'	Report	Eastmond 30' Bugiel  55' Randall  77' Milsom  84'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 8,568 Referee: Carl Brook

Rochdale v AFC Wimbledon

22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 14	Rochdale	1–2	AFC Wimbledon	Spotland
15:00 BST	Sinclair 66' Ebanks-Landell  79'	Report	Towler  20' Assal 39'  86' Gunter  59' Davison 64' Woodyard  90+3'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,568 Referee: Marc Edwards

AFC Wimbledon v Crewe Alexandra

25 October 2022 (2022-10-25) 15	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Wimbledon
19:45 BST	Assal 45+1' Chislett  53' Davison 75'	Report	Thomas  24' Mellor  39' Williams  53' Adebisi 62' Tabiner  70' Offord  88'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 6,984 Referee: Lee Swabey

AFC Wimbledon v Harrogate Town

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 16	AFC Wimbledon	3–2	Harrogate Town	Wimbledon
15:00 BST	Kalambayi 39' Currie  72' Hudlin  75' Senior 84' Davison 88'	Report	Daly 47' Pattison 65'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 7,620 Referee: Paul Howard

AFC Wimbledon v Leyton Orient

8 November 2022 (2022-11-08) 17	AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Leyton Orient	Wimbledon
19:45 GMT	Assal 19'  72' Towler  32' Pell 35' Maghoma  44' Marsh  73'	Report	James  20' Drinan  41' Smyth  45+3' Beckles  90+1' Moncur  90+9'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 7,994 Referee: Robert Lewis

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

Tranmere Rovers v AFC Wimbledon

19 November 2022 (2022-11-19) 19	Tranmere Rovers	0–2	AFC Wimbledon	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Hawkes  11' Simeu  30' Davies  90+2'	Report	Chislett 8'  11' Assal 82'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,010 Referee: Thomas Kirk

AFC Wimbledon v Grimsby Town

3 December 2022 (2022-12-03) 20	AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Grimsby Town	Wimbledon
12:30 GMT	Biler  34' Kalambayi  49' Chislett 60' Pell  66'	Report	Simmonds  78'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 7,962 Referee: Darren Handley

Swindon Town v AFC Wimbledon

10 December 2022 (2022-12-10) 21	Swindon Town	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Blake-Tracy  29' Lavinier  89'	Report	Pell  63' Woodyard  71' Maghoma  81' Davison  90'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,430 Referee: Sam Allison

AFC Wimbledon v Stevenage

17 December 2022 (2022-12-17)	AFC Wimbledon	Postponed	Stevenage	Wimbledon
15:00 GMT				Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[60]

AFC Wimbledon v Newport County

26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) 22	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Newport County	Wimbledon
15:00 GMT	Chislett 58' Hudlin  66'	Report	Zanzala  9' 70' (pen.) Demetriou  66' Lewis  68' Moriah-Welsh  74'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 7,784 Referee: Paul Howard

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: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,025 Referee: Lee Swabey

Sutton United v AFC Wimbledon

1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) 24	Sutton United	2–1	AFC Wimbledon	Sutton
15:00 GMT	Randall 13' Bugiel  62' 69'	Report	Woodyard  9' Davison 40'	Stadium: VBS Community Stadium Attendance: 5,049 Referee: Will Fannie

Crewe Alexandra v AFC Wimbledon

7 January 2023 (2023-01-07) 25	Crewe Alexandra	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Brook  72'	Report	Brown  73' Marsh  84'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 4,379 Referee: Christopher Pollard

AFC Wimbledon v Bradford City

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 26	AFC Wimbledon	0–0	Bradford City	Wimbledon
15:00 GMT		Report	Walker  44'  60' Halliday  71' Crichlow  80'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 8,383 Referee: Ben Toner

Newport County v AFC Wimbledon

21 January 2023 (2023-01-21)	Newport County	Postponed	AFC Wimbledon	Newport
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Rodney Parade
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[61]

AFC Wimbledon v Walsall

24 January 2023 (2023-01-24)	AFC Wimbledon	Postponed	Walsall	Wimbledon
15:00 GMT				Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[62]

AFC Wimbledon v Stockport County

28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) 27	AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Stockport County	Wimbledon
15:00 GMT	Pell  10', 49' Woodyard  63' Little  71' Chislett  76' Biler  87'	Report	Wright  16' Byrne  75'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 8,511 Referee: James Oldham

Leyton Orient v AFC Wimbledon

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 28	Leyton Orient	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Sweeney  36' Moncur 64' Sadlier  79' El Mizouni  90+4'	Report	Kalambayi  21'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,639 Referee: Martin Woods

AFC Wimbledon v Carlisle United

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 29	AFC Wimbledon	0–0	Carlisle United	Wimbledon
15:00 GMT	Kalambayi  45+4'	Report	Moxon  20' Huntington  45+4'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 7,876 Referee: Darren Handley

Northampton Town v AFC Wimbledon

14 February 2023 (2023-02-14) 30	Northampton Town	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Guthrie  90+3'	Report	Woodyard  65' Gunter  76' Little  88' Kalambayi  90+5'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,041 Referee: Carl Brook

AFC Wimbledon v Hartlepool United

18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) 31	AFC Wimbledon	2–2	Hartlepool United	Wimbledon
15:00 GMT	Pearce  29' Al-Hamadi 31',  79' Jaiyesimi 53' Davison  89'	Report	Kemp 71', 90+6',  90+7'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 7,495 Referee: Craig Hicks

Gillingham v AFC Wimbledon

25 February 2023 32	Gillingham	2–1	AFC Wimbledon	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Masterson  6' Ehmer 58' Alexander 66'	Report	Woodyard  45+5' Al-Hamadi 52' Pell  62' Gunter  65' McAteer  75' Marsh  90+4'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,453 Referee: Neil Hair

AFC Wimbledon v Stevenage

28 February 2023 33	AFC Wimbledon	2–3	Stevenage	Wimbledon
19:45 GMT	Al-Hamadi 39', 74' Marsh  53' Kalambayi  60'	Report	Clark  43' Piergianni 55' Sweeney  60' McAteer 61' (o.g.) Gilbey  70' Roberts  80' Norris 83'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 6,936 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

AFC Wimbledon v Mansfield Town

5 March 2023 34	AFC Wimbledon	1–3	Mansfield Town	Wimbledon
15:00 GMT	Al-Hamadi 25' McAteer  57'	Report	Clarke  5' Harbottle 30',  44' Wallace  32' Quinn  51' Johnson 66' Keillor-Dunn 77'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 7,939 Referee: Ollie Yates

Doncaster Rovers v AFC Wimbledon

11 March 2023 35	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	AFC Wimbledon	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Biggins 27' Miller 32' Seaman  34' Nelson  90+6'	Report	Davison 18'	Stadium: The Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 5,998 Referee: Matthew Corlett

Newport County v AFC Wimbledon

14 March 2023 36	Newport County	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Newport
19:45 GMT	Farquharson  18' Norman  61' Charsley 69' Lewis  74'	Report	Al-Hamadi 5' Currie  63' McAteer  70' Woodyard  74'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,051 (315 away) Referee: Tom Reeves

AFC Wimbledon v Crawley Town

18 March 2023 37	AFC Wimbledon	0–1	Crawley Town	Wimbledon
15:00 GMT	Pierre  39' Little  41' Nightingale  55'	Report	Nadesan 5',  19' Roles  67' Oteh  72' Johnson  88'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 7,300 (365 away) Referee: Carl Boyeson

Barrow v AFC Wimbledon

25 March 2023 38	Barrow	2–1	AFC Wimbledon	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Neal  58' Canavan 61' Whitfield  62' Gordon 74'	Report	Jenkins 5' Ogundere  24' Currie  55' Little  90+7'	Stadium: So Legal Stadium Attendance: 3,794 Referee: Sam Allison

AFC Wimbledon v Walsall

28 March 2023 39	AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Walsall	Wimbledon
19:45 GMT	Nightingale 59' Al-Hamadi 74',  75'	Report	White  36' Wilkinson  39' Hutchinson  43' Williams  57'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 6,809 Referee: Ben Speedie

AFC Wimbledon v Rochdale

1 April 2023 40	AFC Wimbledon	0–1	Rochdale	Wimbledon
15:00 BST	Little  82' Brown  85'	Report	Lloyd 64' Mellor  79' Odoh  85'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 7,380 (261 away) Referee: Alan Young

Harrogate Town v AFC Wimbledon

7 April 2023 41	Harrogate Town	2–2	AFC Wimbledon	Harrogate
15:00 BST	Foulds  41' Falkingham  77' Armstrong 89' Sutton 90+7'	Report	Nightingale  25' Chislett 32', 57' Ogundere  75' Al-Hamadi  90+5'	Stadium: The EnviroVent Stadium Attendance: 2,891 (600 away) Referee: Scott Jackson

AFC Wimbledon v Salford City

10 April 2023 42	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+5', 90+6',  90+6'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 7,239 Referee: Robert Madley

Stevenage v AFC Wimbledon

15 April 2023 43	Stevenage	2–1	AFC Wimbledon	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Roberts 4' Reid 61' Bostwick  90' Rose  90+4' Steve Evans  off pitch'	Report	Al-Hamadi 11' Nightingale  82'	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 4,062 (694 away) Referee: James Bell

AFC Wimbledon v Swindon Town

22 April 2023 44	AFC Wimbledon	1–5	Swindon Town	Wimbledon
15:00 BST	Pierre 8',  67',  90+1' Jaiyesimi  24' Chislett  59' Marsh  82'	Report	Jephcott 16' (pen.), 32' Wakeling 18' Hutton  28' Lavinier  49' Williams  55' Khan  59' Clayton 61' Darcy 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 8,421 (1,191 away) Referee: Scott Simpson

AFC Wimbledon v Tranmere Rovers

29 April 2023 45	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	Wimbledon
15:00 BST	Al-Hamadi 68'	Report	Taylor 79'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 8,106 (533 away) Referee: Martin Woods

Grimsby Town v AFC Wimbledon

8 May 2023 46	Grimsby Town	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Wimbledon
12:30 BST	Ogundere 7' (o.g.) Glennon  38'	Report	Ogundere  42' Davison  34' Nightingale  90+3'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 6,733 Referee: David Rock

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

AFC Wimbledon were drawn away to Weymouth in the first round.^[63]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Weymouth v AFC Wimbledon

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) First Round	Weymouth	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Weymouth
15:00 BST	Rose 70' Kyprianou  80' Carlyle  88'	Report	Assal 5' Kalambayi  53' Gunter  90+2'	Stadium: Bob Lucas Stadium Attendance: 2,934 Referee: Sam Allison

AFC Wimbledon v Weymouth

15 November 2022 (2022-11-15) First Round Replay	AFC Wimbledon	3–1	Weymouth	Wimbledon
19:45 GMT	Assal 48'  51' Ogundere  56' Chislett 61' 64'	Report	McBurnie  51' Ash 78'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 3,672 Referee: Declan Bourne

AFC Wimbledon v Chesterfield

26 November 2022 (2022-11-26) Second Round	AFC Wimbledon	0–2	Chesterfield	Wimbledon
15:00 GMT	Chislett  36' Ogundere  44' Kalambayi  53' Senior  84'	Report	Dobra 44' King 76'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 4,176 Referee: David Rock

EFL Cup

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Wimbledon were drawn at home to Gillingham in the first round.^[64]

AFC Wimbledon v Gillingham

9 August 2022 First round	AFC Wimbledon	0–2	Gillingham	Wimbledon
19:45 BST	Assal  62'	Report	Ehmer  43' Reeves  69' Green  81', 90+2' Mandron 90'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 3,008 Referee: Craig Hicks

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Trophy

On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping AFC Wimbleon with Crawley Town and Portsmouth.^[65] Three days later, Aston Villa U21s joined Southern Group B.^[66] In the third round, the Dons were drawn away to Plymouth Argyle.^[67]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	AFC Wimbledon	3	2	0	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Portsmouth	3	1	1	1	0	8	3	+5	6
3	L2	Crawley Town	3	1	1	0	1	9	7	+2	5
4	ACA	Aston Villa U21	3	0	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

AFC Wimbledon v Aston Villa U21s

30 August 2022 Group stage	AFC Wimbledon	2–1	Aston Villa U21s	Wimbledon
19:00 BST	Kalambayi 12',  73' Young-Coombes  42' Davison 52'	Report	Jay-Hart 29' Lindley  52' Ealing  53'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 1,088 Referee: Will Finnie

AFC Wimbledon v Crawley Town

20 September 2022 (2022-09-20) Group stage	AFC Wimbledon	3–2	Crawley Town	Wimbledon
19:45 BST	Bartley  26' Hudlin 29' (pen.) Assal 75' Frimpong 78'	Report	Ogungbo  28' Marshall  40' Powell 59',  71' Frimpong 90+6' (o.g.)	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 903 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Portsmouth v AFC Wimbledon

1 November 2022 Group stage	Portsmouth	1–1 (3–1 p)	AFC Wimbledon	Portsmouth
19:45 BST	Curtis 15' Hume  75'	Report	Biler  14' Bendle  49' Assal 50'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 2,545 Referee: Craig Hicks
	Penalties
	Koroma Hackett-Fairchild Scarlett		Hudlin Frimpong Senior Sasu

AFC Wimbledon v Sutton United

22 November 2022 Round of 32	AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Sutton United	Wimbledon
19:45 BST	Hudlin 17',  61' Biler  87' Broome 90+6'	Report	Bugiel  56' John 90+6'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 1,854 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Plymouth Argyle v AFC Wimbledon

13 December 2022 Third round	Plymouth Argyle	Postponed	AFC Wimbledon	Plymouth
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Home Park
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[68]

Plymouth Argyle v AFC Wimbledon

21 December 2022 Third round	Plymouth Argyle	3–3 (4–3 p)	AFC Wimbledon	Plymouth
19:00 GMT	Cosgrove 61', 72', 76',  86' Halls  78' Lonwijk  90+3'	Report	Hudlin 10', 17' Assal 45+1' Woodyard  87'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 1,747 Referee: Samuel Barrott
	Penalties
	Hardie Cosgrove Houghton Whittaker Mumba		Hudlin Towler Assal Fisher Chislett

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