2022–23 EFL League Two
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The 2022–23 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 31st season under its current league division format. It began on 30 July 2022.
Season | 2022–23 |
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Dates | 30 July 2022 – 8 May 2023 |
Champions | Leyton Orient |
Promoted | Leyton Orient Stevenage Northampton Town Carlisle United |
Relegated | Hartlepool United Rochdale |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,294 (2.34 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Andy Cook (28 goals) |
Biggest home win | Stevenage 5–0 Barrow (2 December 2022) Swindon Town 5–0 Grimsby Town (14 January 2023) |
Biggest away win | Hartlepool United 0–5 Stockport County (3 December 2022) |
Highest scoring | Rochdale 4–4 Swindon Town (18 March 2023) |
Total attendance | 2,999,174 |
Average attendance | 5,712 |
← 2021–22 2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 15 May 2023. |
Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season:
To League TwoPromoted from National League Relegated from League One |
From League TwoPromoted to League One Relegated to National League
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Stadiums
Greater Manchester League Two football clubs
London League Two football clubs
Personnel and sponsoring
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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AFC Wimbledon | ![]() |
End of contract | 7 May 2022 | Pre-season | ![]() |
16 May 2022 |
Hartlepool United | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 8 May 2022 | ![]() |
3 June 2022 | |
Crawley Town | ![]() |
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6 June 2022 | |||
Barrow | ![]() |
End of contract | 12 May 2022 | ![]() |
27 May 2022 | |
Salford City | ![]() |
Sacked | 17 May 2022 | ![]() |
20 May 2022 | |
Swindon Town | ![]() |
Signed by Charlton Athletic | 8 June 2022 | ![]() |
20 June 2022 | |
Rochdale | ![]() |
Sacked | 18 August 2022 | 24th | ![]() |
29 August 2022 |
Hartlepool United | ![]() |
18 September 2022 | 23rd | ![]() |
18 September 2022 | |
Colchester United | ![]() |
18 September 2022 | 21st | ![]() |
30 September 2022 | |
Crawley Town | ![]() |
9 October 2022 | 24th | ![]() |
27 November 2022 | |
Newport County | ![]() |
10 October 2022 | 18th | ![]() |
20 October 2022 | |
Doncaster Rovers | ![]() |
17 October 2022 | 12th | ![]() |
20 October 2022 | |
Crewe Alexandra | ![]() |
Demoted to assistant manager | 4 November 2022 | 16th | ![]() |
4 November 2022 |
Crawley Town | ![]() |
Mutual Consent | 29 December 2022 | 20th | ![]() |
11 January 2023 |
Swindon Town | ![]() |
Signed by Crawley Town | 11 January 2023 | 8th | ![]() |
31 January 2023 |
Colchester United | ![]() |
Signed by Wycombe Wanderers | 21 February 2023 | 18th | ![]() |
2 March 2023 |
Hartlepool United | ![]() |
Sacked | 22 February 2023 | 22nd | ![]() |
23 February 2023 |
Tranmere Rovers | ![]() |
19 March 2023 | 14th | ![]() |
4 May 2023 | |
Rochdale | ![]() |
27 March 2023 | 24th | ![]() |
27 March 2023 | |
Walsall | ![]() |
19 April 2023 | 15th | ![]() |
19 April 2023 | |
Swindon Town | ![]() |
1 May 2023 | 10th | ![]() ![]() |
1 May 2023 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Leyton Orient (C, P) | 46 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 61 | 34 | +27 | 91 | Promotion to EFL League One |
2 | Stevenage (P) | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 85 | |
3 | Northampton Town (P) | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 62 | 42 | +20 | 83 | |
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 | |
11 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 61 | |
12 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 58 | |
13 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 58 | |
14 | Sutton United | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 58 | |
15 | Newport County | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 57 | |
16 | Walsall | 46 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 55 | |
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 |
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[44]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
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[44]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Play-offs
Summarize
Perspective
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
7 | Salford City | 1 | 1 | 2 (1) | |||||||
4 | Stockport County (p) | 0 | 2 | 2 (3) | |||||||
4 | Stockport County | 1 (4) | |||||||||
5 | Carlisle United (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
6 | Bradford City | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
5 | Carlisle United | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Semi-Finals
First leg
Second leg
2–2 on Aggregate. Stockport County wins 3–1 on penalties
Carlisle United | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Bradford City |
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Report |
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Carlisle United won 3–2 on Aggregate.
Final
Results
Home \ Away | WIM | BAR | BRA | CAR | COL | CRA | CRE | DON | GIL | GRI | HAR | HTL | LEY | MAN | NEW | NOR | ROC | SAL | STE | STO | SUT | SWI | TRA | WAL |
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AFC Wimbledon | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
Barrow | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
Bradford City | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
Carlisle United | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
Colchester United | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
Crawley Town | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
Crewe Alexandra | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
Doncaster Rovers | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
Gillingham | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
Grimsby Town | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Harrogate Town | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
Hartlepool United | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 |
Leyton Orient | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
Mansfield Town | 5–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
Newport County | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
Northampton Town | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Rochdale | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 |
Salford City | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
Stevenage | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
Stockport County | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
Sutton United | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
Swindon Town | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 |
Tranmere Rovers | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 |
Walsall | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |
Season statistics
- As of 3 May 2023
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Bradford City | 28 |
2 | ![]() |
Northampton Town | 21 |
3 | ![]() |
Carlisle United | 20 |
4 | ![]() |
Crewe Alexandra | 16 |
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Harrogate Town | ||
6 | ![]() |
Newport County | 15 |
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Barrow | ||
8 | ![]() |
Stockport County | 14 |
9 | ![]() |
Walsall Mansfield Town |
13 |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Walsall | Hartlepool United | 4–0 | 30 July 2022 | [45] |
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Barrow | Colchester United | 3–1 | 1 November 2022 | [46] |
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Salford City | Grimsby Town | 1–4 | 29 December 2022 | [47] |
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Swindon Town | Rochdale | 4–4 | 19 March 2023 | [48] |
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Hartlepool United | Grimsby Town | 1–4 | 7 April 2023 | [49] |
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Barrow | Crawley Town | 4–0 | 10 April 2023 | [50] |
Awards
Monthly
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference | ||
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August | ![]() |
Leyton Orient | ![]() |
Northampton Town | [51] |
September | ![]() |
Bradford City | [52] | ||
October | ![]() |
Walsall | ![]() |
Stockport County | [53] |
November | ![]() |
AFC Wimbledon | ![]() |
Barrow | [54] |
December | ![]() |
Stockport County | ![]() |
Stockport County | [55] |
January | ![]() |
Colchester United | ![]() |
Salford City | [56] |
February | ![]() |
Stockport County | ![]() |
Hartlepool United | [57] |
March | ![]() |
Northampton Town | ![]() |
Salford City | [58] |
Annual
Award | Winner | Club |
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Player of the Season | ![]() |
Northampton Town |
Young Player of the Season | ![]() |
Colchester United |
Manager of the Season | ![]() |
Leyton Orient |
Notes
- Tommy Club (Home), Haven House Children's Hospice (Away), and Mind (Third).[4][5]
References
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