# 2022–23 St Mirren F.C. season

The 2022–23 season is St Mirren's 5th consecutive season in the top tier of Scottish football since being promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2017–18 season. The club also participated in the League Cup and Scottish Cup.

## Season summary

* 17 May - the following players left the club at the end of the season: Alan Power (moved to Kilmarnock), Kyle McAllister (released), Matt Millar (released), Josh Jack (released), Conor McCarthy (rejected new contract), Jak Alnwick (moved to Cardiff City), Connor Ronan (end of loan) and Jordan Jones (end of loan).
Also on this day, midfielder Ryan Flynn signed a one-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2023.
* 20 May - midfielder Mark O'Hara signed from Motherwell on a two-year deal.
* 25 May - goalkeeper Trevor Carson signed from Dundee United on a two-year deal.
On this day St Mirren were drawn to play Arbroath, Airdrieonians, Edinburgh City and Cowdenbeath in Group E of the Scottish League Cup.
* 1 June - The club announced the signing of Kenyan winger Jonah Ayunga, who joined on a two-year deal and would be reunited with manager Stephen Robinson from his time at Morecambe.
* 8 June - defender Daniel Finlayson joined Linfield on a season long loan deal.
* 17 June - English forward Toyosi Olusanya signed for Saints on a two-year deal after leaving Middlesbrough.
* 21 June - Australian defender Ryan Strain signed for the club on a two-year deal after leaving Israeli side Maccabi Haifa.
* 26 June - Scottish international defender Declan Gallagher signed a two-year deal with Saints after his contract with Aberdeen was terminated.
* 27 June - midfielder Keanu Baccus signed a two-year deal from Australian club Western Sydney Wanderers
* 1 July - youth midfielder Dean McMaster joined Airdrieonians on loan.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 27 May 2023
| No. | Pos | Player | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Trevor Carson | 37+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Richard Tait | 7+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Scott Tanser | 23+7 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Joe Shaughnessy | 14+8 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Richard Taylor | 7+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Mark O'Hara | 34+1 | 10 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 41 | 12 |
| 7 | FW | Jonah Ayunga | 16+3 | 3 | 4+0 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 24 | 7 |
| 8 | MF | Ryan Flynn | 3+17 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Tony Watt | 7+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Curtis Main | 35+1 | 9 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 37 | 9 |
| 11 | MF | Greg Kiltie | 18+17 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | Alex Gogić | 23+7 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | Caolan Boyd-Munce | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Thierry Small | 6+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Keanu Baccus | 30+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 36 | 2 |
| 18 | DF | Charles Dunne | 31+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Alex Greive | 12+16 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 34 | 4 |
| 22 | DF | Marcus Fraser | 33+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Ryan Strain | 35+1 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 40 | 4 |
| 24 | FW | Lewis Jamieson | 1+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Kieran Offord | 0+9 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Peter Urminský | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Fraser Taylor | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Declan Gallagher | 21+6 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| Players who left the club during the 2022–23 season |||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Eamonn Brophy | 1+11 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Jay Henderson | 0+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Dylan Reid | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Ethan Erhahon | 20+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Daniel Finlayson | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Toyosi Olusanya | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | Dean Lyness | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Ewan Thompson | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | Aiden Gilmartin | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – | DF | Dean McMaster | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

    As of match played 27 May 2023
| Number | Position | Nation | Name | Total | Scottish Premiership | Scottish League Cup | Scottish Cup |
| 2 | DF | | Richard Tait | 1 | 1 | | |
| 4 | DF | | Joe Shaughnessy | 1 | 1 | | |
| 6 | MF | | Mark O'Hara | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | Jonah Ayunga | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
| 9 | FW | | Tony Watt | 1 | 1 | | |
| 10 | FW | | Curtis Main | 9 | 9 | | |
| 11 | MF | | Greg Kiltie | 2 | 2 | | |
| 13 | MF | | Alex Gogić | 2 | 2 | | |
| 17 | MF | | Keanu Baccus | 2 | 2 | | |
| 21 | FW | | Alex Greive | 4 | 4 | | |
| 23 | DF | | Ryan Strain | 4 | 4 | | |
| 31 | DF | | Declan Gallagher | 2 | 2 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 41 | 5 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 27 May 2023
| Number | Position | Name | Total | Total | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| 1 | GK | Trevor Carson | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 2 | DF | Richard Tait | 2 | 0 | 1 | | 1 | | | |
| 3 | DF | Scott Tanser | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | | | |
| 4 | DF | Joe Shaughnessy | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 5 | DF | Richard Taylor | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Mark O'Hara | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | | | | |
| 7 | FW | Jonah Ayunga | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| 8 | MF | Ryan Flynn | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 10 | FW | Curtis Main | 5 | 0 | 5 | | | | | |
| 11 | MF | Greg Kiltie | 4 | 1 | 4 | | | 1 | | |
| 13 | MF | Alex Gogić | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | |
| 15 | MF | Dylan Reid | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 16 | MF | Ethan Erhahon | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| 16 | DF | Thierry Small | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| 17 | MF | Keanu Baccus | 10 | 0 | 9 | | | | 1 | |
| 18 | MF | Charles Dunne | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | | | | |
| 21 | FW | Alex Greive | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 22 | DF | Marcus Fraser | 8 | 0 | 8 | | | | | |
| 23 | DF | Ryan Strain | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | | | |
| 25 | FW | Kieran Offord | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 31 | DF | Declan Gallagher | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | | | | |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Hibernian | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 57 | 59 | −2 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 6 | St Mirren | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 46 | |
| 7 | Motherwell | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 50 | |
| 8 | Livingston | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 46 | |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

### Division summary

| 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | L |
| Position | 11 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARB | AIR | STM | EDI | COW |
| 1 | Arbroath | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 12 | Qualification for the second round | — | 3–0 | — | — | 3–0 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | | — | — | 2–0 | 1–1p | — |
| 3 | St Mirren | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | | 0–1 | — | — | 3–1 | — |
| 4 | Edinburgh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | | 1–3 | — | — | — | 3–0 |
| 5 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 | | — | 0–3 | 0–2 | — | — |

## Transfers
### Players in

| Position | Name | From | Transfer Window | Fee |
| MF | Mark O'Hara | Motherwell | Summer | Free |
| GK | Trevor Carson | Dundee United | Summer | Undisclosed |
| MF | Jonah Ayunga | Morecambe | Summer | Free |
| FW | Toyosi Olusanya | Middlesbrough | Summer | Free |
| DF | Ryan Strain | Maccabi Haifa | Summer | Free |
| DF | Declan Gallagher | Aberdeen | Summer | Free |
| MF | Keanu Baccus | Western Sydney Wanderers | Summer | Free |
| MF | Alex Gogić | Hibernian | Summer | Free |
| DF | Richard Taylor | Waterford | Winter | Free |
| DF | Thierry Small | Southampton | Winter | Loan |
| FW | Tony Watt | Dundee United | Winter | Loan |
| MF | Caolan Boyd-Munce | Middlesbrough | Winter | Free |

### Players out

| Position | Name | To | Transfer Window | Fee |
| GK | Jak Alnwick | Cardiff City | Summer | Free |
| FW | Josh Jack | Forfar Athletic | Summer | Free |
| MF | Kyle McAllister | Forest Green Rovers | Summer | Free |
| DF | Conor McCarthy | Barnsley | Summer | Free |
| DF | Matthew Millar | Macarthur FC | Summer | Free |
| MF | Alan Power | Kilmarnock | Summer | Free |
| DF | Daniel Finlayson | Linfield | Summer | Loan |
| MF | Dean McMaster | Airdrieonians | Summer | Loan |
| FW | Lewis Jamieson | Airdrieonians | Summer | Loan |
| FW | Kieran Offord | Alloa Athletic | Summer | Loan |
| GK | Dean Lyness | Airdrieonians | Winter | Free |
| MF | Jay Henderson | Inverness CT | Winter | Loan |
| FW | Toyosi Olusanya | Arbroath | Winter | Loan |
| FW | Eamonn Brophy | Ross County | Winter | Loan |
| MF | Ethan Erhahon | Lincoln City | Winter | Undisclosed |
| MF | Dylan Reid | Crystal Palace | Winter | Undisclosed |