# 2022–23 Norwich City F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was the 121st season in the existence of Norwich City Football Club and the club's first season back in the Championship since the 2020–21 season, following their relegation from the Premier League the previous season. In addition to the league, they also competed in the season's editions of the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | CM | Marcel McIntosh | Forest Green Rovers | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | RB | Benjamin Watt | Oxford United | Free Transfer |
| 15 July 2022 | AM | Gabriel Sara | São Paulo | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2022 | CM | Marcelino Núñez | Universidad Católica | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| 10 June 2022 | CB | Rocky Bushiri | Hibernian | Undisclosed |
| 10 June 2022 | AM | Matthew Dennis | Milton Keynes Dons | Undisclosed |
| 21 June 2022 | CM | Daniel Adshead | Cheltenham Town | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2022 | RB | Solomon Alidor-Hamilton | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | LB | Freddie Allen | Doncaster Rovers | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2022 | CF | Josip Drmić | Dinamo Zagreb | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | RB | Josh Giurgi | Shelbourne | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | DM | Nelson Khumbeni | Bolton Wanderers | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Reece McAlear | Tranmere Rovers | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | RB | Ola Okeowo | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | Aston Oxborough | Motherwell | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Lukas Rupp | Unattached | Released |
| 6 July 2022 | CB | Akin Famewo | Sheffield Wednesday | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2022 | CB | Christoph Zimmermann | Darmstadt 98 | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2022 | CM | Pierre Lees-Melou | Stade Brestois | Undisclosed |
| 19 August 2022 | RB | Ayyuba Jambang | Reading | Free Transfer |
| 25 August 2022 | CF | Sebastian Soto | Austria Klagenfurt | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2023 | LB | Saxon Earley | Plymouth Argyle | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2023 | LW | Oscar Thorn | Colchester United | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2023 | LM | Todd Cantwell | Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2023 | CF | Tyrese Omotoye | Forest Green Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2023 | CF | Jordan Hugill | Rotherham United | Undisclosed |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 9 June, and became official on 10 June when the transfer window opened
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 4 June, and became official on 10 June when the transfer window opened

### Loans in

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned from | On loan until |
| 10 June 2022 | DM | Isaac Hayden | Newcastle United | 30 June 2023 |
| 5 August 2022 | AM | Aaron Ramsey | Aston Villa | 3 January 2023 |
| 31 January 2023 | RW | Marquinhos | Arsenal | 30 June 2023 |
* ↑ The loan agreement was announced on 7 June, and became official on 10 June once the transfer window opened
* ↑ On 3 January, Ramsey's loan was cut short due to a knee injury

### Loans out

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned to | On loan until |
| 6 July 2022 | LW | Przemysław Płacheta | Birmingham City | 3 January 2023 |
| 11 July 2022 | AM | Flynn Clarke | Walsall | 1 September 2022 |
| 11 July 2022 | LB | Saxon Earley | Stevenage | 2 January 2023 |
| 14 July 2022 | RB | Bali Mumba | Plymouth Argyle | 30 June 2023 |
| 21 July 2022 | GK | Jon McCracken | Bohemians | 31 December 2022 |
| 22 July 2022 | LW | Christos Tzolis | FC Twente | 30 January 2023 |
| 31 August 2022 | RW | Josh Martin | Barnsley | 30 June 2023 |
| 8 September 2022 | LW | Milot Rashica | Galatasaray | 30 June 2023 |
| 16 September 2022 | GK | Joe Rose | Cheshunt | 16 October 2022 |
| 16 September 2022 | GK | Sam Blair | Wroxham | 16 October 2022 |
| 19 October 2022 | GK | Sam Blair | King's Lynn Town | 1 January 2023 |
| 29 October 2022 | GK | Dylan Berry | St Albans City | 30 June 2023 |
| 1 November 2022 | GK | David Aziaya | Faversham Town | 1 January 2023 |
| 22 November 2022 | GK | Archie Mair | Dartford | 22 December 2022 |
| 14 December 2022 | GK | Daniel Barden | Maidstone United | 14 January 2023 |
| 13 January 2023 | GK | Archie Mair | Notts County | 30 June 2023 |
| 13 January 2023 | CB | Jonathan Tomkinson | Stevenage | 30 June 2023 |
| 16 January 2023 | LW | Tony Springett | Derby County | 30 June 2023 |
| 31 January 2023 | CF | Tom Dickson-Peters | Grimsby Town | 30 June 2023 |
| 31 January 2023 | LW | Danel Sinani | Wigan Athletic | 30 June 2023 |
| 10 March 2023 | GK | Jon McCracken | Stevenage | 1 April 2023 |
* ↑ On 3 January, Płacheta's loan at Birmingham was cut short due to a left tibial stress fracture injury
* ↑ On 1 September, Clarke was recalled from his loan spell at Walsall.
* ↑ On 2 January, Earley's loan at Stevenage was cut short to allow him to complete a permanent move to Plymouth Argyle
* ↑ On 30 January, Tzolis was recalled from his loan spell at FC Twente

## Pre-season and friendlies

The Canaries announced they would travel to Scotland for back-to-back pre-season friendlies against Celtic and Hibernian. On 30 May, Norwich City confirmed further matches for their pre-season schedule, which includes a training camp in Bavaria. Two more matches were added to the calendar against Jahn Regensburg and Olympique de Marseille.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Championship | 30 July 2022 | 8 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 036.96 |
| FA Cup | 8 January 2023 | 8 January 2023 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| EFL Cup | 9 August 2022 | 23 August 2022 | First round | Second round | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 61 | 59 | +2 | 034.69 |
Source: Soccerway

### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 59 |
| 15 | Hull City | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 58 |
| 16 | Stoke City | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 53 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### 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 | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 19 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.

### FA Cup

The Canaries were drawn at home to Blackburn Rovers in the third round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
Norwich City were drawn at home to Birmingham City in the first round and to AFC Bournemouth in the second round.

## Squad statistics
### Appearances

* Italics indicate a loaned player
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Tim Krul | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Max Aarons | 48 | 1 | 44+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Sam Byram | 16 | 1 | 11+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Andrew Omobamidele | 35 | 1 | 27+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Grant Hanley | 41 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Ben Gibson | 23 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Isaac Hayden | 14 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Kieran Dowell | 25 | 5 | 14+9 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Adam Idah | 27 | 3 | 11+14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | | Marquinhos | 11 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Sam McCallum | 25 | 0 | 12+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Gabriel Sara | 43 | 7 | 31+9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Christos Tzolis | 13 | 1 | 3+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Jacob Sørensen | 20 | 2 | 14+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | | Przemysław Płacheta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Teemu Pukki | 43 | 10 | 33+8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Kenny McLean | 38 | 1 | 34+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Josh Sargent | 41 | 13 | 37+3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Onel Hernández | 42 | 2 | 19+20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Marcelino Núñez | 38 | 3 | 23+13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Jonathan Rowe | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | | Angus Gunn | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | | Dimitris Giannoulis | 27 | 0 | 20+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | | Michael McGovern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | GK | | Daniel Barden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | | Bradley Hills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | | Liam Gibbs | 37 | 1 | 18+16 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | | Abu Kamara | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Out on loan: ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | | Milot Rashica | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Danel Sinani | 18 | 2 | 7+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | MF | | Tony Springett | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | | Jonathan Tomkinson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Bali Mumba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No longer at the club: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | | Jordan Hugill | 10 | 1 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | Todd Cantwell | 19 | 0 | 9+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Aaron Ramsey | 20 | 3 | 13+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Christoph Zimmermann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Pierre Lees-Melou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Akin Famewo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rnk | No | Pos | Nat | Name | Championship | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total |
| 1 | 24 | FW | | Josh Sargent | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | 22 | FW | | Teemu Pukki | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 17 | MF | | Gabriel Sara | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Kieran Dowell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 20 | MF | | Aaron Ramsey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 26 | MF | | Marcelino Núñez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 11 | FW | | Adam Idah | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 25 | MF | | Onel Hernández | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 21 | MF | | Danel Sinani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 19 | MF | | Jacob Sørensen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 2 | DF | | Max Aarons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 4 | DF | | Andrew Omobamidele | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 3 | DF | | Sam Byram | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 5 | DF | | Grant Hanley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 23 | MF | | Kenny McLean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 18 | MF | | Christos Tzolis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 13 | FW | | Marquinhos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 46 | MF | | Liam Gibbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 9 | FW | | Jordan Hugill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 57 | 0 | 4 | 61 |