# 2022–23 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 2022–23 Rochdale A.F.C. season was the 116th edition of the Rochdale Association Football Club and the club's second consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the league, the club also competed in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 8 May 2023
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | F.A. Cup | F.A. Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Richard O'Donnell | 44 | 0 | 40+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Femi Seriki | 35 | 0 | 20+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IRL | Aidy White | 15 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Jimmy McNulty | 10 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Max Taylor | 20 | 1 | 19+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ethan Ebanks-Landell | 42 | 1 | 37+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Liam Kelly | 39 | 2 | 28+6 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jimmy Ball | 36 | 4 | 22+10 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Luke Charman | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | D'Mani Mellor | 19 | 0 | 12+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Devante Rodney | 45 | 12 | 31+9 | 11 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Abraham Odoh | 51 | 1 | 32+13 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | IRL | Jimmy Keohane | 42 | 3 | 37+2 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Ethan Brierley | 31 | 3 | 18+7 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Sam Graham | 33 | 0 | 21+8 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Ben Nelson | 12 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Rhys Bennett | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Tyrese Sinclair | 38 | 3 | 11+21 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Scott Quigley | 27 | 5 | 20+6 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Tahvon Campbell | 8 | 1 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Toumani Diagouraga | 37 | 0 | 26+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Rayhaan Tulloch | 14 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Jake Eastwood | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ENG | Cieran Slicker | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Owen Dodgson | 18 | 1 | 18+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Cameron John | 22 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Danny Lloyd | 23 | 6 | 20+3 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Toby Mullarkey | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Connor Malley | 14 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Kevin Dos Santos | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Oscar Kelly | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | ENG | Ian Henderson | 50 | 10 | 31+13 | 8 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 48 | FW | ENG | Darren Ehimamiegho | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | WAL | George Nevett | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goals record

    As of 8 May 2023
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 10 | | FW | Devante Rodney | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | 40 | | FW | Ian Henderson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 25 | | MF | Danny Lloyd | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 18 | | FW | Scott Quigley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 8 | | MF | Jimmy Ball | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 17 | | MF | Tyrese Sinclair | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 13 | | MF | Jimmy Keohane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 14 | | MF | Ethan Brierley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 7 | | FW | Liam Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 19 | | FW | Tahvon Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 11 | | MF | Abraham Odoh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 5 | | DF | Max Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 22 | | DF | Owen Dodgson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 52 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 17 April 2023
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League Two | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 11 | | MF | Abraham Odoh | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 | | DF | Ethan Ebanks-Landell | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 8 | | MF | Jimmy Ball | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 20 | | MF | Toumani Diagouraga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | | DF | Fermi Seriki | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 18 | | FW | Scott Quigley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 10 | | FW | Devante Rodney | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 15 | | DF | Sam Graham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | 1 | | GK | Richard O'Donnell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 16 | | DF | Ben Nelson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 25 | | MF | Danny Lloyd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 24 | | DF | Cameron John | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 14 | | MF | Ethan Brierley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 22 | | DF | Owen Dodgson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 40 | | FW | Ian Henderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 17 | | MF | Tyrese Sinclair | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 13 | | MF | Jimmy Keohane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 26 | | DF | Toby Mullarkey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 7 | | FW | Liam Kelly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 21 | | FW | Rayhaan Tulloch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 5 | | DF | Max Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 19 | | FW | Tahvon Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 9 | | FW | D'Mani Mellor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 77 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 1 | 1 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 15 June 2022 | RW | Devante Rodney | Walsall | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2022 | DM | Toumani Diagouraga | Morecambe | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | CB | Ethan Ebanks-Landell | Shrewsbury Town | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | LB | Cameron John | Doncaster Rovers | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | GK | Richard O'Donnell | Bradford City | Free Transfer |
| 12 July 2022 | CF | Ian Henderson | Salford City | Free Transfer |
| 19 July 2022 | AM | Tyrese Sinclair | Mansfield Town | Free Transfer |
| 15 August 2022 | CM | Connor Malley | Middlesbrough | Free Transfer |
| 9 December 2022 | RW | Danny Lloyd | Gillingham | Free Transfer |
| 28 January 2023 | CB | Rhys Bennett | Morecambe | Free Transfer |
| 31 January 2023 | CB | Toby Mullarkey | Altrincham | Undisclosed |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 13 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Morecambe contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 13 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Shrewsbury Town contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 28 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Doncaster Rovers contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 18 May, and would become official on July 1, once his Bradford City contract expired

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| 24 June 2022 | CM | Conor Grant | Milton Keynes Dons | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | Mikey Caldwell | Glossop North End | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | LB | Max Clark | Stevenage | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | Joel Coleman | Ipswich Town | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | LB | Matt Done | Retired | — |
| 30 June 2022 | LM | Stephen Dooley | Harrogate Town | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Joe Dunne | Stafford Rangers | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Ben Kershaw | Stoke City | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | Jesper Laurence | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | Jay Lynch | Fleetwood Town | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | DM | Kacper Mialkowski | Glossop North End | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | RW | Alex Newby | Colchester United | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Eoghan O'Connell | Charlton Athletic | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2022 | RB | Corey O'Keeffe | Forest Green Rovers | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | Bradley Wade | Hereford | Released |
| 14 October 2022 | CF | Luke Charman | AFC Fylde | Undisclosed |
| 3 January 2023 | CM | Connor Malley | Dundalk | Released |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 16 June, and would become official on July 1, once his contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 14 June, and would become official on July 1, once his contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 20 June, and would become official on July 1, once his contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 7 June, and would become official on 1 July, once his contract expired

### Loans in

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned from | On loan until |
| 15 July 2022 | RB | Femi Seriki | Sheffield United | End of Season |
| 28 July 2022 | CB | Ben Nelson | Leicester City | 6 January 2023 |
| 29 July 2022 | GK | Cieran Slicker | Manchester City | 11 January 2023 |
| 8 August 2022 | SS | Rayhaan Tulloch | West Bromwich Albion | 6 January 2023 |
| 1 September 2022 | CF | Scott Quigley | Stockport County | End of Season |
| 12 January 2023 | GK | Jake Eastwood | Sheffield United | End of Season |
| 27 January 2023 | LB | Owen Dodgson | Burnley | End of Season |
| 27 January 2023 | CF | D'Mani Mellor | Wycombe Wanderers | End of Season |
| 31 January 2023 | CM | Daniel Adshead | Cheltenham Town | End of Season |
* ↑ On 6 January, Nelson's loan from Leicester was cut short
* ↑ On 11 January, Slicker's loan from Man City was cut short
* ↑ On 6 January, Tulloch's loan from West Brom was cut short

### Loans out

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned to | On loan until |
| 15 October 2022 | MF | Jordan Scanlon | Ashton United | 15 November 2022 |
| 21 January 2023 | GK | Bradley Kelly | Airbus UK Broughton | End of Season |
| 18 February 2023 | MF | Jordan Scanlon | Ramsbottom United | 18 March 2023 |
| 3 March 2023 | CF | Tahvon Campbell | Aldershot Town | End of Season |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Rochdale revealed an away pre-season trip to Scunthorpe United on 20 May 2022. Four days later, an away trip to Chester was added to the pre-season schedule. The club confirmed a visit to Darlington on 25 May. On June 1, a home friendly against Port Vale was added to the schedule.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| League Two | August 2022 | May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| FA Cup | TBC | TBC | Third round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| EFL Cup | TBC | TBC | First round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| EFL Trophy | TBC | TBC | Group stage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
Last updated: pre-season Source: [ Soccerway]

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 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 | Relegation to National League |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2023. Source:

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result/ | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | D |
| Position | 17 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

Dale were drawn away to Bristol Rovers in the first round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
Rochdale were drawn at home to Burton Albion in the first round and away to Sheffield Wednesday in the second round.

### EFL Trophy

On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Rochdale with Accrington Stanley and Salford City. Three days later, Liverpool U21s joined Northern Group D.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Salford City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Accrington Stanley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Rochdale | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | |
| 4 | ACA | Liverpool U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 | |
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures