# 2022–23 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was the 144th season of competitive association football and 10th season in the Scottish Professional Football League played by Kilmarnock Football Club, a professional football club based in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. Their first-place finish in the Scottish Championship in 2021–22 meant it was their first season back in the Scottish Premiership after spending one year in the second tier.

## Results and fixtures
### Pre-season

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers |
| 21 June 2022 | Queen of the South | H | 1–0 | Murray |
| 24 June 2022 | Falkirk | A | 4–1 | Taylor 9', 90' Cameron 74', 81' |
| 28 June 2022 | Lincoln Red Imps | N | 2–2 | Hodson, Warnock |
| 1 July 2022 | Charlton Athletic | N | 1–0 | Lafferty |
| 5 July 2022 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–0 | Armstrong 24' |

### Premiership

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | League position |
| 30 July 2022 | Dundee United | H | 1–1 | Taylor 90+1' | 8,014 | 5th |
| 6 August 2022 | Rangers | A | 0–2 | | 49,600 | 9th |
| 14 August 2022 | Celtic | H | 0–5 | | 9,162 | 11th |
| 20 August 2022 | Ross County | A | 0–1 | | 3,133 | 11th |
| 27 August 2022 | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | Armstrong 71', Taylor 76' | 6,238 | 9th |
| 3 September 2022 | Hibernian | A | 0–1 | | 15,426 | 11th |
| 10 September 2022 | St Johnstone | H | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed |
| 17 September 2022 | Livingston | A | 0–1 | | 2,253 | 11th |
| 1 October 2022 | Aberdeen | A | 1–4 | Taylor 27' | 16,348 | 11th |
| 5 October 2022 | St Johnstone | H | 2–1 | Armstrong 11', 46' | 4,463 | 10th |
| 9 October 2022 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–2 | Stokes 47', Lafferty 59' | 6,651 | 10th |
| 15 October 2022 | St Mirren | A | 0–0 | | 6,785 | 10th |
| 22 October 2022 | Ross County | H | 1–0 | Armstrong 20' | 4,640 | 10th |
| 29 October 2022 | St Johnstone | A | 0–1 | | 3,995 | 10th |
| 4 November 2022 | Livingston | H | 2–3 | Wright 4', 45+2 | 5,239 | 10th |
| 9 November 2022 | Dundee United | A | 0–4 | | 7,430 | 12th |
| 12 November 2022 | Hibernian | H | 1–0 | Armstrong 53' (pen.) | 6,391 | 11th |
| 17 December 2022 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–3 | Taylor 73' | 18,645 | 11th |
| 23 December 2022 | Motherwell | A | 2–2 | McGinn 73' (o.g.), Polworth 75' | 4,861 | 10th |
| 28 December 2022 | Aberdeen | H | 2–1 | Robinson 31', Wright 42' | 6,171 | 9th |
| 2 January 2023 | St Mirren | H | 0–0 | | 7,008 | 9th |
| 7 January 2023 | Celtic | A | 0–2 | | 58,612 | 9th |
| 18 January 2023 | Rangers | H | 2–3 | Stokes 6', Wright 85' | 8,461 | 11th |
| 28 January 2023 | Ross County | A | 0–3 | | 3,794 | 12th |
| 1 February 2023 | Dundee United | H | 1–0 | Armstrong 35' | 4,620 | 9th |
| 4 February 2023 | Livingston | A | 1–3 | Doidge 47' | 1,923 | 9th |
| 18 February 2023 | Hibernian | A | 0–2 | | 16,068 | 10th |
| 25 February 2023 | Motherwell | H | 1–1 | Robinson 17' | 6,512 | 11th |
| 4 March 2023 | Rangers | A | 1–3 | Dorsett 60' | 49,545 | 11th |
| 18 March 2023 | St Johnstone | H | 1–1 | Wright 38' | 4,889 | 10th |
| 1 April 2023 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–1 | Armstrong 22' (pen.), Doidge 45' | 7,237 | 10th |
| 8 April 2023 | Aberdeen | A | 0–2 | | 16,248 | 10th |
| 16 April 2023 | Celtic | H | 1–4 | Donnelly 45' | 8,201 | 11th |
| 22 April 2023 | St Mirren | A | 2–0 | Donnelly 18', Doidge 35' | 7,937 | 11th |
| 6 May 2023 | Motherwell | A | 0–2 | | 6,168 | 11th |
| 13 May 2023 | Livingston | H | 2–0 | Vassell 48', Armstrong 64' (pen.) | 5,051 | 10th |
| 20 May 2023 | St Johnstone | H | 0–1 | | 6,004 | 10th |
| 24 May 2023 | Dundee United | A | 3–0 | Vassell 14', 44', Cameron 83' | 10,406 | 10th |
| 28 May 2023 | Ross County | H | 3–1 | Lyons 36', Armstrong 49', Vassell 78' | 8,301 | 10th |

### Scottish Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 21 January 2023 | Fourth round | Dumbarton | H | 1–0 | Jones 90+1' | 3,705 |
| 11 February 2023 | Fifth round | Dundee United | A | 1–0 | Vassell 55' | 4,620 |
| 10 March 2023 | Quarter-final | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | A | 1–2 | Vassell 3' | 2,902 |

### League Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 9 July 2022 | Group stage | Fraserburgh | A | 3–1 | Shaw 6', Murray 17', Lafferty 70' | 1,022 |
| 13 July 2022 | Group stage | Partick Thistle | H | 1–1 (4–5p) | Donnelly 11' | 3,012 |
| 16 July 2022 | Group stage | Montrose | A | 3–0 | McInroy 37', Armstrong 69', Shaw 90+2' | 901 |
| 23 July 2022 | Group stage | Stenhousemuir | H | 4–1 | Polworth 5', Shaw 33' (pen.), 79', Armstrong 54' | 2,429 |
| 31 August 2022 | Second round | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–0 | Cameron 27' | 11,071 |
| 18 October 2022 | Quarter-final | Dundee United | H | 2–1 | Lafferty 8' (pen.), Armstrong 73' | 5,144 |
| 14 January 2023 | Semi-final | Celtic | N | 0–2 | | 45,787 |

## Club statistics
### Competition Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premiership | 30 July 2022 | 28 May 2023 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 37 | 62 | −25 | 028.95 |
| Scottish Cup | 21 January 2023 | 10 March 2023 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 066.67 |
| League Cup | 9 July 2022 | 14 January 2023 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 071.43 |
| Total | Total | Total | 48 | 18 | 8 | 22 | 54 | 70 | −16 | 037.50 |
Source: Competitions

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Livingston | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 46 | |
| 9 | St Johnstone | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 43 | |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 37 | 62 | −25 | 40 | |
| 11 | Ross County (O) | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 37 | 60 | −23 | 34 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
| 12 | Dundee United (R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 40 | 70 | −30 | 31 | Relegation to Championship |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | KIL | STE | MON | FRA |
| 1 | Partick Thistle | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 | Qualification for the second round | — | — | — | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 10 | Qualification for the second round | 1–1p | — | 4–1 | — | — |
| 3 | Stenhousemuir | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | | 1–2 | — | — | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Montrose | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 3 | | — | 0–3 | 0–2 | — | — |
| 5 | Fraserburgh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | | — | 1–3 | — | 2–4 | — |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | Premiership | Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Zach Hemming | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Lewis Mayo | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jeriel Dorsett | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Alan Power | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Ash Taylor | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Chris Stokes | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Rory McKenzie | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Blair Alston | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Oli Shaw | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jordan Jones | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Daniel Armstrong | 37 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 12 | 9 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Lee Hodson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Jack Sanders | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Fraser Murray | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Scott Robinson | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Brad Lyons | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Calum Waters | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Joe Wright | 35 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | Sam Walker | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Kerr McInroy | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Liam Donnelly | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Deji Sotona | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Kyle Vassell | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Dylan McGowan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Luke Chambers | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Ryan Alebiosu | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Kyle Connell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Christian Doidge | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Innes Cameron | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Kyle Lafferty | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Bobby Wales | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Liam Polworth | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Steven Warnock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Ben Chrisene | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | David Watson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Source:

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | Previous Club | Fee |
| 19 May 2022 | MF | Alan Power | St Mirren | Free |
| 13 June 2022 | MF | Kerr McInroy | Celtic | Free |
| 20 June 2022 | GK | Zach Hemming | Middlesbrough | Loan |
| 23 June 2022 | DF | Lewis Mayo | Rangers | Loan |
| 5 July 2022 | MF | Liam Donnelly | Motherwell | Free |
| 13 July 2022 | DF | Joe Wright | Doncaster Rovers | Free |
| 19 July 2022 | MF | Jordan Jones | Wigan Athletic | Loan |
| 21 July 2022 | DF | Ryan Alebiosu | Arsenal | Loan |
| 22 July 2022 | GK | Gary Woods | Aberdeen | Free |
| 5 August 2022 | DF | Jeriel Dorsett | Reading | Loan |
| 9 August 2022 | FW | Deji Sotona | Nice | Loan |
| 25 August 2022 | DF | Ben Chrisene | Aston Villa | Loan |
| 31 August 2022 | FW | Christian Doidge | Hibernian | Loan |
| 1 January 2023 | FW | Kyle Vassell | San Diego Loyal | Free |
| 30 January 2023 | DF | Luke Chambers | Liverpool | Loan |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | Subsequent Club | Fee |
| 10 May 2022 | MF | Tomas Brindley | Forfar Athletic | Free |
| 10 May 2022 | DF | Euan Deveney | Airdrieonians | Free |
| 10 May 2022 | GK | Colin Doyle | Bradford City | Free |
| 10 May 2022 | DF | Brandon Haunstrup | Cambridge United | Free |
| 10 May 2022 | MF | Stephen McGinn | Falkirk | Free |
| 10 May 2022 | DF | Jason Naismith | Queen's Park | Free |
| 26 May 2022 | MF | Chris Burke | Retired | Retired |
| 24 June 2022 | DF | Euan Murray | Hartlepool United | Free |
| 6 July 2022 | DF | Charlie McArthur | Newcastle United | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2022 | GK | Curtis Lyle | East Kilbride | Loan |
| 29 July 2022 | FW | Kyle Connell | Raith Rovers | Loan |
| 3 August 2022 | DF | Kirk McKnight | Cumbernauld Colts | Loan |
| 13 August 2022 | DF | Lee Hodson | Partick Thistle | Loan |
| 30 September 2022 | DF | Jon Craig | Clyde | Loan |
| 30 September 2022 | DF | Jack Sanders | Cove Rangers | Loan |
| 3 January 2023 | GK | Curtis Lyle | Stenhousemuir | Free |
| 7 January 2023 | DF | Dylan McGowan | Hamilton Academical | Loan |
| 21 January 2023 | MF | Aaron Brown | Stranraer | Loan |
| 26 January 2023 | FW | Kyle Connell | East Kilbride | Free |
| 31 January 2023 | FW | Kyle Lafferty | Linfield | Free |
| 31 January 2023 | FW | Oli Shaw | Barnsley | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2023 | GK | Gary Woods | Exeter City | Free |
| 4 February 2023 | DF | Calum Waters | Greenock Morton | Loan |
| 16 February 2023 | MF | Steven Warnock | Edinburgh City | Loan |