# 2022–23 Queen's Park F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was Queen's Park's first season in Scottish Championship following their promotion from League One at the end of the 2021–22 season. Queen's also competed in the Scottish Cup, League Cup, Challenge Cup and Glasgow Cup.

## Summary

On 25 March 2022, Queen's announced the appointment of Owen Coyle as their new head coach who would take up the position from June 1st.
On 25 May 2022, Queen's announced the team would play their League Cup home ties at Ochilview Park, as the redevelopment of Lesser Hampden was unable to be completed before the start of the new season.
On 13 June 2022, the club started a new initiative to facilitate and stimulate the further flow of academy players. Starting from this season, the first team will be playing with a development team, Young Queen’s Park.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup

Queen's Park initially progressed to the fifth round of the Scottish Cup, but were expelled from the competition after fielding an ineligible player in their fourth round match with Inverness.

### Glasgow Cup
#### Group stage
## Player statistics

    As of 12 May 2023 (UTC)
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Glasgow Cup | Glasgow Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Calum Ferrie | 47 | 0 | 38+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Jason Naismith | 9 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Marcel Oakley | 15 | 1 | 15+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Thomas Robson | 45 | 4 | 37+1 | 4 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Lee Kilday | 37 | 2 | 30+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Charlie Fox | 31 | 3 | 25+0 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Liam Brown | 6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Louis Longridge | 27 | 1 | 6+12 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Jack Thomson | 40 | 2 | 34+0 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Johnny Kenny | 11 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Euan Henderson | 11 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Josh McPake | 32 | 4 | 17+10 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SCO | Dom Thomas | 46 | 12 | 36+1 | 7 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SCO | Jake Davidson | 45 | 3 | 21+15 | 2 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Lewis Moore | 9 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Max Gillies | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Cameron Bruce | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | SCO | Jacques Heraghty | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Calum Biggar | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Scott Williamson | 34 | 4 | 7+17 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Alex Fairlie | 3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Grant Savoury | 45 | 13 | 32+4 | 10 | 4+0 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Aaron Healey | 17 | 1 | 3+12 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | SCO | Simon Murray | 28 | 18 | 22+0 | 15 | 4+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Archie Graham | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Alex Bannon | 24 | 0 | 8+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | SCO | Gregor Nicol | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Patrick Jarrett | 28 | 3 | 8+14 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SCO | Connor Shields | 16 | 5 | 16+0 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | SCO | Zach Mauchin | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SCO | Kane Thomson | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | SCO | Liam McQuaid | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | SCO | Lewis Reid | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | SCO | Andrew Lind | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | SCO | Liam McLeish | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | SCO | Lennon Connolly | 6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 41 | GK | SCO | Callan McKenna | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Malachi Boateng | 40 | 3 | 35+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | ENG | David Boateng | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | NGA | Stephen Eze | 26 | 3 | 17+5 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### Championship table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dundee (C, P) | 36 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 66 | 40 | +26 | 63 | Promotion to the Premiership |
| 2 | Ayr United | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 58 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 63 | 52 | +11 | 58 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 65 | 45 | +20 | 57 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 57 | |

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DND | HAM | QPA | FOR | STR |
| 1 | Dundee | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 12 | Qualification for the second round | — | 3–0 | — | 5–1 | — |
| 2 | Hamilton Academical | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | | — | — | p1–1 | — | 5–2 |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 7 | | 1–2 | — | — | 4–1 | — |
| 4 | Forfar Athletic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | | — | 0–3 | — | — | 3–0 |
| 5 | Stranraer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 0 | | 0–3 | — | 2–5 | — | — |
* ↑ Forfar Athletic were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Stranraer, who fielded an ineligible player. The match had originally finished 2–2, with Forfar Athletic securing the bonus point following a 5–3 win on penalties.