# 2022–23 Falkirk F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was Falkirk's fourth season in League One following their relegation from the Championship at the end of the 2018–19 season. Falkirk also competed in the League Cup, Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish League Cup
#### Group stage

Results

#### Knockout stage
### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics

    As of (UTC) 13 May 2023
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | P. J. Morrison | 18 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Ryan Williamson | 10 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Blaine Rowe | 20 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Stephen McGinn | 47 | 3 | 34+2 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Liam Henderson | 42 | 5 | 28+5 | 4 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Coll Donaldson | 43 | 3 | 32+3 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Callumn Morrison | 48 | 15 | 33+4 | 12 | 5+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Archie Meekison | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Jordan Allan | 13 | 2 | 3+10 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Aidan Nesbitt | 50 | 5 | 34+4 | 3 | 5+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Craig McGuffie | 38 | 7 | 12+16 | 4 | 4+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Finn Yeats | 39 | 0 | 15+13 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Leon McCann | 45 | 0 | 34+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SCO | Matthew Wright | 14 | 1 | 1+10 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | SCO | Brian Kinnear | 12 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SCO | Gary Oliver | 50 | 10 | 29+9 | 6 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+3 | 3 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Rumarn Burrell | 38 | 12 | 15+16 | 9 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 21 | FW | IRL | Ola Lawal | 22 | 4 | 3+14 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Brad McKay | 38 | 4 | 24+5 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | UKR | Max Kucheriavyi | 17 | 1 | 9+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Sean Mackie | 30 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Kyle Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SCO | Pearse Carroll | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SCO | Finlay Malcolm | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | SCO | Logan Sinclair | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | SCO | Max McGinley | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | SCO | Paul Watson | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | SCO | Kai Kennedy | 38 | 11 | 20+11 | 10 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| Players who left the club during the 2022–23 season ||||||||
| 8 | MF | ENG | Steven Hetherington | 20 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | COL | Juan Alegría | 19 | 6 | 8+8 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Paddy Martin | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Seb Ross | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Jaime Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | SCO | Blair Sneddon | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SCO | Finlay Malcolm | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | SCO | Nicky Hogarth | 17 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dunfermline Athletic (C, P) | 36 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 63 | 21 | +42 | 81 | Promotion to the Championship |
| 2 | Falkirk | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 70 | 39 | +31 | 67 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 3 | Airdrieonians (O, P) | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 82 | 51 | +31 | 60 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 57 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Queen of the South | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 54 | |

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FAL | GMO | HIB | BON | CLY |
| 1 | Falkirk | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 10 | Qualification for the second round | — | — | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 2 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | | 0–0p | — | — | 3–1 | — |
| 3 | Hibernian | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | | — | 0–3 | — | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Bonnyrigg Rose | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | | 1–1p | — | 1–4 | — | — |
| 5 | Clyde | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | | — | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | — |
* ↑ Greenock Morton were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Hibernian, who fielded an ineligible player. The match had originally finished 1–1, with Greenock Morton securing the bonus point following a 3–1 win on penalties.