# 2022–23 Colchester United F.C. season

The 2022–23 season is the 86th season in the existence of Colchester United Football Club and the club's seventh consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the league, they also competed in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 28 June 2022 | GK | Sam Hornby | Bradford City | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2022 | RW | Alex Newby | Rochdale | Free Transfer |
| 14 July 2022 | CM | Ossama Ashley | West Ham United | Free Transfer |
| 3 August 2022 | GK | Kieran O'Hara | Fleetwood Town | Free Transfer |
| 7 September 2022 | LB | Lion Bello | Crystal Palace | Free Transfer |
| 5 October 2022 | LB | Jayden Fevrier | West Ham United | Free Transfer |
| 3 January 2023 | CM | Arthur Read | Stevenage | Undisclosed |
| 4 January 2023 | CB | Fiacre Kelleher | Bradford City | Undisclosed |
| 7 January 2023 | CB | Connor Hall | Port Vale | Undisclosed |
| 9 January 2023 | SS | Matt Jay | Exeter City | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2023 | LW | Oscar Thorn | Norwich City | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2023 | CF | Tom Hopper | Lincoln City | Undisclosed |
| 27 January 2023 | RB | Will Greenidge | West Ham United | Free Transfer |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 28 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Rochdale contract expired

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| 21 June 2022 | CM | Brendan Wiredu | Fleetwood Town | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Sam Cornish | Wingate & Finchley | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | AM | Diogo Freitas Gouveia | Hitchin Town | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Camron Gbadebo | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | Dean Gerken | Retired | — |
| 30 June 2022 | AM | Andre Hasanally | St Neots Town | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | RW | Bryan Ifeanyi | Aveley | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Emmanuel Martins | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CF | Thomas Stagg | Billericay Town | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | RB | Miles Welch-Hayes | Harrogate Town | Released |
| 23 July 2022 | GK | Shamal George | Livingston | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2023 | RB | Cameron Coxe | Boreham Wood | Undisclosed |
| 17 March 2023 | CF | Frank Nouble | Torquay United | Released |
| 12 May 2023 | DM | Cole Skuse | Retired | — |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned from | On loan until |
| 12 August 2022 | DM | Charlie Owens | Queens Park Rangers | 7 January 2023 |
| 26 August 2022 | RM | Daniel Chesters | West Ham United | 6 January 2023 |
| 30 August 2022 | LW | Beryly Lubala | Blackpool | 3 January 2023 |
| 1 September 2022 | CF | Kwesi Appiah | Crawley Town | End of Season |
| 1 September 2022 | CM | Matty Longstaff | Newcastle United | 1 January 2023 |
| 1 January 2023 | LB | Connor Wood | Leyton Orient | End of Season |
| 30 January 2023 | GK | Tom Smith | Arsenal | End of Season |
* ↑ On 6 January, Chesters returned to West Ham
* ↑ On 3 January, Lubala's loan was cut-short and he returned to Blackpool
* ↑ On 1 January, Longstaff returned to Newcastle due to a serious knee injury.

### Loans out

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned to | On loan until |
| 4 August 2022 | CF | Jake Hutchinson | Eastbourne Borough | 1 January 2023 |
| 12 August 2022 | CF | Bradley Ihionvien | Maldon & Tiptree | 1 January 2023 |
| 12 August 2022 | LM | Harvey Sayer | Maldon & Tiptree | 1 January 2023 |
| 26 August 2022 | GK | Ted Collins | Potters Bar Town | 26 September 2022 |
| 30 September 2022 | CB | Frankie Terry | Chelmsford City | End of Season |
| 10 October 2022 | CF | Kaan Bennett | Needham Market | 10 November 2022 |
| 13 October 2022 | RB | Cameron Coxe | Boreham Wood | 1 January 2023 |
| 3 January 2023 | CF | Jake Hutchinson | Aldershot Town | End of Season |
| 26 January 2023 | CB | Tom Eastman | Harrogate Town | End of Season |
| 27 January 2023 | LB | Ryan Clampin | Dundee | End of Season |
| 31 January 2023 | LM | Luke Hannant | Dundee | End of Season |
| 2 February 2023 | AM | Chay Cooper | St Albans City | End of Season |
| 15 February 2023 | CM | Gene Kennedy | Braintree Town | 15 March 2023 |
| 17 February 2023 | LM | Harvey Sayer | Stowmarket Town | 17 March 2023 |
* ↑ On 10 January, Terry's loan at Chelmsford was extended until end of the season

## Pre-season and friendlies

A match with Potters Bar Town was confirmed on 20 May. The U's announced their first pre-season friendly against Southend United at home. On June 10, Colchester revealed three more pre-season matches. A behind-closed-doors friendly with Reading was next to be confirmed. A further home friendly against Charlton Athletic was added to the schedule in July. Wayne Brown would also take an XI side to face Chelmsford City.
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 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 011.11 |
| FA Cup | TBC | TBC | Third round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| EFL Cup | August 2022 | August 2022 | First round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 050.00 |
| EFL Trophy | September 2022 | TBC | Group stage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 025.00 |
Last updated: pre-season Source: [ Soccerway]

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 17 | Gillingham | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 55 | |
| 18 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 55 | |
| 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 April 2023. Source: [ Soccerway]

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 15 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 |

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

The U's were drawn away to Newport County in the first round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
Colchester were drawn away to Ipswich Town in the first round and at home to Brentford in the second round.

### EFL Trophy

On 21 June, the initial group stage draw was made, grouping Colchester United with Charlton Athletic and Gillingham. Three days later, Brighton & Hove Albion U21s joined Southern Group A. In the second round, Colchester were drawn at home to Bristol Rovers.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Colchester United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Charlton Athletic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Gillingham | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 5 | |
| 4 | ACA | Brighton & Hove Albion U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 0 | |
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures