# 2022–23 Livingston F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was Livingston's fifth consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership, the top flight of Scottish football. Livingston also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Season Summary

In the season-opening League Cup group stage, Livingston picked up wins against Cove Rangers, Albion Rovers and Kelty Hearts, but were beaten 1-2 at home by Inverness. They finished as runners-up in their group behind Inverness, but still qualified for the knockout round by virtue of being one of the three best second-placed teams. The Lions were knocked out in the Second Round in a 1-2 home defeat by Dundee United.
On 22 July Livingston signed Shamal George for an undisclosed fee, and he was introduced to fans ahead of their League Cup match against Kelty Hearts the same day. George signed a four-year deal and it was reported they paid the second largest transfer fee in the club’s history to sign the goalkeeper from Colchester United for £87,500.
Livi enjoyed a strong first half of the season, heading into the World Cup break in fourth place in the Scottish Premiership.
In the Scottish Cup, Livi came from behind to defeat Stenhousemuir in the Fourth Round, before losing at home for the second time this season - on this occasion 0-3 - to Championship side Inverness.
Despite the strong start in the league Livingston collapsed after the winter break, missing out on the top six and eventually finishing eighth in the Premiership.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

As of 28 May 2023
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Shamal George | 35 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Nicky Devlin (c) | 44 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Tom Parkes | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Jack Fitzwater | 34 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ayo Obileye | 29 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | CGO | Dylan Bahamboula | 27 | 1 | 9+11 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Scott Pittman | 39 | 2 | 27+5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Bruce Anderson | 36 | 6 | 21+9 | 5 | 1+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | COL | Cristian Montaño | 36 | 4 | 25+6 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SCO | Jamie Brandon | 9 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | WAL | Morgan Boyes | 23 | 1 | 15+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Steven Bradley | 18 | 3 | 12+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Stephen Kelly | 33 | 5 | 24+7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Jason Holt | 40 | 0 | 26+7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Joel Nouble | 36 | 7 | 29+1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Andrew Shinnie | 40 | 2 | 21+12 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | DOM | Luiyi de Lucas | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Sean Kelly | 33 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Kurtis Guthrie | 18 | 1 | 6+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SCO | James Penrice | 33 | 3 | 16+13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | SCO | Jack Hamilton | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | BEL | Stéphane Oméonga | 31 | 0 | 15+13 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | SCO | Jackson Longridge | 11 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | GNB | Esmaël Gonçalves | 13 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Josh Mullin | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CGO | Scott Bitsindou | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Phillip Cancar | 5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | SCO | Jack Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | USA | Brian Schwake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Ivan Konovalov | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | POL | Max Stryjek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Harrison Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | IRL | Jaze Kabia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | St Mirren | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 46 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 50 |
| 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 |
* ↑ 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 | ICT | LIV | COV | ALB | KEL |
| 1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 11 | Qualification for the second round | — | — | p1–1 | 4–0 | — |
| 2 | Livingston | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | Qualification for the second round | 1–2 | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Cove Rangers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | | — | 1–2 | — | — | 2–3 |
| 4 | Albion Rovers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | | — | 2–3 | 1–2 | — | — |
| 5 | Kelty Hearts | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | | 0–1 | — | — | 0–2 | — |