# 2022–23 Crystal Palace F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was the 117th season in the existence of Crystal Palace Football Club and the club's tenth consecutive season in the Premier League (further extending their longest ever spell in the top-flight). In addition to the league, they also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

## Season summary
### Pre-season

Palace finished the previous season in 12th place and reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, the first under manager Patrick Vieira. Martin Kelly and Cheikhou Kouyaté left at the end of their contracts and player of the season, Conor Gallagher, returned to Chelsea at the end of his loan spell. Malcolm Ebiowei and Sam Johnstone joined after their contracts at Derby and West Bromwich Albion expired while Cheick Doucouré and Chris Richards were signed from Lens and Bayern Munich respectively.
The club went on a pre-season tour to Singapore and Australia to play other Premier League teams; they were defeated by Liverpool and Manchester United and drew against Leeds. Only half the squad were able to make the trip, so there were also games in England against teams from various divisions of the Football League. In these matches Palace won four and drew the other. The whole squad was able to play in a home game against Montpellier, which Palace won 4–2.

### August

Crystal Palace opened the Premier League season with a game against Arsenal at Selhurst Park on Friday 5 August. The visitors started the strongest and took the lead with a goal in the 20th minute from a corner. Palace came back into the game, but squandered a couple of chances to equalise and a late own goal from Marc Guéhi consigned the team to a 2–0 defeat. On the same day, Christian Benteke was sold to D.C. United. Their first away game was a 1–1 draw against Liverpool at Anfield. The next game, at home to Aston Villa, saw the team's first win of the season, with Wilfried Zaha scoring a brace of goals in a 3–1 victory. Palace were drawn away against Oxford United in the second round of the Carabao Cup, winning the tie 2–0 with youth-teamers Killian Phillips and Kaden Rodney making their senior debuts.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | RW | Malcolm Ebiowei | Derby County | Compensation |
| 1 July 2022 | GK | Sam Johnstone | West Bromwich Albion | Free transfer |
| 11 July 2022 | DM | Cheick Doucouré | Lens | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2022 | DM | Cormac Austin | Linfield | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2022 | CB | Chris Richards | Bayern Munich | Undisclosed |
| 11 August 2022 | CB | Kofi Balmer | Larne | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2022 | LB | Kelvin Agho | Hypebuzz Academy | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2023 | MF | Naouirou Ahamada | VfB Stuttgart | Undisclosed |
| 2 February 2023 | CF | Franco Umeh-Chibueze | Cork City | Undisclosed |
| 16 February 2023 | DM | Dylan Reid | St Mirren | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Cheikhou Kouyaté | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Luke Dreher | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Jarosław Jach | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | AM | Rian Jamai | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Kanye Jobson | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Nya Kirby | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | RB | Martin Kelly | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Joseph Ling | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | RB | Sean Robertson | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | AM | Sion Spence | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | DM | Aidan Steele | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | DM | James Taylor | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | RB | Dylan Thiselton | Unattached | Released |
| 5 August 2022 | CF | Christian Benteke | D.C. United | Undisclosed |
| 7 September 2022 | LB | Lion Bello | Colchester United | Free Transfer |
* ↑ Kouyaté later joined Nottingham Forest
* ↑ Jach later joined Zagłębie Lubin
* ↑ Kelly later joined West Bromwich Albion
* ↑ Robertson later joined Forest Green Rovers
* ↑ Spence later joined Gloucester City

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | On loan until | Ref. |
| 31 January 2023 | CM | Albert Sambi Lokonga | Arsenal | End of Season | |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Loaned to | On loan until |
| 16 July 2022 | LB | Reece Hannam | Bromley | January 2023 |
| 27 July 2022 | LB | Tayo Adaramola | Coventry City | 2 September 2022 |
| 27 July 2022 | GK | Remi Matthews | St Johnstone | End of season |
| 8 August 2022 | RW | Scott Banks | Bradford City | End of season |
| 11 August 2022 | LW | Jesurun Rak-Sakyi | Charlton Athletic | End of season |
| 12 August 2022 | DM | Malachi Boateng | Queen's Park | End of season |
| 25 August 2022 | CB | Daniel Quick | Dorking Wanderers | 13 January 2023 |
| 26 August 2022 | CB | Jake O'Brien | RWD Molenbeek | End of season |
| 26 August 2022 | FW | Luke Plange | RWD Molenbeek | 30 January 2023 |
| 1 September 2022 | RB | David Boateng | Queen's Park | 27 January 2023 |
| 1 September 2022 | CF | Rob Street | Shrewsbury Town | End of season |
| 12 September 2022 | LB | Kelvin Agho | ŠTK 1914 Šamorín | End of season |
| 1 January 2023 | DM | Killian Phillips | Shrewsbury Town | End of season |
| 6 January 2023 | GK | Jack Butland | Manchester United | End of season |
| 13 January 2023 | FW | John-Kymani Gordon | Carlisle United | End of season |
| 13 January 2023 | CB | Daniel Quick | Billericay Town | End of Season |
| 19 January 2023 | RW | Malcolm Ebiowei | Hull City | End of Season |
| 25 January 2023 | CB | Ryan Bartley | Eastbourne Borough | End of Season |
| 27 January 2023 | RB | David Boateng | Dover Athletic | End of Season |
| 30 January 2023 | CF | Luke Plange | Lincoln City | End of Season |
* ↑ Hannam initially joined Bromley on a season-long loan, but returned to Crystal Palace in January.
* ↑ Adaramola initially joined Coventry on a season-long loan, but returned to Crystal Palace on 2 September.
* ↑ Quick initially joined Dorking on a season-long loan, but returned to Crystal Palace on 13 January and was immediately loaned out to Billericay.
* ↑ Plange initially joined RWD Molenbeek on a season-long loan, but returned to Crystal Palace on 30 January and was immediately loaned out to Lincoln.
* ↑ Boateng initially joined Queen's Park on a season-long loan, but returned to Crystal Palace on 27 January and was immediately loaned out to Dover.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Palace announced they would visit Singapore, for a friendly against Liverpool, and Australia with matches against Manchester United and Leeds United. They also played a home friendly against French side Montpellier. Two further friendlies were confirmed, against Accrington Stanley and Millwall behind-closed-doors. An away trip to Queens Park Rangers was scheduled for 23 July. A further addition, against Gillingham was later confirmed.
During the mid-season winter break for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Palace announced they would host Botafogo and Valladolid in December. Two further fixtures against Napoli and Trabzonspor was also confirmed for the Eagles.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 5 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 028.95 |
| FA Cup | 7 January 2023 | 7 January 2023 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| EFL Cup | 23 August 2022 | 9 November 2022 | Second round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 029.27 |
Source: Soccerway

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Brentford | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 59 |
| 10 | Fulham | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 52 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 45 |
| 12 | Chelsea | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 44 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 41 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Premier League

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 17 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
* 1 2 Match 7 was postponed due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II and played between matches 20 and 21
* ↑ Match 8 was postponed due to an industrial rail strike and played between matches 27 and 28

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
On 16 June, the Premier League fixtures were released.

### FA Cup

Palace joined the FA Cup at the third round stage, and were drawn at home to Southampton.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

Crystal Palace entered the competition in the second round and were drawn away to Oxford United. A 2–0 victory saw them through to the next round, where they were again drawn away, this time to fellow Premier League team Newcastle United. Palace lost this game on a penalty shoot-out after the game finished goalless.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Statistics
### Appearances

    As of 15 May 2023
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 13 | GK | ESP | Vicente Guaita | 28 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Sam Johnstone | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | ENG | Joe Whitworth | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Joel Ward | 28 | 0 | 22+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Tyrick Mitchell | 36 | 0 | 32+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | James Tomkins | 7 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Marc Guéhi | 38 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | DEN | Joachim Andersen | 31 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Nathaniel Clyne | 25 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | USA | Chris Richards | 10 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | DF | ENG | Kaden Rodney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | SRB | Luka Milivojević | 21 | 1 | 5+13 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Michael Olise | 35 | 2 | 26+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Albert Sambi Lokonga | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Eberechi Eze | 38 | 10 | 28+8 | 10 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | GHA | Jeffrey Schlupp | 36 | 3 | 30+4 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | James McArthur | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Will Hughes | 28 | 0 | 5+20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Malcolm Ebiowei | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | MLI | Cheick Doucouré | 33 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Naouirou Ahamada | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | NED | Jaïro Riedewald | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | IRL | Killian Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | ENG | David Ozoh | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | GHA | Jordan Ayew | 39 | 4 | 29+7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Wilfried Zaha | 28 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Jean-Philippe Mateta | 30 | 2 | 6+21 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Odsonne Édouard | 35 | 6 | 18+15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Goalscorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Eberechi Eze | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Wilfried Zaha | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | 22 | Odsonne Édouard | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | Jordan Ayew | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 15 | Jeffrey Schlupp | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Michael Olise | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 14 | Jean-Philippe Mateta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 2 | Joel Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 4 | Luka Milivojević | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 5 | James Tomkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 6 | Marc Guehi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 16 | Joachim Andersen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| – | – | – | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 1 | 2 | 40 |
Last updated: 20 May 2023. Source: 11v11.com

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rank | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total |
| 1 | 13 | Vicente Guaita | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 21 | Sam Johnstone | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
Last updated: 15 May 2023. Source: premierleague.com