# 2022–23 Millwall F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was the 138th season in the existence of Millwall Football Club, 96th consecutive season in the Football League, and 46th in the second tier. This was the club's sixth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the league where they finished eighth, they competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The attendance of 18,524 against Sunderland at The Den was the highest since an FA Cup game against Chelsea in 1995. That record was topped a month later against Norwich City, with 18,785 supporters at the Den.

## First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Apps. | Goals | Year signed | Signed from | Transfer fee |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | George Long | GK | (1993-11-05) 5 November 1993 (age 31) | 25 | 0 | 2021 | Hull City | Free |
| 27 | Connal Trueman | GK | (1996-03-26) 26 March 1996 (age 28) | 0 | 0 | 2022 | Birmingham City | Free |
| 33 | Bartosz Białkowski | GK | (1987-07-06)6 July 1987 (aged 35) | 147 | 0 | 2020 | Ipswich Town | £350,000 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Danny McNamara | RB/RM | (1998-12-27)27 December 1998 (aged 22) | 78 | 2 | 2018 | Academy | Trainee |
| 3 | Murray Wallace | CB/LB | (1993-01-10)10 January 1993 (aged 28) | 167 | 11 | 2018 | Scunthorpe United | Undisclosed |
| 4 | Shaun Hutchinson | CB/DM | (1990-11-23)23 November 1990 (aged 30) | 230 | 13 | 2016 | Fulham | Free |
| 5 | Jake Cooper | CB | (1995-02-03)3 February 1995 (aged 26) | 278 | 21 | 2017 | Reading | Undisclosed |
| 11 | Scott Malone | LB/LM | (1991-03-25) 25 March 1991 (age 33) | 171 | 14 | 2021 | Derby County | Free |
| 15 | Charlie Cresswell | CB | (2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 (age 22) | 23 | 4 | 2022 | Leeds United | Loan |
| 34 | Alex Mitchell | CB | (2001-10-07) 7 October 2001 (age 23) | 0 | 0 | 2020 | Academy | Trainee |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | George Evans | CM/CB | (1994-12-13)13 December 1994 (aged 26) | 50 | 2 | 2021 | Derby County | Undisclosed |
| 8 | Billy Mitchell | CM/RB | (2001-04-07)7 April 2001 (aged 20) | 91 | 1 | 2019 | Academy | Trainee |
| 14 | Tyler Burey | ST/LM/RM | (2001-01-09)9 January 2001 (aged 20) | 50 | 3 | 2019 | AFC Wimbledon | Free |
| 16 | Jamie Shackleton | CM/RB | (1999-10-08) 8 October 1999 (age 25) | 28 | 0 | 2022 | Leeds United | Loan |
| 17 | Callum Styles | CM/LB/LM | (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 24) | 16 | 1 | 2022 | Barnsley | Loan |
| 18 | Ryan Leonard | CM/RM/RB | (1992-05-24)24 May 1992 (aged 29) | 122 | 5 | 2019 | Sheffield United | £1,500,000 |
| 23 | George Saville | CM/DM | (1993-06-01) 1 June 1993 (age 31) | 116 | 14 | 2021 | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed |
| 39 | George Honeyman | CM | (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 30) | 32 | 1 | 2022 | Hull City | Undisclosed |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Oliver Burke | CF/RW/LW | (1997-04-07) 7 April 1997 (age 27) | 18 | 3 | 2023 | Werder Bremen | Loan |
| 9 | Tom Bradshaw | ST | (1992-07-27)27 July 1992 (aged 28) | 144 | 82 | 2019 | Barnsley | £1,250,000 |
| 10 | Zian Flemming | AM/ST | (1999-08-01) 1 August 1999 (age 25) | 30 | 13 | 2022 | Fortuna Sittard | £1,700,000 |
| 19 | Duncan Watmore | CF | (1994-03-08)8 March 1994 (aged 29) | 6 | 1 | 2023 | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed |
| 20 | Mason Bennett | LW/RW/ST | (1996-07-15)15 July 1996 (aged 26) | 90 | 11 | 2020 | Derby County | Undisclosed |
| 21 | Andreas Voglsammer | ST/LW/RW | (1992-01-09) 9 January 1992 (age 33) | 28 | 1 | 2022 | Union Berlin | £1,080,000 |

## Statistics

    As of 4 March 2023
    Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Millwall.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | George Long | 25 | 0 | 24+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IRL | Danny McNamara | 31 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Murray Wallace | 28 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Shaun Hutchinson | 20 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Jake Cooper | 34 | 3 | 31+1 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | George Evans | 11 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Oliver Burke* | 5 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Billy Mitchell | 25 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Tom Bradshaw | 29 | 13 | 24+3 | 13 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NED | Zian Flemming | 30 | 13 | 26+3 | 13 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ENG | Scott Malone | 22 | 0 | 11+10 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Tyler Burey | 21 | 1 | 7+13 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Charlie Cresswell* | 23 | 4 | 18+3 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Jamie Shackleton* | 28 | 0 | 16+11 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Callum Styles* | 16 | 1 | 9+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ryan Leonard | 12 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Duncan Watmore | 6 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Mason Bennett | 16 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | GER | Andreas Voglsammer | 29 | 1 | 20+8 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | IRL | Aidomo Emakhu | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NIR | George Saville | 30 | 1 | 22+6 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Isaac Olaofe | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | POL | Bartosz Białkowski | 11 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ENG | George Honeyman | 32 | 1 | 18+12 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | ENG | Romain Esse | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club: ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | COD | Benik Afobe | 19 | 2 | 8+11 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goals record

    As of 4 March 2023
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | | ST | Tom Bradshaw | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1 | 10 | | AM | Zian Flemming | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | 15 | | CB | Charlie Cresswell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | | CB | Jake Cooper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | | ST | Benik Afobe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 | | CF | Oliver Burke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 14 | | LW | Tyler Burey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 17 | | CM | Callum Styles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 19 | | CF | Duncan Watmore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 21 | | ST | Andreas Voglsammer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 23 | | CM | George Saville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 39 | | AM | George Honeyman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 0 | 0 | 45 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 4 March 2023
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 2 | | RB | Danny McNamara | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | | CB | Murray Wallace | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 5 | | CB | Jake Cooper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 23 | | CM | George Saville | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 39 | | CM | George Honeyman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 14 | | LW | Tyler Burey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 15 | | CB | Charlie Cresswell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 1 | | GK | George Long | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 9 | | ST | Tom Bradshaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 4 | | CB | Shaun Hutchinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | | CM | Billy Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | | AM | Zian Flemming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 17 | | CM | Callum Styles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 20 | | RW | Mason Bennett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 7 | | ST | Benik Afobe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 11 | | LB | Scott Malone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 16 | | CM | Jamie Shackleton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 18 | | CM | Ryan Leonard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 21 | | ST | Andreas Voglsammer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 59 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 25 June 2022 | AM | Zian Flemming | Fortuna Sittard | £1,700,000 |
| 28 June 2022 | ST | Benik Afobe | Stoke City | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2022 | AM | George Honeyman | Hull City | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2022 | CM | Sha'mar Lawson | Mansfield Town | Free Transfer |
| 4 August 2022 | GK | Connal Trueman | Birmingham City | Free Transfer |
| 12 August 2022 | ST | Andreas Voglsammer | Union Berlin | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2023 | ST | Aidomo Emakhu | Shamrock Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2023 | RW | Duncan Watmore | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed |
| 3 February 2023 | CB | Frankie Hvid | Bromley | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| 15 June 2022 | RB | Mahlon Romeo | Cardiff City | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Jayden Davis | Crawley Town | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | Bobby Dailly | St Johnstone | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | LB | Kai Garande | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | Ryan Hammond | Nottingham Forest | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Ramez Hefzalla | Peterhead | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | DM | Maikel Kieftenbeld | FC Emmen | Free Transfer |
| 30 June 2022 | RW | Connor Mahoney | Huddersfield Town | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | RB | Dan Moss | Woking | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | ST | Sean O'Brien | Forest Green Rovers | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Alex Pearce | AFC Wimbledon | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | LB | Junior Tiensia | Gloucester City | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | RW | Jed Wallace | West Bromwich Albion | Free Transfer |
| 4 July 2022 | ST | Zak Lovelace | Rangers | Compensation |
| 1 January 2023 | ST | Isaac Olaofe | Stockport County | Undisclosed |
| 5 January 2023 | ST | Benik Afobe | Hatta Club | Mutual Consent |
| 13 January 2023 | RB | Hayden Muller | Dundalk | Undisclosed |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 14 December, and would become official on January 1 once the transfer window re-opens.
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 12 June, and would become official once his contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 23 June, and would become official once his contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 30 December, and would become official on January 1, once the transfer window re-opens

### Loans in

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned from | On loan until |
| 4 July 2022 | CB | Charlie Cresswell | Leeds United | End of Season |
| 19 July 2022 | CM | Jamie Shackleton | Leeds United | End of Season |
| 2 September 2022 | CM | Callum Styles | Barnsley | End of Season |
| 30 January 2023 | CF | Oliver Burke | Werder Bremen | End of Season |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned to | On loan until |
| 6 July 2022 | GK | Joe Wright | Bath City | End of Season |
| 27 July 2022 | CB | Alex Mitchell | St Johnstone | End of Season |
| 4 August 2022 | GK | Ryan Sandford | Dover Athletic | 4 September 2022 |
| 13 September 2022 | CM | Kamarl Grant | Dagenham & Redbridge | 13 October 2022 |
| 13 September 2022 | GK | Ryan Sandford | Weymouth | 13 October 2022 |
| 24 September 2022 | LB | Besart Topalloj | Dagenham & Redbridge | 22 October 2022 |
| 8 October 2022 | CB | Chin Okoli | Torquay United | 5 November 2022 |
| 1 November 2022 | GK | Ryan Sandford | Maidstone United | 16 December 2022 |
| 16 December 2022 | CM | Sha'mar Lawson | Maidstone United | End of Season |
| 23 December 2022 | LB | Besart Topalloj | Bromley | 20 January 2023 |
| 3 February 2023 | GK | Jordan Gillmore | VCD Athletic | End of Season |
* ↑ On 16 December, Sandford returned after suffering a shoulder injury.
* ↑ On 6 January, Lawson's loan at Maidstone was extended for a further 28-days, On 3 February, the loan was extended by a further month, until 3 March, and On March 3, it was extended again until the end of the season
* ↑ On 2 March, Gillmore's loan at VCD was extended until the season ends

## Pre-season and friendlies

On June 8, Millwall announced their first two pre-season friendlies, against Dartford and Ipswich Town along with a training camp in Republic of Ireland. Two days later, a trip to Colchester United was confirmed. A behind-closed-doors meeting with Crystal Palace was also planned. A fifth friendly match was confirmed in July, against Watford. On 13 July, the club announced they would host Hammarby at The Den in a pre-season meeting.
A mid-season friendly during the 2022 FIFA World Cup winter break against Brøndby was announced.
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 % |
| Championship | 30 July 2022 | 8 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 041.30 |
| FA Cup | 7 January 2023 | 7 January 2023 | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| EFL Cup | 2 August 2022 | 2 August 2022 | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 039.58 |
Last updated: 19 February 2024 Source: [ Soccerway]

### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Coventry City | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 70 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Sunderland | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 68 | 55 | +13 | 69 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 69 | |
| 8 | Millwall | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 68 | |
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 66 | |
| 10 | Swansea City | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 66 | |
| 11 | Watford | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 63 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 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 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 |

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

Millwall were drawn at home to Sheffield United in the third round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
Millwall were drawn away to Cambridge United in the first round.