# 2022–23 Sutton United F.C. season

The 2022–23 season is the 96th season in the existence of Sutton United Football Club and the club's second consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

## Pre-season and friendlies

On May 27, Sutton United announced their first two pre-season friendlies, against Dorking Wanderers and Havant & Waterlooville. Four days later, a home fixture against Woking was added to the calendar. On June 1, a home friendly against Bromley was announced. A third home friendly, against Charlton Athletic was also scheduled for the U's. The sixth and final friendly to be confirmed was against Dulwich Hamlet.
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 % |
| League Two | 30 July 2022 | 8 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 14th | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 032.61 |
| FA Cup | 5 November 2022 | 5 November 2022 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| EFL Cup | 9 August 2022 | 9 August 2022 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| EFL Trophy | 31 August 2022 | 22 November 2022 | Group stage | Second round | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 032.69 |
Last updated: 8 May 2023 Source: Competitions

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 61 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 58 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 58 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 58 |
| 15 | Newport County | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 57 |
| 16 | Walsall | 46 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 55 |
| 17 | Gillingham | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 55 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2023. Source:

#### 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 | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 12 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 |

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

The U's were drawn at home to Farnborough in the first round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

Sutton were drawn away to Milton Keynes Dons in the first round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Trophy

On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Sutton United with Oxford United and Leyton Orient. Three days later, Chelsea U21s joined Southern Group G. In the second round, Sutton were drawn away to AFC Wimbledon.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ACA | Chelsea U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Sutton United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Oxford United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Leyton Orient | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | LB | Sam Hart | Oldham Athletic | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | GK | Jack Rose | Walsall | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | CF | Kwame Thomas | Wrexham | Free transfer |
| 16 July 2022 | CF | Tope Fadahunsi | Loughborough University | Free transfer |
| 16 July 2022 | LW | Luke Gambin | Ħamrun Spartans | Free transfer |
| 16 July 2022 | CB | Matt Ridley | Whitby Town | Free transfer |
| 19 July 2022 | CB | Tobi Ogundega | Milton Keynes Dons | Free transfer |
| 29 August 2022 | CB | Aaron Pierre | Shrewsbury Town | Free transfer |
| 1 September 2022 | GK | Lewis Ward | Swindon Town | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2023 | CF | Lee Angol | Bradford City | Undisclosed |
| 27 January 2023 | CF | Hisham Kasimu | Farnborough | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 9 July 2022 | RW | Josh Neufville | Luton Town | End of season |
| 30 August 2022 | CF | Charley Kendall | Lincoln City | 4 January 2023 |
| 1 January 2023 | RW | David Ajiboye | Peterborough United | End of season |
| 27 January 2023 | CF | Matthew Dennis | Milton Keynes Dons | End of season |
| 31 January 2023 | GK | Tyla Dickinson | Wycombe Wanderers | End of season |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 22 June 2022 | RW | David Ajiboye | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| 23 June 2022 | CF | Richie Bennett | Barrow | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | Dean Bouzanis | Reading | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Kenny Davis | Farnborough | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | LW | Ricky Korboa | Woking | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | Stuart Nelson | Dover Athletic | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | LB | Ben Wyatt | Torquay United | Released |
| 5 September 2022 | FW | Jonas Mukuna | Walsall | Free Transfer |
| 31 January 2023 | GK | Lewis Ward | | Released |
| 31 January 2023 | CB | Aaron Pierre | AFC Wimbledon | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 31 July 2022 | CB | Tobi Ogundega | Kingstonian | |
| 26 August 2022 | RB | Roman Charles-Cook | Cray Wanderers | 17 October 2022 |
| 26 August 2022 | CM | Adam Lovatt | Dartford | 23 September 2022 |
| 26 August 2022 | CB | Matt Ridley | Chesham United | 4 November 2022 |
| 5 November 2022 | CM | Gucci Soulya-Osekanongo | Corinthian-Casuals | |
| 5 November 2022 | CF | Kai Tanner | Corinthian-Casuals | |
| 7 November 2022 | GK | Brad House | Havant & Waterlooville | 13 January 2023 |
| 19 January 2023 | CF | Tope Fadahunsi | Torquay United | End of season |
| 19 January 2023 | CF | Kwame Thomas | Dundee | End of season |
| 31 January 2023 | CB | Tobi Ogundega | Salisbury | End of season |
| 10 March 2023 | CB | Matt Ridley | Chesham United | End of Season |
| 14 March 2023 | CM | Adam Lovatt | Farnborough | End of Season |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | EFL League Two | EFL League Two | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts |
| 1 | GK | | Jack Rose | 37 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 38 |
| 2 | DF | | Jonathan Barden | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | DF | | Sam Hart | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 17 |
| 4 | DF | | Coby Rowe | 29 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 32 |
| 5 | DF | | Ben Goodliffe | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 6 | DF | | Louis John | 26 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 30 |
| 7 | MF | | Enzio Boldewijn | 45 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 34 |
| 8 | MF | | Alistair Smith | 35 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 30 |
| 9 | FW | | Omar Bugiel | 35 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 37 |
| 10 | MF | | Harry Beautyman | 33 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 24 |
| 11 | MF | | Will Randall | 36 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 36 |
| 12 | DF | | Tobi Ogundega | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | | Brad House | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 14 | FW | | Craig Dundas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Craig Eastmond | 34 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 37 |
| 16 | FW | | David Ajiboye | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19 |
| 17 | DF | | Matt Ridley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Adam Lovatt | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 |
| 19 | FW | | Tope Fadahunsi | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | | Josh Neufville | 30 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 26 |
| 21 | MF | | Luke Gambin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 22 | DF | | Joe Kizzi | 46 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 52 |
| 23 | FW | | Charley Kendall | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| 24 | DF | | Robert Milsom | 36 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 37 |
| 25 | FW | | Donovan Wilson | 36 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 34 |
| 26 | DF | | Aaron Pierre | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | | Kylian Kouassi | 36 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 9 |
| 28 | DF | | Roman Charles-Cook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Hisham Kasimu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Filip Chalupniczak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Matt Kerbey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | Lee Angol | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 |
| 34 | GK | | Lewis Ward | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 35 | FW | | Matthew Dennis | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 39 | FW | | Kwame Thomas | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 52 |

### Goals

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | EFL League Two | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Omar Bugiel | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | MF | 11 | Will Randall | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Alistair Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | DF | 4 | Coby Rowe | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 16 | David Ajiboye | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 25 | Donovan Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 27 | Kylian Kouassi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | 19 | Tope Fadahunsi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 24 | Robert Milsom | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | 33 | Lee Angol | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | 10 | Harry Beautyman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 15 | Craig Eastmond | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | 20 | Josh Neufville | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | 22 | Joe Kizzi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50 |

### Assists

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | EFL League Two | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 16 | David Ajiboye | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | MF | 7 | Enzio Boldewijn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | MF | 8 | Alistair Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | MF | 15 | Craig Eastmond | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | GK | 1 | Jack Rose | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Omar Bugiel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Will Randall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 22 | Joe Kizzi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 24 | Robert Milsom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 25 | Donovan Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 27 | Kylian Kouassi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 3 | Sam Hart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 5 | Ben Goodliffe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 19 | Tope Fadahunsi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Total | Total | Total | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 |

### Clean sheets

| No. | Player | EFL League Two | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | Jack Rose | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Brad House | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Lewis Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Total | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Name | EFL League Two | EFL League Two | EFL League Two | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Jack Rose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Jonathan Barden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Sam Hart | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Coby Rowe | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Ben Goodliffe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Louis John | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Enzio Boldewijn | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Alistair Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Omar Bugiel | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Harry Beautyman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Will Randall | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Brad House | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Craig Eastmond | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Adam Lovatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Luke Gambin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Joe Kizzi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Robert Milsom | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Donovan Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | Kylian Kouassi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Lee Angol | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | Matthew Dennis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Kwame Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 79 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 2 | 3 |