# 2022–23 Salford City F.C. season

The 2022–23 season is the 83rd season in the existence of Salford City Football Club and the club's fourth 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.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 28 June 2022 | CM | Elliot Watt | Bradford City | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2022 | CF | Callum Hendry | St Johnstone | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | CM | Stevie Mallan | Yeni Malatyaspor | Free Transfer |
| 8 July 2022 | CB | Josh O'Brien | Watford | Free Transfer |
| 8 July 2022 | CF | Colin Oppong | Ipswich Town | Free Transfer |
| 8 July 2022 | CM | Adam Porter | Stoke City | Free Transfer |
| 18 July 2022 | CB | Ryan Leak | Burton Albion | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2022 | AM | Elliot Simões | Nancy | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2022 | CB | Richard Nartey | Burnley | Free Transfer |
| 1 September 2022 | AM | Odin Bailey | Birmingham City | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2023 | CF | Callum Morton | Fleetwood Town | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2023 | RM | Shane McLoughlin | Morecambe | Free Transfer |
| 23 March 2023 | CB | Adrian Mariappa | Free agent | — |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1 once his St Johnstone contract expired

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Cerny Ando | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Luke Burgess | Oldham Athletic | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Hayden Campbell | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CF | Tom Elliott | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CF | Oli Fannon | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | RB | Tylor Golden | Halifax Town | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CF | Ian Henderson | Rochdale | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | LW | Ashley Hunter | Morecambe | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Liam Loughlan | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | RB | Donald Love | Morecambe | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Ben Rydel | Radcliffe | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | Anton Smith | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CF | Momodou Touray | Marine | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Matty Willock | Unattached | Released |
| 11 July 2022 | LM | Josh Morris | Motherwell | Mutual consent |
| 26 July 2022 | CB | Jordan Turnbull | Tranmere Rovers | Free Transfer |
| 2 August 2022 | MF | Donovan Lescott | Blackpool | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2022 | CF | Brandon Thomas-Asante | West Bromwich Albion | Undisclosed |
| 14 January 2023 | GK | Tom King | Northampton Town | Undisclosed |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 16 June, and would become official once his contract at the club expired

### Loans in

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned from | On loan until |
| 23 August 2022 | CF | Lorent Tolaj | Brighton & Hove Albion | 31 January 2023 |
| 26 August 2022 | DM | Jack Jenkins | Leeds United | End of Season |
| 1 September 2022 | GK | Jacob Chapman | Huddersfield Town | 1 January 2023 |
| 1 September 2022 | CM | Ethan Galbraith | Manchester United | End of Season |
| 4 January 2023 | GK | Alex Cairns | Fleetwood Town | End of Season |
| 30 January 2023 | LW | Louie Barry | Aston Villa | End of Season |
| 31 January 2023 | GK | Giosue Bellagambi | Huddersfield Town | End of Season |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned to | On loan until |
| 15 August 2022 | MF | Djavan Pedro | Marine | 1 January 2023 |
| 20 August 2022 | CF | Colin Oppong | Boston United | 20 September 2022 |
| 3 September 2022 | CM | Matt Sargent | Buxton | 1 January 2023 |
| 8 September 2022 | CF | Marcus Dackers | Southend United | 8 October 2022 |
| 29 September 2022 | RW | Kelly Nmai | Warrington Rylands | 6 February 2023 |
| 7 October 2022 | GK | Joel Torrance | Warrington Rylands | 1 January 2023 |
| 25 November 2022 | RB | James Melhado | Hereford | 1 January 2023 |
| 2 December 2022 | CF | Colin Oppong | Truro City | 1 January 2023 |
| 12 December 2022 | CB | Josh O'Brien | AFC Telford United | 14 March 2023 |
| 6 January 2023 | CF | Marcus Dackers | Woking | End of Season |
| 20 January 2023 | CF | Djavan Pedro | Stalybridge Celtic | End of season |
| 26 January 2023 | DF | Jacob Lara | Stalybridge Celtic | Work Experience |
| 28 January 2023 | CF | Colin Oppong | Hereford | 25 February 2023 |
| 17 February 2023 | MF | Alfie Henderson | Stalybridge Celtic | End of Season |
| 24 February 2023 | CM | Matt Sargent | Warrington Rylands | 21 April 2023 |
| 1 March 2023 | RW | Kelly Nmai | Chester | End of Season |
| 1 March 2023 | GK | Joel Torrance | Skelmersdale United | End of Season |
| 3 March 2023 | LB | Kevin Berkoe | Maidstone United | End of Season |
| 17 March 2023 | CF | Colin Oppong | Warrington Rylands | End of Season |
| 17 March 2023 | CM | Adam Porter | Ashton United | End of Season |
| 23 March 2023 | MF | Liam Humbles | Nantwich Town | End of Season |
* ↑ On 31 January, Tolaj was recalled back to Brighton
* ↑ On 7 October, Sargent's loan at Buxton was extended until January.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000053-QINU`"'
* ↑ On 2 December, Nmai's loan at Warrington was extended by a further month
* ↑ On 6 January, Nmai's loan at Warrington was extended again
* ↑ On 10 January, O'Brien's loan at Telford was extended by a further month. On February 14, the loan was extended again by a further month

## Pre-season and friendlies

On May 24, Salford City announced their first pre-season fixture, with a trip to Chorley scheduled for 12 July. Two days later, a home friendly against Blackpool was confirmed. A third friendly match was confirmed, against Warrington Rylands 1906. On 7 June, a second home pre-season match, against Rotherham United was added to the schedule. A further two matches were added to the schedule, against Newcastle Town and Barrow. On July 12, the Ammies announced they would take part in two out of three 45-minute games against Hertha BSC and FC Halifax Town behind-closed-doors at St George's Park National Football Centre.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| FA Cup | TBC | TBC | First round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| EFL Cup | TBC | TBC | First round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| EFL Trophy | TBC | TBC | Group stage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
Last updated: pre-season Source: [ Soccerway]

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Stockport County | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 79 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 5 | Carlisle United (O, P) | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 76 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 6 | Bradford City | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 76 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 7 | Salford City | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 72 | 54 | +18 | 75 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 72 | 55 | +17 | 75 | |
| 9 | Barrow | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 62 | |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 61 | |

#### 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: [ 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 |

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

The Ammies were drawn away to Peterborough United in the first round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
Salford were drawn away to Bolton Wanderers in the first round.

### EFL Trophy

Salford were drawn at home to Bradford City in the second round and to Port Vale in the third round.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Salford City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Accrington Stanley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Rochdale | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | |
| 4 | ACA | Liverpool U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 | |
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures