# 2022–23 Stevenage F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was Stevenage's ninth consecutive season in League Two and their 47th year in existence. In addition to the league, they also competed 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 |
| 1 July 2022 | CB | Michael Bostwick | Burton Albion | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | GK | Aaron Chapman | Gillingham | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | LB | Max Clark | Rochdale | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | CB | Carl Piergianni | Oldham Athletic | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | LM | Jordan Roberts | Motherwell | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | CF | Danny Rose | Northampton Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | RB | Kane Smith | Boreham Wood | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | CB | Dan Sweeney | Forest Green Rovers | Free transfer |
| 22 August 2022 | RW | David Amoo | Port Vale | Free Transfer |
| 3 January 2023 | CM | Jake Forster-Caskey | Charlton Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2023 | CF | Josh March | Forest Green Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 6 February 2023 | GK | Adam Przybek | Walsall | Free Transfer |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 23 May, and would become official on July 1, once his Burton Albion contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 23 May, and would become official on July 1, once his Gillingham contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 16 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Rochdale contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 23 May, and would become official on July 1, once his Oldham Athletic contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 17 May, and would become official on July 1, once his Motherwell contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 25 May, and would become official on July 1, once his Northampton Town contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 23 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Boreham Wood contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 18 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Forest Green Rovers contract expired

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| 27 June 2022 | GK | Elyh Harrison | Manchester United | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2022 | LW | Bruno Andrade | Boreham Wood | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | RB | Bradley Barry | Eastbourne Borough | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | Sacha Bastien | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | AM | Charlie Carter | Eastleigh | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | LB | Ben Coker | Solihull Moors | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Scott Cuthbert | Woking | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CF | James Daly | Woking | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CF | Harry Draper | Biggleswade Town | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Sam Dreyer | Bedford Town | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Luis Fernandez | Hampton & Richmond Borough | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Chris Lines | Bath City | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | RB | Luke O'Neill | Ebbsfleet United | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Luke Prosser | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | Timmy Smith | Biggleswade Town | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Ed Upson | Stowmarket Town | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | Laurie Walker | Barnet | Free transfer |
| 5 July 2022 | CB | Ross Marshall | Torquay United | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2022 | CM | Max Granville | Biggleswade Town | Free Transfer |
| 3 January 2023 | CM | Arthur Read | Colchester United | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2023 | RW | David Amoo | Crewe Alexandra | Undisclosed |
| 6 February 2023 | GK | Aaron Chapman | Scunthorpe United | Undisclosed |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 20 June, and would become official once his contract at the club expired

### Loans in

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned from | On loan until |
| 15 June 2022 | DM | Dean Campbell | Aberdeen | End of Season |
| 23 June 2022 | GK | Taye Ashby-Hammond | Fulham | End of Season |
| 11 July 2022 | DM | Saxon Earley | Norwich City | 2 January 2023 |
| 1 September 2022 | CM | Alex Gilbey | Charlton Athletic | End of Season |
| 5 January 2023 | LM | Daryl Horgan | Wycombe Wanderers | End of Season |
| 13 January 2023 | CB | Jonathan Tomkinson | Norwich City | End of Season |
| 31 January 2023 | GK | Jökull Andrésson | Reading | End of Season |
| 31 January 2023 | LB | Josh Reid | Coventry City | End of Season |
| 16 February 2023 | GK | Toby Savin | Accrington Stanley | 10 March 2023 |
| 10 March 2023 | GK | Jon McCracken | Norwich City | 17 March 2023 |
| 6 April 2023 | GK | Thimothée Lo-Tutala | Hull City | 13 April 2023 |
* ↑ On 2 January, Earley returned to Norwich early, allowing him to move to Plymouth
* ↑ On 24 February, Savin's emergency loan from Accrington was extended by another seven days. On 3 March another seven-days was added on to the loan deal

### Loans out

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned to | On loan until |
| 29 July 2022 | MF | Alfie Williams | Hemel Hempstead Town | 17 September 2022 |
| 5 August 2022 | CB | Mackye Townsend-West | St Albans City | 9 December 2022 |
| 17 September 2022 | MF | Alfie Williams | Hayes & Yeading United | 1 January 2023 |
| 23 September 2022 | DM | Jack Smith | Dartford | 22 October 2022 |
| 9 December 2022 | RB | Owen Cochrane | Potters Bar Town | 9 January 2023 |
| 9 December 2022 | CB | Mackye Townsend-West | Royston Town | 9 January 2023 |
* ↑ On 17 September, Williams' loan at Hemel was cut short inable for him to join Hayes & Yeading in a similar loan move.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000074-QINU`"'
* ↑ On 9 December, Townsend-West was recalled to join Royston Town on loan.

## Pre-season and friendlies

It was announced on 16 May 2022 that the club would travel to Jersey for a training camp and have a subsequent friendly on 2 July against Combined Counties League club Jersey Bulls. Then on 10 June, Stevenage confirmed a home pre-season friendly with Peterborough United along with three further away fixtures. A further home pre-season match was confirmed, against West Bromwich Albion. The seventh and final friendly to be announced was against Derby County.
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 | July 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 |
| 1 | Leyton Orient (C, P) | 46 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 61 | 34 | +27 | 91 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 2 | Stevenage (P) | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 85 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 3 | Northampton Town (P) | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 62 | 42 | +20 | 83 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

Stevenage were drawn away to Gateshead in the first round, King's Lynn Town in the second round, Aston Villa in the third round and Stoke City in the fourth round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
Stevenage were drawn away to Reading in the first round and at home to Peterborough United in the second round. For the first time in the club's history, Stevenage advanced to the third round of the EFL Cup, where they were defeated by Charlton Athletic on penalties.

### EFL Trophy

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Stevenage | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Peterborough United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | ACA | Tottenham Hotspur U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 | |
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures