# 2022–23 Leyton Orient F.C. season

The 2022–23 season is the 124th season in the existence of Leyton Orient 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 |
| 10 June 2022 | LM | Theo Archibald | Lincoln City | Undisclosed |
| 29 June 2022 | CM | George Moncur | Hull City | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2022 | LM | Anthony Georgiou | AEL Limassol | Free Transfer |
| 27 July 2022 | RB | Rob Hunt | Swindon Town | Free Transfer |
| 10 January 2023 | DF | Ethan Light | Burnham | Undisclosed |
| 20 January 2023 | DM | Jordan Lyden | Unattached | — |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 8 June, and would become official on June 10 once the transfer window opened

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| 22 June 2022 | DM | Hector Kyprianou | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Antony Papadopoulos | Welling United | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Callum Reilly | Banbury United | Released |
| 1 July 2022 | RM | Otis Khan | Grimsby Town | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2023 | DM | Ethan Coleman | Gillingham | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned from | On loan until |
| 25 July 2022 | CF | Charlie Kelman | Queens Park Rangers | End of Season |
| 12 August 2022 | CM | Idris El Mizouni | Ipswich Town | End of Season |
| 1 September 2022 | RM | Stephen Duke-McKenna | Queens Park Rangers | End of Season |
| 1 September 2022 | CF | Jayden Wareham | Chelsea | 11 January 2023 |
| 13 January 2023 | CB | Ed Turns | Brighton & Hove Albion | End of Season |
| 17 January 2023 | CB | Jamie McCart | Rotherham United | End of Season |
| 27 January 2023 | LW | Kieran Sadlier | Bolton Wanderers | End of Season |
* ↑ On 11 January, Wareham was recalled back to Chelsea

### Loans out

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned to | On loan until |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Matt Young | Wealdstone | 3 October 2022 |
| 4 August 2022 | DM | Ethan Coleman | Bromley | 19 January 2023 |
| 5 August 2022 | LB | Harrison Sodje | Heybridge Swifts | 5 September 2022 |
| 13 August 2022 | GK | Rhys Byrne | Canvey Island | 13 September 2022 |
| 13 August 2022 | CF | Sonny Fish | Bowers & Pitsea | 13 September 2022 |
| 19 August 2022 | MF | Jephte Tanga | Royston Town | 16 September 2022 |
| 1 September 2022 | CF | Harry Smith | Exeter City | 22 October 2022 |
| 3 October 2022 | MF | Jephte Tanga | Sutton Common Rovers | 3 December 2022 |
| 3 October 2022 | CM | Matt Young | Haringey Borough | 3 January 2023 |
| 20 October 2022 | LB | Harrison Sodje | Cray Wanderers | 31 January 2023 |
| 7 November 2022 | LM | Anthony Georgiou | Yeovil Town | 7 December 2022 |
| 29 November 2022 | MF | Jephte Tanga | Cray Wanderers | 1 January 2023 |
| 7 December 2022 | CF | Daniel Nkrumah | Welling United | 14 January 2023 |
| 1 January 2023 | LB | Connor Wood | Colchester United | End of Season |
| 7 February 2023 | CF | Harry Smith | Barnet | End of Season |
| 11 February 2023 | MF | Ethan Light | Kings Langley | 11 March 2023 |
| 11 February 2023 | MF | Zech Obiero | Cheshunt | 11 March 2023 |
| 23 March 2023 | CF | Daniel Nkrumah | Welling United | End of Season |
* ↑ On 3 October, Young joined Haringey Borough after his loan at Wealdstone was concluded early.
* ↑ On 19 January, Coleman was recalled back from his loan at Bromley and was sold to Gillingham
* ↑ On 29 November, Sodje's loan at Cray was extended.
* ↑ On 9 January, Nkrumah's loan at Welling was extended until the end of the season, However five days later he was recalled due to injuries in the squad

## Pre-season and friendlies

The O's announced, on 10 May, that they would head to Moncarapacho in Portugal for a week-long training camp between 2 and 9 July. Walthamstow revealed a match with Leyton Orient on 19 May. A day later, lower-league Potters Bar Town announced a home pre-season match with The O's. On 24 May, Orient confirmed their pre-season schedule with additional friendlies against Haringey Borough, Maidstone United, Portsmouth and Dagenham & Redbridge. On June 17, Orient announced their pre-season training would include a behind closed doors meeting with West Bromwich Albion. Three days later, a home friendly against Tottenham Hotspur U21s was added to the pre-season schedule. Another training camp friendly in Portugal was confirmed, against Peterborough United.
On 5 January, Orient announced they would travel to Welling United for a mid-season friendly, to gain extra match minutes. On 10 January, the friendly was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

## 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 |
| 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: 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 | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | D |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

Leyton Orient were drawn away to Crewe Alexandra in the first round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
Orient were drawn away to Forest Green Rovers in the first round.

### EFL Trophy

On June 23, the group stage draw was finalised.
| 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

## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

* Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Sam Sargeant | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | CHI | Lawrence Vigouroux | 47 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | ENG | Rhys Byrne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | WAL | Tom James | 46 | 5 | 36+5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | IRL | Shadrach Ogie | 15 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Dan Happe | 25 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NIR | Adam Thompson | 16 | 0 | 5+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GRN | Omar Beckles | 44 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Jayden Sweeney | 26 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Rob Hunt | 33 | 0 | 29+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SCO | Jamie McCart | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | WAL | Ed Turns | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ENG | Craig Clay | 36 | 0 | 10+22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Jordan Brown | 39 | 1 | 15+19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | George Moncur | 45 | 9 | 35+8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | TUN | Idris El Mizouni | 44 | 3 | 40+1 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Jordan Lyden | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Darren Pratley | 42 | 1 | 34+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CYP | Anthony Georgiou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Harrison Sodje | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | IRL | Kieran Sadlier | 19 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | GUY | Stephen Duke-McKenna | 12 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | NIR | Paul Smyth | 42 | 10 | 34+4 | 10 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | CYP | Ruel Sotiriou | 45 | 9 | 23+19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SCO | Theo Archibald | 39 | 5 | 30+5 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | IRL | Aaron Drinan | 37 | 3 | 15+18 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | USA | Charlie Kelman | 47 | 7 | 26+17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Out on Loan ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ENG | Connor Wood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Harry Smith | 10 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | WAL | Sonny Fish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Daniel Nkrumah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Zech Obiero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Jephte Tanga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Left during the Season ||||||||||||||
| 13 | FW | ENG | Jayden Wareham | 7 | 2 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Last updated: 9 May 2023 Source: Competitions

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated 9 May 2023
| Rank | No. | Nationality | Player | League Two | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 7 | | Paul Smyth | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 10 | | Ruel Sotiriou | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 14 | | George Moncur | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 23 | | Charlie Kelman | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | | Tom James | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 11 | | Theo Archibald | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 15 | | Idris El Mizouni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 16 | | Aaron Drinan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 19 | | Omar Beckles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 13 | | Jayden Wareham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 43 | | Ed Turns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 12 | | Jordan Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 18 | | Darren Pratley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 34 | | Kieran Sadlier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 61 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 66 |