# 2022–23 Queen of the South F.C. season

The 2022–23 season is Queen of the South's first season back in the third tier of Scottish football since they were promoted as champions from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2012-13 season, having spent the previous nine seasons in the Scottish Championship. Queens are also competing in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

Queens finished fifth in Scottish League One in their first season back in Scottish Football's third tier since the 2012-13 season.
Queens reached the sixth round of the Challenge Cup, losing 2-1 after extra time to Hamilton Academical at New Douglas Park.
Queens reached the second round of the League Cup, losing 3-1 to Rangers at Ibrox Stadium.
Queens reached the third round of the Scottish Cup, losing 4-1 to Greenock Morton at Cappielow Park.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Abandoned or Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | No. games | Notes |
| 8 | MF | Josh Todd | 39 | Club Captain |
| 15 | MF | Calvin McGrory | 1 | Vice Captain |
| 7 | FW | Ruari Paton | 2 | Vice Captain |
| 5 | DF | Paul McKay | 1 | Vice Captain |
| 4 | MF | Iain Wilson | 2 | Vice Captain |
| 33 | DF | Willie Gibson | 1 | Player-Manager |
Last updated: 6 May 2023 Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches only Matches started as captain only Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

### Squad

    As of 6 May 2023
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish League One | Scottish League One | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Max Currie | 24 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | David McKay | 32 | 1 | 17+6 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Rico Quitongo | 18 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Iain Wilson | 29 | 1 | 22+3 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Paul McKay | 32 | 1 | 26+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Harry Cochrane | 36 | 3 | 18+9 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | IRL | Ruari Paton | 46 | 25 | 34+2 | 22 | 3+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Josh Todd | 41 | 6 | 29+2 | 4 | 4+0 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Gavin Reilly | 24 | 5 | 18+2 | 5 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Lee Connelly | 33 | 9 | 10+14 | 3 | 1+2 | 3 | 5+0 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Connor Murray | 41 | 10 | 18+15 | 7 | 2+0 | 1 | 4+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SCO | Ciaran McKenna | 32 | 1 | 22+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| *13 | GK | SCO | Tom Ritchie | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | SCO | Scott Fox | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SCO | Stuart Morrison | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Calvin McGrory | 32 | 0 | 15+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SCO | Euan East | 33 | 4 | 27+1 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SCO | Stephen Hendrie | 35 | 1 | 28+2 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Kieran McKechnie | 28 | 2 | 15+5 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Michael Ruth | 23 | 1 | 3+14 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Ross Irving | 15 | 1 | 3+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Dom McMahon | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| *22 | FW | ENG | Ewan Bange | 6 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | IRL | Jaze Kabia | 4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SCO | Cammy Logan | 13 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | POL | Kevin Dabrowski | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Ryan Muir | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Lewis Gibson | 30 | 4 | 15+9 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | SCO | Ben Johnstone | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | SCO | Jay Burns | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | SCO | Charlie Cowie | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | SCO | Lewis Currie | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SCO | Willie Gibson | 8 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | SCO | Jack Brydon | 13 | 1 | 13+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | SUI | Gordon Botterill | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 43 | GK | SCO | Sam Henderson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 6 May 2023 (UTC)
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Scottish League One | Scottish League One | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Max Currie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | | DF | David McKay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Rico Quitongo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | | MF | Iain Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Paul McKay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | | MF | Harry Cochrane | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | | FW | Ruari Paton | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Josh Todd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Gavin Reilly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | | FW | Lee Connelly | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | | MF | Connor Murray | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | | DF | Ciaran McKenna | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | | MF | Calvin McGrory | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | | DF | Euan East | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | | DF | Stephen Hendrie | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 18 | | MF | Kieran McKechnie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | | FW | Ross Irving | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | | MF | Dom McMahon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | | DF | Cammy Logan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | | FW | Lewis Gibson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | | DF | Willie Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | | DF | Jack Brydon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 42 | | GK | Gordon Botterill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 66 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 6 |

### Top scorers

    Last updated 6 May 2023
| Position | Name | Scottish League One | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | Ruari Paton | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2 | Connor Murray | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Lee Connelly | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Josh Todd | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Gavin Reilly | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Lewis Gibson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| = | Euan East | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Harry Cochrane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Kieran McKechnie | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Ewan Bange | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Michael Ruth | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | David McKay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Ciaran McKenna | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Iain Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Jaze Kabia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Ross Irving | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Paul McKay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Jack Brydon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Stephen Hendrie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

| R | Pos | Nat | Name | Scottish League One | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Max Currie | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | GK | | Scott Fox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | | Kevin Dabrowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | GK | | Charlie Cowie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | GK | | Gordon Botterill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
Last updated: 6 May 2023 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

## Team statistics
### Scottish League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Airdrieonians (O, P) | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 82 | 51 | +31 | 60 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 57 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Queen of the South | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 54 | |
| 6 | Edinburgh | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 51 | |
| 7 | Montrose | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 48 | |

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 |

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ANN | QOS | STJ | AYR | ELG |
| 1 | Annan Athletic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 10 | Qualification for the second round | — | — | — | p1–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Queen of the South | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 8 | Qualification for the second round | 2–3 | — | p2–2 | — | — |
| 3 | St Johnstone | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 | | 0–0p | — | — | 1–0 | — |
| 4 | Ayr United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | | — | 0–3 | — | — | 3–0 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | | — | 0–2 | 2–4 | — | — |
* ↑ Ayr United were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Elgin City, who fielded an ineligible player. The match had originally finished 0–0, with Ayr United securing the bonus point following a 4–3 win on penalties.

### Management statistics

    Last updated 6 May 2023
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Willie Gibson | 9 July 2022 | 21 December 2022 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 038.46 |
| Grant Murray | 22 December 2022 | 7 January 2023 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 033.33 |
| Marvin Bartley | 8 January 2023 | 6 May 2023 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 052.94 |