# 2022–23 Swansea City A.F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was the 111th season in the existence of Swansea City Association Football Club and the club's fifth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, they also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 18 June 2022 | CB | Harry Darling | Milton Keynes Dons | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2022 | CB | Ben Blythe | Doncaster Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2022 | GK | Archie Matthews | Birmingham City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | GK | Remy Mitchell | Arsenal | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | Wasiri Williams | Braintree Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | CB | Nathan Wood | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2022 | MF | Joe Allen | Stoke City | Free Transfer |
| 1 February 2023 | LM | Liam Smith | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 17 February 2023 | GK | Andreas Søndergaard | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free Transfer |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 10 June, and would become official on 1 July once the transfer window opened
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 10 June, and would become official on 1 July once the transfer window opened

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Ref |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Ryan Bassett | Carmarthen Town | Released | [10] [11] |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Scott Butler | Wrexham | Released | [10] [12] |
| 30 June 2022 | LW | Rio Campbell | Wingate & Finchley | Released | |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | Nicholas Defreitas-Hansen | Atherton Collieries | Released | [10] [13] |
| 30 June 2022 | AM | Yan Dhanda | Ross County | Released | |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Josh Edwards | Newport County | Released | |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Benjamin Erickson | Aberystwyth Town | Released | [10] [15] |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Cameron Evans | Sligo Rovers | Released | [10] [16] |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | Tyler Evans | Briton Ferry Llansawel | Released | |
| 30 June 2022 | CF | Jaden Forrester | Rushall Olympic | Released | |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | Josh Gould | Bath City | Released | |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | Ben Hamer | Watford | Released | |
| 30 June 2022 | LW | Aaron Hillier | Pontypridd United | Released | |
| 30 June 2022 | LB | Jacob Jones | Forest Green Rovers | Released | |
| 30 June 2022 | AM | Dylan Morgan | Taunton Town | Released | [10] [21] |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Dylan Perkins | Briton Ferry Llansawel | Released | |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | Jamie Searle | Barnsley | Released | |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Korey Smith | Derby County | Released | |
| 7 July 2022 | CM | Flynn Downes | West Ham United | Undisclosed | |
| 15 July 2022 | LB | Cian Williams | Cardiff Metropolitan University | Free Transfer | |
| 1 September 2022 | CB | Ryan Bennett | Cambridge United | Mutual Consent | |
| 5 January 2023 | RW | Jordon Garrick | Forest Green Rovers | Undisclosed | |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned from | On loan until |
| 24 June 2022 | LB | Matthew Sorinola | Union SG | End of Season |
| 29 August 2022 | CM | Luke Cundle | Wolverhampton Wanderers | End of Season |
| 30 August 2022 | LW | Armstrong Oko-Flex | West Ham United | 6 January 2023 |
| 1 September 2022 | RB | Fin Stevens | Brentford | 1 January 2023 |
* ↑ On 6 January, Oko-Flex was recalled back to West Ham
* ↑ On 1 January, Stevens was recalled back to Brentford

### Loans out

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned to | On loan until |
| 20 July 2022 | RW | Morgan Whittaker | Plymouth Argyle | 3 January 2023 |
| 27 July 2022 | GK | Lewis Webb | Aberystwyth Town | 1 January 2023 |
| 11 August 2022 | RW | Jordon Garrick | Lincoln City | 5 January 2023 |
| 11 August 2022 | CF | Kyle Joseph | Oxford United | End of Season |
| 1 September 2022 | CM | Daniel Williams | The New Saints | End of Season |
| 3 January 2023 | CB | Brandon Cooper | Forest Green Rovers | End of Season |
| 13 January 2023 | GK | Archie Matthews | Oxford City | End of Season |
| 13 January 2023 | LB | Nathanael Ogbeta | Peterborough United | End of Season |
| 29 January 2023 | CF | Michael Obafemi | Burnley | End of Season |
| 3 February 2023 | RW | Tarrelle Whittaker | Wealdstone | End of Season |
| 21 February 2023 | CB | Wasiri Williams | Dundalk | End of Season |
* ↑ On 3 January, Whittaker was recalled back from his loan at Plymouth
* ↑ On 5 January, Garrick was recalled back from his loan at Lincoln and transferred to Forest Green

## Pre-season and friendlies

On 13 May 2022, newly promoted EFL League One side Bristol Rovers revealed that a behind closed doors friendly away to Swansea was scheduled for 16 July. Swansea City then announced two pre-season friendlies against Plymouth Argyle and Charlton Athletic on 31 May.
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 % |
| Championship | 30 July 2022 | 8 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 039.13 |
| FA Cup | 8 January 2023 | 17 January 2023 | Third round | Third round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| EFL Cup | 9 August 2022 | 9 August 2022 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 72 | 69 | +3 | 036.73 |
Source: Soccerway

### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 69 |
| 8 | Millwall | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 68 |
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 66 |
| 10 | Swansea City | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 66 |
| 11 | Watford | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 63 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 63 |
| 13 | Norwich City | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 62 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 9 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

The Swans were drawn away to Bristol City in the third round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
The Swans were drawn away to Oxford United in the first round.

## Squad statistics

    As of 8 May 2023
    Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Swansea City.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Andy Fisher | 27 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IRL | Ryan Manning | 46 | 5 | 41+2 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Jay Fulton | 41 | 4 | 32+6 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | WAL | Ben Cabango | 46 | 2 | 42+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Harry Darling | 33 | 4 | 26+5 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | WAL | Joe Allen | 28 | 1 | 17+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Matt Grimes | 46 | 1 | 44+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Michael Obafemi | 19 | 3 | 12+7 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | CMR | Olivier Ntcham | 44 | 8 | 21+20 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Jamie Paterson | 23 | 0 | 9+14 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | GER | Steven Benda | 23 | 0 | 21+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Kyle Joseph | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Nathanael Ogbeta | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | WAL | Brandon Cooper | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NED | Joël Piroe | 45 | 20 | 43+0 | 19 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Luke Cundle* | 34 | 3 | 21+11 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | WAL | Liam Cullen | 32 | 9 | 15+14 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | IRL | Armstrong Oko-Flex* | 13 | 0 | 1+12 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | JAM | Joel Latibeaudiere | 37 | 2 | 30+4 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Nathan Wood | 43 | 0 | 40+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | WAL | Fin Stevens* | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Kyle Naughton | 26 | 0 | 16+9 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Liam Walsh | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Matthew Sorinola* | 31 | 2 | 19+10 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | WAL | Oli Cooper | 44 | 6 | 24+17 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | WAL | Daniel Williams | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | JAM | Jordan Garrick | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | WAL | Cameron Congreve | 13 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: ||||||||||||
| 19 | FW | ENG | Morgan Whittaker | 15 | 1 | 2+13 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |