2022–23 Luton Town F.C. season

Luton Town F.C.
2022–23 season
Owner	Luton Town Football Club 2020 Limited
Chairman	David Wilkinson
Manager	Nathan Jones
Stadium	Kenilworth Road
Championship	Preseason
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season is the 137th season of competitive football and fourth consecutive season in the Championship played by Luton Town Football Club, a professional association football club based in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Luton will also compete in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Background and pre-season

Luton Town's first-team pre-season programme began with an away fixture against Hitchin Town,^[1] before a week-long training camp in Slovenia. The first team are also scheduled to play friendlies away to Northampton Town and Peterborough United, before a home fixture against West Ham United.^[2]

Pre-season match details
Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
1 July 2022	Hitchin Town	A	W	3–0	Potts 26', Jerome 39', Woodrow 47'	2,213	^[1]
8 July 2022	Bravo	N	W	2–1	Pereira 105', Cornick 112'	—	^[3]
16 July 2022	Northampton Town	A		–
19 July 2022	Peterborough United	A		–
23 July 2022	West Ham United	H		–

Match results

EFL Championship

Luton begin the 2022–23 EFL Championship season with a home match against Birmingham City.^[4]

EFL Championship match details
Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Burnley (C, P)	46	29	14	3	87	35	+52	101	Promotion to Premier League
2	Sheffield United (P)	46	28	7	11	73	39	+34	91	Promotion to Premier League
3	Luton Town (O, P)	46	21	17	8	57	39	+18	80	Qualification for Championship play-offs
4	Middlesbrough	46	22	9	15	84	56	+28	75
5	Coventry City	46	18	16	12	58	46	+12	70
6	Sunderland	46	18	15	13	68	55	+13	69

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[5]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 27 May 2022.
Source: ^[6]

FA Cup

EFL Cup

Luton were drawn at home to League Two club Newport County in the first round.^[7]

EFL Cup match details
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Club†	Fee	Ref.
20 June 2022	Alfie Doughty	Stoke City	Undisclosed	^[8]
21 June 2022	Cauley Woodrow	Barnsley	Undisclosed	^[9]
22 June 2022	Matt Macey	Hibernian	Undisclosed	^[10]
1 July 2022	Louie Watson	(Derby County)	Undisclosed compensation	^[11]
4 July 2022	Luke Freeman	(Sheffield United)	Free	^[12]
6 July 2022	Carlton Morris	Barnsley	Undisclosed	^[13]

† Brackets around club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Luton.

Loan in

Date	Player	Club	Return	Ref.
2 July 2022	Ethan Horvath	Nottingham Forest	End of season	^[14]

Loan out

Date	Player	Club	Return	Ref.
9 July 2022	Josh Neufville	Sutton United	End of season	^[15]

Appearances and goals

Source:^[16]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Luton.

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Players included in matchday squads
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals

Players not included in matchday squads
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name

References

^ ^a ^b "Report | Hitchin Town 0–3 Luton Town". Luton Town F.C. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
^ "Pre-season friendly schedule confirmed". Luton Town F.C. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
^ "Pereira and Cornick score as Luton beat NK Bravo in Slovenia". Luton Today. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
^ Simmonds, Mike (23 June 2022). "Luton start 2022–23 season at home to Birmingham City after Championship fixtures are announced". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^ "Luton Town league performance history". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 27 May 2022. Individual home and away record pages accessed via drop-down list.
^ Simmonds, Mike (23 June 2022). "Luton to host Newport County in Carabao Cup". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
^ Simmonds, Mike (20 June 2022). "Luton sign Stoke midfielder for an undisclosed fee". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ Simmonds, Mike (21 June 2022). "Hatters snap up former academy graduate Woodrow from Barnsley". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
^ Simmonds, Mike (22 June 2022). "Hatters sign former Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Macey from Hibernian". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
^ "Louie Watson: Luton Town sign midfielder from Derby County". BBC Sport. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ Simmonds, Mike (4 July 2022). "Hatters sign former Arsenal, QPR and Bristol City midfielder after his release from Sheffield United". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
^ Simmonds, Mike (6 July 2022). "Luton sign Barnsley forward Morris for an undisclosed fee". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
^ Simmonds, Mike (2 July 2022). "Hatters sign Nottingham Forest keeper on season-long loan". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
^ "Josh Neufville joins Sutton United on loan!". Luton Town FC. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
^ "Luton: Squad stats: 2022/23". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 May 2022. Discipline records accessed via individual player pages.

[Hitchin-1] "Report | Hitchin Town 0–3 Luton Town". Luton Town F.C. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[2] "Pre-season friendly schedule confirmed". Luton Town F.C. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[Bravo-3] "Pereira and Cornick score as Luton beat NK Bravo in Slovenia". Luton Today. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

[4] Simmonds, Mike (23 June 2022). "Luton start 2022–23 season at home to Birmingham City after Championship fixtures are announced". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[EFL_Regulations22-23-5] "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

[6] "Luton Town league performance history". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 27 May 2022. Individual home and away record pages accessed via drop-down list.

[7] Simmonds, Mike (23 June 2022). "Luton to host Newport County in Carabao Cup". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[8] Simmonds, Mike (20 June 2022). "Luton sign Stoke midfielder for an undisclosed fee". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

[9] Simmonds, Mike (21 June 2022). "Hatters snap up former academy graduate Woodrow from Barnsley". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

[10] Simmonds, Mike (22 June 2022). "Hatters sign former Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Macey from Hibernian". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

[11] "Louie Watson: Luton Town sign midfielder from Derby County". BBC Sport. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[12] Simmonds, Mike (4 July 2022). "Hatters sign former Arsenal, QPR and Bristol City midfielder after his release from Sheffield United". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[13] Simmonds, Mike (6 July 2022). "Luton sign Barnsley forward Morris for an undisclosed fee". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[14] Simmonds, Mike (2 July 2022). "Hatters sign Nottingham Forest keeper on season-long loan". Luton Today. JPIMedia Publishing. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[15] "Josh Neufville joins Sutton United on loan!". Luton Town FC. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.

[16] "Luton: Squad stats: 2022/23". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 May 2022. Discipline records accessed via individual player pages.

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