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Kilmarnock
2022–23 season
ChairmanBilly Bowie
ManagerDerek McInnes
StadiumRugby Park
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The 2022–23 season season will be the 145th season of competitive association football and 10th season in the Scottish Professional Football League played by Kilmarnock Football Club, a professional football club based in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. Their 1st-place finish in the Scottish Championship in 2021–22 means it will be their first season back in the Scottish Premiership after spending one year in the second tier. The 2022–23 season will run from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Overview

Results and fixtures

Pre-Season

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers
21 June 2022 Queen of the South H 1–0 Murray
24 June 2022 Falkirk A 4–1 Taylor 9', 90' Cameron 74', 81'
28 June 2022 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps N 2–2 Hodson, Warnock
1 July 2022 England Charlton Athletic N 1–0 Lafferty
5 July 2022 Dunfermline Athletic A 1–0 Armstrong 24'

Premiership

Main article: 2022–23 Scottish Premiership
Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance League
position
30 July 2022 Dundee United H 1–1[1] Taylor 90+1' 8,014 5th
6 August 2022 Rangers A 0–2[2] 49,600 9th
14 August 2022 Celtic H 0–5[3] 9,162 11th
20 August 2022 Ross County A 0–1[4] 3,133 11th
27 August 2022 Motherwell H 2–1[5] Armstrong 71', Taylor 76' 6,238 9th
3 September 2022 Hibernian A 0–1[6] 15,426 11th
10 September 2022 St Johnstone H Postponed[7]
17 September 2022 Livingston A 0–1[8] 2,253 11th
1 October 2022 Aberdeen A 1–4[9] Taylor 27' 16,348 11th
5 October 2022 St Johnstone H 2–1[10] Armstrong 11', 46' 4,463 10th
9 October 2022 Heart of Midlothian H 2–2[11] Stokes 47', Lafferty 59' 6,651 10th
15 October 2022 St Mirren A 0–0[12] 6,785 10th
22 October 2022 Ross County H 1–0[13] Armstrong 20' 4,640 10th
29 October 2022 St Johnstone A 0–1[14] 3,995 10th
4 November 2022 Livingston H 2–3[15] Wright 4', 45+2 5,239 10th
12 November 2022 Hibernian H 1–0[16] Armstrong 53' pen. 6,391 11th
17 December 2022 Heart of Midlothian A –

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Scottish Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
21 January 2023 Fourth Round Dumbarton H

League Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Scottish League Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
9 July 2022 Group stage Fraserburgh A 3–1[17] Shaw 6', Murray 17', Lafferty 70' 1,022
13 July 2022 Group stage Partick Thistle H 1–1 (4–5p)[18] Donnelly 11' 3,012
16 July 2022 Group stage Montrose A 3–0[19] McInroy 37', Armstrong 69', Shaw 90+2' 901
23 July 2022 Group stage Stenhousemuir H 4–1[20] Polworth 5', Shaw 33' pen., 79', Armstrong 54' 2,429
31 August 2022 Second Round Heart of Midlothian A 1–0[21] Cameron 27' 11,071
18 October 2022 Quarter-final Dundee United H 2–1[22] Lafferty 8' (pen.), Armstrong 73' 5,144
15 January 2023 Semi-final Celtic N –

Club statistics

Competition Overview

Competition First match Last match Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premiership 30 July 2022 May 2023 16 4 3 9 12 27 −15 025.00
Scottish Cup January 2023 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
League Cup 9 July 2022 2023 6 5 1 0 14 4 +10 083.33
Total 22 9 4 9 26 31 −5 040.91

Source: Competitions

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
8 Livingston 38 13 7 18 36 60 −24 46
9 St Johnstone 38 12 7 19 41 59 −18 43
10 Kilmarnock 38 11 7 20 37 62 −25 40
11 Ross County (O) 38 9 7 22 37 60 −23 34 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Dundee United (R) 38 8 7 23 40 70 −30 31 Relegation to Championship
Source: [23][24]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[25]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

League Cup table

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR KIL STE MON FRA
1 Partick Thistle 4 3 1 0 0 9 4 +5 11 Qualification for the second round — — — 4–2 2–0
2 Kilmarnock 4 3 0 1 0 11 3 +8 10 1–1p — 4–1 — —
3 Stenhousemuir 4 2 0 0 2 7 6 +1 6 1–2 — — — 3–0
4 Montrose 4 1 0 0 3 6 11 −5 3 — 0–3 0–2 — —
5 Fraserburgh 4 0 0 0 4 3 12 −9 0 — 1–3 — 2–4 —
Source: [26]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[27]

Squad statistics

As of matches played on 12 November 2022[28]
No. Pos. Name Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Zach Hemming 8 0 0 0 4 0 12 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland Lewis Mayo 14 0 0 0 5 0 18 0 2 0
3 DF England Jeriel Dorsett 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
4 MF Republic of Ireland Alan Power 15 0 0 0 6 0 21 0 4 0
5 DF Wales Ash Taylor 14 3 0 0 6 0 20 3 4 1
6 DF England Chris Stokes 7 1 0 0 1 0 8 1 1 0
7 MF Scotland Rory McKenzie 15 0 0 0 6 0 21 0 5 0
8 MF Scotland Blair Alston 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0
9 FW Scotland Oli Shaw 11 0 0 0 4 4 15 4 1 0
10 MF Northern Ireland Jordan Jones 8 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 1 0
11 MF Scotland Daniel Armstrong 15 4 0 0 6 3 21 7 4 0
12 DF Northern Ireland Lee Hodson 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0
14 DF England Jack Sanders 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
15 MF Scotland Fraser Murray 9 0 0 0 3 1 12 1 1 0
16 FW Scotland Scott Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Northern Ireland Brad Lyons 7 0 0 0 4 0 11 0 0 0
18 DF Scotland Calum Waters 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0
19 DF Wales Joe Wright 13 2 0 0 5 0 18 2 2 0
20 GK England Sam Walker 7 0 0 0 3 0 10 0 1 0
21 MF Scotland Kerr McInroy 7 0 0 0 3 1 10 1 0 0
22 MF Northern Ireland Liam Donnelly 8 0 0 0 3 0 11 0 5 0
23 FW Republic of Ireland Deji Sotona 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
24 DF Australia Dylan McGowan 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
25 DF England Ryan Alebiosu 12 0 0 0 3 0 15 0 0 0
26 FW Scotland Kyle Connell 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
26 FW Wales Christian Doidge 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 2 0
27 FW Scotland Innes Cameron 12 0 0 0 5 1 17 1 1 0
28 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 10 1 0 0 3 2 13 3 3 0
29 FW Scotland Bobby Wales 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
31 MF Scotland Liam Polworth 11 0 0 0 5 1 16 1 0 0
32 MF Scotland Steven Warnock 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
33 DF England Ben Chrisene 7 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 2 0
34 MF Scotland David Watson 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0
50 GK England Gary Woods 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2022 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2022–23

Transfers in

Date Position Name Previous Club Fee Ref.
19 May 2022 MF Republic of Ireland Alan Power St Mirren Free [29]
13 June 2022 MF Kerr McInroy Celtic Free [30]
20 June 2022 GK England Zach Hemming England Middlesbrough Loan [31]
23 June 2022 DF Lewis Mayo Rangers Loan [32]
5 July 2022 MF Northern Ireland Liam Donnelly Motherwell Free [33]
13 July 2022 DF Wales Joe Wright England Doncaster Rovers Free [34]
19 July 2022 MF Northern Ireland Jordan Jones England Wigan Athletic Loan [35]
21 July 2022 DF England Ryan Alebiosu England Arsenal Loan [36]
22 July 2022 GK England Gary Woods Aberdeen Free [37]
5 August 2022 DF England Jeriel Dorsett England Reading Loan [38]
9 August 2022 FW Republic of Ireland Deji Sotona France Nice Loan [39]
25 August 2022 DF England Ben Chrisene England Aston Villa Loan [40]
31 August 2022 FW Wales Christian Doidge Hibernian Loan [41]

Transfers out

Date Position Name Subsequent Club Fee Ref
10 May 2022 MF Tomas Brindley Forfar Athletic Free [42][43]
DF Northern Ireland Euan Deveney Airdrieonians Free [42][44]
GK Republic of Ireland Colin Doyle England Bradford City Free [42][45]
DF England Brandon Haunstrup England Cambridge United Free [42][46]
MF Stephen McGinn Falkirk Free [42][47]
DF Jason Naismith Queen's Park Free [42][48]
26 May 2022 MF Chris Burke Retired [49][50]
6 June 2022 MF Justin Devenny Airdrieonians Free [51]
GK George O'Connor Stranraer Free [52]
MF Ben Hughes East Kilbride Free [53]
GK Harry Broun Dumbarton Free [54]
MF Ross Smith Irvine Meadow XI Free [55]
FW Michael Mullen Hurlford United Free
FW Jamie Kirkpatrick East Stirlingshire Feee
24 June 2022 DF Euan Murray England Hartlepool United Free [56]
6 July 2022 DF Charlie McArthur England Newcastle United Undisclosed [57]
21 July 2022 GK Curtis Lyle East Kilbride Loan [58]
29 July 2022 FW Kyle Connell Raith Rovers Loan [59]
13 August 2022 DF Northern Ireland Lee Hodson Partick Thistle Loan [60]
30 September 2022 DF Jon Craig Clyde Loan [61]
DF England Jack Sanders Cove Rangers Loan [61]

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