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2022–23 Livingston F.C. season

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Livingston
2022–23 season
ChairmanRobert Wilson
ManagerDavid Martindale
StadiumTony Macaroni Arena
Scottish Premiership5th
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Scottish CupFifth Round
2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season is Livingston's fifth consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership, the top flight of Scottish football. Livingston will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Season Summary

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

2 July 2022 Livingston 0–3 Greenock Morton Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Report Obileye 5 o.g.'
Garrity 85', 90'
5 July 2022 Livingston 6–0 Linlithgow Rose Tony Macaroni Arena
19:45 Mullin 6', 32', 70'
Montaño 34', 48'
Gonçalves 51'
Report

Scottish Premiership

30 July 2022 1 Livingston 1–2 Rangers Tony Macaroni Arena
12:00 Nouble 5' Report Arfield 72'
Tavernier 74'
Attendance: 9,672
Referee: Don Robertson
7 August 2022 2 Dundee United 0–1 Livingston Tannadice Park
15:00 Report Montaño 49' Attendance: 7,442
Referee: Steven McLean
13 August 2022 3 Livingston 2–1 Hibernian Tony Macaroni Arena
12:00 Nouble 6'
Obileye 86'
Report Kenneh 51' Attendance: 3,854
Referee: Craig Napier
20 August 2022 4 Motherwell 1–0 Livingston Fir Park
15:00 van Veen 68 pen.' Report Bahamboula Red card 77' Attendance: 5,158
Referee: Nick Walsh
27 August 2022 5 Aberdeen 5–0 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Miovski 41 pen.', 63'
McCrorie 58'
Besuijen 62 pen.'
Duncan 87'
Report Fitzwater Red card 40' Attendance: 13,739
Referee: Colin Steven
3 September 2022 6 Livingston 1–0 Heart of Midlothian Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Montaño 28' Report Attendance: 4,678
Referee: William Collum
17 September 2022 7 Livingston 1–0 Kilmarnock Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Montaño 25' Report Attendance: 2,253
Referee: Grant Irvine
1 October 2022 8 St Mirren 2–1 Livingston St Mirren Park
15:00 BST Baccus 69'
Ayunga Red card 76'
Greive 90'
Report Anderson 86' Attendance: 5,366
Referee: Craig Napier
8 October 2022 9 Livingston 0–1 Ross County Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Report Edwards 73' Attendance: 3,696
Referee: Graham Grainger
15 October 2022 10 Livingston 1–0 St Johnstone Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Bahamboula 35' Report Attendance: 1,554
Referee: Kevin Clancy
22 October 2022 11 Rangers 1–1 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
15:00 BST Lundstram 90+1' Report Nouble 4'
Boyes Red card 78'
Attendance: 48,855
Referee: David Munro
30 October 2022 12 Livingston 0–3 Celtic Tony Macaroni Arena
12:00 Report Furuhashi 9'
Taylor 53'
Jota 87'
Attendance: 8,825
Referee: William Collum
4 November 2022 13 Kilmarnock 2–3 Livingston Rugby Park
19:45 BST Wright 4', 45+2' Report Anderson 39'
Kelly 61 pen.'
Stokes 75 o.g.'
Attendance: 5,239
Referee: Colin Steven
8 November 2022 14 Livingston 2–1 Aberdeen Tony Macaroni Arena
19:45 Fitzwater 6'
Kelly 17 pen.'
Report Duk 58 pen.' Attendance: 2,598
Referee: Nick Walsh
12 November 2022 15 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Livingston Tynecastle Park
15:00 BST Rowles Red card 75'
Ginnelly 90+7'
Report Kelly 55' Attendance: 18,448
Referee: Craig Napier
21 December 2022 16 Celtic 2–1 Livingston Celtic Park
19:45 BST Obileye 23 o.g.'
Furuhashi 45'
Report Devlin 45+2' Attendance: 18,448
Referee: Euan Anderson
24 December 2022 17 Hibernian 4–0 Livingston Easter Road
14:00 BST Nisbet 33'
Cadden 35'
Magennis 40', 50'
Report Holt Red card 15' Attendance: 15,260
Referee: Craig Napier
28 December 2022 18 Livingston 1–1 St Mirren Tony Macaroni Arena
19:45 Pittman Red card 24'
Montaño 56'
Report O'Hara Red card 55'
Main 63'
Attendance: 1,897
Referee: Steven McLean
2 January 2023 19 Livingston 1–1 Motherwell Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Boyes 39' Report van Veen 42' Attendance: 2,163
Referee: David Munro
7 January 2023 20 Ross County 0–2 Livingston Victoria Park
15:00 BST Report Anderson 67', 70' Attendance: 3,083
Referee: William Collum
14 January 2023 21 St Johnstone 2–4 Livingston McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST Murphy 65'
McLennan 67'
Report Kelly 8', 15'
Penrice 39', 81'
Attendance: 2,899
Referee: John Beaton
29 January 2023 22 Livingston 0–0 Heart of Midlothian Tony Macaroni Arena
13:30 Report Attendance: 6,393
Referee: Alan Muir
1 February 2023 23 Celtic 3–0 Livingston Celtic Park
19:45 BST Taylor 29'
Maeda 33'
Furuhashi 45+2'
Report Attendance: 58,295
Referee: Nick Walsh
4 February 2023 24 Livingston v Kilmarnock Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

9 July 2022 Group Stage Albion Rovers 2–3 Livingston Cliftonhill
15:00 Sonkur 62'
Paton 71'
Report Pittman 5'
Mullin 20'
Anderson 48'
Attendance: 468
Referee: Don Robertson
12 July 2022 Group Stage Livingston 1–2 Inverness CT Tony Macaroni Arena
19:45 Stryjek Red card 59'
Holt 84'
Report Samuels 37'
MacKay 67'
Referee: Alan Muir
16 July 2022 Group Stage Cove Rangers 1–2 Livingston Balmoral Stadium
15:00 Vigurs 45+1' Report Gonçalves Red card 25'
Shinnie 48'
Devlin 88'
Attendance: 797
Referee: Willie Collum
23 July 2022 Group Stage Livingston 2–0 Kelty Hearts Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Kelly 11'
Cancar 77'
Report Attendance: 712
Referee: Grant Irvine

Knockout Round

31 August 2022 Second round Livingston 1–2 Dundee United Livingston
19:45 Guthrie 78' Report Fletcher 15'
Harkes 34'
Stadium: Tony Macaroni Arena
Attendance: 1,497
Referee: David Munro

Scottish Cup

21 January 2023 Fourth round Stenhousemuir 1–3 Livingston Stenhousemuir
15:00 Jamieson 26' Report Pittman 52'
Bradley 55', 59'
Stadium: Ochilview Park
Attendance: 916
Referee: Euan Anderson

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 1 February 2023

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Shamal George 20 0 18 0 1 0 1 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Nicky Devlin (c) 28 2 22 1 5 1 1 0
3 MF Scotland SCO Jackson Longridge 11 0 3+6 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
4 DF England ENG Tom Parkes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF England ENG Jack Fitzwater 23 0 16+2 0 4 0 1 0
6 DF England ENG Ayo Obileye 25 2 20+1 2 3 0 0+1 0
7 MF Republic of the Congo CGO Dylan Bahamboula 19 1 9+4 1 3+2 0 0+1 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Scott Pittman 26 2 18+2 0 5 1 1 1
9 FW Scotland SCO Bruce Anderson 21 4 10+6 3 1+3 1 1 0
10 FW Guinea-Bissau GNB Esmaël Gonçalves 13 0 1+8 0 4 0 0 0
11 MF Colombia COL Cristian Montaño 23 4 15+4 4 3+1 0 0 0
12 DF Scotland SCO Jamie Brandon 4 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 0 0
15 DF Wales WAL Morgan Boyes 12 1 6+5 1 0 0 1 0
16 MF Scotland SCO Steven Bradley 6 2 3+2 0 0 0 1 2
17 MF Scotland SCO Stephen Kelly 16 3 12+3 3 0 0 1 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Jason Holt 25 0 16+3 0 3+2 0 1 0
19 FW England ENG Joel Nouble 21 3 15+1 3 5 0 0 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Andrew Shinnie 26 1 14+6 0 4+1 1 1 0
24 DF Scotland SCO Sean Kelly 25 2 20+1 2 4 0 0 0
25 DF Australia AUS Phillip Cancar 5 1 1+2 0 1+1 1 0 0
28 FW England ENG Kurtis Guthrie 9 1 4+3 0 0+1 1 0+1 0
29 MF Scotland SCO James Penrice 19 2 9+7 2 2 0 1 0
31 GK Russia RUS Ivan Konovalov 8 0 4 0 3+1 0 0 0
32 GK Scotland SCO Jack Hamilton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF Belgium BEL Stéphane Oméonga 22 0 13+6 0 1+2 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the season
14 MF Scotland SCO Josh Mullin 3 1 0+1 0 1+1 1 0 0
20 MF Republic of the Congo CGO Scott Bitsindou 4 0 0+1 0 1+2 0 0 0
28 FW Scotland SCO Jack Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK United States USA Brian Schwake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 GK Poland POL Max Stryjek 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
38 MF England ENG Harrison Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Jaze Kabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
6 St Mirren 38 12 10 16 43 61 −18 46
7 Motherwell 38 14 8 16 53 51 +2 50
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
Source: [1][2]
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).[3]
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 ICT LIV COV ALB KEL
1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 3 1 0 0 8 2 +6 11 Qualification for the second round p1–1 4–0
2 Livingston 4 3 0 0 1 8 5 +3 9 1–2 2–0
3 Cove Rangers 4 1 0 1 2 6 7 −1 4 1–2 2–3
4 Albion Rovers 4 1 0 0 3 5 9 −4 3 2–3 1–2
5 Kelty Hearts 4 1 0 0 3 3 7 −4 3 0–1 0–2
Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[5]

Transfers

See also

List of Livingston F.C. seasons

References

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  8. ^ "Welcome, Phillip Cancar!". livingstonfc.co.uk. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Welcome, Esmaël Gonçalves!". livingstonfc.co.uk. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
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  24. ^ "Alan Forrest is our first summer recruit". heartsfc.co.uk. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  25. ^ "Brian Schwake joins Greenock Morton on loan". livingstonfc.co.uk. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  26. ^ "Jaze Kabia joins Morton on season long-loan". gmfc.net. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  27. ^ "Jack Hamilton: Hartlepool United sign Livingston striker on initial loan deal". bbc.co.uk. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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