The 2022–23 season was the 143rd competitive association football season in England.
The season began in July 2022 due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup taking place from 20 November to 18 December 2022, the first time that an entire football season commenced a month earlier than normal since the 1945–46 season.
National teams
England national football team
Results and fixtures
Friendlies
UEFA Nations League
Group 3
FIFA World Cup
Group B
Knockout stage
UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
Group C
England women's national football team
Results and fixtures
Friendlies
UEFA Women's Euro
Group A
Knockout stage
Final
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
Group D
2023 Arnold Clark Cup
2023 Women's Finalissima
UEFA competitions
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
Group A
Group D
Group E
Group G
Knockout phase
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
UEFA Europa League
Group stage
Group A
Group E
Knockout stage
Knockout-round play-offs
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa Conference League
Qualifying phase and play-off round
Play-off round
Group stage
Group B
Knockout stage
Knockout-round play-offs
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
UEFA Youth League
UEFA Champions League Path
Group stage
Group A
Group D
Group E
Group G
Knockout phase
Play-offs
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
UEFA Women's Champions League
Qualifying rounds
Round 1
Semi-finals
Final
Round 2
Group stage
Group A
Group C
Knockout phase
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Men's football League DivisionPromoted to league Relegated from league Premier LeagueFulham Bournemouth Nottingham Forest Burnley Watford Norwich City ChampionshipWigan Athletic Rotherham United Sunderland Peterborough United Derby County Barnsley League OneForest Green Rovers Exeter City Bristol Rovers Port Vale Gillingham Doncaster Rovers AFC Wimbledon Crewe Alexandra League TwoStockport County Grimsby Town Oldham Athletic Scunthorpe United National LeagueMaidstone United Gateshead York City Dorking Wanderers King's Lynn Town Dover Athletic Weymouth
Premier League
Having looked like a short-end in the Premier League, a recovery in the closing months of the season saw Manchester City secure their third league title in a row. Manchester City also won the FA Cup and the Champions League, the latter of which included defeating the last winners of the tournament, Real Madrid, in the second-leg to match their city rivals' Treble while summer signing Erling Haaland breaking several goal-scoring records for the Premier League. A fantastic start to their campaign saw Arsenal challenge for the title and remain in contention up until the closing months, when a succession of dropped points resulted in the Gunners falling away; however, their second place finish proved their highest for seven years and they secured a return to the Champions League after a six-year absence.
Having been in contention for an unprecedented quadruple the previous year, Liverpool's overall season proved to be a disappointment, a sluggish start to the league campaign extinguishing the Reds' hopes of challenging for the title following the departure of key player Sadio Mané and a failure to sign a midfielder in both transfer windows; whilst they still enjoyed some impressive results, including a 7–0 home win over Manchester United, a failure to build on these results - despite an equally strong end to the season - ultimately cost the Merseyside club a top-four finish for the first time since 2016. Brighton and Hove Albion enjoyed inarguably their greatest top-flight season, the Seagulls even shrugging off the loss of highly-regarded manager Graham Potter early in the campaign to finish with a record points total under Roberto De Zerbi and their highest goal record for years – successfully finishing in sixth place and qualifying for the Europa League and European football for the first time in their history. Aston Villa took seventh place, qualifying for the Europa Conference League; this achievement looked unlikely in late October, with the Midlands side looking likely to battle relegation once again following a poor start, but the decision to appoint former Sevilla and Arsenal manager Unai Emery proved an inspired choice as the Villans surged away from the drop zone and took advantage of the teams around them dropping points to ensure a return to European football for the first time in thirteen years. Having made a fairly strong start to their season, Tottenham Hotspur's campaign rapidly fell away from mid-October onwards; resulting in growing fan anger towards owner Daniel Levy boiling over, feelings not helped by the dismissal of manager Antonio Conte in March in the aftermath of a furious press conference rant by the Italian over player performances and a lack of backing by Levy – with the London club then going over to appoint two different interim managers to cap a disappointing end to the season, failing to qualify for any European competitions for the first time since 2009 and conceding more than relegation-battling Everton, their only real positive being striker Harry Kane once again smashing the 30-goal mark.
For only the fourth time in the Premier League era, all three promoted teams avoided relegation; Fulham performed easily the best, the Whites comfortably secured a second successive top-flight season for the first time in a decade, even breaking their own club records for most wins and goals scored in a top-flight season, only missing out on European football in the closing weeks. Bournemouth endured a rough return to the top-flight, with manager Scott Parker getting sacked and replaced by former player Gary O'Neill just four games into the campaign with the club facing another relegation battle, days following a 9–0 loss to Liverpool – but having looked likely to endure the drop once again, the Cherries went on to scrap to safety in the closing weeks. Having looked set for an immediate return to the Championship, a successful run of form in the closing weeks helped Nottingham Forest defy the odds and haul themselves over the line in their first top-flight season since 1999; also proving to be key to the East Midlands club staying up were some big home results across the campaign - despite winning only one away game all season - and the continued support given to manager Steve Cooper by owner Evangelos Marinakis, even in the face of poor runs of form.
Chelsea endured their worst league season for 29 years; having made a reasonable start, the bizarre sacking of manager Thomas Tuchel following a defeat to Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League in favour of Graham Potter after only a few games saw the London club rapidly fall down the table, with Potter then getting the sack in early April – despite a strong run in the Champions League and some big money signings – and the appointment of former manager Frank Lampard seeing the Blues finish 12th, only mathematically securing their place early in May to cap an underwhelming first season under the ownership of Todd Boehly and missing out on European football for the first time in seven years. West Ham United endured a rough league campaign, only scraping to safety in the closing weeks after two successive seasons finishing in the top seven; however, it was in the Europa Conference League that the Hammers excelled, winning all but one of their games on their way to winning the tournament, securing their first European trophy since the Cup Winners’ Cup triumph in 1965, and in turn, ensuring a return to the Europa League for next season. Crystal Palace and Wolverhampton Wanderers also looked down and out with the Eagles being the only side without a win in 2023 and the Black Country club being bottom of the table at Christmas with both clubs going on to change managers and comfortably secure safety in the closing weeks of the campaign.
At the bottom of the table, the relegation battle proved to be especially tight, with a number of teams in the mix up until the closing weeks – but after eleven years in the top-flight and a succession of lower finishes in recent seasons, Southampton's fortunes finally ran out and they endured relegation to the Championship, the Saints making it through three managers across the campaign and winning just two home games all season. Leeds United were also undone by disastrous form from late August onwards, getting through four managers, ultimately rendering the Marcelo Bielsa era a false dawn and leaving their future prospects looking almost as bleak as they had after their previous relegation from the top-flight in 2004 as they once again faced a player exodus and uncertainty over the club's ownership. Leicester City, who coincidentally had been relegated alongside Leeds United 19 years previously, filled the final relegation spot, the Foxes completing a spectacular fall from grace only two years after winning the FA Cup and seven years after winning the Premier League, bringing an end to nine storied years in the top flight, the East Midlands side's relegation coming as a result of terrible form after the World Cup break whilst changing managers in April. Much like with their previous season, Everton were dragged into the relegation battle very early in the campaign, changed managers at the turn of the year, and only barely secured their Premier League position on the final day amid growing anger off-field from the fans over the running of the club.
Championship
In spite of seeing a number of key players depart in pre-season and making a sluggish start back to life in the Championship, the surprise decision to appoint Manchester City legend Vincent Kompany as their new manager proved an excellent one for Burnley as the Clarets comfortably secured an immediate return to the Premier League, earning promotion on Good Friday, winning the title with victory at local rivals Blackburn Rovers and finishing with over 100 points – with perhaps the only disappointment being their form after promotion to miss out on breaking the record points total for the second tier. Sheffield United took second place, making amends for their narrow play-off semi-final miss the previous season to earn their second promotion to the top flight in four years, the Blades' resurgence under manager Paul Heckingbottom continuing following their disastrous relegation in 2021. The play-off final ended up being between Luton Town and Coventry City, a remarkable achievement for the clubs considering both had played together in League Two in 2018 – with Luton overcoming the loss of manager Nathan Jones for the second time in four seasons to end their 31-year exile from the top-flight (ironically having been relegated in the season before the Premier League was established) and complete the Hatters' rise back up the football pyramid, having been in the fifth tier in 2014, and earn head coach Rob Edwards his second managerial promotion in two years.