The 2022–23 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 31st season under its current league division format. It began on 30 July 2022.
Team changes The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season:
To League Two
Promoted from National League Stockport County Grimsby Town
Relegated from League One Gillingham Doncaster Rovers AFC Wimbledon Crewe Alexandra
From League Two
Promoted to League One Forest Green Rovers Exeter City Bristol Rovers Port Vale
Relegated to National League Oldham Athletic Scunthorpe United
Stadiums
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity AFC Wimbledon London Plough Lane 9,369 Barrow Barrow-in-Furness Holker Street 5,045 Bradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,126 Carlisle United Carlisle Brunton Park 17,949 Colchester United Colchester Colchester Community Stadium 10,105 Crawley Town Crawley Broadfield Stadium 5,996 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Gresty Road 10,153 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 15,231 Gillingham Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 11,582 Grimsby Town Cleethorpes Blundell Park 9,052 Harrogate Town Harrogate Wetherby Road 5,000 Hartlepool United Hartlepool Victoria Park 7,856 Leyton Orient London Brisbane Road 9,271 Mansfield Town Mansfield Field Mill 9,186 Newport County Newport Rodney Parade 7,850 Northampton Town Northampton Sixfields Stadium 7,798 Rochdale Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,000 Salford City Salford Moor Lane 5,108 Stevenage Stevenage Broadhall Way 7,300 Stockport County Stockport Edgeley Park 10,852 Sutton United London Gander Green Lane 5,032 Swindon Town Swindon County Ground15,728 Tranmere Rovers Birkenhead Prenton Park 16,789 Walsall Walsall Bescot Stadium 11,300
Personnel and sponsoring Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor AFC Wimbledon Johnnie Jackson Alex Woodyard Hummel Sports Interactive Barrow Pete Wild Niall Canavan Puma JF Hornby & Co. Bradford City Mark Hughes Richie Smallwood Macron JCT600 Carlisle United Paul Simpson Morgan Feeney Erreà Bimson Haulage Colchester United Ben Garner Tommy Smith Macron Workhorse Group Crawley Town Scott Lindsey Ben Gladwin Adidas The People's Pension Crewe Alexandra Lee Bell Luke Offord FBT Mornflake Doncaster Rovers Grant McCann Tom Anderson Elite Pro Sports Eco-Power Group Gillingham Neil Harris Stuart O'Keefe Macron MEMS Power Generation Grimsby Town Paul Hurst Luke Waterfall Macron myenergi Harrogate Town Simon Weaver Josh Falkingham New Balance Strata Hartlepool United John Askey Nicky Featherstone Erreà Suit Direct Leyton Orient Richie Wellens Darren Pratley Puma Multiple charities Mansfield Town Nigel Clough Ollie Clarke Surridge Sports One Call Insurance Newport County Graham Coughlan Mickey Demetriou Hummel Pure Vans Northampton Town Jon Brady Jon Guthrie Hummel University of Northampton Rochdale Jimmy McNulty (interim) Ethan Ebanks-Landell Erreà Crown Oil Ltd Salford City Neil Wood Ashley Eastham Castore TalkTalk Stevenage Steve Evans Carl Piergianni Macron Prime Gaming Stockport County Dave Challinor Paddy Madden Puma VITA Group Sutton United Matt Gray Craig Eastmond O'NeillsAngel Plastics Swindon Town Michael Flynn Charlie Austin Puma First City Nursing and Care Tranmere Rovers Ian Dawes Kane Hemmings Mills Essar Walsall Mat Sadler Donervon Daniels Erreà Poundland
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in the tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentAFC Wimbledon Mark BowenEnd of contract7 May 2022Pre-season Johnnie Jackson16 May 2022Hartlepool United Michael NelsonEnd of caretaker spell8 May 2022 Paul Hartley 3 June 2022Crawley Town Lewis Young Kevin Betsy6 June 2022Barrow Phil BrownEnd of contract12 May 2022 Pete Wild27 May 2022Salford City Gary BowyerSacked17 May 2022 Neil Wood20 May 2022Swindon Town Ben GarnerSigned by Charlton Athletic8 June 2022 Scott Lindsey20 June 2022Rochdale Robbie StockdaleSacked18 August 202224th Jim Bentley29 August 2022Hartlepool United Paul Hartley 18 September 202223rd Keith Curle18 September 2022Colchester United Wayne Brown 18 September 202221st Matt Bloomfield30 September 2022Crawley Town Kevin Betsy9 October 202224th Matthew Etherington27 November 2022Newport County James Rowberry10 October 202218th Graham Coughlan20 October 2022Doncaster Rovers Gary McSheffrey17 October 202212th Danny Schofield20 October 2022Crewe Alexandra Alex MorrisDemoted to assistant manager 4 November 202216th Lee Bell 4 November 2022Crawley Town Matthew EtheringtonMutual Consent29 December 202220th Scott Lindsey11 January 2023Swindon Town Scott LindseySigned by Crawley Town11 January 20238th Jody Morris31 January 2023Colchester United Matt BloomfieldSigned by Wycombe Wanderers21 February 202318th Ben Garner2 March 2023Hartlepool United Keith CurleSacked22 February 202322nd John Askey23 February 2023Tranmere Rovers Micky Mellon19 March 202314th Ian Dawes4 May 2023Rochdale Jim Bentley27 March 202324th Jimmy McNulty (interim)27 March 2023Walsall Michael Flynn19 April 202315th Mat Sadler (interim)19 April 2023Swindon Town Jody Morris1 May 202310th Steve Mildenhall and Gavin Gunning (Interim)1 May 2023
League table
Play-offs
Semi-Finals First leg
Second leg
2–2 on Aggregate. Stockport County wins 3–1 on penalties
Carlisle United won 3–2 on Aggregate.
Final
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Andy Cook Bradford City282 Sam Hoskins Northampton Town213 Kristian Dennis Carlisle United204 Dan Agyei Crewe Alexandra16 Luke Armstrong Harrogate Town6 Omar Bogle Newport County15 Josh Gordon Barrow8 Kyle Wootton Stockport County149 Danny Johnson Walsall Mansfield Town13
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef Danny JohnsonWalsallHartlepool United4–030 July 2022 Billy WatersBarrowColchester United3–11 November 2022 Matt SmithSalford CityGrimsby Town1–429 December 2022 Charlie AustinSwindon TownRochdale4–419 March 2023 Dan KempHartlepool UnitedGrimsby Town1–47 April 2023 Josh GordonBarrowCrawley Town4–010 April 2023
Awards Monthly MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReferenceAugust Richie WellensLeyton Orient Sam HoskinsNorthampton TownSeptember Andy CookBradford CityOctober Michael FlynnWalsall Paddy MaddenStockport CountyNovember Johnnie JacksonAFC Wimbledon Billy WatersBarrowDecember Dave ChallinorStockport County Kyle WoottonStockport CountyJanuary Matt BloomfieldColchester United Conor McAlenySalford CityFebruary Dave ChallinorStockport County Dan KempHartlepool UnitedMarch Jon BradyNorthampton Town Callum HendrySalford City
Annual AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Season Sam Hoskins Northampton TownYoung Player of the Season Junior TchamadeuColchester UnitedManager of the Season Richie WellensLeyton Orient
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