2022–23 FC Cartagena season

The 2022–23 season is the 28th season in the history of FC Cartagena and their third consecutive season in the second division. The club are participating in Segunda División and the Copa del Rey.

FC Cartagena

2022–23 season
President	Paco Belmonte
Head coach	Luis Carrión
Stadium	Cartagonova
Segunda División	9th
Copa del Rey	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Armando Sadiku (7) All: Armando Sadiku (7)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2021–22 2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 4 December 2022.

Players

As of 11 September 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Marc Martínez (captain) 3 FW  ESP Jaime Romero 4 DF  ESP Pedro Alcalá 5 DF  ESP Pablo Vázquez 6 DF  CRO Toni Datković 7 MF  ESP David Ferreiro 8 MF  ARG Pablo de Blasis (vice-captain) 9 FW  ESP Alfredo Ortuño 10 FW  ESP Borja Valle 11 MF  PHI Óscar Arribas 12 MF  KOR Lee Sang-hyeok 13 GK  ESP Aarón Escandell

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ARG Franchu (on loan from Eibar) 15 MF  ESP Luca Sangalli 16 DF  ESP Iván Calero 17 MF  ESP Mikel Rico 18 MF  ARG Damián Musto 19 FW  ALB Armando Sadiku 20 DF  ESP Jairo Izquierdo 21 DF  ESP Kiko Olivas 22 DF  ESP Julián Delmás 23 MF  ESP Sergio Tejera 24 FW  SWE Isak Jansson

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
1 July 2022	Óscar Arribas	Alcorcón	Transfer	Free	[1]
1 July 2022	Mikel Rico	Huesca	Transfer	Free	[2]
1 July 2022	Luca Sangalli	Real Sociedad B	Transfer	Free	[3]
2 July 2022	Aarón Escandell	Granada	Transfer	Free	[4]
3 July 2022	Iván Calero	Málaga	Transfer	Free	[5]
4 July 2022	David Ferreiro	Huesca	Transfer	Free	[6]
7 July 2022	Borja Valle	Alcorcón	Transfer	Free	[7]
8 July 2022	Jairo Izquierdo	Girona	Transfer	Free	[8][9]
17 July 2022	Armando Sadiku	Las Palmas	Transfer	Free	[10]
20 July 2022	Kiko	Valladolid	Transfer	Free	[11]
25 July 2022	Damián Musto	Peñarol	Transfer	Free	[12]
28 July 2022	Franchu	Eibar	Loan		[13]
1 August 2022	Isak Jansson	Kalmar	Transfer	Undisclosed	[14]
19 August 2022	Jeriel De Santis	Boavista	Loan		[15]
1 September 2022	Lee Sang-hyeok	Pardubice	Transfer	Free	[16]
28 September 2022	Jaime Romero	Qarabağ	Transfer	Free	[17]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
21 June 2022	Yann Bodiger	Granada	Transfer	Free	[18]
19 July 2022	Antonio Luna	Released			[19]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Yeclano v Cartagena

16 July 2022 Friendly	Yeclano	2–3	Cartagena
CEST (UTC+2)

Getafe v Cartagena

21 July 2022 Friendly	Getafe	1–1	Cartagena
CEST (UTC+2)

Cartagena v Sporting Gijón

23 July 2022 Friendly	Cartagena	0–3	Sporting Gijón
CEST (UTC+2)

Ibiza v Cartagena

26 July 2022 Friendly	Ibiza	1–1	Cartagena
CEST (UTC+2)

Cartagena v Elche

30 July 2022 Friendly	Cartagena	2–0	Elche
CEST (UTC+2)

Almería v Cartagena

5 August 2022 Friendly	Almería	1–0	Cartagena	Almería
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Power Horse Stadium

Cartagena v Tenerife

6 August 2022 Friendly	Cartagena	1–1	Tenerife
CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Segunda División	15 August 2022		Matchday 1	18	9	4	5	23	17	+6	050.00
Copa del Rey	13 November 2022		First round	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Total				19	10	4	5	24	17	+7	052.63

Last updated: 4 December 2022
Source: Soccerway

Segunda División

Main article: 2022–23 Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Andorra	42	16	11	15	47	37	+10	59[a]
8	Oviedo	42	16	11	15	34	35	−1	59[a]
9	Cartagena	42	16	10	16	47	49	−2	58
10	Tenerife	42	14	15	13	42	37	+5	57
11	Burgos	42	13	15	14	33	35	−2	54[b]

Source: LaLiga SmartBank
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored^[20]
Notes:

1. Andorra finished ahead of Oviedo on head-to-head points: Oviedo 0–1 Andorra, Andorra 3–1 Oviedo.
2. Burgos finished ahead of Racing Santander on head-to-head points: Racing Santander 0–1 Burgos, Burgos 2–1 Racing Santander.

Notes

1. ^
   Reserve teams are not eligible for promotion to the same league as the first team.

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: November 2022.
Source: LaLiga SmartBank

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on November 2022. Source: LaLiga SmartBank
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 June 2022.^[21]

Cartagena v

13 August 2022 1	Cartagena	v		Cartagena
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cartagonova

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2022–23 Copa del Rey