2022–23 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was the 144th 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 first-place finish in the Scottish Championship in 2021–22 meant it was their first season back in the Scottish Premiership after spending one year in the second tier.

Kilmarnock

2022–23 season
Chairman	Billy Bowie
Manager	Derek McInnes
Stadium	Rugby Park
Premiership	10th place
Scottish Cup	Quarter-final
League Cup	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Daniel Armstrong (9) All: Daniel Armstrong (12)
Highest home attendance	9,162 vs. Celtic, Premiership, 14 August 2022
Lowest home attendance	2,429 vs. Stenhousemuir, League Cup, 23 July 2022
Average home league attendance	6,487
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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	Lincoln Red Imps	N	2–2	Hodson, Warnock
1 July 2022	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
9 November 2022	Dundee United	A	0–4[16]		7,430	12th
12 November 2022	Hibernian	H	1–0[17]	Armstrong 53' (pen.)	6,391	11th
17 December 2022	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–3[18]	Taylor 73'	18,645	11th
23 December 2022	Motherwell	A	2–2[19]	McGinn 73' (o.g.), Polworth 75'	4,861	10th
28 December 2022	Aberdeen	H	2–1[20]	Robinson 31', Wright 42'	6,171	9th
2 January 2023	St Mirren	H	0–0[21]		7,008	9th
7 January 2023	Celtic	A	0–2[22]		58,612	9th
18 January 2023	Rangers	H	2–3[23]	Stokes 6', Wright 85'	8,461	11th
28 January 2023	Ross County	A	0–3[24]		3,794	12th
1 February 2023	Dundee United	H	1–0[25]	Armstrong 35'	4,620	9th
4 February 2023	Livingston	A	1–3[26]	Doidge 47'	1,923	9th
18 February 2023	Hibernian	A	0–2[27]		16,068	10th
25 February 2023	Motherwell	H	1–1[28]	Robinson 17'	6,512	11th
4 March 2023	Rangers	A	1–3[29]	Dorsett 60'	49,545	11th
18 March 2023	St Johnstone	H	1–1[30]	Wright 38'	4,889	10th
1 April 2023	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–1[31]	Armstrong 22' (pen.), Doidge 45'	7,237	10th
8 April 2023	Aberdeen	A	0–2[32]		16,248	10th
16 April 2023	Celtic	H	1–4[33]	Donnelly 45'	8,201	11th
22 April 2023	St Mirren	A	2–0[34]	Donnelly 18', Doidge 35'	7,937	11th
6 May 2023	Motherwell	A	0–2[35]		6,168	11th
13 May 2023	Livingston	H	2–0[36]	Vassell 48', Armstrong 64' (pen.)	5,051	10th
20 May 2023	St Johnstone	H	0–1[37]		6,004	10th
24 May 2023	Dundee United	A	3–0[38]	Vassell 14', 44', Cameron 83'	10,406	10th
28 May 2023	Ross County	H	3–1[39]	Lyons 36', Armstrong 49', Vassell 78'	8,301	10th

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	1–0[40]	Jones 90+1'	3,705
11 February 2023	Fifth round	Dundee United	A	1–0[41]	Vassell 55'	4,620
10 March 2023	Quarter-final	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	A	1–2[42]	Vassell 3'	2,902

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[43]	Shaw 6', Murray 17', Lafferty 70'	1,022
13 July 2022	Group stage	Partick Thistle	H	1–1 (4–5p)[44]	Donnelly 11'	3,012
16 July 2022	Group stage	Montrose	A	3–0[45]	McInroy 37', Armstrong 69', Shaw 90+2'	901
23 July 2022		Stenhousemuir	H	4–1[46]	Polworth 5', Shaw 33' (pen.), 79', Armstrong 54'	2,429
31 August 2022	Second round	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–0[47]	Cameron 27'	11,071
18 October 2022	Quarter-final	Dundee United	H	2–1[48]	Lafferty 8' (pen.), Armstrong 73'	5,144
14 January 2023	Semi-final	Celtic	N	0–2[49]		45,787

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Zach Hemming	10	0	1	0	4	0	15	0	0	0
2	DF	Lewis Mayo	34	0	3	0	6	0	42	0	3	0
3	DF	Jeriel Dorsett	11	1	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	0
4	MF	Alan Power	32	0	2	0	7	0	41	0	5	1
5	DF	Ash Taylor	32	4	2	0	7	0	41	4	6	1
6	DF	Chris Stokes	15	2	1	0	1	0	17	2	2	0
7	MF	Rory McKenzie	36	0	2	0	7	0	45	0	11	1
8	MF	Blair Alston	16	0	1	0	1	0	18	0	0	0
9	FW	Oli Shaw	12	0	0	0	4	4	16	4	1	0
10	MF	Jordan Jones	22	0	2	1	3	0	27	1	2	0
11	MF	Daniel Armstrong	37	9	3	0	7	3	47	12	9	1
12	DF	Lee Hodson	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0
14	DF	Jack Sanders	4	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0
15	MF	Fraser Murray	19	0	3	0	3	1	25	1	1	0
16	FW	Scott Robinson	16	2	2	0	1	0	19	2	0	0
17	MF	Brad Lyons	19	1	1	0	4	0	24	1	3	0
18	DF	Calum Waters	2	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0
19	DF	Joe Wright	35	5	3	0	6	0	44	5	5	0
20	GK	Sam Walker	28	0	2	0	4	0	34	0	2	0
21	MF	Kerr McInroy	12	0	1	0	3	1	16	1	0	0
22	MF	Liam Donnelly	22	2	1	0	4	1	27	3	10	0
23	FW	Deji Sotona	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
23	FW	Kyle Vassell	14	4	3	2	1	0	18	6	2	1
24	DF	Dylan McGowan	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
24	DF	Luke Chambers	14	0	2	0	0	0	16	0	1	0
25	DF	Ryan Alebiosu	24	0	2	0	4	0	29	0	0	0
26	FW	Kyle Connell	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
26	FW	Christian Doidge	27	3	3	0	2	0	32	3	6	0
27	FW	Innes Cameron	16	1	0	0	5	1	21	2	1	0
28	FW	Kyle Lafferty	12	1	1	0	4	2	17	3	3	0
29	FW	Bobby Wales	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
31	MF	Liam Polworth	26	1	2	0	6	1	34	2	1	0
32	MF	Steven Warnock	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
33	DF	Ben Chrisene	13	0	0	0	3	0	16	0	2	0
34	MF	David Watson	10	0	0	0	2	0	12	0	3	1

Source:^[50]

Club statistics

Competition Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
			Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premiership	30 July 2022	28 May 2023	38	11	7	20	37	62	−25	028.95
Scottish Cup	21 January 2023	10 March 2023	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	066.67
League Cup	9 July 2022	14 January 2023	7	5	1	1	14	6	+8	071.43
Total			48	18	8	22	54	70	−16	037.50

Source: Competitions

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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: ^[51][52]
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).^[53]
(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 v t e	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: ^[54]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[55]

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 Alan Power St Mirren Free [56] 13 June 2022 MF Kerr McInroy Celtic Free [57] 20 June 2022 GK Zach Hemming Middlesbrough Loan [58] 23 June 2022 DF Lewis Mayo Rangers Loan [59] 5 July 2022 MF Liam Donnelly Motherwell Free [60] 13 July 2022 DF Joe Wright Doncaster Rovers Free [61] 19 July 2022 MF Jordan Jones Wigan Athletic Loan [62] 21 July 2022 DF Ryan Alebiosu Arsenal Loan [63] 22 July 2022 GK Gary Woods Aberdeen Free [64] 5 August 2022 DF Jeriel Dorsett Reading Loan [65] 9 August 2022 FW Deji Sotona Nice Loan [66] 25 August 2022 DF Ben Chrisene Aston Villa Loan [67] 31 August 2022 FW Christian Doidge Hibernian Loan [68] 1 January 2023 FW Kyle Vassell San Diego Loyal Free [69] 30 January 2023 DF Luke Chambers Liverpool Loan [70]

Transfers out Date Position Name Subsequent Club Fee Ref 10 May 2022 MF Tomas Brindley Forfar Athletic Free [71][72] DF Euan Deveney Airdrieonians Free [71][73] GK Colin Doyle Bradford City Free [71][74] DF Brandon Haunstrup Cambridge United Free [71][75] MF Stephen McGinn Falkirk Free [71][76] DF Jason Naismith Queen's Park Free [71][77] 26 May 2022 MF Chris Burke Retired [78][79] 24 June 2022 DF Euan Murray Hartlepool United Free [80] 6 July 2022 DF Charlie McArthur Newcastle United Undisclosed [81] 21 July 2022 GK Curtis Lyle East Kilbride Loan [82] 29 July 2022 FW Kyle Connell Raith Rovers Loan [83] 3 August 2022 DF Kirk McKnight Cumbernauld Colts Loan [84] 13 August 2022 DF Lee Hodson Partick Thistle Loan [85] 30 September 2022 DF Jon Craig Clyde Loan [86] DF Jack Sanders Cove Rangers Loan [86] 3 January 2023 GK Curtis Lyle Stenhousemuir Free [87][88] 7 January 2023 DF Dylan McGowan Hamilton Academical Loan [89] 21 January 2023 MF Aaron Brown Stranraer Loan [90] 26 January 2023 FW Kyle Connell East Kilbride Free [87][91] 31 January 2023 FW Kyle Lafferty Linfield Free [92][93] FW Oli Shaw Barnsley Undisclosed [94] 1 February 2023 GK Gary Woods Exeter City Free [95] 4 February 2023 DF Calum Waters Greenock Morton Loan [96] 16 February 2023 MF Steven Warnock Edinburgh City Loan [97]