Arbroath
2022–23 season
ChairmanMike Caird
ManagerDick Campbell
StadiumGayfield Park
Scottish ChampionshipEighth Place
Scottish League CupSecond round
Scottish Challenge CupFourth round
Scottish CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Michael McKenna (5)
All: Bobby Linn (7)
Highest home attendance5,563 vs. Dundee, Championship, 8 April 2023
Lowest home attendance900 vs. Cowdenbeath, League Cup, 13 July 2022
Average home league attendance2,152

The 2022–23 season was Arbroath's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Championship, following their promotion from Scottish League One in the 2018–19 season. Arbroath also competed in the Scottish League Cup, Scottish Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

DateOpponentVenueResult[lower-alpha 1]ScorersAttendanceRef.
25 June 2022Brechin CityAway2–1Shanks 70', Gold 87'[1]
2 July 2022MontroseAway1–1Trialist 90+3[2]
20 July 2022England AFC FyldeHome1–2Linn 70'[3]

Scottish Championship

Win Draw Loss
DateOpponentVenueResult[lower-alpha 1]ScorersAttendanceRef.
30 July 2022Ayr UnitedAway0–01,872[4]
6 August 2022Inverness Caledonian ThistleHome0–01,861[5]
12 August 2022DundeeAway2–4Low 51' pen. , Hamilton 81'5,114[6]
20 August 2022Queen's ParkHome1–2Shanks 78'1,905[7]
27 August 2022Hamilton AcademicalAway0–11,317[8]
3 September 2022Partick ThistleHome0–22,065[9]
17 September 2022Greenock MortonAway2–1Hilson 12', McKenna 40' pen.1,473[10]
1 October 2022Cove RangersAway0–2881[11]
8 October 2022DundeeHome1–1Linn 37'3,372[12]
14 October 2022Queen's ParkAway1–1Linn 60'657[13]
19 October 2022Raith RoversHome0–11,663[14]
22 October 2022Hamilton AcademicalHome1–0Linn 45'1,588[15]
29 October 2022Ayr UnitedHome0–11,660[16]
5 November 2022Inverness Caledonian ThistleAway1–1Shanks 60'1,847[17]
12 November 2022Cove RangersHome1–1McKenna 5'1,706[18]
19 November 2022Partick ThistleAway0–32,839[19]
3 December 2022Greenock MortonHome1–1Gold 47'1,664[20]
17 December 2022Raith RoversAway1–1Hamilton 45'1,264[21]
23 December 2022Queen's ParkHome1–4Fosu 90+2'1,267[22]
2 January 2023DundeeAway4–2McKenna 9', Hamilton 13', O'Brien 58', Hilson 77',5,930[23]
7 January 2023Inverness Caledonian ThistleHome1–4Ben El-Mhanni 26'1,803[24]
14 January 2023Ayr UnitedAway2–2Adarkwa 57', Ben El-Mhanni 63'2,064[25]
28 January 2023Greenock MortonAway2–1Hamilton 63', McKenna 77'1,798[26]
4 February 2023Raith RoversHome1–2McKenna 20'2,042[27]
18 February 2023Cove RangersAway1–1Olusanya 89'1,529[28]
25 February 2023Partick ThistleHome0–02,057[29]
3 March 2023Hamilton AcademicalAway0–01,832[30]
17 March 2023Greenock MortonHome1–1Adarkwa 78'1,578[31]
24 March 2023Queen's ParkAway1–0Hilson 76'747[32]
31 March 2023Ayr UnitedHome2–0Hilson 27', Gold 60'1,759[33]
8 April 2023DundeeHome0–05,563[34]
11 April 2023Inverness Caledonian ThistleAway0–22,038[35]
15 April 2023Raith RoversAway1–1O'Brien 48'2,150[36]
22 April 2023Cove RangersHome0–12,451[37]
29 April 2023Partick ThistleAway0–23,701[38]
5 May 2023Hamilton AcademicalHome0–02,736[39]

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Win Draw Loss
DateOpponentVenueResult[lower-alpha 1]ScorersAttendanceRef.
9 July 2022St MirrenAway1–0Paterson 90+31,923[40]
13 July 2022CowdenbeathHome3–0Paterson 18', Hamilton 41', Donnelly 60'900[41]
16 July 2022EdinburghAway3–1Low 39', Linn 75', 81'499[42]
23 July 2022AirdrieoniansHome3–0McKenna 12', Shanks 48', Thomson 60'1,170[43]

Knockout phase

Win Draw Loss
RoundDateOpponentVenueResult[lower-alpha 1]ScorersAttendanceRef.
Second round30 August 2022Partick ThistleAway0–11,960[44]

Scottish Challenge Cup

Win Draw Loss
RoundDateOpponentVenueResult[lower-alpha 1]ScorersAttendanceRef.
Third round24 September 2022East FifeHome2–1McKenna 10' pen., Hilson 12'1,123[45]
Fourth round10 December 2022Dunfermline AthleticHome1–5O'Brien 74'874[46]

Scottish Cup

Win Draw Loss
RoundDateOpponentVenueResult[lower-alpha 1]ScorersAttendanceRef.
Third round26 November 2022FraserburghAway2–0Linn 17', 89'1,060[47]
Fourth round21 January 2023MotherwellHome0–24,145[48]

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 5 May 2023
No.PosPlayerChampionshipLeague CupChallenge CupScottish Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1GK Scotland Derek Gaston 350400010 400
2DF England Lewis Banks 12+10000000 130
3DF Scotland Colin Hamilton 304412020 385
4DF Scotland Ricky Little 34+10502020 440
5DF Scotland Thomas O'Brien 292401120 363
7MF Scotland David Gold 25+323+10201+10 362
8MF Scotland Michael McKenna 31+25511+1120 427
9FW Scotland Dale Hilson 16+1442+301+110+10 385
10MF South Africa Keaghan Jacobs 11+203+201+1000 200
11MF Scotland Bobby Linn 16+1734+120+201+12 427
12DF Scotland Scott Stewart 21+504+101010 330
14FW Nigeria Paul Komolafe 0+70000000 70
15MF Scotland Dylan Tait 13+7000000+10 210
17FW England Toyosi Olusanya 5+41000000 91
18MF England Yasin Ben El-Mhanni 8+32000010 122
19MF Scotland Ryan Dow 12+20000010 150
20MF Republic of the Congo Scott Bitsindou 14+20000020 180
21GK Scotland Cammy Gill 10102010 50
23MF Scotland Scott Allan 9+70101010 190
24FW England Sean Adarkwa 7+22000010 102
25MF Portugal João Baldé 14+30000010 180
26MF England Steven Hetherington 10+30000000 130
Players who left the club during the 2022–23 season
2DF Scotland Jason Thomson 3+10510000 91
2DF England Marcel Oakley 15+10002010 190
6MF Scotland Nicky Low 412+210000 82
14MF Scotland Dylan Paterson 001+320000 42
15FW Scotland Luke Donnelly 2+101+110000 51
16FW Scotland Kieran Shanks 4+1022+311+1010 223
17DF England Deri Corfe 0+800+101+100+10 120
18DF England Mason Hancock 6+50101000 130
19FW England Kareem Isaka 0+40001+1000 60
22MF Kosovo Florent Hoti 2+30001010 70
27MF England Daniel Fosu 6+1211+302000 241
28MF England James Craigen 0+402+300000 90

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 36 15 10 11 52 47 +5 55
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 10 15 46 49 −3 43
8 Arbroath 36 6 16 14 29 47 −18 34
9 Hamilton Academical (R) 36 7 10 19 31 63 −32 31 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Cove Rangers (R) 36 7 10 19 38 75 −37 31 Relegation to League One
Source: [49]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[50]
(R) Relegated

League Cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARB AIR STM EDI COW
1 Arbroath 4 4 0 0 0 10 1 +9 12 Qualification for the second round — 3–0 — — 3–0
2 Airdrieonians 4 2 0 1 1 6 4 +2 7 — — 2–0 1–1p —
3 St Mirren 4 2 0 0 2 5 4 +1 6 0–1 — — 3–1 —
4 Edinburgh 4 1 1 0 2 6 7 −1 5 1–3 — — — 3–0
5 Cowdenbeath 4 0 0 0 4 0 11 −11 0 — 0–3 0–2 — —
Source: [51]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[52]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Name From Fee Ref.
24 May 2022 GK Cammy Gill Cowdenbeath Free transfer [53]
25 May 2022 MF South Africa Keaghan Jacobs Livingston [54]
5 June 2022 FW Kieran Shanks Inverurie Loco Works Undisclosed [55]
7 July 2022 MF England Daniel Fosu England Thatcham Town Free transfer [56]
5 August 2022 MF England Deri Corfe United States FC Tucson [57]
17 August 2022 MF Scott Allan Hibernian [58]
1 September 2022 FW England Kareem Isiaka Free Agent [59]
11 November 2022 MF Kosovo Florent Hoti Dundee United [60]
1 January 2023 FW England Sean Adarkwa England Queens Park Rangers [61]
MF Portugal João Baldé Hibernian [62]
MF England Yasin Ben El-Mhanni Free agent [63]
6 January 2023 MF Ryan Dow Peterhead [64]
31 January 2023 DF England Lewis Banks Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers [65]
4 February 2023 FW Nigeria Paul Komolafe Uzbekistan Qizilqum [66]

Transfers out

Date Position Name To Fee Ref.
15 May 2022 GK Wales Calum Antell Berwick Rangers Free transfer [67]
25 May 2022 DF Liam Henderson Falkirk [68]
MF Gavin Swankie Retired [69]
24 July 2022 FW England Michael Bakare Finland HIFK [70]
31 August 2022 FW Luke Donnelly Alloa Athletic [71]
2 September 2022 MF James Craigen Edinburgh City [72]
DF Jason Thomson Kelty Hearts [73]
1 January 2023 MF England Daniel Fosu Peterhead [74]
6 January 2023 MF England Deri Corfe New Zealand Napier City Rovers [75][76]
FW England Kareem Isiaka England Billericay Town [77]
25 January 2023 MF Kosovo Florent Hoti England Tranmere Rovers [78][79]
17 February 2023 MF Nicky Low Clydebank [80]

Loans in

Date Position Name From End date Ref.
28 July 2022 DF England Mason Hancock Aberdeen 31 May 2023 [81]
1 September 2022 DF England Marcel Oakley England Birmingham City 1 January 2023 [82]
MF Dylan Tait Hibernian 31 May 2023 [83]
29 September 2022 MF Republic of the Congo Scott Bitsindou Lvingston [84]
6 January 2023 MF Steven Hetherington Falkirk [85]
25 January 2023 FW England Toyosi Olusanya St Mirren [86]

Loans out

Date Position Name To End date Ref.
9 September 2022 MF Nicky Low Kelty Hearts 17 February 2023 [87]
7 October 2022 MF Dylan Paterson Bo'ness Athletic 31 May 2023 [88]
6 January 2023 FW Kieran Shanks Peterhead [89]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Arbroath's score written first

References

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