2022–23 Exeter City F.C. season

Exeter City
2022–23 season
OwnerExeter City Supporters' Trust
ChairmanNick Hawker
ManagerMatt Taylor
(until 4 October)[1]
Gary Caldwell
(from 24 October)[2]
StadiumSt James Park
League One14th
FA CupSecond round
EFL CupSecond round
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Sam Nombe (15 goals)
All: Sam Nombe (17 goals)
Highest home attendance8,046 (vs Plymouth Argyle, 15 April)
Lowest home attendance1,074 (vs Southampton U21, 4 October)
Average home league attendance6,846[3]
Biggest win7–0 (vs Cheltenham Town, 9 August)
Biggest defeat6–0 (vs Ipswich Town, 29 April)

The 2022–23 season was the 121st season in the existence of Exeter City Football Club and the club's first season in the League One since the 2011–12 season following their promotion in the previous season. In addition to the league, they also competed in the 2022–23 EFL Cup, being eliminated in the second round by Gillingham, and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy, failing to qualify from the group stage. The team also competed in the 2022–23 FA Cup, being eliminated in the second round by Oxford United.

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Statistics

As of match played on 7 May 2023
No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF England ENG Jake Caprice 42 1 29+8 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF England ENG Jack Sparkes 40 2 25+10 1 1+0 0 1+1 1 2+0 0
5 DF England ENG Alex Hartridge 47 0 42+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
6 MF England ENG Rekeem Harper* 23 1 13+7 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
7 DF England ENG Demetri Mitchell 16 2 12+4 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF England ENG Archie Collins 49 6 44+1 4 2+0 1 1+1 1 0+0 0
9 FW England ENG Jay Stansfield* 39 9 28+8 9 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
10 FW England ENG Sam Nombe 47 17 34+9 15 2+0 0 1+1 2 0+0 0
11 MF England ENG Joe White* 16 0 6+10 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 DF England ENG Joshua Key 48 4 38+4 4 2+0 0 1+1 0 0+2 0
14 DF England ENG Will Aimson 18 0 18+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF South Africa RSA Kegs Chauke* 26 2 10+10 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 3+0 2
16 MF England ENG Harry Kite 44 4 32+8 3 0+1 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
17 MF England ENG Kyle Taylor 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 GK England ENG Jamal Blackman 41 0 37+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
19 FW England ENG Sonny Cox 17 1 2+10 1 0+0 0 0+2 0 3+0 0
20 FW Jamaica JAM Jevani Brown 32 14 24+3 12 2+0 2 1+0 0 0+2 0
21 MF England ENG Josh Coley 12 1 3+6 0 0+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
22 GK England ENG Harry Lee 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
23 FW Scotland SCO James Scott 15 1 4+11 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Pierce Sweeney 49 2 40+3 2 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
27 DF England ENG Jonathan Grounds 22 1 8+10 1 0+1 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
29 MF Scotland SCO Kevin McDonald 11 3 8+3 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 GK England ENG Gary Woods 7 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 DF England ENG Cheick Diabate 23 1 18+2 1 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
41 MF Portugal POR Pedro Borges 7 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
42 MF England ENG Harrison King 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
44 MF England ENG Gabriel Billington 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
45 DF Wales WAL Ed James 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
46 MF England ENG Joe Wragg 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
48 MF England ENG Alfie Clark 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
49 MF England ENG Mitch Beardmore 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
51 DF England ENG Joe O'Connor 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
Players who left the club during the season:
4 DF England ENG Sam Stubbs 4 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW England ENG Matt Jay 25 4 6+12 0 0+2 1 2+0 1 3+0 2
11 FW England ENG Harry Smith* 5 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF France FRA Timothée Dieng 21 3 12+5 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
24 GK Iceland ISL Jökull Andrésson* 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 DF England ENG Alfie Pond 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
40 GK England ENG Scott Brown 4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0

Transfers

In

Date Pos Player Transferred from Fee Ref
26 July 2022 GK England Jamal Blackman England Huddersfield Town Free Transfer [4]
26 January 2023 LWB England Demetri Mitchell Scotland Hibernian Undisclosed [5]
27 January 2023 CB England Will Aimson England Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed [6]
31 January 2023 DM Scotland Kevin McDonald Unattached Free Transfer [7]
31 January 2023 CF Scotland James Scott England Hull City Free Transfer [8]
1 February 2023 GK England Gary Woods Scotland Kilmarnock Free Transfer [9]

Out

Date Pos Player Transferred to Fee Ref
27 June 2022 CB Wales George Ray England Barrow Mutual consent [10][11]
30 June 2022 DM France Nigel Atangana England Eastleigh Released [12][13]
30 June 2022 LB England Colin Daniel England Scunthorpe United Released [12][14]
30 June 2022 AM England James Dodd England Weston-super-Mare Released [12][15]
30 June 2022 CB England Jordan Dyer England Bath City Released [12][16]
30 June 2022 RB England Ellis Johnson Unattached Released [12]
30 June 2022 LB England Callum Rowe England Yeovil Town Released [12][17]
30 June 2022 CF England Ben Seymour England Plymouth Parkway Released [12][18]
30 June 2022 AM England Jack Veale Unattached Released [12]
2 September 2022 CB England Alfie Pond England Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed [19]
9 January 2023 SS England Matt Jay England Colchester United Undisclosed [20]
11 January 2023 DM France Timothée Dieng England Gillingham Undisclosed [21]
31 January 2023 CB England Sam Stubbs England Bradford City Free Transfer [22]
24 March 2023 LW England Nelson Iseguan England Tiverton Town Mutual consent [23][24]

Loans in

Date Pos Player Loaned from On loan until Ref
26 July 2022 CM South Africa Kegs Chauke England Southampton End of Season [25]
24 August 2022 CM England Rekeem Harper England Ipswich Town End of Season [26]
1 September 2022 CF England Harry Smith England Leyton Orient 22 October 2022[a] [27][28]
2 September 2022 CF England Jay Stansfield England Fulham End of Season [29]
6 January 2023 AM England Joe White England Newcastle United End of Season [30]
24 January 2023 GK Iceland Jökull Andrésson England Reading 31 January 2023 [31]
  1. ^ Originally a season-long loan, Smiths's loan at Exeter City was cut short for personal reasons.

Loans out

Date Pos Player Loaned to On loan until Ref
5 July 2022 FB England Aamir Daniels England Tavistock End of Season [32]
5 July 2022 DF England Joe O’Connor England Tavistock End of Season [32]
12 July 2022 GK England Jack Arthur England Larkhall Athletic End of Season [33]
12 August 2022 CB England Alfie Pond England Yeovil Town 2 September 2022 [34][a]
13 August 2022 FW England Nelson Iseguan England Torquay United 1 January 2023 [35]
16 August 2022 GK England Harry Lee England Dorchester Town 18 October 2022 [36][b][c]
1 September 2022 AM England Josh Coley England Harrogate Town 10 January 2023[d] [39][40]
28 September 2022 MF Portugal Pedro Borges England Plymouth Parkway 28 October 2022 [41]
28 September 2022 DF England Harrison King England Plymouth Parkway 28 October 2022[e] [41]
30 October 2022 MF Wales Ed James England Weymouth 1 January 2023 [42]
26 December 2022 CF England Sonny Cox England Bath City 26 January 2023 [43]
3 January 2023 MF England Gabe Billington England Poole Town 3 February 2023 [44]
3 January 2023 MF Wales Ed James England Tiverton Town 3 February 2023[e] [45]
28 January 2023 CF England Sonny Cox England Bath City 7 April 2023[f] [46][47]
3 February 2023 GK England Harry Lee England Plymouth Parkway 15 March 2023[g] [48][49]
5 February 2023 LW England Nelson Iseguan England Tiverton Town 24 March 2023 [50]
7 March 2023 AM Portugal Pedro Borges England Tiverton Town 7 April 2023[f] [51][52]
  1. ^ On 2 September, Alfie Pond's loan at Yeovil was cut-short to materlise a permanent move to Wolverhampton Wanderers.[19]
  2. ^ On 16 September, Harry Lee's loan at Dorchester was extended until the end of the season.[37]
  3. ^ On 18 October, Harry Lee was recalled back from his loan at Dorchester Town.[38]
  4. ^ On 10 January, Coley was recalled back from his loan at Harrogate.
  5. ^ a b Loan has been extended for an unspecified duration.
  6. ^ a b On 7 April 2023, Sonny Cox and Pedro Borges were recalled from their loans at Bath City and Tiverton Town respectively.
  7. ^ Originally a loan until the end of the season, Harry Lee was recalled from Plymouth Parkway on the 15 March due to a long-term hamstring injury to Gary Woods.

Pre-season and friendlies

Southern League side Tiverton Town announced a pre-season friendly with Exeter City on 11 May 2022.[53] Two days later, the club revealed a friendly away to Taunton Town; also of the Southern League.[54] A behind closed doors friendly at the club's training ground against Truro City was also confirmed.[55] On 24 May, the club confirmed a friendly fixture against Yeovil Town.[56] A day later, Torquay United away was added to the schedule.[57] A sixth friendly against Weston-super-Mare was also confirmed.[58] A seventh pre-season fixture, against Bristol City was also added to the schedule.[59]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

1 July 2022 Friendly Tiverton Town 2–1 Exeter City Tiverton
19:00 BST Purrington 53'
O'Loughlin 56'		 Report Brown 90+1' Stadium: Ian Moorcroft Stadium
5 July 2022 Friendly Weston-super-Mare 0–5 Exeter City Weston-super-Mare
19:45 BST Report Nombe 52', 77', 79', 88'
Pond 68'		 Stadium: Optima Stadium
8 July 2022 Friendly Taunton Town 1–2 Exeter City Taunton
19:45 BST Warwick 80' Report Dieng 76', 87' Stadium: Cygnet Health Care Stadium
Attendance: 901
Referee: Carl Peters
12 July 2022 Friendly Exeter City 3–0 Truro City Clyst St Mary
18:30 BST Nombe 24'
Key 29'
Chauke 80'		 Report Stadium: Cliff Hill Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
16 July 2022 Friendly Yeovil Town 1–1 Exeter City Yeovil
15:00 BST Knowles 19' Report Jay 33' Stadium: Huish Park
19 July 2022 Friendly Bristol City 2–2 Exeter City Failand
16:30 BST Conway 77', 85' Report Coley 11'
Hartridge 51'		 Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre
23 July 2022 Friendly Torquay United 1–0 Exeter City Torquay
15:00 BST McGavin 80' Report Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 2,634

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
League One 30 July 2022 7 May 2023 Matchday 1 14th place 46 15 11 20 64 68 −4 032.61
FA Cup 5 November 2022 26 November 2022 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 4 6 −2 050.00
EFL Cup 9 August 2022 23 August 2022 First round Second round 2 1 1 0 7 0 +7 050.00
EFL Trophy 30 August 2022 18 October 2022 Group stage Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 033.33
Total 53 18 12 23 79 81 −2 033.96

Last updated: 7 May 2023
Source: Soccerway

League One

Main article: 2022–23 EFL League One

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Lincoln City 46 14 20 12 47 47 0 62
12 Shrewsbury Town 46 17 8 21 52 61 −9 59
13 Fleetwood Town 46 14 16 16 53 51 +2 58
14 Exeter City 46 15 11 20 64 68 −4 56
15 Burton Albion 46 15 11 20 57 79 −22 56
16 Cheltenham Town 46 14 12 20 45 61 −16 54
17 Bristol Rovers 46 14 11 21 58 73 −15 53
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[60]

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
46 15 11 20 64 68  −4 56 10 5 8 36 27  +9 5 6 12 28 41  −13

Last updated: 7 May 2023.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAH
ResultDWLWLDWLLWDWLLWDLWLDDLDWWDLWLLDLWDWLWWDLLLLLLW
Position132115997915101188108710911111313131110101210111012131212111311111111121314141414
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2023. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.[61]

30 July 2022 1 Lincoln City 1–1 Exeter City Lincoln
15:00 BST Hopper 49'
Sørensen Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Nombe 14'
Sweeney Yellow card 32'
Dieng Yellow card 58'		 Stadium: LNER Stadium
Attendance: 8,162 (579 away)
Referee: Andy Haines
6 August 2022 2 Exeter City 4–0 Port Vale Exeter
15:00 BST Kite 24'
Diabate Yellow card 30'
Sweeney Yellow card 35'
Brown 38' (pen.), 72'
Nombe 75'		 Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,701
Referee: Charles Breakspear
13 August 2022 3 Cambridge United 2–1 Exeter City Cambridge
15:00 BST Digby Yellow card 29', 88'
Dunk Yellow card 44'
Smith 60'
Lankester Yellow card 90+6'		 Report Brown 39'
Sweeney Yellow card 45+1'
Coley Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: The Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 5,005 (464 away)
Referee: Sam Purkiss
16 August 2022 4 Exeter City 3–1 Wycombe Wanderers Exeter
19:45 BST Kite 22'
Collins 38'
Dieng 74'		 Report McCleary Yellow card 45+1'
Wheeler 50'
Scowen Yellow card 59'
Forino Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,832
Referee: John Busby
20 August 2022 5 Exeter City 0–1 Cheltenham Town Exeter
15:00 BST Report N'Lundulu 56'
Long Yellow card 77'
Southwood Yellow card 79'
Williams Yellow card 80'
Freestone Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,927
Referee: Robert Lewis
27 August 2022 6 Accrington Stanley 0–0 Exeter City Accrington
15:00 BST Pritchard Yellow card 81' Report Stubbs Yellow card 56' Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 2,170 (306 away)
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
3 September 2022 7 Exeter City 1–0 Milton Keynes Dons Exeter
15:00 BST Diabate 66'
Grounds Yellow card 83'		 Report Harvie Yellow card 70' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,931
Referee: Ben Toner
10 September 2022 Charlton Athletic Postponed Exeter City Charlton
15:00 BST Stadium: The Valley
Note: Fixture was postponed as a mark of respect following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.[62]
13 September 2022 (2022-09-13) 8 Shrewsbury Town 3–2 Exeter City Shrewsbury
19:45 BST Pennington 21'
Bayliss 34'
Dunkley 90+3'		 Report Sweeney 17'
Grounds 20', Yellow card 39'		 Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 4,803 (322 away)
Referee: Martin Woods
17 September 2022 9 Exeter City 0–2 Burton Albion Exeter
15:00 BST Harper Yellow card 68'
Key Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Borthwick-Jackson Yellow card 18'
Hughes Yellow card 33'
Oshilaja 63', Yellow card 84'
Keillor-Dunn 69'
Butcher Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,185
Referee: Neil Hair
24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 10 Forest Green Rovers 0–4 Exeter City Nailsworth
12:30 BST Stevenson Yellow card 25'
March Yellow card 67'
Fiabema Yellow card 80'		 Report Nombe 6'
Brown 26' (pen.), 41', 83' (pen.)
Stansfield Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: The innocent New Lawn Stadium
Attendance: 2,623 (683 away)
Referee: Ben Speedie
Note: This fixture was selected for broadcast live on Sky Sports
1 October 2022 11 Exeter City 2–2 Bristol Rovers Exeter
15:00 BST Key Yellow card 37'
Brown 72' (pen.)
Sweeney Yellow card 77'
Nombe 81'		 Report Evans Yellow card 15'
Finley Yellow card 33'
Marquis 62'
Loft 90+2'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,816
Referee: Declan Bourne
Note: Matt Taylor’s final fixture as manager of the Grecians
8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 12 Barnsley 0–2 Exeter City Barnsley
15:00 BST Report Stansfield 1' 48'
Brown Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Oakwell Stadium
Attendance: 10,384 (475 away)
Referee: Martin Coy
11 October 2022 (2022-10-11) 13 Charlton Athletic 4–2 Exeter City Charlton
19:45 BST Leaburn 20'
Hartridge 24' (o.g.)
Aneke 84'
Payne 90+1'
O'Connell Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Stansfield 37'
Nombe 90+5' (pen.)		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 11,411 (833 away)
Referee: Craig Hicks
15 October 2022 14 Exeter City 2–4 Oxford United Exeter
15:00 BST Collins Yellow card 11'
Sweeney Yellow card 30'
Brown 65'
Stansfield Yellow card 69'
Cox 90+2'		 Report Brannagan 12' Yellow card 21'
Long 31'
Joseph 44', 54'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,926
Referee: Thomas Kirk
22 October 2022 15 Exeter City 2–1 Fleetwood Town Exeter
15:00 BST Stansfield 30'
Nombe 90+3'		 Report Mendes Gomes 28'
Hayes Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,834
Referee: Tom Nield
25 October 2022 16 Derby County 0–0 Exeter City Derby
19:45 BST Smith Yellow card 17'
Sibley Yellow card 37'		 Report Collins Yellow card 38'
Caprice Yellow card 70'
Jay Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 24,460 (1,197 away)
Referee: Adam Herczeg
Note: Gary Caldwell’s first fixture as manager of the Grecians
31 October 2022 17 Plymouth Argyle 4–2 Exeter City Plymouth
20:00 GMT Whittaker 27'
Mumba 58'
Hardie 70', 84'		 Report Collins 25'
Nombe 52'		 Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 16,567 (1,617 away)
Referee: Charles Breakspear
Note: This fixture was selected for broadcast live on Sky Sports
12 November 2022 18 Exeter City 3–2 Peterborough United Exeter
15:00 GMT Dieng 27' Yellow card 55'
Sparkes Yellow card 65'
Nombe 86'
Brown 90+1' Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Clarke-Harris 40'
Mason-Clark 81'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,489
Referee: Tom Reeves
19 November 2022 19 Exeter City 0–2 Ipswich Town Exeter
12:00 GMT Sparkes Yellow card 45+1' Report Ladapo 11'
Harness 68' Yellow card 86'
Burns Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,232
Referee: Alan Young
Note: This fixture was selected for broadcast live on Sky Sports
2 December 2022 (2022-12-02) 20 Morecambe 1–1 Exeter City Morecambe
19:45 GMT O'Connor Yellow card 25'
Stockton 34'
Gibson Yellow card 68'		 Report Key 36' Stadium: Mazuma Stadium
Attendance: 3,976 (255 away)
Referee: Peter Wright
10 December 2022 21 Exeter City 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Exeter
15:00 GMT Key Yellow card 43'
Caprice 56'
Brown Yellow card 69'
Stansfield Yellow card 71'
Dieng Yellow card 76'		 Report McGuinness Yellow card 73'
Paterson 90+4'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,591
Referee: Neil Hair
17 December 2022 22 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Exeter City Bolton
15:00 GMT Bradley 8'
Charles 26'		 Report Sparkes Yellow card 90+3' Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium
Attendance: 19,942 (874 away)
Referee: Scott Oldham
26 December 2022 23 Exeter City 0–0 Portsmouth Exeter
15:00 GMT Stansfield Yellow card 31'
Sparkes Yellow card 79'
Collins Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Dale Yellow card 40'
Morrison Yellow card 58'
Morrell Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,779
Referee: Robert Lewis
29 December 2022 24 Bristol Rovers 3–4 Exeter City Bristol
19:45 GMT Collins Yellow card 25', 57'
Coburn 64'
Sinclair 74' (pen.)		 Report Nombe 13', 90+2', Yellow card 90+2'
Diabate Yellow card 40'
Caprice Yellow card 45'
Collins 45+2', Yellow card 72'
Brown Yellow card 59'
Sparkes Yellow card 68'
Dieng 85'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 9,735 (1,167 away)
Referee: Simon Mather
1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) 25 Oxford United 0–1 Exeter City Littlemore
15:00 GMT Brown Yellow card 75' Report Nombe 79'
Sparkes Yellow card 84'
Stansfield Yellow card 90+1'
Collins Yellow card 90+2'
Blackman Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: The Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 8,604 (619 away)
Referee: Darren Drysdale
14 January 2023 26 Exeter City 1–1 Forest Green Rovers Exeter
15:00 GMT Nombe Yellow card 51'
Brown 75'
White Yellow card 87'		 Report Garrick 54'
Stevenson Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,008
Referee: David Rock
21 January 2023 27 Portsmouth 2–0 Exeter City Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Pack 57'
Morrell 74'
Thompson Yellow card 84'		 Report Hartridge Yellow card 70'
White Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,719 (1,589 away)
Referee: Ollie Yates
24 January 2023 Exeter City Postponed Barnsley Exeter
19:45 GMT Stadium: St James Park
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[63]
28 January 2023 28 Milton Keynes Dons 0–2 Exeter City Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT Devoy Yellow card 36'
Harvie Yellow card 63'
Kaikai Yellow card 78'
Watson Yellow card 81'		 Report Brown Yellow card 22', 37' (pen.), 67' Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 6,719 (614 away)
Referee: Andy Haines
4 February 2023 29 Exeter City 1–2 Charlton Athletic Exeter
15:00 GMT Mitchell 31'
Stansfield Yellow card 45+3'
Kite Yellow card 73'		 Report Rak-Sakyi 8', Yellow card 9'
Blackett-Taylor 18'
Ness Yellow card 32'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,685
Referee: Declan Bourne
11 February 2023 30 Burton Albion 1–0 Exeter City Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT Winnall 84'
Kirk Yellow card 86'		 Report Stansfield Yellow card 40' Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 3,105 (587 away)
Referee: Carl Brook
14 February 2023 31 Exeter City 0–0 Shrewsbury Town Exeter
19:45 GMT Report Bennett Yellow card 90+2' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,661
Referee: Ben Speedie
18 February 2023 32 Port Vale 1–0 Exeter City Burslem
15:00 GMT Forrester 60', Yellow card 90+8'
Robinson Yellow card 68'
Harrison Yellow card 90'		 Report Hartridge Yellow card 28'
Harper Yellow card 48' Yellow-red card 59'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,209 (324 away)
Referee: Andrew Kitchen
25 February 2023 33 Exeter City 2–0 Cambridge United Exeter
15:00 GMT Collins 18'
McDonald 53'		 Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Robert Lewis
4 March 2023 34 Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 Exeter City High Wycombe
15:00 GMT Campbell 2' Report McDonald 68'
Hartridge Yellow card 78'
Key Yellow card 80'
Sweeney Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 7,699 (617 away)
Referee: Tom Nield
11 March 2023 35 Exeter City 2–1 Lincoln City Exeter
15:00 GMT Nombe 33', 73'
Hartridge Yellow card 50' Yellow-red card 85'
Key Yellow card 69'
Stansfield Yellow card 72'
Blackman Yellow card 88'		 Report O'Connor 19' Yellow card 81'
House Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,193
Referee: Sunny Singh Gill
18 March 2023 36 Cheltenham Town 3–1 Exeter City Cheltenham
15:00 GMT Keena 17'
Taylor Yellow card 35', 74'
Bonds Yellow card 41'
Southwood Yellow card 61'
Ferry Yellow card 65'
May 79'
Broom Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Nombe soccer ball with red X 12'
Key 69', Yellow card 90+2'
Aimson Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Completely-Suzuki Stadium
Attendance: 5,102 (1,330 away)
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
25 March 2023 37 Exeter City 5–0 Accrington Stanley Exeter
15:00 GMT Mitchell 36'
McDonald Yellow card 44'
Key 49'
Nombe 54'
Scott 75'
Stansfield 81'		 Report Adedoyin Yellow card 44' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,556
Referee: Oliver Langford
28 March 2023 38 Exeter City 3–1 Barnsley Exeter
19:45 BST Stansfield 26'
Kite 49', Yellow card 90+3'
Nombe 89' (pen.)
Blackman Yellow card 90+2'
Sweeney Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Thomas 37', Yellow card 89'
Connell Yellow card 56'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,720
Referee: Darren Handley
1 April 2023 39 Fleetwood Town 2–2 Exeter City Fleetwood
15:00 BST Marriott 18', 35'
Holgate Yellow card 73'		 Report McDonald 28'
Sweeney 90+1'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 3,568 (375 away)
Referee: Lewis Smith
7 April 2023 40 Exeter City 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Exeter
15:00 BST Report Bradley 27'
Mbete Yellow card 76'
Thomason Yellow card 82'
Nlundulu Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,530
Referee: Craig Hicks
10 April 2023 41 Peterborough United 3–1 Exeter City Peterborough
15:00 BST Hartridge 8' (o.g)
Mason-Clark 43'
Clarke-Harris 70'
Poku Yellow card 85'		 Report Kite Yellow card 5'
Harper 46', Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 8,261 (479 away)
Referee: Charles Breakspear
15 April 2023 42 Exeter City 0–1 Plymouth Argyle Exeter
12:00 BST Chauke Yellow card 3'
Stansfield Yellow card 79'		 Report Earley Yellow card 24'
Scarr Yellow card 56'
Butcher 70'
Edwards Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 8,046
Referee: Darren Drysdale
18 April 2023 43 Exeter City 1–2 Derby County Exeter
19:45 BST Sparkes 78' Report McGoldrick 52', 76'
Roberts Yellow card 66'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,028
Referee: Andy Woolmer
22 April 2023 44 Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Exeter City Owlerton
15:00 BST Gregory 59'
Paterson 74', Yellow card 80'
Palmer Yellow card 78'
Vaulks Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Key 47'
Caprice Yellow card 64'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 26,046 (939 away)
Referee: Declan Bourne & Andy Haines
29 April 2023 45 Ipswich Town 6–0 Exeter City Ipswich
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 29,334 (919 away)
Referee: Scott Oldham
7 May 2023 46 Exeter City 3–2 Morecambe Exeter
12:00 BST Stansfield 49', 57', 70'
Borges Yellow card 72'
Sweeney Yellow card 77'
Kite Yellow card 83'
Caprice Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Stockton 53', 90+14'
Weir Yellow card 79'
Mayor Yellow card 81'
Hunter Yellow card 90+6'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,386
Referee: Carl Brook

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

Exeter were drawn away to Port Vale in the first round[64] and to the winners off Woking versus Oxford United in the second round.[65]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) First round Port Vale 2–3 Exeter City Burslem
15:00 GMT Politic 25'
Butterworth 87'		 Report Stansfield Yellow card 8'
Brown 43', 66'
Caprice Yellow card 83'
Collins 89'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,807 (205 away)
Referee: Simon Mather
26 November 2022 (2022-11-26) Second round Oxford United 4–1 Exeter City Littlemore
15:00 GMT Taylor 9', Yellow card 75'
McGuane Yellow card 52'
Bodin 79', 88'
Brannagan 85'		 Report Hartridge Yellow card 22'
Sparkes Yellow card 37'
Key Yellow card 71'
Jay 89'		 Stadium: The Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 3,599 (427 away)
Referee: Will Finnie

EFL Cup

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

The Grecians were drawn away to Cheltenham Town in the first round, who they went on to beat 7–0 in a multi-club-record-breaking victory.[66][67] Exeter City were then drawn away at League Two side Gillingham in the second round.[68]

9 August 2022 First round Cheltenham Town 0–7 Exeter City Cheltenham
19:45 BST Lloyd Yellow card 38'
Horton Yellow card 63'		 Report Nombe 23', 35'
Collins 26'
Jay 28'
Sparkes 45+1'
Kite 50'
Coley 84'		 Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 2,552 (322 away)
Referee: Will Finnie
23 August 2022 Second round Gillingham 0–0
(6–5 p)		 Exeter City Gillingham
19:45 BST Ehmer Yellow card 13' Report Sweeney Yellow card 20'
Stubbs Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,127 (257 away)
Referee: Carl Brook
Penalties
Lee soccer ball with check mark
Mandron soccer ball with check mark
Wright soccer ball with check mark
Reeves soccer ball with check mark
Adelakun soccer ball with check mark
Tutonda soccer ball with check mark		 Brown soccer ball with check mark
Cox soccer ball with check mark
Caprice soccer ball with check mark
Collins soccer ball with check mark
Coley soccer ball with check mark
Key soccer ball with red X

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Trophy

On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Exeter City with Forest Green Rovers and Newport County.[69] Three days later, Southampton U21s joined Southern Group F.[70]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Forest Green Rovers 3 3 0 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Newport County 3 2 0 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3 L1 Exeter City 3 1 0 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4 ACA Southampton U21 3 0 0 0 3 3 7 −4 0
Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

30 August 2022 Group stage Exeter City 1–2 Newport County Exeter
19:00 BST Chauke 52' Report Zimba 57'
Wildig Yellow card 66'
Bogle 82'
Farquharson Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,902
Referee: Darren Drysdale
4 October 2022 Group stage Exeter City 2–1 Southampton U21 Exeter
19:00 BST Jay 40'
Chauke 45+3'
James Yellow card 72'
Stansfield Yellow card 78'
Key Yellow card 85'		 Report Ballard 18'
Turner Yellow card 45+2'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,074
Referee: Sunny Singh Gill
18 October 2022 Group stage Forest Green Rovers 4–1 Exeter City Nailsworth
19:00 BST Bunker Yellow card 7'
Matt 12'
Peart-Harris 51' (pen.)
Billington 54' (o.g.)
O'Keeffe 63'
Hendry Yellow card 69'		 Report Jay 41'
King Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: The innocent New Lawn Stadium
Attendance: 729
Referee: Sam Allison

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