2022–23_Luton_Town_F.C._season

2022–23 Luton Town F.C. season

2022–23 Luton Town F.C. season

Luton Town 2022–23 football season

The 2022–23 season was the 137th season of competitive football and fourth consecutive season in the Championship played by Luton Town Football Club, a professional association football club based in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Luton also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

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Background and pre-season

Main article: 2021–22 Luton Town F.C. season
See also: History of Luton Town F.C. (1970–present) and List of Luton Town F.C. seasons

Luton Town's pre-season programme began with an away friendly match against Hitchin Town[4] before a week-long training camp in Slovenia, which included a friendly against Slovenian PrvaLiga club Bravo.[5] After returning from Slovenia, Luton played a behind-closed-doors match against Gillingham at The Brache training ground,[6][7] followed by friendlies away to Northampton Town and Peterborough United, and at home to West Ham United.[4]

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  1. Match played behind closed doors
  2. Match played behind closed doors

EFL Championship

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Championship

July–August

Luton began the season with a goalless draw at home to Birmingham City; new signings Ethan Horvath, Luke Freeman and Carlton Morris were all in the starting lineup, and Cauley Woodrow came on as a substitute to make his first appearance for the club in over a decade.[14] The next match also resulted in a draw; Dan Potts scored the team's first league goal in a 1–1 draw away to Burnley.[15]

Match results

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Partial league table

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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[62]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Play-offs

Main article: 2023 English Football League play-offs § Championship
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FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

The Hatters entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Wigan Athletic[66] and then to Grimsby Town in the fourth round.[67]

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EFL Cup

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup

Luton were drawn at home to League Two club Newport County in the first round.[72]

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Transfers

For players who left Luton after their contracts expired on 30 June 2022, see 2021–22 Luton Town F.C. season.

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† Brackets around club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Luton.
* Signed primarily for the development squad

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† Brackets around club names indicate the player joined that club after his Luton contract expired.

Loan in

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Loan out

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  1. On 12 January, Pepple returned back early from his loan at Grimsby
  2. On 31 January, Muskwe was recalled back from his loan at Fleetwood
  3. On 1 January, Thorpe was recalled back from his loan at Burton
  4. On 11 January, Idiakhoa's loan at Hitchin was extended by a month. Then on 10 February the agreement was extended again by a further month. Again on March, 10 the loan was extended until the season end
  5. On 10 February, Williams' loan at Hemel Hempstead was extended by a further month

Appearances and goals

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Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Luton.
Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
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