2022–23 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City FC
2022–23 season
Owner	Vincent Tan
Chairman	Mehmet Dalman
Manager	Steve Morison; (until 18 September); Mark Hudson; (from 14 November until 14 January); Sabri Lamouchi; (from 27 January)
Stadium	Cardiff City Stadium
Championship	21st
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Sory Kaba (8); All: Sory Kaba (8)
Highest home attendance	28,232 vs. Swansea City, 1 April 2023
Lowest home attendance	6,303 vs. Portsmouth, 9 August 2022
Average home league attendance	19,455
Biggest win	3–1 vs. Wigan Athletic (8 October 2022), 3-1 vs. Blackpool F.C (7 April 2023), 3-1 vs. Watford F.C (19 April 2023)
Biggest defeat	0–3 vs. Portsmouth (9 August 2022), 0–3 vs. Burnley (8 May 2023)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 124th season in the existence of Cardiff City Football Club and the club's fourth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the league, they also competed in the 2022–23 FA Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Cup.

The Bluebirds finished the season with 49 points. This ultimately proved enough to secure them 21st place and preserve their Championship status, albeit only on account of relegation rivals Reading being assessed a six point deduction.

First-team squad[edit]

As of 14 February 2023

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

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Apps.	Goals	Year signed	Signed from	Transfer fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Ryan Allsop	GK	(1992-06-17) 17 June 1992 (age 31)	43	0	2022	Derby County	Free	2024
21	Jak Alnwick	GK	(1993-06-17) 17 June 1993 (age 30)	7	0	2022	St Mirren	Free	2024
28	Rohan Luthra	GK	(2002-05-06) 6 May 2002 (age 22)	1	0	2021	Crystal Palace	Free	2024
Defenders
2	Mahlon Romeo	RB/RM	(1995-09-19) 19 September 1995 (age 28)	33	0	2022	Millwall	Undisclosed	2025
3	Joel Bagan	LB	(2001-09-03) 3 September 2001 (age 22)	41	3	2020	Academy	Trainee	2023
5	Mark McGuinness	CB	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 23)	54	3	2021	Arsenal	Undisclosed	2024
15	Oliver Denham	CB/RB	(2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 (age 22)	8	0	2021	Manchester United	Trainee	2024
17	Jamilu Collins	LB/CB/LM	(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 29)	4	0	2022	SC Paderborn	Free	2024
22	Vontae Daley-Campbell	RB	(2001-04-02) 2 April 2001 (age 23)	2	0	2022	Leicester City	Free	2025
23	Cédric Kipré	CB	(1996-12-09) 9 December 1996 (age 27)	43	3	2022	West Bromwich Albion	Loan	2023
26	Jack Simpson	CB/LB	(1996-12-18) 18 December 1996 (age 27)	21	0	2022	Rangers	Undisclosed	2024
38	Perry Ng	RB/LB/CB	(1996-04-27) 27 April 1996 (age 28)	105	2	2021	Crewe Alexandra	£350,000	2024
Midfielders
6	Ryan Wintle	DM/CM/CB	(1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 (age 26)	73	2	2021	Crewe Alexandra	Free	2024
8	Joe Ralls	CM/LM/DM	(1993-10-12) 12 October 1993 (age 30)	351	33	2011	Academy	Trainee	2024
11	Callum O'Dowda	LW/AM/RW/LWB	(1995-04-23) 23 April 1995 (age 29)	40	3	2022	Bristol City	Free	2025
12	Tom Sang	AM/RW/RB	(1999-06-29) 29 June 1999 (age 24)	27	0	2020	Manchester United	Free	2023
18	Ebou Adams	CM/DM/AM	(1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 (age 28)	0	0	2022	Forest Green Rovers	Free	2025
19	Romaine Sawyers	AM/CM/SS	(1991-11-02) 2 November 1991 (age 32)	39	3	2022	West Bromwich Albion	Free	2024
20	Gavin Whyte	RW/LW	(1996-01-31) 31 January 1996 (age 28)	53	2	2019	Oxford United	£2,000,000	2023
24	Eli King	CM	(2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 21)	7	0	2021	Academy	Trainee	2023
25	Jaden Philogene	LW/RW	(2002-02-08) 8 February 2002 (age 22)	39	5	2022	Aston Villa	Loan	2023
27	Rubin Colwill	AM/LW/RW	(2002-04-27) 27 April 2002 (age 22)	66	6	2020	Academy	Trainee	2024
35	Andy Rinomhota	CM/DM/RM	(1997-04-21) 21 April 1997 (age 27)	41	0	2022	Reading	Free	2025
Forwards
9	Kion Etete	CF/SS	(2001-11-28) 28 November 2001 (age 22)	30	3	2022	Tottenham Hotspur	£500,000	2025
10	Sheyi Ojo	LW/RW/SS	(1997-06-19) 19 June 1997 (age 26)	80	7	2022	Liverpool	Free	2024
29	Mark Harris	CF/LW/RW	(1998-12-29) 29 December 1998 (age 25)	94	10	2017	Academy	Trainee	2023
31	Connor Wickham	CF/LW	(1993-03-31) 31 March 1993 (age 31)	12	1	2023	Free Agent	Free	2023
39	Isaak Davies	SS/RW/LW	(2001-09-25) 25 September 2001 (age 22)	42	4	2020	Academy	Trainee	2025
47	Callum Robinson	LW/CF/RW	(1995-02-02) 2 February 1995 (age 29)	23	7	2022	West Bromwich Albion	£1,500,000	2025
48	Sory Kaba	CF	(1995-06-28) 28 June 1995 (age 28)	17	8	2023	Midtjylland	Loan	2023
Out on Loan
14	Ollie Tanner	LW/AM/RW	(2002-05-13) 13 May 2002 (age 22)	2	0	2022	Lewes	£50,000	2024
36	Max Watters	CF	(1999-03-23) 23 March 1999 (age 25)	22	1	2021	Crawley Town	Undisclosed	2024
	Dillon Phillips	GK	(1995-06-11) 11 June 1995 (age 28)	36	0	2020	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	2023

Statistics[edit]

As of 8 May 2023

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Cardiff City.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Ryan Allsop	43	0	43+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ATG	Mahlon Romeo	33	0	31+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	IRL	Joel Bagan	4	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	IRL	Mark McGuinness	19	0	19+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	ENG	Ryan Wintle	47	2	44+1	2	0+2	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Joe Ralls	43	1	30+11	1	0+1	0	1+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Kion Etete	30	3	12+16	3	1+0	0	0+1	0
10	FW	ENG	Sheyi Ojo	39	2	24+12	1	2+0	1	0+1	0
11	MF	IRL	Callum O'Dowda	40	3	36+3	3	0+1	0	0+0	0
12	MF	ENG	Tom Sang	11	0	4+5	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	WAL	Oliver Denham	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
17	DF	NGA	Jamilu Collins	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	SKN	Romaine Sawyers	39	3	22+15	3	2+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	NIR	Gavin Whyte	15	1	3+10	1	0+1	0	1+0	0
21	GK	ENG	Jak Alnwick	7	0	3+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
22	DF	ENG	Vontae Daley-Campbell	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
23	DF	CIV	Cédric Kipré*	43	3	41+1	3	0+1	0	0+0	0
24	MF	WAL	Eli King	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
25	MF	ENG	Jaden Philogene*	39	5	25+12	4	1+0	1	1+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Jack Simpson	21	0	12+7	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	WAL	Rubin Colwill	22	0	4+16	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
28	GK	ENG	Rohan Luthra	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW	WAL	Mark Harris	38	3	14+21	3	2+0	0	1+0	0
31	FW	ENG	Connor Wickham	12	1	5+7	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	ENG	Jai Semenyo	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
35	MF	ENG	Andy Rinomhota	41	0	27+12	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
38	DF	ENG	Perry Ng	44	1	42+1	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
39	FW	WAL	Isaak Davies	12	1	2+8	1	1+1	0	0+0	0
47	FW	IRL	Callum Robinson	23	7	19+3	5	0+1	2	0+0	0
48	FW	GUI	Sory Kaba*	17	8	12+5	8	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players out on loan:
14	MF	ENG	Ollie Tanner	2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
36	FW	ENG	Max Watters	11	0	8+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club:
16	DF	ENG	Curtis Nelson	12	0	4+5	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
37	DF	FRA	Niels Nkounkou*	18	0	15+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goals record[edit]

As of 8 May 2023

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	Total
1	48	CF	Sory Kaba	8	0	8
2	47	LW	Callum Robinson	5	2	7
3	25	LW	Jaden Philogene	4	1	5
4	9	CF	Kion Etete	3	0	3
	11	LW	Callum O'Dowda	3	0	3
	19	CM	Romaine Sawyers	3	0	3
	23	CB	Cédric Kipré	3	0	3
	29	CF	Mark Harris	3	0	3
9	6	DM	Ryan Wintle	2	0	2
	10	LW	Sheyi Ojo	1	1	2
	38	CB	Perry Ng	2	0	2
12	8	CM	Joe Ralls	1	0	1
	20	RW	Gavin Whyte	1	0	1
	31	CF	Connor Wickham	1	0	1
	39	SS	Isaak Davies	1	0	1
Total				41	4	45

Assists record[edit]

As of 8 May 2023

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	Total
1	47	LW	Callum Robinson	6	0	6
2	2	RB	Mahlon Romeo	4	0	4
2	35	CM	Andy Rinomhota	3	1	4
4	6	CM	Ryan Wintle	3	0	3
4	11	LW	Callum O'Dowda	3	0	3
6	8	CM	Joe Ralls	2	0	2
	31	CF	Connor Wickham	2	0	2
	38	RB	Perry Ng	2	0	2
9	9	CF	Kion Etete	1	0	1
	20	RW	Gavin Whyte	1	0	1
	25	LW	Jaden Philogene	1	0	1
	27	AM	Rubin Colwill	1	0	1
	37	LB	Niels Nkounkou	1	0	1
	48	CF	Sory Kaba	1	0	1
Total				31	1	33

Disciplinary record[edit]

As of 8 May 2023

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			EFL Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	23		CB	Cédric Kipré	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
2	38		RB	Perry Ng	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
3	6		DM	Ryan Wintle	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
3	8		CM	Joe Ralls	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
5	1		GK	Ryan Allsop	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1
	11		LW	Callum O'Dowda	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	29		CF	Mark Harris	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
8	37		LB	Niels Nkounkou	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
9	2		RB	Mahlon Romeo	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	5		CB	Mark McGuinness	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	9		CF	Kion Etete	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	26		CB	Jack Simpson	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
	35		CM	Andy Rinomhota	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
14	10		LW	Sheyi Ojo	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
14	16		CB	Curtis Nelson	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
16	12		DM	Tom Sang	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	19		CM	Romaine Sawyers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	47		LW	Callum Robinson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
19	3		LB	Joel Bagan	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	17		LB	Jamilu Collins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	20		RW	Gavin Whyte	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	21		GK	Jak Alnwick	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	22		RB	Vontae Daley-Campbell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	25		LW	Jaden Philogene	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	27		AM	Rubin Colwill	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					83	1	4	3	0	1	1	0	1	87	1	6

Clean sheets[edit]

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play.

As of match played 8 May 2023

Rank	No.	Name	Matches played	Championship	Total
1	1	Ryan Allsop	43	12	12
2	21	Jak Alnwick	7	0	0
2	28	Rohan Luthra	1	0	0

Captains[edit]

Correct as of match played on 8 May 2023

No.	Pos.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
8	CM	Joe Ralls	29	0	1	30
6	DM	Ryan Wintle	16	0	0	16
16	CB	Curtis Nelson	0	2	0	2

Contracts[edit]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Status	Contract Length	Expiry Date	Ref.
10 June 2022	GK		Rohan Luthra	Signed	2 years	June 2024	^[5]
26 June 2022	CM		Joe Ralls	Signed	2 years	June 2024	^[6]

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
10 June 2022^[a]	LW	Ollie Tanner	Lewes	Undisclosed	^[7]
15 June 2022	RB	Mahlon Romeo	Millwall	Undisclosed	^[8]
1 July 2022^[b]	CM	Ebou Adams	Forest Green Rovers	Free Transfer	^[9]
1 July 2022^[c]	GK	Ryan Allsop	Derby County	Free Transfer	^[10]
1 July 2022^[d]	GK	Jak Alnwick	St Mirren	Free Transfer	^[11]
1 July 2022^[e]	LB	Jamilu Collins	SC Paderborn	Free Transfer	^[12]
1 July 2022^[f]	RB	Vontae Daley-Campbell	Leicester City	Free Transfer	^[13]
1 July 2022^[g]	LW	Callum O'Dowda	Bristol City	Free Transfer	^[14]
1 July 2022^[h]	CM	Andy Rinomhota	Reading	Free Transfer	^[15]
6 July 2022	AM	Romaine Sawyers	West Bromwich Albion	Free Transfer	^[16]
13 July 2022	LW	Sheyi Ojo	Liverpool	Free Transfer	^[17]
4 August 2022	CF	Kion Etete	Tottenham Hotspur	£500,000	^[18]
9 August 2022	CB	Jack Simpson	Rangers	Undisclosed	^[19]
10 August 2022	CM	Cameron Antwi	Blackpool	Free Transfer	^[20]
10 August 2022	MF	Raheem Conte	Queens Park Rangers	Free Transfer	^[20]
1 September 2022	LW	Callum Robinson	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed	^[21]
12 September 2022	CB	Sebastian Kristensen	Everton	Free Transfer	^[22]
14 February 2023	CF	Connor Wickham	Free Agent	Free Transfer	^[23]
21 February 2023	LM	Lennon Peake	West Ham United	Free Transfer	^[24]

^ The transfer was announced on 18 May, and would become official on June 10 once the transfer window opened
^ The transfer was announced on 13 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Forest Green Rovers contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 16 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Derby County contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 17 May, and would become official on July 1 once his St Mirren contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 20 May, and would become official on July 1 once his SC Paderborn contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 15 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Leicester City contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 8 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Bristol City contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 24 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Reading contract expired

Out[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
10 June 2022^[a]	CM	Sam Bowen	Newport County	Undisclosed	^[25]
24 June 2022	CB	James Connolly	Bristol Rovers	Undisclosed	^[26]
30 June 2022	CM	Leandro Bacuna	Watford	Released	^[27]^[28]
30 June 2022	CB	Ibrahim Bakare	Weymouth	Released	^[27]^[29]
30 June 2022	LB	Ciaron Brown	Oxford United	Released	^[27]^[30]
30 June 2022	DM	Tavio Kouakou D'Almeida	Unattached	Released	^[27]
30 June 2022	CB	Aden Flint	Stoke City	Released	^[31]^[32]
30 June 2022	CF	Siyabonga Ligendza	AFC Fylde	Released	^[27]^[33]
30 June 2022	RW	Ntazana Mayembe	Unattached	Released	^[27]
30 June 2022	LW	Josh Murphy	Oxford United	Released	^[27]^[34]
30 June 2022	CM	Marlon Pack	Portsmouth	Released	^[35]^[36]
30 June 2022	CM	Keenan Patten	AFC Fylde	Released	^[27]^[37]
30 June 2022	GK	Alex Smithies	Leicester City	Released	^[38]^[39]
30 June 2022	CF	Isaac Vassell	Unattached	Released	^[27]
30 June 2022	DM	Will Vaulks	Sheffield Wednesday	Released	^[27]^[40]
13 July 2022	CF	James Collins	Derby County	Free transfer	^[41]
5 January 2023	CB	Sean Morrison	Rotherham United	Released	^[42]^[43]]
28 January 2023	CB	Curtis Nelson	Blackpool	Mutual Consent	^[44]^[45]
27 February 2023	CF	Gabriele Biancheri	Manchester United	Undisclosed	^[46]

^ The transfer was announced on 25 May, and would become official on June 10 once the transfer window opened

Loans in[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Ref
15 July 2022	CB	Cédric Kipré	West Bromwich Albion	End of Season	^[47]
26 July 2022	LW	Jaden Philogene	Aston Villa	End of Season	^[48]
27 August 2022	LB	Niels Nkounkou	Everton	14 January 2023^[a]	^[49]^[50]
31 January 2023	CF	Sory Kaba	Midtjylland	End of Season	^[51]

^ On 14 January, Nounkou was recalled back to Everton

Loans out[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Ref
10 June 2022^[a]	CF	Chanka Zimba	Newport County	1 January 2023	^[52]^[53]
1 July 2022	AM	Kieron Evans	Torquay United	End of Season	^[54]
27 July 2022	GK	Dillon Phillips	KV Oostende	End of Season	^[55]
18 August 2022	CB	Mark McGuinness	Sheffield Wednesday	19 January 2023^[b]	^[56]^[57]
25 August 2022	CM	Eli King	Crewe Alexandra	1 January 2023	^[58]
5 January 2023	CF	Max Watters	Barnsley	End of Season	^[59]
9 January 2023	LW	Ollie Tanner	York City	End of Season	^[60]
31 January 2023	LB	Thomas Davies	Pontypridd United		^[61]
31 January 2023	RW	Jack Leahy	Haverfordwest County	End of Season	^[62]

^ The loan agreement was announced on 3 June, and would become active on June 10 when the transfer window opened
^ On 19 January, McGuinness was recalled back from his loan at Sheffield Wednesday

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

On 30 May, the Bluebirds announced their pre-season schedule with six matches arranged.

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

9 July 2022 Friendly	Cardiff City	3–2	Cambridge United	Leckwith
13:00 BST	Collins 10' Watters 57' Bagan 70'	Report	Knibbs 38' Janneh 88'	Stadium: Cardiff International Sports Stadium

12 July 2022 Friendly	Cardiff City	2–0	Newport County	Leckwith
18:30 BST	Whyte 77' Crole 82'	Report		Stadium: Cardiff International Sports Stadium

16 July 2022 Friendly	Cheltenham Town	1–2	Cardiff City	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Sercombe 42'	Report	Harris 59' (pen.) Watters 88'	Stadium: The Completely-Suzuki Stadium

19 July 2022 Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	0–0	Cardiff City	Shrewsbury
20:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow

23 July 2022 Friendly	Swindon Town	2–4	Cardiff City	Swindon
12:00 BST	Shade 73' Wakeling 87'	Report	Watters 14' Rinomhota 17' Wintle 44' Ojo 76'	Stadium: County Ground

30 November 2022 Peter Whittingham Memorial Match	Cardiff City	3–1	Aston Villa	Cardiff
19:30 GMT	Tanner 40' Etete 54', 73'	Report	Ramsey 59'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	30 July 2022	8 May 2023	Matchday 1	46	13	10	23	41	58	−17	028.26
FA Cup	8 January 2023	18 January 2023	Third round	2	0	1	1	4	7	−3	000.00
EFL Cup	9 August 2022	9 August 2022	First round	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Total				49	13	11	25	45	68	−23	026.53

Last updated: 8 May 2023
Source: [Soccerway]

Championship[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
18	Huddersfield Town	46	14	11	21	47	62	−15	53
19	Rotherham United	46	11	17	18	49	60	−11	50
20	Queens Park Rangers	46	13	11	22	44	71	−27	50
21	Cardiff City	46	13	10	23	41	58	−17	49
22	Reading (R)	46	13	11	22	46	68	−22	44^[a]	Relegation to League One
23	Blackpool (R)	46	11	11	24	48	72	−24	44
24	Wigan Athletic (R)	46	10	15	21	38	65	−27	42^[b]

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^[65]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Reading were deducted 6 points for breaching an EFL business plan.^[63]
^ In March 2023, Wigan Athletic were deducted 3 points for failing to pay players and staff on time.^[64]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	13	10	23	41	58	−17	49	6	7	10	20	24	−4	7	3	13	21	34	−13

Last updated: 8 May 2023.
Source: [Soccerway]

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L
Position	6	9	5	6	12	14	17	21	15	18	18	15	10	18	18	20	17	18	14	18	19	18	20	20	19	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	19	21	21	19	20	18	20	21

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2023. Source: [ Soccerway]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.^[66]

30 July 2022 1	Cardiff City	1–0	Norwich City	Leckwith
15:00 BST	Kipré 44' Sawyers 49' O'Dowda 54' Ralls 69' Rinomhota 69' Ng 69' 73'	BBC Report Sky Report	Hanley 68' 85'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 19,969 Referee: Tim Robinson (West Sussex)

6 August 2022 2	Reading	2–1	Cardiff City	Reading
15:00 BST	Hoilett 20' Long 27' (pen) Ince 63' Abrefa 86' Yiadom 90'	BBC Report Sky Report	O'Dowda 4' Nelson 25' Collins 65' Harris 90'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Attendance: 13,866 Referee: Darren England (Doncaster)

13 August 2022 3	Cardiff City	1–0	Birmingham City	Leckwith
12:30 BST	Philogene 17' Ojo 90+1'	BBC Report Sky Report	Hogan 51' James 70' Trusty 90' Colin 90+6'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,893 Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire)
Note: Live on Sky TV

17 August 2022 4	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Cardiff City	West Bromwich
20:00 BST	O'Shea 21' Livermore 31' Molumby 54'	BBC Report Sky report	Ojo 33' Ng 48' Allsop 72'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 21,820 Referee: Andrew Madley (Yorkshire)

21 August 2022 5	Bristol City	2–0	Cardiff City	Ashton Gate
12:00 BST	Massengo 36' Conway 41' Vyner 60' Atkinson 64' Williams 81' Scott 89'	BBC report Sky report	Kipré 63' Colwill 75' Wintle 89'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 21,649 Referee: Thomas Bramall (Sheffield)
Note: Live on Sky TV

27 August 2022 6	Cardiff City	0–0	Preston North End	Cardiff
15:00 BST		BBC Report Sky report	Whiteman 54' Potts 81'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,922 Referee: Andy Woolmer (Northamptonshire)

30 August 2022 7	Cardiff City	1–2	Luton Town	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Sawyers 85'	BBC report Sky report	Freeman 21', 47' Adebayo 45+1' Osho 62', 63'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,202 Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight)

3 September 2022 8	Millwall	2–0	Cardiff City	Bermondsey
15:00 BST	Cresswell 63' Styles 76' Wallace 88' Afobe 90'	BBC Report Sky report	Kipré 46' Romeo 53'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 13,010 Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire)

10 September 2022	Cardiff City	Postponed	Hull City	Cardiff
15:00 BST				Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Note: Fixture was postponed as a mark of respect following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.^[67]

13 September 2022 9	Middlesbrough	2–3	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Watmore 76' Muniz 77' McGree 81'	BBC Report Sky report	O'Dowda 4' Harris 20' Ng 45' Wintle 85'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 22,124 Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire)

17 September 2022 10	Huddersfield Town	1–0	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	Rhodes 8' Kasumu 69' Jones 76' Nicholls 90'	BBC Report Sky report		Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 19,193 Referee: Dean Whitestone (Northampton)

1 October 2022 11	Cardiff City	1–1	Burnley	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Nkounkou 32' Ng 47' Kipré 51' Robinson 90'	BBC Report Sky report	Tella 48'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,508 Referee: Gavin Ward (Surrey)

4 October 2022 12	Cardiff City	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff
20:00 BST	Ojo 33' Saywers 56' Harris 83'	BBC Report Sky report	Szmodics 34' Gallagher 84'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 16,150 Referee: John Brooks (Leicestershire)
Note: Live on Sky TV

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 13	Wigan Athletic	1–3	Cardiff City	Wigan
15:00 BST	Bennet 40' Power 43' Shinnie 61' Wyke 83', 90+1'	BBC Report Sky report	Robinson 7' Ralls 57' O'Dowda 61' Ojo 65' Wintle 90+1'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,304 Referee: James Bell (Yorkshire)

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 14	Cardiff City	0–1	Coventry City	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Harris 55'	BBC report Sky report	Gyökeres 34' 40' Sheaf 48' Panzo 55' Bidwell 90+5'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 19,861 Referee: Robert Madley (West Yorkshire)

19 October 2022 (2022-10-19) 15	Queens Park Rangers	3–0	Cardiff City	White City, London
19:45 BST	Dykes 19' (pen), 33' Johansen 26' Paal 74', 79'	BBC Report Sky report	Ng 1' Simpson 18' Nelson 28' Nkounkou 54' Wintle 70' Harris 73'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,805 Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight)

23 October 2022 (2022-10-23) 16	Swansea City	2–0	Cardiff City	Swansea
12:00 BST	Cooper 38' Darling 50' Obafemi 58' 67' Cundle 60'	BBC report Sky report	Robinson 7' O'Dowda 50' Ralls 61' Harris 90+1'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 19,814 Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire)
Note: Live on Sky TV

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 17	Cardiff City	1–0	Rotherham United	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Philogene 65'	BBC report Sky report	Peltier 73'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,395 Referee: Oliver Langford (West Midlands)

2 November 2022 (2022-11-02) 18	Cardiff City	1–2	Watford	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Kipré 9' Nkounkou 40' Wintle 77'	BBC report Sky report	Sierralta 38' Sarr 59' Sema 77' Gaspar 82'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,036 Referee: Keith Stroud (Hampshire)

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) 19	Sunderland	0–1	Cardiff City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Batth 13' Neil 32' O'Nien 45+2' Embleton 90+5'	BBC report Sky report	Harris 49' Wintle 53' Nkounkou 65' Kipré 90+5'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 27,015 Referee: Andy Davies (Hampshire)

8 November 2022 (2022-11-08) 20	Cardiff City	2–3	Hull City	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Robinson 47' Whyte 62'	BBC report Sky report	Pelkas 4' Slater 75', 77' Sinik 90+1'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 16,387 Referee: James Bell (Yorkshire)

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 21	Cardiff City	0–1	Sheffield United	Cardiff
15:00 GMT		BBC report Sky report	Baldock 64' Stevens 79'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,700 Referee: Matt Donohue (Manchester)

10 December 2022 (2022-12-10) 22	Stoke City	2–2	Cardiff City	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Campbell 11' Delap 18' Souttar 39'	BBC report Sky report	Wintle 6' Nkounkou 52' Robinson 58' Allsop 90'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 20,111 Referee: Andy Woolmer (Northamptonshire)

17 December 2022 (2022-12-17) 23	Cardiff City	1–1	Blackpool	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Robinson 15' Etete 36' O'Dowda 41' Whyte 47'	BBC report Sky report	Madine 51', 67', Patino 62' Williams 87'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,544 Referee: Josh Smith (Peterborough)

26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) 24	Cardiff City	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
17:15 GMT	Wintle 32' Romeo 85'	Sky report BBC Report	Iroegbunam 4' Laird 59' Roberts 86'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,549 Referee: Keith Stroud (Wessex)
Note: Live on Sky TV

29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) 25	Coventry City	0–0	Cardiff City	Coventry
19:45 GMT	Sheaf 62' Panzo 76'	BBC report Sky report	Kipré 45+3'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 21,421 Referee: Anthony Backhouse (Cumbria)

1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) 26	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Cardiff City	Blackburn
12:00 GMT	Garrett 13' Dack 48' Hedges 49' Wharton 65'	BBC report Sky report	Simpson 28' Harris 65'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,499 Referee: Thomas Bramall (Sheffield)
Note: Live on Sky TV

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 27	Cardiff City	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Ralls 21' Simpson 41' Ng 70' O'Dowda 82' Allsop 90+1'	BBC report Sky report	Caulker 79' Magennis 90+5' Keane 90+6'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,041 Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire)

21 January 2023 (2023-01-21) 28	Cardiff City	0–1	Millwall	Cardiff
15:00 GMT		BBC report Sky report	Bradshaw 26'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,838 Referee: Leigh Doughty (Lancashire)

31 January 2023 (2023-01-31) 29	Luton Town	1–0	Cardiff City	Luton
19:45 GMT	Doughty 49' Adebayo 58', 88' Morris 90+5'	Sky report BBC Report	Ralls 45+1' McGuinness 90+5'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 9,031 Referee: Geoff Eltringham (County Durham)

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 30	Hull City	1–0	Cardiff City	Kingston Upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Christie 62'	BBC report Sky report		Stadium: MKM Stadium Referee: David Webb (County Durham)

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 31	Cardiff City	1–3	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Kaba 25'	BBC report Sky report	Forss 17' Archer 38', 78', Lenihan 72' McGree 90'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 19,182 Referee: John Busby (Oxfordshire)

14 February 2023 (2023-02-14) 32	Birmingham City	0–2	Cardiff City	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Mejbri 55' Bielik 59' Dean 82'	BBC report Sky report	Etete 59' Ng 84' Allsop 90+5' Robinson 90+5'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 14,369 Referee: Gavin Ward (Surrey)

17 February 2023 (2023-02-17) 33	Cardiff City	1–0	Reading	Cardiff
20:00 GMT	McGuinness 38' Sawyers 90+1'	BBC report Sky report	Dann 27' Ndiaye 76'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,879 Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire)
Note: Live on Sky TV

25 February 2023 (2023-02-25) 34	Norwich City	2–0	Cardiff City	Norwich
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[7] The transfer was announced on 18 May, and would become official on June 10 once the transfer window opened

[10] The transfer was announced on 13 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Forest Green Rovers contract expired

[12] The transfer was announced on 16 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Derby County contract expired

[14] The transfer was announced on 17 May, and would become official on July 1 once his St Mirren contract expired

[16] The transfer was announced on 20 May, and would become official on July 1 once his SC Paderborn contract expired

[18] The transfer was announced on 15 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Leicester City contract expired

[20] The transfer was announced on 8 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Bristol City contract expired

[22] The transfer was announced on 24 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Reading contract expired

[33] The transfer was announced on 25 May, and would become official on June 10 once the transfer window opened

[58] On 14 January, Nounkou was recalled back to Everton

[62] The loan agreement was announced on 3 June, and would become active on June 10 when the transfer window opened

[67] On 19 January, McGuinness was recalled back from his loan at Sheffield Wednesday

[table_hth_REA0.58450251891487-76] Reading were deducted 6 points for breaching an EFL business plan.^[63]

[table_hth_WIG0.58450251891487-78] In March 2023, Wigan Athletic were deducted 3 points for failing to pay players and staff on time.^[64]

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2022–23 Cardiff City F.C. season

First-team squad[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Goals record[edit]

Assists record[edit]

Disciplinary record[edit]

Clean sheets[edit]

Captains[edit]

Contracts[edit]

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Out[edit]

Loans in[edit]

Loans out[edit]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Championship[edit]

League table[edit]

Results summary[edit]

Results by round[edit]

Matches[edit]

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