The 2022–23 season was the 117th season in the existence of Crystal Palace Football Club and the club's tenth consecutive season in the Premier League (further extending their longest ever spell in the top-flight). In addition to the league, they also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
Season summary Pre-season Palace finished the previous season in 12th place and reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, the first under manager Patrick Vieira. Martin Kelly and Cheikhou Kouyaté left at the end of their contracts and player of the season, Conor Gallagher, returned to Chelsea at the end of his loan spell. Malcolm Ebiowei and Sam Johnstone joined after their contracts at Derby and West Bromwich Albion expired while Cheick Doucouré and Chris Richards were signed from Lens and Bayern Munich respectively.
The club went on a pre-season tour to Singapore and Australia to play other Premier League teams; they were defeated by Liverpool and Manchester United and drew against Leeds. Only half the squad were able to make the trip, so there were also games in England against teams from various divisions of the Football League. In these matches Palace won four and drew the other. The whole squad was able to play in a home game against Montpellier, which Palace won 4–2.
August Crystal Palace opened the Premier League season with a game against Arsenal at Selhurst Park on Friday 5 August. The visitors started the strongest and took the lead with a goal in the 20th minute from a corner. Palace came back into the game, but squandered a couple of chances to equalise and a late own goal from Marc Guéhi consigned the team to a 2–0 defeat. On the same day, Christian Benteke was sold to D.C. United. Their first away game was a 1–1 draw against Liverpool at Anfield. The next game, at home to Aston Villa, saw the team's first win of the season, with Wilfried Zaha scoring a brace of goals in a 3–1 victory. Palace were drawn away against Oxford United in the second round of the Carabao Cup, winning the tie 2–0 with youth-teamers Killian Phillips and Kaden Rodney making their senior debuts.
Transfers In Date Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Ref. 1 July 2022 RW Malcolm Ebiowei Derby County Compensation 1 July 2022 GK Sam Johnstone West Bromwich Albion Free transfer 11 July 2022 DM Cheick Doucouré Lens Undisclosed 18 July 2022 DM Cormac Austin Linfield Undisclosed 27 July 2022 CB Chris Richards Bayern Munich Undisclosed 11 August 2022 CB Kofi Balmer Larne Undisclosed 1 September 2022 LB Kelvin Agho Hypebuzz Academy Undisclosed 31 January 2023 MF Naouirou Ahamada VfB Stuttgart Undisclosed 2 February 2023 CF Franco Umeh-Chibueze Cork City Undisclosed 16 February 2023 DM Dylan Reid St Mirren Undisclosed
Out Date Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Ref. 30 June 2022 CM Cheikhou Kouyaté Unattached Released 30 June 2022 CM Luke Dreher Unattached Released 30 June 2022 CB Jarosław Jach Unattached Released 30 June 2022 AM Rian Jamai Unattached Released 30 June 2022 CB Kanye Jobson Unattached Released 30 June 2022 CM Nya Kirby Unattached Released 30 June 2022 RB Martin Kelly Unattached Released 30 June 2022 MF Joseph Ling Unattached Released 30 June 2022 RB Sean Robertson Unattached Released 30 June 2022 AM Sion Spence Unattached Released 30 June 2022 DM Aidan Steele Unattached Released 30 June 2022 DM James Taylor Unattached Released 30 June 2022 RB Dylan Thiselton Unattached Released 5 August 2022 CF Christian Benteke D.C. United Undisclosed 7 September 2022 LB Lion Bello Colchester United Free Transfer
Loans in Date Pos. Player Loaned from On loan until Ref. 31 January 2023 CM Albert Sambi Lokonga Arsenal End of Season
Loans out Date Pos. Player Loaned to On loan until Ref. 16 July 2022 LB Reece Hannam Bromley January 2023 27 July 2022 LB Tayo Adaramola Coventry City 2 September 2022 27 July 2022 GK Remi Matthews St Johnstone End of season 8 August 2022 RW Scott Banks Bradford City End of season 11 August 2022 LW Jesurun Rak-Sakyi Charlton Athletic End of season 12 August 2022 DM Malachi Boateng Queen's Park End of season 25 August 2022 CB Daniel Quick Dorking Wanderers 13 January 2023 26 August 2022 CB Jake O'Brien RWD Molenbeek End of season 26 August 2022 FW Luke Plange RWD Molenbeek 30 January 2023 1 September 2022 RB David Boateng Queen's Park 27 January 2023 1 September 2022 CF Rob Street Shrewsbury Town End of season 12 September 2022 LB Kelvin Agho ŠTK 1914 Šamorín End of season 1 January 2023 DM Killian Phillips Shrewsbury Town End of season 6 January 2023 GK Jack Butland Manchester United End of season 13 January 2023 FW John-Kymani Gordon Carlisle United End of season 13 January 2023 CB Daniel Quick Billericay Town End of Season 19 January 2023 RW Malcolm Ebiowei Hull City End of Season 25 January 2023 CB Ryan Bartley Eastbourne Borough End of Season 27 January 2023 RB David Boateng Dover Athletic End of Season 30 January 2023 CF Luke Plange Lincoln City End of Season
Pre-season and friendlies Palace announced they would visit Singapore, for a friendly against Liverpool, and Australia with matches against Manchester United and Leeds United. They also played a home friendly against French side Montpellier. Two further friendlies were confirmed, against Accrington Stanley and Millwall behind-closed-doors. An away trip to Queens Park Rangers was scheduled for 23 July. A further addition, against Gillingham was later confirmed.
During the mid-season winter break for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Palace announced they would host Botafogo and Valladolid in December. Two further fixtures against Napoli and Trabzonspor was also confirmed for the Eagles.
Competitions Overall record
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
On 16 June, the Premier League fixtures were released.
FA Cup
Palace joined the FA Cup at the third round stage, and were drawn at home to Southampton.
EFL Cup
Crystal Palace entered the competition in the second round and were drawn away to Oxford United. A 2–0 victory saw them through to the next round, where they were again drawn away, this time to fellow Premier League team Newcastle United. Palace lost this game on a penalty shoot-out after the game finished goalless.
Statistics Appearances
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Goalscorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total 1 MF 10 Eberechi Eze 10 0 0 102 FW 11 Wilfried Zaha 7 0 0 7 FW 22 Odsonne Édouard 5 1 1 7 4 FW 9 Jordan Ayew 4 0 0 4 5 MF 15 Jeffrey Schlupp 3 0 0 36 MF 7 Michael Olise 2 0 0 2 FW 14 Jean-Philippe Mateta 2 0 0 28 DF 2 Joel Ward 1 0 0 1 MF 4 Luka Milivojević 0 0 1 1 DF 5 James Tomkins 1 0 0 1 DF 6 Marc Guehi 1 0 0 1 DF 16 Joachim Andersen 1 0 0 1 MF 19 Will Hughes 1 0 0 1 – Own goal 2 0 0 2 Total 40 1 2 43
Clean sheets The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. Rank Player Premier League FA Cup EFL CupTotal 1 13 Vicente Guaita 6 0 0 6 2 21 Sam Johnstone 3 0 2 5 Total 9 0 2 11
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