The 2022–23 season is the 124th season in the existence of Leyton Orient Football Club and the club's fourth consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.
Transfers In DatePosPlayerTransferred fromFeeRef 10 June 2022 LM Theo Archibald Lincoln City Undisclosed 29 June 2022 CM George Moncur Hull City Undisclosed 30 June 2022 LM Anthony Georgiou AEL Limassol Free Transfer 27 July 2022 RB Rob Hunt Swindon Town Free Transfer 10 January 2023 DF Ethan Light Burnham Undisclosed 20 January 2023 DM Jordan Lyden Unattached
Out DatePosPlayerTransferred toFeeRef 22 June 2022 DM Hector Kyprianou Peterborough United Undisclosed 30 June 2022 CM Antony Papadopoulos Welling United Released 30 June 2022 CM Callum Reilly Banbury United Released 1 July 2022 RM Otis Khan Grimsby Town Undisclosed 19 January 2023 DM Ethan Coleman Gillingham Undisclosed
Loans in DatePosPlayerLoaned fromOn loan untilRef 25 July 2022 CF Charlie Kelman Queens Park Rangers End of Season 12 August 2022 CM Idris El Mizouni Ipswich Town End of Season 1 September 2022 RM Stephen Duke-McKenna Queens Park Rangers End of Season 1 September 2022 CF Jayden Wareham Chelsea 11 January 2023 13 January 2023 CB Ed Turns Brighton & Hove Albion End of Season 17 January 2023 CB Jamie McCart Rotherham United End of Season 27 January 2023 LW Kieran Sadlier Bolton Wanderers End of Season
Loans out DatePosPlayerLoaned toOn loan untilRef 30 June 2022 CM Matt Young Wealdstone 3 October 2022 4 August 2022 DM Ethan Coleman Bromley 19 January 2023 5 August 2022 LB Harrison Sodje Heybridge Swifts 5 September 2022 13 August 2022 GK Rhys Byrne Canvey Island 13 September 2022 13 August 2022 CF Sonny Fish Bowers & Pitsea 13 September 2022 19 August 2022 MF Jephte Tanga Royston Town 16 September 2022 1 September 2022 CF Harry Smith Exeter City 22 October 2022 3 October 2022 MF Jephte Tanga Sutton Common Rovers 3 December 2022 3 October 2022 CM Matt Young Haringey Borough 3 January 2023 20 October 2022 LB Harrison Sodje Cray Wanderers 31 January 2023 7 November 2022 LM Anthony Georgiou Yeovil Town 7 December 2022 29 November 2022 MF Jephte Tanga Cray Wanderers 1 January 2023 7 December 2022 CF Daniel Nkrumah Welling United 14 January 2023 1 January 2023 LB Connor Wood Colchester United End of Season 7 February 2023 CF Harry Smith Barnet End of Season 11 February 2023 MF Ethan Light Kings Langley 11 March 2023 11 February 2023 MF Zech Obiero Cheshunt 11 March 2023 23 March 2023 CF Daniel Nkrumah Welling United End of Season
Pre-season and friendlies The O's announced, on 10 May, that they would head to Moncarapacho in Portugal for a week-long training camp between 2 and 9 July. Walthamstow revealed a match with Leyton Orient on 19 May. A day later, lower-league Potters Bar Town announced a home pre-season match with The O's. On 24 May, Orient confirmed their pre-season schedule with additional friendlies against Haringey Borough, Maidstone United, Portsmouth and Dagenham & Redbridge. On June 17, Orient announced their pre-season training would include a behind closed doors meeting with West Bromwich Albion. Three days later, a home friendly against Tottenham Hotspur U21s was added to the pre-season schedule. Another training camp friendly in Portugal was confirmed, against Peterborough United.
On 5 January, Orient announced they would travel to Welling United for a mid-season friendly, to gain extra match minutes. On 10 January, the friendly was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
Competitions Overall record
League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.
FA Cup
Leyton Orient were drawn away to Crewe Alexandra in the first round.
EFL Cup
Orient were drawn away to Forest Green Rovers in the first round.
EFL Trophy
On June 23, the group stage draw was finalised.
Player statistics
Appearances and goals Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Defenders
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Midfielders
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Forwards
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Out on Loan
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Left during the Season
Top scorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
Last updated 9 May 2023
NationalityPlayerLeague TwoFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotal17Paul Smyth1000010210Ruel Sotiriou9000914George Moncur90009423Charlie Kelman7000752Tom James4001511Theo Archibald50005715Idris El Mizouni3000316Aaron Drinan2001319Omar Beckles300031013Jayden Wareham0002243Ed Turns200021212Jordan Brown1000118Darren Pratley1000134Kieran Sadlier10001Own goals40015TOTALS6100566
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