The 2022–23 season was the 141st season in the existence of Burnley and the club's first season back in the Championship since 2015–16, following its relegation from the Premier League the previous season. In addition to the league, the team also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.
On 7 April 2023, Burnley secured promotion back to the Premier League with seven matches remaining—a Championship record—following a 2–1 win at Middlesbrough. During the season, the team won 10 league matches in a row, equalling the Championship record. On 25 April, Burnley won the Championship title following a 1–0 victory at main rivals Blackburn Rovers.
Transfers In DatePosPlayerTransferred fromFeeRef 26 June 2022 AM Scott Twine Milton Keynes Dons £4,000,000 28 June 2022 CB Luke McNally Oxford United £2,000,000 1 July 2022 CB CJ Egan-Riley Manchester City £350,000 5 July 2022 CM Samuel Bastien Standard Liège £685,000 12 July 2022 CM Josh Cullen Anderlecht £3,000,000 22 July 2022 GK Arijanet Muric Manchester City £3,000,000 26 July 2022 RW Seb Thompson Free agent Free Transfer 28 July 2022 RB Vitinho Cercle Brugge Undisclosed 4 August 2022 RW Manuel Benson Antwerp £3,000,000 15 August 2022 CM Frankie Deane Celtic Undisclosed 19 August 2022 LW Darko Churlinov VfB Stuttgart £4,250,000 26 August 2022 GK Denis Franchi Paris Saint-Germain Undisclosed 30 August 2022 LW Anass Zaroury Charleroi £3,500,000 1 September 2022 RB Alex Healy-Byrne Cork City Undisclosed 1 September 2022 AM Marcel Lewis Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Undisclosed 29 September 2022 CB Jack Turner Barking Undisclosed 31 October 2022 LW Renaldo Torraj Tottenham Hotspur Free Transfer 23 December 2022 CM Jez Davies Tottenham Hotspur Free Transfer 13 January 2023 CB Ameen Al-Dakhil Sint-Truiden Undisclosed 21 January 2023 CB Hjalmar Ekdal Djurgårdens IF £2,400,000 25 January 2023 CF Lyle Foster Westerlo Undisclosed 30 January 2023 LW Deji Sotona Nice Free Transfer 30 January 2023 LW Tom Tweedy Penybont Undisclosed 31 January 2023 RW Enock Agyei Anderlecht Undisclosed
Out DatePosPlayerTransferred toFeeRef 23 June 2022 GK Nick Pope Newcastle United £10,000,000 30 June 2022 GK Harry Allen Flint Town United Released 30 June 2022 RB Phil Bardsley Stockport County Released 30 June 2022 AM Ruairi Behan Unattached Released 30 June 2022 RB Joel Connolly Prescot Cables Released 30 June 2022 CM Will Couch Barnoldswick Town Released 30 June 2022 RW Sean Etaluku Mossley Released 30 June 2022 LB Anthony Glennon Grimsby Town Released 30 June 2022 CM Anthony Gomez Mancini Accrington Stanley Released 30 June 2022 RW Aaron Lennon Retired 30 June 2022 CB Calen Gallagher-Allison Lancaster City Released 30 June 2022 CB Jack Leckie Hull City Released 30 June 2022 CB Ben Mee Brentford Released 30 June 2022 CF Joel Mumbongo Tranmere Rovers Released 30 June 2022 CB Richard Nartey Salford City Released 30 June 2022 LB Erik Pieters West Bromwich Albion Released 30 June 2022 CF Joe Smyth-Ferguson Unattached Released 30 June 2022 CM Dale Stephens Unattached Released 30 June 2022 CB James Tarkowski Everton Released 30 June 2022 LW Sam Unwin Cheadle Heath Nomads Released 30 June 2022 RB Ethen Vaughan Guiseley Released 30 June 2022 LW George Walters Unattached Released 12 July 2022 CB Nathan Collins Wolverhampton Wanderers £20,500,000 15 July 2022 GK Wayne Hennessey Nottingham Forest Free Transfer 22 July 2022 RW Max Thompson Sunderland Undisclosed 28 July 2022 LW Dwight McNeil Everton £20,000,000 5 August 2022 LW Maxwel Cornet West Ham United £17,500,000 8 August 2022 CB Jake Rooney Derby County Free Transfer 9 August 2022 CB Jacob Bedeau Morecambe Undisclosed 1 September 2022 CM Adam Phillips Barnsley Undisclosed 5 January 2023 CB Kevin Long Birmingham City Undisclosed 7 January 2023 CM Ashley Westwood Charlotte FC Free Transfer 12 January 2023 CM Mark Helm Burton Albion Undisclosed
Loans in DatePosPlayerLoaned fromOn loan untilRef 1 July 2022 CB Taylor Harwood-Bellis Manchester City End of Season 15 July 2022 LB Ian Maatsen Chelsea End of Season 11 August 2022 RW Nathan Tella Southampton End of Season 1 September 2022 CB Jordan Beyer Borussia Mönchengladbach End of Season 1 September 2022 CF Halil Dervişoğlu Brentford End of Season 29 January 2023 CF Michael Obafemi Swansea City End of Season
Loans out DatePosPlayerLoaned toOn loan untilRef 28 June 2022 GK Lukas Jensen Accrington Stanley End of Season 5 July 2022 CF Wout Weghorst Beşiktaş 13 January 2023 1 September 2022 AM Lewis Richardson Grimsby Town 26 January 2023 1 September 2022 CB Bobby Thomas Bristol Rovers 14 January 2023 8 September 2022 CF Joe McGlynn Oldham Athletic 9 October 2022 13 September 2022 RB Jacson Coppack Ramsbottom United End of Season 17 September 2022 CM Kade Ratchford Bamber Bridge 16 October 2022 24 September 2022 LB Finlay Armstrong FC United of Manchester 31 January 2023 6 October 2022 GK Sam Waller Lancaster City End of Season 7 October 2022 CM Will Hugill Leek Town 8 January 2023 25 October 2022 RB Jacson Coppack Padiham 21 November 2022 25 October 2022 CF Joe McGlynn Hyde United 23 November 2022 4 January 2023 RB Matthew Lowton Huddersfield Town End of Season 6 January 2023 GK Harry Moss Barnoldswick Town 31 January 2023 6 January 2023 GK Will Norris Peterborough United End of Season 12 January 2023 CF Joe McGlynn Kidderminster Harriers End of Season 13 January 2023 LM Dara Costelloe Bradford City End of Season 13 January 2023 CF Wout Weghorst Manchester United End of Season 14 January 2023 CB Bobby Thomas Barnsley End of Season 19 January 2023 CF Michael Mellon Morecambe End of Season 26 January 2023 CB Luke McNally Coventry City End of Season 27 January 2023 LB Finlay Armstrong Curzon Ashton 26 February 2023 27 January 2023 LB Owen Dodgson Rochdale End of Season 27 January 2023 GK Jon Ander Vilar Robinson Padiham 5 March 2023 30 January 2023 CB CJ Egan-Riley Hibernian End of Season 31 January 2023 RW Enock Agyei Mechelen End of Season 10 February 2023 GK Harry Moss Padiham End of Season 26 February 2023 LB Dane McCullough Hyde United End of Season
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overall record
Championship
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
FA Cup
EFL Cup
Appearances and goals Source: Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Burnley. Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
+ Players contracted for the 2022–23 seasonNo.Pos.Nat.NameLeagueFA CupEFL CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals2DFMatthew Lowton000020203DFCharlie Taylor17 (16)04 (1)02 (1)023 (18)04MFJack Cork26 (13)02 (2)01029 (15)05DFTaylor Harwood-Bellis *31 (1)1101 (1)033 (2)16DFCJ Egan-Riley0 (3)0002 (1)02 (4)07MFJóhann Berg Guðmundsson23 (14)42 (2)03028 (16)48MFJosh Brownhill4172 (2)01 (2)044 (4)79FWJay Rodriguez20 (8)10100021 (8)1010FWAshley Barnes22 (17)61 (2)03126 (19)711FWScott Twine5 (9)3300 (1)08 (10)312FWLyle Foster4 (7)13 (1)0007 (8)114DFConnor Roberts39 (4)43 (2)12044 (6)515GKBailey Peacock-Farrell5 (3)0503013 (3)017MFManuel Benson14 (19)12123018 (19)1418DFHjalmar Ekdal9100009119MFAnass Zaroury27 (7)73 (1)20 (1)230 (9)1121DFLuke McNally0 (2)00 (1)0101 (3)022DFVitinho23 (12)3401 (1)028 (13)323MFNathan Tella *31 (8)173 (2)20 (1)034 (11)1924MFJosh Cullen4313 (2)02048 (2)126MFSamuel Bastien7 (11)12 (1)02 (1)111 (13)227MFDarko Churlinov1 (6)01 (3)01 (1)03 (10)028DFAmeen Al-Dakhil7 (1)0400011 (1)029DFIan Maatsen *38 (1)4201041 (1)430FWHalil Dervişoğlu *0 (8)10 (1)0000 (9)132MFMarcel Lewis00000 (1)00 (1)036DFJordan Beyer *29 (1)1401034 (1)143MFJoe Bauress00000 (1)00 (1)044MFDara Costelloe3 (1)0001 (1)04 (2)045FWMichael Obafemi *0 (12)21 (1)0001 (13)249GKArijanet Muric4100000410
See also 2022–23 in English football List of Burnley F.C. seasons
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