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2022–23 Exeter City F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was the 121st season in the existence of Exeter City Football Club and the club's first season in the League One since the 2011–12 season following their promotion in the previous season. In addition to the league, they also competed in the 2022–23 EFL Cup, being eliminated in the second round by Gillingham, and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy, failing to qualify from the group stage. The team also competed in the 2022–23 FA Cup, being eliminated in the second round by Oxford United.

Exeter City
2022–23 season
OwnerExeter City Supporters' Trust
ChairmanNick Hawker
ManagerMatt Taylor
(until 4 October)[1]
Gary Caldwell
(from 24 October)[2]
StadiumSt James Park
League One14th
FA CupSecond round
EFL CupSecond round
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Sam Nombe (15 goals)
All: Sam Nombe (17 goals)
Highest home attendance8,046 (vs Plymouth Argyle, 15 April)
Lowest home attendance1,074 (vs Southampton U21, 4 October)
Average home league attendance6,846[3]
Biggest win7–0 (vs Cheltenham Town, 9 August)
Biggest defeat6–0 (vs Ipswich Town, 29 April)

First team squad

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

Statistics

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As of match played on 7 May 2023
No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF   ENG Jake Caprice 42 1 29+8 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF   ENG Jack Sparkes 40 2 25+10 1 1+0 0 1+1 1 2+0 0
5 DF   ENG Alex Hartridge 47 0 42+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
6 MF   ENG Rekeem Harper* 23 1 13+7 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
7 DF   ENG Demetri Mitchell 16 2 12+4 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF   ENG Archie Collins 49 6 44+1 4 2+0 1 1+1 1 0+0 0
9 FW   ENG Jay Stansfield* 39 9 28+8 9 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
10 FW   ENG Sam Nombe 47 17 34+9 15 2+0 0 1+1 2 0+0 0
11 MF   ENG Joe White* 16 0 6+10 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 DF   ENG Joshua Key 48 4 38+4 4 2+0 0 1+1 0 0+2 0
14 DF   ENG Will Aimson 18 0 18+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF   RSA Kegs Chauke* 26 2 10+10 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 3+0 2
16 MF   ENG Harry Kite 44 4 32+8 3 0+1 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
17 MF   ENG Kyle Taylor 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 GK   ENG Jamal Blackman 41 0 37+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
19 FW   ENG Sonny Cox 17 1 2+10 1 0+0 0 0+2 0 3+0 0
20 FW   JAM Jevani Brown 32 14 24+3 12 2+0 2 1+0 0 0+2 0
21 MF   ENG Josh Coley 12 1 3+6 0 0+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
22 GK   ENG Harry Lee 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
23 FW   SCO James Scott 15 1 4+11 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF   IRL Pierce Sweeney 49 2 40+3 2 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
27 DF   ENG Jonathan Grounds 22 1 8+10 1 0+1 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
29 MF   SCO Kevin McDonald 11 3 8+3 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 GK   ENG Gary Woods 7 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 DF   ENG Cheick Diabate 23 1 18+2 1 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
41 MF   POR Pedro Borges 7 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
42 MF   ENG Harrison King 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
44 MF   ENG Gabriel Billington 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
45 DF   WAL Ed James 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
46 MF   ENG Joe Wragg 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
48 MF   ENG Alfie Clark 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
49 MF   ENG Mitch Beardmore 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
51 DF   ENG Joe O'Connor 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
Players who left the club during the season:
4 DF   ENG Sam Stubbs 4 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW   ENG Matt Jay 25 4 6+12 0 0+2 1 2+0 1 3+0 2
11 FW   ENG Harry Smith* 5 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF   FRA Timothée Dieng 21 3 12+5 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
24 GK   ISL Jökull Andrésson* 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 DF   ENG Alfie Pond 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
40 GK   ENG Scott Brown 4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0

Transfers

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In

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Date Pos Player Transferred from Fee Ref
26 July 2022 GK   Jamal Blackman   Huddersfield Town Free Transfer [4]
26 January 2023 LWB   Demetri Mitchell   Hibernian Undisclosed [5]
27 January 2023 CB   Will Aimson   Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed [6]
31 January 2023 DM   Kevin McDonald Unattached Free Transfer [7]
31 January 2023 CF   James Scott   Hull City Free Transfer [8]
1 February 2023 GK   Gary Woods   Kilmarnock Free Transfer [9]

Out

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Date Pos Player Transferred to Fee Ref
27 June 2022 CB   George Ray   Barrow Mutual consent [10][11]
30 June 2022 DM   Nigel Atangana   Eastleigh Released [12][13]
30 June 2022 LB   Colin Daniel   Scunthorpe United Released [12][14]
30 June 2022 AM   James Dodd   Weston-super-Mare Released [12][15]
30 June 2022 CB   Jordan Dyer   Bath City Released [12][16]
30 June 2022 RB   Ellis Johnson   Unattached Released [12]
30 June 2022 LB   Callum Rowe   Yeovil Town Released [12][17]
30 June 2022 CF   Ben Seymour   Plymouth Parkway Released [12][18]
30 June 2022 AM   Jack Veale   Unattached Released [12]
2 September 2022 CB   Alfie Pond   Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed [19]
9 January 2023 SS   Matt Jay   Colchester United Undisclosed [20]
11 January 2023 DM   Timothée Dieng   Gillingham Undisclosed [21]
31 January 2023 CB   Sam Stubbs   Bradford City Free Transfer [22]
24 March 2023 LW   Nelson Iseguan   Tiverton Town Mutual consent [23][24]

Loans in

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Date Pos Player Loaned from On loan until Ref
26 July 2022 CM   Kegs Chauke   Southampton End of Season [25]
24 August 2022 CM   Rekeem Harper   Ipswich Town End of Season [26]
1 September 2022 CF   Harry Smith   Leyton Orient 22 October 2022[a] [27][28]
2 September 2022 CF   Jay Stansfield   Fulham End of Season [29]
6 January 2023 AM   Joe White   Newcastle United End of Season [30]
24 January 2023 GK   Jökull Andrésson   Reading 31 January 2023 [31]
  1. ^ Originally a season-long loan, Smiths's loan at Exeter City was cut short for personal reasons.

Loans out

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Date Pos Player Loaned to On loan until Ref
5 July 2022 FB   Aamir Daniels   Tavistock End of Season [32]
5 July 2022 DF   Joe O’Connor   Tavistock End of Season [32]
12 July 2022 GK   Jack Arthur   Larkhall Athletic End of Season [33]
12 August 2022 CB   Alfie Pond   Yeovil Town 2 September 2022 [34][a]
13 August 2022 FW   Nelson Iseguan   Torquay United 1 January 2023 [35]
16 August 2022 GK   Harry Lee   Dorchester Town 18 October 2022 [36][b][c]
1 September 2022 AM   Josh Coley   Harrogate Town 10 January 2023[d] [39][40]
28 September 2022 MF   Pedro Borges   Plymouth Parkway 28 October 2022 [41]
28 September 2022 DF   Harrison King   Plymouth Parkway 28 October 2022[e] [41]
30 October 2022 MF   Ed James   Weymouth 1 January 2023 [42]
26 December 2022 CF   Sonny Cox   Bath City 26 January 2023 [43]
3 January 2023 MF   Gabe Billington   Poole Town 3 February 2023 [44]
3 January 2023 MF   Ed James   Tiverton Town 3 February 2023[e] [45]
28 January 2023 CF   Sonny Cox   Bath City 7 April 2023[f] [46][47]
3 February 2023 GK   Harry Lee   Plymouth Parkway 15 March 2023[g] [48][49]
5 February 2023 LW   Nelson Iseguan   Tiverton Town 24 March 2023 [50]
7 March 2023 AM   Pedro Borges   Tiverton Town 7 April 2023[f] [51][52]
  1. ^ On 2 September, Alfie Pond's loan at Yeovil was cut-short to materlise a permanent move to Wolverhampton Wanderers.[19]
  2. ^ On 16 September, Harry Lee's loan at Dorchester was extended until the end of the season.[37]
  3. ^ On 18 October, Harry Lee was recalled back from his loan at Dorchester Town.[38]
  4. ^ On 10 January, Coley was recalled back from his loan at Harrogate.
  5. ^ a b Loan has been extended for an unspecified duration.
  6. ^ a b On 7 April 2023, Sonny Cox and Pedro Borges were recalled from their loans at Bath City and Tiverton Town respectively.
  7. ^ Originally a loan until the end of the season, Harry Lee was recalled from Plymouth Parkway on the 15 March due to a long-term hamstring injury to Gary Woods.

Pre-season and friendlies

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Southern League side Tiverton Town announced a pre-season friendly with Exeter City on 11 May 2022.[53] Two days later, the club revealed a friendly away to Taunton Town; also of the Southern League.[54] A behind closed doors friendly at the club's training ground against Truro City was also confirmed.[55] On 24 May, the club confirmed a friendly fixture against Yeovil Town.[56] A day later, Torquay United away was added to the schedule.[57] A sixth friendly against Weston-super-Mare was also confirmed.[58] A seventh pre-season fixture, against Bristol City was also added to the schedule.[59]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

1 July 2022 Friendly Tiverton Town 2–1 Exeter City Tiverton
19:00 BST Purrington   53'
O'Loughlin   56'		 Report Brown   90+1' Stadium: Ian Moorcroft Stadium
5 July 2022 Friendly Weston-super-Mare 0–5 Exeter City Weston-super-Mare
19:45 BST Report Nombe   52', 77', 79', 88'
Pond   68'		 Stadium: Optima Stadium
8 July 2022 Friendly Taunton Town 1–2 Exeter City Taunton
19:45 BST Warwick   80' Report Dieng   76', 87' Stadium: Cygnet Health Care Stadium
Attendance: 901
Referee: Carl Peters
12 July 2022 Friendly Exeter City 3–0 Truro City Clyst St Mary
18:30 BST Nombe   24'
Key   29'
Chauke   80'		 Report Stadium: Cliff Hill Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
16 July 2022 Friendly Yeovil Town 1–1 Exeter City Yeovil
15:00 BST Knowles   19' Report Jay   33' Stadium: Huish Park
19 July 2022 Friendly Bristol City 2–2 Exeter City Failand
16:30 BST Conway   77', 85' Report Coley   11'
Hartridge   51'		 Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre
23 July 2022 Friendly Torquay United 1–0 Exeter City Torquay
15:00 BST McGavin   80' Report Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 2,634

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
League One 30 July 2022 7 May 2023 Matchday 1 14th place 46 15 11 20 64 68 −4 032.61
FA Cup 5 November 2022 26 November 2022 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 4 6 −2 050.00
EFL Cup 9 August 2022 23 August 2022 First round Second round 2 1 1 0 7 0 +7 050.00
EFL Trophy 30 August 2022 18 October 2022 Group stage Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 033.33
Total 53 18 12 23 79 81 −2 033.96

Last updated: 7 May 2023
Source: Soccerway

League One

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Main article: 2022–23 EFL League One

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Lincoln City 46 14 20 12 47 47 0 62
12 Shrewsbury Town 46 17 8 21 52 61 −9 59
13 Fleetwood Town 46 14 16 16 53 51 +2 58
14 Exeter City 46 15 11 20 64 68 −4 56
15 Burton Albion 46 15 11 20 57 79 −22 56
16 Cheltenham Town 46 14 12 20 45 61 −16 54
17 Bristol Rovers 46 14 11 21 58 73 −15 53
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[60]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 15 11 20 64 68  −4 56 10 5 8 36 27  +9 5 6 12 28 41  −13

Last updated: 7 May 2023.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAH
ResultDWLWLDWLLWDWLLWDLWLDDLDWWDLWLLDLWDWLWWDLLLLLLW
Position132115997915101188108710911111313131110101210111012131212111311111111121314141414
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2023. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.[61]

30 July 2022 1 Lincoln City 1–1 Exeter City Lincoln
15:00 BST Hopper   49'
Sørensen   90+2'		 Report Nombe   14'
Sweeney   32'
Dieng   58'		 Stadium: LNER Stadium
Attendance: 8,162 (579 away)
Referee: Andy Haines
6 August 2022 2 Exeter City 4–0 Port Vale Exeter
15:00 BST Kite   24'
Diabate   30'
Sweeney   35'
Brown   38' (pen.), 72'
Nombe   75'		 Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,701
Referee: Charles Breakspear
13 August 2022 3 Cambridge United 2–1 Exeter City Cambridge
15:00 BST Digby   29',   88'
Dunk   44'
Smith   60'
Lankester   90+6'		 Report Brown   39'
Sweeney   45+1'
Coley   86'		 Stadium: The Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 5,005 (464 away)
Referee: Sam Purkiss
16 August 2022 4 Exeter City 3–1 Wycombe Wanderers Exeter
19:45 BST Kite   22'
Collins   38'
Dieng   74'		 Report McCleary   45+1'
Wheeler   50'
Scowen   59'
Forino   73'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,832
Referee: John Busby
20 August 2022 5 Exeter City 0–1 Cheltenham Town Exeter
15:00 BST Report N'Lundulu   56'
Long   77'
Southwood   79'
Williams   80'
Freestone   90+3'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,927
Referee: Robert Lewis
27 August 2022 6 Accrington Stanley 0–0 Exeter City Accrington
15:00 BST Pritchard   81' Report Stubbs   56' Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 2,170 (306 away)
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
3 September 2022 7 Exeter City 1–0 Milton Keynes Dons Exeter
15:00 BST Diabate   66'
Grounds   83'		 Report Harvie   70' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,931
Referee: Ben Toner
10 September 2022 Charlton Athletic Postponed Exeter City Charlton
15:00 BST Stadium: The Valley
Note: Fixture was postponed as a mark of respect following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.[62]
13 September 2022 (2022-09-13) 8 Shrewsbury Town 3–2 Exeter City Shrewsbury
19:45 BST Pennington   21'
Bayliss   34'
Dunkley   90+3'		 Report Sweeney   17'
Grounds   20',   39'		 Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 4,803 (322 away)
Referee: Martin Woods
17 September 2022 9 Exeter City 0–2 Burton Albion Exeter
15:00 BST Harper   68'
Key   90+2'		 Report Borthwick-Jackson   18'
Hughes   33'
Oshilaja   63',   84'
Keillor-Dunn   69'
Butcher   87'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,185
Referee: Neil Hair
24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 10 Forest Green Rovers 0–4 Exeter City Nailsworth
12:30 BST Stevenson   25'
March   67'
Fiabema   80'		 Report Nombe   6'
Brown   26' (pen.), 41', 83' (pen.)
Stansfield   75'		 Stadium: The innocent New Lawn Stadium
Attendance: 2,623 (683 away)
Referee: Ben Speedie
Note: This fixture was selected for broadcast live on Sky Sports
1 October 2022 11 Exeter City 2–2 Bristol Rovers Exeter
15:00 BST Key   37'
Brown   72' (pen.)
Sweeney   77'
Nombe   81'		 Report Evans   15'
Finley   33'
Marquis   62'
Loft   90+2'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,816
Referee: Declan Bourne
Note: Matt Taylor’s final fixture as manager of the Grecians
8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 12 Barnsley 0–2 Exeter City Barnsley
15:00 BST Report Stansfield   1'   48'
Brown   89'		 Stadium: Oakwell Stadium
Attendance: 10,384 (475 away)
Referee: Martin Coy
11 October 2022 (2022-10-11) 13 Charlton Athletic 4–2 Exeter City Charlton
19:45 BST Leaburn   20'
Hartridge   24' (o.g.)
Aneke   84'
Payne   90+1'
O'Connell   90+5'		 Report Stansfield   37'
Nombe   90+5' (pen.)		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 11,411 (833 away)
Referee: Craig Hicks
15 October 2022 14 Exeter City 2–4 Oxford United Exeter
15:00 BST Collins   11'
Sweeney   30'
Brown   65'
Stansfield   69'
Cox   90+2'		 Report Brannagan   12'   21'
Long   31'
Joseph   44', 54'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,926
Referee: Thomas Kirk
22 October 2022 15 Exeter City 2–1 Fleetwood Town Exeter
15:00 BST Stansfield   30'
Nombe   90+3'		 Report Mendes Gomes   28'
Hayes   90+1'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,834
Referee: Tom Nield
25 October 2022 16 Derby County 0–0 Exeter City Derby
19:45 BST Smith   17'
Sibley   37'		 Report Collins   38'
Caprice   70'
Jay   77'		 Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 24,460 (1,197 away)
Referee: Adam Herczeg
Note: Gary Caldwell’s first fixture as manager of the Grecians
31 October 2022 17 Plymouth Argyle 4–2 Exeter City Plymouth
20:00 GMT Whittaker   27'
Mumba   58'
Hardie   70', 84'		 Report Collins   25'
Nombe   52'		 Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 16,567 (1,617 away)
Referee: Charles Breakspear
Note: This fixture was selected for broadcast live on Sky Sports
12 November 2022 18 Exeter City 3–2 Peterborough United Exeter
15:00 GMT Dieng   27'   55'
Sparkes   65'
Nombe   86'
Brown   90+1'   90+2'		 Report Clarke-Harris   40'
Mason-Clark   81'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,489
Referee: Tom Reeves
19 November 2022 19 Exeter City 0–2 Ipswich Town Exeter
12:00 GMT Sparkes   45+1' Report Ladapo   11'
Harness   68'   86'
Burns   90'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,232
Referee: Alan Young
Note: This fixture was selected for broadcast live on Sky Sports
2 December 2022 (2022-12-02) 20 Morecambe 1–1 Exeter City Morecambe
19:45 GMT O'Connor   25'
Stockton   34'
Gibson   68'		 Report Key   36' Stadium: Mazuma Stadium
Attendance: 3,976 (255 away)
Referee: Peter Wright
10 December 2022 21 Exeter City 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Exeter
15:00 GMT Key   43'
Caprice   56'
Brown   69'
Stansfield   71'
Dieng   76'		 Report McGuinness   73'
Paterson   90+4'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,591
Referee: Neil Hair
17 December 2022 22 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Exeter City Bolton
15:00 GMT Bradley   8'
Charles   26'		 Report Sparkes   90+3' Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium
Attendance: 19,942 (874 away)
Referee: Scott Oldham
26 December 2022 23 Exeter City 0–0 Portsmouth Exeter
15:00 GMT Stansfield   31'
Sparkes   79'
Collins   90+2'		 Report Dale   40'
Morrison   58'
Morrell   84'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,779
Referee: Robert Lewis
29 December 2022 24 Bristol Rovers 3–4 Exeter City Bristol
19:45 GMT Collins   25',   57'
Coburn   64'
Sinclair   74' (pen.)		 Report Nombe   13', 90+2',   90+2'
Diabate   40'
Caprice   45'
Collins   45+2',   72'
Brown   59'
Sparkes   68'
Dieng   85'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 9,735 (1,167 away)
Referee: Simon Mather
1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) 25 Oxford United 0–1 Exeter City Littlemore
15:00 GMT Brown   75' Report Nombe   79'
Sparkes   84'
Stansfield   90+1'
Collins   90+2'
Blackman   90+5'		 Stadium: The Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 8,604 (619 away)
Referee: Darren Drysdale
14 January 2023 26 Exeter City 1–1 Forest Green Rovers Exeter
15:00 GMT Nombe   51'
Brown   75'
White   87'		 Report Garrick   54'
Stevenson   79'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,008
Referee: David Rock
21 January 2023 27 Portsmouth 2–0 Exeter City Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Pack   57'
Morrell   74'
Thompson   84'		 Report Hartridge   70'
White   85'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,719 (1,589 away)
Referee: Ollie Yates
24 January 2023 Exeter City Postponed Barnsley Exeter
19:45 GMT Stadium: St James Park
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[63]
28 January 2023 28 Milton Keynes Dons 0–2 Exeter City Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT Devoy   36'
Harvie   63'
Kaikai   78'
Watson   81'		 Report Brown   22',   37' (pen.), 67' Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 6,719 (614 away)
Referee: Andy Haines
4 February 2023 29 Exeter City 1–2 Charlton Athletic Exeter
15:00 GMT Mitchell   31'
Stansfield   45+3'
Kite   73'		 Report Rak-Sakyi   8',   9'
Blackett-Taylor   18'
Ness   32'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,685
Referee: Declan Bourne
11 February 2023 30 Burton Albion 1–0 Exeter City Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT Winnall   84'
Kirk   86'		 Report Stansfield   40' Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 3,105 (587 away)
Referee: Carl Brook
14 February 2023 31 Exeter City 0–0 Shrewsbury Town Exeter
19:45 GMT Report Bennett   90+2' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,661
Referee: Ben Speedie
18 February 2023 32 Port Vale 1–0 Exeter City Burslem
15:00 GMT Forrester   60',   90+8'
Robinson   68'
Harrison   90'		 Report Hartridge   28'
Harper   48'   59'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,209 (324 away)
Referee: Andrew Kitchen
25 February 2023 33 Exeter City 2–0 Cambridge United Exeter
15:00 GMT Collins   18'
McDonald   53'		 Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Robert Lewis
4 March 2023 34 Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 Exeter City High Wycombe
15:00 GMT Campbell   2' Report McDonald   68'
Hartridge   78'
Key   80'
Sweeney   83'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 7,699 (617 away)
Referee: Tom Nield
11 March 2023 35 Exeter City 2–1 Lincoln City Exeter
15:00 GMT Nombe   33', 73'
Hartridge   50'   85'
Key   69'
Stansfield   72'
Blackman   88'		 Report O'Connor   19'   81'
House   88'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,193
Referee: Sunny Singh Gill
18 March 2023 36 Cheltenham Town 3–1 Exeter City Cheltenham
15:00 GMT Keena   17'
Taylor   35',   74'
Bonds   41'
Southwood   61'
Ferry   65'
May   79'
Broom   90+3'		 Report Nombe   12'
Key   69',   90+2'
Aimson   90+3'		 Stadium: Completely-Suzuki Stadium
Attendance: 5,102 (1,330 away)
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
25 March 2023 37 Exeter City 5–0 Accrington Stanley Exeter
15:00 GMT Mitchell   36'
McDonald   44'
Key   49'
Nombe   54'
Scott   75'
Stansfield   81'		 Report Adedoyin   44' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,556
Referee: Oliver Langford
28 March 2023 38 Exeter City 3–1 Barnsley Exeter
19:45 BST Stansfield   26'
Kite   49',   90+3'
Nombe   89' (pen.)
Blackman   90+2'
Sweeney   90+5'		 Report Thomas   37',   89'
Connell   56'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,720
Referee: Darren Handley
1 April 2023 39 Fleetwood Town 2–2 Exeter City Fleetwood
15:00 BST Marriott   18', 35'
Holgate   73'		 Report McDonald   28'
Sweeney   90+1'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 3,568 (375 away)
Referee: Lewis Smith
7 April 2023 40 Exeter City 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Exeter
15:00 BST Report Bradley   27'
Mbete   76'
Thomason   82'
Nlundulu   90+2'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,530
Referee: Craig Hicks
10 April 2023 41 Peterborough United 3–1 Exeter City Peterborough
15:00 BST Hartridge   8' (o.g)
Mason-Clark   43'
Clarke-Harris   70'
Poku   85'		 Report Kite   5'
Harper   46',   90+1'		 Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 8,261 (479 away)
Referee: Charles Breakspear
15 April 2023 42 Exeter City 0–1 Plymouth Argyle Exeter
12:00 BST Chauke   3'
Stansfield   79'		 Report Earley   24'
Scarr   56'
Butcher   70'
Edwards   88'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 8,046
Referee: Darren Drysdale
18 April 2023 43 Exeter City 1–2 Derby County Exeter
19:45 BST Sparkes   78' Report McGoldrick   52', 76'
Roberts   66'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,028
Referee: Andy Woolmer
22 April 2023 44 Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Exeter City Owlerton
15:00 BST Gregory   59'
Paterson   74',   80'
Palmer   78'
Vaulks   90+2'		 Report Key   47'
Caprice   64'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 26,046 (939 away)
Referee: Declan Bourne & Andy Haines
29 April 2023 45 Ipswich Town 6–0 Exeter City Ipswich
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 29,334 (919 away)
Referee: Scott Oldham
7 May 2023 46 Exeter City 3–2 Morecambe Exeter
12:00 BST Stansfield   49', 57', 70'
Borges   72'
Sweeney   77'
Kite   83'
Caprice   90+5'		 Report Stockton   53', 90+14'
Weir   79'
Mayor   81'
Hunter   90+6'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 7,386
Referee: Carl Brook

FA Cup

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Exeter were drawn away to Port Vale in the first round[64] and to the winners off Woking versus Oxford United in the second round.[65]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) First round Port Vale 2–3 Exeter City Burslem
15:00 GMT Politic   25'
Butterworth   87'		 Report Stansfield   8'
Brown   43', 66'
Caprice   83'
Collins   89'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,807 (205 away)
Referee: Simon Mather
26 November 2022 (2022-11-26) Second round Oxford United 4–1 Exeter City Littlemore
15:00 GMT Taylor   9',   75'
McGuane   52'
Bodin   79', 88'
Brannagan   85'		 Report Hartridge   22'
Sparkes   37'
Key   71'
Jay   89'		 Stadium: The Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 3,599 (427 away)
Referee: Will Finnie

EFL Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

The Grecians were drawn away to Cheltenham Town in the first round, who they went on to beat 7–0 in a multi-club-record-breaking victory.[66][67] Exeter City were then drawn away at League Two side Gillingham in the second round.[68]

9 August 2022 First round Cheltenham Town 0–7 Exeter City Cheltenham
19:45 BST Lloyd   38'
Horton   63'		 Report Nombe   23', 35'
Collins   26'
Jay   28'
Sparkes   45+1'
Kite   50'
Coley   84'		 Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground
Attendance: 2,552 (322 away)
Referee: Will Finnie
23 August 2022 Second round Gillingham 0–0
(6–5 p)		 Exeter City Gillingham
19:45 BST Ehmer   13' Report Sweeney   20'
Stubbs   81'		 Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,127 (257 away)
Referee: Carl Brook
Penalties
Lee  
Mandron  
Wright  
Reeves  
Adelakun  
Tutonda  		 Brown  
Cox  
Caprice  
Collins  
Coley  
Key  

EFL Trophy

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On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Exeter City with Forest Green Rovers and Newport County.[69] Three days later, Southampton U21s joined Southern Group F.[70]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Forest Green Rovers 3 3 0 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Newport County 3 2 0 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3 L1 Exeter City 3 1 0 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4 ACA Southampton U21 3 0 0 0 3 3 7 −4 0
Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

30 August 2022 Group stage Exeter City 1–2 Newport County Exeter
19:00 BST Chauke   52' Report Zimba   57'
Wildig   66'
Bogle   82'
Farquharson   90'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,902
Referee: Darren Drysdale
4 October 2022 Group stage Exeter City 2–1 Southampton U21 Exeter
19:00 BST Jay   40'
Chauke   45+3'
James   72'
Stansfield   78'
Key   85'		 Report Ballard   18'
Turner   45+2'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,074
Referee: Sunny Singh Gill
18 October 2022 Group stage Forest Green Rovers 4–1 Exeter City Nailsworth
19:00 BST Bunker   7'
Matt   12'
Peart-Harris   51' (pen.)
Billington   54' (o.g.)
O'Keeffe   63'
Hendry   69'		 Report Jay   41'
King   68'		 Stadium: The innocent New Lawn Stadium
Attendance: 729
Referee: Sam Allison

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