2022–23 Exeter City F.C. season
The 2022–23 season is 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 is also competing in the 2022–23 FA Cup, being eliminated in the second round by Oxford United.
2022–23 season | ||||
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Owner | Exeter City Supporters' Trust | |||
Chairman | Nick Hawker | |||
Manager | Matt Taylor (until 4 October)[1] Gary Caldwell (from 24 October)[2] | |||
Stadium | St James Park | |||
League One | 14th | |||
FA Cup | Second round | |||
EFL Cup | Second round | |||
EFL Trophy | Group stage | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Sam Nombe (15 goals) All: Sam Nombe (17 goals) | |||
Highest home attendance | 8,046 (vs Plymouth Argyle, 15 April) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 1,074 (vs Southampton U21, 4 October) | |||
Average home league attendance | 6,846[3] | |||
Biggest win | 7–0 (vs Cheltenham Town, 9 August) | |||
Biggest defeat | 6–0 (vs Ipswich Town, 29 April) | |||
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First Team Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Statistics
- 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 | ![]() |
Jake Caprice | 42 | 1 | 29+8 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
3 | DF | ![]() |
Jack Sparkes | 40 | 2 | 25+10 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | |
5 | DF | ![]() |
Alex Hartridge | 47 | 0 | 42+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
6 | MF | ![]() |
Rekeem Harper* | 23 | 1 | 13+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
7 | DF | ![]() |
Demetri Mitchell | 16 | 2 | 12+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
8 | MF | ![]() |
Archie Collins | 49 | 6 | 44+1 | 4 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Jay Stansfield* | 39 | 9 | 28+8 | 9 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
10 | FW | ![]() |
Sam Nombe | 47 | 17 | 34+9 | 15 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | |
11 | MF | ![]() |
Joe White* | 16 | 0 | 6+10 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
12 | DF | ![]() |
Joshua Key | 48 | 4 | 38+4 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
14 | DF | ![]() |
Will Aimson | 18 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
15 | MF | ![]() |
Kegs Chauke* | 26 | 2 | 10+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | |
16 | MF | ![]() |
Harry Kite | 44 | 4 | 32+8 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | |
17 | MF | ![]() |
Kyle Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
18 | GK | ![]() |
Jamal Blackman | 41 | 0 | 37+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
19 | FW | ![]() |
Sonny Cox | 17 | 1 | 2+10 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
20 | FW | ![]() |
Jevani Brown | 32 | 14 | 24+3 | 12 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
21 | MF | ![]() |
Josh Coley | 12 | 1 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | |
22 | GK | ![]() |
Harry Lee | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
23 | FW | ![]() |
James Scott | 15 | 1 | 4+11 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
26 | DF | ![]() |
Pierce Sweeney | 49 | 2 | 40+3 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
27 | DF | ![]() |
Jonathan Grounds | 22 | 1 | 8+10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
29 | MF | ![]() |
Kevin McDonald | 11 | 3 | 8+3 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
33 | GK | ![]() |
Gary Woods | 7 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
39 | DF | ![]() |
Cheick Diabate | 23 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
41 | MF | ![]() |
Pedro Borges | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
42 | MF | ![]() |
Harrison King | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
44 | MF | ![]() |
Gabriel Billington | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
45 | DF | ![]() |
Ed James | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
46 | MF | ![]() |
Joe Wragg | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
48 | MF | ![]() |
Alfie Clark | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
49 | MF | ![]() |
Mitch Beardmore | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
51 | DF | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Sam Stubbs | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
7 | FW | ![]() |
Matt Jay | 25 | 4 | 6+12 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 2 | |
11 | FW | ![]() |
Harry Smith* | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
14 | MF | ![]() |
Timothée Dieng | 21 | 3 | 12+5 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
24 | GK | ![]() |
Jökull Andrésson* | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
34 | DF | ![]() |
Alfie Pond | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
40 | GK | ![]() |
Scott Brown | 4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
Transfers
In
Date | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
26 July 2022 | GK | ![]() | ![]() | Free Transfer | [4] |
26 January 2023 | LWB | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed | [5] |
27 January 2023 | CB | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed | [6] |
31 January 2023 | DM | ![]() | Unattached | Free Transfer | [7] |
31 January 2023 | CF | ![]() | ![]() | Free Transfer | [8] |
1 February 2023 | GK | ![]() | ![]() | Free Transfer | [9] |
Out
Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
27 June 2022 | CB | ![]() | ![]() | Mutual consent | [10][11] |
30 June 2022 | DM | ![]() | ![]() | Released | [12][13] |
30 June 2022 | LB | ![]() | ![]() | Released | [12][14] |
30 June 2022 | AM | ![]() | ![]() | Released | [12][15] |
30 June 2022 | CB | ![]() | ![]() | Released | [12][16] |
30 June 2022 | RB | ![]() | ![]() | Released | [12] |
30 June 2022 | LB | ![]() | ![]() | Released | [12][17] |
30 June 2022 | CF | ![]() | ![]() | Released | [12][18] |
30 June 2022 | AM | ![]() | ![]() | Released | [12] |
2 September 2022 | CB | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed | [19] |
9 January 2023 | SS | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed | [20] |
11 January 2023 | DM | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed | [21] |
31 January 2023 | CB | ![]() | ![]() | Free Transfer | [22] |
24 March 2023 | LW | ![]() | ![]() | Mutual consent | [23][24] |
Loans in
Date | Pos | Player | Loaned from | On loan until | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
26 July 2022 | CM | ![]() | ![]() | End of Season | [25] |
24 August 2022 | CM | ![]() | ![]() | End of Season | [26] |
1 September 2022 | CF | ![]() | ![]() | 22 October 2022[lower-alpha 1] | [27][28] |
2 September 2022 | CF | ![]() | ![]() | End of Season | [29] |
6 January 2023 | AM | ![]() | ![]() | End of Season | [30] |
24 January 2023 | GK | ![]() | ![]() | 31 January 2023 | [31] |
- Originally a season-long loan, Smiths's loan at Exeter City was cut short for personal reasons.
Loans out
Date | Pos | Player | Loaned to | On loan until | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 July 2022 | FB | ![]() | ![]() | End of Season | [32] |
5 July 2022 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | End of Season | [32] |
12 July 2022 | GK | ![]() | ![]() | End of Season | [33] |
12 August 2022 | CB | ![]() | ![]() | 2 September 2022 | [34][lower-alpha 1] |
13 August 2022 | FW | ![]() | ![]() | 1 January 2023 | [35] |
16 August 2022 | GK | ![]() | ![]() | 18 October 2022 | [36][lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] |
1 September 2022 | AM | ![]() | ![]() | 10 January 2023[lower-alpha 4] | [39][40] |
28 September 2022 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | 28 October 2022 | [41] |
28 September 2022 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | 28 October 2022[lower-alpha 5] | [41] |
30 October 2022 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | 1 January 2023 | [42] |
26 December 2022 | CF | ![]() | ![]() | 26 January 2023 | [43] |
3 January 2023 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | 3 February 2023 | [44] |
3 January 2023 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | 3 February 2023[lower-alpha 5] | [45] |
28 January 2023 | CF | ![]() | ![]() | 7 April 2023[lower-alpha 6] | [46][47] |
3 February 2023 | GK | ![]() | ![]() | 15 March 2023[lower-alpha 7] | [48][49] |
5 February 2023 | LW | ![]() | ![]() | 24 March 2023 | [50] |
7 March 2023 | AM | ![]() | ![]() | 7 April 2023[lower-alpha 6] | [51][52] |
- On 2 September, Alfie Pond's loan at Yeovil was cut-short to materlise a permanent move to Wolverhampton Wanderers.[19]
- On 16 September, Harry Lee's loan at Dorchester was extended until the end of the season.[37]
- On 18 October, Harry Lee was recalled back from his loan at Dorchester Town.[38]
- On 10 January, Coley was recalled back from his loan at Harrogate.
- Loan has been extended for an unspecified duration.
- On 7 April 2023, Sonny Cox and Pedro Borges were recalled from their loans at Bath City and Tiverton Town respectively.
- 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
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 ![]() O'Loughlin ![]() |
Report | Brown ![]() |
Stadium: Ian Moorcroft Stadium |
5 July 2022 Friendly | Weston-super-Mare | 0–5 | Exeter City | Weston-super-Mare |
19:45 BST | Report | Nombe ![]() Pond ![]() |
Stadium: Optima Stadium |
8 July 2022 Friendly | Taunton Town | 1–2 | Exeter City | Taunton |
19:45 BST | Warwick ![]() |
Report | Dieng ![]() |
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 ![]() Key ![]() Chauke ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Report | Jay ![]() |
Stadium: Huish Park |
Competitions
Overall record
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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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 | 32.61 |
FA Cup | 5 November 2022 | 26 November 2022 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 50.00 |
EFL Cup | 9 August 2022 | 23 August 2022 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 50.00 |
EFL Trophy | 30 August 2022 | 18 October 2022 | Group stage | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 33.33 |
Total | 53 | 18 | 12 | 23 | 79 | 81 | −2 | 33.96 |
Last updated: 7 May 2023
Source: Soccerway
League One
League table
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 |
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
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
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Matches
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 ![]() Sørensen ![]() |
Report | Nombe ![]() Sweeney ![]() Dieng ![]() |
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 ![]() Diabate ![]() Sweeney ![]() Brown ![]() Nombe ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() Dunk ![]() Smith ![]() Lankester ![]() |
Report | Brown ![]() Sweeney ![]() Coley ![]() |
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 ![]() Collins ![]() Dieng ![]() |
Report | McCleary ![]() Wheeler ![]() Scowen ![]() Forino ![]() |
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 ![]() Long ![]() Southwood ![]() Williams ![]() Freestone ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Report | Stubbs ![]() |
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 ![]() Grounds ![]() |
Report | Harvie ![]() |
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 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 3–2 | Exeter City | Shrewsbury |
19:45 BST | Pennington ![]() Bayliss ![]() Dunkley ![]() |
Report | Sweeney ![]() Grounds ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() Key ![]() |
Report | Borthwick-Jackson ![]() Hughes ![]() Oshilaja ![]() ![]() Keillor-Dunn ![]() Butcher ![]() |
Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 6,185 Referee: Neil Hair |
24 September 2022 10 | Forest Green Rovers | 0–4 | Exeter City | Nailsworth |
12:30 BST | Stevenson ![]() March ![]() Fiabema ![]() |
Report | Nombe ![]() Brown ![]() Stansfield ![]() |
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 ![]() Brown ![]() Sweeney ![]() Nombe ![]() |
Report | Evans ![]() Finley ![]() Marquis ![]() Loft ![]() |
Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 7,816 Referee: Declan Bourne |
Note: Matt Taylor’s final fixture as manager of the Grecians |
8 October 2022 12 | Barnsley | 0–2 | Exeter City | Barnsley |
15:00 BST | Report | Stansfield ![]() ![]() Brown ![]() |
Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 10,384 (475 away) Referee: Martin Coy |
11 October 2022 13 | Charlton Athletic | 4–2 | Exeter City | Charlton |
19:45 BST | Leaburn ![]() Hartridge ![]() Aneke ![]() Payne ![]() O'Connell ![]() |
Report | Stansfield ![]() Nombe ![]() |
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 ![]() Sweeney ![]() Brown ![]() Stansfield ![]() Cox ![]() |
Report | Brannagan ![]() ![]() Long ![]() Joseph ![]() |
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 ![]() Nombe ![]() |
Report | Mendes Gomes ![]() Hayes ![]() |
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 ![]() Sibley ![]() |
Report | Collins ![]() Caprice ![]() Jay ![]() |
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 ![]() Mumba ![]() Hardie ![]() |
Report | Collins ![]() Nombe ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() Sparkes ![]() Nombe ![]() Brown ![]() ![]() |
Report | Clarke-Harris ![]() Mason-Clark ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Report | Ladapo ![]() Harness ![]() ![]() Burns ![]() |
Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 7,232 Referee: Alan Young |
Note: This fixture was selected for broadcast live on Sky Sports |
2 December 2022 20 | Morecambe | 1–1 | Exeter City | Morecambe |
19:45 GMT | O'Connor ![]() Stockton ![]() Gibson ![]() |
Report | Key ![]() |
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 ![]() Caprice ![]() Brown ![]() Stansfield ![]() Dieng ![]() |
Report | McGuinness ![]() Paterson ![]() |
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 ![]() Charles ![]() |
Report | Sparkes ![]() |
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 ![]() Sparkes ![]() Collins ![]() |
Report | Dale ![]() Morrison ![]() Morrell ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() Coburn ![]() Sinclair ![]() |
Report | Nombe ![]() ![]() Diabate ![]() Caprice ![]() Collins ![]() ![]() Brown ![]() Sparkes ![]() Dieng ![]() |
Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,735 (1,167 away) Referee: Simon Mather |
1 January 2023 25 | Oxford United | 0–1 | Exeter City | Littlemore |
15:00 GMT | Brown ![]() |
Report | Nombe ![]() Sparkes ![]() Stansfield ![]() Collins ![]() Blackman ![]() |
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 ![]() Brown ![]() White ![]() |
Report | Garrick ![]() Stevenson ![]() |
Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 7,008 Referee: David Rock |
21 January 2023 27 | Portsmouth | 2–0 | Exeter City | Portsmouth |
15:00 GMT | Pack ![]() Morrell ![]() Thompson ![]() |
Report | Hartridge ![]() White ![]() |
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 ![]() Harvie ![]() Kaikai ![]() Watson ![]() |
Report | Brown ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() Stansfield ![]() Kite ![]() |
Report | Rak-Sakyi ![]() ![]() Blackett-Taylor ![]() Ness ![]() |
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 ![]() Kirk ![]() |
Report | Stansfield ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() Robinson ![]() Harrison ![]() |
Report | Hartridge ![]() Harper ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() McDonald ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Report | McDonald ![]() Hartridge ![]() Key ![]() Sweeney ![]() |
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 ![]() Hartridge ![]() ![]() Key ![]() Stansfield ![]() Blackman ![]() |
Report | O'Connor ![]() ![]() House ![]() |
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 ![]() Taylor ![]() ![]() Bonds ![]() Southwood ![]() Ferry ![]() May ![]() Broom ![]() |
Report | Nombe ![]() Key ![]() ![]() Aimson ![]() |
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 ![]() McDonald ![]() Key ![]() Nombe ![]() Scott ![]() Stansfield ![]() |
Report | Adedoyin ![]() |
Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 6,556 Referee: Oliver Langford |
28 March 2023 38 | Exeter City | 3–1 | Barnsley | Exeter |
19:45 BST | Stansfield ![]() Kite ![]() ![]() Nombe ![]() Blackman ![]() Sweeney ![]() |
Report | Thomas ![]() ![]() Connell ![]() |
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 ![]() Holgate ![]() |
Report | McDonald ![]() Sweeney ![]() |
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 ![]() Mbete ![]() Thomason ![]() Nlundulu ![]() |
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 ![]() Mason-Clark ![]() Clarke-Harris ![]() Poku ![]() |
Report | Kite ![]() Harper ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() Stansfield ![]() |
Report | Earley ![]() Scarr ![]() Butcher ![]() Edwards ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Report | McGoldrick ![]() Roberts ![]() |
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 ![]() Paterson ![]() ![]() Palmer ![]() Vaulks ![]() |
Report | Key ![]() Caprice ![]() |
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 |
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Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 29,334 (919 away) Referee: Scott Oldham |
FA Cup
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 First round | Port Vale | 2–3 | Exeter City | Burslem |
15:00 GMT | Politic ![]() Butterworth ![]() |
Report | Stansfield ![]() Brown ![]() Caprice ![]() Collins ![]() |
Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,807 (205 away) Referee: Simon Mather |
26 November 2022 Second round | Oxford United | 4–1 | Exeter City | Littlemore |
15:00 GMT | Taylor ![]() ![]() McGuane ![]() Bodin ![]() Brannagan ![]() |
Report | Hartridge ![]() Sparkes ![]() Key ![]() Jay ![]() |
Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 3,599 (427 away) Referee: Will Finnie |
EFL Cup
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 ![]() Horton ![]() |
Report | Nombe ![]() Collins ![]() Jay ![]() Sparkes ![]() Kite ![]() Coley ![]() |
Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground Attendance: 2,552 (322 away) Referee: Will Finnie |
EFL Trophy
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 |
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
30 August 2022 Group stage | Exeter City | 1–2 | Newport County | Exeter |
19:00 BST | Chauke ![]() |
Report | Zimba ![]() Wildig ![]() Bogle ![]() Farquharson ![]() |
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 ![]() Chauke ![]() James ![]() Stansfield ![]() Key ![]() |
Report | Ballard ![]() Turner ![]() |
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 ![]() Matt ![]() Peart-Harris ![]() Billington ![]() O'Keeffe ![]() Hendry ![]() |
Report | Jay ![]() King ![]() |
Stadium: The innocent New Lawn Stadium Attendance: 729 Referee: Sam Allison |
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