2022–23 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland
2022–23 season
Owner	Kyril Louis-Dreyfus
Chairman	Kyril Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Alex Neil; (until 28 August)[1] ; Tony Mowbray; (from 30 August)[2]
Stadium	Stadium of Light
Championship	6th
Play-offs	Semi-finals
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Amad Diallo (13); All: ; Amad Diallo (14)
Highest home attendance	44,944 vs Watford; (EFL Championship); 46,060 vs Luton Town (Championship play-offs)
Lowest home attendance	35,900 vs Blackpool; (EFL Championship); 29,651 vs Fulham; (FA Cup)
Average home league attendance	39,140
Biggest win	3–0 v Rotherham (H) ; (31 August 2022) ; 0–3 v Reading (A) ; (14 September 2022) ; 3–0 v Millwall (H) ; (3 December 2022) ; 1–4 v Wigan Athletic (A) ; (29 December 2022) ; 0–3 v Queens Park Rangers (A) ; (14 February 2023) ; 0–3 v Preston North End (A) ; (6 May 2023)
Biggest defeat	1–5 v Stoke City (H) ; (4 March 2023)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2022–23 season was Sunderland's 144th season in their existence, and the club's first season back in the Championship since the 2017–18 season, following their promotion via the play-offs last season. In addition to the league, they also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

First team squad

As of match(es) played on 20 March 2023

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Age	Ends	Signed from	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Anthony Patterson	GK	23	2026	Academy	67	0
12	Alex Bass	GK	25	2025	Portsmouth	2	0
Defenders
2	Niall Huggins	RB	22	2025	Leeds United	6	0
3	Dennis Cirkin	LB	21	2024	Tottenham Hotspur	63	2
5	Daniel Ballard	CB	24	2025	Arsenal	22	0
6	Danny Batth	CB	33	2023	Stoke City	49	1
26	Bailey Wright	CB	31	2024	Bristol City	107	4
32	Trai Hume	RB	21	2026	Linfield	27	0
42	Aji Alese	CB	22	2025	West Ham United	23	1
45	Joe Anderson	CB	22	2026	Everton	1	0
Midfielders
4	Corry Evans	CM	33	2023	Blackburn Rovers	64	2
7	Leon Dajaku	RW	22	2024	Union Berlin	36	4
8	Elliot Embleton	AM	24	2025	Academy	92	11
10	Patrick Roberts	RW	26	2024	Manchester City	55	6
11	Lynden Gooch	AM	27	2024	Academy	235	25
13	Luke O'Nien	CM	28	2024	Wycombe Wanderers	212	17
15	Carl Winchester	CM	30	2023	Forest Green Rovers	67	4
16	Amad Diallo	RW	21	2023	Manchester United (loan)	32	9
17	Abdoullah Ba	CM	20	2027	Le Havre	25	1
18	Ellis Taylor	LW	20	2024	Academy	4	0
19	Jewison Bennette	LW	19	2026	Herediano	18	2
20	Jack Clarke	LW	22	2026	Tottenham Hotspur	60	10
21	Alex Pritchard	AM	30	2023	Huddersfield Town	80	6
22	Isaac Lihadji	RW	21	2025	Lille	3	0
23	Jack Diamond	LW	23	2024	Academy	45	2
24	Dan Neil	CM	21	2026	Academy	94	6
25	Edouard Michut	CM	20	2023	Paris Saint-Germain (loan)	20	1
27	Jay Matete	CM	22	2026	Fleetwood Town	25	0
29	Harrison Sohna	CM	21	2023	Aston Villa	4	0
31	Chris Rigg	CM	16	2024	Academy	3	0
33	Michael Spellman	LW	21	2023	Chester-le-Street United	1	0
34	Caden Kelly	CM	19	2024	Academy	2	0
39	Pierre Ekwah	CM	21	2027	West Ham United	9	0
Forwards
9	Ellis Simms	ST	22	2023	Everton (loan)	17	7
14	Ross Stewart	ST	27	2023	Ross County	81	40
28	Joe Gelhardt	ST	21	2023	Leeds United (loan)	10	1

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2022	CB	Daniel Ballard	Arsenal	Undisclosed	[3]
1 July 2022	RW	Leon Dajaku	Union Berlin	Undisclosed	[4]
1 July 2022	LW	Michael Spellman	Chester-le-Street United	Free Transfer	[5]
9 July 2022	RW	Jack Clarke	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed	[6]
15 July 2022	CB	Aji Alese	West Ham United	Undisclosed	[7]
22 July 2022	CB	Ben Crompton	Shrewsbury Town	Free Transfer	[8]
22 July 2022	AM	Owen Robinson	AFC Fylde	Free Transfer	[8]
22 July 2022	ST	Max Thompson	Burnley	Undisclosed	[8]
22 July 2022	CB	Callum Wilson	Shrewsbury Town	Free Transfer	[8]
26 July 2022	GK	Alex Bass	Portsmouth	Undisclosed	[9]
12 August 2022	LB	Connor Pye	Morecambe	Undisclosed	[10]
12 August 2022	DM	Tom Chiabi	Cardiff City	Free Transfer	[10]
25 August 2022	LW	Jewison Bennette	Herediano	Undisclosed	[11]
31 August 2022	CM	Abdoullah Ba	Le Havre	Undisclosed	[12]
23 January 2023	CM	Pierre Ekwah	West Ham United	Undisclosed	[13]
27 January 2023	RW	Isaac Lihadji	Lille	Undisclosed	[14]
31 January 2023	CB	Joe Anderson	Everton	Undisclosed	[15]
13 April 2023	CF	Timur Tuterov	Kolos Kovalivka	Free Transfer	[16]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2022	CB	Patrick Almond	Shildon	Released	[4][17]
30 June 2022	GK	Lee Burge	Northampton Town	Released	[4][18]
30 June 2022	ST	Luke Chapman	Unattached	Released	[4]
30 June 2022	LW	Cieran Dunne	Cove Rangers	Released	[4][19]
30 June 2022	LB	Tyrese Dyce	Unattached	Released	[4]
30 June 2022	CB	Ugonna Emenike	Bowers & Pitsea	Released	[4][20]
30 June 2022	ST	Will Grigg	Milton Keynes Dons	Released	[4][21]
30 June 2022	RW	Nicky Gyimah	Broadfields United	Released	[4][22]
30 June 2022	ST	Will Harris	Gateshead	Released	[4][23]
30 June 2022	RB	Sam Irons	Whitley Bay	Released	[4][24]
30 June 2022	LW	Aiden McGeady	Hibernian	Released	[4][25]
30 June 2022	GK	Jack McIntyre	Larne	Released	[4][26]
30 June 2022	RB	Kenton Richardson	Gateshead	Released	[4][27]
30 June 2022	DM	Lachraj Singh	Unattached	Released	[4]
30 June 2022	LM	Vinnie Steels	Shildon	Released	[4][28]
30 June 2022	AM	Stephen Wearne	Grimsby Town	Released	[4][29]
30 June 2022	DM	Sam Wilding	Hednesford Town	Released	[4][30]
30 June 2022	CB	Jordan Willis	Wycombe Wanderers	Released	[4][31]
30 June 2022	CB	Arbenit Xhemajli	FC Vaduz	Released	[4][32]
7 July 2022	CM	Sonny Singh	Stoke City	Undisclosed	[33]
5 January 2023	CB	Jordan Willis	Wycombe Wanderers	Released	[34][31]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
29 July 2022	ST	Ellis Simms	Everton	31 December 2022[lower-alpha 1]	[35][36]
30 August 2022	CM	Édouard Michut	Paris Saint-Germain	End of Season	[37]
31 August 2022	RW	Amad Diallo	Manchester United	End of Season	[38]
27 January 2023	CF	Joe Gelhardt	Leeds United	End of Season	[39]

On 31 December, Simms was recalled back to Everton

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
28 July 2022	LM	Ellis Taylor	Hartlepool United	31 December 2022[lower-alpha 1]	[40][41]
29 August 2022	LW	Jack Diamond	Lincoln City	30 March 2023[lower-alpha 2]	[42][43]
1 September 2022	CM	Carl Winchester	Shrewsbury Town	End of Season	[44]
23 September 2022	LW	Michael Spellman	Whitby Town	23 October 2022	[45]
6 January 2023	CM	Jay Matete	Plymouth Argyle	End of Season	[46]
26 January 2023	SS	Leon Dajaku	St. Gallen	End of Season	[47]
27 January 2023	LB	Nathan Newall	Darlington	End of Season	[48]
31 January 2023	CB	Bailey Wright	Rotherham United	End of Season	[49]
4 February 2023	LW	Michael Spellman	Blyth Spartans	End of Season	[50]
21 February 2023	LB	Connor Pye	Morpeth Town	21 March 2023	[51]
27 February 2023	AM	Owen Robinson	Lancaster City	27 March 2023	[52]
7 March 2023	CM	Tom Chiabi	Morpeth Town	8 May 2023	[53]
23 March 2023	CF	Harry Gardiner	South Shields	End of Season	[54]
23 March 2023	RB	Ethan Kachosa	Guiseley	End of Season	[55]
23 March 2023	GK	Adam Richardson	Guiseley	End of Season	[55]
24 March 2023	CM	Tom Scott	Kettering Town	End of Season	[56]

On 31 December, Taylor was recalled back by Sunderland
On 30 March, Diamond's loan at Lincoln City was terminated

Pre-season and friendlies

Sunderland announced they would travel to Portugal for a training camp which would include two pre-season friendlies.[57] On 8 June, the club announced seven pre-season friendlies.[58] A further addition to the Portugal tour schedule was confirmed, against Roma.[59]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 July 2022 Friendly	Sunderland	4–0	Blyth Spartans	Cleadon
TBA BST	O'Nien ?' Gooch ?' Kelly ?' Dajaku ?'	Report		Stadium: Academy of Light Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

2 July 2022 Friendly	Sunderland	2–0	Gateshead	Cleadon
TBA BST		Report		Stadium: Academy of Light Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

9 July 2022 Friendly	Rangers	Abandoned	Sunderland	Albufeira, Portugal
20:00 WEST			O'Nien 28'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira
Note: Match was postponed ahead of the second half due to power failure at the stadium.[60]

13 July 2022 Friendly	Roma	2–0	Sunderland	Albufeira, Portugal
11:00 WEST	Afena-Gyan 73' Zaniolo 79'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira

16 July 2022 Friendly	Dundee United	0–2	Sunderland	Dundee, Scotland
15:00 BST		Report	Hume 52' Mulgrew 60' (o.g.)	Stadium: Tannadice Park

19 July 2022 Friendly	Bradford City	2–0	Sunderland	Bradford
19:00 BST	Osadebe 51' Walker 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade

23 July 2022 Friendly	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Sunderland	Accrington
15:00 BST	McConville 62' (pen.) Adedoyin 75'	Report	Stewart 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,782

25 July 2022 Friendly	Hartlepool United	1–1	Sunderland	Hartlepool
19:00 BST	Hastie 2'	Report	Embleton 45+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Suit Direct Stadium

25 November 2022 (2022-11-25) Friendly	Al-Shabab	0–1	Sunderland	Dubai
13:00 GMT		Report	Diallo 35'	Stadium: TBA

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	31 July 2022	8 May 2023	Matchday 1	46	18	15	13	68	55	+13	039.13
FA Cup	7 January 2023	8 February 2023	Third round	3	1	1	1	5	5	+0	033.33
EFL Cup	10 August 2022	10 August 2022	First round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total				50	19	16	15	73	62	+11	038.00

Last updated: 18 April 2023
Source: [Soccerway]

Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	Luton Town (O, P)	46	21	17	8	57	39	+18	80	Qualification for Championship play-offs
4	Middlesbrough	46	22	9	15	84	56	+28	75
5	Coventry City	46	18	16	12	58	46	+12	70
6	Sunderland	46	18	15	13	68	55	+13	69
7	Blackburn Rovers	46	20	9	17	52	54	−2	69
8	Millwall	46	19	11	16	57	50	+7	68
9	West Bromwich Albion	46	18	12	16	59	53	+6	66

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[61]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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	18	15	13	68	55	+13	69	7	9	7	33	33	0	11	6	6	35	22	+13

Last updated: 08 May 2023.
Source: [Soccerway]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W
Position	13	2	6	11	5	12	8	8	6	5	7	7	11	9	12	13	16	12	13	12	10	11	12	9	4	8	10	9	9	7	5	6	8	9	10	10	12	11	12	11	10	9	8	6	7	6

Updated to match(es) played on 08 May 2023. Source: [Soccerway]
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.[62]

31 July 2022 1	Sunderland	1–1	Coventry City	Sunderland
12:00 BST	Clarke 12', 51' Evans 55' Ballard 76' O'Nien 90+4'	Report	Hamer 20' Gyökeres 84'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,851 (1,800 away) Referee: Darren Bond

6 August 2022 2	Bristol City	2–3	Sunderland	Bristol
15:00 BST	Weimann 10' Williams 27' Martin 51' Sykes 58'	Report	Evans 2' Simms 5', 53' Cirkin 20' Stewart 72'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 24,543 (3,338 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

13 August 2022 3	Sunderland	2–2	Queens Park Rangers	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Clarke 26' Stewart 31' Simms 40' Evans 41' Gooch 85'	Report	Field 30' Dickie 38' Chair 87' Dieng 90+2'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 37,884 (900 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

17 August 2022 4	Sheffield United	2–1	Sunderland	Sheffield
20:00 BST	Ahmedhodžić 33' Lowe 47' McBurnie 90+4'	Report	Neil 31' Gooch 55', 72' O'Nien 64' Matete 90+4' Wright 90+7'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 28,197 (2,572 away) Referee: James Linington

20 August 2022 5	Stoke City	0–1	Sunderland	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Taylor 45+4' Delap 48' Brown 58'	Report	O'Nien 13' Matete 18' Embleton 42' Stewart 45+2' Wright 49' Clarke 63' Pritchard 81'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 21,230 (2,629 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

27 August 2022 6	Sunderland	0–1	Norwich City	Sunderland
12:30 BST	Cirkin 25' O'Nien 35'	Report	Sargent 76', 90+1' Krul 90+2'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 36,440 (1,000 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

31 August 2022 (2022-08-31) 7	Sunderland	3–0	Rotherham United	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Stewart 52', 65' Clarke 70'	Report	Peltier 26' Norton-Cuffy 51' Barlaser 54' Ferguson 67'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 36,530 (712 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

5 September 2022 (2022-09-05) 8	Middlesbrough	1–0	Sunderland	Middlesbrough
20:00 BST	McGree 25' McNair 38' Clarke 40' Crooks 72' Jones 80' Smith 90+2'	Report	Pritchard 41'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 30,391 (3,200 away) Referee: Darren Bond

14 September 2022 (2022-09-14) 9	Reading	0–3	Sunderland	Reading
20:00 BST	Yiadom 71'	Report	Roberts 39', 41' Alese 62' Clarke 69'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Attendance: 12,061 (1,800 away) Referee: Matt Donohue

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 10	Watford	2–2	Sunderland	Watford
15:00 BST	Davis 34' O'Nien 62' (o.g.)	Report	Alese 45' Roberts 59' Evans 61' Bennette 87', 88' Matete 90+5'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,767 (1,969 away) Referee: John Busby

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 11	Sunderland	0–0	Preston North End	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Roberts 60'	Report	Lindsay 55'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,825 (2,700 away) Referee: Andy Woolmer

4 October 2022 (2022-10-04) 12	Sunderland	0–0	Blackpool	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Michut 85'	Report	Patino 56' Thorniley 64' Dougall 83'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 35,900 (524 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 13	Swansea City	2–1	Sunderland	Landore
15:00 BST	Cooper 13' Darling 45+1' Fulton 54' Latibeaudiere 90+4'	Report	Neil 16' Evans 23' Clarke 51' 90+7' Embleton 54' Gooch 90+7'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 18,008 (1,989 away) Referee: Gavin Ward

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 14	Sunderland	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Embleton 25' 54' Cirkin 72' Pritchard 83' Patterson 83'	Report	Tilt 29' Wyke 44' Keane 90+6'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 37,060 (900 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

18 October 2022 (2022-10-18) 15	Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Sunderland	Blackburn
19:45 BST	Brereton Díaz 32' Morton 40' Wharton 49' Szmodics 65' Carter 74'	Report	Pritchard 30' Cirkin 48' Bennette 66'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 15,171 (3,472 away) Referee: Craig Pawson

22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 16	Sunderland	2–4	Burnley	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Diallo 16' Neil 20' Batth 72'	Report	Guðmundsson 2' Tella 50' Harwood-Bellis 52' Benson 61' Zaroury 69' Brownhill 80' 87'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 39,349 (2,700 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 17	Luton Town	1–1	Sunderland	Luton
15:00 BST	Doughty 23' Adebayo 33' Morris 45+2'	Report	Evans 24' Cirkin 63' Embleton 78' Clarke 90+2'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 10,060 (1,100 away) Referee: James Linington

2 November 2022 18	Huddersfield Town	0–2	Sunderland	Huddersfield
19:45 GMT	Camara 43' Holmes 82'	Report	Pritchard 55' Batth 58' Ba 87' Diallo 90+6'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 19,341 (2,400 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) 19	Sunderland	0–1	Cardiff City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Batth 13' Neil 32' O'Nien 45+2' Embleton 90+5'	Report	Harris 49' Wintle 53' Nkounkou 65' Kipré 90+5'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 37,015 (720 away) Referee: Andy Davies

11 November 2022 (2022-11-11) 20	Birmingham City	1–2	Sunderland	Birmingham
20:00 GMT	Mejbri 28' Jutkiewicz 78' Longelo 90+7'	Report	Simms 25' Huggins 42' Diallo 49' Evans 74' Matete 88' Clarke 90+7'	Stadium: St Andrew's Stadium Attendance: 18,702 (2,300 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

3 December 2022 (2022-12-03) 21	Sunderland	3–0	Millwall	Sunderland
12:30 GMT	Diallo 52' Pritchard 58' Gooch 73' Simms 90+3'	Report	Saville 22' Honeyman 34' Mitchell 41'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 37,012 (884 away) Referee: Tim Robinson
Note: Match was postponed due to the Death of Queen Elizabeth II.[63]

12 December 2022 (2022-12-12) 22	Sunderland	1–2	West Bromwich Albion	Sunderland
20:00 GMT	Diallo 19' (pen.) Batth 33'	Report	Rogic 70' Wallace 71' Dike 82'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 37,432 (508 away) Referee: James Linington

17 December 2022 23	Hull City	1–1	Sunderland	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Greaves 36' Estupiñán 49' Tufan 82'	Report	Embleton 59' Stewart 74' Gooch 90+3'	Stadium: MKM Stadium Attendance: 18,120 (2,500 away) Referee: Gavin Ward

26 December 2022 24	Sunderland	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	Sunderland
12:30 GMT	Stewart 22' (pen.) Cirkin 20' Hume 60' Simms 90+1' Diallo 90+4'	Report	Stewart 18' (o.g.) Morton 25' Ayala 52' Buckley 87' Hirst 90' Rankin-Costello 90+4'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 43,921 (1,500 away) Referee: Darren Bond

29 December 2022 25	Wigan Athletic	1–4	Sunderland	Wigan
19:45 GMT	McClean 11' Keane 42' Tilt 61'	Report	Simms 19' Ballard 59' Stewart 66' (pen.) Roberts 85' Diallo 89'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 14,615 (4,445 away) Referee: Michael Salisbury

1 January 2023 26	Blackpool	1–1	Sunderland	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Connolly 8' 90+2' Lavery 21' 71' Poveda 28' Beesley 85'	Report	Michut 19' Stewart 66' O'Nien 72'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 14,117 (3,600 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

14 January 2023 27	Sunderland	1–3	Swansea City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	O'Nien 18' Neil 65' Hume 90+2'	Report	Cabango 19' Piroe 50' 53' Latibeaudiere 62' Cullen 70' Cooper 78' Sorinola 88'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,001 (420 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

22 January 2023 28	Sunderland	2–0	Middlesbrough	Sunderland
12:00 GMT	Stewart 51', 51' Diallo 81'	Report	Howson 16' Fry 49' Forss 50'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 42,584 (1,990 away) Referee: James Linington

4 February 2023 29	Millwall	1–1	Sunderland	Bermondsey
15:00 GMT	Cooper 32' 59' Bennett 59' Saville 81'	Report	Hume 52' Cirkin 81'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 18,524 (2,800 away) Referee: Thomas Bramall

11 February 2023 30	Sunderland	1–0	Reading	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Roberts 84'	Report	Yiadom 33' Méïté 90+2'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 38,046 (634 away) Referee: David Coote

14 February 2023 31	Queens Park Rangers	0–3	Sunderland	Shepherd's Bush
19:45 GMT	Field 63' Chair 67' Lowe 71' Dozzell 72' Johansen 82' Paal 89' Dunne 90+1'	Report	O'Nien 34' Clarke 69' 82', 90+2' Roberts 90+1'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,471 (2,621 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

18 February 2023 32	Sunderland	1–1	Bristol City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Clarke 59' O'Nien 82'	Report	Wells 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 38,685 (1,100 away) Referee: Gavin Ward

21 February 2023 33	Rotherham United	2–1	Sunderland	Rotherham
19:45 GMT	Rathbone 19' Hugill 37' Ferguson 56' Coventry 82'	Report	Cirkin 40' Gelhardt 61'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 10,522 (2,200 away) Referee: Chris Kavanagh

25 February 2023 34	Coventry City	2–1	Sunderland	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Allen 25' Palmer 39' Eccles 45+2' Wilson 86' Gyökeres 89'	Report	Neil 23' Diallo 45+2', 90+4'	Stadium: CBS Arena Attendance: 21,437 (3,000 away) Referee: Dean Whitestone

4 March 2023 35	Sunderland	1–5	Stoke City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Neil 21' Pritchard 62'	Report	Laurent 41' Pearson 45+1' Laurent 52' Campbell 53', 57' Gayle 68', 76'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 43,064 (1,200 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

12 March 2023 36	Norwich City	0–1	Sunderland	Norwich
12:00 GMT	Pukki 32' Núñez 50'	Report	Ba 15' Neil 63' Hume 64' Batth 71' Gooch 85' Ekwah 90+1'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,728 (1,900 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

15 March 2023 37	Sunderland	1–2	Sheffield United	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Hume 27' Michut 30' 71' Ballard 90+4'	Report	Robinson 20' Lowe 24' Doyle 35' 61' McAtee 45+1' Ahmedhodzic 55'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 37,490 (1,700 away) Referee: Matt Donohue

18 March 2023 38	Sunderland	1–1	Luton Town	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Diallo 86' (pen.)	Report	Lockyer 31' Doughty 51' Woodrow 81' Adebayo 81' Morris 90+1'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 37,579 (900 away) Referee: Scott Oldham

31 March 2023 39	Burnley	0–0	Sunderland	Burnley
20:00 BST	Cullen 53' Maatsen 58'	Report		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 21,462 (2,300 away) Referee: Jarred Gillett

7 April 2023 40	Sunderland	4–4	Hull City	Sunderland
17:30 BST	Gelhardt 21' Diallo 22', 73' (pen.) Clarke 81'	Report	Tufan 11', 90+8' (pen.) Sayyadmanesh 25' 34' Slater 66' Elder 83'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,677 (1,895 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

10 April 2023 41	Cardiff City	0–1	Sunderland	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Ng 59' Kipré 75' Etete 76' Rinomhota 81'	Report	Cirkin 60' Neil 84'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,365 (2,695 away) Referee: Thomas Bramall

15 April 2023 42	Sunderland	2–1	Birmingham City	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Cirkin 16' 78' Hume 45+3' Diallo 75'	Report	Hall 29' Colin 70'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 39,659 (1,895 away) Referee: Stephen Martin

18 April 2023 43	Sunderland	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Neil 14' Gelhardt 35' Batth 87' Clarke 90+3'	Report	Headley 47' Koroma 59' Kasumu 67'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 37,065 (850 away) Referee: Leigh Doughty

22 April 2023 43	West Bromwich Albion	1–2	Sunderland	West Bromwich
12:00 BST	Molumby 24' Yokuşlu 37' Swift 45+1' (pen.), 50'	Report	Cirkin 51', 84' Gelhardt 70' O'Nien 78' Gooch 82'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,764 (2,200 away) Referee: John Busby

29 April 2023 45	Sunderland	2–2	Watford	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Clarke 65' O'Nien 70', 78' Diallo 84' Roberts 90+5'	Report	Choudhury 10' Kabasele 17' Porteous 19', 69' Davis 65'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 44,944 (473 away) Referee: Gavin Ward

6 May 2023 46	Preston North End	0–3	Sunderland	Preston
15:00 BST	Storey 4' Ledson 84'	Report	Diallo 54' Pritchard 61' Clarke 65'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 21,177 (5,714 away) Referee: Robert Madley

Play-offs

Sunderland finished 6th in the regular 2022–23 EFL Championship season, so were drawn against 3rd placed Luton Town in the Play-off Semi Final. The first leg took place at the Stadium of Light and the second leg took place at Kenilworth Road.

13 May 2023 Semi-final, First leg	Sunderland	2–1	Luton Town	Sunderland
17:30 BST	Neil 16' O'Nien 30' Diallo 39', 84' Hume 63'	Report	Adebayo 11' Nakamba 29' Mpanzu 38' Doughty 73' Clark 77'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 46,060 Referee: Tim Robinson

16 May 2023 Semi-final, Second leg	Luton Town	2–0	Sunderland	Luton
20:00 BST	Osho 10' Clark 18' Lockyer 43' Ruddock 90+4'	Report	O'Nien 30' Alese 90+5'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 10,013 Referee: Simon Hooper

FA Cup

The Black Cats were drawn away to Shrewsbury Town in the third round[64] and to Fulham in the fourth round.[65]

7 January 2023 (2023-01-07) Third round	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Sunderland	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Pennington 81' Shipley 90'	Report	Roberts 20' Stewart 90+2' O'Nien 90+4'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 6,309 (1,600 away) Referee: Matt Donohue

28 January 2023 Fourth round	Fulham	1–1	Sunderland	Fulham
15:00 GMT	Wilson 45+4' Cairney 61' Kurzawa 63'	Report	Clarke 6' Alese 43' Batth 75'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 22,905 (6,112 away) Referee: Michael Salisbury

8 February 2023 Fourth round replay	Sunderland	2–3	Fulham	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Clarke 77' Bennette 90'	Report	Wilson 8' Duffy 55' Pereira 59' Kurzawa 82'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 29,651 (430 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

EFL Cup

Sunderland were drawn away to Sheffield Wednesday in the first round.[66]

10 August 2022 First round	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Sunderland	Owlerton
19:45 BST	Adeniran 16' Sow 56' Bakinson 68'	Report	Winchester 11'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 8,412 Referee: Tom Reeves

Player statistics

Appearance summary

As of match(es) played on 20 March 2023

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Anthony Patterson	40	0	38+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
12	GK	ENG	Alex Bass	2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
Defenders
2	DF	WAL	Niall Huggins	2	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Dennis Cirkin	22	2	16+6	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	NIR	Daniel Ballard	22	0	18+1	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Danny Batth	37	0	34+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF	AUS	Bailey Wright	16	0	6+8	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
32	DF	NIR	Trai Hume	24	0	15+5	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
42	DF	ENG	Aji Alese	23	1	17+3	1	2+0	0	1+0	0
45	DF	ENG	Joe Anderson	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	NIR	Corry Evans	24	0	22+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	GER	Leon Dajaku	9	0	2+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Elliot Embleton	24	2	13+10	2	0+0	0	1+0	0
10	MF	ENG	Patrick Roberts	38	4	23+11	4	3+0	0	1+0	0
11	MF	USA	Lynden Gooch	22	1	19+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	MF	ENG	Luke O'Nien	37	2	28+6	1	1+1	1	1+0	0
15	MF	NIR	Carl Winchester	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	MF	CIV	Amad Diallo	32	9	20+9	9	3+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	FRA	Abdoullah Ba	25	1	6+16	1	2+1	0	0+0	0
19	MF	CRC	Jewison Bennette	18	2	0+15	1	1+2	1	0+0	0
20	MF	ENG	Jack Clarke	40	9	36+1	7	2+1	2	0+0	0
21	MF	ENG	Alex Pritchard	33	2	24+8	2	0+1	0	0+0	0
22	MF	FRA	Isaac Lihadji	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	ENG	Jack Diamond	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
24	MF	ENG	Dan Neil	40	2	35+2	2	3+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	FRA	Edouard Michut	20	1	10+7	1	3+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Jay Matete	9	0	1+7	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
29	MF	ENG	Harrison Sohna	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
31	MF	ENG	Chris Rigg	3	0	0+0	0	0+3	0	0+0	0
33	MF	ENG	Michael Spellman	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
34	MF	ENG	Caden Kelly	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
39	MF	FRA	Pierre Ekwah	9	0	0+7	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ENG	Ellis Simms	17	7	14+3	7	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	SCO	Ross Stewart	15	11	12+1	10	1+1	1	0+0	0
28	FW	ENG	Joe Gelhardt	10	1	10+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goals record

As of match(es) played on 20 March 2023

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	Total
1	14	ST	Ross Stewart	10	1	11
2	16	RW	Amad Diallo	9	0	9
2	20	LW	Jack Clarke	7	2	9
3	9	ST	Ellis Simms	7	0	7
4	10	RW	Patrick Roberts	4	0	4
5	21	AM	Alex Pritchard	3	0	3
6	3	LB	Dennis Cirkin	2	0	2
	8	AM	Elliot Embleton	2	0	2
	13	CM	Luke O'Nien	1	1	2
	19	LW	Jewison Bennette	1	1	2
	24	CM	Dan Neil	2	0	2
7	11	AM	Lynden Gooch	1	0	1
	17	CM	Abdoullah Ba	1	0	1
	25	CM	Edouard Michut	1	0	1
	28	ST	Joe Gelhardt	1	0	1
	42	CB	Aji Alese	1	0	1
Total				53	5	58

Penalties record

As of match(es) played on 20 March 2023

Excludes penalties taken during Penalty shoot-outs.


Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total		Conversion Ratio
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Scored Y	Missed N	Scored Y	Missed N	Scored Y	Missed N	Scored Y	Missed N	Conversion Ratio
1	14		ST	Ross Stewart	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	67%
1	16		RW	Amad Diallo	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	100%
Total					4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	80%

Assists record

As of match(es) played on 20 March 2023

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	Total
1	20	LW	Jack Clarke	6	1	7
2	10	RW	Patrick Roberts	5	0	5
3	21	AM	Alex Pritchard	4	0	4
3	24	CM	Dan Neil	4	0	4
4	14	ST	Ross Stewart	3	0	3
4	16	RW	Amad Diallo	3	1	4
5	8	AM	Elliot Embleton	2	0	2
	9	ST	Ellis Simms	2	0	2
	11	AM	Lynden Gooch	2	0	2
	28	ST	Joe Gelhardt	2	0	2
	32	RB	Trai Hume	2	0	2
6	1	GK	Anthony Patterson	1	0	1
	3	LB	Dennis Cirkin	1	0	1
	5	CB	Daniel Ballard	1	0	1
	6	CB	Danny Batth	1	0	1
	13	CM	Luke O'Nien	1	0	1
	17	CM	Abdoullah Ba	1	0	1
	19	LW	Jewison Bennette	1	0	1
	42	CB	Aji Alese	0	1	1
Total				41	3	44

Disciplinary record

As of match(es) played on 20 March 2023

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			EFL Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	13		CM	Luke O'Nien	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1
2	4		CM	Corry Evans	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
2	20		LW	Jack Clarke	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
3	3		LB	Dennis Cirkin	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	6		CB	Danny Batth	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	11		AM	Lynden Gooch	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	24		CM	Dan Neil	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1
4	8		AM	Elliot Embleton	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
4	32		RB	Trai Hume	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
5	10		RW	Patrick Roberts	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	21		AM	Alex Pritchard	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	27		CM	Jay Matete	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
6	5		CB	Daniel Ballard	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
6	25		CM	Edouard Michut	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
7	16		RW	Amad Diallo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	19		LW	Jewison Bennette	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	26		CB	Bailey Wright	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	42		CB	Aji Alese	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	1		GK	Anthony Patterson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	2		RB	Niall Huggins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	15		CM	Carl Winchester	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	17		CM	Abdoullah Ba	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	39		CM	Pierre Ekwah	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					80	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	83	0	3

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[35] On 31 December, Simms was recalled back to Everton

[41] On 31 December, Taylor was recalled back by Sunderland

[44] On 30 March, Diamond's loan at Lincoln City was terminated

[1] "Alex Neil leaves Sunderland". Sunderland AFC. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.

[2] "Tony Mowbray: Sunderland appoint former West Brom and Blackburn manager as boss". BBC Sport. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

[3] "SAFC sign Daniel Ballard". Sunderland AFC. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[RetainedList-4] "2022-23: Retained list confirmed". Sunderland AFC. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

[5] "Spellman signs on Wearside". Sunderland AFC. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

[6] "Jack Clarke signs four-year deal". Sunderland AFC. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.

[7] "Alese arrives from West Ham United" (in Arabic). Sunderland AFC. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[QuarterSign-8] "Young quartet sign for the Lads". Sunderland AFC. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[9] "Alex Bass signs for SAFC". Sunderland AFC. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

[PyeChiabi-10] "Pye and Chiabi complete moves". Sunderland AFC. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[11] "Jewison Bennette signs for SAFC". Sunderland AFC. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

[12] "Abdoullah Ba joins SAFC". Sunderland AFC. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.

[13] "Pierre Ekwah signs for Sunderland". Sunderland AFC. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

[14] "Isaac Lihadji joins SAFC". Sunderland AFC. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.

[15] "Joe Anderson arrives from Everton". Sunderland AFC. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[16] "Timur Tutierov completes SAFC move". Sunderland AFC. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

[17] "Patrick Almond Signs Dual Registration". Shildon AFC. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

[18] "Keeper Lee Burge Becomes Fourth New Addition Of The Summer". Northampton Town FC. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

[19] "Cieran signs on at Balmoral stadium". Cove Rangers FC. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

[20] "Welcome Ugonna". BowersPitseaFC Twitter. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[21] "Will Grigg comes home". Milton Keynes Dons FC. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

[22] "Broadfield United - Nicky Gyimah". Broadfields United FC. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

[23] "Will Harris signs". Gateshead FC. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.

[24] "Welcome to Whitley Bay Sam". WhitleyBayFC Twitter. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

[25] "Aiden McGeady joins Hibernian F.C." Hibernian FC. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.

[26] "Goalkeeper Jack McIntyre signs on at Inver". Larne FC. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

[27] "Kenton Richardson signs". Gateshead FC. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[28] "Vinnie Steels signs for Shildon". Shildon AFC. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

[29] "Wearne is a Mariner!". Grimsby Town FC. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.

[30] "Wilding Joins Pitmen". Hednesford Town FC. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

[Wycombe_Wanderers_FC-31] "Jordan joins. Welcome to Wycombe, Jordan". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[32] "Neuer Innenver-Teidiger Fur Den FC Vaduz". FC Vaduz. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

[33] "Trio link up with U21s". Stoke City FC. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[34] "Jordan Willis leaves SAFC". Sunderland AFC. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

[36] "Ellis Simms signs for SAFC". Sunderland AFC. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.

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