2022–23 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United FC
2022–23 season
ChairmanRobbie Cowling
Head CoachWayne Brown
(until 18 September)[1]
Matt Bloomfield
(between 30 September – 21 February)[2][3]
Ben Garner
(from 2 March)[4]
StadiumColchester Community Stadium
League Two20th
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupSecond round
EFL TrophySecond round

The 2022–23 season is the 86th season in the existence of Colchester United Football Club and the club's seventh consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the league, they also competed in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

Transfers

In

Date Pos Player Transferred from Fee Ref
28 June 2022 GK Sam Hornby Bradford City Undisclosed [5]
1 July 2022[a] RW Alex Newby Rochdale Free Transfer [6]
14 July 2022 CM Ossama Ashley West Ham United Free Transfer [7]
3 August 2022 GK Kieran O'Hara Fleetwood Town Free Transfer [8]
7 September 2022 LB Lion Bello Crystal Palace Free Transfer [9]
5 October 2022 LB Jayden Fevrier West Ham United Free Transfer [10]
3 January 2023 CM Arthur Read Stevenage Undisclosed [11]
4 January 2023 CB Fiacre Kelleher Bradford City Undisclosed [12]
7 January 2023 CB Connor Hall Port Vale Undisclosed [13]
9 January 2023 SS Matt Jay Exeter City Undisclosed [14]
16 January 2023 LW Oscar Thorn Norwich City Undisclosed [15]
26 January 2023 CF Tom Hopper Lincoln City Undisclosed [16]
27 January 2023 RB Will Greenidge West Ham United Free Transfer [17]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 28 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Rochdale contract expired

Out

Date Pos Player Transferred to Fee Ref
21 June 2022 CM Brendan Wiredu Fleetwood Town Undisclosed [18]
30 June 2022 CM Sam Cornish Wingate & Finchley Released [19][20]
30 June 2022 AM Diogo Freitas Gouveia Hitchin Town Released [19][21]
30 June 2022 CB Camron Gbadebo Unattached Released [19]
30 June 2022 GK Dean Gerken Retired — [19]
30 June 2022 AM Andre Hasanally St Neots Town Released [19][22]
30 June 2022 RW Bryan Ifeanyi Aveley Released [19][23]
30 June 2022 MF Emmanuel Martins Unattached Released [19]
30 June 2022 CF Thomas Stagg Billericay Town Released [19][24]
30 June 2022 RB Miles Welch-Hayes Harrogate Town Released [19][25]
23 July 2022 GK Shamal George Livingston Undisclosed [26]
1 January 2023 RB Cameron Coxe Boreham Wood Undisclosed [27]
17 March 2023 CF Frank Nouble Torquay United Released [28][29]
12 May 2023 DM Cole Skuse Retired — [30]

Loans in

Date Pos Player Loaned from On loan until Ref
12 August 2022 DM Charlie Owens Queens Park Rangers 7 January 2023 [31]
26 August 2022 RM Daniel Chesters West Ham United 6 January 2023[a] [32][33]
30 August 2022 LW Beryly Lubala Blackpool 3 January 2023[b] [34][35]
1 September 2022 CF Kwesi Appiah Crawley Town End of Season [36]
1 September 2022 CM Matty Longstaff Newcastle United 1 January 2023[c] [37][38]
1 January 2023 LB Connor Wood Leyton Orient End of Season [39]
30 January 2023 GK Tom Smith Arsenal End of Season [40]
  1. ^ On 6 January, Chesters returned to West Ham
  2. ^ On 3 January, Lubala's loan was cut-short and he returned to Blackpool
  3. ^ On 1 January, Longstaff returned to Newcastle due to a serious knee injury.

Loans out

Date Pos Player Loaned to On loan until Ref
4 August 2022 CF Jake Hutchinson Eastbourne Borough 1 January 2023 [41]
12 August 2022 CF Bradley Ihionvien Maldon & Tiptree 1 January 2023 [42]
12 August 2022 LM Harvey Sayer Maldon & Tiptree 1 January 2023 [42]
26 August 2022 GK Ted Collins Potters Bar Town 26 September 2022 [43]
30 September 2022 CB Frankie Terry Chelmsford City End of Season[a] [44][45]
10 October 2022 CF Kaan Bennett Needham Market 10 November 2022 [46]
13 October 2022 RB Cameron Coxe Boreham Wood 1 January 2023 [47]
3 January 2023 CF Jake Hutchinson Aldershot Town End of Season [48]
26 January 2023 CB Tom Eastman Harrogate Town End of Season [49]
27 January 2023 LB Ryan Clampin Dundee End of Season [50]
31 January 2023 LM Luke Hannant Dundee End of Season [51]
2 February 2023 AM Chay Cooper St Albans City End of Season [52]
15 February 2023 CM Gene Kennedy Braintree Town 15 March 2023 [53]
17 February 2023 LM Harvey Sayer Stowmarket Town 17 March 2023 [54]
  1. ^ On 10 January, Terry's loan at Chelmsford was extended until end of the season

Pre-season and friendlies

A match with Potters Bar Town was confirmed on 20 May.[55] The U's announced their first pre-season friendly against Southend United at home.[56] On June 10, Colchester revealed three more pre-season matches.[57] A behind-closed-doors friendly with Reading was next to be confirmed.[58] A further home friendly against Charlton Athletic was added to the schedule in July.[59] Wayne Brown would also take an XI side to face Chelmsford City.[60]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 July 2022 Friendly Reading 2–0 Colchester United Finchampstead
TBA BST 4' (o.g.)
Méïté 17' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Hogwood Park Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
5 July 2022 Friendly Swansea City 0–2 Colchester United Upper Killay
14:00 BST Report Hannant ?'
Nouble ?'		 Stadium: Fairwood Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
5 July 2022 Friendly Swansea City 1–0 Colchester United Upper Killay
15:30 BST Latibeaudiere ?' Report Stadium: Fairwood Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
6 July 2022 Friendly Bath City 1–3 Colchester United Bath
19:00 BST Spokes 10' Report Trialist 45'
Hutchinson 52'
Hannant 90+3'		 Stadium: Twerton Park
9 July 2022 Friendly Tottenham Hotspur U21s 1–0 Colchester United Enfield
13:00 BST Mathurin 66' Report Stadium: Hotspur Way Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed doors)
12 July 2022 Friendly Colchester United 2–4 Charlton Athletic Colchester
19:30 BST Sears ?'
Smith ?'		 Report Gilbey ?'
Leaburn ?'
Morgan ?'
Judge ?' (o.g.)		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
15 July 2022 Friendly Colchester United 0–1 Millwall Colchester
19:30 BST Report Cooper 45+2' Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
19 July 2022 Friendly Colchester United 2–2 Southend United Colchester
19:30 BST Sears 23'
Akinde 90+2'		 Report Mooney 71'
Miley 85'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
20 July 2022 Friendly Chelmsford City 0–3 Colchester United XI Chelmsford
19:45 BST Report Tovide 62'
Marshall 72'
Ashley 83'		 Stadium: Melbourne Stadium
23 July 2022 Friendly Ebbsfleet United 2–2 Colchester United Northfleet
15:00 BST Bingham 42', 60' Report Chilvers 12'
Sears 67'		 Stadium: Stonebridge Road

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
League Two August 2022 May 2023 Matchday 1 9 1 3 5 7 13 −6 011.11
FA Cup TBC TBC Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
EFL Cup August 2022 August 2022 First round 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 050.00
EFL Trophy September 2022 TBC Group stage 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
Total 12 3 3 6 10 16 −6 025.00

Last updated: pre-season
Source: [ Soccerway]

League Two

Main article: 2022–23 EFL League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
17 Gillingham 46 14 13 19 36 49 −13 55
18 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 7 23 46 65 −19 55
19 Harrogate Town 46 12 16 18 59 68 −9 52
20 Colchester United 46 12 13 21 44 51 −7 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 46 11 15 20 48 60 −12 48
22 Crawley Town 46 11 13 22 48 71 −23 46
23 Hartlepool United (R) 46 9 16 21 52 78 −26 43 Relegation to National League
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]
(R) Relegated

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 12 13 21 44 51  −7 49 6 9 8 25 23  +2 6 4 13 19 28  −9

Last updated: 29 April 2023.
Source: [ Soccerway]

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445
GroundAHAHHAHAHHAHAAHHAAHAAAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHA
ResultLDLWLLDDLLLWLLDDLLWLLWLWWWLDWDWDLLLLDDDDWWDWL
Position151420151820202121212120222323242424222223222221201919181717161618191920212121212020201920
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 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]

30 July 2022 1 Northampton Town 3–2 Colchester United Sixfields
15:00 BST Hoskins 27', 74' (pen.)
McWilliams  55'
Haynes 89'		 Report Sears 42' (pen.)
Hannant  72'
Coxe  73'
Nouble  76'
Chilvers 79',  83'		 Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium
Attendance: 5,463
Referee: Martin Woods
6 August 2022 2 Colchester United 1–1 Carlisle United Colchester
15:00 BST Chilvers 19' Report Dennis 44'
Back  74'
Barclay  82'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,137
Referee: James Oldham
13 August 2022 3 Stockport County 1–0 Colchester United Edgeley
15:00 BST Wootton 67' Report Chilvers  21'
Marshall  65'		 Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 7,826
Referee: David Rock
16 August 2022 4 Colchester United 1–0 Bradford City Colchester
19:45 BST Eastman 90+7' Report Platt  44'
Angol  74'
Halliday  78'
Cook  90+2'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,011
Referee: Carl Brook
20 August 2022 5 Colchester United 1–3 Leyton Orient Colchester
15:00 BST Chilvers 90+6' Report Chambers 16' (o.g.)
James  70'
Thompson  72'
Archibald  76', 77'
Kelman 90'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,340
Referee: Thomas Kirk
27 August 2022 (2022-08-27) 6 Tranmere Rovers 2–0 Colchester United Birkenhead
15:00 BST Hawkes 4'
Byrne  19'
Burton 83'		 Report Tchamadeu  73' Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 5,041
Referee: Rebecca Welch
3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 7 Colchester United 1–1 Hartlepool United Colchester
15:00 BST Marshall-Miranda  8'
Longstaff  71'
Lubala 90+4'		 Report McDonald 29'
Tumilty  54'
Crawford  72'
Paterson  83'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 2,983
Referee: Thomas Parsons
10 September 2022 (2022-09-10) Barrow Postponed Colchester United Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST Stadium: Holker Street
Note: Fixture was postponed as a mark of respect following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.[63]
13 September 2022 8 Walsall 1–1 Colchester United Bescot
19:45 BST Comley  16'
Hutchinson  21'
Knowles 61'		 Report Nouble 2'
Appiah  22'
Eastman  30'
Coxe  43'
Lubala  49'		 Stadium: Poundland Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 4,327
Referee: Carl Boyeson
17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 9 Colchester United 0–1 Grimsby Town Colchester
15:00 BST Longstaff  36' Report Efete  42'
Clifton 63'
Kiernan  78'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,167
Referee: Sunny Gill
24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 10 Colchester United 0–1 Rochdale Colchester
15:00 BST O'Hara  22'
Dallison  51'
Sears 90+1		 Report Rodney 23' (pen.)
Ball  37'
Odoh  87'
Seriki  90+5'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 2,784
Referee: Tom Nield
1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 11 AFC Wimbledon 2–1 Colchester United Wimbledon
15:00 BST Davison 47' 66' (pen.)  90+1'
Assal  72'
Ogundere  87'
Kalambayi  90+5'
Chislett  90+6'		 Report Appiah 18'
Tchamadeu  31'
Hannant  40'
Skuse  90+1'		 Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium
Attendance: 7,328
Referee: Tom Reeves
8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 12 Colchester United 2–1 Harrogate Town Colchester
15:00 BST Appiah 8'
Nouble 37'
Skuse  52'
Chambers  82'
Lubala  90+1'		 Report Mattock  37'
Falkingham  48'
Pattison 57'
Burrell  74'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 2,750
Referee: Craig Hicks
15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 13 Swindon Town 1–0 Colchester United Swindon
15:00 BST Shade 64'
Gladwin  88'		 Report Marshall-Miranda  37'
Tchamadeu  45+1'		 Stadium: The County Ground
Attendance: 8,632
Referee: Andy Haines
22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 14 Newport County 1–0 Colchester United Newport
15:00 BST Evans 7' Report Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,994
Referee: Andrew Kitchen
25 October 2022 (2022-10-25) 15 Colchester United 2–2 Crawley Town Colchester
19:45 BST Tchamadeu  18' 62'
Newby 20'		 Report Hessenthaler  32'
Nadesan 45'  45+6'
Tilley 46'
Tsaroulla  81'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 2,931
Referee: Paul Howard
29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 16 Colchester United 1–1 Stevenage Colchester
15:00 BST Marshall-Miranda 6'  72' Report Rose 17'
Piergianni  76'
James-Wildin  86'
Earley  90+2'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,486
Referee: Ben Speedie
1 November 2022 (2022-11-01) 17 Barrow 3–1 Colchester United Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 GMT Waters 22', 25', 46'
Farman  84'
Moyo  89'		 Report Sears 90+1'
Tchamadeu  90+5'		 Stadium: Furness Building Society Stadium
Attendance: 3,224
Referee: Darren Bond
12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 18 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Colchester United Crewe
15:00 GMT Offord  34'
Agyei 80'
Uwakwe  90+2'		 Report Ashley  10'
Nouble  66'
Hannant  72'		 Stadium: Mornflake Stadium
Attendance: 3,814
Referee: Thomas Parsons
19 November 2022 (2022-11-19) 19 Colchester United 3–0 Doncaster Rovers Colchester
15:00 GMT Hannant  23' 89'
Newby 45+1'
Tovide 59'
Ashley  82'
Tchamadeu  85'		 Report Hurst  11'
Long  45'
Anderson  88'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,607
Referee: Tom Nield
3 December 2022 (2022-12-03) 20 Mansfield Town 2–1 Colchester United Mansfield
15:00 GMT Hawkins  29'
Swan 34',  67'
Akins 90+2'		 Report Newby 10'
Chambers  85'
Dallison  90+4'		 Stadium: One Call Stadium
Attendance: 5,918
Referee: Ross Joyce
10 December 2022 (2022-12-10) 21 Sutton United 1–0 Colchester United Sutton
15:00 GMT Milsom 45+9' (pen.)
Boldewijn  67'
Randall  69'
Kizzi  90+5'		 Report Smith  18'
Ashley  45+1'  52'
Tchamadeu  69'
Tovide  90+5'		 Stadium: VBS Community Stadium
Attendance: 2,528
Referee: Peter Wright
17 December 2022 (2022-12-17) Colchester United Postponed Salford City Colchester
15:00 GMT Stadium: JobServe Community Stadion
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[64]
26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) 22 Gillingham 0–1 Colchester United Gillingham
15:00 GMT Ehmer  45+2'
Tutonda  68'
Kashket  90+10'		 Report Tchamadeu 26'
Tovide  45+2'		 Stadium: Priestfield
Attendance: 4,962
Referee: Sam Purkiss
29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) 23 Colchester United 1–2 AFC Wimbledon Colchester
19:45 GMT Chambers  11'
Tovide  36'
Akinde  41', 51' (pen.)		 Report Currie  23'
Tzanev  51'
Davison 67'
Chislett 89'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,025
Referee: Lee Swabey
1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) 24 Colchester United 1–0 Swindon Town Colchester
15:00 GMT Hannant 30',  74'
Ashley  70'
Fevrier  90+2'		 Report Khan  76'
MacDonald  84'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,599
Referee: Carl Brook
7 January 2023 (2023-01-07) 25 Harrogate Town 1–3 Colchester United Harrogate
15:00 GMT Ramsay  7'
Thomson  60'
Armstrong 77'		 Report Akinde 12'
Chilvers 17',  50'
Chambers  45+5'
Tchamadeu 54'
Smith  90'		 Stadium: The EnviroVent Stadium
Attendance: 2,144
Referee: Darren Handley
14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 26 Rochdale 1–2 Colchester United Spotland
15:00 GMT Rodney 36'
White  63'
Diagouraga  90+4'		 Report Tchamadeu 26'
Jay  67'
Skuse 87'		 Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 2,360
Referee: Martin Coy
21 January 2023 (2023-01-21) 27 Colchester United 0–2 Gillingham Colchester
15:00 GMT Akinde  61' Report Williams  27'
Tutonda 36',  68'
Nichols 45+3'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 5,435
Referee: Alan Young
24 January 2023 (2023-01-24) 28 Colchester United 1–1 Salford City Colchester
19:45 GMT Kelleher 63' Report McAleny 49' Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 2,748
Referee: Paul Howard
28 January 2023 29 Hartlepool United 1–2 Colchester United Hartlepool
15:00 Pruti  13'
Featherstone  79'
Sterry 82'		 Report Kelleher 5'
Sterry 87' (o.g.)
Tchamadeu  90+1'		 Stadium: The Suit Direct Stadium
Attendance: 4,105
Referee: Simon Mather
4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 30 Colchester United 1–1 Barrow Colchester
15:00 GMT Akinde 66',  90+3'
Ashley  75'
Hopper  76'
Appiah 90+6'		 Report Feely  46'
Whitfield 57'
Farman  66'
Garner  73'
Foley  74'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,203
Referee: Ben Speedie
11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 31 Grimsby Town 0–1 Colchester United Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Waterfall  45' Report Hopper 32'
Wood  45+4'
O'Hara  78'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 6,462
Referee: David Rock
14 February 2023 (2023-02-14) 32 Colchester United 0–0 Walsall Colchester
19:45 GMT Tchamadeu  58'
Tovide  84'		 Report Daniels  62' Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 2,577
Referee: Sam Allison
18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) 33 Carlisle United 1–0 Colchester United Carlisle
15:00 GMT McCalmont 4' Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,550 (148 away)
Referee: Neil Hair
25 February 2023 34 Colchester United 0–1 Northampton Town Colchester
15:00 GMT Kelleher  20'
Read  81'
Tovide  84'		 Report Leonard  30'
Magloire  35'
McGowan  38'
Appéré 41'
Hoskins  73'
King  90+3'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,730
Referee: Sunny Gill
5 March 2023 35 Bradford City 2–0 Colchester United Bradford
15:00 GMT Walker  44'
Halliday  71'
Ridehalgh  90+2'
Cook 90+3'
Banks 90+6'		 Report Read  90+2' Stadium: University of Bradford Stadium
Attendance: 20,383 (345 away)
Referee: Tom Reeves
11 March 2023 36 Colchester United 0–1 Stockport County Colchester
15:00 GMT Kelleher  47'
Huws  78'		 Report Wootton 37'
Olaofe  87'
Johnson  89'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,530 (473 away)
Referee: Declan Bourne
18 March 2023 37 Leyton Orient 2–2 Colchester United Leyton
15:00 GMT Moncur 33' (pen.)
Turns  50'
Sotiriou 68'
Vigouroux  78'
Drinan  90+5'		 Report Hopper  17'
Tchamadeu  32'
Hall 89'
Chilvers 90+2'		 Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 8,684
Referee: Ross Joyce
25 March 2023 38 Colchester United 1–1 Tranmere Rovers Colchester
15:00 GMT Tovide  51'
Newby  59'
Chilvers 65' (pen.)
Tchamadeu  76'
Read  86'
Kelleher  90'		 Report Saunders 13',  89'
Mumbongo  39'
Davies  56'
Hendry  59'
Dacres-Cogley  64'
Murphy  64'
Turnbull  70'
Bristow  75'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,420
Referee: Carl Boyeson
1 April 2023 39 Colchester United 0–0 Newport County Colchester
15:00 BST Tchamadeu  37'
Tovide  42'		 Report McNeill  26'
Moriah-Welsh  88'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,086 (174 away)
Referee: Martin Woods
7 April 2023 40 Stevenage 1–1 Colchester United Stevenage
15:00 BST Gilbey 47'
Vancooten  80'
James-Wildin  83'		 Report Read  10'
Hall 18'
Chambers  90+8'		 Stadium: The Lamex Stadium
Attendance: 4,763 (624 away)
Referee: James Oldham
10 April 2023 41 Colchester United 4–0 Crewe Alexandra Colchester
15:00 BST Akinde 24', 28'
Kelleher  30'
Chilvers 40'
Tovide 55'		 Report Tabiner  10'
Adebisi  39'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,158 (188 away)
Referee: Will Finnie
15 April 2023 42 Salford City 0–1 Colchester United Kersal
15:00 BST McAleny  45'
Vassell  62'
Hendry  90+4'		 Report Chilvers 22'
Tovide  56'
Ashley  63'
Hall  85'		 Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium
Attendance: 2,333 (223 away)
Referee: Andy Haines
18 April 2023 43 Crawley Town 0–0 Colchester United Crawley
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,894 (445 away)
Referee: James Bell
22 April 2023 44 Colchester United 4–1 Sutton United Colchester
15:00 BST Chambers 19'
Akinde 26'
Tchamadeu 41'
Chilvers 63'		 Report Ajiboye 11'
Boldewijn  66'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,851 (275 away)
Referee: Carl Brook
29 April 2023 45 Doncaster Rovers 1–0 Colchester United Doncaster
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium
Attendance: 5,928 (413 away)
Referee: Sunny Gill
8 May 2023 46 Colchester United 0–2 Mansfield Town Colchester
12:30 BST Report Harbottle 45+2'
Gale 90+7'		 Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 6,910
Referee: Ben Speedie

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

The U's were drawn away to Newport County in the first round.[65]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) First round Newport County 2–0 Colchester United Newport
15:00 GMT O'Hara 28' (o.g.)
Waite  31'
Lewis 76'		 Report Clampin  55' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,377
Referee: Bobby Madden

EFL Cup

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Colchester were drawn away to Ipswich Town in the first round and at home to Brentford in the second round.[66][67]

9 August 2022 First round Ipswich Town 0–1 Colchester United Ipswich
19:45 BST Woolfenden  90+5' Report Hannant 29',  77'
Skuse  38'
Ashley  57'
Tchamadeu  77'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 11,654
Referee: Sam Purkiss
23 August 2022 Second round Colchester United 0–2 Brentford Colchester
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 5,516
Referee: James Linington

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Trophy

On 21 June, the initial group stage draw was made, grouping Colchester United with Charlton Athletic and Gillingham.[68] Three days later, Brighton & Hove Albion U21s joined Southern Group A.[69] In the second round, Colchester were drawn at home to Bristol Rovers.[70]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Colchester United 3 2 0 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Charlton Athletic 3 2 0 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3 L2 Gillingham 3 1 1 0 1 4 6 −2 5
4 ACA Brighton & Hove Albion U21 3 0 0 0 3 4 7 −3 0
Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

6 September 2022 Group stage Colchester United 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion U21s Colchester
19:45 BST Nouble 80'
Sears 87'		 Report Moran 43',  61' Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 479
Referee: Alan Young
4 October 2022 Group stage Colchester United 2–1 Charlton Athletic Colchester
19:45 BST Lubala  55'
Chilvers  63'
Eastman 86'
Akinde 90+1'		 Report Morgan 17'  21'
Clare  45+1'
Payne 76'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 880
Referee: Lee Swabey
11 October 2022 Group stage Gillingham 1–1
(5–4 p)		 Colchester United Gillingham
19:45 BST Baggott  16'
Walker 43'  65'
Kashket  60'
Jefferies  77'		 Report Lubala  23'
Akinde 45'		 Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 828
Referee: Sam Allison
Penalties
Walker
Adelakun
Wright
Kashket
Chambers
Green 		Longstaff
Nouble
Newby
Tchamadeu
Chilvers
Marshall-Miranda
22 November 2022 (2022-11-22) Second round Colchester United 1–2 Bristol Rovers Colchester
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 669
Referee: Thomas Kirk

See also

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