2022–23 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale AFC
2022–23 season
ChairmanSimon Gauge
ManagerRobbie Stockdale
(until 18 August)[1]
Jim Bentley
(until 27 March) [2]
Jimmy McNulty
(from 27 March)[3]
StadiumSpotland Stadium
League Two24th (relegated to National League)
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupSecond round
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Devante Rodney
All: Devante Rodney

The 2022–23 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 116th in existence and the club's second consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the league, the club also competed in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 8 May 2023
No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two F.A. Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  ENG Richard O'Donnell 44 0 40+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
2 DF  ENG Femi Seriki 35 0 20+9 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 2+1 0
3 DF  IRL Aidy White 15 0 9+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF  SCO Jimmy McNulty 10 0 5+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF  ENG Max Taylor 20 1 19+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
6 DF  ENG Ethan Ebanks-Landell 42 1 37+2 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF  ENG Liam Kelly 39 2 28+6 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 1
8 MF  ENG Jimmy Ball 36 4 22+10 2 1+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 1
9 FW  ENG Luke Charman 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW  ENG D'Mani Mellor 19 0 12+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW  ENG Devante Rodney 45 12 31+9 11 1+0 0 2+0 1 1+1 0
11 MF  ENG Abraham Odoh 51 1 32+13 1 1+0 0 1+1 0 2+1 0
13 MF  IRL Jimmy Keohane 42 3 37+2 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
14 MF  ENG Ethan Brierley 31 3 18+7 2 0+1 0 0+2 0 3+0 1
15 DF  ENG Sam Graham 33 0 21+8 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
16 DF  ENG Ben Nelson 12 0 7+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
16 DF  ENG Rhys Bennett 5 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF  ENG Tyrese Sinclair 38 3 11+21 3 0+1 0 1+1 0 2+1 0
18 FW  ENG Scott Quigley 27 5 20+6 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
19 FW  ENG Tahvon Campbell 8 1 0+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 1
20 MF  FRA Toumani Diagouraga 37 0 26+5 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+2 0
21 FW  ENG Rayhaan Tulloch 14 0 2+7 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 2+1 0
21 GK  ENG Jake Eastwood 7 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 GK  ENG Cieran Slicker 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
22 DF  ENG Owen Dodgson 18 1 18+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF  ENG Cameron John 22 0 16+2 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
25 MF  ENG Danny Lloyd 23 6 20+3 6 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF  ENG Toby Mullarkey 12 0 11+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF  ENG Connor Malley 14 0 2+7 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
28 MF  ENG Kevin Dos Santos 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
33 MF  ENG Oscar Kelly 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 FW  ENG Ian Henderson 50 10 31+13 8 1+0 0 1+1 0 2+1 2
48 FW  ENG Darren Ehimamiegho 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
49 DF  WAL George Nevett 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Goals record

As of 8 May 2023
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1 10 FW Devante Rodney 11 0 1 0 12
2 40 FW Ian Henderson 8 0 0 2 10
3 25 MF Danny Lloyd 6 0 0 0 6
4 18 FW Scott Quigley 5 0 0 0 5
5 8 MF Jimmy Ball 2 0 1 1 4
6 17 MF Tyrese Sinclair 3 0 0 0 3
13 MF Jimmy Keohane 3 0 0 0 3
14 MF Ethan Brierley 2 0 0 1 3
9 7 FW Liam Kelly 1 0 0 1 2
10 19 FW Tahvon Campbell 0 0 0 1 1
11 MF Abraham Odoh 1 0 0 0 1
5 DF Max Taylor 1 0 0 0 1
22 DF Owen Dodgson 1 0 0 0 1
Total 44 0 2 6 52

Disciplinary record

As of 17 April 2023
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
         
1 11 MF Abraham Odoh 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 0
2 6 DF Ethan Ebanks-Landell 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1
3 8 MF Jimmy Ball 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
20 MF Toumani Diagouraga 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
2 DF Fermi Seriki 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
18 FW Scott Quigley 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
7 10 FW Devante Rodney 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
15 DF Sam Graham 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 0
9 1 GK Richard O'Donnell 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
10 16 DF Ben Nelson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
25 MF Danny Lloyd 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
24 DF Cameron John 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
14 MF Ethan Brierley 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
22 DF Owen Dodgson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
15 40 FW Ian Henderson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
17 MF Tyrese Sinclair 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
13 MF Jimmy Keohane 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
26 DF Toby Mullarkey 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
7 FW Liam Kelly 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
20 21 FW Rayhaan Tulloch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 DF Max Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
19 FW Tahvon Campbell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
9 FW D'Mani Mellor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 77 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 85 1 1

Transfers

In

Date Pos Player Transferred from Fee Ref
15 June 2022 RW Devante Rodney Walsall Undisclosed [4]
1 July 2022[a] DM Toumani Diagouraga Morecambe Free Transfer [5]
1 July 2022[b] CB Ethan Ebanks-Landell Shrewsbury Town Free Transfer [6]
1 July 2022[c] LB Cameron John Doncaster Rovers Free Transfer [7]
1 July 2022[d] GK Richard O'Donnell Bradford City Free Transfer [8]
12 July 2022 CF Ian Henderson Salford City Free Transfer [9]
19 July 2022 AM Tyrese Sinclair Mansfield Town Free Transfer [10]
15 August 2022 CM Connor Malley Middlesbrough Free Transfer [11]
9 December 2022 RW Danny Lloyd Gillingham Free Transfer [12]
28 January 2023 CB Rhys Bennett Morecambe Free Transfer [13]
31 January 2023 CB Toby Mullarkey Altrincham Undisclosed [14]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 13 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Morecambe contract expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 13 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Shrewsbury Town contract expired
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 28 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Doncaster Rovers contract expired
  4. ^ The transfer was announced on 18 May, and would become official on July 1, once his Bradford City contract expired

Out

Date Pos Player Transferred to Fee Ref
24 June 2022 CM Conor Grant Milton Keynes Dons Undisclosed [15]
30 June 2022 DF Mikey Caldwell Glossop North End Released [16][17]
30 June 2022[a] LB Max Clark Stevenage Free transfer [18]
30 June 2022 GK Joel Coleman Ipswich Town Released [16][19]
30 June 2022 LB Matt Done Retired [16]
30 June 2022[b] LM Stephen Dooley Harrogate Town Free transfer [20]
30 June 2022 CB Joe Dunne Stafford Rangers Released [16][21]
30 June 2022 MF Ben Kershaw Stoke City Released [16][22]
30 June 2022 DF Jesper Laurence Unattached Released [16]
30 June 2022 GK Jay Lynch Fleetwood Town Released [16][23]
30 June 2022 DM Kacper Mialkowski Glossop North End Released [16][24]
30 June 2022 RW Alex Newby Colchester United Released [16][25]
30 June 2022[c] CB Eoghan O'Connell Charlton Athletic Free transfer [26]
30 June 2022[d] RB Corey O'Keeffe Forest Green Rovers Free transfer [27]
30 June 2022 GK Bradley Wade Hereford Released [16][28]
14 October 2022 CF Luke Charman AFC Fylde Undisclosed [29]
3 January 2023 CM Connor Malley Dundalk Released [30][31]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 16 June, and would become official on July 1, once his contract expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 14 June, and would become official on July 1, once his contract expired
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 20 June, and would become official on July 1, once his contract expired
  4. ^ The transfer was announced on 7 June, and would become official on 1 July, once his contract expired

Loans in

Date Pos Player Loaned from On loan until Ref
15 July 2022 RB Femi Seriki Sheffield United End of Season [32]
28 July 2022 CB Ben Nelson Leicester City 6 January 2023[a] [33][34]
29 July 2022 GK Cieran Slicker Manchester City 11 January 2023[b] [35][36]
8 August 2022 SS Rayhaan Tulloch West Bromwich Albion 6 January 2023[c] [37][34]
1 September 2022 CF Scott Quigley Stockport County End of Season [38]
12 January 2023 GK Jake Eastwood Sheffield United End of Season [39]
27 January 2023 LB Owen Dodgson Burnley End of Season [40]
27 January 2023 CF D'Mani Mellor Wycombe Wanderers End of Season [41]
31 January 2023 CM Daniel Adshead Cheltenham Town End of Season [42]
  1. ^ On 6 January, Nelson's loan from Leicester was cut short
  2. ^ On 11 January, Slicker's loan from Man City was cut short
  3. ^ On 6 January, Tulloch's loan from West Brom was cut short

Loans out

Date Pos Player Loaned to On loan until Ref
15 October 2022 MF Jordan Scanlon Ashton United 15 November 2022 [43]
21 January 2023 GK Bradley Kelly Airbus UK Broughton End of Season [44]
18 February 2023 MF Jordan Scanlon Ramsbottom United 18 March 2023 [45]
3 March 2023 CF Tahvon Campbell Aldershot Town End of Season [46]

Pre-season and friendlies

Rochdale revealed an away pre-season trip to Scunthorpe United on 20 May 2022.[47] Four days later, an away trip to Chester was added to the pre-season schedule.[48] The club confirmed a visit to Darlington on 25 May.[49] On June 1, a home friendly against Port Vale was added to the schedule.[50]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

1 July 2022 Friendly Burnley 1–0 Rochdale Padiham
TBA BST Twine 13' Report Stadium: Barnfield Training Centre
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
9 July 2022 Friendly Chester 0–1 Rochdale Sealand
15:00 BST Report Rodney 55' Stadium: Deva Stadium
12 July 2022 Friendly Rochdale 2–3 Chesterfield Bury
14:00 BST Trialist 14'
Trailist 16'
Report Mandeville 32'
Dobra 59'
Asante 76' (pen.)
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
16 July 2022 Friendly Darlington 1–2 Rochdale Darlington
15:00 BST Hazel 12' Report Rodney 14'
Henderson ?'
Stadium: Blackwell Meadows
19 July 2022 Friendly Scunthorpe United 1–4 Rochdale Scunthorpe
19:30 BST Feeney 63' Report Kelly 63'
Sinclair 60', 68'
Odoh 84'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
23 July 2022 Friendly Rochdale 2–3 Port Vale Rochdale
15:00 BST Keohane 11'
Henderson 16'
Report Proctor 18' (pen.), 53'
Ojo 57'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
FA Cup TBC TBC Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
EFL Cup TBC TBC First round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
EFL Trophy TBC TBC Group stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !

Last updated: pre-season
Source: [ Soccerway]

League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
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
24 Rochdale (R) 46 9 11 26 46 70 −24 38
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[51]
(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 9 11 26 46 70  −24 38 5 5 13 29 38  −9 4 6 13 17 32  −15

Last updated: 8 May 2023.
Source:

Results by round

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GroundHAHAAHAHAAHAHHAAHHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHA
Result/LLLLLDDLLWLWWLDLWLLLLLDDWLLLLDLLLDWLDLWWDLDLWD
Position17222424242424242423242321222222192021212323232322222424242424242424242424242424242424242424
Updated to match(es) played on 8 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.[52]

30 July 2022 1 Rochdale 1–2 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
15:00 BST Ebanks-Landell  13'
Ball  51'
Rodney 69'
Report Williams  10'
Agyei 14'
Brook 22'
Offord  60'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 3,648
Referee: Andrew Kitchen
6 August 2022 2 Gillingham 1–0 Rochdale Gillingham
15:00 BST Kashket 9'
Ehmer  21'
Wright  39'
Law  88'
Report Odoh  88' Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 4,233
Referee: Will Finnie
13 August 2022 3 Rochdale 0–1 Grimsby Town Rochdale
15:00 BST Ebanks-Landell  37'
Seriki  46'
Nelson  49'
Tulloch  60'
Report Clifton  29'
Morris  45+3'
Waterfall 90+2'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 3,350
Referee: Thomas Kirk
16 August 2022 4 Stevenage 1–0 Rochdale Stevenage
19:45 BST Roberts  35'
Piergianni 41'
Report Diagouraga  46'
Ball  66'
Seriki  81'
Stadium: Lamex Stadium
Attendance: 2,720
Referee: Tom Reeves
20 August 2022 5 Swindon Town 3–0 Rochdale Swindon
15:00 BST Wakeling 1'
Khan  41'
Williams 50'
Gladwin  76'
McKirdy 81'
Report Nelson  66'
Brierley  90+1'
Stadium: The County Ground
Attendance: 8,327
Referee: Samuel Barrott
27 August 2022 6 Rochdale 1–1 Crawley Town Rochdale
15:00 BST Rodney  32'
Sinclair 60'
Henderson  84'
Report Johnson  11'
Ransom  36'
Powell 45+2'
Tsaroulla  53'  86'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 2,277
Referee: Alan Young
3 September 2022 7 Carlisle United 3–3 Rochdale Carlisle
15:00 BST Mellish 36'
Dennis 58'
Huntington 78'
Report Quigley 22', 53'  69'
Rodney 51'
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,023
Referee: Adam Herczeg
10 September 2022 Rochdale Postponed Salford City Rochdale
15:00 BST Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Note: Fixture was postponed as a mark of respect following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.[53]
13 September 2022 8 Rochdale 0–1 Leyton Orient Rochdale
19:45 BST Quigley  34'
Odoh  68'
Report Moncur 35'
Pratley  50'
El Mizouni  75'
Archibald  88'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 2,173
Referee: Simon Mather
17 September 2022 9 Northampton Town 3–0 Rochdale Northampton
15:00 BST Guthrie 42'
Hoskins 73', 81'
Report Ball  57'
Diagouraga  60'
Graham  90+1'
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 4,691
Referee: Sam Purkiss
24 September 2022 10 Colchester United 0–1 Rochdale Colchester
15:00 BST O'Hara  22'
Dallison  51'
Sears
Report Rodney 23' (pen.)
Ball  37'
Odoh  87'
Seriki  90+5'
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 2,784
Referee: Charles Breakspear
1 October 2022 11 Rochdale 1–2 Doncaster Rovers Rochdale
15:00 BST Quigley 44' Report Agard 39'
Miller 68'
Williams  89'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 3,264
Referee: Darren Drysdale
8 October 2022 12 Newport County 0–1 Rochdale Newport
15:00 BST Clarke  11' Report Ball 5'  57'
Keohane  60'
Quigley  62'
Rodney  90+3'
Henderson  90+5'
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,824
Referee: David Rock
15 October 2022 13 Rochdale 2–1 Barrow Rochdale
15:00 BST Kelly 18'
Diagouraga  28'
Quigley 75'
Ball  90'
O'Donnell  90+6'
Report Warren  85'
Canavan 89'  90+7'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 3,061
Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill
22 October 2022 14 Rochdale 1–2 Wimbledon Rochdale
15:00 BST Sinclair 66'
Ebanks-Landell  79'
John
Report Towler  20'
Assal 39'  86'
Gunter  59'
Davison 64'
Woodyard  90+3'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 2,568
Referee: Marc Edwards
25 October 2022 15 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Rochdale Birkenhead
19:45 BST Hemmings 39'
Simeu  90'
Report Henderson 35'
O'Donnell  90+5'
Stadium: Prenton Park
Referee: Andy Haines
29 October 2022 16 Walsall 1–0 Rochdale Walsall
15:00 BST Evans  19'
White 35'
Knowles  81'
Bennett  82'
Report Rodney  19' Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Referee: Tom Nield
8 November 2022 17 Rochdale 1–0 Salford City Rochdale
19:45 GMT Odoh  61'
Henderson 80'
Brierley
Report Galbraith  61' Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 2,355
Referee: Peter Wright
12 November 2022 18 Rochdale 0–1 Mansfield Town Rochdale
15:00 GMT Sinclair  35'
Seriki  82'
John  90+6'
Report Perch  52'
Maris 66'
Hartigan  90+5'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 3,631
Referee: Robert Lewis
19 November 2022 19 Sutton United 1–0 Rochdale Sutton
15:00 GMT Randall 38' Report Stadium: Gander Green Lane
Attendance: 2,954
Referee: Sam Allison
3 December 2022 20 Rochdale 1–4 Harrogate Town Rochdale
15:00 GMT Ball 7'
Brierley  37'
Odoh  81'
Report Thomson 14'
Ferguson  45'
Armstrong 53', 58'
Folarin 70'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 2,254
Referee: Declan Bourne
10 December 2022 (2022-12-10) Rochdale Postponed Stockport County Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[54]
17 December 2022 (2022-12-17) Bradford City Postponed Rochdale Bradford
15:00 GMT Stadium: Valley Parade
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch. [55]
26 December 2022 21 Rochdale 1–2 Hartlepool United Rochdale
15:00 GMT Nelson  44'
Henderson 60'
Report Menayese 39'
Umerah  72'
Sterry  77'
Cooke 80'
Killip  90+1'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 3,243
Referee: Thomas Kirk
29 December 2022 22 Doncaster Rovers 4–3 Rochdale Doncaster
19:45 GMT Seaman 7'
Close 9'
Biggins 37'
Anderson 81'
Report Rodney 14'
Williams 16' (o.g.)
Ebanks-Landell  27'
Sinclair 77'
Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium
Attendance: 6,025
Referee: Andrew Kitchen
2 January 2023 23 Barrow 0–0 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT Whitfield  65' Report Quigley  35'
Ball  77'
Sinclair  90+5'
Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 3,055
Referee: Scott Oldham
7 January 2023 24 Rochdale 1–1 Newport County Rochdale
15:00 GMT Rodney 34'
Ebanks-Landell  63'
Report Norman  2'
Day  35'
Lewis 46'  78'
Drysdale  56'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 2,452
Referee: Andy Haines
10 January 2023 (2023-01-10) 25 Bradford City 1–2 Rochdale Bradford
19:45 GMT Crichlow  12'
Eisa 29'
Report Seriki  9'
Rodney 63',  90+10'
Henderson 63', 70'
O'Donnell  90+9'
Stadium: University of Bradford Stadium
Attendance: 17,061
Referee: Paul Howard
14 January 2023 26 Rochdale 1–2 Colchester United Rochdale
15:00 GMT Rodney 36'
Diagouraga  90+4'
Report Tchamadeu 26'
Jay  67'
Skuse 87'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 2,360
Referee: Martin Coy
21 January 2023 27 Hartlepool United 2–0 Rochdale Hartlepool
15:00 GMT Hartley  36'
Umerah 54'
Sterry  59'
Hamilton 64'
Pruti  87'
Report Ebanks-Landell  51'
Graham  67'  90+1'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,353
Referee: Marc Edwards
28 January 2023 28 Rochdale 0–1 Carlisle United Rochdale
15:00 GMT Lloyd  54'
Diagouraga  90'
Report Gordon 8'  36'
Huntington  22'
Feeney  26'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 4,042
Referee: Ross Joyce
4 February 2023 29 Salford City 2–1 Rochdale Salford
15:00 GMT Smith 10'  90+11'
McAleny 63'
Watson  81'
Report Quigley 81' (pen.)
Taylor  90+6'
Stadium: Peninsula Stadium
Attendance: 3,167
Referee: Robert Madley
11 February 2023 30 Rochdale 1–1 Northampton Town Rochdale
15:00 GMT Henderson 52'
Diagouraga  62'
Lloyd  80'
Quigley  88'
Report Fox 89' Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 2,742
Referee: Neil Hair
14 February 2023 (2023-02-14) 31 Leyton Orient 2–1 Rochdale Leyton
19:45 GMT Sotiriou 18'
El Mizouni 29'
Kelman  90+5'
Report Dodgson  28'
Lloyd 56'
Odoh  69'
Ebanks-Landell  83'
Campbell  90'
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 6,514
Referee: Sunny Gill
18 February 2023 32 Rochdale 0–2 Gillingham Rochdale
15:00 GMT Keohane  47'
Ebanks-Landell  50'
Report Hawkins 23'
Lapslie 75'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 2,742
Referee: Marc Edwards
21 February 2023 33 Rochdale 1–2 Stockport County Rochdale
19:45 GMT Rodney 85'
Lloyd  87'
Report Knoyle  19'
Collar 56' (pen.), 58'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 4,604
Referee: Carl Boyeson
25 February 2023 (2023-02-25) 34 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Rochdale Crewe
15:00 GMT Robertson  11'
O'Riordan  14'  87'
Adebisi 70'
Report Odoh  24'
Keohane 80'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,387
Referee: Ben Toner
4 March 2023 35 Rochdale 2–0 Stevenage Rochdale
15:00 GMT Rodney 7'
Lloyd 28'
Report Clark  19'
Reeves  59'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 2,189
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
11 March 2023 36 Grimsby Town 1–0 Rochdale Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Glennon  14'
Lloyd 68'
Crocombe  77'
Maher  81'
Waterfall  90+3'
Report Quigley  77' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 5,963
Referee: James Oldham
18 March 2023 37 Rochdale 4–4 Swindon Town Rochdale
15:00 GMT Rodney 22'
Lloyd 25'
Dodgson  63'
Odoh 71'
Henderson 90+4'
Mullarkey  90+4'
Report Austin 2', 14', 74', 79'
Clayton  90+4'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 2,611
Referee: Bobby Madden
25 March 2023 38 Crawley Town 2–0 Rochdale Crawley
15:00 GMT Ogungbo  13'
Telford 35'
Conroy 39'
Report Ebanks-Landell  38'
Kelly  90+1'
Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 4,770
Referee: Sam Purkiss
1 April 2023 39 AFC Wimbledon 0–1 Rochdale Wimbledon
15:00 BST Little  82'
Brown  85'
Report Lloyd 64'
Mellor  79'
Odoh  85'
Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 7,380
Referee: Alan Young
7 April 2023 40 Rochdale 4–2 Walsall Rochdale
15:00 BST Henderson 42'
Lloyd 44'
Taylor 56'
Brierley 65'
Report Matt 23'
Knowles 51'
Evans  65'
Maddox  69'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 3,090
Referee: Andy Haines
10 April 2023 41 Mansfield Town 1–1 Rochdale Mansfield
15:00 BST Boateng 6'
Perch  73'
Report Dodgson 43'
Kelly  82'
O'Donnell  90+4'
Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 6,708
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
15 April 2023 42 Rochdale 0–3 Bradford City Rochdale
15:00 BST Graham  65' Report Stubbs 5'
Crichlow  16'
Ebanks-Landell 74' (o.g.)
Banks 82'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 5,726
Referee: Lee Swabey
18 April 2023 43 Rochdale 2–2 Tranmere Rovers Rochdale
19:45 BST Dodgson  58'
Lloyd 69'
Ebanks-Landell 90+3'
Report O'Donnell 19' (o.g.)
Hawkes 56' (pen.)
Hemmings  84'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 2,263
Referee: Scott Tallis
22 April 2023 44 Stockport County 1–0 Rochdale Stockport
15:00 BST Olaofe 45+8'
Lemonheigh-Evans  52'
Byrne  65'
Report Ebanks-Landell  59' Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 10,319
Referee: Scott Oldham
29 April 2023 45 Rochdale 4–1 Sutton United Rochdale
15:00 BST Rodney 8', 56'
Brierley 25'
Keohane 50'
Odoh  90'
Report House  29'
Wilson 38'
Beautyman  64'
Smith  83'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 3,148
Referee: Ben Toner
8 May 2023 46 Harrogate Town 1–1 Rochdale Harrogate
15:00 BST Sims 74' Report Keohane 24' Stadium: Wetherby Road
Attendance: 3,234
Referee: Carl Boyeson

FA Cup

Dale were drawn away to Bristol Rovers in the first round.[56]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) First round Bristol Rovers 1–0 Rochdale Horfield
15:00 GMT Sinclair 65'
Gibbons  69'
Report John  14'
Odoh  63'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,679
Referee: Will Finnie

EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Rochdale were drawn at home to Burton Albion in the first round and away to Sheffield Wednesday in the second round.[57][58]

9 August 2022 First round Rochdale 2–0 Burton Albion Rochdale
19:45 BST Diagouraga  40'
Ball 86' (pen.)
Rodney 90+4'
Report Powell  30'
Onyango  84'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 1,601
Referee: Scott Oldham
23 August 2022 Second round Sheffield Wednesday 3–0 Rochdale Owlerton
19:45 BST Brown 23'
Dele-Bashiru 36'
Adeniran 44'
Glover  57'
Vaulks  80'
Report Seriki  66'
Rodney  80'
Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 9,045
Referee: Ben Toner

EFL Trophy

On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Rochdale with Accrington Stanley and Salford City.[59] Three days later, Liverpool U21s joined Northern Group D.[60]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Salford City 3 1 2 0 0 4 3 +1 7 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Accrington Stanley 3 1 1 1 0 6 5 +1 6
3 L2 Rochdale 3 1 0 2 0 6 5 +1 5
4 ACA Liverpool U21 3 0 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0
Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

30 August 2022 Group stage Accrington Stanley 3–3
(4–3 p)
Rochdale Accrington
19:45 BST McConville 51'
Lowe 55'
Woods  62'
Coyle  79'
Pritchard  87'
Sinclair 90+4' (o.g.)
Report Graham  35'
Ball 65'
Henderson 67'
Brierley 72'
Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 1,130
Referee: Peter Wright
Penalties
Savin
McConville
Leigh
Woods
Henderson
Brierley
Sinclair
Kelly
White
20 September 2022 Group stage Rochdale 1–0 Liverpool U21 Rochdale
19:00 BST Graham  45+1'
Campbell 82'
Henderson
Odoh  87'
Report Olufunwa  24'  84'
Blair  87'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 1,060
Referee: Darren Handley
18 October 2022 Group stage Rochdale 2–2
(2–4 p)
Salford City Rochdale
19:00 BST Henderson 42'
Kelly 90+4'
Report Simões 69'  84'
Hendry 71'
Watt  88'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 1,203
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
Penalties
Henderson
Keohane
Brierley
Kelly
Hendry
Watt
Watson
Bailey

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