2022–23 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

Wigan Athletic
2022–23 season
Owner	Phoenix 2021 Limited
Chairman	Talal Al Hammad
Manager	Shaun Maloney
Stadium	DW Stadium
Championship	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Will Keane (12); All: ; Will Keane (12)
Highest home attendance	17,788
Lowest home attendance	5,668
Average home league attendance	11,939
Biggest win	Rotherham United 0–2 Wigan; (1 October 2022)
Biggest defeat	Wigan 1–5 Burnley ; (27 August 2022)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season is the 91st season in the existence of Wigan Athletic Football Club and the club's first season back in the Championship since the 2019–20 season following promotion last season. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2022–23 FA Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Cup.

On 11 March 2023, Wigan released a statement explaining that there was a delay in meeting wage obligations, due to liquidity issues and that the EFL are aware of the situation.^[1]

On 20 March 2023, Wigan were deducted three points by the EFL, having previously been given a suspended penalty for a similar issue. They were also charged, and sanctioned for failing to meet terms of contracts in June, July and October 2022.^[2] On 19 May, the EFL deducted three points from the club's 2022–23 season total; Wigan therefore finished the season on 39 points, 10 points from safety.^[3]

On 29 April 2023, Wigan were relegated back to League One after a 1-1 draw with Reading.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
1 July 2022^[a]	LW	Luke Brennan	Blackburn Rovers	Free Transfer	^[4]
1 July 2022	CF	Youssef Chentouf	Free agent	Free Transfer	^[4]
1 July 2022^[b]	CF	Josh Stones	Guiseley	Free Transfer	^[4]
20 July 2022	RB	Ryan Nyambe	Blackburn Rovers	Free Transfer	^[5]
29 July 2022	DM	Ethan Mitchell	Plymouth Argyle	Free Transfer	^[6]
29 July 2022	CF	Joe Rodwell-Grant	Preston North End	Free Transfer	^[6]
29 July 2022	CM	Abdi Sharif	Liverpool	Free Transfer	^[6]
29 July 2022	GK	Matt Wonnacott	Torquay United	Free transfer	^[7]
16 August 2022	LB	Dylan Dwyer	Tranmere Rovers	Free Transfer
24 August 2022	RB	Joe Winstanley	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free Transfer
1 September 2022	RW	Anthony Scully	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	^[8]
10 January 2023	CB	Steven Caulker	Fatih Karagümrük	Free Transfer	^[9]

^ The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on 1 July, once his Blackburn Rovers contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on 1 July, once his Guiseley contract expired

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
30 June 2022	CF	Divin Baningime	Unattached	Released	^[10]
30 June 2022	RW	Adam Brooks	Unattached	Released	^[11]
30 June 2022	GK	Sam Campbell	Unattached	Released	^[11]
30 June 2022	CF	Tom Costello	Coventry City	Released	^[10]^[12]
30 June 2022	AM	Arthur Lomax	Tranmere Rovers	Released	^[11]
30 June 2022	RW	Gavin Massey	Port Vale	Released	^[13]^[14]
30 June 2022	CM	Harry McGee	F.C. United	Released	^[10]
30 June 2022	DF	Sam Owens	Unattached	Released	^[11]
30 June 2022	MF	Dean Pinnington	Unattached	Released	^[10]
30 June 2022	LB	Dan Smith	Unattached	Released	^[11]
30 June 2022	CB	Timi Sobowale	Waterford	Released	^[10]^[15]
30 June 2022	CF	Levi Welsh	Unattached	Released	^[11]
17 July 2022	CB	Adam Long	Doncaster Rovers	Undisclosed	^[16]

Loans in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Ref
9 August 2022	CF	Nathan Broadhead	Everton	6 January 2023^[a]	^[17]^[18]
12 August 2022	CF	Ashley Fletcher	Watford	End of Season	^[19]
1 September 2022	CB	Rarmani Edmonds-Green	Huddersfield Town	11 January 2023^[b]	^[20]^[21]
10 January 2023	CM	Miguel Azeez	Arsenal	End of Season	^[22]
13 January 2023	DM	Christ Tiéhi	Slovan Liberec	End of Season	^[23]
30 January 2023	RB	Martin Kelly	West Bromwich Albion	End of Season	^[24]
31 January 2023	CB	Omar Rekik	Arsenal	End of Season	^[25]
31 January 2023	AM	Danel Sinani	Norwich City	End of Season	^[26]

^ On 6 January, Broadhead was recalled back to Everton
^ On 11 January, Edmonds-Green was recalled back to Huddersfield

Loans out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Ref
19 July 2022	LW	Jordan Jones	Kilmarnock	6 February 2023^[a]	^[27]
21 July 2022	LB	Luke Robinson	Tranmere Rovers	End of Season	^[28]
27 July 2022	GK	Sam Tickle	Warrington Rylands 1906	1 January 2023	^[29]
3 August 2022	AM	Jamie McGrath	Dundee United	End of Season	^[30]
1 September 2022	CF	Stephen Humphrys	Heart of Midlothian	End of Season	^[31]
8 September 2022	MF	Harry McHugh	Chester	1 October 2022	^[32]
13 September 2022	CF	Joe Rodwell-Grant	FC United of Manchester	13 October 2022	^[33]
16 September 2022	CB	James Carragher	Oldham Athletic	1 January 2023	^[34]
24 September 2022	CM	Scott Smith	Torquay United	2 December 2022^[b]	^[35]^[36]
25 November 2022	CM	Abdi Sharif	AFC Telford United	1 January 2023
13 December 2022	RB	Kieran Lloyd	Chorley	1 January 2023	^[37]
16 December 2022	CM	Joe Adams	AFC Totton	1 January 2023	^[38]
16 December 2022	CB	Ethan Mitchell	Ashton United	1 January 2023	^[39]
5 January 2023	DM	Graeme Shinnie	Aberdeen	End of Season	^[40]
24 January 2023	CF	Josh Stones	Ross County	End of Season	^[41]
2 February 2023	RW	Gwion Edwards	Ross County	End of Season	^[42]
2 March 2023	MF	Kai Payne	Mossley	30 March 2023	^[43]

^ Jones was recalled by Wigan on 6 February
^ On 2 December, Smith returned from his Torquay loan early.

Pre-season and friendlies

On 10 June the Latics announced their initial pre-season schedule, which included a training camp in Spain.^[44] Two home friendlies, against Liverpool XI and Sheffield Wednesday was also added to the schedule.^[45] On 9 July, Wigan played an unannounced friendly against their main rivals Bolton Wanderers.^[46]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 July 2022 Friendly	Bamber Bridge	1–5	Wigan Athletic	Bamber Bridge
19:30 BST	Trialist 83'	Report	Lang 9', 24' Pearce 10' Magennis 61' Smith 74'	Stadium: Sir Tom Finney Stadium

9 July 2022 Friendly	Bolton Wanderers	0–1	Wigan Athletic	Bolton
12:00 BST		Report	Wyke 33' (pen.)	Stadium: Lostock Training Ground Attendance: Behind closed doors

12 July 2022 Friendly	Wigan Athletic	6–0	Liverpool XI	Wigan
19:00 BST	Lang 33' Darikwa ?' Pearce 48' Carragher 51' Humphrys 55' Whatmough 69'	Report		Stadium: DW Stadium

16 July 2022 Friendly	Oldham Athletic	1–3	Wigan Athletic	Oldham
13:00 BST	Hope 22'	Report	McClean 64' Lang 72' Tilt 78'	Stadium: Boundary Park

19 July 2022 Friendly	Accrington Stanley	0–0	Wigan Athletic	Accrington
19:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Wham Stadium

23 July 2022 Friendly	Wigan Athletic	4–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Wigan
15:00 BST	McClean 21' Naylor 50' Magennis 80' Aasgaard 89'	Report	Heneghan 4'	Stadium: DW Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	30 July 2022	May 2023	Matchday 1		39	8	13	18	34	59	−25	020.51
FA Cup	7 January 2023	17 January 2023	Third round	N/A	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
EFL Cup	9 August 2022	9 August 2022	First round	N/A	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					42	8	14	20	36	63	−27	019.05

Source: [1]

As of 1 April 2023

Championship

Win Draw Loss

On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.^[47]

30 July 2022 1	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Preston North End	Wigan
15:00 BST	Power 28' Darikwa 59'	Report	Browne 42' Hughes 46' Woodburn 76' Evans 80'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 15,429 Referee: Bobby Madley

6 August 2022 2	Norwich City	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Norwich
12:30 BST	Aarons 61'	Report	McClean 29' Power 45+1' Aasgaard 90+2' Nyambe 90+7' Amos 90+11'	Stadium: Carrow Road Referee: Matt Donohue

13 August 2022 3	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Bristol City	Wigan
15:00 BST	Bennett 18' Keane 67'	Report	Weimann 6' Atkinson 62' Klose 75'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,822 Referee: John Busby

20 August 2022 5	Birmingham City	0–1	Wigan Athletic	Birmingham
15:00 BST		Report	Bennett 10' Keane 66' Naylor 71' Broadhead 82'	Stadium: St Andrews Attendance: 16,013 Referee: Andy Davies

27 August 2022 6	Wigan Athletic	1–5	Burnley	Wigan
15:00 BST	Tilt 2' Keane 43' (pen.)	Report	Rodriguez 17' Brownhill 27', 86' Muric 41' Tella 51' Bastien 88'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 14,506 Referee: James Bell

30 August 2022 (2022-08-30) 7	Wigan Athletic	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Wigan
19:45 BST	Magennis 6', 45+3' McClean 69'	Report	Grant 22' Molumby 73' Phillips 80'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,526 Referee: Andy Woolmer

3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 8	Luton Town	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Luton, Bedfordshire
15:00 BST	Morris 39', 70'	Report	Lockyer 80' (o.g.) Aasgaard 88' Power 90+3'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 9,885 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

13 September 2022 10	Huddersfield Town	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Huddersfield
19:45 BST	Mbete 23' Thomas 45+3' Lees 76'	Report	Keane 25' (pen.) Lang 53', 82' Shinnie 71'	Stadium: John Smiths Stadium Attendance: 17,941 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

17 September 2022 11	Wigan Athletic	0–1	Reading	Wigan
15:00 BST	Shinnie 36' Wyke 83' Naylor 87'	Report	Ince 63' Baba Rahman 67', Yiadom 90+1'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,113 Referee: David Webb

1 October 2022 12	Rotherham United	0–2	Wigan Athletic	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Wood 45' Cuffy 50' Wiles 52'	Report	Keane 12' Amos 73', Naylor 84'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,761 Referee: Andy Davies

8 October 2022 13	Hull City	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Hull
15:00 BST	Pelkas 21' Coyle 23' Elder 45' Estupiñán 65' Slater 89'	Report	Keane 14' Magennis 23'	Stadium: MKM Stadium Attendance: 14,669 Referee: Andy Woolmer

8 October 2022 14	Wigan Athletic	1–3	Cardiff City	Wigan
15:00 BST	Bennett 20' Power 43' Shinnie 61' Wyke 83', 90'	Report	Robinson 7' Ralls 57' O'Dowda 61' Ojo 65' Wintle 90+1'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,470 Referee: James Bell

11 October 2022 (2022-10-11) 9	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Wigan
19:45 BST	Naylor 27' Broadhead 62' McClean 79'	Report	Brererton Diaz 87'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 13,611 Referee: Josh Smith
Note: original fixture was postponed as a mark of respect, following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.^[48]

15 October 2022 15	Sunderland	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Wigan
15:00 BST	Embleton 25', 54' Cirkin 72' Pritchard 83' Patterson 85'	Report	Tilt 29' Wyke 44' Keane 90+6'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 37,016 Referee: Keith Stroud

19 October 2022 16	Wigan Athletic	1–4	Middlesbrough	Wigan
19:45 GMT	Tilt 12' Keane 34'	Report	Akpom 12', 69' (pen.) Jones 44' Watmore 51' Hackney 57', Crooks 72'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,226 Referee: Leigh Doughty

22 October 2022 17	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Wigan Athletic	West London
15:00 BST	Field 12' Balogun 24' Richards 90+3'	Report	Tilt 18' Broadhead 22' Shinnie 90+6'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,353 Referee: Dean Whitestone

29 October 2022 18	Wigan Athletic	0–1	Watford	Wigan
15:00 BST	Darikwa 14' Shinnie 62'	Report	Sierralta 42' Choudhury 77' Pedro 87'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,642 Referee: Matt Donohue

2 November 2022 19	Wigan Athletic	0–1	Stoke City	Wigan
19:45 GMT	Naylor 26'	Report	Thompson 44' Tymon 62'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,223 Referee: Samuel Barrott

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) 20	Swansea City	2–2	Wigan Athletic	Landore
15:00 GMT	Manning 44' 90+4' Cooper 64' Piroe 84' (pen.)	Report	Keane 8' 72' Naylor 16' Magennis 83'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,644 Referee: Craig Pawson

8 November 2022 4	Coventry City	2–0	Wigan Athletic	Coventry
19:45 GMT	Sheaf 38' Panzo 63' Hamer 77' Gyökeres 90+5'	Report	Whatmough 21'	Stadium: The Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 17,227 Referee: Steve Martin
Note: Match scheduled for 16 August, was postponed due to issues with the playing surface.^[49]

12 November 2022 21	Wigan Athletic	2–1	Blackpool	Wigan
15:00 GMT	McClean 54' Tilt 88' Lang 45' Bennett 81' Magennis 84'	Report	Ekpiteta 17' Madine 37' Carey 58' Thompson 90'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 14,059 Referee: Andy Davies

10 December 2022 (2022-12-10) 22	Millwall	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Bermondsey
15:00 GMT	Wallace 14' Flemming 40'	Report	Keane 33' Darikwa 52' Tilt 62'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,698 Referee: Keith Stroud

19 December 2022 (2022-12-19) 23	Wigan Athletic	1–2	Sheffield United	Wigan
20:00 GMT	Tilt 15' Broadhead 65'	Report	Egan 8', 40' Sharp 15', 56' Clark 67'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 11,556 Referee: Dean Whitestone

26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) 24	Middlesbrough	4–1	Wigan Athletic	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Forss 26' Akpom 49', 59', 90+3' Hackney 79' Smith 80'	Report	Aasgard 61' Hughes 66'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 31,048 Referee: Oliver Langford

29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) 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 Referee: Michael Salisbury

2 January 2023 (2023-01-02) 26	Wigan Athletic	1–4	Hull City	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Tilt 42' Broadhead 63'	Report	Seri 6' Greaves 15' 90' Estupiñán 78' Smith 85', 90+1'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 12,522 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 27	Cardiff City	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Leckwith
15:00 GMT	Ralls 21' Simpson 41' Ng 70' O'Dowda 82' Allsop 90+1'	Report	Caulker 79' Magennis 90+5' Keane 90+6'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,041 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

21 January 2023 (2023-01-21) 28	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Luton Town	Wigan
15:00 GMT	McClean 72' Caulker 90+5'	Report	Cornick 11' Adebayo 53', 72' Potts 76' Clark 85'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 11,125 Referee: Andy Woolmer

6 February 2023 (2023-02-06) 30	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Wigan Athletic	Blackburn
20:00 GMT	Carter 70' Brereton Diaz 84' Rankin-Costello 88'	Report	McClean 88'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 14,540 Referee: Matthew Donohue

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 31	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Huddersfield Town	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Tiéhi 66' Whatmough 82'	Report	Waghorn 22'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 12,268 Referee: Gavin Ward

15 February 2023 (2023-02-15) 32	Bristol City	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Atkinson 36' Tanner 90+1' Sykes 90+2'	Report	Fletcher 65' Nyambe 71' Whatmough 81' McClean 90+2'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 18,766 Referee: Keith Stroud

18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) 33	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Norwich City	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Caulker 90+3' Darikwa 90+5'	Report	K. McLean 77' Aarons 90+5'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 11,603 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

25 February 2023 (2023-02-25) 34	Preston North End	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Preston
15:00	Johnson 53' (pen.) Cannon 57', 77' Brady 87' 90+5' Potts 90+9'	Report	Cunningham 27' (o.g.) Sinani 86'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 17,842 Referee: Thomas Bramall

4 March 2023 (2023-03-04) 35	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Birmingham City	Wigan
15:00	Sinani 12' Fletcher 60' McClean 66'	Report	Bacuna 4', 30' Chang 43' Hogan 66'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 13,741 Referee: Steve Martin

7 March 2023 29	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	Wigan Athletic	West Midlands
20:00	Dike 27'	Report	Rekik 36' Magennis 90'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 21,552 Referee: Rebecca Welch
Note: Original match on 28 January postponed, due to West Bromwich Albions involvement in the FA Cup

11 March 2023 36	Burnley	3–0	Wigan Athletic	Burnley
15:00	Tella 14', 47' Foster 76' Roberts 79'	Report	Rekik 9' 28' Lang 45' Darikwa 50' McClean 79'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 20,249 Referee: John Busby

14 March 2023 37	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Coventry City	Wigan
19:45 GMT	Darikwa 55' McFadzean 83' (o.g.)	Report	Gyökeres 52' Hamer 87'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 11,014 Referee: Andy Woolmer

18 March 2023 38	Watford	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Watford
15:00 GMT	Davis 45', 89' Louza 90+6'	Report	Power 29' Rekik 29' Sinani 45+2' McClean 51' Darikwa 67'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 18,523 Referee: Graham Scott

1 April 2023 39	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Wigan
15:00 BST	Power 6' (pen.), 81' Omar Rekik 90+3'	Report	Ethan Laird 19' Dickie 50'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 12,608 Referee: Gavin Ward

7 April 2023 40	Sheffield United	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Ndiaye 8' Fleck 86' Ahmedhodžić 90+3'	Report	Tiéhi 39'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 29,026 Referee: Andy Davies

10 April 2023 41	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Swansea City	Wigan
15:00 BST	Lang 40' Hughes 45+3' Whatmough 90+1'	Report	Piroe 14', 34' Manning 45+4'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 11,634 (778 away) Referee: Sam Allison

15 April 2023 42	Blackpool	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Yates 2' Anderson 90+7'	Report	Lang 66' Pearce 90+7'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 12,027 Referee: Thomas Bramall

18 April 2023 43	Stoke City	0–1	Wigan Athletic	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 BST	Thompson 27' Powell 90+3'	Report	Power 32' Keane 54' Nyambe 68'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 17,726 Referee: Tom Nield

22 April 2023 44	Wigan Athletic	2–1	Millwall	Wigan
15:00 BST	Keane 14' Aasgaard 84' McClean 90+6'	Report	Saville 30' Styles 37' Cooper 45'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,858 (1,284 away) Referee: Bobby Madley

29 April 2023 45	Reading	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Reading
15:00 BST	Casadei 80' Méïté 90+3', 90+7'	Report	Hughes 81' Power 90'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Attendance: 21,919 Referee: Andy Davies

8 May 2023 46	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Rotherham United	Wigan
15:00 BST		Report	Hjelde 59' Harding 60'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 17,788 Referee: Tim Robinson

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
19	Rotherham United	46	11	17	18	49	60	−11	50
20	Queens Park Rangers	46	13	11	22	44	71	−27	50
21	Cardiff City	46	13	10	23	41	58	−17	49
22	Reading (R)	46	13	11	22	46	68	−22	44^[a]	Relegation to League One
23	Blackpool (R)	46	11	11	24	48	72	−24	44
24	Wigan Athletic (R)	46	10	15	21	38	65	−27	42^[b]

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^[52]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Reading were deducted 6 points for breaching an EFL business plan.^[50]
^ In March 2023, Wigan Athletic were deducted 3 points for failing to pay players and staff on time.^[51]

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	10	15	21	38	65	−27	45	5	7	11	17	35	−18	5	8	10	21	30	−9

Last updated: 8 May 2023.
Source: [2]

Results by round

	Away
	Home
	Win
	Draw
	Loss
	postponed

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	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	D
Position	17	16	15	19	15	20	18	15	11	12	10	12	16	9	15	17	19	22	22	23	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	22	22	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

FA Cup

The Latics were drawn away to Luton Town in the third round.^[53]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

7 January 2023 (2023-01-07) Third round	Luton Town	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Luton
15:00 GMT	Cornick 45' Potts 89'	Report	Naylor 17'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 5,660 Referee: David Webb

17 January 2023 Third round replay	Wigan Athletic	1–2	Luton Town	Wigan
19:45 GMT	Power 45+2' Aasgaard 46' Whatmough 56' Tilt 79' Hughes 90+7'	Report	Woodrow 51' Burke 89' Adebayo 90+8'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 5,668 Referee: Matt Donohue

EFL Cup

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Wigan were drawn away to Fleetwood Town in the first round.^[54]

9 August 2022 First round	Fleetwood Town	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Rooney 10' Garner 24' Batty 51'	Report	Nyambe 19' Shinnie 51' Hughes 70'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 1,761 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Statistics

As of 17 January 2023

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Wigan Athletic.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Jamie Jones	16	0	14+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	NAM	Ryan Nyambe	16	0	7+7	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Tom Pearce	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Tom Naylor	27	3	18+7	2	2+0	1	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Jack Whatmough	25	0	23+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	JAM	Jordan Cousins	9	0	6+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	WAL	Gwion Edwards	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Max Power	28	0	26+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Charlie Wyke	14	2	8+6	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW	IRL	Will Keane	28	10	26+0	10	0+2	0	0+0	0
11	MF	IRL	James McClean	28	2	26+0	2	1+1	0	0+0	0
12	GK	ENG	Ben Amos	15	0	13+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	IRL	Anthony Scully	4	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	SCO	Jason Kerr	15	0	12+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF	JAM	Curtis Tilt	27	1	24+1	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	SCO	Graeme Shinnie	21	0	8+12	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Callum Lang	20	1	16+2	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
21	DF	ENG	Joe Bennett	14	0	9+4	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW	ENG	Ashley Fletcher*	12	0	2+8	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
25	DF	ENG	Rarmani Edmonds-Green*	5	0	2+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF	ZIM	Tendayi Darikwa	25	0	20+3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
28	FW	NIR	Josh Magennis	23	1	9+13	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
30	MF	NOR	Thelo Aasgaard	27	3	9+15	2	2+0	1	1+0	0
32	DF	ENG	Charlie Hughes	6	0	3+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
35	DF	ENG	Kieran Lloyd	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
36	MF	WAL	Scott Smith	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
41	FW	ENG	Luke Brennan	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
42	MF	ENG	Harry McHugh	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
44	MF	IRL	Babajide Adeeko	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
49	FW	ENG	Josh Stones	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
Players out on loan:
31	DF	ENG	James Carragher	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
39	FW	ENG	Stephen Humphrys	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0

Goals record

As of 7 January 2023

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	Total
1	10	CF	Will Keane	10	0	10
2	4	DM	Tom Naylor	2	1	3
	9	CF	Charlie Wyke	2	0	2
	11	LM	James McClean	2	0	2
	30	AM	Thelo Aasgaard	2	1	3
7	16	CB	Curtis Tilt	1	0	1
	19	RW	Callum Lang	1	0	1
	28	CF	Josh Magennis	1	0	1
	Own Goals			1	0	1
Total				25	0	25

Disciplinary record

As of 17 January 2023

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			EFL Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	16		CB	Curtis Tilt	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
1	18		DM	Graeme Shinnie	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
3	4		DM	Tom Naylor	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	8		CM	Max Power	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	21		LB	Joe Bennett	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
	27		RB	Tendayi Darikwa	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
7	10		CF	Will Keane	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	11		LM	James McClean	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	28		CF	Josh Magennis	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
10	2		RB	Ryan Nyambe	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	9		CF	Charlie Wyke	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	12		GK	Ben Amos	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	19		RW	Callum Lang	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	32		CB	Charlie Hughes	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
15	5		CB	Jack Whatmough	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	30		AM	Thelo Aasgaard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					52	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	52	0	1

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^ "Ethan Mitchell Joins Ashton United On Loan Until January". Wigan Athletic FC. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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[4] The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on 1 July, once his Blackburn Rovers contract expired

[6] The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on 1 July, once his Guiseley contract expired

[19] On 6 January, Broadhead was recalled back to Everton

[23] On 11 January, Edmonds-Green was recalled back to Huddersfield

[31] Jones was recalled by Wigan on 6 February

[40] On 2 December, Smith returned from his Torquay loan early.

[table_hth_REA0.17690859184456-57] Reading were deducted 6 points for breaching an EFL business plan.^[50]

[table_hth_WIG0.17690859184456-59] In March 2023, Wigan Athletic were deducted 3 points for failing to pay players and staff on time.^[51]

[1] "Club Statement | Staff and Player Wages". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 2023-03-11.

[2] "Wigan Athletic docked three points by EFL for failing to pay players". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 March 2023.

[BBC-19May2023-3] "Wigan Athletic: Latics to be deducted four points for 2023-24 season". BBC Sport. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

[BrennanStones-5] "Trio to join Latics' U23s ahead of the 2022/23 campaign". Wigan Athletic FC. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.

[7] "Latics sign Namibian international defender Ryan Nyambe". Wigan Athletic FC. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

[TrioJoinU21s-8] "Joe Rodwell-Grant, Ethan Mitchell And Abdi Sharif Join Latics U21!". Wigan Athletic FC. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.

[9] "Wigan Athletic complete signing of Torquay United goalkeeper Matt Wonnacott". The 72. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[10] "Latics Sign Anthony Scully From Lincoln City". Wigan Athletic FC. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[11] "Steven Caulker Signs For Wigan Athletic". Wigan Athletic FC. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

[RetainedList-12] "2022/23 Wigan Athletic Retained List". Wigan Athletic FC. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

[U18RetainedList-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Retained List | Wigan Athletic Under 18s". Wigan Athletic FC. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

[14] "Tom Costello joins Coventry City". Coventry City FC. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

[15] "Thank You, Gav!". Wigan Athletic FC. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

[16] "Gavin Massey Signs For The Vale". Port Vale FC. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

[17] "Waterford FC announce signing of Timi Sobowale". Waterford FC. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2023.

[18] "Adam Long Signs For Doncaster Rovers". Wigan Athletic FC. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[20] "Latics sign Everton forward Nathan Broadhead on Season-Long Loan". Wigan Athletic FC. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[21] "Nathan Broadhead recalled by Everton". Wigan Athletic FC. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[22] "Latics Complete Season-Long Loan Signing Of Watford Striker Ashley Fletcher". Wigan Athletic FC. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[24] "Latics Sign Defender Rarmani Edmonds-Green On Loan From Huddersfield Town". Wigan Athletic FC. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[25] "Rarmani Edmonds-Green recalled by Huddersfield Town". Wigan Athletic FC. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

[26] "Miguel Azeez Joins On Loan From Arsenal!". Wigan Athletic FC. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

[27] "Latics sign midfielder Christ Tiéhi on loan". Wigan Athletic FC. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

[28] "Latics sign defender Martin Kelly on loan". Wigan Athletic FC. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

[29] "Wigan Athletic sign Arsenal defender Omar Rekik on loan". Wigan Athletic FC. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[30] "Latics sign Danel Sinani on loan!". Wigan Athletic FC. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[32] "Jordan Jones Joins Kilmarnock On Season-Long Loan". Wigan Athletic FC. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[33] "Luke Robinson Joins Tranmere On Loan". Wigan Athletic FC. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

[34] "Sam Tickle Joins Warrington Rylands On Loan Until January". Wigan Athletic FC. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

[35] "Jamie McGrath Completes Dundee United Loan Move". Wigan Athletic FC. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

[36] "Stephen Humphrys Joins Hearts On A Season-Long Loan". Wigan Athletic FC. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[37] "Harry McHugh Joins Chester FC On Loan Until October". Wigan Athletic FC. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.

[38] "FC Strengthen the squad with seven new signings including four loan players". FC United of Manchester. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

[39] "James Carragher Joins Oldham Athletic On Loan Until January". Wigan Athletic FC. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[41] "Scott Smith joins Torquay United on loan". Wigan Athletic FC. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[42] "Scott Smith Returns To Wigan Athletic Following Loan Spell With Torquay United". Wigan Athletic FC. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

[43] "Kieran Lloyd Joins Chorley On Loan Until January". Wigan Athletic FC. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

[44] "Joe Adams Joins AFC Totton On Loan Until January". Wigan Athletic FC. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[45] "Ethan Mitchell Joins Ashton United On Loan Until January". Wigan Athletic FC. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[46] "Graeme Shinnie joins Aberdeen on loan". Wigan Athletic FC. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

[47] "Josh Stones joins Ross County on loan". Wigan Athletic FC. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[48] "Gwion Edwards Joins Ross County On Loan". Wigan Athletic FC. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[49] "New loan addition for Mossley". The Bet Victor League Northern Premier. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

[50] "Initial 2022 Pre-Season Fixtures Confirmed!". Wigan Athletic FC. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[51] "Liverpool XI And Sheffield Wednesday Home Games Added To Schedule". Wigan Athletic FC. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[52] Wigan Athletic: "PRE-SEASON REPORT | BOLTON WANDERERS 0 – 1 LATICS"

[53] "2022/23 Sky Bet Championship Fixtures Released!". Wigan Athletic FC. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[54] "Postponed Fixture With Blackburn Rovers". Wigan Athletic FC. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

[55] "EFL Statement | Coventry City v Wigan Athletic". Wigan Athletic FC. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

[56] "Reading given six-point deduction for breaching EFL business plan". BBC Sport. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

[58] "Wigan Athletic docked three points by EFL for failing to pay players". BBC Sport. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.

[EFL_Regulations22-23-60] "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

[61] "Emirates FA Cup | Latics to face Luton Town in third round". Wigan Athletic FC. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

[62] "Carabao Cup first round | Fleetwood Town V Latics". Wigan Athletic FC. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

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